The other mission mentioned in this class is Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO). Is it too possibly destined for launch on Pegasus XL?
I'm not sure if this should be called irony or poetry.When I first saw the thread title, my reaction was "duh!". Then I got it.
Great to hear that Pegasus, and Orbital's L-1011, will fly on.I'm wondering how this meshes with the recent "Minotaur C" announcement, which seemed to indicate that Orbital was updating and standardizing its launch vehicle avionics, moving from the older Pegasus set up to the newer Minotaur-based design. Will future Pegasus vehicles use the updated avionics? - Ed Kyle
{snip}The other mission mentioned in this class is Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO). Is it too possibly destined for launch on Pegasus XL?
The mission is scheduled to launch in late 2016 on an Orbital ATK Pegasus XL expendable rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida, with science operations beginning in the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season.
Shaken Up: CYGNSS Undergoes Vibration Testinghttps://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/shaken-up-cygnss-undergoes-vibration-testingEngineers prepare NASA’s eight Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) microsatellites, mounted on the deployment module, for vibration testing at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas. CYGNSS will probe the inner core of hurricanes to better understand their rapid intensification. Vibration testing will simulate the conditions that systems will undergo while attached to the Orbital-ATK “Stargazer” L-1011 carrier aircraft and subsequent launch on a Pegasus rocket. Vibration testing will wrap up in the next two weeks and be followed by preparations to ship the microsatellites and deployment module to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for integration with the launch vehicle. The mission is scheduled to launch Nov. 21 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Cross-posting from NASA - CYGNSS - updatesQuote from: chewi on 08/12/2016 07:29 amShaken Up: CYGNSS Undergoes Vibration Testinghttps://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/shaken-up-cygnss-undergoes-vibration-testingEngineers prepare NASA’s eight Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) microsatellites, mounted on the deployment module, for vibration testing at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas. CYGNSS will probe the inner core of hurricanes to better understand their rapid intensification. Vibration testing will simulate the conditions that systems will undergo while attached to the Orbital-ATK “Stargazer” L-1011 carrier aircraft and subsequent launch on a Pegasus rocket. Vibration testing will wrap up in the next two weeks and be followed by preparations to ship the microsatellites and deployment module to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for integration with the launch vehicle. The mission is scheduled to launch Nov. 21 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.***This is the last NASA news on CYGNSS that I could find. We're less than 1 month from launch.Any "new news"--particularly launch preparations at Vandenberg? Did the Vandenberg wildfires delay Pegasus preparations, and therefore the launch?
Tweet from Stephen ClarkQuoteMichael Freilich/NASA’s Earth science division: Pegasus/CYGNSS launch from Cape now Dec. 12. Next SpaceX station cargo flight around Jan. 15
Michael Freilich/NASA’s Earth science division: Pegasus/CYGNSS launch from Cape now Dec. 12. Next SpaceX station cargo flight around Jan. 15