Luch 5V
Model of Luch 5A at CeBIT in 2011
Mission typeCommunications
OperatorRoskosmos
COSPAR ID2014-023A[1]
SATCAT no.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 siteBaikonur 81/24[1]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric 95° East
RegimeGeosynchronous
 

Luch 5V (Russian: Луч-5В meaning ray and sometimes transliterated as Loutch-5V) is a Russian Luch relay satellite which transmits data from the Russian Orbital Segment of the International Space Station, and from other satellites in low Earth orbit. It currently is stationed in the 95° East geosynchronous orbit slot of the Luch network.

Luch

Luch 5V is the third of the MKSR Luch Constellation. Luch 5A was launched on December 11, 2011, and Luch 5B 2 November 2012.[2][4] They are dual purpose satellites with both military and civil uses, and are similar to those in the US Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System.[5]

Luch 5V was built by JSC Information Satellite Systems using 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 6 S and Ku band channels with repeaters manufactured by Thales Alenia Space and other equipment manufactured by Sumitomo. The Ku band antenna operates at up to 150 Mbit/s and the S band antenna at up to 5 Mbit/s. The satellite also relays COSPAS/SARSAT signals and Planet-S System data.[2][7][8][9][10]

The satellite is designed to relay data from the ISS, the new Soyuz-MS and Progress-MS spacecraft, satellites in low earth orbit and rocket launch vehicles.[7][3][11]

Launch

Luch 5V was launched on 28 April 2014 on a dual launch with communication satellite KazSat-3. The Proton-M rocket with a Briz-M upper stage launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome launchpad 81/24 at 04:25 UTC. After five burns of the Briz-M upper stage it was placed into geosynchronous orbit.[3][1][12]

References

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