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Title: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 09/08/2020 11:12 pm
Discussion thread for SpaceX's Transporter-2, the June 2021 dedicated rideshare flight to SSO.

NSF Threads for SpaceX Transporter-2 : Discussion (https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=51898.0)
Discussion thread for SpaceX Rideshare Program (https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=48741.0)

Successful launch June 30, 2021 at 3:31pm EDT (19:31 UTC) on Falcon 9 B1060-8 from SLC-40 to ~525km SSO.  Sucessful RTLS booster return to LZ-1.  HOS Briarwood dispatched to collect fairing halves from water.

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Falcon 9’s first stage booster previously supported launch of GPS III Space Vehicle 03, Turksat 5A, and five Starlink missions. Following stage separation, SpaceX will land Falcon 9’s first stage on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. One half of Falcon 9’s fairing previously supported Transporter-1 and a Starlink mission, and the other previously flew on SAOCOM 1B and a Starlink mission.

On board this launch are 85 commercial and government spacecraft (including CubeSats, microsats, and orbital transfer vehicles) and 3 Starlink satellites. While there are fewer spacecraft on board compared to Transporter-1, this mission is actually launching more mass to orbit for SpaceX’s customers.



Payloads:

Spaceflight Inc. (https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=51898.msg2189821#msg2189821) SXRS-5 (https://spaceflight.com/mission-sxrs-5/) (36 sats plus two separating deployers)

   Sherpa-FX2 (295kg, 128kg after deploying customers)
      Astrocast (x5) (3U cubesat, prop)
      Spire LEMUR (x3) (3U cubesat, no prop)
      CISESE PAINANI-II (cubesat, no prop)
      Hawkeye 360 Hawk (x3) (microsatellite, prop)
      Lynk Lynk-06 (https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/els/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?id_file_num=0088-EX-CN-2021&application_seq=105182) "Shannon" (microsatellite, no prop)
      Swarm SpaceBEE (x12) (.25U cubesat, four have prop)
      (hosted payload) TagSat-2 (NearSpace Launch)
      (hosted payload) SOARS (KeplarianTech, Tiger Innovations)
      (hosted payload) NFB-4 (Stellar Exploration)

   Sherpa-LTE1 (335kg, 203kg after deploying customers)  SXRS-5
      AstroDigital Shasta (Orbital Sidekick Aurora) (https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=51898.msg2208545#msg2208545) (microsatellite, no prop, 22.5kg)
      Kleos KSM-2 (x4) (6U cubesat, prop)
      InSpace Faraday Phoenix (6U cubesat, no prop)
      Spire LEMUR (x1) (3U cubesat, no prop)
      OQTech Tiger-2 (AYAN-21) (6U cubesat, no prop)
      Aerospacelab ARTHUR-1 (12U? cubesat, prop)
      Orbit Fab Tenzing (microsatellite, 35kg, Astro Digital, prop)
      Hawkeye 360 Hawk (x3) (microsatellite, prop)
      U. of Toronto HERON MkII (cubesat, no prop)

   Port 3
      Loft Orbital YAM-2

Exolaunch Fingerspitzengefühl Mission (10 microsats, 19 cubesats, 4 24" ports)
   (port assignments are guesses)
   Port 1
      ICEye
      TUBIN (https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=51898.msg2250328#msg2250328) [~20kg microsat, TU Berlin)
      Cubesat deployer (6U)
         Swarm SpaceBEE (x16)

   Port 2
      Satellogic (x4)

   Port 3
      ICEye (x2)
      Quadpack
         D2/AtlaCom-1 (6U, built by NanoAvionics) (https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=51898.msg2209822#msg2209822)
         Spire (x2)
   Port 4
      ICEye
      Loft Orbital YAM-3 (https://fcc.report/IBFS/SAT-LOA-20200907-00105) (microsat, ~83kg)

D-Orbit ION SCV-003 "Wild Ride": 7 6 satellites, 1 separating deployer, 3 hosted payloads

   Cubesats
      Neptuno (Deimos) - from Vigoride-2
      Spartan (Endurosat) - from Vigoride-2
      QMR-KWT (Orbital Space) - from Vigoride-2

   ISILaunch35 (3 cubesats in one quadpack)
      W-Cube (3U, Reaktor Space, Finland)
      Ghalib (2U, Marshall Intech)
      NAPA 2 / RTAF-SAT 2 (6U Royal Thai Air Force)

   Hosted payloads:
      LaserCube
      Nebula
      Worldfloods

SpaceX Starlink (3x, ~260kg)

Maverick dual-plate adapter
   Mandrake 2A/2B (2 microsats by Astro Digital for DARPA/SDA/AFRL)
Maverick Space deploys two payloads from the aft end of Stage 2.
   NASA PACE-1
   NASA TROPICS Pathfinder

port unknown:

Centauri 4/Tyvak-0211 (6U?, Fleet)
EG-3 (https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=51898.msg2219028#msg2219028)/Tyvak-0173 (Echostar Global, 6U?)

LINCS A/B (2x 12U from GA-EMS for SDA)

PlanetIQ GNOMES-2 (30kg? microsat)

Capella 5 (microsat ~100kg)

Umbra-2001 (microsat 65kg)



Removed:

SAI-2 (https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=51898.msg2200556#msg2200556) (6U)

Nanoracks
   Outpost tech demo

Momentus

   Vigoride-1 (https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=51898.msg2190832#msg2190832) (161kg wet, 155kg dry)
      AURORASAT (1.5U Cubesat, 2kg) (Aurora Propulsion Technologies, Finland)
      LABSAT (3U Cubesat, 4kg) (SatRevolution, Poland)
      STEAMSAT (1.5U Cubesat, 1.8kg) (Steamjet Space Systems, UK)
      SWIFTVISION (3U Cubesat, 4kg) (SatRevolution, Poland)
      VZLUSAT-2 (3U Cubesat, 4.4kg) (SpaceManic CZ, Czech Republic)

   Plaza Deck (Vigoride-1 port)
      ISILaunch Quadpack
         NUTSAT-0 (2U Cubesat) (Gran Systems Co., Taiwan)
      Alba PocketQube deployer (x3, 18P total capacity)
         DelfiPQ (3P)
         Grizu-263a (1p)
         TRSI-2 (1P)
         Hades & EASat-2 (2x 1.5P)
         SATTLA-2 (2P)
         Unicorn 1 (2P)
         Unicorn 2A & 2D (2x 3P)

   Vigoride-2 (http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/ib/forms/reports/swr031b.hts?q_set=V_SITE_ANTENNA_FREQ.file_numberC/File+Number/%3D/SATSTA2020083100102&prepare=&column=V_SITE_ANTENNA_FREQ.file_numberC/File+Number) (481kg wet, 361kg dry)
      ISIS Quadpack #1
         Broncosat-1 (1.5U, Bronco Space, US, no prop)
         Guardian-Alpha (3U, Orbital Astronautics, UK, prop)
         Oresat0 (1U, Portland State Aerospace Society, US, no prop)
         Gossamer (1U, LunaSonde, UK, no prop)
         FEES-2 (0.3U, GP Advanced Projects, Italy, no prop)
         Iris-A (2U, Odysseus, Taiwan)
      ISIS Quadpack #2
         Kepler-16,-17 (2x 6U, Kepler, Canada)
      ISIS Quadpack #3
         Steamsat-2 (3U, SteamJet, Poland)
      ISIS Quadpack #4
         Stork-1,-2,-3 (3x 3U, SatRevolution, Poland)
         Neptuno (3U, Deimos Engineering, Spain, prop)
         Dodona (3U, Lockheed Martin, US, no prop, 550km)
         QMR-QWT (1U, Solar Space, Bulgaria, no prop)
         Revela (1U, ARCA Dynamics, Italy, no prop, 550km)
         Bhaarathiya-Sat (SpaceKidz India, India, no prop)
         SPARTAN (6U, EnduroSat, Bulgaria, )
      3U deployer from Planetary Systems Corp., USA New Production Concept, Italy
         TROPICS Pathfinder (3U, NASA)
      Fossa (2x 8P PocketQube deployer)
         Challenger (3P) (Mini-Cubes, US)
         SanoSat-1 (1P) (ORIONSpace, Nepal)
         TRSI3 (1P)
         CSHARKPILOT-1(FOSSASAT-2E) (2P) (CShark, Italy)
         LAIKA(FOSSASAT-2B) (2P) (porkchop, Sweden)
         Canary Hatchling (1P) (Care Weather, US)
         FOSSASAT-2C,2D,2F (3x 2P)
      Mass simulator for removed Fossa PocketQube deployer



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   SpaceX Dragon Articles (http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/tag/dragon/)  /  SpaceX Missions Section (with Launch Manifest and info on past and future missions) (https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=55.0)
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Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 09/08/2020 11:36 pm
Loft Orbital YAM-3
https://fcc.report/IBFS/SAT-LOA-20200907-00105
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: scr00chy on 09/09/2020 12:13 am
I thought YAM-3 was launching in December 2020: https://spacenews.com/exolaunch-loft-orbital-contract/
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: scr00chy on 09/09/2020 12:17 am
Other announced payloads on this launch include
-Sen EarthTV (https://spacenews.com/exolaunch-loft-orbital-contract/) (with Momentus)
-Polar Vigilance (https://smallcaps.com.au/spacex-falcon-9-rocket-launch-kleos-space-satellite-cluster-orbit/) (with Spaceflight)
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 09/09/2020 01:15 am
I thought YAM-3 was launching in December 2020: https://spacenews.com/exolaunch-loft-orbital-contract/

I guess it was delayed
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 10/15/2020 05:25 pm
[Space News] Exolaunch signs pact with SpaceX and scouts U.S. location (https://spacenews.com/exolaunch/)
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Under the agreement announced Oct. 8, Germany’s Exolaunch plans to integrate 30 U.S. and European cubesats and microsatellites on Falcon 9 rideshare flights to sun-synchronous orbit scheduled to launch in December. Exolaunch plans to integrate roughly the same number of satellites on a SpaceX rideshare flight in mid-2021.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 01/06/2021 12:42 am
0022-EX-ST-2021
Nanoracks has refiled their FCC experimental permit request for the Mars Outpost Demonstration (cutting a piece of metal in orbit) for the June flight.  Their application says it's from Vandenberg, but others have said Florida, so who knows.  Florida is probably more likely.

https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/els/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?id_file_num=0022-EX-ST-2021&application_seq=104757
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 01/19/2021 02:54 pm
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210119005117/en/Satellogic-and-SpaceX-Announce-Multiple-Launch-Agreement

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Satellogic and SpaceX Announce Multiple Launch Agreement
First mission, scheduled for mid-2021, will further expand Satellogic’s industry-leading in-orbit capacity

January 19, 2021 08:00 AM Eastern Standard Time

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Satellogic, the first company to develop a scalable Earth observation platform with the ability to remap the entire planet at both high-frequency and high-resolution, today announced a Multiple Launch Services Agreement (MLA) with SpaceX. Through the agreement, SpaceX becomes Satellogic’s preferred vendor for rideshare missions. The first launch, scheduled for June 2021, will deliver Satellogic satellites to Low Earth Orbit on a Falcon 9 rocket.
...

https://twitter.com/pbdes/status/1351514779811278859
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Geospatial analytics provider @Satellogic selects @SpaceX for multiple ride-share LEO missions, starting w/ 4 sats in June. Deal covers SSO & mid-inclination orbits carrying @SpaceXStarlink sats. Like SpaceX, Satellogic is vertically integrated. Wants >300 sats by 2025.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 01/23/2021 05:16 pm
From Reddit: (https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/l210i3/rspacex_transporter1_official_launch_discussion/gkd79qh/?context=3)
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u/Straumli_Blight
ExoLaunch are manifested on several Falcon 9 rideshares, will they launch on SpaceX's June 2021 Smallsat mission?

u/exo_connor
We'll be there, and with more ports and payload mass than this mission!
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 02/08/2021 05:15 pm
0130-EX-CN-2021

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Mini-Cubes, LLC overall goal for the Challenger mission, is to develop a space based method to
distribute secure system keys (SSH keys) for Internet of Things devices.

The satellite will be launched as a secondary payload carried by the Momentus Vigoride vehicle
aboard SpaceX Falcon 9, from Vandenburg AFB, currently scheduled for June 2021. It will be
deployed from the Momentus Vigoride into a Sun-synchronous orbit with a roughly circular orbit,
altitude between 450km and 550 km. Orbital inclination from the equator is about 97 degrees.
Transmission will begin upon deploy into orbit, and cease 2 years later. Atmospheric friction will
slow the satellite and reduce the altitude of the orbit, until de-orbiting occurs much less than 25
years after launch. See the Orbital Debris Assessment Report for details.

The spacecraft is a 3p pocketqube with deployable elements. Measurements after deployment of
the solar panels and antennas are 19.2 cm X 14.5 cm X 24.4 cm. The total mass is about 0.75 Kg.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 02/08/2021 06:27 pm
Spaceflight Inc. submitted FCC paperwork for this flight.  They have two Sherpas, Sherpa-FX2 and Sherpa-LTE1.  Both will deploy their customer payloads shortly after separating from the second stage.  LTE-1 will then test the new attitude control, UHF communications, power, and electric propulsion systems over the next several months while lowering its orbit to 350km.

SAT-STA-20210205-00017 (https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/ib/forms/reports/swr031b.hts?q_set=V_SITE_ANTENNA_FREQ.file_numberC/File+Number/%3D/SATSTA2021020500017&prepare=&column=V_SITE_ANTENNA_FREQ.file_numberC/File+Number)

   Sherpa-FX2
      Astrocast (x5) (cubesat, prop)
      Spire LEMUR (x4) (cubesat, no prop)
      Hawkeye 360 Hawk (x3) (microsatellite, prop)
      Lynk Lynk-06 (microsatellite, no prop)
      Swarm SpaceBEE (x12) (.25U cubesat, four have prop)
      (hosted payload) SOARS (KeplarianTech, Tiger Innovations)
      (hosted payload) TagSat-2 (NearSpace Launch)
      (hosted payload) NFB-4 (Stellar Exploration)

   Sherpa-LTE1
      AstroDigital Shasta (microsatellite, no prop)
      Kleos KSM-2 (x5) (cubesat, prop)
      InSpace Faraday Phoenix (cubesat, no prop)
      OQTech Tiger-2 (cubesat, no prop)
      U. of Toronto HERON MkII (cubesat, no prop)
      CISESE PAINANI-II (cubesat, no prop)
      Aerospacelab ARTHUR-1 (cubesat, prop)
      Hawkeye 360 Hawk (x3) (microsatellite, prop)

   Backup payload: Orbit Fab Tenzing (microsatellite)
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: theprotobe on 02/09/2021 03:28 am
Is there a change in the Vigoride mission and what number it will be? What's the next opportunity for a Momentus Vigoride rideshare? I understand that it Vigoride-1 wasn't able to fly on Transporter-1.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 02/09/2021 03:36 am
Is there a change in the Vigoride mission and what number it will be? What's the next opportunity for a Momentus Vigoride rideshare? I understand that it Vigoride-1 wasn't able to fly on Transporter-1.

Vigoride-1 is the first mission. They will continue in order once the issues with the government have been resolved.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 02/09/2021 03:41 am
Is there a change in the Vigoride mission and what number it will be? What's the next opportunity for a Momentus Vigoride rideshare? I understand that it Vigoride-1 wasn't able to fly on Transporter-1.

It's not really clear to me yet if the Vigoride from Transporter-1 is going to be on this flight.  There was another rideshare before June (we don't know the primary payload) that was going to be the second Vigoride flight, so the first Vigoride could be on that one instead (if that mission is still happening).

edit:  I'm guessing Transporter 2 will be the next SSO launch, and therefore would probably have Vigoride-1.  I'm just not 100% certain of that yet.  I'm also not sure if having Vigoride-1 on this flight would preclude also having Vigoride-2 on this flight.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: scr00chy on 02/09/2021 09:48 am
Is there a change in the Vigoride mission and what number it will be? What's the next opportunity for a Momentus Vigoride rideshare? I understand that it Vigoride-1 wasn't able to fly on Transporter-1.

It's not really clear to me yet if the Vigoride from Transporter-1 is going to be on this flight.  There was another rideshare before June (we don't know the primary payload) that was going to be the second Vigoride flight, so the first Vigoride could be on that one instead (if that mission is still happening).

edit:  I'm guessing Transporter 2 will be the next SSO launch, and therefore would probably have Vigoride-1.  I'm just not 100% certain of that yet.  I'm also not sure if having Vigoride-1 on this flight would preclude also having Vigoride-2 on this flight.

NUTSAT was supposed to launch on Transporter-1 but has since been reported to launch on Transporter-2 instead. So I suspect most, if not all, of the Transporter-1 payloads were moved to Transporter-2.

https://taronews.tw/2021/01/22/717656/
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: PM3 on 02/09/2021 11:39 am
These are satellites on Scr00chy's page that had been manifested for Vigoride-1:

- Alba Cluster 3 (https://www.albaorbital.com/launch) (9 pocketqubes)
- AuroraSat 1 (https://spacenews.com/aurora-momentus-plasma-brake/)
- Challenger (https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/falcon-9-vigoride) (pocketqube)
- LabSat (https://spacenews.com/momentus-three-contracts/)
- NutSat (https://momentus.space/2020/10/26/momentus-and-gran-systems-announce-service-agreement-for-nutsat/)
- OrbAstro (https://momentus.space/2020/06/04/orbastro/)
- Quadpack (https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=8184.msg2175621#msg2175621)
- SteamSat (https://steamjet.space/steamjet-is-looking-for-commercial-partners-for-their-next-in-orbit-demonstrations/)
- SW1FT/SEZ (https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=8184.msg2175621#msg2175621)
- VZLUSat-2 (https://www.vzlusat2.cz/2021/01/08/vzlusat-2-start-postponed-again/)

At least the Alba Cluster, Challenger, Nut Sat and SteamSat have been confirmed for Transporter-2; VZLUSat-2 also was expected to shift to Transporter-2.

There were eight more pocketqubes co-manifested with Challenger (source (https://fossa.systems/2020/09/02/fossa-systems-and-momentus-announce-launch-of-nine-pocketqube-satellites/)):

- Canary Hatchling
- CSharkPilot-1 (FossaSat-2E)
- FossaSat-2C, -2D, -2F
- Laika (FossSat-2B)
- SanoSat-1
- TRSI3

So far these are 26 satellites. 23 satellites were integrated on Vigoride for the launch in January 2021  (source (https://momentus.space/2020/12/23/narsai-announcing-complete-integration-of-all-customer-satellites-2/)). Assuming that they counted Alba Cluster 3 as 9 sats (and not as 3 PQ deployers (http://www.albaorbital.com/integration)), this would mean that not all of those 26 were actually included for Transporter-1.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: scr00chy on 02/09/2021 12:49 pm
Also, the Fossa pocketqubes were originally supposed to launch with Momentus in February (presumably with SARah 1) but since at least one of these is now manifested for Transporter-2, other Momentus payloads from that February launch could have been moved to Transporter-2. These include:

NuX-1
SPARTAN
QMR-KWT
Dodona
REVELA
Gossamer
BroncoSat-1
FEES-2
ORESAT0
BHAARATHIYA-SAT
Neptuno
SMPOD-03

And finally, some payloads were scheduled to launch on Transporter-1 but didn't make it in the end. So some of those could have been moved to Transporter-2 also:

GNOMES-2
CPOD A+B
LINCS A+B
ADELIS-SAMSON (3 sats)
Landmapper-Demo6+Demo7
Umbra-2001
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 02/10/2021 11:46 pm
Momentus refiled the FCC paperwork for Vigoride-1, on this flight.

SAT-STA-20210210-00020 (https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/ib/forms/reports/swr031b.hts?q_set=V_SITE_ANTENNA_FREQ.file_numberC/File+Number/%3D/SATSTA2021021000020&prepare=&column=V_SITE_ANTENNA_FREQ.file_numberC/File+Number)

   Vigoride-1 (161kg wet, 155kg dry)
      AURORASAT (1.5U Cubesat, 2kg) (Aurora Poprulsion Technologies, Finland)
      LABSAT (3U Cubesat, 4kg) (SatRevolution, Poland)
      STEAMSAT (1.5U Cubesat, 1.8kg) (Steamjet Space Systems, UK)
      SWIFTVISION (3U Cubesat, 4kg) (SatRevolution, Poland)
      VZLUSAT-2 (3U Cubesat, 4.4kg) (SpaceManic CZ, Czech Republic)

   Plaza Deck
      NUTSAT-0 (2U Cubesat) (Gran Systems Co., Taiwan)
      ISILaunch Quadpack
      Alba PocketQube deployer (x3, 18P total capacity)
         Challenger (3P)
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 02/11/2021 03:44 pm
https://twitter.com/Lork89/status/1359540520951898123
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Not sure I will ever got used to the feeling of having years of life riding on top of a rocket. Thanks for the passage! #ION #SCV002 #transporter1 @SpaceX @elonmusk See you in June! @D_Orbit #pulse #feelthepulse
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: scr00chy on 02/11/2021 05:37 pm
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Update: Space Development Agency director Derek Tournear says the damaged satellites that were supposed to fly on SpaceX rideshare Transporter-1 will be repaired and will launch in the next rideshare Transporter-2 https://spacenews.com/darpa-satellites-damaged-at-processing-facility-ahead-of-spacex-launch/

https://twitter.com/Sandra_I_Erwin/status/1359931198223642627
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 02/12/2021 02:16 am
[Space News] DoD space agency launching experiments in preparation for 2022 satellite deployments (https://spacenews.com/dod-space-agency-launching-experiments-in-preparation-for-2022-satellite-deployments/)
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One of those experiments is Mandrake 2 — a pair of small spacecraft equipped with optical crosslinks that was scheduled to launch Jan. 24 on SpaceX’s massive rideshare Transporter-1. The satellites were accidentally damaged during payload processing and didn’t make the launch. They are now being repaired and will fly to orbit this summer on SpaceX’s next rideshare mission Transporter-2, said Derek Tournear, director of the Defense Department’s Space Development Agency
....
Also expected to ride to space on Transporter-2 is an SDA optical crosslink demonstration with two satellites made by General Atomics, Tournear said.

There is a picture of the Mandrake sats in the article.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jrcraft on 02/12/2021 03:54 am
The 9 Alba PocketQubes are:
DelfiPQ
Grizu-263a
TRSI-2
Hades
EASat-2
SATTLA-2
Unicorn 1, 2A, & 2D
According to https://www.albaorbital.com/integration
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 02/12/2021 04:15 am
The 9 Alba PocketQubes are:
DelfiPQ
Grizu-263a
TRSI-2
Hades
EASat-2
SATTLA-2
Unicorn 1, 2A, & 2D
According to https://www.albaorbital.com/integration

Let the fun begin.  Those listed sats would fill three of Alba Orbital's 6P PocketQube deployers.  They don't include Challenger, the paperwork for which mentioned being on the Momentus port for this launch.  The Momentus ODAR for Vigoride-1 says there are no PocketQubes on the Vigoride and there are three PocketQube deployers on the Plaza Deck.

edit:  If Vigoride-2 is also on this flight then it would solve the problem.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jrcraft on 02/12/2021 04:19 am
The 9 Alba PocketQubes are:
DelfiPQ
Grizu-263a
TRSI-2
Hades
EASat-2
SATTLA-2
Unicorn 1, 2A, & 2D
According to https://www.albaorbital.com/integration

Let the fun begin.  Those listed sats would fill three PocketQube deployers.  They don't include Challenger, the paperwork for which mentioned being on the Momentus port for this launch.  The Momentus ODAR says there are no PocketQubes on the Vigoride and there are three PocketQube deployers on the Plaza Deck.

Challenger is one of the FOSSA deployed PocketQube, not an Alba deployed one. https://fossa.systems/2020/09/02/fossa-systems-and-momentus-announce-launch-of-nine-pocketqube-satellites/
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edit:  If Vigoride-2 is also on this flight then it would solve the problem.
Yeah, the Alba ones are part of Momentus 1 and FOSSA was AFAIK Momentus 2.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 02/12/2021 04:33 am
and so it is...

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Momentus Inc. (“Momentus”) submits an updated orbital debris assessment report (“ODAR”) and ownership exhibit. In relevant part, the ODAR reflects changes in:
• VR-2’s scheduled launch date from February 2021 to June 2021;

VR-2 includes a primary and a secondary structural assembly with: Propellant Tanks, MET, Reaction Control System thrusters, Solar Array Assemblies, a launch vehicle separation ring, two ISIS 12U cubesat deployers, three 12U cubesat deployer mass dummies, one 3U cubesat deployer, and two PocketPod deployers.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: russianhalo117 on 02/12/2021 04:36 am
The 9 Alba PocketQubes are:
DelfiPQ
Grizu-263a
TRSI-2
Hades
EASat-2
SATTLA-2
Unicorn 1, 2A, & 2D
According to https://www.albaorbital.com/integration (https://www.albaorbital.com/integration)

Let the fun begin.  Those listed sats would fill three of Alba Orbital's 6P PocketQube deployers.  They don't include Challenger, the paperwork for which mentioned being on the Momentus port for this launch.  The Momentus ODAR for Vigoride-1 says there are no PocketQubes on the Vigoride and there are three PocketQube deployers on the Plaza Deck.

edit:  If Vigoride-2 is also on this flight then it would solve the problem.
all i have found so far is Vigoride-2 hasn't slipped to the right though to throw a spanner in the works the Vigoride supposedly flying on CAS-500-1 launch hasnt been numbered yet so may have decided to distinguish launch providers.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: scr00chy on 02/12/2021 08:47 am
I'm not so sure about this launching from Vandenberg.

