Did this just get bumped? There's only 5 weeks between July 18th and Aug 22nd (Amos-6). Be pretty tight to try and squeeze it in.
Quote from: Norm38 on 06/23/2016 02:09 pmDid this just get bumped? There's only 5 weeks between July 18th and Aug 22nd (Amos-6). Be pretty tight to try and squeeze it in.They can launch payloads that fast if they have the rockets ready. Hopefully that means JCSAT-16 (or something else) launches in early August. It would really be helpful for them to launch two payloads from Cape Canaveral in August if they want to get through their manifest for the year (which is becoming increasingly unlikely but still not impossible).
The good thing for Dragon launches is that they process their Dragon on a different building, and thus they can work in parallel to their comm sat clients.
Quote from: baldusi on 06/23/2016 04:06 pmThe good thing for Dragon launches is that they process their Dragon on a different building, and thus they can work in parallel to their comm sat clients. Same building
Have any of the SpaceX commercial payloads used Astrotech?
Quote from: gongora on 06/23/2016 05:35 pmHave any of the SpaceX commercial payloads used Astrotech?DSCOVR
Quote from: baldusi on 06/23/2016 04:06 pmThe good thing for Dragon launches is that they process their Dragon on a different building, and thus they can work in parallel to their comm sat clients. Same buildinghttp://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=34516.msg1286868#msg1286868
Quote from: Jim on 06/23/2016 04:16 pmQuote from: baldusi on 06/23/2016 04:06 pmThe good thing for Dragon launches is that they process their Dragon on a different building, and thus they can work in parallel to their comm sat clients. Same buildinghttp://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=34516.msg1286868#msg1286868But a dedicated cell? I understood that Dragon had a dedicated processing facility that didn't interferred with commercial clients.Can they have parallel GTO processing teams on top of Dragon?
JCSAT-16's lateral antennae look like the diamond crystal lasers from Diamonds Are Forever; just sayin' SpaceX are supposedly aiming for 'early August' for this mission. Is the bird at the Cape yet? What about the booster?
JCSAT-16's lateral antennae look like the diamond crystal lasers from Diamonds Are Forever; just sayin'
Quote from: Ben the Space Brit on 07/18/2016 11:58 amJCSAT-16's lateral antennae look like the diamond crystal lasers from Diamonds Are Forever; just sayin' Let me be the first to welcome our robotic insect overlords! Sorry, I think they all look like multi-faceted bug eyes.
There's a booster at the cape now. Low miles, only used once.