[Google translation] The Paz satellite, which is the first Spanish high-resolution radar sensor, will launch into space in the last week of this year. This was confirmed yesterday by HisdeSAT, the company that owns and manages the satellite - 30% owned by the Ministry of Defense - in the technical demonstration presented at the XVII Congress of the Spanish Association of Remote Sensing (AET2017), held in Murcia from yesterday until tomorrow.
Owner #hisdesat Spain: @SpaceX sets Jan 30 VAFB launch of 1400-kg @AirbusDefence-built Paz high-res SAR Earth obs sat to 514-km polar orbit.
QuoteOwner #hisdesat Spain: @SpaceX sets Jan 30 VAFB launch of 1400-kg @AirbusDefence-built Paz high-res SAR Earth obs sat to 514-km polar orbit.https://twitter.com/pbdes/status/917451649177739264
Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 10/09/2017 06:26 pmQuoteOwner #hisdesat Spain: @SpaceX sets Jan 30 VAFB launch of 1400-kg @AirbusDefence-built Paz high-res SAR Earth obs sat to 514-km polar orbit.https://twitter.com/pbdes/status/917451649177739264Jan 30 was when Iridium 5 was expected to launch. Can the Iridium launches be closer than 2 months apart? Any word on the co-passenger? Edit: Could PAZ fit on the adapter with with 5 Iridium sats and Grace FO 1 and 2? That would explain this change.
Quote from: rockets4life97 on 10/09/2017 07:12 pmQuote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 10/09/2017 06:26 pmQuoteOwner #hisdesat Spain: @SpaceX sets Jan 30 VAFB launch of 1400-kg @AirbusDefence-built Paz high-res SAR Earth obs sat to 514-km polar orbit.https://twitter.com/pbdes/status/917451649177739264Jan 30 was when Iridium 5 was expected to launch. Can the Iridium launches be closer than 2 months apart? Any word on the co-passenger? Edit: Could PAZ fit on the adapter with with 5 Iridium sats and Grace FO 1 and 2? That would explain this change.The target orbits are too far apart for that to happen.
Edit: Could PAZ fit on the adapter with with 5 Iridium sats and Grace FO 1 and 2? That would explain this change.
Quote from: rockets4life97 on 10/09/2017 07:12 pmEdit: Could PAZ fit on the adapter with with 5 Iridium sats and Grace FO 1 and 2? That would explain this change.I think that this stack doesn't work.If I'm not mistaken, both the Iridium Next and Grace FO satellites are roughly the same shape and size. Aka: 3m high, 2m wide and ~1m deep. They are side mounted to a carrying structure. Grace was planned to use a structure like the one used for dual galileo sat (soyuz) launches. PAZ is a larger satellite. It's a hexegonal satellite 5m long and 2.4m in (outer) diameter. (6x1.2m sides) (This is to large for the Vega fairing) It wants a axial (in line/ standard) deployment.I think it will be very difficult to mount the Grace-FO on a structure around PAZ. The F9 Fairing is to short to stack all sats on top of each other. (3 + 3 + 5 = 11m D2.4m | 3 + 5 =8m D5m)
https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starlink-satellite-broadband-internet-service-2020/So are the Starlink test birds the co-passengers?That adds another important milestone for SpaceX in the next few months after FH, Block 5 and Dragon 2.
This looks like it is Mission 1400 on the FCC permits.This permit was submitted November 28 and is the next one from Vandenberg after M1340 which is understood to be Iridium-4.
Quote from: soltasto on 11/02/2017 04:52 pmThis looks like it is Mission 1400 on the FCC permits.This permit was submitted November 28 and is the next one from Vandenberg after M1340 which is understood to be Iridium-4.According to this permit, I don't see anything related to the drone ship being used for the first stage landing, so it looks like an RTLS attempt will be made.
This STA is necessary to authorize launch vehicle communications for SpaceX Mission 1400, a commercial launch from SLC-4E, Vandenberg Air Force Base. The application includes sub-orbital first stage, and orbital second stage. Trajectory data shall be provided directly to NTIA, USAF, and NASA. All downrange Earth stations are receive-only. Launch licensing authority is FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation.