OSAM-2
Launched:№ – Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)2022piggybacked:Q3 - OSAM-2 (Restore-L) - Falcon 9 - Vandenberg SLC-4EChanges on June 14th
piggybacked:Late - Mandrake 1, Mandrake 2 - TBD - TBD (or Early 2021)Late - Wildcard - TBD - TBD (or Early 2021)
Quote from: Salo on 06/14/2020 11:08 ampiggybacked:Late - Mandrake 1, Mandrake 2 - TBD - TBD (or Early 2021)Late - Wildcard - TBD - TBD (or Early 2021)Mandrake 1 and 2 will not be on the same launch.Mandrake 2 and Wildcard may perhaps fly together.Source: https://spacenews.com/first-launches-of-darpa-blackjack-satellites-planned-for-late-2020/"Blackjack program manager Paul “Rusty” Thomas said Mandrake 1 and 2 will fly in separate launches, and there’s a possibility that Mandrake 2 and Wildcard could be on the same launch."
SAN FRANCISCO – In-space transportation provider Momentus announced agreements June 16 with Bulgaria’s EnduroSat to provide transportation for two cubesats scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare flight in February 2021.Under the agreement, Momentus will enclose Kuwait’s first spacecraft, QMR-KWT, and EnduroSat’s Shared Platform for Applied Research and Technology Affirmation (SPARTAN) in its Vigoride orbit transfer vehicle for the Falcon 9 launch. At the conclusion of the Falcon 9 flight, Vigoride will transport the cubesats to different orbits.
And a Falcon 9 from pad 39a will launch the ANASIS-II Korean military communication satellite on mid July TBA.
The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral will launch the tenth batch of Starlink internet satellites from pad 39A on June 23 at 5:22pm EDT. Then, a Falcon 9 is slated to launch the next GPS III satellite for the U.S. Air Force from pad 40 on June 30 at 3:55pm EDT. The launch window stretches 15 minutes to 4:10pm EDT. And a Falcon 9 from pad 39a will launch the ANASIS-II Korean military communication satellite on mid July TBA. Other upcoming launches include: A Falcon 9 will launch the SAOCOM 1B Earth observation satellite for Argentina, the first polar-orbit mission from the Cape since 1960 on July at the earliest, around sunset. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch. And more Falcon 9s carrying the next batches of Starlink internet satellites on July at the earliest.
The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral will launch the tenth batch of Starlink internet satellites from pad 39A on June 25 at 4:39pm EDT.
Quote Intelsat herein requests 30 days of Special Temporary Authority, commencing July 13, 2020, to use its Riverside, California Ka-band earth station to provide launch and early orbit phase services for the ANASIS II satellite.https://fcc.report/IBFS/SES-STA-20200619-00663This gives some kind of time frame.QuoteANASIS II is expected to launch on July 13, 2020.
Intelsat herein requests 30 days of Special Temporary Authority, commencing July 13, 2020, to use its Riverside, California Ka-band earth station to provide launch and early orbit phase services for the ANASIS II satellite.
ANASIS II is expected to launch on July 13, 2020.
FALCON 9The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral will launch the tenth batch of Starlink internet satellites from pad 39A on June 25 at 4:39pm EDT. Then, a Falcon 9 is slated to launch the next GPS III satellite for the U.S. Air Force from pad 40 on June 30 at 3:55pm EDT. The launch window stretches 15 minutes to 4:10pm EDT. And a Falcon 9 from pad 39a will launch the ANASIS-II Korean military communication satellite on mid-July TBA. Other upcoming launches include: a Falcon 9 will launch the SAOCOM 1B Earth observation satellite for Argentina, the first polar-orbit mission from the Cape since 1960 on late July at the earliest, around sunset EDT. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch. And a Falcon 9 will launch the tenth batch of Starlink internet satellites on late July at the earliest.
SpaceX Manifest Updates and Discussion Thread 5Discussion of the manifest, and updates. The best guess at the current manifest is in this post.
NASA and United Launch Alliance are now targeting Wednesday, July 22, for launch of the Mars 2020 mission due to a processing delay encountered during encapsulation activities of the spacecraft. Additional time was needed to resolve a contamination concern in the ground support lines in NASA’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF).The spacecraft and vehicle remain healthy. The launch of the Mars 2020 mission on an Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is scheduled for 9:35 a.m. ET with a two-hour window.
TROPICS Mission Overview•Earth Venture Instrument to measure TC structure •Design–6 CubeSats with 12-channel passive microwave radiometer (MicroMAS-2) measuring frequencies between 91 and 205 GHz–Provide rapid-refresh observations of temperature and moisture soundings and precipitation over the tropics with <60 minute revisit time–Meet requirements for temporal refresh needed to study storm evolution with ability to see into clouds•Rapid-update observations provide the opportunity to observe the full evolution of the TCDC–Can sample multiple radial locations from the storm center at different times of the day to track TCDC evolution TROPICS = Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats https://tropics.ll.mit.eduTROPICS Mission•Goal: Since TROPICS is not anticipated until early 2021, use proxy data to test the ability of TROPICS to resolve TCDC prior to launch