With Transporter-1, I remember there was some documentation mentioning Vandenberg also, but then it launched from SLC-40. I think it's the same here. For example, the Momentus PDF above says:

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Expected Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex (SLC-40 or SLCE-4E).

I suspect VAFB might be more of a backup launch site for the Transporter missions.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: PM3 on 02/12/2021 01:03 pm
   Vigoride-2 (http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/ib/forms/reports/swr031b.hts?q_set=V_SITE_ANTENNA_FREQ.file_numberC/File+Number/%3D/SATSTA2020083100102&prepare=&column=V_SITE_ANTENNA_FREQ.file_numberC/File+Number)
      Two ISIS 12U quadpack deployers used for 10 Momentus payloads
         -
      3U deployer from New Production Concept, Italy
         ?
      Fossa (2x 8P PocketQube deployers)
         CSHARKPILOT-1(FOSSASAT-2E) (2P) (CShark, Italy)
         LAIKA(FOSSASAT-2B) (2P) (porkchop, Sweden)
         Challenger (3P) (Mini-Cubes, US)
         SanoSat-1 (1P) (ORIONSpace, Nepal)
         TRSI3 (1P)
         Canary Hatchling (1P) (Care Weather, US)
         FOSSASAT-2C,2D,2F (3x 2P)

As they have re-manifested VR-2 to Transporter-2 (see post #24), this would also include from page 3-4 of https://licensing.fcc.gov/myibfs/download.do?attachment_key=2692615:

     Broncosat-1 (1,5U, Bronco Space)
     Dodona (3U, Lockheed Martin)
     Guardian-Alpha (3U, Orbital Astronautics)
     Neptuno (3U, Deimos)
     Oresat 0 (1U, Portland State Aerospace Society)
     QMR-QWT (1U, Solar Space)
     Gossamer (1U, LunaSonde)
     Revela (1U, ARCA Dynamics)
     FEES-2 (0.5U, GP Advanced Projects)
     Bhaarathiya-Sat (SpaceKidz India)

Exolaunch (~30 sats)
...
Loft Orbital YAM-3 satellite

YAM-3 is with Exolaunch (https://fcc.report/IBFS/SAT-LOA-20200907-00105/2702543)

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Satellogic (x4)

"at least four" (Spacenews (https://spacenews.com/satellogic-signs-multi-launch-contract-with-spacex/))

Assuming 20 sats on ION, I now count a minimum of 135 manifested satellites on this launch (including 2 Sherpa, 2 Vigoride, 1 ION), with a good chance to break the Transporter-1 record of 143.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: PM3 on 02/12/2021 01:26 pm
One of the VR-2 payloads mentioned in the previous post:

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Kuwait’s first nanosatellite – QMR-KWT – is currently undergoing functional tests in Sofia, Bulgaria, overseen by mission contractor Dubai-based Orbital Space, ahead of the nanosatellite’s scheduled launch later this year.
...
The 1U CubeSat is due to launch into space from the United States as part of a second Momentus Vigoride demo mission payload aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in June 2021.

https://arabspacenews.com/qmr-kwt-nanosatellite/ - 7 February 2021
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 02/14/2021 02:44 am
The Orbit Fab Tenzing sat listed as a backup payload for the Spaceflight Inc. Sherpas.  First demo of an on-orbit refueling station in SSO, holding some green propellant.  Satellite built by Astro Digital, will also demo Accion Systems TILE thrusters, and there is a satellite observation/inspection vision system hosted payload from SCOUT.  I guess this could end up on the December flight if they don't find room for it in June.

https://spacenews.com/orbit-fab-to-launch-with-spaceflight/
http://spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=56799
https://www.orbitfab.space/products
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 02/14/2021 02:51 am
ICEYE US applied for a license to launch six satellites, with the first scheduled to ride on this flight.

SAT-LOA-20210212-00021 (https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/ib/forms/reports/swr031b.hts?q_set=V_SITE_ANTENNA_FREQ.file_numberC/File+Number/%3D/SATLOA2021021200021&prepare=&column=V_SITE_ANTENNA_FREQ.file_numberC/File+Number)

This application mentions a Florida launch.  Most earlier indications were Vandenberg.  We'll see where it ends up.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Huskymaniac on 03/01/2021 11:59 pm
June is not far away at all.  Shouldn't they be firming up the date and location very soon?
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 03/02/2021 06:04 pm
[ISISPACE] Kleos completes key satellite development milestone for mid-year SpaceX launch (https://www.isispace.nl/news/kleos-completes-key-satellite-development-milestone-for-mid-year-spacex-launch/)
Andreia March 2, 2021

Polar Vigilance Mission (KSF1) satellites have passed a hardware critical design review milestone with satellite builder ISISPACE
Satellites now enter Assembly Phase with ISISPACE for a mid-2021 launch onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle
Kleos’ Scouting Mission satellites (KSM1) in commission and test phase


Luxembourg – Kleos Space S.A. (ASX: KSS, Frankfurt: KS1,) a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data-as-a-service (DaaS) company, confirms its second satellite cluster, the Polar Vigilance Mission (KSF1), has successfully completed a hardware critical design review milestone for a launch mid-year onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9. Conducted, in the Netherlands, by satellite developer ISISPACE, passing the milestone ensures that Kleos’ Polar Vigilance Mission satellites can enter the assembly and verification phase – an exciting stage leads to final integration, testing and delivery of the satellites for launch.

The KSF1 Polar Vigilance Mission satellites are scheduled for a mid-2021 launch onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9, under a rideshare contract with Spaceflight Inc. The satellites will be launched into a 500-600km Sun Synchronous Orbit, complementing Kleos’ Scouting Mission 37o orbit, which successfully launched in early November 2020 and is in the commission and test phase.

Kleos’ satellites will detect and geolocate radio frequency transmissions to provide global activity-based intelligence, enhancing the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities of governments and commercial entities when tracking systems are defeated, imagery unclear or targets out of patrol range.

Kleos Space CEO Andy Bowyer said: “We are excited to be progressing our second satellite cluster with ISISPACE – a leader in the small satellite market. Entering the assembly and verification phase of the satellites is a crucial developmental milestone and ensures we are on schedule to launch in mid-2021. The KSF1 satellite cluster will complement our Scouting Mission satellites, improving the value of our geolocation maritime intelligence data.”

ISISPACE’s CEO Jeroen Rotteveel states: “We are pleased to design and build this second satellite cluster for Kleos, to be completed on a fast-track schedule made possible by building on our extensive nanosatellite expertise and heritage. Despite the challenging timeline given the current global situation, we are keen to enter this next crucial phase of satellite assembly and validation and bringing our design to reality.”

As a strategic partner, ISISPACE further supports Kleos with its knowledge and experience to provide review and inputs for Kleos’ future needs and capabilities.

Figure 1 – The 6U CubeSat Platform rendering.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 03/05/2021 04:39 pm
Space AI SAI-2 6U cubesat
0173-EX-CN-2021
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: scr00chy on 03/05/2021 05:36 pm
Space AI SAI-2 6U cubesat
0173-EX-CN-2021

Nice find! From the PDF:

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The experimental SAI-2 mission are free flying mission and is schedule to flight by end of June 2021
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 03/05/2021 08:28 pm
In a "State of Vandenberg" address this flight was shown on their 2021 manifest.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 03/09/2021 04:16 pm
https://redwirespace.com/2021/03/09/redwire-selected-as-solar-array-supplier-for-planetiq-constellation-spacecraft/
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In June 2021, PlanetiQ launches their next GNSS Navigation and Occultation Measurement Satellite (GNOMES) on the Transporter 2 launch out of Cape Canaveral.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 03/12/2021 04:46 pm
There's no doubt this was scheduled for Vandenberg.  With the move of the only booster that was on the west coast, I'm not so sure that it is still scheduled for Vandenberg.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 03/12/2021 10:38 pm
And finally, some payloads were scheduled to launch on Transporter-1 but didn't make it in the end. So some of those could have been moved to Transporter-2 also:

GNOMES-2
CPOD A+B
LINCS A+B
ADELIS-SAMSON (3 sats)
Landmapper-Demo6+Demo7
Umbra-2001

ADELIS_SAMSON moved to the March Soyuz launch.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: SolSystem on 03/19/2021 02:03 pm
You can remove U. of Toronto HERON MkII. They ran into some radio licensing issues and have told me their looking at a launch later in the year now.


Spaceflight Inc. submitted FCC paperwork for this flight.  They have two Sherpas, Sherpa-FX2 and Sherpa-LTE1.  Both will deploy their customer payloads shortly after separating from the second stage.  LTE-1 will then test the new attitude control, UHF communications, power, and electric propulsion systems over the next several months while lowering its orbit to 350km.

SAT-STA-20210205-00017 (https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/ib/forms/reports/swr031b.hts?q_set=V_SITE_ANTENNA_FREQ.file_numberC/File+Number/%3D/SATSTA2021020500017&prepare=&column=V_SITE_ANTENNA_FREQ.file_numberC/File+Number)

   Sherpa-FX2
      Astrocast (x5) (cubesat, prop)
      Spire LEMUR (x4) (cubesat, no prop)
      Hawkeye 360 Hawk (x3) (microsatellite, prop)
      Lynk Lynk-06 (microsatellite, no prop)
      Swarm SpaceBEE (x12) (.25U cubesat, four have prop)
      (hosted payload) SOARS (KeplarianTech, Tiger Innovations)
      (hosted payload) TagSat-2 (NearSpace Launch)
      (hosted payload) NFB-4 (Stellar Exploration)

   Sherpa-LTE1
      AstroDigital Shasta (microsatellite, no prop)
      Kleos KSM-2 (x5) (cubesat, prop)
      InSpace Faraday Phoenix (cubesat, no prop)
      OQTech Tiger-2 (cubesat, no prop)
      U. of Toronto HERON MkII (cubesat, no prop)
      CISESE PAINANI-II (cubesat, no prop)
      Aerospacelab ARTHUR-1 (cubesat, prop)
      Hawkeye 360 Hawk (x3) (microsatellite, prop)

   Backup payload: Orbit Fab Tenzing (microsatellite)
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 03/21/2021 06:07 pm
FCC filing for Astro Digital Demo8 (Tenzing, 35kg) and Demo9 (Shasta, 22kg) (on Spaceflight Sherpas)
SAT-MOD-20210319-00036 (https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/ib/forms/reports/swr031b.hts?q_set=V_SITE_ANTENNA_FREQ.file_numberC/File+Number/%3D/SATMOD2021031900036&prepare=&column=V_SITE_ANTENNA_FREQ.file_numberC/File+Number)
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 03/23/2021 10:55 pm
This one may be on Transporter 2?  A launch the first week of July is mentioned, which is well within the Transporter 2 launch window.

[NanoAvionics Press Release] International consortium adds hyperspectral imaging and communication payloads to NanoAvionics’ rideshare mission named D-2/AtlaCom-1 (https://nanoavionics.com/news/international-consortium-adds-hyperspectral-imaging-and-communication-payloads-to-nanoavionics-rideshare-mission-named-d-2-atlacom-1/)
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NanoAvionics, a leading nanosatellite bus manufacturer and mission integrator, has revealed the remaining three payloads of its ‘D-2/AtlaCom-1’ rideshare mission hosted on board its M6P 6U nanosatellite bus. The additional payloads, a camera for hyperspectral remote sensing, a new high-gain X-band antenna and an upgraded X-Band downlink transmitter, are all part of an international collaboration by an international consortium and its partners called “HyperActive”.

https://www.gob.mx/sct/prensa/lanzara-space-x-mision-satelital-internacional-d2-atlacom-1
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[Google Translate] The Nanosatellite "D2 / AtlaCom-1" will be launched by Space X from the NASA facilities in Cape Canaveral, with which it is programmed by the company in charge of Elon Musk, that this international satellite mission will be in space the first week of July of this 2021.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Bean Kenobi on 03/24/2021 12:12 am
This one may be on Transporter 2?  A launch the first week of July is mentioned, which is well within the Transporter 2 launch window.

[NanoAvionics Press Release] International consortium adds hyperspectral imaging and communication payloads to NanoAvionics’ rideshare mission named D-2/AtlaCom-1 (https://nanoavionics.com/news/international-consortium-adds-hyperspectral-imaging-and-communication-payloads-to-nanoavionics-rideshare-mission-named-d-2-atlacom-1/)
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NanoAvionics, a leading nanosatellite bus manufacturer and mission integrator, has revealed the remaining three payloads of its ‘D-2/AtlaCom-1’ rideshare mission hosted on board its M6P 6U nanosatellite bus. The additional payloads, a camera for hyperspectral remote sensing, a new high-gain X-band antenna and an upgraded X-Band downlink transmitter, are all part of an international collaboration by an international consortium and its partners called “HyperActive”.

https://www.gob.mx/sct/prensa/lanzara-space-x-mision-satelital-internacional-d2-atlacom-1
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[Google Translate] The Nanosatellite "D2 / AtlaCom-1" will be launched by Space X from the NASA facilities in Cape Canaveral, with which it is programmed by the company in charge of Elon Musk, that this international satellite mission will be in space the first week of July of this 2021.

Transporter 2 is said to be from Vandenberg, not Cape Canaveral.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: PM3 on 03/25/2021 06:04 am
TUBIN is to launch in June on Falcon 9, probably on Transporter-2:

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TUBIN
Erdbeobachtung im ther­ma­len In­fra­rot (Bild)  - earth observation in thermal infrared (optical)
23 kg
Falcon 9
06/2021
in Vorbereitung  - in prepration
https://www.raumfahrttechnik.tu-berlin.de/tubsat/

This is the first time that TU Berlin launches as satellite from the U.S., likely through Exolaunch.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 03/29/2021 10:49 pm
Momentus adjusted their payload list for Vigoride-2.
       --Dodona (3U, Lockheed Martin, US, no prop, 550km)
       --Revela (1U, ARCA Dynamics, Italy, no prop, 550km)
       --Bhaarathiya-Sat (SpaceKidz India, India, no prop)
       ++SPARTAN (6U, EnduroSat, Bulgaria, )
       ++Stork-1,-2,-3 (3x 3U, SatRevolution, Poland)
       ++Steamsat-2 (3U, SteamJet, Poland)
       ++Iris-A (2U, Odysseus, Taiwan)
       ++TROPICS Pathfinder (3U, NASA)
       ++Kepler-16,-17 (2x 6U, Kepler, Canada)

All Vigoride-2 payloads except Kepler should be released in the insertion orbit.  Kepler may be released at up to 550km.  All Vigoride-1 payloads will be released in the insertion orbit.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Steven Pietrobon on 03/30/2021 05:41 am
For those not familiar with programming languages, "--" means the payload is removed and "++" means the payload is added.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 04/01/2021 01:28 am
https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/

SFN is reporting a delay to July.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: scr00chy on 04/07/2021 01:31 pm
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SpaceX’s second dedicated small satellite rideshare mission, known as Transporter-2, was previously slated to launch in June from Vandenberg. Officials with payloads on that mission have said in recent weeks that SpaceX moved Transporter-2 launch to Cape Canaveral.

https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/04/06/spacex-to-ramp-up-vandenberg-launch-cadence-with-starlink-missions/
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 04/07/2021 04:14 pm
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Astro Digital US, Inc. (“Astro Digital”) requests special temporary authority (“STA”) for 180 days to communicate with the Sherpa-LTE1 spacecraft (SAT-STA-20210205-00017), which is owned and controlled by Spaceflight Inc. (“Spaceflight”), commencing on the deployment of the spacecraft, which is presently scheduled to occur between June 24, 2021 and July 31, 2021
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 04/07/2021 05:03 pm
Next SpaceFlight is confirming NET July.

https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/2404
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 04/11/2021 06:39 pm
0295-EX-CN-2021
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Introduction. Pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 5.54(a)(1), EchoStar Global Australia Pty Ltd
(“EchoStar Global”), a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation, requests a two-year
conventional experimental license to operate a gateway earth station in Germantown, MD, for
feeder link communications with its Australian-licensed non-geostationary orbit (“NGSO”)
mobile satellite service (“MSS”) system (“EG System” or “System”). Grant of this application
will serve the public interest by facilitating testing and development of new MSS equipment and
technology that ultimately will be deployed to support mobile communications, public safety,
and other services worldwide.
 Background. With its parent company’s extensive experience in the satellite industry,

EchoStar Global is in the process of designing, constructing, and launching a new NGSO MSS
system to provide narrowband data services, including machine-to-machine and Internet of
things communications, throughout the globe. Pursuant to Australian authorization and
International Telecommunication Union (“ITU”) filings for the SIRION-1 network, the EG
System is licensed to provide MSS on S-band frequencies at 2000-2020 MHz (uplink) and 2180-
2200 MHz (downlink). The System will consist of a constellation of approximately 28 satellites
in low Earth orbit, including EG-1, which was successfully launched in August 2020, and EG-3,
scheduled for launch June 2021.
Additionally, EchoStar Global has acquired ownership of
Pathfinder II, launched in December 2018, for operations under the SIRION-1 ITU filings.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 04/12/2021 05:10 pm
[Space News] Exolaunch entering orbital debris market with eco-friendly space tugs (https://spacenews.com/exolaunch-entering-orbital-debris-market-with-eco-friendly-space-tugs/)
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Medvedeva said it is coordinating about 30 of the satellites slated for SpaceX’s next dedicated rideshare mission, Transporter-2, around June.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: PM3 on 04/13/2021 09:33 am
TUBIN is to launch in June on Falcon 9, probably on Transporter-2:

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TUBIN
Erdbeobachtung im ther­ma­len In­fra­rot (Bild)  - earth observation in thermal infrared (optical)
23 kg
Falcon 9
06/2021
in Vorbereitung  - in prepration
https://www.raumfahrttechnik.tu-berlin.de/tubsat/

Surprise: Launch month of TUBIN - on the above linked website - today was changed to May 2021. TUBIN is intended to launch to ~ 550 km SSO (source (https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12567-019-00295-3.pdf)), so it rather will not go on a Starlink launch in May. This leaves two explanations:

- May 2021 is an error, it launches on Transporter-2

- There will be an SSO Falcon 9 launch in May. German TUBIN would nicely fit to German SARah ....
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: smoliarm on 04/13/2021 12:52 pm
Well, the Starlink launches to 53° inclination are about to end (for a time being).
It is likely after that they are going to launch Starlinks to polar orbit.
Late May seems doable for the first polar launch of Starlinks.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 04/13/2021 03:14 pm
Until the Starlink modification request is dealt with, we don't really know when/where the next set of Starlinks will be going.  Spaceflight was listing 70 degree flights later in the year.  There will still be 53.(2/8) degree flights, as well as the polar shells.  It would be odd for a polar launch from the Cape to be happening in May and not hear anything about it yet.  I don't think SpaceX is going to do a launch from Vandenberg in May.  Also, didn't Gwynne say July for polar Starlinks?

I wouldn't assume anything about the TUBIN launch until there is more information.  Could be a typo, could be when they send it off to the rideshare integrator.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 04/23/2021 12:54 am
Updated VR-2 list.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jrcraft on 04/23/2021 03:35 am
Updated VR-2 list.
So looks like a number of the FOSSA brokered PocketQubes have been removed.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: scr00chy on 04/23/2021 06:04 am
Updated VR-2 list.
So looks like a number of the FOSSA brokered PocketQubes have been removed.

Some should be flying on VR-1.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 05/01/2021 01:46 am
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 05/01/2021 02:33 am
"Currently, the propulsion system is on track for integration to Sherpa-LTE1.  However, should unforeseen issues prevent it from making the mission, Spaceflight would install a mass model to simulate the mass properties of the propulsion system."

PAINANI-2 and a Lemur swapped places.
The SOARS and NFB-4 hosted payloads on FX2 seem to have gone away.
The number of sats from Kleos dropped from 5 to 4
There are no longer any Hawkeye 360 sats on LTE-1
Tenzing is now on LTE-1

(this also specifies the launch site as CCAFS)
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 05/05/2021 12:38 am
STA application for Transporter-2

0677-EX-ST-2021 (https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/els/reports/STA_Print.cfm?mode=initial&application_seq=107323)

Operation Start Date:   06/17/2021
Operation End Date:   12/17/2021

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This application uses information from previous grant 1705-EX-ST-2020. This STA is necessary to authorize launch vehicle communications for SpaceX Mission 1573 from Cape Canaveral FL at LC-40 CCAFS or LC-39A KSC, and the experimental recovery following the Falcon 9 launch. Includes sub-orbital first stage, and orbital second stage. Trajectory data will be provided directly to NTIA, USAF, and NASA. All downrange Earth stations are receive-only. All operations are pre-coordinated with the Launch Range. Launch licensing authority is FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 05/11/2021 12:56 pm
https://spaceflight.com/mission-sxrs-5/

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MISSION: SXRS-5
By Hilary Meyerson
MAY 11, 2021

We are in the final preparations for our SXRS-5 mission, called Transporter-2 by SpaceX, and wanted to share our latest assets about the upcoming launch. You can read the press release and discover our customers’ missions, as well as check out the infographic, a video of the deployment scenario, and the mission patch below — all which showcase how unique this mission is.

As an overview, we’ll be launching 36 customer payloads, including six microsatellites, 29 cubesats and one hosted payload to Sun Synchronous orbit no earlier than June 2021. We’re especially excited about this mission as it will be the first time we will fly two different orbital transportation vehicles (OTVs) and it’s the launch of the industry’s first-ever electric propulsion vehicle, Sherpa-LTE1. You may recall an earlier mission, SXRS-3, flew in January of 2021 and was the debut of Spaceflight’s first next-gen OTV, Sherpa-FX1.

The video below is a quick overview of the highlights of this mission.

https://spaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/SXRS5_V4.mov.mp4

Sherpa-LTE1 features an electric propulsion system from Apollo Fusion. After all payloads are deployed for this mission, our team will test some maneuvers of the Sherpa-LTE1 in preparation for a future mission. Our sights are already looking ahead: Spaceflight’s Sherpa-LTC, which features chemical propulsion from Benchmark Space Systems, will fly on another SpaceX mission later this year.

Stay tuned for photos of our customer payload integration campaign from our facilities in Auburn WA, a deeper technical dive on the Sherpa-NG program, and details on how to watch this important mission.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 05/11/2021 02:36 pm
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210511005295/en/Spaceflight-Inc.-Readies-36-Customer-Spacecraft-and-Two-OTVs-for-Launch-on-SpaceX’s-Transporter-2-Mission
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Spaceflight is managing the launch for 14 organizations’ spacecraft from seven countries, including:

Aerospacelab’s Arthur
Astrocast's IoT Nanosatellites
HawkEye 360 Inc.’s HawkEye Cluster 3
In-Space Missions Limited’s Faraday Phoenix
Kleos Space’s Polar Vigilance Mission cluster of four satellites
Loft Orbital’s YAM-2
Lynk Global Inc.’s Shannon
NearSpace Launch Inc.’s TagSat-2
OQ Technology’s TIGER-2 5G IoT
Orbit Fab’s Tanker-001 Tenzing
Orbital Sidekick Inc.’s Aurora
Spire Global’s LEMUR-2
Swarm Technologies’ SpaceBEES
An undisclosed spacecraft
“This mission represents a significant milestone for Spaceflight’s next-gen OTV program and doubles down on our commitment to offer the most solutions to meet our customer’s needs for reaching unique orbital destinations,” said Tony Frego, mission director for Spaceflight’s SXRS-5 mission. “We knew we needed to utilize two Sherpa OTVs to support the customer demand and saw a unique opportunity to fly Sherpa-LTE for the first time. After all customer deployments are complete, we’ll run a series of maneuver tests with the electric propulsion OTV, which will provide valuable insights before Sherpa-LTC, our chemical propulsion OTV, launches later this year.”

