Briz (rocket stage)
Manufacturer | Khrunichev |
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Country of origin | Russia |
General characteristics | |
Diameter | 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in)[1] |
Length | 2.60 metres (8 ft 6 in)[1] |
Gross mass | 6,475 kilograms (14,275 lb)[2] |
Propellant mass | 5,055 kilograms (11,144 lb)[2] |
Engine details | |
Engines | 1 S5.98M[2] |
Thrust | 19.6 kN (4,400 lbf) |
Specific impulse | 326 s |
Burn time | 3000 seconds |
Fuel | N2O4/UDMH |
Manufacturer | Khrunichev |
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Country of origin | Russia |
General characteristics | |
Diameter | 4.10 metres (13.5 ft)[3] |
Length | 2.61 metres (8 ft 7 in)[3] |
Gross mass | 22,500 kilograms (49,600 lb)[3] |
Propellant mass | 20,000 kilograms (44,000 lb)[3] |
Engine details | |
Engines | 1 S5.98M[3] |
Thrust | 19.6 kN (4,400 lbf) |
Specific impulse | 326 s |
Burn time | 3000 seconds |
Fuel | N2O4/UDMH |
The Briz-K, Briz-KM and Briz-M (Russian: Бриз-К, КM and M meaning Breeze-K, KM and M) are Russian liquid-propellant rocket orbit insertion upper stages manufactured by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center and used on the Proton-M, Angara A5 or Rokot, one of Russia's smaller launchers.
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Characteristics
Briz-K and Briz-KM
Briz-K, GRAU index 14S12, is a single-piece structure with a conical tank compartment and the engine located in a recess in the fuel tank. Briz-KM (GRAU index 14S45) is a improved version of Briz-K.[4] The Briz-K and Briz-KM is used as a third stage of the Rokot launch vehicles.[5]
Briz-M
Briz-M, GRAU index 14S43, is designed for injecting large payloads into a low, medium-height or high geosynchronous orbit.[3] Briz-M is a twin upper stage consisting of a core module (using Briz-KM as the baseline) and a jettisonable add-on doughnut tank surrounding the core.[3] It is powered by a pump-fed gimballed main engine, the 14D30.[6] The main engine can be restarted 8 times in flight and allows precision placement of the spacecraft into orbit.[7] Orbital lifetime of the Briz-M is limited by available onboard battery power and is currently 24 hours.[7] The total time of the standard Proton/Briz-M mission to geosynchronous orbit profile from lift-off to spacecraft separation is approximately 9.3 hours.[7] A Proton launch vehicle with a Briz-M upper stage can also inject payloads to Earth escape trajectories.[7]
One of system's design goals has been to keep overall dimensions as small as possible. Briz-M takes much less space on board the launch vehicle compared to its predecessor, the Block D upper stage, leaving freed volume for the cargo.[8] A Proton with a Briz-M can place a 4,385 kg satellite, such as an A2100AX, into a target orbit with an apogee of 35,786 km, a perigee of 7,030 km, and an inclination of 17.3°.[9][10] Maximum lift capability of the Briz-M stage is 5,645 kg to geosynchronous transfer orbit with a 1,500 m/s residual velocity to GSO.[6] A tandem launch of multiple spacecraft is also supported, with the ability to inject the spacecraft into different orbits.[6]
History
Briz-M completed its maiden flight in May 2000, when it is delivered the Gorizont communications satellite into orbit.[citation needed]
It is planned to use Briz-M with the A3 and A5 versions of the future Angara rocket family.[3]
Launch chronology
Proton-M/Briz-M
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Date | Configuration | Notes |
5 July 1999 | Proton-K/Briz-M | launch failure due to explosion of Proton second stage. Carried a Raduga communication satellite. |
6 June 2000 | Proton-K/Briz-M | First successful flight of the Briz-M and delivery of Gorizont #45L communication satellite. |
7 April 2001 | Proton-M/Briz-M | Maiden flight of Proton-M. Successful delivery of Ekran-M #18L communications satellite. |
30 December 2002 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful launch of an Nimiq 2 satellite. |
6 June 2003 | Proton-K/Briz-M | successful launch of an Americom communication satellite. |
10 December 2003 | Proton-K/Briz-M | successful launch of three GLONASS positioning satellites. |
15 March 2004 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful launch of Eutelsat W3A communications satellite. |
17 June 2004 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful launch of Intelsat-10-02 communications satellite. |
5 August 2004 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful delivery of Amazonas 1 satellite into an elliptical transfer orbit. |
15 October 2004 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful launch of AMC-15 communications satellite for SES Americom. |
3 February 2005 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful launch of AMC-12 communications satellite for SES Americom. |
22 May 2005 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful launch of Direc TV-8 satellite. |
8 September 2005 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful launch of Anik-F1R satellite. |
29 December 2005 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful launch of AMC-23 communications satellite. |
28 February 2006 | Proton-M/Briz-M | launch failure leaves Briz-M and payload in unusable orbit. Carried an Arabsat-4A communication satellite. The booster eventually exploded on 19 February 2007, producing over 1000 trackable pieces of space debris.[11][12] |
4 August 2006 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful launch of Hot Bird 8 communications satellite into the geostationary orbit for the Eutelsat. |
8 November 2006 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful launch of Arabsat-4B (Badr-4) communications satellite. |
