Summary
Lybid (Ukrainian: Либідь) is a planned Ukrainian geostationary telecommunications satellite designed as part of the National Satellite System of Ukraine.
| Mission type | Communications |
|---|---|
| Operator | Ukrkosmos |
| Website | http://www.ukrkosmos.com/project-main/libyd/ |
| Mission duration | 15 years (planned) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Bus | Ekspress |
| Manufacturer | MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates, ISS Reshetnev |
| Launch mass | 1,200 kilograms (2,600 lb) |
| Power | 3 kWt |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | TBD |
| Rocket | Zenit-3F / Fregat-SB |
| Launch site | Baikonur |
| Contractor | Roscosmos |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Geostationary |
| Transponders | |
| Band | 24 Ku band |
| Coverage area | Eastern Europe, parts of Asia, and the Middle East |
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The launch of the satellite has been repeatedly postponed (since 2011) due to various problems including: financial mismanagement, corrupt officials stealing project funds, unmet obligations to contractors and lenders, the loss of a rocket engine that went missing in transit under suspicious circumstances, and the loss of control over the satellite control center in Yevpatoria due to the Russian annexation of Crimea.[1] Currently, the satellite is stored in Russia.[2]
At the end of 2019, Volodymyr Usov, the newly appointed head of the State Space Agency of Ukraine, said the project most likely will be closed.[3] In an interview conducted in April 2021, Usov said that the Agency was still looking for an investor to facilitate the completion of the project without additional funds from the state budget.[4]
Mission edit
The satellite is intended to provide services of regional and foreign television and radio broadcasting, direct television broadcasting, the provision of multimedia and Internet services, as well as data transmission, telephony, video conferencing and the Internet, based on VSAT.[5] Satellite coverage includes Eastern Europe, parts of Asia, and the Middle East.[6]
The spacecraft will have 24 Ku-band transponders installed. The power of each transponder will be 100–110 watts.
Manufactures edit
The main contractor and developer of the payload is a Canadian company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA).
The subcontractor is JSC Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev.[7]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Savchenko, Gleb (22 October 2019). "Як 10 років запускати супутник за $300 млн і не запустити. Інструкція від України" [How to spend 10 years and $300 million to not launch a satellite: Instructions from Ukraine]. BBC News Ukrainian (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ Украина возобновляет сотрудничество с Роскосмосом // Известия
- ^ Гліб Гусєв (16 December 2019). "Підприємець Володимир Усов стане головою Державного космічного агентства. Що він робитиме на цій посаді? (Спойлер: реорганізує "Південмаш" та КБ "Південне")" [Entrepreneur Volodymyr Usov will be the head of the State Space Agency. What will he do? (Spoiler: reorganizes Yuzhmash and Yuzhnoye CB)]. theБабель (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ Nekrasov, Vsevolod (19 April 2021). "Как Украина будет запускать спутники и сколько мы заплатим Илону Маску. Интервью с главой Госкосмоса" [How Ukraine will launch satellites and how much will we pay Elon Musk. Interview with the head of the State Space Agency]. Epravda.com.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ "Национальное космическое агентство Украины / Космические аппараты / Сич-2". www.nkau.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 2012-07-02. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- ^ "Спутник "Lybid-1"" [Satellite "Lybid-1"]. satsis.info (in Russian). 8 May 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ "Новый международный проект – спутник LYBID" [New international project – the LYBID satellite] (PDF). Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev (in Russian). 5 March 2011. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2018.