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Foton-M3 Scientific Equipment

Equipment

 

Application

 

Polizon-M (144 kg)

 

4 experiments on materials science (KBOM, Russia)

Biokont-M (4.6 kg)

 

studies of microgravity and radiation effects on microorganisms producing bioactive elements (TsNIImash, Russia)

Vibrokon-M (10 kg)

 

experiments in heat and mass transfer (TsNIImash, Russia)

Plazmida, Retseptor, Ulitka, Ukladka and Regeneratsia

experiments in gravitation and space biology (IMBP, Russia)

Kontur-L (66 kg)

 

experiments with Mongolian gerbils (IMBP, Russia)

GradFlex (55 kg)

 

2 fluid physics experiments (ESA)

 

Telesupport (27 kg)

 

assists all payloads onboard (ESA)

Biopan (27 kg)

 

experiments in exobiolgy and radiation exposure (ESA)

SCCO (32 kg)

 

4 experiments from ESA/CSA on diffusion effects in crude oil (ESA/CSA)

Biobox (64 kg)

 

5 experiments on cellular biology; studies of spaceflight effects on cell growth (ESA)

Biocon (15 kg)

 

experiments in space biology (Italy)

Eristo/Osteo (66 kg)

 

3 experiments on bone growth and yeast (CSA/ESA)

Aquahab (18 kg)

 

2 experiments in biology of water organisms; studies of spaceflight effects on water organisms (DLR/ESA)

Stone (1 kg)

 

12 meteoritic re-entry experiment (ESA)

Granada (5 kg)

 

growth of several protein crystals (ESA)

Freqbone (7 kg)

 

countermeasures for bone losses in microgravity (B/ESA)

DataLogger (2 kg)

 

Measurement of shocks, temperature and relative humidity (ESA/TsSKB)

Dimac (9 kg)

 

Tri-axial accelerometer system: true DC to 200 Hz (ESA)

Teplo (10 kg)

 

low-g performance of new design heat pipes

YES-2 (36 kg)

 

a students space experiment that will test a cable system for a small re-entry capsule

Foton-M3 Mission Objectives

    * implement an international science program according to which some experiments are to be conducted by European researchers (over 40 experiments);
    * conduct two Chinese experiments;
    * perform seven Russian-European experiments based on the Polizon facility;
    * conduct over 20 Russian experiments using national equipment.

Some experimental data will be transmitted in flight via telemetry channels and a special channel provided by the European Telesupport facility, but the results of the research will be obtained after the Foton-M3 re-entry capsule returns to Earth.
Foton-M onboard scientific equipment studies fluid physics, materials science, biology, meteoritics, and spaceflight effects.


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The unmanned Foton-M3 capsule, carrying a payload of around 40 European experiments, is scheduled to launch onboard a Soyuz-U rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 13:00 CEST (11:00 UT) on Friday 14 September.
The Foton capsule will spend 12 days orbiting the Earth, exposing the experiments to microgravity and, in the case of a handful of experiments, also exposing them to the harsh environment of open space, before re-entering the atmosphere and landing in the border zone between Russia and Kazakhstan.

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The launch will be broadcast live on the ESA Portal via web streaming.
The broadcast can be found HERE.

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Satellite to Lower Cargo by Using Rope
Souz-U rocket carrying Foton-M satellite blasts off from Baikonur spaceport at 3:00 p.m., MSK, Friday, September 14. After being delivered to orbit, the satellite will operate in the outer space for 12 days and then return to the Earth. It will carry 26 experiments, 10 of them initiated by Russia, and lower a cargo by using the rope.
The developers of YES (Young Engineers Satellite) experiment, for instance, are more than 500 students of Europes and Russias universities.

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An unmanned Foton capsule, carrying a payload of over 40 European experiments, is on schedule for launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, at 13:00 CEST (11:00 UT) tomorrow. The Soyuz-U launcher, which will carry the Foton-M3 spacecraft into orbit, was transferred to the launch pad this morning.
 The Foton-M3 assembly and test work was completed at Baikonur on Tuesday evening. Shortly afterwards, the satellite was moved to the Soyuz integration area. The spacecraft was assembled vertically on the launch adapter and the fairing attached.
The whole assembly was then tilted to the horizontal and attached to the launcher, which was already on the transport train, in the early hours of Wednesday.
Around midday today, the train carrying the Soyuz-U left the integration hall, arriving at the launch pad just an hour later.

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Nominal launch sequence
  
PhaseTimeEvent
Pre-launchL-180mFuelling starts
 L-60mLauncher teams evacuated from launch pad
 L-45mFlight programme loaded into computers and service gantries roll back
 L-15mLaunch site totally evacuated
 L-6mAutomatic launch sequence ready for ignition
 L-5mActivation of ground and onboard telemetry
 L-2m40sSwitch to internal power supply and umbilical mast is disconnected
 L-29sIgnition of 4 lateral boosters and core stage
LaunchLLift-off (11:00:00 UT/ 13:00:00 CEST, 14 September 2007)
 L+0:01:204 strap-on boosters are jettisoned
 L+0:02:30Protective Fairing is jettisoned (84km above Earth)
 L+0:04:48Core stage separation
 L+0:05:00Ignition of third stage (167km above Earth)
 L+0:08:40Shut down of third stage
Injection into orbitL+0:08:49Separation of Foton spacecraft from third stage. Injection into orbit. Activation of onboard systems
 
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Samples of micro organisms, antibodies, fluorescent dyes and rock from Devon are amongst a European payload which will be sent into near Earth orbit this week onboard an unmanned Russian spacecraft exposing them to the extreme conditions found in space.

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The  Russian Soyuz rocket carrying the  Foton M3 microgravity research capsule and the YES2 tether demonstration spacecraft is still scheduled to launch from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan at  11:00 GMT, September 14th.
It had been  feared that all launches would be cancelled due to the recent crash of a Proton-M rocket with a Japanese communications satellite onboard.

"The Proton is a heavy rocket, which uses highly toxic heptyl as fuel, whereas Soyuz is a medium-class booster using environmentally friendly fuel - kerosene and liquid oxygen" - Spokesman for the Federal Space Agency.

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A rock will be hurled into space on a rocket and subjected to the fiery heat of re-entry into Earth's atmosphere to test whether life could have hitched a ride from one planet to another in debris from an asteroid strike.
The rock is one of 35 experiments to fly on a European Space Agency mission called Foton M3, which is set to launch on 14 September from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Some scientists say life could have spread around the solar system by hitching rides inside rocks blasted from one planet or moon to another by asteroid impacts.

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 Scientists trying to discover the origins of life on Earth are sending a piece of  Orkney stone  into space.
The rock will be strapped to a Russian rocket  to see how it survives Earth's atmosphere after 12 days in orbit.
Scheduled for launch on September 14 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, the unmanned Foton M3 mission will carry  the YES2 tether demonstration spacecraft and also 35 ESA experiments in life and physical sciences, including a rock experiment designed by Professor John Parnell, Chair in Geology & Petroleum Geology, from the University of Aberdeen.

 "It will be interesting to see if organic matter in the rock is robust enough to survive the harsh conditions that are endured during re-entry through the atmosphere" - Prof John Parnell, Aberdeen University.

More than 60 scientists are involved in the project aimed at finding out if meteorites can carry primitive life from one planet to another.

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