Spaceflight’s first next-gen OTV, Sherpa-FX1, debuted in January and successfully deployed 15 spacecraft from SpaceX’s Transporter-1 launch. The Transporter-2 mission will feature another Sherpa-FX (Sherpa-FX2), as well as debut Sherpa-LTE (Sherpa-LTE1), which features electric propulsion from Apollo Fusion. Spaceflight’s Sherpa-LTC, which features chemical propulsion from Benchmark Space Systems, will fly on another SpaceX mission later this year.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: scr00chy on 05/11/2021 04:28 pm
Stable Road, which is trying to close its merger with Momentus, says that the FAA yesterday denied the space company's license request to launch its Vigoride payload on a SpaceX mission in June https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001781162/000121390021025530/ea140644-8k_stableroad.htm

https://twitter.com/thesheetztweetz/status/1392151454849380362
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 05/11/2021 07:18 pm
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On May 10, 2021, Momentus received a letter from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) denying Momentus’ application for a payload review based on the FAA’s finding that its launch would jeopardize U.S. national security. According to the letter, during an interagency consultation, the FAA was informed that the launch of Momentus’ payload poses national security concerns associated with Momentus’ current corporate structure. The letter further states that the FAA understands that Momentus is undergoing a process that may resolve the national security concerns, and that the FAA can reconsider a payload application when that process has been completed. The payload review relates to Momentus’ planned mission in June 2021 on a SpaceX rocket. As a result, Parent expects that Momentus will not be able to fly its inaugural mission as planned on the June 2021 launch and will be required to remanifest Vigoride 1 and Vigoride 2 to a later launch.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 05/11/2021 09:40 pm
https://twitter.com/EXOLAUNCH/status/1392217177290387461
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The 10 cases contain 10 #CarboNIX shock-free separation systems for our customers’ #microsats, ready to be shipped to the launch site for our next Falcon 9 mission! Stay tuned!
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 05/11/2021 09:57 pm
https://spaceflight.com/mission-sxrs-5/
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: scr00chy on 05/12/2021 12:24 pm
I wonder if Momentus dropping out will mean we'll see SpaceX adding polar Starlinks again.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: ZachS09 on 05/12/2021 01:11 pm
I wonder if Momentus dropping out will mean we'll see SpaceX adding polar Starlinks again.

My opinion is most likely.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 05/12/2021 01:37 pm
I wonder if any Momentus customers can switch this late.


https://twitter.com/EXOLAUNCH/status/1392442780908130311
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Exolaunch offers last-minute launch opportunities to SSO on #Falcon9. Please get in touch for all information at: [email protected]
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 05/12/2021 10:29 pm
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Mission  Overview:Capella  6  will  be  launched  in  May  2021,  on  a  53deg  orbit  at  analtitude between 550km and 600km.  For the purpose of this document, the worst case alti-tude in terms of lifetime of 600 km will be used for C-6.  Capella 5 will be launched in June2021, on a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude between 500km and 550km.  For the purposeof this document, the worst case altitude in terms of lifetime of 550 km will be used for C-5.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 05/12/2021 11:02 pm
Spaceflight has a third port, which seems to contain YAM-2.  Their count seems to be off by one to me, looks like it should be 7 microsats?  Maybe they didn't add in YAM-2.

This post has a lot of info on the payloads.  One of the previously known payloads isn't listed (PAINANI II).
https://spaceflight.com/whos-onboard-sxrs-5-spacex-transporter-2/

(The big flat satellite on top of the SHERPA in this render from the previous Spaceflight post should be Lynk-06 "Shannon")
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: zubenelgenubi on 05/15/2021 02:43 am
Belated cross-post re: Transporter-2 launch scheduling:
There are still up-to-date sources saying June-July:
https://licensing.fcc.gov/myibfs/download.do?attachment_key=6764705.
We're assuming NET late June because of the other three scheduled Falcon 9 launches in June?
***

Belated cross-post re: RTLS of same:
STA application for Transporter-2
0677-EX-ST-2021 (https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/els/reports/STA_Print.cfm?mode=initial&application_seq=107323)

Operation Start Date:   06/17/2021
Operation End Date:   12/17/2021

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This application uses information from previous grant 1705-EX-ST-2020. This STA is necessary to authorize launch vehicle communications for SpaceX Mission 1573 from Cape Canaveral FL at LC-40 CCAFS or LC-39A KSC, and the experimental recovery following the Falcon 9 launch. Includes sub-orbital first stage, and orbital second stage. Trajectory data will be provided directly to NTIA, USAF, and NASA. All downrange Earth stations are receive-only. All operations are pre-coordinated with the Launch Range. Launch licensing authority is FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation.
Hmmm.  Hopefully this gets amended to add some more information.
What kind of info would you like?
ASDS location
I’m thinking it might be RTLS.
North 28 29 11, West 80 32 51 is the location usually listed for LZ-1 RTLS and appears on this application.
Not only on RTLS applications, but sometimes is the only transmitter listed for RTLS.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 05/15/2021 04:40 am
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On October 30, 2020, Spire had provided its immediate launch schedule through 2Q 2021. Due to contract commitments and scheduling issues, Spire has an additional two (2) satellites that will be launched in June 2021 and are currently scheduled to launch on the SpaceX Transporter-1 launch. Of the 6 satellites to be launched in June 2021, five (5) of the satellites will be U.S. licensed LEMUR satellites and one (1) of the satellites will be Luxembourg licensed MINAS   satellite.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Bean Kenobi on 05/15/2021 12:49 pm
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On October 30, 2020, Spire had provided its immediate launch schedule through 2Q 2021. Due to contract commitments and scheduling issues, Spire has an additional two (2) satellites that will be launched in June 2021 and are currently scheduled to launch on the SpaceX Transporter-1 launch. Of the 6 satellites to be launched in June 2021, five (5) of the satellites will be U.S. licensed LEMUR satellites and one (1) of the satellites will be Luxembourg licensed MINAS   satellite.

Not true : Transporter-1 was in January and launched 8 LEMURs.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 05/15/2021 02:00 pm
It's a typo, get over it.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 05/20/2021 08:21 pm
In a presentation by satellite manufacturer Nanoavionics they said Transporter 2 is currently targeting late June.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: zubenelgenubi on 05/21/2021 08:58 pm
SFN Launch Schedule, updated May 20, now lists Transporter-2 launching in late June, and still from SLC-40.  "Moved up from July." (https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/)
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 05/26/2021 09:33 pm
STA application for Transporter-2

0677-EX-ST-2021 (https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/els/reports/STA_Print.cfm?mode=initial&application_seq=107323)

Operation Start Date:   06/17/2021
Operation End Date:   12/17/2021

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This application uses information from previous grant 1705-EX-ST-2020. This STA is necessary to authorize launch vehicle communications for SpaceX Mission 1573 from Cape Canaveral FL at LC-40 CCAFS or LC-39A KSC, and the experimental recovery following the Falcon 9 launch. Includes sub-orbital first stage, and orbital second stage. Trajectory data will be provided directly to NTIA, USAF, and NASA. All downrange Earth stations are receive-only. All operations are pre-coordinated with the Launch Range. Launch licensing authority is FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation

Granted
https://apps.fcc.gov/els/GetAtt.html?id=274361
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 05/27/2021 03:41 pm
https://twitter.com/SpaceflightInc/status/1397935887581855747
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We've completed the integration of Apollo Fusion EP system onto #SherpaLTE1. Want to know more about this mission? #SXRS5 #Transporter2 https://bit.ly/3oxGfRp
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: zubenelgenubi on 05/29/2021 12:19 am
Slightly more clarity re: Transporter-2 launch; my bold:
SFN, Five launches planned from Florida’s Space Coast in June (https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/05/28/five-launches-planned-from-floridas-space-coast-in-june/), May 28
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Another SpaceX launch will close out the month, when a Falcon 9 rocket fires into orbit on a rideshare mission with numerous small satellites from U.S. and international customers. The mission, known as Transporter 2 and expected in the last week of June,...
Last 8 days of June = Sunday, June 23 through Sunday, June 30
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 05/29/2021 12:38 am
Spaceflight got their FCC approval for the two SHERPAs today.

edit:  Loft Orbital also got the license for YAM-3

edit:  Astro Digital also got the license mod for Demo 8 and Demo 9 (Shasta and Tenzing)
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: RAN on 05/29/2021 03:43 am
Do we know pricing info for cubesat rides via nanoracks on the transporter missions? the website only says that they offer 1-3, 6, and 12 U and to contact for pricing.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 05/30/2021 01:43 am
Do we know pricing info for cubesat rides via nanoracks on the transporter missions? the website only says that they offer 1-3, 6, and 12 U and to contact for pricing.

Most companies don't post their pricing.  Spaceflight does post some pricing but have an asterisk below saying it can vary by orbit and launch provider.  https://spaceflight.com/pricing/

There are quite a few launch integrators now so I would guess the prices would be similar between them.  It may depend a lot on how much hand-holding the payload provider needs, whether they need help with government paperwork, transportation, testing, etc.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/01/2021 02:50 am
https://twitter.com/SpaceflightInc/status/1399458989381853184
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Sweet fit! Sherpa-LTE1 is loaded and on the way to the Cape!! #SXRS5 #Transporter2
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: PM3 on 06/01/2021 07:24 am
https://www.ipresslive.it/comunicates/47616/d-orbit-annuncia-wild-ride-la-nuova-missione-di-ion-satellite-carrier
https://news.satnews.com/2021/05/31/d-orbits-coming-up-with-a-wild-ride-via-their-ion-satellite-carrier/
https://www.isispace.nl/news/d-orbit-announces-wild-ride-the-upcoming-mission-of-its-ion-satellite-carrier/

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Scheduled to lift-off in June of 2021, the vehicle, called ION SCV Dauntless David, will deploy six satellites into distinct orbits and perform the on-orbit demonstration of three payloads. This mission, which serves clients from 12 different nationalities, will increase the total number of payloads launched by D-Orbit to 54.
...
The mission manifest includes international clients, such as the Spanish Elecnor Deimos, the Bulgarian EnduroSat, and the Kuwaiti Orbital Space, which will launch the country’s first radio amateur satellite. Also on board, under contract with ISILAUNCH and integrated into a QuadPack from Dutch satellite manufacturer ISISPACE, are Finnish Reaktor Space, Marshall Intech Technology from UAE, and the Royal Thai Air Force.
...
During the fourth and final phase, decommissioning, D-Orbit’s operations team will deploy ADEO. Developed by the German HPS, ADEO is a small, 1U-size, de-orbit sail subsystem that will be deployed to 3.6 m2 at the end of the mission to accelerate the decommissioning phase by passive means, using the air drag of the upper atmosphere. This will lead leading to a faster, residue-free incineration of ION.
...

Hosted payloads:

- LaserCube
- Nebula
- Worldfloods

Deployed payloads according to skyrocket.de:

- Neptuno (Deimos) - from Vigoride-2
- Spartan (Endurosat) - from Vigoride-2
- QMR-KWT (Orbital Space) - from Vigoride-2
- W-Cube (Reactor Space)
- Ghalib (Marshall Space)
- NAPA 2 / RTAF-SAT 2 (Royal Thai Air Force)

Other payloads:

- ADEO (HPS)
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: StraumliBlight on 06/02/2021 04:37 pm
Two 12U cubesats built by General Atomics to test laser communications with MQ-9 Reaper drones, will be on board the launch.

https://spacenews.com/dod-space-agency-to-launch-laser-communications-experiments-on-spacex-rideshare/
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: zubenelgenubi on 06/02/2021 06:00 pm
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Scheduled to lift-off in June of 2021, the vehicle, called ION SCV Dauntless David, will deploy six satellites into distinct orbits and perform the on-orbit demonstration of three payloads.
Dauntless David = Wild Ride ?
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/02/2021 06:05 pm
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Scheduled to lift-off in June of 2021, the vehicle, called ION SCV Dauntless David, will deploy six satellites into distinct orbits and perform the on-orbit demonstration of three payloads.
Dauntless David = Wild Ride ?

Wild Ride is the mission, Dauntless David is the spacecraft. Too many cutesy names on the same mission.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: StraumliBlight on 06/03/2021 06:12 pm
NearSpace Launch's TagSat-2 cubesat has been renamed to TROOP-2 (Train-Rapid on Orbit Payload).

https://spaceflight.com/customer-profile-nearspace-launch/
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/03/2021 06:19 pm
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/2404

NET 24 June 2021

B1060.8
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Skyrocket on 06/04/2021 12:38 am
NearSpace Launch's TagSat-2 cubesat has been renamed to TROOP-2 (Train-Rapid on Orbit Payload).

https://spaceflight.com/customer-profile-nearspace-launch/

This is not a freeflying cubesat, but a hosted payload.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: zubenelgenubi on 06/07/2021 10:30 pm
Cross-post:
Multiple USA launch updates from SFN Launch Schedule (https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/), updated June 7

Falcon 9 / Transporter-2
Launch date: June 24
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/08/2021 10:14 am
https://twitter.com/exolaunch/status/1402206900331106305

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A sneak peek from Cape Canaveral, where the Exolaunch team integrates one ton of #smallsats with #Falcon9 for the #Transporter2 launch!

Stay tuned for more news on mission #Fingerspitzengefühl soon!

#NewSpace #LaunchServices
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/08/2021 11:27 am
twitter.com/nanoavionics/status/1402215467343876101

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The 2nd NanoAvionics #satellite to fly on the upcoming SpaceX Transporter-2 mission is successfully integrated into its deployer!

"D2/AtlaCom-1" is a high-performance nanosatellite, packing rideshare payloads in its 6U volume from @dragonfly_space, @SpaceJltz, & @AccionSystems

https://twitter.com/nanoavionics/status/1402216018693570562

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Getting D2/Atlacom-1 on to, and later off of the Falcon 9 rocket in orbit wouldn't be easy without our launch partner @EXOLAUNCH which we are grateful for for the smooth integration.

Expect to hear more on the "D2/AtlaCom-1" & "Tiger-2" satellites flying with Transporter-2 soon.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/08/2021 07:21 pm
https://twitter.com/spaceflightinc/status/1402327658722213892
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/09/2021 05:18 pm
https://twitter.com/D_Orbit/status/1402620044400529409
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ION SCV Dauntless David is the latest vehicle of D-Orbit’s ION Satellite Carrier fleet! ION will lift off from Cape CanaveralRocketat the end of this month carrying to space 6 #satellites and 3 hosted payloads,serving clients from 11 different nationalities. Stay tuned! #wildride
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/10/2021 01:42 pm
https://twitter.com/EXOLAUNCH/status/1402961724966309891
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We are very happy to be the launch partner for the @TUBerlin@TUBSpace #TUBIN satellite, as an important part of our upcoming #Falcon9 #Transporter2 mission! This launch marks the continued relationship of #Exolaunch with German university satellites! #Fingerspitzengefühl

https://twitter.com/TUBspace/status/1392484716058710016

https://www.raumfahrttechnik.tu-berlin.de/menue/research/current_projects/tubin/parameter/en/

Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/10/2021 03:11 pm
https://twitter.com/hawkeye360/status/1402990685892988930

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HawkEye 360’s Launch Integration Team with the unpacked #HawkEyeCluster3 spacecraft as they prepare for launch aboard @SpaceflightInc's #SXRS5 mission.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/11/2021 03:46 pm
https://twitter.com/exolaunch/status/1403376471243165697

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Our launch team just finished integration of the @nanoavionics #D2Atlacom1 satellite on the #Falcon9 #Transporter2 mission.

Check out this high-performance nanosatellite, packing rideshare payloads from @dragonfly_space, @SpaceJltz
& @AccionSystems: https://nanoavionics.com/news/international-consortium-adds-hyperspectral-imaging-and-communication-payloads-to-nanoavionics-rideshare-mission-named-d-2-atlacom-1/
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/14/2021 12:34 pm
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/2404

Confirming recovery at LZ-1
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Skyrocket on 06/14/2021 02:30 pm
Exolaunch has published an illustration of the payload stack.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Orbiter on 06/14/2021 02:40 pm
Exolaunch has published an illustration of the payload stack.

Note: Seeing as Transporter-2 will now be an RTLS, it's unlikely there'll be any Starlink payloads as depicted here.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/14/2021 03:00 pm
Exolaunch has published an illustration of the payload stack.

That isn't the payload stack, just an illustration of a generic stack.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Comga on 06/14/2021 03:10 pm
How can we NOT know the launch time, at least approximately?
Hasn't at least one of the multitudinous payloads discussed the equator crossing time for the sun synchronous orbit?
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: scr00chy on 06/14/2021 03:46 pm
How can we NOT know the launch time, at least approximately?
Hasn't at least one of the multitudinous payloads discussed the equator crossing time for the sun synchronous orbit?

Ben Cooper says "mid-afternoon EDT". http://www.launchphotography.com/Launch_Viewing_Guide.html
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Conexion Espacial on 06/14/2021 07:50 pm
Exolaunch confirms that it will launch 29 satellites with a mass of almost one ton.
https://twitter.com/EXOLAUNCH/status/1404520240122404864
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: zubenelgenubi on 06/14/2021 08:04 pm
Exolaunch has published an illustration of the payload stack.
The above image is the final image in the press release.  I've attached the other six images here.


Exolaunch to Send its Largest Mission of One Ton of Smallsats into Orbit via SpaceX's Transporter-2 Rideshare Mission
Company Finishes “Fingerspitzengefühl” Launch Campaign at Cape Canaveral for its International Customers Flying Aboard Falcon 9
(https://exolaunch.com/news-block-31.html)

Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, June 14, 2021 – Exolaunch, the leading launch, deployment and in-space transportation services provider in the NewSpace sector, has just completed its launch campaign named ‘Fingerspitzengefühl’* by integrating 29 small satellites from the USA, Europe and South America aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rideshare mission scheduled for June 2021. With a combined mass of close to one ton, Exolaunch doubles its mass capacity from SpaceX’s previous rideshare for small satellites, making ‘Fingerspitzengefühl’ its largest mission in terms of payload mass to date. This will also be one of the most diverse rideshare missions for the company bringing the total number of satellites launched by Exolaunch to 170.

EXOLAUNCH
An artist's impression of the Exolaunch's Fingerspitzengefühl satellites deployment into orbit

IMAGE CREDITS © 2021 EXOLAUNCH

Exolaunch’s rideshare cluster includes payloads with cutting-edge technologies for IoT, Earth Observation and scientific applications, and satellites from its international customers such as Loft Orbital, NanoAvionics, ICEYE, and the TU Berlin. Exolaunch is also providing flight hardware, separation systems and integration services to support Satellogic's four microsatellites on this mission.

EXOLAUNCH
Satellogic's satellites integration with EXOport

IMAGE CREDITS © 2021 EXOLAUNCH

This is the second dedicated rideshare mission of SpaceX’s SmallSat Rideshare Program and also the second of a series of rideshares Exolaunch is manifesting on Falcon 9 as part of a Multi-Launch Agreement the company signed with SpaceX in 2020. On SpaceX’s first record-breaking dedicated rideshare mission Transporter-1 earlier this year Exolaunch launched 30 contracted satellites. For every Falcon 9 launch procured through the Multi-Launch Agreement with SpaceX, Exolaunch ensures comprehensive rideshare mission management, satellite integration and deployment services for its customers.

EXOLAUNCH
TUBIN satellite integration with EXOport

IMAGE CREDITS © 2021 EXOLAUNCH

“This is a powerful NewSpace transatlantic partnership between SpaceX and Exolaunch,” said Jeanne Medvedeva, Vice President of Launch Services at Exolaunch. “Being an integrator for Falcon 9 launches, with the advanced flight hardware and deployment technologies in our product portfolio, allows us to serve even the most demanding NewSpace customers who prioritize performance, reliability and innovation to procured launch services. This latest mission shows the trust our customers have in our vast experience in rideshare launches and ability to perform skillfully and professionally.”

EXOLAUNCH
ICEYE's satellites integration with EXOport

IMAGE CREDITS © 2021 EXOLAUNCH

Connor Jonas, Exolaunch’s Program Manager said: “This has been Exolaunch’s most demanding and technically sophisticated mission. For this mission we are using the full range of our product line: four EXOport adapters, ten CarboNIX, separation systems and two EXOpod cubesat deployers. We have worked with the entire capacity of a SpaceX ESPA Ring to deploy one ton of customers’ payloads using only Exolaunch technology. This mission was challenging as we had to develop new technical solutions for such a large and diverse cluster, and find a way to deliver twice the hardware in half the time. Despite these challenges, our expert team delivered on time and pulled off an exceptionally smooth integration campaign at Cape Canaveral.”

EXOLAUNCH
Exolaunch integration - Die Maschine

IMAGE CREDITS © 2021 EXOLAUNCH

To maximize payload capacity and cost-effectiveness for its customers of this mission, Exolaunch will use its recent product addition, EXOport, a flexible multi-satellite adapter designed to optimally accommodate microsatellites and cubesats on a single Falcon 9 ESPA port. The company will also utilize its proprietary flight-proven separation systems – CarboNIX, the next generation shock-free separation system for microsatellites, and the EXOpod, Exolaunch’s upgraded cubesat deployer with half a decade of flight heritage, to flawlessly deploy its customers’ satellites into the target orbit.

EXOLAUNCH
Exolaunch ground support equipment set-up at SpaceX facilities

IMAGE CREDITS © 2021 EXOLAUNCH

“‘Fingerspitzengefühl’ on Transporter-2 symbolizes Exolaunch’s vast experience in successfully deploying our customers’ satellites into orbit,” said Medvedeva. “It's also a continuation of the individual mission names that started with ‘Zeitgeist’, literally ‘Spirit of the Time’, Exolaunch’s previous rideshare launch aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 in January 2021.”

EXOLAUNCH
Exolaunch‘s Fingerspitzengefühl Transporter-2 infographic

IMAGE CREDITS © 2021 EXOLAUNCH

Starting next year, due to entry of the Reliant orbital transfer vehicle into the space tug market, Exolaunch will be able to meet the most ambitious requirements of its customers wishing to deploy satellite constellations to custom orbits by adjusting altitude, inclination, LTAN/LTDN, and performing orbital phasing. It is designed to deorbit shortly after deployment completion, minimizing the risks of space collisions and reducing orbital debris. Future generations of Reliant will also be able to perform on-demand active debris removal.

ENDS

Note to editors
* ‘Fingerspitzengefühl’ – a German term, literally "finger tips feeling"; meaning intuitive flair/instinct.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Bean Kenobi on 06/14/2021 09:01 pm
EXOLAUNCH
ICEYE's satellites integration with EXOport

IMAGE CREDITS © 2021 EXOLAUNCH

Photo news52_b6.jpg shows 2 satellites for ICEYE, so maybe XR-2 and Iceye X-10 (if XR-1 wasn't also called X-10, X-11 otherwise).
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/15/2021 07:37 pm
Orbital Sidekick Announces Upcoming Launch... (https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/orbital-sidekick-announces-upcoming-launch-of-its-most-powerful-satellite-aurora-expanding-the-companys-focus-to-promote-sustainability-efforts-across-multiple-industries-301312423.html)
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The Orbital Sidekick Aurora Satellite is a 30-kilogram precursor to the six 100-kilogram ESPA class GHOSt satellites scheduled for launch in 2022. Seattle-based launch services provider Spaceflight will be coordinating the launch with a total of 36 payloads onboard the SpaceX Transporter-2 rideshare mission, taking place June 25, 2021 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Skyrocket on 06/15/2021 08:35 pm
EXOLAUNCH
ICEYE's satellites integration with EXOport

IMAGE CREDITS © 2021 EXOLAUNCH

Photo news52_b6.jpg shows 2 satellites for ICEYE, so maybe XR-2 and Iceye X-10 (if XR-1 wasn't also called X-10, X-11 otherwise).

There are four ICEYE satellites on this launch - one of them is XR-2.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/15/2021 08:49 pm
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ICEYE US will not be launching its first satellite in June 2021. ICEYE has not yet completed its Mission Operations Center in Irvine. As a result, the satellite (which has already been constructed) will be launched and operated by ICEYE OY, ICEYE’s parent company, pursuant to authorization issued by the Finnish telecom authority.

ICEYE US will have its MOC completed by the end of the summer, and is moving full speed ahead to launch its first satellite in December 2021. ICEYE will continue to work closely with FCC staff toward expeditious grant of its pending application.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/15/2021 08:51 pm
There are four ICEYE satellites on this launch - one of them is XR-2.