11 December 2006 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful launch of MEASAT-3 Malaysian communications satellite. |
10 April 2007 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful launch of Anik F3 satellite for Telesat of Canada. |
7 July 2007 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful launch of DirecTV-10 |
6 September 2007 | Proton-M/Briz-M | Proton-M with JCSAT-11 satellite crashed after second stage failure of a gimbal mechanism. |
18 November 2007 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful launch of Sirus 4 communications satellite. |
9 December 2007 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful launch of Raduga-1M #1 satellite. |
15 March 2008 | Proton-M/Briz-M | failed during second burn, leaving AMC-14 in useless orbit. The failure was caused by a ruptured exhaust gas conduit, which led to a shutdown of the turbo pump feeding the Briz-M engine.[13] |
19 August 2008 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful launch of the Inmarsat 4 F3 satellite. A modification was made to the Briz-M engine to include a new conduit in response to the 14 March failure. This modification will be used in all future launches.[13][14] |
20 September 2008 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful launch of Nimiq-4[15] |
6 November 2008 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful launch of Astra 1M from Baikonur, Kazakhstan |
10 December 2008 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful launch of Ciel-2 from Baikonur.[16] |
11 February 2009 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful launch of Express-AM44 and Express-MD1 from Baikonur |
1 July 2009 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful launch of Sirius FM-5 from Baikonur[17] |
17 August 2011 | Proton-M/Briz-M | Failed launch of Ekspress-AM4 satellite from Baikonur – lost contact with Briz-M on fourth burn.[18] |
3 November 2011 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful launch of 3 Glonass satellites.[19] |
11 December 2011 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful launch of AMOS-5 (Spacecom) and Luch-5A.[20] |
14 February 2012 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful launch of SES-4 communication satellite[21] |
6 August 2012 | Proton-M/Briz-M | Failed launch of Telkom-3 and Ekspress-MD2 communication satellites[22] |
8 December 2012 | Proton-M/Briz-M | Partial success launch of Yamal-402 communication satellite placing close to designated orbit keeping possibility to correct it[23] |
26 March 2013 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful launch of Satmex 8 communications satellite to Geostationary transfer orbit[24] |
15 April 2013 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful launch of Anik G1 satellite[25] |
14 May 2013 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful launch of Eutelsat-3D satellite[26] |
3 June 2013 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful delivery of SES-6 communication satellite into super-synchronous transfer orbit[27] |
30 September 2013 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful delivery of Astra-2E communication satellite into Geosynchronous transfer orbit[28] |
25 October 2013 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful delivery of Sirius FM-6 satellite into Geostationary transfer orbit[29] |
12 November 2013 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful delivery of Raduga 1M #3 military communications satellite. However, all telemetry and data from the Briz-M was lost due to failed onboard data processing system Пирит (Pyrite)[30] |
8 December 2013 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful delivery of Inmarsat-5 F1 satellite into super-synchronous transfer orbit[31] |
26 December 2013 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful delivery of Ekspress AM-5 satellite[32] |
15 February 2014 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful orbital insertion of Turksat-4A telecommunications satellite into Geostationary transfer orbit[33] |
16 March 2014 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful delivery of Express AT1 and Express AT2 telecommunications satellites into Geostationary orbit[34] |
28 April 2014 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful delivery of Luch-5V & KazSat-3 communications satellites into Geosynchronous orbit[35] |
16 May 2014 | Proton-M/Briz-M | Loss of Ekspress AM-4R satellite due to failed Proton-M third stage[36] |
28 September 2014 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful delivery of Olimp-K/Luch military communications satellite into Geostationary orbit[37] |
21 October 2014 | Proton-M/Briz-M | Ekspress-AM6 satellite was delivered to a lower-than-planned orbit. Later, Roscosmos stated that Ekspress-AM6 would be able to reach its planned orbit and expected to be operational by 1 July 2015[38] |
15 December 2014 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful delivery of Yamal 401 satellite into Geostationary orbit[39] |
28 December 2014 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful delivery of Astra 2G satellite to Geostationary orbit[40] |
1 February 2015 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful delivery of Inmarsat 5-F2 satellite into Supersynchronous orbit[41] |
19 March 2015 | Proton-M/Briz-M | successful delivery of Ekspress AM-7 communications satellite into Geostationary orbit[42] |
16 May 2015 | Proton-M/Briz-M | Third stage failure, loss of Mexsat-1 Centenario satellite. |
Rokot/Briz-K/KM
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Angara A5/Briz-M
Date | Configuration | Notes |
23 December 2014 | Angara A5/Briz-M | Maiden flight of Angara A5, mass simulator intentionally not separated from Briz-M upper stage[43] |
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