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22-24.04.09
Workshop In Tarus
In Tarus town was held a workshop, concerned "CORONAS-PHOTON"
project, titled "First Stages of Flight Work and Realisation
of Scientific Experiments Programs". Developers of space
aparatus "CORONAS-PHOTON" and of scientific instruments
complex "PHOTON" have published and discussed results
of flight work and first scientific reults.
09.04.09
From
"CORONAS-PHOTON" To ROSGIDROMET
To achieve one of the items of agreement between MEPHI and
ROSGIDROMET, concerned on-line weather analysis, MEPHI has
chosen few parameters to send to ROSGIDROMET as soon as they
are recieved from satellite.
03.04.09
Practical Scientific Conference "CORONAS-PHOTON
- first russian scientific satellite" was held at FGUP "NPP
VNIIEM"
Following reports were produced:R.S.Salihov -
"CORONAS-PHOTON" complex main constructor, sub general
director FGUP "NIIEM"; "Results of space apparatus
"CORONAS-PHOTON" creation"
V.N.Yurov - main constructor of scientific instruments
"PHOTON", sub director of Institute of Astrophysics at MEPHI;
"Creation, drill and initial launch of scientific instruments
complex "PHOTON"
A.S.Buslov - engineer of Institute of Astrophysics at
MEPHI; "Terrestrial recieving, processing and distributing
complex"
Yu.D.Kotov - scientific project leader, director of
Institute of Astrophysics a MEPHI; "First scientific results
of "CORONAS-PHOTON" mission and "NATALYA-2M"
experiment"
S.V.Kuzin - chief of laboratory of P.N. Lebedevs' Physics
Institute at Russian Science Academy (RSA); "First results of
TESIS experiment"
A.V.Stepanov - Director of main astronomic observatory of
RSA; "Problem of particle acceleration near
Sun"
31.03.09 At FGUP "NPP VNIIEM" session of National
Committee was held. The topic was flight work of space
complex "CORONAS-PHOTON"
After granting a hearing to reports, talks and conclusions
of head organisations concerning main topic, National
Committee made a decision: taking on account results of
initial stage of flight work, to add "CORONAS-PHOTON" to
orbital line-up of space apparatus of social, economic,
scientific and commercial usage.
02.03.09 Russian solac space observatory "CORONAS-PHOTON".
First results of "KONUS-RF" experiment.
Scientific apparatus complex of new solar
space observatory "CORONAS-PHOTON", which was launched on the
30th of January, 2009 to the cirucmterrestrial orbit with
82,50 grad tilt and remoteness from Earth approx. 547-592 km,
includes gamma-spectrometer "KONUS-RF" for examining hard
x-ray radiation solar flashes, cosmic gamma-splashes and soft
gamma-repiters' activity. Space apparatus"CORONAS-PHOTON" is
stabilized by rotation around sun-oriented axis, with
exactitude of few angular minutes. One of detectors
gamma-spectrometers is directed to Sun, another one is
directed backwards. "KONUS-RF" experiment is dedicated for
detailed research of temporal and spectral characteristics of
solar flashes and space gamma-splashes in wide energy band
from 10 keV to 10 MeV. Spectrometer is highly sensitive and is
optimised for measuring events' characteristics. Apparatus is
the development of russian-american experiment "KONUS-WIND"
concerning detectors' construction and measurements'
organization. Simultaneous solar flashes and cosmic
gamma-splashes observations by spectrometric detectors, which
are situated in different places in space and have concerted
measurement modes, greatly improve confidence and veracity in
registration of thin details in time histories and energy
spectrums' splashes.
20.02.09 About modern
controle technologies of Plesetzk cosmodrome
On official ROSCOSMOS web-site new message is published:
"What are modern controle technologies for terrestrial cosmic
infrostructure technical conditions on Plesetzk cosmodrome and
how they have helped during recent work for space apparatus
"CORONAS-Photon" launch"
http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=5463 (in
russian)
20.02.09
Turn-on of "CORONAS-Photon" scientific sets is carried
on normally
According to the flight work tests program for scientific
instruments of "CORONAS-Photon" scientific sets phase-by-phase
turn-on has started. Workability of SSRNI set, on-board
transmitters, BIS-KF system and recieving stations NZ OMZ is
approved during communication sessions in both encoded and
unencoded modes.
As results of express-analysis recieved on 20.02.2009 show,
turned-on scientific instruments work properly. Turning-on
program for scientific sets is on.
13.02.09 Reporting space
apparatus "CORONAS-PHOTON" flight work
According
to the flight program of scientific satellite
"CORONAS-PHOTON", launched on the 30th of January from
Plesetzk cosmodrome with "Cyclone-3" missile-carrier, a lot of
work was brought up by engaged specialists to accomplish
on-board service systems' tests and to test it's functioning
modes.
Test radiolines turn-on was conducted with test information
transfer to the recieving stations of Scientific Center of
on-line Earth Monitoring in Moscow.
