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2019-11-27 Cyber

Russia launches secret military surveillance satellite to 'monitor' other satellites

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Posted by Skidmark 2019-11-27 10:42|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Super secret if FauxNews knows about it...

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-11-27 11:04|| 2019-11-27 11:04|| Front Page Top

#2 Having a satellite to spy on their own spy satellites - so Russian.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-11-27 13:06|| 2019-11-27 13:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Chris Wallichinski will find an angle on it that makes Trump look bad...

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-11-27 13:11|| 2019-11-27 13:11|| Front Page Top

#4 ... after talking to his teenage daughters at the breakfast table.

Posted by Lex 2019-11-27 13:13|| 2019-11-27 13:13|| Front Page Top

#5 Soyuz 2-1v lofts mystery military satellite

Upon launch confirmation, the only official line was that the mission involved a “spacecraft designed in the interests of the Russian Defense Ministry”.

Speculation points to this launch involving NPO Lavochkin’s 14F150 nr. 2, which is the same class of payload as Kosmos-2519, which was launched on the third flight of the Soyuz 2-1v/Volga.

Should Monday’s launch involve 14F150 no. 2, it may be carrying additional sub-sats along for the ride, as has been the case with previous launches.

How many details Russian officials will disseminate will first depend on a successful mission. However, following the declaration of success, no additional details were provided.

Several projects were proposed to use the stockpile of leftover engines, with two – Soyuz-2-1v and the US Antares rocket – making it to the launch pad, although Antares has since switched to RD-181 engines. Russia intends to re-engine Soyuz-2-1v with the RD-193 when the stock of refurbished NK-33s has been expended.

So this is refurbished 1960s moon rocket motor powering this rocket...
Once the second stage had consumed its propellant and shut down, Volga separated to begin its role in the mission. Developed from the propulsion module of the Soviet-era Yantar reconnaissance satellites, Volga was powered by an 17D64 engine, which burned unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine and dinitrogen tetroxide. Designed to be restarted multiple times, Volga would have made several burns during Wednesday’s mission before deploying the four payloads into their pre-planned orbits.

Posted by 3dc 2019-11-27 13:31|| 2019-11-27 13:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Russian Sats

Posted by 3dc 2019-11-27 13:40|| 2019-11-27 13:40|| Front Page Top

#7 PDF in Russian

Posted by 3dc 2019-11-27 13:41|| 2019-11-27 13:41|| Front Page Top

#8 14F150 Napryazhenie geodetic satellites developed within the Nivelir-ZU project. The Russian word "napryazhenie" stands for voltage, while "nivelir" means level.

Posted by 3dc 2019-11-27 13:46|| 2019-11-27 13:46|| Front Page Top

#9 "The satellite is a space platform on which several types of payloads can be installed. The payload [for this mission] is equipment for remote sensing of the Earth and equipment to photograph objects in space".

Posted by 3dc 2019-11-27 13:47|| 2019-11-27 13:47|| Front Page Top

#10 Nivelir-ZU (RKTs Progress with NPO Lavochkin) and Nivelir-MNK-OZS (ISS Reshetnev) are the two known projects at this time although a third project via RKK Energia is hinted in documentation from time to time.
http://russianspaceweb.com/napryazhenie.html

Posted by 3dc 2019-11-27 13:50|| 2019-11-27 13:50|| Front Page Top

#11 From the 2017 launch of a sister sat..
Yesterday's Ministry of Defense report also explains the seemingly conflicting missions announced for Cosmos-2519 earlier ("remote sensing" and "observing satellites"). The "mother satellite" should then be on a (military) remote sensing mission and the subsatellite on an inspection mission. The question remains then what type of reconnaissance satellite this is and whether it uses an existing bus or a new one.

Posted by 3dc 2019-11-27 13:58|| 2019-11-27 13:58|| Front Page Top

#12 PDF of Russian sats before this that were similar in use. PDF is in Russian

Posted by 3dc 2019-11-27 14:05|| 2019-11-27 14:05|| Front Page Top

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