So would that put YAM-3, TUBIN, and the two quadpacks on one port?
edit:  I'm guessing there may be another dozen Swarm sats to get the number of satellites listed
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: zubenelgenubi on 06/15/2021 11:03 pm
Cross-post; Alba Orbital Cluster 3 back aboard Transporter-2?
http://www.albaorbital.com/launch
Name: Cluster 3 "That Time of Year"
Slots available: Sold Out
Launch: June 2021
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9
Orbit: 500-600 km, SSO
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/16/2021 03:30 am
https://umbra.space/umbra-releases-aerial-test-data/
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But most importantly, we are launching a satellite. Umbra’s inaugural commercial satellite will leave Earth aboard a Falcon 9 departing from Cape Canaveral during the SpaceX Transporter-2 dedicated rideshare mission. Stay tuned for updates!
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: scr00chy on 06/16/2021 09:51 am
Cross-post; Alba Orbital Cluster 3 back aboard Transporter-2?
http://www.albaorbital.com/launch
Name: Cluster 3 "That Time of Year"
Slots available: Sold Out
Launch: June 2021
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9
Orbit: 500-600 km, SSO

I don't think this confirms Cluster 3 is still manifested on this flight. I used the Wayback Machine and the table was exactly the same in early May, which was before Momentus cancelled all their 2021 missions. I think Alba simply hasn't updated the table yet.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/16/2021 10:45 pm
Ben Cooper:
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Falcon 9 will launch the Transporter-2 small satellite rideshare mission from pad 40 on June 24, in the mid-afternoon EDT. The first stage will land back at Cape Canaveral about eight minutes after launch.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/17/2021 05:57 pm
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: StraumliBlight on 06/18/2021 05:47 am
Launch Photography (http://www.launchphotography.com/Transporter-2.html) has an updated launch time:

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6/25/21 ~ 2:56pm
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: PM3 on 06/18/2021 12:44 pm
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PlantSat is a 3U CubeSat satellite, built by students and engineers of the University of Chile. Its main mission is to monitor the behavior of a plant in a microgravity environment and in extreme conditions of solar radiation. One of the main goals is to train students about satellite technologies in order to develop advanced human capital. Proposing a UHF downlink using 4k8 GMSK and a S Band downlink using BPSK with Conv. R=1/2,K=7 & R.S. (255,223),115kbps. Planning a SpaceX launch on 24th June 2021 from Cape Canaveral into a 550km polar orbit. More info at https://spel.cl/

http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/formal_detail.php?serialnum=814
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Skyrocket on 06/18/2021 01:47 pm
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PlantSat is a 3U CubeSat satellite, built by students and engineers of the University of Chile. Its main mission is to monitor the behavior of a plant in a microgravity environment and in extreme conditions of solar radiation. One of the main goals is to train students about satellite technologies in order to develop advanced human capital. Proposing a UHF downlink using 4k8 GMSK and a S Band downlink using BPSK with Conv. R=1/2,K=7 & R.S. (255,223),115kbps. Planning a SpaceX launch on 24th June 2021 from Cape Canaveral into a 550km polar orbit. More info at https://spel.cl/

http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/formal_detail.php?serialnum=814

PlantSat has been dropped from this flight as it is not ready in time.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/19/2021 03:12 pm
SFN confirming

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June 25 • Transporter 2
Launch time: 1856-1954 GMT (2:56-3:54 p.m. EDT)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/20/2021 03:44 am
200311Z JUN 21
NAVAREA IV 514/21(11,26,27).
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
STRAITS OF FLORIDA.
OLD BAHAMA CHANNEL.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   251856Z TO 252044Z JUN, ALTERNATES
   261856Z TO 262044Z, 271856Z TO 272044Z,
   281856Z TO 802044Z AND 291856Z TO 292044Z JUN
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 28-36-58N 80-36-03W, 28-39-00N 80-32-00W,
      28-03-00N 80-13-00W, 27-59-00N 80-20-00W.
   B. 25-53-00N 79-17-00W, 25-57-00N 79-07-00W,
      25-15-00N 78-44-00W, 25-08-00N 79-00-00W,
      25-36-00N 79-13-00W, 25-41-00N 79-14-00W,
      25-44-00N 79-14-00W, 25-47-00N 79-15-00W.
   C. 23-28-00N 79-32-00W, 23-44-00N 78-50-00W,
      23-17-00N 78-35-00W, 22-57-00N 79-19-00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 292144Z JUN 21.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Ken the Bin on 06/20/2021 04:13 am
Here's the associated "Space Debris" notice that just came out.

Quote from: NGA
200346Z JUN 21
HYDROPAC 1819/21(61).
INDIAN OCEAN.
ILES OF KERGUELEN.
DNC 03.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
   252114Z TO 252221Z JUN, ALTERNATES
   262114Z TO 262221Z, 272114Z TO 272221Z,
   282114Z TO 282221Z AND 292114Z TO 292221Z JUN
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   26-05S 066-11E, 25-53S 066-48E,
   27-50S 067-48E, 33-01S 069-17E,
   43-44S 072-10E, 49-49S 073-21E,
   50-21S 073-03E, 50-09S 071-55E,
   45-42S 069-31E, 30-36S 066-11E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 292321Z JUN 21.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: nalawod on 06/20/2021 09:20 pm
I haven't seen anything about the launch trajectory.  This being an SSO launch, is the launch profile going to be similar to a Polar launch - where it will head south from the cape?
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/21/2021 12:42 am
yes
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: ZachS09 on 06/21/2021 04:10 am
I haven't seen anything about the launch trajectory.  This being an SSO launch, is the launch profile going to be similar to a Polar launch - where it will head south from the cape?

I have a feeling it'll start out going southeast, do a dogleg so that it's going due south once over the water, and after stage separation and fairing deploy, the second stage will do a final dogleg to the southwest.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Starship_SpaceX on 06/21/2021 06:30 am
https://twitter.com/OQTEC/status/1406852188048084994
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Raul on 06/21/2021 12:12 pm
Map visualization of Transporter-2 Launch Hazard Areas (https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?hl=en&mid=1ttdICaDzms7ltRa8IlxFXgbUCtZxIDmW&ll=25.749763793749587%2C-80.00558368369776&z=7) based on issued NGA-NOTMAR and FAA-NOTAM messages, valid for NET 25 Jun in window between 18:56-20:44 UTC, alternatively 26-29 Jun.

LZ1 landing for B1060.8 booster.
Extra drop area in Nassau information region (red) in case of boostback burn failure or second stage startup failure.
Estimated fairing recovery position 605km downrange in southern (orange) area north of Cuba (Havana/ACC).
Groundtrack raw estimation of Stage2 dogleg maneuver to polar orbit azimuth.
Stage2 debris reentry during second orbit in area north of Kerguelen Islands.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: soltasto on 06/21/2021 03:44 pm
Article by Spaceflight Inc listing who is on their manifest:

https://spaceflight.com/whos-onboard-sxrs-5-spacex-transporter-2/ (https://spaceflight.com/whos-onboard-sxrs-5-spacex-transporter-2/)
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Comga on 06/21/2021 04:24 pm
Map visualization of Transporter-2 Launch Hazard Areas (https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?hl=en&mid=1ttdICaDzms7ltRa8IlxFXgbUCtZxIDmW&ll=25.749763793749587%2C-80.00558368369776&z=7) based on issued NGA-NOTMAR and FAA-NOTAM messages, valid for NET 25 Jun in window between 18:56-20:44 UTC, alternatively 26-29 Jun.

LZ1 landing for B1060.8 booster.
Extra drop area in Nassau information region (red) in case of boostback burn failure or second stage startup failure.
Estimated fairing recovery position 605km downrange in southern (orange) area north of Cuba (Havana/ACC).
Groundtrack raw estimation of Stage2 dogleg maneuver to polar orbit azimuth.
Stage2 debris reentry during second orbit in area north of Kerguelen Islands.

Is anyone able to add to this great map the location of staging and the boostback burn?
That might help people trying to see it from the shore.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/21/2021 05:24 pm
https://twitter.com/flightclubio/status/1407009484032020480

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Transporter-2's crazy RTLS trajectory down the Florida coast this week 🤯 Falcon 9 is truly a beast of a vehicle

#SpaceX #Transporter2 #SSO
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: OneSpeed on 06/22/2021 06:49 am
Is anyone able to add to this great map the location of staging and the boostback burn?
That might help people trying to see it from the shore.

Here's my best guess. If the sky is clear, you should see the second stage due east, at increasing elevation, at the following times after launch.

PlaceDownrangeTime
Melbourne52kmT+02:26
Vero Beach102kmT+02:57
Port St Lucie142kmT+03:20
West Palm Beach210kmT+03:54
Fort Lauderdale280kmT+04:25
Miami320kmT+04:42

Staging is between Melbourne and Vero Beach.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Steven Pietrobon on 06/22/2021 07:16 am
Article by Spaceflight Inc listing who is on their manifest:

https://spaceflight.com/whos-onboard-sxrs-5-spacex-transporter-2/ (https://spaceflight.com/whos-onboard-sxrs-5-spacex-transporter-2/)

Shasta (Demo9) is not in the list.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: ace5 on 06/22/2021 11:50 am
Article by Spaceflight Inc listing who is on their manifest:

https://spaceflight.com/whos-onboard-sxrs-5-spacex-transporter-2/ (https://spaceflight.com/whos-onboard-sxrs-5-spacex-transporter-2/)

Shasta (Demo9) is not in the list.

"AstroDigital Shasta - Orbital Sidekick Aurora"
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/22/2021 02:02 pm
60% GO on primary, 70% on backup day. Additional risks rated low.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/22/2021 03:19 pm
Launch hazard and airspace closure areas, courtesy of the 45th
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/22/2021 07:34 pm
https://youtu.be/jKO0_wvTLI8

Possible static fire at 15:45 EDT (1945 UTC)
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/22/2021 07:42 pm
Strongback retract on schedule
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/22/2021 07:46 pm
Looks good

Edit: estimated 10 second duration
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/22/2021 07:46 pm
Screen captures from above SFN livestream
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/22/2021 07:55 pm
https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1407425671236837377
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/22/2021 08:26 pm
https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1407434307640070146

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Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete – targeting launch of SpaceX’s second dedicated rideshare mission, Transporter-2, on Friday, June 25
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/22/2021 08:37 pm
https://twitter.com/isis_space/status/1407240121682890753
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/23/2021 01:03 pm
https://twitter.com/exolaunch/status/1407672406408368130

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A smooth integration of four @Satellogic #NewSat satellites for the @SpaceX #Transporter2 mission, scheduled for launch from the Cape this Friday!

We are grateful to the Satellogic team for the fruitful partnership and look forward to a successful launch!

#Fingerspitzengefühl
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: StraumliBlight on 06/23/2021 01:36 pm
L-2 Weather Forecast (https://www.patrick.spaceforce.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Falcon%209%20Transporter-2%20L-2%20Forecast%20-%2025%20Jun%20Launch.pdf?ver=S_f8CCdSxL5A8gQ7eV-wuA%3d%3d): Unchanged at 60% GO on primary, 70% on backup day.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Starship_SpaceX on 06/23/2021 02:34 pm
https://spacenews.com/space-development-agency-to-launch-five-satellites-aboard-spacex-rideshare/
Transporter-2 is expected to carry as many as 88 small satellites from commercial and government customers to a sun synchronous polar orbit.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Fmedici on 06/23/2021 03:36 pm
https://spacenews.com/space-development-agency-to-launch-five-satellites-aboard-spacex-rideshare/
Transporter-2 is expected to carry as many as 88 small satellites from commercial and government customers to a sun synchronous polar orbit.

The list in the first page of the thread includes 48 payloads so far (plus the Sherpa FX2, Sherpa LTE1, Exolaunch and ION SLV-003 dispensers). Still more or less 40 unidentified payloads, this will be a mess.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/23/2021 04:15 pm
The list in the first page of the thread includes 48 payloads so far (plus the Sherpa FX2, Sherpa LTE1, Exolaunch and ION SLV-003 dispensers). Still more or less 40 unidentified payloads, this will be a mess.

The list on the first page has about 60 so far, it just doesn't have the launch integrator for some of them.

https://twitter.com/isis_space/status/1407600938425192449
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The four 6U satellites we designed, built, and integrated for our customer Kleos will also be on board @SpaceX's rocket Falcon 9 launch mission. So glad to see them waiting to be launched after so many weeks of intensive teamwork!

https://twitter.com/iceyefi/status/1407720242130964482
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Confirmation: SatelliteSatelliteSatelliteSatelliteFour ICEYE #SAR satellites are targeted for launch on this week's Friday, June 25, with @SpaceX rideshare mission! Static fire test completed yesterday. Stay tuned and follow @iceyefi for  more updates as we get closer to liftoff!
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/23/2021 04:20 pm
There are four ICEYE satellites on this launch - one of them is XR-2.

So would that put YAM-3, TUBIN, and the two quadpacks on one port?
edit:  I'm guessing there may be another dozen Swarm sats to get the number of satellites listed

The picture of them integrating TUBIN shows a cubesat deployer with the Swarm logo
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Rondaz on 06/23/2021 04:38 pm
Fairing recovery ship HOS Briarwood has departed Port Canaveral for the Transporter-2 mission.

This is the only fleet deployment for the mission. The booster will return and land at LZ-1.

https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1407736260962275333
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Fmedici on 06/23/2021 05:51 pm
The list in the first page of the thread includes 48 payloads so far (plus the Sherpa FX2, Sherpa LTE1, Exolaunch and ION SLV-003 dispensers). Still more or less 40 unidentified payloads, this will be a mess.

The list on the first page has about 60 so far, it just doesn't have the launch integrator for some of them.


Shame on me, I just noticed that I completely forgot the 12 SpaceBEEs while doing the math, sorry
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: ChrisC on 06/24/2021 02:09 am
Here's my best guess. If the sky is clear, you should see the second stage due east, at increasing elevation, pass directly overhead at the following times after launch.

I hesitate to post this because normally you should know this kind of thing better than me, but "fixed that for you" :)

Once it gets past staging, it's going to be not much east and a whole lot UP.  Most people can't tell the difference between looking 70-80 degrees up and looking 90 degrees straight up, so I have told my Florida coast peeps to face east but then look straight up.  Actually I've told them to take binoculars and look for the rocket rising from the Cape, and then as they track it (assuming they stay with the second stage) it'll go pretty much right over their heads.  See also the renderings from flightclub.io below:

https://twitter.com/flightclubio/status/1407009484032020480

https://twitter.com/BeckePhysics/status/1407300816407613452
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Steven Pietrobon on 06/24/2021 07:29 am
A smooth integration of four @Satellogic #NewSat satellites for the @SpaceX #Transporter2 mission, scheduled for launch from the Cape this Friday!

I believe these are ÑuSat satellites.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%91uSat

In other news, it looks like Centauri 4 from Fleet Space is also onboard.

https://news.satnews.com/2021/06/21/complete-with-beamforming-tech-fleet-space-to-launch-centauri-4-via-spacex-falcon-9-on-june-26/
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: grfredy on 06/24/2021 09:58 am
Looks like there will be a 3-day delay.

https://twitter.com/TUBspace/status/1407983098218926086
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: StraumliBlight on 06/24/2021 10:13 am
More confirmation of delay on twitter:

https://twitter.com/GildasSeimbille/status/1407997933463744517

HOS Briarwood hasn't altered course (https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/shipid:3279102/zoom:10), so maybe it will dock in Miami.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: StraumliBlight on 06/24/2021 02:30 pm
Official confirmation.

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1408057032188469248

Geekwire article about YAM-3. (https://www.geekwire.com/2021/leostella-delivers-first-loft-orbital-satellite-spacexs-jam-packed-rideshare-mission/)

Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/24/2021 02:41 pm
https://twitter.com/exolaunch/status/1408072178696802310

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🚀Careful integration of the #TUBIN satellite with the @SpaceX #Falcon9 #Transporter2 payload stack at Cape Canaveral, using one of our #CarboNIX shock-free separation systems. We are pleased to support the advanced space research and development of our Alma Mater @TUBerlin!
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: ZachS09 on 06/24/2021 03:37 pm
Do these prelaunch checkouts refer to some of the planned satellites not being ready in time?
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/24/2021 03:57 pm
Do these prelaunch checkouts refer to some of the planned satellites not being ready in time?

From SpaceX that usually means the launch vehicle or GSE.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: scr00chy on 06/24/2021 04:18 pm
Someone on Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/comments/nz7rai/-/h2v505j), claiming to be one of the customers, says the reason for the delay is the need to reinspect/fix the fairing.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: mn on 06/24/2021 05:33 pm
Do these prelaunch checkouts refer to some of the planned satellites not being ready in time?

From SpaceX that usually means the launch vehicle or GSE.

Not sure what you mean by 'From SpaceX'? like if there was an issue with a payload do you expect that customer to announce the delay and not SpaceX?
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jim on 06/24/2021 05:55 pm
Do these prelaunch checkouts refer to some of the planned satellites not being ready in time?

If they are in the fairing, the payloads were checked out
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: zubenelgenubi on 06/24/2021 06:11 pm
Will there be any Starlink satellites aboard?

I remember there was an FCC filing approved for a similar situation aboard Transporter-1.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: scr00chy on 06/24/2021 10:51 pm
Will there be any Starlink satellites aboard?

I remember there was an FCC filing approved for a similar situation aboard Transporter-1.

The extra FCC waiver was only needed then because the Commission hadn't yet approved the license change to lower the Starlink orbits from 1000+ km to ~550 km. So SpaceX needed to request special permission to operate the 10 polar Starlinks at the 540 km altitude. Now they have the blanket license sorted, so they can operate hundreds of polar Starlinks at these lower altitudes, no additional waivers needed.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/25/2021 02:26 pm
https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1408404391523127304

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Meanwhile, in Port Canaveral, HOSS Briarwood has returned to wait out the Transporter-2 delay. Just Read the Instructions also received an AC delivery from the port crane.
#SpaceXFleet
#Fleetcam: youtu.be/gnt2wZBg89g
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Rondaz on 06/25/2021 02:59 pm
Targeting Tuesday, June 29 for launch of Transporter-2. This mission will launch 88 spacecraft to orbit and more customer mass than SpaceX’s previous dedicated rideshare mission

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1408438784824279042
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/25/2021 03:20 pm
This mission will launch 88 spacecraft to orbit and more customer mass than SpaceX’s previous dedicated rideshare mission

More customer mass and still RTLS indicates no Starlink satellites on Transporter-2.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/25/2021 03:58 pm
This mission will launch 88 spacecraft to orbit and more customer mass than SpaceX’s previous dedicated rideshare mission

More customer mass and still RTLS indicates no Starlink satellites on Transporter-2.

not necessarily
edit:  The 88 satellite total probably precludes Starlinks, but the mass may not.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Ken the Bin on 06/25/2021 07:17 pm
New notices from the NGA for Primary Day June 29 and Backup Day June 30.

Quote from: NGA
251707Z JUN 21
NAVAREA IV 530/21(11,26,27).
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
STRAITS OF FLORIDA.
OLD BAHAMA CHANNEL.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   291856Z TO 292044Z JUN, ALTERNATE
   301856Z TO 302044Z JUN
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 28-36-58N 080-36-03W, 28-39-00N 080-32-00W,
      28-03-00N 080-13-00W, 27-59-00N 080-20-00W.
   B. 25-53-00N 079-17-00W, 25-57-00N 079-07-00W,
      25-15-00N 078-44-00W, 25-08-00N 079-00-00W,
      25-36-00N 079-13-00W, 25-41-00N 079-14-00W,
      25-44-00N 079-14-00W, 25-47-00N 079-15-00W.
   C. 23-28-00N 079-32-00W, 23-44-00N 078-50-00W,
      23-17-00N 078-35-00W, 22-57-00N 079-19-00W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 515/21.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 302144Z JUN 21.
Quote from: NGA
251721Z JUN 21
HYDROPAC 1878/21(61).
INDIAN OCEAN.
ILES OF KERGUELEN.
DNC 03.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
   292114Z TO 292221Z JUN, ALTERNATE
   302114Z TO 302221Z JUN
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   26-05S 066-11E, 25-53S 066-48E,
   27-50S 067-48E, 33-01S 069-17E,
   43-44S 072-10E, 49-49S 073-21E,
   50-21S 073-03E, 50-09S 071-55E,
   45-42S 069-31E, 30-36S 066-11E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1819/21.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 302321Z JUN 21.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: zubenelgenubi on 06/25/2021 08:08 pm
Cross-post; no change to launch window on a particular date:
http://www.launchphotography.com/Launch_Viewing_Guide.html
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The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral will launch the Transporter-2 small satellite rideshare mission from pad 40 on June 29 at 2:56pm EDT. The launch window stretches to 3:54pm. The first stage will land back at Cape Canaveral about eight minutes after launch.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/26/2021 01:02 pm
All new L-3 is 70% GO on primary and backup days, with low additional risk factors.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/27/2021 06:36 am
https://twitter.com/hawkeye360/status/1408507471799500824

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Members of the HawkEye Launch Integration Team hoist the #HawkEyeCluster3 spacecraft to integrate to @SpaceflightInc's Sherpa launch vehicle in preparation for the #SXRS5 mission.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/27/2021 04:21 pm
L-2 launch weather forecast still 70% GO
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/27/2021 06:03 pm
https://twitter.com/jansenspace/status/1409210599578509315

Edit: The destination is a Star Wars reference, in case you’re not nerdy enough
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Rondaz on 06/27/2021 07:25 pm
Fairing recovery ship HOS Briarwood departed for Transporter-2 this morning.

I wonder what the in-cruise movie is...

https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1409220189506445314
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/28/2021 01:07 pm
L-1 Primary improves to 80% GO
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/28/2021 06:41 pm
https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1409567520177070091
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CelesTrak has pre-launch SupTLEs for 33 objects from the #Transporter2 launch scheduled for Jun 29 at 1856 UTC. SupTLEs assume a launch at the beginning of the planned launch window. I will update these if anything changes: https://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/supplemental/.




This shows Starlinks on board
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: zubenelgenubi on 06/28/2021 09:44 pm
This shows Starlinks on board.

2x Maverick Surfboard = 2x ?

4x Newsat = ÑuSat no. 19-22 (https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/nusat-1.htm)

2x Tyvak = EG-3 = Tyvak 0173 ?
              = ?

Exoport3 1 = ?

Exoport3 2 = ?

Exoport3 3 = ?

Exoport3 4 = ?

Exoport3 5 = ?

Exoport4 1 = ?

Exoport4 2 = ?

Exoport4 3 = ?

Exoport4 4 = ?

Exoport5 2 = ?
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/28/2021 09:51 pm
I'm guessing Exoport 3 is Iceye x2 and a quadpack, Exoport 4 would be YAM-3, TUBIN, and two cubesat deploys, Exoport 5 the other Iceye sats.  Not entirely sure that's correct.  No idea what Maverick is launching or what the other Tyvak sat is (or even if EG-3 is one of those two listed Tyvak sat deploys, there could be others).

edit: Maverick should be on the aft end of the second stage again
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Elthiryel on 06/29/2021 09:20 am
Based on various sources (companies Twitter accounts and websites, Gunter's Space Page, ElonX.net, T.S. Kelso's sup-TLEs, this thread), this is the list I've got right now:

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TOTAL: 88 (with or without Starlink?)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Spaceflight: 2 tugs, 6 microsats, 29 cubesats (37)

tugs:
(1) SHERPA-FX2
(1) SHERPA-LTE1

microsats:
(3) Hawk 3A, 3B, 3C / Cluster 3 (HawkEye 360)
(1) YAM-2 (Loft Orbital)
(1) Tanker-001 / Tenzing (Orbit Fab)
(1) Aurora (Orbital Sidekick)

cubesats:
(1) Arthur (Aerospacelab)
(5) Astrocast 1.x1-1.x5
(1) Faraday Phoenix (In-Space)
(4) KSF1 Polar Vigilance Mission (Kleos Space)
(1) TIGER-2 5G IoT (OQ Technology)
(1) Lynk 06 / Shannon (Lynk Global)
(3) LEMUR-2 (Spire Global)
(12) SpaceBEE (Swarm Technologies)
(1) unknown

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Exolaunch: 10 microsats, 19 cubesats (29)

microsats:
(1) YAM-3 (Loft Orbital)
(1) TUBIN (TU Berlin)
(4) ICEYE X11, X12, X13, XR2/X14
(4) NuSat 19-22

cubesats:
(1) D-2/AtlaCom-1 (NanoAvionics)
(?) SpaceBEE (Swarm Technologies)
(?) others

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-Orbit: 1 tug, 6 cubesats (7)

tugs:
(1) ION SCV 003 Dauntless David

cubesats:
(1) Ghalib
(1) Neptuno (DEIMOS)
(1) SPARTAN (EnduroSat)
(1) QMR-KWT (Orbital Space)
(1) W-Cube (Reactor Space)
(1) NAPA 2 / RTAF-SAT 2 (Royal Thai Air Force)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Starlink: ? sats (?)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other: (11)?

microsats:
(1) GNOMES 2
(1) Umbra-SAR 2001
(1) Capella 5
(2) Mandrake 2

cubesats:
(2) LINCS1, LINCS2 (SDA)

?:
(2) Maverick Surfboard (?)
(2) Tyvak (?)

I'm not sure everything is 100% right and there are still unknowns, these dedicated rideshare missions seem to be a mess every time.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: kdhilliard on 06/29/2021 12:29 pm
This mission will launch 88 spacecraft to orbit and more customer mass than SpaceX’s previous dedicated rideshare mission
More customer mass and still RTLS indicates no Starlink satellites on Transporter-2.
not necessarily
edit:  The 88 satellite total probably precludes Starlinks, but the mass may not.

Was Transporter-1 (with apparently less total mass) performance constrained from RTLS?
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Chris Bergin on 06/29/2021 01:21 pm
Overview!

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/06/spacex-f9-transporter-2-rideshare/

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1409864222683676674

Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Rondaz on 06/29/2021 01:26 pm
Y’all ready for a launch AND landing?

SpaceX is set to launch 88 satellites into a polar orbit in a rideshare mission dubbed Transporter-2.

Falcon 9 B1060 will embark on its 8th flight, and return to LZ-1 at the Cape.

Live coverage starts at 18:00 UTC:

https://twitter.com/spacecoast_stve/status/1409864205847744514
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/29/2021 01:28 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WE-nD_gozw
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/29/2021 01:37 pm
https://twitter.com/spacecoast_stve/status/1409868010177839112
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/29/2021 01:56 pm
This mission will launch 88 spacecraft to orbit and more customer mass than SpaceX’s previous dedicated rideshare mission
More customer mass and still RTLS indicates no Starlink satellites on Transporter-2.
not necessarily
edit:  The 88 satellite total probably precludes Starlinks, but the mass may not.