Later on it is planned to initiate test turn-ons of
scientific instruments. Information from scientific
instruments of space apparatus will be recieving by Recieving
Stations and will be transfered on-line in Express Processing
Center (MEPHI), which will store it and conduct it to the
final users.
30.01.09 Mission Control Center has taken "CORONAS-PHOTON" under its guidance
30.01.09 20:05 Second run
of transmitting telemetric information has taken place.
According to the inboard data pressure and temperature in
pressure shell is at normal rate, orientation on Sun is set,
board tension is at normal rate.
30.01.09 18:10 Complex
"CORONAS-PHOTON" has entered radio-visibility area, and first
telemetery was translated, solar batteries have opened,
pressure in pressure shell is at normal
rate.
30.01.09 16:35
Launch of space apparatus "CORONAS-PHOTON" is completed
successfully, the first and the second stages worked out
standart, in 18 hours 10 minuttes it will be clear, if the
satellite has made it to the required orbit.
30.01.09
Preparation of systems of space apparatus is over.
Filling of booster with fuel has begun. Thirty minutes
readiness is declared.
29.01.09 Launch
of space apparatus "CORONAS-PHOTON" is postponed on 16:30 of
30.01.09 because of technical reasons.
29.01.09 Today at
16 hours 30 minutes from cosmodrome Plesetzk will be launched
missile-carrier Cyclon-3 with space apparatus
"CORONAS-PHOTON". We are publishing high definition photos
from cosmodrome. Published materials can be freely used in
mass media.
24.01.09 Coupling
of space apparatus and missile carrier on cosmodrome is
successfully finished
16.01.09 Tests of
CSI "PHOTON" on cosmodrome are successfully
finished
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Final stage of tests of space complex
"CORONAS-PHOTON" with complex of science instruments
"PHOTON" on Plesetzk cosmodrome is successfully
finished.
On photo: SA "CORONAS-PHOTON" installed on
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12.01.09 Work on
cosmodrome continues
On Plesetzk cosmodrome preparations for the
launch of space apparatus "CORONAS-PHOTON" and scientific
instruments are continued by specialists from organisations
producers of devices.
Launch is settled on 16:30, 29th of January, 2009
15.12.08
"CORONAS-PHOTON" has arrived at cosmodrome
At 1:40 AM "CORONAS-PHOTON" was delivered by
railway at Plesetzk cosmodrome.
In connection with this in web media is mentioned, that
"CORONAS" program is held under Federal space program of
Russia for fundamental space researches, run by Federal space
Agency. "CORONAS-PHOTON" project is included in international
program "Life with a star". Space apparatus "CORONAS-PHOTON"
was created in community of enterprises, included in Federal
space Agency structure.
"CORONAS-PHOTON" will be launched on behalf of Russian
Academy of Sciences and will provide it with information for
studying sequences of processes in solar plasma, leading to
explosions and energy releases. This process is accompanied
with acceleration of particles with their further appearance
in observed solar events.
It is supposed, that satellite
will work no less, than three years. In this time it will
observe evolution of enery specrums of hard electromagnetic
radiation in energy range of 12 keV to 2000 MeV, streams of
soft roentgen and ultraviolet radiation of Sun. Also,
"CORONAS-PHOTON" will study time behavior of hard roentgen
radiation with high time resolution (up to 1 ms), change of
linear polarisation of hard roentgen radiation in solar
flashes and gamma-splashes. Apparatus will register neutrons
of solar origin, examine energy spectrum and charges of
nucleus, accelerated during solar flashes.
Scientists are also interested in anomalous components of
cosmic rays and in radiation, captured by Earth's magnetic
field. "CORONAS-PHOTON" will observe higher layers of earth
atmosphere, by measuring absorption of solar roentgen and
ultraviolet radiations in it. Apparatus will make survey of
Sun with high angular and time resolution in some roentgen
lines of solar plasma, and also helioseismological
observations of Sun in nearest ultraviolet to infrared
range.
24.07.08 MEPHI
has been visited by President of Russia D.A.
Medvedev
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MEPHI has been visited by President of Russia D.A.
Medvedev. Special exposition of
scientific and technical elaborations was made up for
his visit. Complex of Scientific Instruments
"CORONAS-PHOTON" is amidst exhibits.
On photo: A.A. Furcenko, D.A. Medvedev, S.V.
Kirienko, M.N. Strihanov around CSI "PHOTON". Photo by
L. Kalmykova. "Engineer-physicist" #11, August,
2008
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01.12.05 Descent of space
apparatus CORONAS-F from
orbit has begun
Russian-Ukrainian space apparatus CORONAS-F has been put
into an orbit on July, 31st, 2001, and has been developed for
1 year of active work. On CORONAS-F is established AVS-F -
device, developed in our institute . The device created for
studying characteristics of non-stationary streams of
electromagnetic radiation in a wide range energy 3 keV - 80
MeV. Results of the researches, lead CORONAS-F, have received
a high estimation of Presidium of Russian Academy of Sciences
and the international scientific community. CORONAS-F was
singular russian scientific satellite working in an orbit at
the moment. During this week the device will burn down in
dense layers of atmosphere. There is no threat for civils in
this turn
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