As you probably know, the SRG spacecraft, carrying the eROSITA X-ray telescope, is scheduled for launch from Baikonur this coming Friday,
June 21, at 14:17 CEST (Central European Summer Time or UTC+2 time zone which is 2 hours ahead of UTC - Coordinated Universal Time).
If you want to watch the launch, a webcast shall be available at any of these links on Friday:
Live stream
http://www.tvroscosmos.ru/5129/
Countdown
https://www.roscosmos.ru/26334/
In case you want to follow the launch itself, below is an
approximate timeline of critical events throughout the afternoon (all
times in CEST, accurate to the minute or so):
- 14:17: Take off
- 14:17-14:19: Proton-M 1st stage burn
- 14:19-14:23: Proton-M 2nd stage burn
- 14:23-14:26: Proton-M 3rd stage burn
- 14:27 Separation of the Upper stage BlockDM03
- 14:33-14:35: Block-DM03 First ignition
- 15:53-16:02: Block-DM03 Second ignition
- 16:16: SRG Spacecraft separation
- 16:24: start of Spacecraft telemetry link
- 18:14: End of Sun search (solar panels should be deployed by then)
- 18:24-18:44: Switch-on of eROSITA (ITC)
- Around 20:10: End of first contact with ground segment.
However, below is a collection of news items and videos from the last weeks of activities in Baikonur (mainly from Roscosmos).
- SRG Animation
- Nature article
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01831-1
- Science article:
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/06 ... ence-hopes
- SRG arrival in Baikonur
- SRG-BlockDM03 integration
- Rocket Payload integration
- Rocket transport and installation on launch platform
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