I am circulating this message after receiving prior permission via Bart De Pontieuu because of its commercial nature. Anyone who is interested in the publication(s) should please contact me direct rather than taking up space on the mailing list. During the 1980s and 1990s Nicholas L Johnson of Teledyne Brown Engineering and later Kaman Sciences wrote a series of annual reports in the series "The Soviet Year In Space" (1981-1990) which evolved into "Europe And Asia In Space" for the years 1991-1992 and 1993-1994. It is probable that you are familiar with these publications. Following Mr Johnson taking a position within NASA these reports ceased publication. I have decided to publish an unofficial replacement Report which will hopefully become an annual publication: "CIS SPACE ACTIVITY 2000". My plan is to have the Report taken to the printers around January 31st 2001 and then copies will be mailed out as soon as they come back from the printer. A list of contents of the Report is given at the end of this e-mail. It is possible that additional sections might be added in the meantime, but the list represents the minimum sections to be included. Unlike Mr Johnson's reports, "CIS SPACE ACTIVITY 2000" will be a commercial venture. Using "L" for the "pounds sterling" symbol, the basic Report cost will be L45. Adding on the cost of postage and packing - and, for non-UK purchasers, an additional amount to cover what the bank charges for any overseas transactions - the total amounts will be:- Within the UK (first class delivery) L48.75 Within Europe (air mail delivery) L59.50 Rest of the World (air mail, printed material delivery) L63.20 I have kept the price as low as possible to ensure that the cost will be within the range of the seriously-interested non-professional as well as affordable by the professionals interested in this subject. If you wish to purchase a copy of Report then you can either contact me by post, fax (+44 1424 715286) or e-mail and I will send you a pro forma invoice to cover the cost of the Report. Alternatively you could arrange the appropriate payment without an initial invoice and I will issue a receipted invoice upon receipt of your payment. In addition you might be interested in a companion Report which I am also planning to have ready at the beginning of February next year: "CHINESE SPACE ACTIVITY, 1996-2000". The bulk of the work on that Report will be complete by the end of this year and if you are interested in this Report then please contact me and I will let to you know a final price during the second week of January 2001: the price will be more in line with the other Reports published by the Molniya Space Consultancy, at around L100, plus postage/packing. Although intended to take the year-end as a cut-off, I shall be including Shen Zhou 2 if it is launched as expected on January 5th, 2001 for a ~7 days flight. I hope to hear from you regarding either or both of these Reports, but if you have any queries before placing an order then please do not hesitate to contact me. Phillip Clark PLANNED CONTENTS FOR "CIS SPACE ACTIVITY 2000" Introduction Part 1 Status of the CIS Space Programme (sections still to be written here) Part 2 Launch Sites 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Baikonur Launch Site 2.3 Kapustin Yar Launch Site 2.4 Plesetsk Launch Site 2.5 Svobodny Launch Site References Part 3 Launch Vehicles 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Long-Standing Launch Vehicles 3.3 Newly-Introduced Launch Vehicles 3.4 Brief Review of Future Launch Vehicles References Part 4 Communications Satellites 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Strela-3 and Gonets Satellites 4.3 Molniya-1 and Molniya-3 Satellites 4.4 Civil Ekran-M, Gorizont and Ekspress Satellites 4.5 Other Civil Communications Satellites 4.6 Military Raduga and Raduga-1 Satellites 4.7 Military Geizer Satellites References Part 5 Navigation and Geodetic Satellites 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Military Parus Satellites 5.3 Civilian Tsikada Satellites 5.4 Uragan Satellites in the GLONASS System References Part 6 Meteorological and Remote Sensing Satellites 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Meteor-2 Satellites 6.3 Meteor-3 and Meteor-3M Satellites 6.4 The GOMS System 6.5 Resurs-O1 Satellites 6.6 Okean-O1 Satellites 6.7 Okean-O Satellites 6.8 Resurs-F1(M) and Resurs-F2(M) Satellites 6.9 Remote Sensing from the Mir Complex References Part 7 Military Intelligence-Gathering Satellites 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Photoreconnaissance Satellites 7.3 Ocean Reconnaissance Satellites 7.4 Early Warning Satellites 7.5 ELINT Satellites 7.6 Minor Military Satellites References Part 8 Piloted Space Programmes 8.1 Introduction 8.2 The Mir Complex 8.3 The International Space Station References Part 9 Foreign Satellite Launches 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Marketing Russian Engines Abroad 9.3 Launches Using Cosmos-3M 9.4 Launches Using Dnepr 9.5 Launches Using Four-Stage Proton-K 9.6 Launches Using Rokot 9.7 Launches Using Soyuz-U/Fregat 9.8 Launches Using Start-1 9.9 Launches Using Zenit-3SL References Appendix 1 List of CIS Satellite Launches, 2000 Appendix 2 The Cosmonaut Team Appendix 3 Russian Discussion of RORSAT and EORSAT Development Appendix 4 Launch Records for Pre-1995 Retired Vehicles --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phillip S Clark 22 Winterbourne Close Molniya Space Consultancy Hastings Compiler/Publisher, Worldwide Satellite Launches E Sussex TN34 1XG U.K. Specialist in "space archeology" - the older and more obscure the more interesting it is ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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