Stéphane Israël (Arianespace) : "La première fusée Ariane 6 volera le 16 juillet 2020"
Stéphane Israel (Arianespace): "the first Ariane 6 rocket will fly July 16, 2020" mobile.francetvinfo.fr/replay-radio/l…
2018 - DEOS (x2 sat) - TBD - Kourou
early - SES-12, EDRS-C (Hylas 3) - Ariane 5 ECA (VA242) - Kourou ELA-3
LE BOURGET, France — A long-delayed satellite carrying a laser-optical payload for intersatellite links and Ka-band broadband for Africa faces further delays because of an anomaly in its Ka-band system, government and industry officials said.The satellite, called EDRS-C by the European Space Agency, Airbus Defense and Space and the European Commission, and Hylas-3 by commercial satellite fleet operator Avanti Communications, which will operate the Ka-band service, is unlikely to launch before mid-2018, officials said.
Taranis is a rideshare payload, it only weights ~165kg. And Prisma also has a mass less then 550kg.I think it is very likely these will ride along with each other. Possibly this mission is the Small Spacecraft Mission. I think the origional plan was for two or three Vega launches in 2018. But since ADM Aeolis delayed from 2017 to early 2018 indeed the number of vega launches could be four.It has been officially reported that Soyuz will launch four times in 2018 and 2019 from CSG.I think it's not possible to launch both Bepi-Colombo and JWST with a Ariane 5 ECA during Oktober 2018. Most likely Bepi-Columbo will be delayed further. But still six or seven Ariane 5 are likely. So indeed Arianespace could reach 12-15 launches in 2018. I also read that Sentinel 3B has been delayed to March 2018, it was planed for a Rockot launch, but possibly ESA is done with the delays and has opted to use Vega instead.
Ordered from Space Systems Loral, and launching third quarter 2018, EUTELSAT 7C will be equipped with 44 operational Ku-band transponders.
Mar. - Sep. -(Ariane 5)- X-Band defense communication satellite-1(DSN-1) “きらめき1号(Kirameki-1)” (Superbird-8)
<snip>I think it's not possible to launch both Bepi-Colombo and JWST with a Ariane 5 ECA during October 2018. Most likely Bepi-Columbo will be delayed further. <snip>
Quote from: Rik ISS-fan on 06/26/2017 11:03 pm<snip>I think it's not possible to launch both Bepi-Colombo and JWST with a Ariane 5 ECA during October 2018. Most likely Bepi-Columbo will be delayed further. <snip>Intervening reality will likely take one of the two payloads out of the October 2018 window. Probably some corollary of Murphy's Law is applicable.However, Bepi-Colombo has a planetary launch window to make. JWST does not.I suspect that if a choice must be made, B-C will launch in October 2018, and JWST (slightly) delayed.Disclaimer: I'm not a NASA or ESA insider. But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express!
Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 06/28/2017 12:39 amQuote from: Rik ISS-fan on 06/26/2017 11:03 pm<snip>I think it's not possible to launch both Bepi-Colombo and JWST with a Ariane 5 ECA during October 2018. Most likely Bepi-Columbo will be delayed further. <snip>Intervening reality will likely take one of the two payloads out of the October 2018 window. Probably some corollary of Murphy's Law is applicable.However, Bepi-Colombo has a planetary launch window to make. JWST does not.I suspect that if a choice must be made, B-C will launch in October 2018, and JWST (slightly) delayed.Disclaimer: I'm not a NASA or ESA insider. But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express!currently barring delays it looks like 2 in the same month until schedule update. Expecting JWST to shift to the right a bit but 15 day launch separation is possible provided staffing is adequate at CSG for simultaneous campaigns its been done with other launchers before so its possible that its doesnt slip.
Quote from: russianhalo117 on 06/28/2017 01:45 amQuote from: zubenelgenubi on 06/28/2017 12:39 amQuote from: Rik ISS-fan on 06/26/2017 11:03 pm<snip>I think it's not possible to launch both Bepi-Colombo and JWST with a Ariane 5 ECA during October 2018. Most likely Bepi-Columbo will be delayed further. <snip>Intervening reality will likely take one of the two payloads out of the October 2018 window. Probably some corollary of Murphy's Law is applicable.However, Bepi-Colombo has a planetary launch window to make. JWST does not.I suspect that if a choice must be made, B-C will launch in October 2018, and JWST (slightly) delayed.Disclaimer: I'm not a NASA or ESA insider. But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express!currently barring delays it looks like 2 in the same month until schedule update. Expecting JWST to shift to the right a bit but 15 day launch separation is possible provided staffing is adequate at CSG for simultaneous campaigns its been done with other launchers before so its possible that its doesnt slip.Copy that--I didn't recall if a 15 day Ariane 5 launch turn-around was possible.I suspect (not know) that these two high-profile launch campaigns will be fully staffed to allow parallel operations where possible.If the schedules hold, summer and fall 2018 in Kourou will be very interesting!
A S Kiran Kumar, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), told Express that after Thursday’s launch, Arianespace will be launching GSAT-11, which weighs about 5,800 kg, sometime later this year.
The GSAT-11, which will be the heaviest communication satellite built thus far by ISRO (weighing about 5.8 tonnes) is expected to be launched on an Ariane 5 rocket at the end of 2017.
It seems the postponement of ADM-Aeolus freed the VV11 slot for another payload.https://www.aerospatium.info/premier-lancement-secret-arianespace/
[speculation] UAE Falcon Eye 1 [/speculation]
Both satellites, weighing less than 1,500 kg each, are to be launched in late 2017 and 2018.
Marrakech is another option
Thales Alenia Space Mum on Satellite Order Said To Be for MoroccoThales Group of France said its space division has booked an order with an unnamed African nation for an Earth observation satellite, with the Thales share of the contract valued at around 300 million euros ($410 million).Given the size of the order, the contract is likely the two-satellite deal disclosed in December as being a joint bid by Thales Alenia Space and its sometime competitor, Airbus Defence and Space. Industry officials have described the contract as with the government of Morocco. The two companies have declined to comment on it. UAE officials have said they have been given complete freedom of use of Falcon Eye, whose two satellites are scheduled for launch aboard two European Vega rockets.The Moroccan system — if that is in fact the government in question — will also be launched on two Vega rockets in 2017 and 2018 under a launch contract announced in early January by the Arianespace commercial launch consortium, which at the time declined to disclose the end customer.