Quote from: edkyle99 on 11/04/2016 08:46 pmQuote from: HVM on 11/04/2016 04:50 pm"Orbital ATK said that the OA-7 Cygnus mission, previously planned to launch on an Antares rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia, will instead launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in the spring of 2017. The company said this is a one-time arrangement, with future Cygnus launches returning to the Antares."http://spacenews.com/orbital-to-launch-next-cygnus-mission-on-atlas-5/Puzzling. Antares inaugural data review? Something else? - Ed KyleLikely payload capacity.
Quote from: HVM on 11/04/2016 04:50 pm"Orbital ATK said that the OA-7 Cygnus mission, previously planned to launch on an Antares rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia, will instead launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in the spring of 2017. The company said this is a one-time arrangement, with future Cygnus launches returning to the Antares."http://spacenews.com/orbital-to-launch-next-cygnus-mission-on-atlas-5/Puzzling. Antares inaugural data review? Something else? - Ed Kyle
"Orbital ATK said that the OA-7 Cygnus mission, previously planned to launch on an Antares rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia, will instead launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in the spring of 2017. The company said this is a one-time arrangement, with future Cygnus launches returning to the Antares."http://spacenews.com/orbital-to-launch-next-cygnus-mission-on-atlas-5/
Quote from: Skyrocket on 11/04/2016 08:48 pmQuote from: edkyle99 on 11/04/2016 08:46 pmQuote from: HVM on 11/04/2016 04:50 pm"Orbital ATK said that the OA-7 Cygnus mission, previously planned to launch on an Antares rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia, will instead launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in the spring of 2017. The company said this is a one-time arrangement, with future Cygnus launches returning to the Antares."http://spacenews.com/orbital-to-launch-next-cygnus-mission-on-atlas-5/Puzzling. Antares inaugural data review? Something else? - Ed KyleLikely payload capacity.300 kgIt's all about an additional 300 kg. That will be a pretty expensive bit of cargo.
QB50-ISS CubeSats ready to be launchedhttps://www.qb50.eu/index.php/news
Quote from: Olaf on 12/09/2016 03:45 pmQB50-ISS CubeSats ready to be launchedhttps://www.qb50.eu/index.php/newsThese are only 31 of the 40 originally announced to be deployed from the ISS. I wonder if the remaining nine will follow on a later launch or have dropped out or failed qualification?
These are only 31 of the 40 originally announced to be deployed from the ISS. I wonder if the remaining nine will follow on a later launch or have dropped out or failed qualification?
At ISIlaunch 11 NRCSL 6U deploters were loaded. A 12th canister will be loaded at Nanoracks facilities.For two deployment cycles I'm missing four 6U NRCSL (2x8=16 | 11+1=12).If I'm not mistaken the NRCSL are packed in 24U units (4x 6U NRCSL or in the future 2x 12U or 12U + 2x 6U) and packaged inside a cargo bag. Could three bags launch on OA-7 and one bag launch on SpX-10?Possibly other QB-50 satellites will launch on PSLV C37. ! Speculation !
Quote from: Rik ISS-fan on 12/10/2016 05:59 pmAt ISIlaunch 11 NRCSL 6U deploters were loaded. A 12th canister will be loaded at Nanoracks facilities.For two deployment cycles I'm missing four 6U NRCSL (2x8=16 | 11+1=12).If I'm not mistaken the NRCSL are packed in 24U units (4x 6U NRCSL or in the future 2x 12U or 12U + 2x 6U) and packaged inside a cargo bag. Could three bags launch on OA-7 and one bag launch on SpX-10?Possibly other QB-50 satellites will launch on PSLV C37. ! Speculation !Both C37 and C38 flights already have its full flight rosters although not all have been public announced yet. These PSLV flights are currently open in 2017 for secondary payloads:NET May - PSLV - 8 Skysat-CDecember - PSLV - Cartosat-2E
Quote from: russianhalo117 on 12/10/2016 06:38 pmQuote from: Rik ISS-fan on 12/10/2016 05:59 pmAt ISIlaunch 11 NRCSL 6U deploters were loaded. A 12th canister will be loaded at Nanoracks facilities.For two deployment cycles I'm missing four 6U NRCSL (2x8=16 | 11+1=12).If I'm not mistaken the NRCSL are packed in 24U units (4x 6U NRCSL or in the future 2x 12U or 12U + 2x 6U) and packaged inside a cargo bag. Could three bags launch on OA-7 and one bag launch on SpX-10?Possibly other QB-50 satellites will launch on PSLV C37. ! Speculation !Both C37 and C38 flights already have its full flight rosters although not all have been public announced yet. These PSLV flights are currently open in 2017 for secondary payloads:NET May - PSLV - 8 Skysat-CDecember - PSLV - Cartosat-2EI am pretty sure, that the PSLV - 8 Skysat-C launch does not exist.
According to Gunterīs list http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_chr/lau2017.htmthese cubesats will also be launched on OA-7:IceCube (Earth 1) HARP CSUNSat 1 CXBN 2 OPEN
ALTAIR Pathfinder will be launched on an International Space Station (ISS) resupply mission, currently manifest in March 2017 from Cape Canaveral.