Moin,
der Start von GALILEO SNS GIOVE-A ist ohne Probleme verlaufen.
05:59:08 L - 00:20:00 Completion of service tower retraction
The service tower has been retracted. Soyuz stands alone on the Kazakh steppes.
06:12:08
L - 00:07:00
Upper stage intialised and switched to internal power
The Fregat upper stage is switched to being powered by its batteries and prepared for take-off.
06:13:08
L - 00:06:00
Upper stage declared ready to launch
Fregat is initialised and ready to go.
06:13:48
L - 00:05:20
Key on start
Last countdown operations.
06:16:33
L - 00:02:35
Umbilical drop-off
The umbilical cables and pipes connecting the launcher and tower have been disconnected.
06:17:03
L - 00:02:05
Lift-off command
The command for lift-off has been given; there is no stopping the launch now.
06:18:48 L - 00:00:20
Core and lateral booster engine ignition
The four engines of the Soyuz core (second stage) and the four engines in each of the four Soyuz boosters (first stage) have been ignited.
06:19:08
Lift-off06:19:16
L + 00:00:08
End of vertical climb
After eight seconds of vertical flight, the Soyuz urns towrds the east.
06:21:00
L + 00:01:52
Soyuz lateral boosters transition to intermediate thrust
The sixteen booster engines are throttled back ready for separation.
06:21:06
L + 00:01:58
Soyuz first stage separation
The four lateral boosters separate and drop away.
06:23:21
L + 00:04:13
Fairing jettison
The fairing, or nose cone, that has been protecting GIOVE and Fregat is discarded.
06:23:54
L + 00:04:46
Soyuz third stage ignition
06:23:55
L + 00:04:47
Soyuz second stage separation
The Soyuz core separates from the third stage.
06:27:57
L + 00:08:49
Fregat separation
The third stage drops away. GIOVE stands alone on top of Fregat
06:28:57
L + 00:09:49
Start of Fregat main engine first burn
To reach GIOVE's final orbit, a number of manoeuvres are will be performed by the re-ignitable Fregat upper stage. The first burn lasts twenty seconds.
06:29:17
L + 00:10:09
Fregat main engine cut-off for first burn
GIOVE and Fregat fly along a ballistic trajectory until a further engine burn to re-orient the composite (Fregat + GIOVE-A)
Jerry