PSLV C9 - Cluster of Sats - April 28

[sammie]

This launch is coming up and warrants its own thread.

Latest is that the launch will take place in September. A number of satellites will be launched:
*Cartosat-2A (India - Remote Sensing)
*TecSar (Israel - Radar)
*CanX-2; AAU-Cubsat 2; Cute-1.7; APD-2; Compass-1; Delfi-C3; SEEDS-2 (cubesats from various countries)

Especially the Israeli sat has received a lot of attention, some positive others negative. It's the second commercial satellite that will be launched by India. Israel chose the PSLV after reliability issues with it's own Shavit, and PSLV offers increased performance, enhancing the performance of the satellite. On the otherhand the Muslim minority in India has expressed their discontent with this launch, additional security measures have been taken to prevent 'accidents'

some additional information can be found source

[jacqmans]

Website of the Dutch Delfi-C3 satellite:

http://www.delfic3.nl/


Images of the Dutch Delfi-C3 satellite can be seen here:

http://gallery.citg.tudelft.nl/album759


Delfi-C3 press presentation downloads can be made here:

http://www.delfic3.nl/press/

[jacqmans]

Official launch window announced
 
The Delfi-C3 team has received an official launch window from ISRO regarding the launch of PSLV-C9.

The official window runs from the 7th of January to the 10th of January 2008. This means that the launch of Delfi-C3 slips once again. The new launch window, however, is the first official message we have received regarding a launchdate and accounts for both the weather and the launch of the preceding PSLV.

 In the meantime a smaller Delfi-C3 team continues to work on testing and verification with the use of a duplicate flight stack that is currently in our cleanroom.
 

[GW_Simulations]

The new launch window...accounts for...the launch of the preceding PSLV.

Interesting, this implies that C10 will launch in 2007. Some sources reported that C10 had been delayed to 2008.

[Kekez]

The current launch window for PSLV C9 is Jan 7-10, 2008. However, that may still change in the next week or so.

[Satori]

Kekez - 7/11/2007  1:06 PM

The current launch window for PSLV C9 is Jan 7-10, 2008. However, that may still change in the next week or so.

Are we talking about a launch delay? Any reason for the change on the launch window?

[GW_Simulations]

There is now a countdown clock on http://www.delfic3.nl/

It seems to suggest that launch will be at about 22:00 GMT on 24 January 2008.

[GW_Simulations]

Its been delayed again. See http://www.delfic3.nl/

Launch is now scheduled for 14 February, at 04:00 GMT.

[Satori]

According to http://www.delfic3.nl the launch will take place on March 7.

[GW_Simulations]

Launch has been moved up to 03:53 GMT on 4 March.
http://www.delfic3.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=89&Itemid=121

[fightingfalcon]

ISRO may get more satellite launch contracts
ISRO’s arm Antrix Corporation may be snapping up some more satellite launch contracts from global customers.

The ISRO Chairman, Dr G. Madhavan Nair, indicated as much. “We expect that in the near term, two major contracts will come through. We have already signed a contract for half a dozen small satellites,” he told Business Line. The small or nanosats have been built by Canadian and Dutch universities.

One of the prime but domestic contracts, which may be coming up in February, is Cartosat-2A. Mr Nair said the spacecraft, built at the Bangalore satellite centre, “has just been shifted today”. The earth observation satellite is a Ministry of Defence mission, with no details coming from ISRO.

He was speaking from Chennai hours after a PSLV rocket put an Israeli reconnaissance satellite, the 300-kg TecSAR/ Polaris, into orbit from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.

There are reports that the launch contracts of two more upcoming TecSARs may also be coming to Antrix. Mr Nair merely said, “They [Israel] are happy with this launch perfect. If they come with a request for any other launch, we will have to see the merit of the case, if it is attractive and comes with a good price, etc.”

Mr Nair admitted a delay in the launch of TecSAR. “We had some technical problems around September-October. By the time we resolved them, we got into the severe monsoon period of Sriharikota.”

[Jirka Dlouhy]

According to AFP is launch of PSLV with Cartosat-2A and cluster of microsatelltes planed at 28  April

[Jirka Dlouhy]

For example art peinture of CAN-X2

[anik]

http://www.utias-sfl.net/NLS-4/

Launch Campaign Day 16 - April 17
NLS-5 (CanX-6/NTS) has been integrated to the LV, underneath the Cartosat-2A primary. All remove before flight items has been removed from the CanX-6/NTS and its XPOD. LV wiring was to be performed during the evening. At approximately 22h00 the entire assembly process has been completed. The vehicle Flight Readiness Review was completed the day before. An ISRO official was briefed on the progress of the NLS-4 and NLS-5 and was provided with additional information, to be used in the Mission Readiness Review. MRR is the final review before the PSLV-C9 mission is cleared for launch.

Launch Campaign Day 17 - April 18
All NLS-4 spacecraft have been integrated on to the LV. The completed 2nd deck containing AAUSat-II, COMPASS-1, Delfi-C3, and SEEDS was placed first, followed by CanX-2 and Cute-1.7+APD II on the main deck. All wiring have been completed. All remove before flight items have been removed. All NLS-4 and NLS-5 spacecraft and separation systems are ready for flight. We expect to receive the confirmation of the launch date and the final predicted orbital parameters following the completion of the satellite integration activity and PS4 preparation.

LAUNCH CAMPAIGN SCHEDULE
Apr 20 -- Heat shield closure in PM.
Apr 22 -- Vehicle electrical check. Mission Readiness Review
Apr 23 -- PSLV-C9 vehicle roll-out from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the Second Launch Pad, scheduled for 06h00 IST.

[anik]

http://www.utias-sfl.net/NLS-4/

Launch Campaign Day 18 - April 19
Level 2 checks of the fully integrated LV was completed today. Launch date will be officially announced after vehicle roll out, following the official launch notification from ISRO to the Prime Minister of India.