Next stage
The Spektr-RG observatory successfully separated from the upper stage! Next stage: 3 months after launch — cruise to L2, positioning, performance verification (PV) and calibration phase.
Launch
The Proton-M launch vehicle together with the Spektr-RG astrophysics space observatory lifted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome at 12:30 UTC.
Spektr-RG launch broadcast
On-line broadcast of launch – today (July 13, 2019) from 14:30 MSK.
Broadcast schedule:
| Start of broadcast | 14:30 MSK |
| Launch | 15:30:57 MSK |
| End of broadcast | 15:45 MSK |
On-line broadcast of launch:
Launch schedule
| 15:30:57 MSK | Liftoff |
| 15:33:01 MSK | Stage I separation |
| 15:36:29 MSK | Stage II separation |
| 15:36:42 MSK | Fairing separation |
| 15:40:41 MSK | Booster separates from stage III |
| 15:46:41 MSK | First booster engine firing, to lift the payload into a transfer orbit |
| 17:08:24 MSK | Second booster engine firing, spacecraft on the way to L2 |
| 17:30:58 MSK | Booster separation from the payload |
Launch preparations
Watch short films of launch preparations by Roscosmos TV:
Assembly of Proton-M launcher
Preparations
Arrival of SRG to Baikonur