Was Transporter-1 (with apparently less total mass) performance constrained from RTLS?

Transporter-1 was switched from RTLS to ASDS to launch Starlink satellites. They prob would have put in more Starlinks if they could have.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/29/2021 02:19 pm
This mission will launch 88 spacecraft to orbit and more customer mass than SpaceX’s previous dedicated rideshare mission
More customer mass and still RTLS indicates no Starlink satellites on Transporter-2.
not necessarily
edit:  The 88 satellite total probably precludes Starlinks, but the mass may not.

Was Transporter-1 (with apparently less total mass) performance constrained from RTLS?

Transporter-1 was switched from RTLS to ASDS to launch Starlink satellites. They prob would have put in more Starlinks if they could have.

That is an assumption.  We don't know for sure if Transporter 1 could have done RTLS.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/29/2021 02:28 pm
I think I've gotten most of the typos in here, but let me know if you see any more bad ones.  This will be updated once or twice during the day.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Galactic Penguin SST on 06/29/2021 02:54 pm
SpaceX's page has been updated. (https://www.spacex.com/launches/) Only 3 Starlink satellites on this flight.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/29/2021 03:00 pm
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SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, June 29 for launch of Transporter-2, SpaceX’s second dedicated SmallSat Rideshare Program mission, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The 58-minute launch window opens at 2:56 p.m. EDT, or 18:56 UTC, and there is a backup opportunity available on Wednesday, June 30 with the same 58-minute window.

Falcon 9’s first stage booster previously supported launch of GPS III Space Vehicle 03, Turksat 5A, and five Starlink missions. Following stage separation, SpaceX will land Falcon 9’s first stage on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. One half of Falcon 9’s fairing previously supported Transporter-1 and a Starlink mission, and the other previously flew on SAOCOM 1B and a Starlink mission.

On board this launch are 85 commercial and government spacecraft (including CubeSats, microsats, and orbital transfer vehicles) and 3 Starlink satellites. While there are fewer spacecraft on board compared to Transporter-1, this mission is actually launching more mass to orbit for SpaceX’s customers.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/29/2021 03:01 pm
https://youtu.be/_qnD0bgjGOk
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/29/2021 03:02 pm
SpaceX is reusing the patch
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/29/2021 03:04 pm
Quote
LAUNCH, LANDING, AND DEPLOYMENT

All Times Approximate

HR/MIN/SEC   EVENT
00:01:12   Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
00:02:15   1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO)
00:02:18   1st and 2nd stages separate
00:02:26   2nd stage engine starts
00:02:32   Boostback burn begins
00:03:42   Fairing deployment
00:06:34   1st stage entry burn begins
00:08:24   2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO)
00:08:24   1st stage landing
00:54:13   2nd stage engine restarts
00:54:15   2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)
00:57:50   NASA's PACE-1 deploys
00:57:57   Satellogic's NewSat-19 deploys
00:58:04   The 1st ICEYE satellite deploys from EXOPort-5
00:58:32   NASA's TROPICS Pathfinder deploys
00:58:37   PlanetiQ's GNOMES-2 deploys
00:58:44   Tyvak-0173 deploys
00:59:47   The 2nd ICEYE satellite deploys from EXOPort-3
01:00:00   Tyvak-0211 deploys
01:00:08   Loft Orbital’s YAM-3 deploys from EXOPort-5
01:00:18   TU Berlin’s TUBIN deploys from EXOPort-4
01:00:23   UmbraSAR deploys
01:00:33   D-Orbit's ION satellite carrier deploys
01:01:50   Space Development Agency/General Atomics/Peraton's LINCS-2 deploys
01:02:16   Satellogic's NewSat-20 deploys
01:02:30   Satellogic's NewSat-21 deploys
01:02:40   Capella SAR satellite deploys
01:02:46   The 3rd ICEYE satellite deploys from EXOPort-4
01:04:12   Space Development Agency/General Atomics/Peraton's LINCS-1 deploys
01:04:29   DARPA/Space Development Agency/Air Force Research Laboratory's Mandrake-2 Able deploys
01:05:33   The 4th ICEYE satellite deploys from EXOPort-3
01:06:48   Swarm’s 1st SpaceBEE cluster deploys from EXOPort-4
01:07:10   Swarm’s 2nd SpaceBEE cluster deploys from EXOPort-4
01:07:17   NanoAvionics’ D2/AtlaCom-1 deploys from EXOPort-3
01:07:24   Spire’s LEMUR number 1 deploys from EXOPort-3
01:07:47   Satellogic's NewSat-22 deploys
01:07:56   Loft Orbital's YAM-2 deploys
01:09:51   Spires’s LEMUR number 2 deploys from EXOPort-3
01:09:58   DARPA/Space Development Agency/Air Force Research Laboratory's Mandrake-2 Baker deploys
01:21:10   Spaceflight Inc.'s Sherpa-FX2 deploys
01:21:14   Spaceflight Inc.'s Sherpa-LTE1 deploys
01:27:35   Starlink satellites deploy
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/29/2021 03:04 pm
A bit different from usual
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/29/2021 03:05 pm
SpaceX photos
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/29/2021 03:07 pm
Transporter-1 was switched from RTLS to ASDS to launch Starlink satellites. They prob would have put in more Starlinks if they could have.

That is an assumption.  We don't know for sure if Transporter 1 could have done RTLS.

If they could’ve RTLS, they would have.

The original profile was for RTLS, they switched to ASDS when they got approval for the 10 Starlink satellites.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: soltasto on 06/29/2021 03:31 pm
"Press kit" capture with OCR.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Fmedici on 06/29/2021 03:56 pm
Based on various sources (companies Twitter accounts and websites, Gunter's Space Page, ElonX.net, T.S. Kelso's sup-TLEs, this thread), this is the list I've got right now:

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TOTAL: 88 (with or without Starlink?)

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Spaceflight: 2 tugs, 6 microsats, 29 cubesats (37)

tugs:
(1) SHERPA-FX2
(1) SHERPA-LTE1

microsats:
(3) Hawk 3A, 3B, 3C / Cluster 3 (HawkEye 360)
(1) YAM-2 (Loft Orbital)
(1) Tanker-001 / Tenzing (Orbit Fab)
(1) Aurora (Orbital Sidekick)

cubesats:
(1) Arthur (Aerospacelab)
(5) Astrocast 1.x1-1.x5
(1) Faraday Phoenix (In-Space)
(4) KSF1 Polar Vigilance Mission (Kleos Space)
(1) TIGER-2 5G IoT (OQ Technology)
(1) Lynk 06 / Shannon (Lynk Global)
(3) LEMUR-2 (Spire Global)
(12) SpaceBEE (Swarm Technologies)
(1) unknown

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Exolaunch: 10 microsats, 19 cubesats (29)

microsats:
(1) YAM-3 (Loft Orbital)
(1) TUBIN (TU Berlin)
(4) ICEYE X11, X12, X13, XR2/X14
(4) NuSat 19-22

cubesats:
(1) D-2/AtlaCom-1 (NanoAvionics)
(?) SpaceBEE (Swarm Technologies)
(?) others

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D-Orbit: 1 tug, 6 cubesats (7)

tugs:
(1) ION SCV 003 Dauntless David

cubesats:
(1) Ghalib
(1) Neptuno (DEIMOS)
(1) SPARTAN (EnduroSat)
(1) QMR-KWT (Orbital Space)
(1) W-Cube (Reactor Space)
(1) NAPA 2 / RTAF-SAT 2 (Royal Thai Air Force)

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Starlink: ? sats (?)

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Other: (11)?

microsats:
(1) GNOMES 2
(1) Umbra-SAR 2001
(1) Capella 5
(2) Mandrake 2

cubesats:
(2) LINCS1, LINCS2 (SDA)

?:
(2) Maverick Surfboard (?)
(2) Tyvak (?)

I'm not sure everything is 100% right and there are still unknowns, these dedicated rideshare missions seem to be a mess every time.

Thanks to the launch timeline some more payloads can be identified:
- NASA's PACE-1 (this one (https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/pace_nasa.htm)?)
- NASA's TROPICS Pathfinder (https://essp.nasa.gov/earth-pathfinder-quests/projects/tropics/), originally intended to fly on Vigoride-2
- Tyvak-0211 (I have no idea of what it could be)
- 2 Spire Global's Lemur on Exolaunch mission
- 2 batches of Swarm Technologies SpaceBEE on Exolaunch mission (should be 16 if I did the math right according to the Exoport capacity indicated above, so I suppose 8 per batch)
- an unidentified number of Starlink satellites

This means that if all the payloads indicated on the quoted comment are actually onboard we should be at 86 spacecrafts (tugs + microsats + cubesats), with a payload on one of the SHERPAs still unidentified and WITHOUT counting the Starlinks, so I think that there's something wrong. Can someone double check my counts?
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/29/2021 04:01 pm
https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1409888591099142149
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/29/2021 04:06 pm
This isn't completely adding up for me.  I wonder if Centauri 4 replaced something on one of the OTVs.  Also not sure about SAI-2.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/29/2021 04:07 pm
Transporter-1 was switched from RTLS to ASDS to launch Starlink satellites. They prob would have put in more Starlinks if they could have.

That is an assumption.  We don't know for sure if Transporter 1 could have done RTLS.

If they could’ve RTLS, they would have.

The original profile was for RTLS, they switched to ASDS when they got approval for the 10 Starlink satellites.

Again, you're stating assumption as if it's fact.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/29/2021 04:20 pm
Transporter-1 was switched from RTLS to ASDS to launch Starlink satellites. They prob would have put in more Starlinks if they could have.

That is an assumption.  We don't know for sure if Transporter 1 could have done RTLS.

If they could’ve RTLS, they would have.

The original profile was for RTLS, they switched to ASDS when they got approval for the 10 Starlink satellites.

Again, you're stating assumption as if it's fact.

Cross-post; my bold:
Ben Cooper/Launch Photography (http://www.launchphotography.com/Delta_4_Atlas_5_Falcon_9_Launch_Viewing.html)
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FALCON 9

The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral will launch the sixteenth batch of Starlink satellites on November 21 at 10:17pm EST. A Falcon 9 will launch the first cargo Dragon 2 to the ISS, CRS-21, from pad 39A on December 2 at 12:50pm EST. The launch time gets 22-26 min. earlier each day. Other upcoming Falcon 9 launches are TBA. A Falcon 9 will launch NROL-108 for the National Reconnaissance Office from pad 40 on TBD. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch. A Falcon 9 will launch the SiriusXM-7 communications satellite from pad 40 on December TBD, likely in the middle of the night EST. A Falcon 9 will launch the Turksat 5A communication satellite on December TBD. And a Falcon 9 will launch a smallsat rideshare mission into polar orbit on late December TBD. The first stage should land back at the Cape around eight minutes after launch.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Fmedici on 06/29/2021 04:33 pm
This isn't completely adding up for me.  I wonder if Centauri 4 replaced something on one of the OTVs.  Also not sure about SAI-2.

This sum up to 88 spacefrafts without the Starlinks. Is that right? Shouldn't they be included in the "88 spacefrafts" count?
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: scr00chy on 06/29/2021 04:36 pm
Visual mission profile by ElonX.net
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/29/2021 04:49 pm
This isn't completely adding up for me.  I wonder if Centauri 4 replaced something on one of the OTVs.  Also not sure about SAI-2.

This sum up to 88 spacefrafts without the Starlinks. Is that right? Shouldn't they be included in the "88 spacefrafts" count?

Starlinks should be included.  I'm counting 90 with the Starlinks and separable deployers.  That would mean two things on my list didn't make it.  Fleet seems to think Centauri 4 is on there, so that leaves SAI-2 and the stuff on the separable deployers as candidates for not making the flight.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Skyrocket on 06/29/2021 04:57 pm
- NASA's PACE-1 (this one (https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/pace_nasa.htm)?)
The PACE mentioned above will launch no earlier than November 30, 2023. But I have no idea what this PACE-1 on the Transporter-2 mission is.

- Tyvak-0211 (I have no idea of what it could be)
This one is Centauri-4
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/29/2021 05:02 pm
- Tyvak-0211 (I have no idea of what it could be)
This one is Centauri-4

Thank you
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/29/2021 05:11 pm
- NASA's PACE-1

https://www.nasa.gov/ames/pace/

NASA’s Payload Accelerator for CubeSat Endeavors Initiative

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ADP’s platform is a modular, low-cost avionics architecture paired with commercial off-the-shelf CubeSat components. PACE’s second orbital flight mission, PACE-1, will perform a set of experiments to demonstrate the ADP technology, kicking off a series of flights to follow. The PACE team will develop, test, and operate the projects, each utilizing the ADP platform. Payloads for PACE missions come from within NASA or other US Government agencies, small businesses and other industry, academic institutions, and research laboratories. In addition to demonstrating the ADP architecture, PACE-1 also supports four technology payloads.

ADP’s avionics core is currently built into a six-unit CubeSat form but can adapt to other form factors. The core provides the supporting systems to operate the spacecraft and the payloads it carries. The satellite is roughly the size of two large loaves of bread, stacked side-by-side. The avionics core occupies a third of the spacecraft’s interior, leaving plenty of room to integrate various payloads.

A lot more in depth information if you follow the link.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/29/2021 05:16 pm
- NASA's PACE-1

https://www.nasa.gov/ames/pace/

NASA’s Payload Accelerator for CubeSat Endeavors Initiative

6U cubesat

Quote
PACE’s second orbital flight will host payloads on NASA's ADP avionics system platform.

ADP’s platform is a modular, low-cost avionics architecture paired with commercial off-the-shelf CubeSat components. PACE’s second orbital flight mission, PACE-1, will perform a set of experiments to demonstrate the ADP technology, kicking off a series of flights to follow. The PACE team will develop, test, and operate the projects, each utilizing the ADP platform. Payloads for PACE missions come from within NASA or other US Government agencies, small businesses and other industry, academic institutions, and research laboratories. In addition to demonstrating the ADP architecture, PACE-1 also supports four technology payloads.

ADP’s avionics core is currently built into a six-unit CubeSat form but can adapt to other form factors. The core provides the supporting systems to operate the spacecraft and the payloads it carries. The satellite is roughly the size of two large loaves of bread, stacked side-by-side. The avionics core occupies a third of the spacecraft’s interior, leaving plenty of room to integrate various payloads.

ADP first flight will demonstrate a switching capability that allows multiple GPS and radio communications systems to “take turns” receiving signals. These systems use a single antenna attached to the spacecraft rather than using multiple dedicated antennas, as it’s typically done. For the PACE-1 spacecraft, this means that the amount of surface space needed for antennas is cut in half, freeing up space for surface-mounted payloads such as an attached radio frequency tag and optical experiments hardware.

Components of ADP’s supporting avionics can be configured for use in earlier-stage tests, such as benchtop lab tests or suborbital flights. This flexible approach simplifies the logistics of testing payloads in different test environments, helping researchers speed their technologies through the maturation process.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Orbiter on 06/29/2021 06:05 pm
Per Chris G., there are apparently three Starlink satellites onboard.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: StraumliBlight on 06/29/2021 06:09 pm
SAR image of the vertical Falcon 9 at SLC-40.

https://twitter.com/iceyefi/status/1409903986807820295
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/29/2021 06:13 pm
https://youtu.be/ikxG5U4Oucw
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/29/2021 06:18 pm
https://youtu.be/5WE-nD_gozw
NSF feed is live
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/29/2021 06:22 pm
https://twitter.com/emrekelly/status/1409939724236640258

Quote
SpaceX launch director is GO to start fueling Falcon 9 ahead of 1456 ET liftoff of Transporter-2.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/29/2021 06:36 pm
T-20 venting
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/29/2021 06:36 pm
https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1409943844913926149

Quote
T-20 minute vent. A nominal indicator of the countdown proceeding on the timeline.

➡️youtube.com/watch?v=5WE-nD…
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/29/2021 06:42 pm
https://youtu.be/_qnD0bgjGOk

SpaceX feed is now live, with Andy Tran hosting.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/29/2021 06:47 pm
Good shot of LZ-1
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/29/2021 06:50 pm
Range and weather still Green
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/29/2021 06:50 pm
Stage 1 fuel load complete
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/29/2021 06:55 pm
Strongback retract
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/29/2021 06:56 pm
Hold
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/29/2021 06:56 pm
https://twitter.com/emrekelly/status/1409948754116026370

Quote
HOLD! Range is no-go for Transporter-2 launch.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Orbiter on 06/29/2021 06:58 pm
Scrubbed due to a plane violating the range.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/29/2021 06:58 pm
Range no go, recycling for tomorrow
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: fatdeeman on 06/29/2021 07:02 pm
So frustrating! We don't get treated to a RTLS too often.

Oh well. Better luck tomorrow, guys!
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/29/2021 07:02 pm
Weather system moving in, possibly why they can’t recycle today
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: nexxai on 06/29/2021 07:06 pm
Scrubbed due to a plane violating the range.
Is this confirmed, or just based on what the presenter said?
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: pstephens on 06/29/2021 07:06 pm
At least one reason for the scrub: the super chilled LOX only remains in spec for several minutes and a one hour launch window is insufficient to detank and refill the LOX.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/29/2021 07:07 pm
https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1409951149910683648
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: nalawod on 06/29/2021 07:08 pm
In a way, this abort was good news.  Visibility would have been horrible from the space coast.  We'd barely have a view of the liftoff and maybe none of the landing. Crossing fingers that tomorrow's weather is better.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: StraumliBlight on 06/29/2021 07:13 pm
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1409951549988782087
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/29/2021 07:23 pm
FYI

https://jrupprechtlaw.com/tfr-violation/
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What Type of Criminal Punishment (Prison Time) or Fines can Result for a TFR Violation?

Depending on the type of TFR, you can get punished in three different ways for a TFR violation: (1) you can be criminally punished up to a maximum of 1 year in federal prison and a $100,000 fine, (2) you can have your pilot license suspended or revoked, and/or (3) receive a civil penalty by itself or on-top of the $100,000 fine.

They really need to prosecute boaters and pilots who violate range restrictions.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: jpo234 on 06/29/2021 07:31 pm
FYI

https://jrupprechtlaw.com/tfr-violation/
Quote
What Type of Criminal Punishment (Prison Time) or Fines can Result for a TFR Violation?

Depending on the type of TFR, you can get punished in three different ways for a TFR violation: (1) you can be criminally punished up to a maximum of 1 year in federal prison and a $100,000 fine, (2) you can have your pilot license suspended or revoked, and/or (3) receive a civil penalty by itself or on-top of the $100,000 fine.

They really need to prosecute boaters and pilots who violate range restrictions.
Was it even inside US airspace?
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: mlindner on 06/29/2021 07:38 pm
Did anyone look at flight radar to see what plane it was?
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Comga on 06/29/2021 07:38 pm
Question:
We know the first and second stages frost up because of the LOX super-chills  the aluminum tank walls.
This photo shows something like that happening up near the top of the fairing just after the abort.
Is this just condensation because of the chilled air fed to the fairing volume?
Could it be frost?
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Steve G on 06/29/2021 07:43 pm
Can the offending party be sued by SpaceX for the cost of recycling a launch, and can they be sued by the satellite providers for any costs they incur due to a launch delay?
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Bean Kenobi on 06/29/2021 07:45 pm
Did anyone look at flight radar to see what plane it was?

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/705847506227036271/859510000384737360/unknown.png

Landed at Merritt Island at 15:08.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: mlindner on 06/29/2021 07:45 pm
Did anyone look at flight radar to see what plane it was?
It appears to have been a Southwest flight.   SWA906 going from Baltimore to Montego Bay. 

But that is speculative at the moment.  Assuming that it was that aircraft that caused it.

That aircraft didn't enter the TFR.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: mlindner on 06/29/2021 07:46 pm
Did anyone look at flight radar to see what plane it was?

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/705847506227036271/859510000384737360/unknown.png

They also did not enter the TFR.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: zubenelgenubi on 06/29/2021 07:50 pm
Hold
https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1409948918637633538
Quote
Holding at T-30 seconds. Range is no go.


At least one reason for the scrub: the super chilled LOX only remains in spec for several minutes and a one hour launch window is insufficient to detank and refill the LOX.
https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1409951717681213448
Quote
SpaceX confirm they are setting up for another attempt tomorrow. Some questions if the one hour window was enough for a recycle. Clock goes back to T-15 mins, but densified propellant....drain and refill. Very tight on the timeline. Thus scrub.


Launch window tomorrow, June 30, should have the same start time and duration?--appears to from the NGA:
New notices from the NGA for Primary Day June 29 and Backup Day June 30.
Edit: yes, same start time and duration
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Shanuson on 06/29/2021 08:01 pm
Here a Link to the TFR: https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_1_0500.html
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Comga on 06/29/2021 08:12 pm
A bit different from usual
Is this launch trajectory illustration from an online contributor?
It shows the boostback burn with the rocket pointing down and firing upwards.
This is different than what we have seen, as in NROL-108. (https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=52045.msg2170789#msg2170789)
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Lee Jay on 06/29/2021 08:15 pm
Did anyone look at flight radar to see what plane it was?

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/705847506227036271/859510000384737360/unknown.png

They also did not enter the TFR.

Since Flightradar24 shows no aircraft inside the TFR, doesn't that mean that it wasn't broadcasting ADS-B?  And doesn't that mean it may have been military or experimental/ultra-light?
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Slothman on 06/29/2021 08:16 pm
Did anyone look at flight radar to see what plane it was?

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/705847506227036271/859510000384737360/unknown.png

They also did not enter the TFR.

Since Flightradar24 shows no aircraft inside the TFR, doesn't that mean that it wasn't broadcasting ADS-B?  And doesn't that mean it may have been military or experimental/ultra-light?

Would a drone cause a range violation and be picked up by range radar? Technically an aircraft as well, right?
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Ken the Bin on 06/29/2021 08:17 pm
New SpaceX webcast:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSiuW1HcGjA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSiuW1HcGjA)
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Ken the Bin on 06/29/2021 08:21 pm
New L-1 weather forecast: 70% 'Go' for Wednesday, 60% 'Go' for Thursday.  All additional risk criteria are Low for both days.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: mlindner on 06/29/2021 08:48 pm
Did anyone look at flight radar to see what plane it was?

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/705847506227036271/859510000384737360/unknown.png

They also did not enter the TFR.

Since Flightradar24 shows no aircraft inside the TFR, doesn't that mean that it wasn't broadcasting ADS-B?  And doesn't that mean it may have been military or experimental/ultra-light?

Is the "keep out zone" larger than the TFR? Is there a buffer around the TFR that can cause a scrub?
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/29/2021 08:55 pm
A bit different from usual
Is this launch trajectory illustration from an online contributor?

The source is SpaceX
https://www.spacex.com/static/images/infographics/F9_LANDING_ZONE_MOBILE.jpg
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: scr00chy on 06/29/2021 09:16 pm
Question:
We know the first and second stages frost up because of the LOX super-chills  the aluminum tank walls.
This photo shows something like that happening up near the top of the fairing just after the abort.
Is this just condensation because of the chilled air fed to the fairing volume?
Could it be frost?

It's not frost, you can see it in the pre-tanking photos, too. I think it's just the result of the refurbishment process. Maybe they had to patch/clean/fix certain areas after previous launch, leading to the color differences.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: zubenelgenubi on 06/29/2021 09:27 pm
Since Flightradar24 shows no aircraft inside the TFR, doesn't that mean that it wasn't broadcasting ADS-B?  And doesn't that mean it may have been military or experimental/ultra-light?
We've had a Cape or KSC launch delayed or scrubbed in recent times by a plane belonging to another executive agency.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: StraumliBlight on 06/29/2021 09:43 pm
FAA statement in this article (https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/06/29/sonic-booms-spacex-to-launch-rocket-return-booster-to-cape-canaveral/).

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“The system worked and kept people safe, A privately operated helicopter violated a restricted area in the final seconds before a scheduled launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida this afternoon. Air traffic controllers immediately directed the pilot to leave the area. For safety and security reasons, the launch was scrubbed until tomorrow.”
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/29/2021 10:02 pm
https://twitter.com/dandickson24/status/1409951725679792132
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/29/2021 11:01 pm
Space AI SAI-2 6U cubesat
0173-EX-CN-2021

This permit is still pending and I don't see any other information on it.  I'm going to drop this one from the manifest, which will make the numbers work out nicely.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: ioncloud9 on 06/29/2021 11:08 pm
What the FAA SHOULD do is have a do-not-enter area, and an inner "scrub" area. If you enter the do-not-enter area, you get the same punishments as you get now. It would be very bad if you entered it, but it shouldn't cause a scrub. If a plane or boat enters the inner scrub area, then the mission should scrub. Seems rather silly to scrub it because a helicopter was hovering a few hundred feet above where PEOPLE were standing and pretend its a safety issue.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: soltasto on 06/29/2021 11:13 pm
updated "press kit" capture
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: ChrisC on 06/30/2021 01:22 am
What the FAA SHOULD do is have a do-not-enter area, and an inner "scrub" area. If you enter the do-not-enter area, you get the same punishments as you get now. It would be very bad if you entered it, but it shouldn't cause a scrub. If a plane or boat enters the inner scrub area, then the mission should scrub. Seems rather silly to scrub it because a helicopter was hovering a few hundred feet above where PEOPLE were standing and pretend its a safety issue.

