Quote from: crandles57 on 10/11/2017 01:35 pmNovember 28th per https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ Sept 30 change. http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=8184.1440 says SLC-40 dating back to a change on 9th August but I cannot see source for that. sfn and launchphotography are not yet showing pad.Is SLC-40 confirmed somewhere?Yes. According official FCC application issued last week (3th Oct) SpaceX plans launch CRS-13 mission from Complex 40.
November 28th per https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ Sept 30 change. http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=8184.1440 says SLC-40 dating back to a change on 9th August but I cannot see source for that. sfn and launchphotography are not yet showing pad.Is SLC-40 confirmed somewhere?
SpaceX pitched the idea of a flown booster for CRS-13 to NASA and they will give them an answer in early November.
As reported here: http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=43976.msg1738038#msg1738038Quote SpaceX pitched the idea of a flown booster for CRS-13 to NASA and they will give them an answer in early November.Source is a credible Reddit user.A reused Dragon and a reused booster... I would love to see that
Does NASA contractually have the right to refuse SpaceX use a used booster? I would imagine not, for CRS at least.Obviously SpaceX won't do it if NASA objects, but I think the question is more on the other foot, meaning what NASA's motivation is to argue that it not use a previously flown booster. As time goes by and (hopefully) more previously flown boosters are employed without failure, that seems harder and harder to justify.CRS-13 might be too early, but it will happen at some point.
Unless the contract explicitly allows the reflight of boosters, of course NASA has a right to refuse them. The qualification process was for new boosters.
... since the price is written in the contract but the launch vehicle is not...
Quote from: su27k on 10/16/2017 04:53 pm... since the price is written in the contract but the launch vehicle is not...Do we know for a fact what is in the contract?
Back on topic. In NASA's pre-launch briefing for CRS-10, Dan Hartman--Deputy Manager, ISS Program--addressed NASA's near term plans for reusing the Dragon capsule and future plans for reuse of the Falcon 9 boosters in response to a question from Stephen Clark from SFN.Quote from: Dan Hartman, NASA Dep. Manager ISS ProgramOur plan for CRS-11, it's going to be the Dragon [that will be reused]. Not the Falcon, not a reused booster. We've done a lot of work with SpaceX, over the last year and a half or two, looking at delta-verification requirements that we need to be comfortable to satisfy ourselves that Dragon can approach the ISS, get within the ellipsoid, and be done safely. So, a lot of technical work is happening. I'll tell you, everything is leaning good. That the next dragon mission that we'll launch will be reused. As far as the booster, we've just started those discussions. We've got some teams off generating how we'll even go about requesting information from SpaceX. Laying out our plan. I imagine we'll have some sort of preliminary review on that in the April/May time period. I think planning-wise, it may not happen this year. But shortly thereafter.The exchange can be found at time mark 22m:25s in the below youtube video.
Our plan for CRS-11, it's going to be the Dragon [that will be reused]. Not the Falcon, not a reused booster. We've done a lot of work with SpaceX, over the last year and a half or two, looking at delta-verification requirements that we need to be comfortable to satisfy ourselves that Dragon can approach the ISS, get within the ellipsoid, and be done safely. So, a lot of technical work is happening. I'll tell you, everything is leaning good. That the next dragon mission that we'll launch will be reused. As far as the booster, we've just started those discussions. We've got some teams off generating how we'll even go about requesting information from SpaceX. Laying out our plan. I imagine we'll have some sort of preliminary review on that in the April/May time period. I think planning-wise, it may not happen this year. But shortly thereafter.
TSIS is an International Space Station-bound instrument that will measure the sun's energy input to Earth. TSIS was build by LASP, integrated at Kennedy Space Center, and will launch in November on a SpaceX Falcon 9.
NET 4 December at 1952 GMT (1452 EST) according to Spaceflightnow.
Tweet from LASP TSISAll planned activities at KSC are complete and TSIS is ready for turnover to SpaceX!