Quote from: beancounter on 05/14/2017 02:19 pmLove the way everyone's talking about multiple launches per month but so far the average this year is one. CheersActually, they didn't RTF until half way through January. From Iridium-1 to the last launch with NROL-76 was 3.5 months, and they did 5 launches. Tomorrow it will be 6 launches in 4 months.
Love the way everyone's talking about multiple launches per month but so far the average this year is one. Cheers
I was thinking about the cadence today. NRO slowed them up for sure. If they can get consistent with the 14 day cycle, then they can just work on taking off 1 or 2 days at a time to get the cycle down. At some point payload availability will be a limit and that would be the best problem they could hope to have.
http://spacenews.com/china-great-wall-industry-corp-lands-indonesian-commercial-satellite-order/QuoteThe funded satellites are PSN-6, a C- and Ku-band satellite ordered from Space Systems Loral in 2014 that is scheduled to launch next year on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the Palapa-N1 joint venture satellite, and the ageing Palapa-D. Adiwoso said PSN will seek to prolong the life of Palapa-D by moving it from 113 degrees east into a different orbit at 144 degrees east. Adiwoso said 70 percent of the capacity on PSN-6 is already sold.
The funded satellites are PSN-6, a C- and Ku-band satellite ordered from Space Systems Loral in 2014 that is scheduled to launch next year on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the Palapa-N1 joint venture satellite, and the ageing Palapa-D. Adiwoso said PSN will seek to prolong the life of Palapa-D by moving it from 113 degrees east into a different orbit at 144 degrees east. Adiwoso said 70 percent of the capacity on PSN-6 is already sold.
This thread is drifting from discussing the manifest into general discussions of SpaceX's pace and backlog, etc. Those are interesting enough but there are dedicated threads for that elsewhere
Can we ask about the status of the Intelsat stage? Reports of a stage with reused hardware being shipped to McGregor and another stage shipping from McGregor westward raise some questions. If this stage is SES-11 then that explains the reusable hardware, but then where is Intelsat? Is it at McGregor to be fired after the FH side core finishes its additional testing?If this is intelsat, then a ASDS landing would be an exciting development considering its weight.It could also just mean that Intelsat has slipped for whatever reason and SpaceX shuffled the cores.
We need to recruit some Indonesian members to watch the local media for us...These seem to say there is a contract for SpaceX to launch Telkom 4 around June 2018 (although I can never be completely sure with Google Translate).https://inet.detik.com/telecommunication/d-3424084/spacex-masih-dipercaya-luncurkan-satelit-telkom-4http://www.cnnindonesia.com/teknologi/20170417152745-213-208098/telkom-bakal-lebih-hemat-berkat-roket-spacex/http://www.cnnindonesia.com/teknologi/20170130174006-213-190081/satelit-telkom-berikutnya-bakal-gandeng-spacex/
Quote from: gongora on 05/20/2017 07:39 pmWe need to recruit some Indonesian members to watch the local media for us...These seem to say there is a contract for SpaceX to launch Telkom 4 around June 2018 (although I can never be completely sure with Google Translate).https://inet.detik.com/telecommunication/d-3424084/spacex-masih-dipercaya-luncurkan-satelit-telkom-4http://www.cnnindonesia.com/teknologi/20170417152745-213-208098/telkom-bakal-lebih-hemat-berkat-roket-spacex/http://www.cnnindonesia.com/teknologi/20170130174006-213-190081/satelit-telkom-berikutnya-bakal-gandeng-spacex/Behold my Google foo:https://seasia.co/2017/05/01/indonesia-to-use-spacex-to-launch-next-satellitehttp://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2015/12/30/ssl-to-provide-next-satellite-for-telkom-indonesia/
President Director of Telkom, Alex J. Sinaga mentioned to CNN, “Investment in Telkom-4 [satellite] will be cheaper as we use a reusable orbital rocket from SpaceX, so it will be cheaper as much as 40 percent.”
Quote from: Comga on 05/21/2017 05:18 amWhat does it really mean to say that Telkom 4 is under contract to launch in June of 2018?My personal list has 22 flights that are yet to be flown in 2017 and 29 in 2018. Surely they won't get through that backlog in the next 14 months. That would be ~40 flights in ~60 weeks.This is a (Google Translated) quote from one of the articles:QuoteThe incident occurred early September 2016 ago, Or about seven months after Telkom signed On Ground Delivery contract with Space System / Loral (SSL) for satellite (spacecraft) and Falcon-9 from SpaceX. If that's correct, the Telkom contract was done long before the AMOS-6 accident and resulting big delays to the manifest.
What does it really mean to say that Telkom 4 is under contract to launch in June of 2018?My personal list has 22 flights that are yet to be flown in 2017 and 29 in 2018. Surely they won't get through that backlog in the next 14 months. That would be ~40 flights in ~60 weeks.
The incident occurred early September 2016 ago, Or about seven months after Telkom signed On Ground Delivery contract with Space System / Loral (SSL) for satellite (spacecraft) and Falcon-9 from SpaceX.
Paris-based Eutelsat has one Quantum satellite under construction from Airbus Defence and Space UK, purchased in 2015 for 180 million euros ($198 million)...Guilleux said Eutelsat is placing the first Quantum satellite at 12.5 degrees west, a geostationary position over the Atlantic Ocean with the ability to cover the Americas, Europe and Africa...SpaceX is under contract to launch the satellite in 2019.
Apparently now NET July 1?QuoteSpaceX manifest news today: Iridium launch from Vandenberg jumps from June 29 to June 25, IS-35e from Cape NET July 1, then SES-11 late Julyhttps://twitter.com/stephenclark1/status/867821279071666178
SpaceX manifest news today: Iridium launch from Vandenberg jumps from June 29 to June 25, IS-35e from Cape NET July 1, then SES-11 late July
Bah, sorry everyone I spoke too soon:Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 05/25/2017 07:39 pmApparently now NET July 1?QuoteSpaceX manifest news today: Iridium launch from Vandenberg jumps from June 29 to June 25, IS-35e from Cape NET July 1, then SES-11 late Julyhttps://twitter.com/stephenclark1/status/867821279071666178
Unless there is a "Business Select" line that boards early for rides on "flight proven" used first stages....
Industry sources previously said BulgariaSat 1 recently moved ahead of other payloads in the Falcon 9 manifest, perhaps in exchange for an agreement to launch on a reused booster.
[SpaceNews] Eutelsat adding two more Quantum satellites to fleetQuoteParis-based Eutelsat has one Quantum satellite under construction from Airbus Defence and Space UK, purchased in 2015 for 180 million euros ($198 million)...Guilleux said Eutelsat is placing the first Quantum satellite at 12.5 degrees west, a geostationary position over the Atlantic Ocean with the ability to cover the Americas, Europe and Africa...SpaceX is under contract to launch the satellite in 2019.
Eutelsat signed a contract with SpaceX last year for a Falcon 9 launch of Quantum or another Eutelsat satellite. Eutelsat spokeswoman Vanessa O’Connor said May 24 that Eutelsat has not announced the launch provider for Quantum, which Guilleux said will launch in 2019.