Absolutely!  Please contact your THREE congresspeople and tell THEM that.  Don't know who they are? Enter your zip code: https://openstates.org/find_your_legislator/
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Ken the Bin on 06/30/2021 01:39 am
Updated notices from the NGA.  Primary Day = June 30 with Backup Days each day July 1 through July 5.  All days have the same launch window as today.

Quote from: NGA
292300Z JUN 21
NAVAREA IV 540/21(11,26,27).
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
STRAITS OF FLORIDA.
OLD BAHAMA CHANNEL.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   301856Z TO 302044Z JUN, ALTERNATE
   011856Z TO 012044Z, 021856Z TO 022044Z,
   031856Z TO 032044Z, 041856Z TO 042044Z AND
   051856Z TO 052044Z JUL
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 28-36-58N 080-36-03W, 28-39-00N 080-32-00W,
      28-03-00N 080-13-00W, 27-59-00N 080-20-00W.
   B. 25-53-00N 079-17-00W, 25-57-00N 079-07-00W,
      25-15-00N 078-44-00W, 25-08-00N 079-00-00W,
      25-36-00N 079-13-00W, 25-41-00N 079-14-00W,
      25-44-00N 079-14-00W, 25-47-00N 079-15-00W.
   C. 23-28-00N 079-32-00W, 23-44-00N 078-50-00W,
      23-17-00N 078-35-00W, 22-57-00N 079-19-00W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 530/21.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 052144Z JUL 21.
Quote from: NGA
292315Z JUN 21
HYDROPAC 1918/21(61).
INDIAN OCEAN.
ILES OF KERGUELEN.
DNC 03.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
   302114Z TO 302221Z JUN, ALTERNATE
   012114Z TO 012221Z, 022114Z TO 022221Z,
   032114Z TO 032221Z, 042114Z TO 042221Z AND
   052114Z TO 052221Z JUL
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   26-05S 066-11E, 25-53S 066-48E,
   27-50S 067-48E, 33-01S 069-17E,
   43-44S 072-10E, 49-49S 073-21E,
   50-21S 073-03E, 50-09S 071-55E,
   45-42S 069-31E, 30-36S 066-11E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1878/21.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 052321Z JUL 21.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: JMS on 06/30/2021 02:16 am
And doesn't that mean it may have been military or experimental/ultra-light?

Experimental aircraft are not exempt from ADSB regulations. Both certified and experimentals can fly without ADSB in certain airspace. The airspace involved here would require ADSB-Out.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: su27k on 06/30/2021 03:02 am
Falcon 9 launch scrub highlights airspace integration problems (https://spacenews.com/falcon-9-launch-scrub-highlights-airspace-integration-problems/)

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One of the critics of current approaches to restrict airspace for launches has been the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA). At the hearing, Capt. Joe Depete, president of ALPA, called for “collaboration by the aviation and aerospace sectors” to develop an airspace integration strategy.

“We agree that there is a better way,” DePete tweeted in response to Musk after the launch scrub, offering to work with SpaceX, the FAA and others “to support the safe integration of all national airspace users.”
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: SciNews on 06/30/2021 05:27 am
The first call was to hold at 30 seconds, but the countdown kept going and no one called the hold. LD only calls it at 00:13 after a repeated announcement by RC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeLlR_XRm_k
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: ddunham on 06/30/2021 06:18 am
The airspace involved here would require ADSB-Out.

What airspace is involved?  This would be outside the Orlando 30NM limit.  Is there something nearby that triggers the requirement?
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/30/2021 01:09 pm
The airspace involved here would require ADSB-Out.

What airspace is involved?  This would be outside the Orlando 30NM limit.  Is there something nearby that triggers the requirement?

KSC and CCSFB.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Citabria on 06/30/2021 01:25 pm
The airspace involved here would require ADSB-Out.

What airspace is involved?  This would be outside the Orlando 30NM limit.  Is there something nearby that triggers the requirement?
The channel is outside the TFR (barely) but inside the CCAFS class D airspace, so the copter should have been talking to that tower controller. However there is no ADSB requirement there.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/30/2021 02:19 pm
Here’s an illustration. The red X marks Jetty Park.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/30/2021 02:21 pm
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MwJVJU2RAEY

New NSF link

Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/30/2021 04:14 pm
Weather update:

https://twitter.com/trevormahlmann/status/1410269965639356416

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sitrep: some holes but not many
#transportertoo

https://twitter.com/johnpisaniphoto/status/1410269662793932803

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I heard there was a launch today. Weather is looking similar to yesterday’s.

Transporter-2, take 2, aiming for a 2:56pm EDT liftoff.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/30/2021 06:08 pm
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1410297096675028993
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Targeting 3:11 p.m. EDT for today’s smallsat rideshare mission due to weather. The webcast will go live ~15 minutes ahead of liftoff → http://spacex.com/launches
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/30/2021 06:11 pm
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1410299468558204931
Quote
Now targeting 3:31 p.m. EDT for launch due to weather
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/30/2021 06:16 pm
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MwJVJU2RAEY

NSF feed is live while we’re waiting
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/30/2021 06:35 pm
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d5iV2mQgIr0

Mission Control audio feed
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/30/2021 06:46 pm
Weather is holding so far
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/30/2021 06:53 pm
LD is go for prop load
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/30/2021 07:11 pm
T-20 venting
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/30/2021 07:12 pm
https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1410315008320413698

Quote
T-20 minute vent. Everyone keep your fingers and toes crossed on the weather and keep your helicopters on the ground.

➡️youtube.com/watch?v=MwJVJU…
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Comga on 06/30/2021 07:20 pm
SpaceX.com (https://www.spacex.com/launches/) is live.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/30/2021 07:21 pm
https://youtu.be/sSiuW1HcGjA

SpaceX stream is live, with Andy Tran back hosting
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/30/2021 07:28 pm
Strongback retracted
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/30/2021 07:31 pm
Liftoff!
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/30/2021 07:32 pm
https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1410320177699328000

Edit to add:

https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1410320468649955332
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/30/2021 07:33 pm
MECO and stage separation
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/30/2021 07:35 pm
Fairing separation
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/30/2021 07:36 pm
https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1410321177818640388
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/30/2021 07:37 pm
Entry burn with three engines
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/30/2021 07:37 pm
Four rings, so they didn't ditch one after Momentus dropped out.  Starlinks are on top?
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/30/2021 07:40 pm
https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1410322285077012481

Edit to add:

https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1410322664699346949
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/30/2021 07:40 pm
Stuck the landing
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Lars-J on 06/30/2021 07:42 pm
Geez that landing burn startup scared me, but I guess it was just an odd camera angle.  :o Nice landing!
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/30/2021 07:42 pm
Four rings, so they didn't ditch one after Momentus dropped out.  Starlinks are on top?

Starlinks are on the bottom, they are deploying last
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/30/2021 07:45 pm
Coverage resumes at T+53 for SES-2, followed shortly by deployment of PACE-1
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/30/2021 07:46 pm
Four rings, so they didn't ditch one after Momentus dropped out.  Starlinks are on top?

Starlinks are on the bottom, they are deploying last

Look at the payload stack
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Bean Kenobi on 06/30/2021 07:50 pm
Coverage resumes at T+53 for SECO-2, followed shortly by deployment of PACE-1

For SES-2, not SECO-2.

Quote
00:54:13   2nd stage engine restarts
00:54:15   2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)
00:57:50   NASA's PACE-1 deploys
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/30/2021 07:53 pm
https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1409978206996680704

Updated TLEs, more updates expected
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: matthewkantar on 06/30/2021 07:59 pm
At T+2:18 on the SpaceX webcast, we get a look at someone's desktop showing the trajectory?
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Lars-J on 06/30/2021 08:02 pm
At T+2:18 on the SpaceX webcast, we get a look at someone's desktop showing the trajectory?

There is a parallel SpaceX stream for "mission control audio" which showed that for the entire launch. (they do that for most missions)

You can see this view for the whole mission (updated every second), rewind if you want:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5iV2mQgIr0&ab_channel=SpaceX
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/30/2021 08:10 pm
https://twitter.com/tgmetsfan98/status/1410328198760611846

Quote
What goes up, must come down.

Visibility wasn’t perfect today, but still caught a glimpse of Falcon 9 heard those awesome sonic booms.

nasaspaceflight.com/2021/06/spacex…
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: grfredy on 06/30/2021 08:14 pm
https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1409978206996680704

Updated TLEs, more updates expected

These TLE sets are based on 18:56 UTC launch time. Until there is an update, based on these TLE sets, I have generated new ones for the new launch time (19:31), they can be found in this post (https://community.libre.space/t/spacex-f9-transporter-2-2021-06-30-19-31-utc/8115/6?u=fredy).
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/30/2021 08:14 pm
https://twitter.com/hawkeye360/status/1410327651609362432
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One hawk of #HawkEyeCluster3 was spotted at T+3:58 minutes!
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/30/2021 08:19 pm
https://twitter.com/mdcainjr/status/1410325567191269377

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#SpaceX launches Transporter-2 after several delays due to weather.  8 minutes after launch the booster returns to the Space Coast to land at LZ-1!

Congrats @SpaceX team!

📸 me for @SpaceflightNow

#Transporter2
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: jcm on 06/30/2021 08:19 pm
Four rings, so they didn't ditch one after Momentus dropped out.  Starlinks are on top?

Starlinks are on the bottom, they are deploying last

Look at the payload stack

I would love to, if we actually had a decent image of the whole thing
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/30/2021 08:26 pm
SES-2 and SECO-2, no video but nominal orbit insertion
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/30/2021 08:27 pm
Andy Tran just confirmed 3x Transporter launches per year
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/30/2021 08:28 pm
Deployment order
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/30/2021 08:32 pm
https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1410334912079708172
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/30/2021 08:36 pm
https://twitter.com/starfleettours/status/1410334552007102464

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A "Rapidly Reusable Rockets, R R R🏴‍☠️" has landed at LZ-1.

This is B1060’s 8th landing and the 89th successfully recovered Falcon 9 rocket for @SpaceX!

📸: @Ktaylor46927775
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/30/2021 08:37 pm
https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight/status/1410335912949547008

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No callout for the deployment of Tyvak-0173 as expected. Status unclear. Other deployments expected so far were confirmed.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/30/2021 08:41 pm
No video for most deployments
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: zubenelgenubi on 06/30/2021 08:45 pm
No video for most deployments
Some production effort is being made; the web cast producers are switching between two different camera views up the stack.
***

Also noting that the Moon (I think) has appeared in most of those shots--with frame position slowly shifting as the second stage rotates or shifts attitude.
***

A deployment interval successfully completed over Siberia--no video coverage.  There was video shortly thereafter with a second stage camera pointed aft, with the Sun over an arctic horizon (24 hours of sunlight every day currently in the Arctic).
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/30/2021 08:48 pm
Sherpa deployments up next in a few minutes
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Lars-J on 06/30/2021 08:53 pm
Four rings, so they didn't ditch one after Momentus dropped out.  Starlinks are on top?

Starlinks are on the bottom, they are deploying last

The footage suggests that the Starlinks are actually on TOP.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/30/2021 08:55 pm
Sherpa FX2 and LTE-1 deployment
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: zubenelgenubi on 06/30/2021 09:00 pm
In the immediate aftermath of the Sherpa deploys, it looks like there is one or two objects still on the stack.  This is between the camera and the Starlinks, nearer to the far end of the stack.

Tyvak-173 deploy finally confirmed.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/30/2021 09:00 pm
Starlink deployment confirmed, all payloads confirmed deployed
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Lars-J on 06/30/2021 09:01 pm
In the immediate aftermath of the Sherpa deploys, it looks like there is one or two objects still on the stack.  This is between the camera and the Starlinks, nearer to the far end of the stack.

Tyvak-173 deploy finally confirmed.

They may just be dispensers.

Anyway, the 3 Starlinks have been deployed!
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/30/2021 09:01 pm
In the immediate aftermath of the Sherpa deploys, it looks like there is one or two objects still on the stack.  This is between the camera and the Starlinks, nearer to the far end of the stack.

Tyvak-173 deploy finally confirmed.

Those are cubesat deployers
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/30/2021 09:02 pm
https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1410342602893791234
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Rondaz on 06/30/2021 09:02 pm
Rideshare deployment sequence complete

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1410342522820300802
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: ugordan on 06/30/2021 09:07 pm
No video for most deployments
Some production effort is being made; the web cast producers are switching between two different camera views up the stack.

Highly unlikely to have been ground-controlled as there's only a single downlink feed from each stage. More like autonomous camera switching based on current deployment sequence timings.

I can't believe that even after what, 8 years of F9 v1.1 launches some people still think that the camera switching is being done from the ground.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/30/2021 09:07 pm
Having those three Starlinks on top saved releasing a massive amount of debris.  I'm glad they did it that way.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: steveholtam on 06/30/2021 09:13 pm
No video for most deployments
Some production effort is being made; the web cast producers are switching between two different camera views up the stack.

Highly unlikely to have been ground-controlled as there's only a single downlink feed from each stage. More like autonomous camera switching based on current deployment sequence timings.

I can't believe that even after what, 8 years of F9 v1.1 launches some people still think that the camera switching is being done from the ground.

Couldn't that single feed contain multiple camera feeds? And someone on the ground could decide which one to broadcast? This is how security camera recordings work.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: zubenelgenubi on 06/30/2021 09:16 pm
No video for most deployments
Some production effort is being made; the web cast producers are switching between two different camera views up the stack.

Highly unlikely to have been ground-controlled as there's only a single downlink feed from each stage. More like autonomous camera switching based on current deployment sequence timings.

I can't believe that even after what, 8 years of F9 v1.1 launches some people still think that the camera switching is being done from the ground.

I believe there are at least four camera video channels continuously broadcast from the second stage on this flight that the web cast producers can choose from:
Internal LOX tank view,
External aft (pointing past the Merlin Vacuum engine bell),
External forward no. 1,
External forward no. 2, probably 180 deg. around the stack from the other external forward camera.

The editorial choices switching between available channels would be made from the ground in the studio.  We don't get to see all the camera views all the time on the public web cast.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/30/2021 09:17 pm
https://twitter.com/spaceflightinc/status/1410345892733800448

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Happy to report we're receiving data from both #SherpaFX2 and #SherpaLTE. Everything looks great from here! A little refresher on our OTVs below.

https://twitter.com/satellogic/status/1410344950194216960

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Launch Update: Each satellite has made contact with our ground station network with good health reports. Rosalind, Grace, Elisa, and Sofya--may you continue to inspire new innovations and collaborations across STEM here on Earth from your new home in space🛰️
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: zubenelgenubi on 06/30/2021 09:28 pm
The usual second stage de-orbit burn should be happening soon? (not broadcasted)
Quote from: NGA
292315Z JUN 21
HYDROPAC 1918/21(61).
INDIAN OCEAN.
ILES OF KERGUELEN.
DNC 03.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
   302114Z TO 302221Z JUN, ALTERNATE
   012114Z TO 012221Z, 022114Z TO 022221Z,
   032114Z TO 032221Z, 042114Z TO 042221Z AND
   052114Z TO 052221Z JUL
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   26-05S 066-11E, 25-53S 066-48E,
   27-50S 067-48E, 33-01S 069-17E,
   43-44S 072-10E, 49-49S 073-21E,
   50-21S 073-03E, 50-09S 071-55E,
   45-42S 069-31E, 30-36S 066-11E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1878/21.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 052321Z JUL 21.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: ugordan on 06/30/2021 09:34 pm
No video for most deployments
Some production effort is being made; the web cast producers are switching between two different camera views up the stack.

Highly unlikely to have been ground-controlled as there's only a single downlink feed from each stage. More like autonomous camera switching based on current deployment sequence timings.

I can't believe that even after what, 8 years of F9 v1.1 launches some people still think that the camera switching is being done from the ground.

I believe there are at least four camera video channels continuously broadcast from the second stage on this flight that the web cast producers can choose from:
Internal LOX tank view,
External aft (pointing past the Merlin Vacuum engine bell),
External forward no. 1,
External forward no. 2, probably 180 deg. around the stack from the other external forward camera.

The editorial choices switching between available channels would be made from the ground in the studio.  We don't get to see all the camera views all the time on the public web cast.

I'm countering your belief with facts over the last 7-8 years.

Point #1: Video is expensive to downlink, that fact should NOT be underestimated.
Point #2: The fact the LOX tank view is ITAR-sensitive (or whatever), according to your logic would just make it being downlinked on channel #N, whereas in the "real" world we get glimpses of the tank and then immediate switches to something like a groundtrack sim (NOT one of the other "available" camera downlinks according to you) to hide the tank views. This is a sure point that the view is not controlled live from the ground, otherwise there wouldn't be those ITAR whoopses.

There is no editorial choice, the camera view logic is programmed into the flight SW before the flight. And that is EXACTLY the way I would have done it as well. Onboard SW timings by the GNC driving deployment events and timelines. Command logic circuitry from the ground to receive on the stage is just a ludicrous idea. That's the sort of thing the FTS command destruct required. Meanwhile, SpX went with autonomous AFTS, that should tell you something about live commanding of an vehicle in ascent.

Do you not think that if SpaceX had say 4x the video bandwidth capacity during launch that they would not instead opt to downlink a single HD feed instead of DLing 4 or more simultaneous SD feeds, where N-1 of them would be wasted at any given point in time, AND after a point in time they moved toward 4K launch webcasts?
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 06/30/2021 09:36 pm
https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1410323594710716416

Anniversary of first launch!
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: mn on 06/30/2021 09:47 pm
....
Point #2: The fact the LOX tank view is ITAR-sensitive (or whatever), according to your logic would just make it being downlinked on channel #N, whereas in the "real" world we get glimpses of the tank and then immediate switches to something like a groundtrack sim (NOT one of the other "available" camera downlinks according to you) to hide the tank views. This is a sure point that the view is not controlled live from the ground, otherwise there wouldn't be those ITAR whoopses.

...

Do you not think that if SpaceX had say 4x the video bandwidth capacity during launch that they would not instead opt to downlink a single HD feed instead of DLing 4 or more simultaneous SD feeds, where N-1 of them would be wasted at any given point in time

A. I would have thought that a human is far more likely to do a whoopsy than a computer?

B: While SpaceX will only show one camera angle, they could still want 4 for engineering purposes?

Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jarnis on 06/30/2021 09:51 pm
This is a boring discussion. We know from the amateur-captured video streams from a few months back that the stream keeps switching between cameras at the second stage. Only one stream comes down. And I'm 99.99% sure that the switches are not commanded from the ground. On a general level everything about the mission is pre-programmed.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: CorvusCorax on 06/30/2021 11:02 pm
Both Spacecraft and Rocket stages operate autonomously, controlled by their on board computers.

The difference between Spacecraft (such as starlink sats, or Dragon) and a rocket upper stage (such as Falcon9 Stage 2) - the latter two actually sharing the same avionics computers, is that the spacecraft has an uplink channel through which the computer can be reprogrammed in flight, while rocket stages typically have no uplink channel and can no longer be reprogrammed once the vehicle leaves the pad.

You can verify that with SpaceX FCC applications for launch. Spacecraft such as Dragon have frequency allocation for telemetry down and uplink, while the rocket has only downlink channels allocated.

This does not mean that it's physically impossible to control a stage - all you'd have to do is add a receiver, license the frequencies with the FCC and start updating its programs in flight using any tracking station that has a lock on the vehicle.

In fact this is likely being done with some hybrid upper stages that also act as spacecraft, such as Rocket Lab's Photon upper stage that also is a sat bus. (And of course Dragon)

Licensing for a spacecraft is more hazzle than licensing for an upper stage. That, along with the fact there is typically not enough time to troubleshoot a problem and update the program during a regular upper stage flight, makes it not worthwhile unless there would be very specific mission requirements. Switching camera feeds is certainly not one of them, as that can be perfectly preprogrammed to be in sync with maneuvers and events such as payload deployments.

Now what would be more interesting is what happened with Tyvak-0173
It was supposed to deploy early in the sequence, but was only confirmed right before Starlink deployment.

Deployment typically works by sending a computer commanded deployment signal that triggers the deployment actuators (pyro on frangible nuts or actuated latches, plus a spring or additional separation pyros) which in turn physically separate the payload, which in turn separates a breakwire contact.
The separation of this breakwire then is reported via telemetry, thus confirming successful deployment (it also signals to the deployed payload that separation has occured and the payload is allowed to start its own activation sequence, which previously typically is inhibited) - having visual confirmation through video feed is a nice bonus but typically not required (and not available on all missions, see "secret" NRO missions)

lack of confirmation means no telemetry conformation which means the breakwire was not broken, which means the payload had not physically separated, even though it's attachment mechanism might have been loosened.

just prior to Starlink separation however the stage did start its not insignificant spin (which in fact provides the separation force for Starlink, as opposed to springs or pyros) - if Tyvak-0173 had been unlatched or its nuts blown, but the actual separation mechanism had failed (gotten stuck) then there was insufficient force to push the payload away and sever the connection. The centrifugal forces for Starlink deployment might as well have provided the necessary force to get Tyvak-173 "unstuck" - which would have broken the wire and thus confirm its deployment over Telemetry.

This of course would send Tyvak-0173 in a slightly different direction and - tumbling (it would inherit the fast stage rotation from Starlink deployment)  but it should allow the sat to start its post-deployment sequence - although half an hour and half an orbit later than planned.

This is a lucky coincidence, it might allow the sat to recover (with the spin, its solar panels should generate some electricity) but whatever dispenser mechanism was used needs to be looked into.

Although making aggressive upper stage maneuvers to shake stuck payloads loose is certainly a great contingency maneuver by SpaceX, whether intended to do so or just a lucky side effect.

"Final destination, Starlink deployment. All passengers disembark at this station! This bus will now de-orbit and re-enter the atmosphere..." ;)








Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/30/2021 11:07 pm
These payload stack camera views are driving me nuts.  I think I have the A, B, C rings mapped out (although I don't know the port numbering).  D ring is harder.  Were Lincs or the Tyvak sats on the same port as GNOMES-2?  There are deployers on the port above Sherpa-LTE1 but I don't know which they are.  The Tyvaks are a pair of 6U and the Lincs are a pair of 12U.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: PM3 on 06/30/2021 11:22 pm
Swarm confirms 28 Spacebees.

https://twitter.com/SwarmInternet/status/1410376759401353216

"We launched and made contact with 28 more satellites today, bringing our total to 120!"
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/30/2021 11:23 pm
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: cscott on 06/30/2021 11:33 pm
Both Spacecraft and Rocket stages operate autonomously, controlled by their on board computers.

...
Agreed, with one tiny caveat: the F9 first stage does have a receiver aboard: it's commanded from the support ship during recovery operations.  This is part of the FCC application IIRC.

But as you point out, the FCC app would have to flag it specially if uplink were to be done in flight, as opposed to pre-flight and post-landing.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Ken the Bin on 06/30/2021 11:53 pm
The usual second stage de-orbit burn should be happening soon? (not broadcasted)
Quote from: NGA
292315Z JUN 21
HYDROPAC 1918/21(61).
INDIAN OCEAN.
ILES OF KERGUELEN.
DNC 03.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
   302114Z TO 302221Z JUN, ALTERNATE
   012114Z TO 012221Z, 022114Z TO 022221Z,
   032114Z TO 032221Z, 042114Z TO 042221Z AND
   052114Z TO 052221Z JUL
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   26-05S 066-11E, 25-53S 066-48E,
   27-50S 067-48E, 33-01S 069-17E,
   43-44S 072-10E, 49-49S 073-21E,
   50-21S 073-03E, 50-09S 071-55E,
   45-42S 069-31E, 30-36S 066-11E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1878/21.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 052321Z JUL 21.

I don't bother to post these, and they generally aren't even issued if there are no future backup days, but here is the Operations Completed notice for the Space Debris second stage reentry.

Quote from: NGA
302225Z JUN 21
HYDROPAC 1923/21(61).
INDIAN OCEAN.
ILES OF KERGUELEN.
DNC 03.
CANCEL HYDROPAC 1918/21 AND THIS MSG, OPERATIONS
COMPLETED.

FYI, there was also an Operations Completed notice issued for the Rocket Launching notice, but I think we're all pretty clear that that took place!  ;D
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 06/30/2021 11:54 pm
https://twitter.com/SpaceflightInc/status/1410384022685949952
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Most awesome news: We can confirm separation of all spacecraft from Sherpa-LTE1!
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 07/01/2021 12:01 am
https://twitter.com/SpaceflightInc/status/1410387247178780674
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Are you sitting down? We can now confirm separation of all spacecraft from Sherpa-FX2 AND Sherpa-LTE1! That's 100% of payloads deployed successfully. Cheers everyone, and thanks for the ride as always @SpaceX. #SXRS5 #Transporter2
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 07/01/2021 12:20 am
https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1410392725996904448

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Tracking footage of Falcon 9 landing on LZ-1
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: KilroySmith on 07/01/2021 12:34 am
Watching the landing one thing struck me.
Being as the boosters end up that way anyway, shouldn't they just paint them black initially, rather than white?  Then they'd always look about the same...
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 07/01/2021 12:54 am
https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1410397686906433539

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Falcon 9 launching 88 payloads into orbit for the Transporter-2 mission. Moments after landing, the clouds unleashed the rain.

@NASASpaceflight replay: youtu.be/MwJVJU2RAEY
Recap: nasaspaceflight.com/2021/06/spacex…

https://twitter.com/mdcainjr/status/1410392015561498624

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SpaceX launched 88 satellites this afternoon in a sun synchronous orbit.  The Falcon 9 flew down the Florida coast and after booster separation the 1st stage returned minutes later!

📸 me for @SpaceflightNow

#SpaceX #Transporter2

Edit to add:

https://twitter.com/zshauladventure/status/1410384613457924098

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Up close w/ #transporter2 #Falcon9 this was way better than the movie that shares the same name. Don't you agree?
@SpaceX

📷: Me - @NextHorizonsSF
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: cscott on 07/01/2021 01:36 am
Watching the landing one thing struck me.
Being as the boosters end up that way anyway, shouldn't they just paint them black initially, rather than white?  Then they'd always look about the same...
If you notice, some parts are indeed left black now.  Early Falcons had white interstages and white legs (at least in renders).

The parts that are still nominally white have a functional purpose: white absorbs much less of the Florida sun and lets the propellants stay cooler -- even if the white is a bit smudged. (Again, early Falcons were washed after landing to restore the albedo, but the present state is an engineering compromise: "white enough".)
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: elongated muskrat on 07/01/2021 04:29 am
Correct me if I'm wrong but is that the Launch/Service tower for Blue Origin's launch pad haha
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Surfdaddy on 07/01/2021 05:48 am
No video for most deployments
Some production effort is being made; the web cast producers are switching between two different camera views up the stack.

Highly unlikely to have been ground-controlled as there's only a single downlink feed from each stage. More like autonomous camera switching based on current deployment sequence timings.

I can't believe that even after what, 8 years of F9 v1.1 launches some people still think that the camera switching is being done from the ground.

I believe there are at least four camera video channels continuously broadcast from the second stage on this flight that the web cast producers can choose from:
Internal LOX tank view,
External aft (pointing past the Merlin Vacuum engine bell),
External forward no. 1,
External forward no. 2, probably 180 deg. around the stack from the other external forward camera.

The editorial choices switching between available channels would be made from the ground in the studio.  We don't get to see all the camera views all the time on the public web cast.

I'm countering your belief with facts over the last 7-8 years.

Point #1: Video is expensive to downlink, that fact should NOT be underestimated.
Point #2: The fact the LOX tank view is ITAR-sensitive (or whatever), according to your logic would just make it being downlinked on channel #N, whereas in the "real" world we get glimpses of the tank and then immediate switches to something like a groundtrack sim (NOT one of the other "available" camera downlinks according to you) to hide the tank views. This is a sure point that the view is not controlled live from the ground, otherwise there wouldn't be those ITAR whoopses.

There is no editorial choice, the camera view logic is programmed into the flight SW before the flight. And that is EXACTLY the way I would have done it as well. Onboard SW timings by the GNC driving deployment events and timelines. Command logic circuitry from the ground to receive on the stage is just a ludicrous idea. That's the sort of thing the FTS command destruct required. Meanwhile, SpX went with autonomous AFTS, that should tell you something about live commanding of an vehicle in ascent.

Do you not think that if SpaceX had say 4x the video bandwidth capacity during launch that they would not instead opt to downlink a single HD feed instead of DLing 4 or more simultaneous SD feeds, where N-1 of them would be wasted at any given point in time, AND after a point in time they moved toward 4K launch webcasts?

Your "Facts" are impressions unless you have links that confirm, particularly "the camera view logic is programmed into the flight SW before the flight". You may be correct, but your reply seems unnecessarily condescending, given that you've not really confirmed your argument with any real evidence. Can you provide a link to the fact (from SpaceX or other reputable source) that the camera views are preprogrammed, versus all sent concurrently and chosen on the ground for the live feed?
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: cscott on 07/01/2021 06:10 am
Your "Facts" are impressions unless you have links that confirm, particularly "the camera view logic is programmed into the flight SW before the flight".

See:
We know from the amateur-captured video streams from a few months back that the stream keeps switching between cameras at the second stage. Only one stream comes down.
Only one stream comes down, coupled with lack of FCC license for an uplink to the stage = preprogrammed.



You can verify that with SpaceX FCC applications for launch. Spacecraft such as Dragon have frequency allocation for telemetry down and uplink, while the rocket has only downlink channels allocated.


Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 07/01/2021 06:18 am
twitter.com/spacecoast_stve/status/1410414002895790081

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Liftoff of #Falcon9 carrying 88 satellites to a sun-synchronous orbit!

The #Transporter2 mission is in the books, and boy, did it produce some beautiful imagery!

Read more about this mission: nasaspaceflight.com/2021/06/spacex…

https://twitter.com/spacecoast_stve/status/1410414011217330177

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Curious about those things falling away? No, it’s not ice. Look closely. Those are the weather covers from the fairings. I’ve never caught them in a photo before. Pretty cool!
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: CorvusCorax on 07/01/2021 08:16 am


Your "Facts" are impressions unless you have links that confirm, particularly "the camera view logic is programmed into the flight SW before the flight". You may be correct, but your reply seems unnecessarily condescending, given that you've not really confirmed your argument with any real evidence. Can you provide a link to the fact (from SpaceX or other reputable source) that the camera views are preprogrammed, versus all sent concurrently and chosen on the ground for the live feed?

Evidence : The telemetry stream itself. I couldn't find the original posts on twitter anymore, but conveniently, Scott Manley did a nice summary video on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74_N163HyhA

TL;DR; Falcon 9 2nd stage telemetry feed is broadcasted by the stage an not encrypted (at least not the video feed part of it) Although there is an encoding used to modulate a binary stream in radio waves, this is using an industry standard pattern for different byte values.

From this stream the video can be extracted - even at times when the stage is not in range of one of SpaceX ground stations (as the signal is intercepted using an independent tracking antenna, directly from the stage )

The video from Falcon9 uses a single feed, which auto cycles through the different camera views on a preprogrammed pattern which changes depending on the phase of flight, showing both external (engine, payload) and internal (tank) views. This stream stops a while after the deorbit burn, when the stage safes itself and shuts goes "dark" (transmitter shutdown, no more carier signal) prior to deorbit

During misison life streams SpaceX shows exactly this video feed as long as they have a telemetry downlink established, although they typically switch to an orbit visualization animation (which is generated on the ground based on telemetry data) whenever internal tank views are being broadcasted by the stage. Sometimes they miss the switch by a second and a few of these meanwhile well known tank views make it on the stream.

You can find videos on Youtube showing these internal tank views for several minutes, as decoded by amateur radio enthusiasts, also during flight phases not covered by SpaceX official public streams (such as after deorbit burn )

Edit: Reverse engineered details about the telemetry stream can be found here https://www.r00t.cz/Sats/Falcon9
including not only video but also GPS position and debugging information

Edit Edit: In response to the media going crazy about that, SpaceX later started encrypting the Falcon9 data, however since there were no changes in total bandwidth, there is no reason to assume that anything the way the cameras work ever changed:

https://twitter.com/r2x0t/status/1379843322152431622
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: OneSpeed on 07/01/2021 12:30 pm
Here is a peek above the clouds at three Transporter-2 telemetry comparisons:

1. Transporter-1 and Transporter-2 second stage.
2. NROL-108 and Transporter-2 first stage.
3. Zuma and Transporter-2 first stage.

The second stage telemetry is a good example of the difference between RTLS and ASDS mission profiles.

1. The Transporter-2 S1 burn is about 11 seconds shorter, in order to preserve propellant for boostback.
2. Both S2 burns are of the same length, but the lighter payload of Transporter-2 enables it to make up for the ΔV deficit.

There was no S1 specific telemetry for Transporter-1 post MECO, so I took the most recent example, being NROL-108.

I was puzzled by the circled differences. During the boostback burn, Transporter-2 acceleration goes positive just before engine cut-off, and velocity increases, but NROL-108 doesn't. I don't know exactly what SpaceX's reference system is for velocity, but the telemetry for both NROL-108 and Transporter-2 should be similar, and they aren't.

So, I looked for another example of RTLS telemetry, and happened upon Zuma, from way back in January 2018. Zuma is a much closer match for Transporter-2, but I'll end with a question rather than an answer.

Why doesn't the NROL-108 boostback burn go to positive acceleration at any point? How has it (nearly) returned to the launch site without doing so?
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: ugordan on 07/01/2021 12:40 pm
Why doesn't the NROL-108 boostback burn go to positive acceleration at any point? How has it (nearly) returned to the launch site without doing so?

Positive in what frame of reference? Also the boostback burn could simply rotate the velocity vector back toward the launch site without actually reducing the velocity and it would still reach back to the land while the acceleration calculated off of a scalar speed would leave you scrathing your head.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: OneSpeed on 07/01/2021 12:44 pm
Why doesn't the NROL-108 boostback burn go to positive acceleration at any point? How has it (nearly) returned to the launch site without doing so?

Positive in what frame of reference? Also the boostback burn could simply rotate the velocity vector back toward the launch site without actually reducing the velocity and it would still reach back to the land while the acceleration calculated off of a scalar speed would leave you scrathing your head.

Sure, but why would the frame of reference be different for NROL-108?
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 07/01/2021 01:25 pm
https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1410504699820736515
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CelesTrak has ephemeris-based SupTLEs for 3 #Starlink satellites from the Transporter-2 launch (2021-059) of 88 small satellites on a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral on Jun 30 at 1931 UTC:

This shows the Starlinks in 536 x 515km, 97.5 degree orbit
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Rondaz on 07/01/2021 01:31 pm
All subsats confirmed separated from Sherpa-LTE1 by 2345 UTC and from Sherpa-FX2 by 2358 UTC.

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1410444032380227586
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: ugordan on 07/01/2021 02:33 pm
Why doesn't the NROL-108 boostback burn go to positive acceleration at any point? How has it (nearly) returned to the launch site without doing so?

Positive in what frame of reference? Also the boostback burn could simply rotate the velocity vector back toward the launch site without actually reducing the velocity and it would still reach back to the land while the acceleration calculated off of a scalar speed would leave you scrathing your head.

Sure, but why would the frame of reference be different for NROL-108?

The difference is one launch was more lofted than the other and so the boostback burns had slightly different velocity vectors to start with. Also the downrange distances were probably slightly different due to yaw steering on ascent on this launch.

The aim of the boostback burn is obviously to rotate the velocity vector back such that the ballistic trajectory takes it back to the LZ. This can be done in principle without actually changing the magnitude of the velocity vector, i.e. a literal rotation of the velocity vector. This would show as 0 acceleration in your graph as SpaceX is only giving us the magnitude, while the vehicle would clearly be changing direction substantially. Admittedly, that kind of boostback approach is clearly not optimal, but it should illustrate my point that there's nothing weird in acceleration derived from the velocity magnitude not being positive, yet the vehicle being able to come back.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 07/01/2021 06:25 pm
Mission integrator for LINCS


Peraton Supports Successful Launch of Space Development Agency Satellites on SpaceX Mission (https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/peraton-supports-successful-launch-of-space-development-agency-satellites-on-spacex-mission-301323771.html)
 
(PRNewsfoto/Peraton)
NEWS PROVIDED BY

Peraton
Jul 01, 2021, 08:00 ET

HERNDON, Va., July 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Two Space Development Agency (SDA) prototype satellites are now in orbit as a result of Peraton's work to secure rideshare space on the SpaceX Transporter-2 mission and performance of launch integration activities.

When the Transporter-2 mission departed the atmosphere on June 30, it took with it two SDA 12U Laser Interconnect & Communications System (LINCS) satellites launched aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9.

Peraton's support for SDA fell under its Mission Systems Engineering and Integration (MSE&I) indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract which calls for Peraton—among other responsibilities—to help fill gaps where SDA lacks necessary in-agency capabilities. It illustrates one of Peraton's unique strengths, which is to help customers close mission gaps when delay or failure is not an option.

Peraton identified rideshare opportunities, procured the rideshare slot on Transporter-2 and provided integration services required to deliver the LINCS satellites into orbit. This work included manifesting, mission management, interface definition and production, spacecraft-to-launch vehicle integration at the launch site, and flight safety certification. Peraton, along with teammates TZero and Maverick Space Systems, played a critical role in maintaining the aggressive schedule to launch, and delivering these critical capabilities to orbit.

"We are privileged to help SDA accelerate the development and fielding of new capabilities necessary to ensure our technological and military advantage in space for national defense," said Roger Mason, president, Space & Intelligence sector. "When asked to fill a gap for SDA and quickly acquire commercial launch services, we secured the rideshare and took full responsibility for the launch integration activities. These LINCS experiments will provide data to advance the national defense space architecture."

Under the SDA MSE&I IDIQ contract, Peraton also provides full-lifecycle Systems Engineering and Integration services to support development, fielding and operations for SDA's Tranche 0 system – a constellation of 28 spacecraft, ground segments, mission planning and command and control capabilities supporting advanced warfighter mission scenarios and experiments.

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Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 07/01/2021 06:57 pm
ICEYE Launches Four New Radar Imaging Satellites, Taking a Further Leap Forward in Persistent Monitoring Capabilities (https://www.iceye.com/press/press-releases/iceye-launches-four-new-radar-imaging-satellites-taking-a-further-leap-forward-in-persistent-monitoring-capabilities?utm_content=171558470&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-2876294235)

Press Release  01 July 2021

ICEYE continues to grow the World’s largest synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellation, which is used for persistent monitoring. This launch from SpaceX included three satellites intended for customer access and a next-generation demonstrator spacecraft.

Helsinki, FINLAND – July 1, 2021 – ICEYE, the global leader in persistent monitoring with radar satellite imaging, announces today the successful launch of four ICEYE SAR satellites. They were launched into orbit on a SpaceX’s Falcon 9 smallsat rideshare mission via EXOLAUNCH. Three satellites of the latest technology generation will be added to the ICEYE constellation after a commissioning phase. The fourth satellite of this launch will be operated as a demonstration mission for the company’s next-generation spacecraft. With this launch, ICEYE has successfully brought 14 satellites into orbit, including both commercial and dedicated customer missions.

With the launch of multiple satellites, ICEYE continues to grow and operate the world’s largest constellation of agile SAR satellites with the purpose of further developing and optimizing persistent monitoring capabilities. ICEYE’s constellation is designed to reliably provide imagery of customers’ areas of interest with a very short revisit time to enable the detection and tracking of rapid changes on the Earth’s surface, regardless of time of day, or weather conditions.

“ICEYE provides the world’s leading persistent monitoring services based on data collected from orbit,” said Rafal Modrzewski, CEO and Co-founder of ICEYE . “If you need to know what is happening in the world, ICEYE is your choice for persistent monitoring.”

The launched next-generation demonstration mission is equipped with the newest SAR satellite technology from ICEYE, allowing new and innovative capabilities in SAR imaging. These improvements include a factor two improvement in ground resolution, and the capability to simultaneously image and downlink data for near-immediate data delivery.

“The growth of ICEYE’s radar imaging satellite constellation is unprecedented, and as a result, our customers enjoy the most actionable set of capabilities in the world for persistent monitoring,” said Steve Young, Vice President of Business Development and Sales at ICEYE . “Not only the quantity, but also the consistent push for what’s possible with the latest technology keeps ICEYE at the forefront of radar satellite imaging.”

ICEYE serves SAR data to a global customer base in three imaging modes: Spot, Strip, and Scan, each with optimized resolution and coverage, all the way to 10,000 km2 with individual acquisitions. ICEYE is set to announce further radar satellite data capabilities in July, with additional launches set for later in the year.

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Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 07/01/2021 07:17 pm
https://twitter.com/LeoLabs_Space/status/1410677211766702083
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We've collected some great tracking data over the past day for the # Transporter2 payloads! The first pass was over the city of Midland, Texas just 1.5 hours after liftoff. We see all deployments as expected and are actively working with operators to provide support as needed.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Rondaz on 07/01/2021 08:02 pm
Fairing recover ship HOS Briarwood is due to return from the Transporter-2 mission after midnight tonight.

https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1410682033261715464
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 07/01/2021 10:10 pm
SpaceX photos
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Comga on 07/01/2021 10:30 pm
Why doesn't the NROL-108 boostback burn go to positive acceleration at any point? How has it (nearly) returned to the launch site without doing so?

Positive in what frame of reference? Also the boostback burn could simply rotate the velocity vector back toward the launch site without actually reducing the velocity and it would still reach back to the land while the acceleration calculated off of a scalar speed would leave you scratching your head.

Sure, but why would the frame of reference be different for NROL-108?

The difference is one launch was more lofted than the other and so the boostback burns had slightly different velocity vectors to start with. Also the downrange distances were probably slightly different due to yaw steering on ascent on this launch.

The aim of the boostback burn is obviously to rotate the velocity vector back such that the ballistic trajectory takes it back to the LZ. This can be done in principle without actually changing the magnitude of the velocity vector, i.e. a literal rotation of the velocity vector. This would show as 0 acceleration in your graph as SpaceX is only giving us the magnitude, while the vehicle would clearly be changing direction substantially. Admittedly, that kind of boostback approach is clearly not optimal, but it should illustrate my point that there's nothing weird in acceleration derived from the velocity magnitude not being positive, yet the vehicle being able to come back.

This is a fascinating question, and instructive on several levels.

On the first level, it is, as discussed, the definition of "velocity" as displayed.
It appears to be the speed, the scalar value, along the direction  of motion.
Therefore, the "acceleration" is actually the change in that projected speed.
This gets farther from the physical acceleration felt by the stage with increases in the angle between the velocity vector and the direction of thrust.
My guess would be that near the end of the boostback burn, where the stage's trajectory is already headed back towards the coast, countering of the downrange velocity is complete, or nearly complete, and the end of the burn just increases the lofting.
The limited (~1/2g for T2, ~1g for Zuma) acceleration of the nearly empty stage says that this is not fully the case, but it was getting close.

On the second level, it shows how we tend to hold on to concepts and formalisms even as the world evolves around them.
A pure scalar "velocity" display was conceptually adequate when the early Falcons (and all other rockets) launched and all the acceleration was pretty much along a path from ground to orbit.
Even for most of the ASDS landings it wasn't too far from simple.
But with RTLS the vectors run all over the place.
Yet the display persists, even when close examination shows it results in questionable results.

What "we" could do (hint, hint, OneSpeed, please) is to run the same derivative (finite difference) calculation on the altitude display as was run on the velocity display.  (Fortunately, the altitude value is less ambiguous, although not totally so.)
The vector difference between the velocity and the rate of change in the altitude would be the velocity parallel to the ground,
and the ratio between the velocities relates to the vector velocity angle with respect to the local horizontal.

Everyone who has read this far probably agrees that this is indeed fascinating.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: cropman on 07/02/2021 03:27 am
SpaceX is reusing the patch
Destroying the one-to-one correspondence of missions and emblems is not to be approved! Astronautics historians are against!
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: matthewkantar on 07/02/2021 05:35 am
SpaceX is walking the walk. Reuse of patch designs is the future. Will begin tracking turnaround times.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Rondaz on 07/02/2021 10:42 am
Welcome back to port Hoss Briarwood. #Fleetcam view thanks to @SpaceXFleet up in the wee hours operating and @Kyle_M_Photo stalking ships before sunrise.

https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1410893520139960322
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Rondaz on 07/02/2021 10:43 am
Another view from the PTZ. Staying in bed sounded like a better option this morning.

https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1410895426266480641
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Rondaz on 07/02/2021 10:45 am
4/4 for HOS so far.

https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1410892193347350530
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: StraumliBlight on 07/02/2021 05:25 pm
One leg has been folded.

https://twitter.com/SuperclusterHQ/status/1411005840434286594
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Rondaz on 07/02/2021 06:45 pm
2 missions and 100% success rate. HOS has finished work with SpaceX and is heading home.

There is a gap in East Coast launches so no need to keep this ship around.

https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1410983483770540040
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Rondaz on 07/02/2021 08:26 pm
SpaceX booster B1060-8 stands at Landing Zone-1 after Transporter-2 mission.

https://twitter.com/JennyHPhoto/status/1411014207085191173
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: CorvusCorax on 07/03/2021 11:54 am
Why doesn't the NROL-108 boostback burn go to positive acceleration at any point? How has it (nearly) returned to the launch site without doing so?

Positive in what frame of reference? Also the boostback burn could simply rotate the velocity vector back toward the launch site without actually reducing the velocity and it would still reach back to the land while the acceleration calculated off of a scalar speed would leave you scratching your head.

Sure, but why would the frame of reference be different for NROL-108?

The difference is one launch was more lofted than the other and so the boostback burns had slightly different velocity vectors to start with. Also the downrange distances were probably slightly different due to yaw steering on ascent on this launch.

The aim of the boostback burn is obviously to rotate the velocity vector back such that the ballistic trajectory takes it back to the LZ. This can be done in principle without actually changing the magnitude of the velocity vector, i.e. a literal rotation of the velocity vector. This would show as 0 acceleration in your graph as SpaceX is only giving us the magnitude, while the vehicle would clearly be changing direction substantially. Admittedly, that kind of boostback approach is clearly not optimal, but it should illustrate my point that there's nothing weird in acceleration derived from the velocity magnitude not being positive, yet the vehicle being able to come back.

This is a fascinating question, and instructive on several levels.

On the first level, it is, as discussed, the definition of "velocity" as displayed.
It appears to be the speed, the scalar value, along the direction  of motion.
Therefore, the "acceleration" is actually the change in that projected speed.
This gets farther from the physical acceleration felt by the stage with increases in the angle between the velocity vector and the direction of thrust.
My guess would be that near the end of the boostback burn, where the stage's trajectory is already headed back towards the coast, countering of the downrange velocity is complete, or nearly complete, and the end of the burn just increases the lofting.
The limited (~1/2g for T2, ~1g for Zuma) acceleration of the nearly empty stage says that this is not fully the case, but it was getting close.

On the second level, it shows how we tend to hold on to concepts and formalisms even as the world evolves around them.
A pure scalar "velocity" display was conceptually adequate when the early Falcons (and all other rockets) launched and all the acceleration was pretty much along a path from ground to orbit.
Even for most of the ASDS landings it wasn't too far from simple.
But with RTLS the vectors run all over the place.
Yet the display persists, even when close examination shows it results in questionable results.

What "we" could do (hint, hint, OneSpeed, please) is to run the same derivative (finite difference) calculation on the altitude display as was run on the velocity display.  (Fortunately, the altitude value is less ambiguous, although not totally so.)
The vector difference between the velocity and the rate of change in the altitude would be the velocity parallel to the ground,
and the ratio between the velocities relates to the vector velocity angle with respect to the local horizontal.

Everyone who has read this far probably agrees that this is indeed fascinating.

Even that is missing components.

First complication:

1. The velocity displayed is in a rotating reference frame, matching earth rotation. However once out of the atmosphere the vehicle is measuring and experiencing its acceleration in the stationary earth centered coordinate frame.
That means, on a perfectly circular polar orbit you would still see velocity changes, with the velocity highest over the equator and lowest over the poles, with no actual acceleration or deceleration taking place.

Second complication:

2. The vehicle moves in the earth gravity field. The velocity goes up as the vehicle descends and gets reduced as the vehicle ascents - with no actual acceleration or decelaration taking place.

Third complication:

3. Acceleration components perpendicular to the motion component can not be observed directly, due to the scalar nature of the velocity displayed. But this again can be split into two components, corresponding to the 2 axis that are both perpendicular to the motion vector and perpendicular to each other:

   1. The "upwards" axis - pointing 90° to the motion vector and in plane with the orbital plane. This can be inferred from changes in the vertical speed, which can be inferred again from changes in the rate of change of displayed altitude (after compensating for all other factors) Because the orbital parameters (periapsis, apoapsis) can be calculated completely at any time when knowing both altitude, speed, and climb/sinkrate

   2. The "horizontal" axis - pointing 90° to the motion vector and perpendicular to the orbital plane. This "plane change" component, which plays a big role for example in launches to geostationary orbit (plane change during GTO burn) can not be observed at all. It does not show up as a change in velocity, and it also does not show up as a change in vertical velocity. And it also does not change the orbital parameters except inclination

That being said, SpaceX displays a visualization of the current vehicle trajectory whenever the on board camera displays the internal tanks, or when theres no camera feed. it is sometimes buggy, but almost always the current trajectory is displayed as a thin blue line based on real-time telemetry.

although it would be hard to read complete orbital parameters from this 3d display, it should be possible to read the inclination (angle between this line and equator or meridian) using OCR-ish techniques. this would allow to infer the plane change components and as such reconstruct the complete vehicle state at least during times where this is displayed.

sadly that is typically not the case during burns (but might be available in the mission control audio webcast!)





Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 07/03/2021 12:43 pm
https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1411299592868597762

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My remote camera took 1000+ photos. So many that it made another file on the SD card. I thought my camera missed the engine shot, but no, it was hidden waiting for me to back up my card. Enjoy one more view of Falcon 9 launching 88 payloads to orbit. #Transporter2

https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1411303902956433408

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By request: A Falcon 9 GIF
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: wannamoonbase on 07/03/2021 02:52 pm
I just rewatched this launch, what epic video of the booster landing.

The grid fins cutting through the water vapor approaching  the landing zone then the divert to the LZ.


It’s routine now, but it is still visually spectacular seeing a large tube flying through the sky and nailing the center of the bullseye. 

Just bananas!
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 07/03/2021 07:42 pm
Source is SpaceX
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 07/03/2021 07:57 pm
Source is SpaceX

And what does that have to do with this flight?
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Jansen on 07/03/2021 08:40 pm
Source is SpaceX

And what does that have to do with this flight?

Since we don’t have a picture of the stack in profile, this is a good illustration of how different it is from the Transporter-1 stack. Specifically, you can see the designated volume for Starlink at the top.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 07/03/2021 09:07 pm
That's a generic picture of a Transporter payload stack, not the Transporter 2 stack.  They have always shown a payload space on top of the rings.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 07/04/2021 03:03 am
https://twitter.com/capellaspace/status/1411519682667032576
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“First Light” images from our newest #SAR satellite have been released! #Giza #Ijen #BocaChica

The team is delighted with the 50cm resolution quality data. We look forward to providing even more imaging capacity from the Capella Constellation after final calibrations.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: catdlr on 07/04/2021 08:50 am
Repost and now public:

I did a mash-up of the SpaceX landing coverage with the recent video Elon supplied.

Credit Space.com and SpaceX

SpaceX landing with tracking cam video

https://youtu.be/oy2sYes0bAA
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 07/05/2021 02:29 pm
https://twitter.com/D_Orbit/status/1412031072544727043
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SPARTAN by @EnduroSat will be the first satellite to be deployed by ION and we look forward to it!
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 07/07/2021 04:35 pm
Maverick Space Systems also did launch integration for the Mandrake 2 sats.

Blackjack Program Successfully Deploys Two Mandrake 2 Satellites (https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2021-07-07)
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DARPA successfully deployed two satellites on June 30 as part of the SpaceX Transporter 2 launch. Both Mandrake 2 spacecraft, Able and Baker, are functioning well and progressing through checkout and commissioning. Conceived as an early risk-reduction flight for DARPA’s Blackjack program, the Mandrake 2 mission will prove out advanced laser communications technologies for a broad government stakeholder team that includes DARPA, Space Development Agency (SDA), Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate (AFRL/RV), and Office of the Secretary of Defense’s (OSD) Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) office.

During its on-orbit mission, Mandrake 2 will demonstrate the viability of low size, weight, power, and cost laser communications terminals that are interoperable. “This constitutes a game-changing advancement and a critical enabler for proliferated space architectures,” said Stephen Forbes who is program manager of the Blackjack program in DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office. “Mandrake 2 has already successfully demonstrated a rapid satellite development timeline, since the Blackjack program moved from contract award to delivery of space vehicles at the launch site in less than nine months.”

The successful launch of Mandrake 2 represents the culmination of a rapid design and development effort by a large team of industry performers led by SEAKR Engineering, as the prime contractor. Astro Digital built the satellite buses for Mandrake 2. Advanced Solutions (ASI) wrote the Mandrake 2 flight software and is supporting mission operations. Maverick Space Systems performed integration and test analysis, as well as launch integration services. Lockheed Martin provided integration support and launch procurement. SA Photonics developed the optical inter-satellite link (OISL) hardware demonstrated as part of the Mandrake 2 mission, and SpaceX provided launch services as part of its SmallSat Rideshare Program.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Rondaz on 07/08/2021 05:57 pm
83 objects now cataloged from the Transporter 2 launch in 523 x 536 km x 97.5 deg sun-synch orbit.  I was actually only expecting 82 (with 6 more yet to be deployed from ION), but maybe there was an adapter that separated with the Starlinks.

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1412970588105318406
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 07/09/2021 12:12 am
83 objects now cataloged from the Transporter 2 launch in 523 x 536 km x 97.5 deg sun-synch orbit.  I was actually only expecting 82 (with 6 more yet to be deployed from ION), but maybe there was an adapter that separated with the Starlinks.

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1412970588105318406

So far the SpaceBEE and Starlink sats are identified by name on space-track.org
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: PM3 on 07/11/2021 07:59 am
48900  2021-059X    TUBIN
48931  2021-059BE  Hawk-3B
48938  2021-059BM  Shannon
48957  2021-059CG  Hawk-3A 
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 07/16/2021 09:56 pm
https://twitter.com/D_Orbit/status/1416055786179121154
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QMR-QWT by @orbital_space and Ghalib by Marshall Intech Technologies have been successfully deployed into space by ION Satellite Carrier. Both clients confirmed the acquisition of the signal from the #satellites.
Good luck with your missions and thanks for flying with ION
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 07/16/2021 10:00 pm
48953    2021-059CC   ARTHUR-1
48954    2021-059CD   ASTROCAST-0201
48961    2021-059CL   ASTROCAST-0202
48955    2021-059CE   ASTROCAST-0203
48960    2021-059CK   ASTROCAST-0205
48898    2021-059V   CENTAURI-4 (TYVAK-0211)
48910    2021-059AH   GNOMES-2
48957    2021-059CG   HAWK-3A
48931    2021-059BE   HAWK-3B
48948    2021-059BX   HAWK-3C
48912    2021-059AK   ION SCV-003
48905    2021-059AC   NUSAT-19 (ROSALIND)
48921    2021-059AU   NUSAT-20 (GRACE)
48920    2021-059AT   NUSAT-21 (ELISA)
48919    2021-059AS   NUSAT-22 (SOFYA)
48938    2021-059BM   SHANNON
48883    2021-059E   SPACEBEE-100
48884    2021-059F   SPACEBEE-101
48886    2021-059H   SPACEBEE-102
48888    2021-059K   SPACEBEE-103
48890    2021-059M   SPACEBEE-104
48896    2021-059T   SPACEBEE-105
48893    2021-059Q   SPACEBEE-106
48894    2021-059R   SPACEBEE-107
48895    2021-059S   SPACEBEE-108
48897    2021-059U   SPACEBEE-109
48899    2021-059W   SPACEBEE-110
48904    2021-059AB   SPACEBEE-111
48935    2021-059BJ   SPACEBEE-88
48947    2021-059BW   SPACEBEE-90
48940    2021-059BP   SPACEBEE-91
48939    2021-059BN   SPACEBEE-93
48937    2021-059BL   SPACEBEE-94
48945    2021-059BU   SPACEBEE-95
48934    2021-059BH   SPACEBEE-96
48936    2021-059BK   SPACEBEE-97
48949    2021-059BY   SPACEBEE-98
48946    2021-059BV   SPACEBEE-99
48882    2021-059D   SPACEBEENZ-10
48889    2021-059L   SPACEBEENZ-7
48891    2021-059N   SPACEBEENZ-8
48887    2021-059J   SPACEBEENZ-9
48879    2021-059A   STARLINK-3003
48880    2021-059B   STARLINK-3004
48881    2021-059C   STARLINK-3005
48900    2021-059X   TUBIN
48892    2021-059P   TYVAK-0173
48906    2021-059AD   UMBRA-2001
48915    2021-059AN   YAM-3
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 07/22/2021 02:12 am
48959   2021-059CJ   LEMUR 2 CARLSANTAMARI
48885   2021-059G   LEMUR 2 JACKSON
48925   2021-059AY   LEMUR 2 JOHN-TREIRES
48929   2021-059BC   LEMUR 2 MERIMA
48907   2021-059AE   MANDRAKE 2 ABLE
48908   2021-059AF   MANDRAKE 2 BAKER
48941   2021-059BQ   SHERPA-LTE1
48933   2021-059BG   SPACEBEE-89
48932   2021-059BF   SPACEBEE-92
48901   2021-059Y   TROPICS PATHFINDER
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 07/22/2021 07:33 pm
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By this letter, Spire Global, Inc. (“Spire”) provides notification to the Federal Communications
Commission that on June 30, 2021, six (6) LEMUR-2 satellites, including five (5)
Luxembourg-licensed MINAS satellites (part of the LEMUR-2 system) were deployed into an altitude
of approximately 550km, with orbit of SSO (13:30 LTDN) from a SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle, which was
launched from the Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station,
Florida.

Spire has now deployed thirty-two (34) of its seventy-two (72) Phase IC, twelve (12) of its two
hundred and thirty-six (236) Phase II and twenty-two (22) Luxembourg-licensed LEMUR-2 satellites,
and those satellites are operating consistent with Spire’s license authorization.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 07/22/2021 07:35 pm
https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1417672513451175937
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The Echostar Australia EG-3 (Tyvak-0173) satellite launched aboard SpaceX's Transporter 2 on Jun 30 has raised its orbit from 540 to 650 km.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 07/22/2021 07:40 pm
https://twitter.com/D_Orbit/status/1418186644881092608
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Mission Update! On July 21th, ION Dauntless David successfully deployed SPARTAN into its operational orbit. SPARTAN is a software-defined 6U CubeSat platform carrying 7 payloads on a single bus and the first of many upcoming Shared Satellite Missions by @EnduroSat

https://twitter.com/D_Orbit/status/1417133707870212111
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On July 18th, ION Dauntless David successfully deployed Napa-2 satellite by @ThaiAirForce into its operational orbit. Acquisition of the signal confirmed by the client. NAPA-2 is a 6U designed for monitoring and responding to natural disasters.
Thanks for flying with IONSatellite
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 07/22/2021 10:01 pm
48952   2021-059CB   ASTROCAST-0204
48944   2021-059BT   AYAN-21
48913   2021-059AL   CAPELLA-5 (WHITNEY)
48951   2021-059CA   DEMO8(TENZING)
48956   2021-059CF   DEMO9(AURORA)
48918   2021-059AR   ICEYE-X11
48914   2021-059AM   ICEYE-X12
48916   2021-059AP   ICEYE-X13
48917   2021-059AQ   ICEYE-X15
48927   2021-059BA   LEMUR 2 AC-CUBED
48923   2021-059AW   LEMUR 2 ANNABANANA

Not sure if Ayan-21 is an unknown payload or just an unknown name for one of the payloads
edit: Ayan-21 is Tiger-2, h/t to jcm
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 07/24/2021 05:47 am
https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1418777707844833289

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While we're waiting for more Nauka tracking data, I decided to take a look at the Transporter-2 mission  launched on June 30 and make some height-vs-time plots. Here's an overview: the biggest orbit maneuvers have been by the Starlinks and the EG-3 satellite

twitter.com/planet4589/status/1418778254475989004

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Let's zoom in a bit on the rest of the satellites. SpaceBEEs in yellow, Lemurs in magenta. Unidentified sats in red. Height dispersion is about 10 km. You can see the orbit changes of the 4 Satellogic Nusat satellites (blue). Let's zoom in in tiny chunks from bottom to top

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1418778616410820611

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In the lower tier we see the Swiss Astrocast sats in cyan, a clump of the SpaceBEEs in yellow,  and a few others

twitter.com/planet4589/status/1418779109275090945

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Notable in the next tier are the three Hawkeye360 Hawk-3 satellites, which are adjusting their orbits to fly in formation. Again, red lines are so-far-unidentified objects. Note the SHERPA-LTE1 dispenser sat in black; SHERPA-FX2 has not yet been identified.

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1418779488729673731

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Moving up in altitude, tier 3 has the initial positions of the Nusats before they lowered altitude, and the four Finnish ICEYE radar sats, as well as two Spire Lemurs and a couple of unidentifieds

twitter.com/planet4589/status/1418779907145019392

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Moving toward the top of the pack note the  high drag of the Capella 5 radar sat with its big antenna, and the small orbit adjustments being made by the ION SVC03 satellite dispenser

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1418780362134675456

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And at the top tier we see mostly the small SpaceBEEs, the initial height of EG-3 before it raised orbit, a Lemur, and the mysterious object cataloged as SpaceBEE-105 which seems to be raising orbit, something that the SpaceBEEs have not done in the past. (could be a mistag)

twitter.com/planet4589/status/1418780904407896066

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Zooming out again, here are the 12 unidentified objects and the 12 sats they are thought to correspond to. Not yet ready to guess which is which! Hunch that the two very close pairs might be the Kleos KSM sats, though

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1418781159136313351

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And the three cubesats  dispensed from ION on Jul 16-18 have not yet been tracked.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 07/26/2021 08:27 pm
https://twitter.com/D_Orbit/status/1419589245455507456
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On July 24th, ION successfully deployed NEPTUNO, the 6th and last #satellite, into its operational orbit.
NEPTUNO, by @ElecnorDeimos, is the prototype satellite for a LEO #CubeSat constellation dedicated to maritime surveillance.
Acquisition of the signal [White heavy check] mark A PR will follow
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 07/26/2021 08:56 pm
48930   2021-059BD   KSF1-A
48926   2021-059AZ   KSF1-B
48942   2021-059BR   KSF1-C

Not yet identified on Space-track.org: D2/AtlaCom-1, Faraday Phoenix, Ghalib, Kleos (x1), LINCS A/B, NAPA 2, Neptuno, PACE-1, Painani-II, QMR-KWT, Sherpa-FX2, Spartan, W-Cube, YAM-2
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: PM3 on 08/09/2021 01:06 pm
48922   2021-059AV   D2/ATLACOM-1
48902   2021-059Z     LINCS1
48903   2021-059AA   LINCS2
48963   2021-059CN   NAPA-2
48966   2021-059CR   NEPT-1  (Neptuno?)
48958   2021-059CG   SHERPA-FX2/TAGSAT-2
48965   2021-059CQ   W-CUBE
48911   2021-059AH   YAM-2

Not yet identified on Space-track.org: Faraday Phoenix, Ghalib, KSF-1D, PACE-1, Painani-II, QMR-KWT, Spartan

Space-Track.org lists 7 unassigned objects, so everything seem to match. Assuming the F9 second stage deorbited before being detected.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 08/14/2021 09:43 pm
48950    KSF-1D   2021-059BZ

Not yet identified on Space-track.org: Faraday Phoenix (6U), Ghalib (2U), PACE-1 (6U), Painani-II (3U), QMR-KWT (1U), Spartan (6U)
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 08/24/2021 01:05 am
48924    FARADAY_PHOENIX   2021-059AX

Not yet identified on Space-track.org: Ghalib (2U), PACE-1 (6U), Painani-II (3U), QMR-KWT (1U), Spartan (6U)
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 08/24/2021 07:57 pm
LINCS A/B were deployed from the Surfboard.  They are alive but tumbling, activities underway to try and recover them.  Mandrake sats are doing good so far, as is the SDA payload on YAM-3. (from Space Symposium press briefing)

(Surfboard deployments don't seem to have a great success rate on these missions for some reason)
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 08/27/2021 06:39 pm
https://twitter.com/isis_space/status/1431288719823327234
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Last week, our team worked with @Marco_Langbroek, from @UniLeidenNews. He has been supporting us in tracking the LED payload of our Napa-2 satellite to capture the LED payload activation from the ground. Thank you, Marco, for the nice pictures!
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 09/13/2021 02:23 am
48964    SPARTAN   2021-059CP

Not yet identified on Space-track.org: Ghalib (2U), PACE-1 (6U), Painani-II (3U), QMR-KWT (1U)
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Josh_from_Canada on 09/14/2021 07:02 pm
I might have missed it earlier in this thread but are the three Starlink satellites launched on this mission v1.0 or v1.5?
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 09/14/2021 08:15 pm
I might have missed it earlier in this thread but are the three Starlink satellites launched on this mission v1.0 or v1.5?

They had laser ISL.  Whether they were the actual v1.5 spec or some test configuration I don't know.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: scr00chy on 09/14/2021 08:21 pm
Yeah, they might have been some kind of hybrid/Frankensatellites. Impossible to say which generation they belonged to, unless SpaceX chimes in.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Skyrocket on 09/15/2021 10:16 am
Yeah, they might have been some kind of hybrid/Frankensatellites. Impossible to say which generation they belonged to, unless SpaceX chimes in.

These three satellites were Starlink 3003, 3004 and 3005. The highest Starlink number of known v1.0 satellites was Starlink 2763. So this large gap might hint to a generation change.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Josh_from_Canada on 09/15/2021 04:11 pm
These three satellites were Starlink 3003, 3004 and 3005. The highest Starlink number of known v1.0 satellites was Starlink 2763. So this large gap might hint to a generation change.
That's what I was thinking, v1.0 satellites are in the 1000s and 2000s while v1.5 satellites are in the 3000s.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 10/27/2021 05:16 pm
48962    GHALIB   2021-059CM
48943    QMR-KWT   2021-059BS

Not yet identified on Space-track.org: PACE-1 (6U), Painani-II (3U)
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 11/04/2021 03:35 pm
https://twitter.com/isis_space/status/1456279180404998149
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We've completed the platform commissioning of the #GHALIB satellite, a 2U built, designed and integrated by us, and our customer Marshall Intech has supplied the #RadioFrequency payload. We're now ready to support payload commissioning operations! #CubeSats #pioneerforchange
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 02/01/2022 12:07 am
48909    PACE-1   2021-059AG
48928    PAINANI-2   2021-059BB
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Craftyatom on 02/06/2022 10:48 pm
LINCS A/B were deployed from the Surfboard.  They are alive but tumbling, activities underway to try and recover them.  Mandrake sats are doing good so far, as is the SDA payload on YAM-3. (from Space Symposium press briefing)

(Surfboard deployments don't seem to have a great success rate on these missions for some reason)

Space Development Agency, General Atomics eye options after setback in laser comms experiment (https://spacenews.com/space-development-agency-general-atomics-eye-options-after-setback-in-laser-comms-experiment/)
Quote from: SpaceNews
SDA said in a statement Feb. 4 that there were “challenges communicating with the LINCS sats. However, SDA is still working in partnership with the performer General Atomics on the way ahead.”

[...]

Gregg Burgess, vice president of space systems at General Atomics, said a problem occurred at launch. “Unfortunately, there was an issue with the launch vehicle,” Burgess said on a Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies podcast that aired Feb. 5.
I'm assuming "launch vehicle" in this case is the Surfboard aggregator rather than the Falcon 9, but that's just a guess.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 02/07/2022 01:02 am
LINCS A/B were deployed from the Surfboard.  They are alive but tumbling, activities underway to try and recover them.  Mandrake sats are doing good so far, as is the SDA payload on YAM-3. (from Space Symposium press briefing)

(Surfboard deployments don't seem to have a great success rate on these missions for some reason)

Space Development Agency, General Atomics eye options after setback in laser comms experiment (https://spacenews.com/space-development-agency-general-atomics-eye-options-after-setback-in-laser-comms-experiment/)
Quote from: SpaceNews
SDA said in a statement Feb. 4 that there were “challenges communicating with the LINCS sats. However, SDA is still working in partnership with the performer General Atomics on the way ahead.”

[...]

Gregg Burgess, vice president of space systems at General Atomics, said a problem occurred at launch. “Unfortunately, there was an issue with the launch vehicle,” Burgess said on a Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies podcast that aired Feb. 5.
I'm assuming "launch vehicle" in this case is the Surfboard aggregator rather than the Falcon 9, but that's just a guess.

Launch vehicle is Falcon 9.  He could be referring to the issue with the high helium concentration for payloads mounted in that area, which some of the passengers don't seem to have realized would be a problem until it was too late.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: Comga on 02/07/2022 05:29 pm
LINCS A/B were deployed from the Surfboard.  They are alive but tumbling, activities underway to try and recover them.  Mandrake sats are doing good so far, as is the SDA payload on YAM-3. (from Space Symposium press briefing)

(Surfboard deployments don't seem to have a great success rate on these missions for some reason.

Space Development Agency, General Atomics eye options after setback in laser comms experiment (https://spacenews.com/space-development-agency-general-atomics-eye-options-after-setback-in-laser-comms-experiment/)
Quote from: SpaceNews
SDA said in a statement Feb. 4 that there were “challenges communicating with the LINCS sats. However, SDA is still working in partnership with the performer General Atomics on the way ahead.”
[...]

Gregg Burgess, vice president of space systems at General Atomics, said a problem occurred at launch. “Unfortunately, there was an issue with the launch vehicle,” Burgess said on a Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies podcast that aired Feb. 5.

I'm assuming "launch vehicle" in this case is the Surfboard aggregator rather than the Falcon 9, but that's just a guess.

Launch vehicle is Falcon 9.  He could be referring to the issue with the high helium concentration for payloads mounted in that area, which some of the passengers don't seem to have realized would be a problem until it was too late.

gongora lead me to some posts that explained this thoroughly.
The “Surfboard” cubesat launcher sits on the aft end of Stage 2. As such it inside the interstage, which fills with vented helium at some low partial pressure. The helium diffuses into components, particularly MEMS, which fail at remarkably low levels.
This post from Almoturg links to a marvelous video showing this in great detail.

Apparently some sensors and materials are sensitive to helium in particular.  It was noted by some people at the symposium that MEMS sensors can be a problem with helium, and other materials could change properties if saturated with helium.

MEMS oscillators in particular are affected by helium: https://youtu.be/vvzWaVvB908 (https://youtu.be/vvzWaVvB908)

There was a case of a bunch of iPhones in a hospital shutting down when an MRI magnet was cooled down with liquid helium.

Edit:  It’s no more “an issue with the launcher” than if the cubesats succumbed to the launch vibration or decompression rate. The helium is in the environmental specifications and the cubesat designers overlooked it. This stuff happens, but it isn’t right to try and shift the blame.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: kevin-rf on 02/07/2022 06:15 pm
Can't help but wonder if over time the Helium will diffuse back out and restore functionality. It is a hard vacuum.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: thirtyone on 02/07/2022 07:32 pm
Those devices often do restore themselves. Unfortunately if they needed the MEMS devices for things like attitude control and stationkeeping, you might wonder what the software might end up doing if all the IMUs are reading crazy values for a few days.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 05/20/2022 05:21 pm
CACI Announces Successful Demonstration of Optical Intersatellite Links in Low Earth Orbit (https://investor.caci.com/news/news-details/2022/CACI-Announces-Successful-Demonstration-of-Optical-Intersatellite-Links-in-Low-Earth-Orbit/default.aspx)

Company Release - 5/17/2022
Industry first for new technology designed to support the National Defense Space Architecture

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CACI International Inc (NYSE: CACI) announced today it successfully demonstrated space to space optical communications links in low earth orbit (LEO) in partnership with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Space Development Agency (SDA) as part of the Mandrake II program.

Mandrake II is a joint risk-reduction program with DARPA, SDA and the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate (AFRL/RV) to evaluate the pointing, acquisition, and tracking algorithms that allow for optical communication terminals to establish and maintain high-speed communication links in the upcoming Blackjack and SDA Transport and Tracking Layer constellations. This successful test, completed using CACI’s CrossBeam free-space optical terminals, is the first step in establishing more secure, space-based communications networks for defense agencies using more powerful, efficient technology that can transmit more data, faster.

In December 2021, CACI acquired California-based SA Photonics to address a broader market spanning high-end manned flight programs to the proliferated LEO market. The combined companies offer the most advanced photonics engineering and manufacturing capabilities in the U.S. with three major manufacturing facilities in California, Florida, and New Jersey.

John Mengucci, CACI President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “Our national security depends on advanced, secure technology that enables modernized networks and enhanced intelligence systems for our warfighters using small satellites to operate at the speed of relevance. Through the acquisition of SA Photonics, our joint technology and manufacturing capabilities have enabled this successful milestone. In partnership with our mission customers, we are on the path to supporting the contested space domain with faster, more secure satellites.

The Optical InterSatellite Links (OISLs) were established using CrossBeam free-space optical terminals currently on orbit, developed by SA Photonics, with satellites that are specifically aimed at demonstrating and supporting a communication capability for the Department of Defense’s proliferated LEO (p-LEO) National Defense Space Architecture (NDSA).

The CrossBeam OISLs on Mandrake II successfully established an optical link during a 40+ minute test on April 14. The link demonstrated closed loop tracking and data transfer over a 100+ km link distance, with more than 200 gigabits (Gb) of data transmitted and received.
Title: Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)
Post by: gongora on 08/11/2023 07:22 pm
SAT-STA-20230810-00200

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During the initial portion of this period, Spaceflight actively lowered the altitude of the spacecraft from its deployment altitude of ~522 km to ~445 km and also engaged with NASA to physically coordinate the transit of the Sherpa-LTE1 through the ISS orbit. Spaceflight learned that actively transiting through the ISS orbit would be more complicated and demanding than Spaceflight had anticipated, and Spaceflight would not have on call sufficient operational resources during the transit period to meet NASA standards.

As a result, and consistent with NASA recommendations, Spaceflight has decided not to actively de-orbit Sherpa-LTE1 through the ISS orbit. Instead, the company will allow the spacecraft to passively de-orbit through the ISS orbit down to approximately 410 km....

Once at the 410 km orbital altitude, Spaceflight will commence actively de-orbiting the Sherpa-LTE1 in coordination with NASA.