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Luch 5V

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Luch 5V
Model of Luch 5A at CeBIT in 2011
Mission typeCommunications
OperatorRoskosmos
COSPAR ID2014-023A[1]
SATCATno.39727[1]
Mission duration10 years
Spacecraft properties
BusEkspress-1000A[2]
ManufacturerJSC Information Satellite Systems
Launch mass1,148 kg (2,531 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date28 April 2014, 04:25(2014-04-28UTC04:25Z)UTC[3]
RocketProton-M/Briz-M
Launch siteBaikonur81/24[1]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric95° East
RegimeGeosynchronous

Luch 5V(Russian:Луч-5Вmeaningrayand sometimestransliteratedasLoutch-5V) is a RussianLuchrelay satellitewhich transmits data from theRussian Orbital Segmentof theInternational Space Station,and from other satellites inlow Earth orbit.It currently is stationed in the 95° Eastgeosynchronous orbitslot of the Luch network.

Luch

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Luch 5V is the third of theMKSR Luch Constellation.Luch 5Awas launched on December 11, 2011, andLuch 5B2 November 2012.[2][4]They aredual purposesatellites with both military and civil uses, and are similar to those in the USTracking and Data Relay Satellite System.[5]

Luch 5V was built byJSC Information Satellite Systemsusing the Ekspress-1000A bus, and is an almost clone of the Luch 5A. The only differences are some structural designs that had to be adapted for its companion to orbit,KazSat-3.[6]It has 6SandKu bandchannels with repeaters manufactured byThales Alenia Spaceand other equipment manufactured bySumitomo.The Ku band antenna operates at up to 150Mbit/sand the S band antenna at up to 5 Mbit/s. The satellite also relaysCOSPAS/SARSATsignals and Planet-S System data.[2][7][8][9][10]

The satellite is designed to relay data from the ISS, the newSoyuz-MSandProgress-MSspacecraft, satellites in low earth orbit and rocket launch vehicles.[7][3][11]

Launch

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Luch 5V was launched on 28 April 2014 on a dual launch withcommunication satelliteKazSat-3.TheProton-Mrocket with aBriz-Mupper stage launched fromBaikonur Cosmodromelaunchpad81/24at 04:25 UTC. After five burns of the Briz-M upper stage it was placed intogeosynchronous orbit.[3][1][12]

References

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  1. ^abcd"2014-023".zarya.info. 2014.Retrieved2015-08-20.
  2. ^abcKribs, Gunter Dirk (2015-03-06)."Luch 5A, 5V".Gunter's Space Page.Retrieved2015-08-20.
  3. ^abc"Loutch-5V and KazSat-3 successfully put into orbit".JSC Information Satellite Systems.2014-04-29.Retrieved2015-08-20.
  4. ^Kribs, Gunter Dirk (2015-03-06)."Luch 5B".Gunter's Space Page.Retrieved2015-08-20.
  5. ^"Russia launches two telecoms satellites".RIA Novosti.2012-11-06.Retrieved2011-12-11.
  6. ^Roskin, Sergei (2012-03-15)."Развитие системы" Луч ""[Development of the Luch System](PDF).Sibirsky Sputnik(in Russian).9(297).JSC Information Satellite Systems:4.Retrieved2015-08-13.
  7. ^ab"AMOS-5 and Loutch-5A successfully launched".JSC Information Satellite Systems.2011-12-12.Retrieved2015-08-20.
  8. ^"Loutch-5A and Loutch-5B DRSs".JSC Information Satellite Systems.2012-11-03. Archived fromthe originalon 2012-04-25.Retrieved2012-11-04.
  9. ^"Thales Alenia Space to supply repeaters equipment for Russian satellites Loutch-5A and Loutch-5B".Thales Alenia Space.2007-06-19. Archived fromthe originalon 2013-02-04.Retrieved2012-11-04.
  10. ^Zak, Anatoly (2012-10-23)."Luch satellite".Russianspaceweb.Retrieved2012-11-04.
  11. ^"Upgraded Progress Transport Cargo Spacecraft Getting Ready for Launch".Yuzhny Space Center. 2015-08-10. Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-04.Retrieved2015-08-13.
  12. ^Zak, Anatoly."Russia completes its space relay network, delivers Kazakh comsat".Russianspaceweb.Retrieved2015-08-20.