Land Launch Project
Chronology of Launches
AMOS-3 Launch
CHRONOLOGY OF ACTIVITIES
| March 15-29, 2008 |
Prelaunch processing of Block DM-SLB ?1TL within the Zenit-3SLB ILV. |
| March 30, 2008 |
US filling with high-boiling propellant components and compressed gases. |
| April 2-5, 2008 |
Amos-З SC (Israel) filling with propellant components and compressed gases. |
| April 1-13, 2008 |
Assembly and nominal processing of Ascent Unit ?1L. Nominal prelaunch processing of launch vehicle Zenit-2S ?1L within the Zenit-3SLB ILV. |
| April 14-21, 2008 |
Assembly and nominal prelaunch processing of the Zenit-3SLB ILV. |
| April 20, 2008 |
State Committee accepted a decision on the Zenit-3SLB ILV roll-out to LC for ILV further processing for the Amos-3 SC launch planned for April 24, 2008. |
| April 21, 2008 |
1-st launch day. ILV transportation to the Launch Complex ILV installation on LD. Start of ILV nominal prelaunch processing. |
| April 22, 2008 |
2-nd launch day. Critical launch readiness checklist (CLRC). |
| April 23-24, 2008 |
3-rd launch day. CLRC mode analysis. Meeting of the State Committee (launch readiness review with Customer participation). LC preparation for prelaunch processing (PLP) mode.
On April 24, 2008 at 04:00 Moscow time (00:00 UTC) PLP mode began. 2 minutes before the "LAUNCH" command because of the failure of the transporter-erector hydraulic support retraction operation the launch complex was shifted to the "TIMELINE CANCELLATION" mode. Upon the propellant components and the compressed gases venting ILV was transfered to a horizontal position. At the meeting of the State Committee a decision on the launch date postponement to April 28, 2008 was adopted. |
| April 24-27, 2008 |
TE trouble-shooting. ILV installation into a vertical position. |
| April 28, 2008 |
At 04:00, Moscow time (00:00 UTC) PLP mode began. At 09:00 Moscow time (05:00 UTC) the first launch under the Land Launch program was performed. |
LAUNCH RESULTS
The Amos-З spacecraft was injected into close to GEO orbit with the following parameters:
Perigee altitude,
km |
Apogee altitude,
km |
Inclination,
deg. |
34240 |
39360 |
0.7 |
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