Iridium Satellite LLC (“Iridium”) seeks an experimental license to transmit in the 1618.725-1626.5 MHz band from its space stations to the QAC-1 Flock mission (“QAC-1”), consisting of four 6P PocketQube spacecraft operated by QUUB Inc., which will be launched on the SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-11 Mission, from Cape Canaveral FL, no earlier than July 1, 2024.[...]
Quote from: gongora on 02/16/2024 04:34 pm0231-EX-CN-2024Kaladin, 3U, Array LabsSame company made another (also quite incomplete) filing today for a pair of 1.5U sats. Both of these filings mention testing a coating to increase drag for faster deorbit (which is kind of an odd thing to use). An earlier post on their website mentioned testing a coating to protect from atomic oxygen and possibly induce lift. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯0232-EX-CN-2024Rock & Lopen, 2x 1.5U, Array Labs
0231-EX-CN-2024Kaladin, 3U, Array Labs
It is expected that the Array Labs satellites, which will be powered on batteries with no solar or other recharging capability, will operate for only about two weeks. To cover the possibility of unanticipated delays, however, Iridium requests that its license cover a period of 24 months beginning July 1, 2024. And to satisfy the requirements of the launch integrators, Iridium requests that its license grant be issued by June 15, 2024.As stated in Array Labs’ companion application,2 the Rock & Lopen satellites are identical except for a proprietary coating on the Lopen spacecraft. The goal of the mission is to determine if the coating will affect drag.
Our US and European teams met up at our Berlin headquarters to spend valuable time together in-person, and make sure we’re fully prepared for our 3 simultaneous launch campaigns with different vehicles and launch sites!1️⃣ Our first launch with @NASA in cooperation with @NanoAvionics, launching on @RocketLab's Electron this week from NZ 🇳🇿2️⃣ Our biggest launch to date, the Transporter-11 mission, launching on @SpaceX’s Falcon 9 from the US 🇺🇸3️⃣ Our first launch with @Arianespace, with satellites for NASA, EU universities, and commercial companies, launching on Ariane 6 from French Guiana 🇫🇷❤️ Thanks to our talented team at Exolaunch, as well as our launch partners and customers, we’re ready for this busy upcoming launch season!
Planet Labs PBC (Planet), pursuant to Section 25.120 of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s or Commission’s) rules, 47 C.F.R. § 25.120(b)(2), hereby requests Special Temporary Authority (STA) for a period of 180 days starting July 1, 2024 to add the Tanager satellites (S3152)1 as a Point of Communication at the Maddock, ND earth station (E150004).An STA is necessary because Planet had expected to have a ground network comprised of four stations at the time of the first Tanager launch. Instead, because of unexpected international licensing delays, at the time of this application, Planet anticipates that it will only have access to two ground station sites for communication with Tanager at time of launch. As a result, Planet will have fewer contacts than projected and less total communications time with the Tanager satellite, particularly in the time immediately after launch during the commissioning stage.For example, assuming there are only two operating earth stations at the outset, Planet anticipates that there will be a series of successive orbits in which Planet has no communications with the first Tanager satellite. Adding communications with Tanager at Maddock will help Planet maintain contact with the satellite during the critical commissioning period and while conducting initial calibration activities, and help to ensure safe operations.
The South Australian Space Mission satellite Kanyini has been carefully packaged and shipped off to Vandenberg Space Force Base (SFB), California USA!
RocketStar’s current thruster is now available for delivery to customers. It’s called the M1.5 and will be demonstrated in space as a hosted payload on D-Orbit’s proprietary OTV ION Satellite Carrier which will go on two SpaceX Transporter missions scheduled for July and October of this year.
The FireStar™ Fusion Drive takes our base water-fueled pulsed plasma thruster to new heights by harnessing the power of aneutronic nuclear fusion. By introducing boron into the thruster's exhaust, high-speed protons generated from ionized water vapor collide with boron nuclei, triggering a fusion reaction that significantly boosts the thruster's performance. This fusion process, like an afterburner in a jet engine, transforms boron into high-energy carbon, which rapidly decays into three alpha particles. The result? A remarkable 50% improvement in thrust compared to our FireStar™ Foundation thruster.
4 more of our customer satellites are on their way to the launch site for integration before the upcoming SpaceX Transporter-11 mission. They include 2 hyperspectral, one RGB, and one communication satellites:🛰️ The 6U Lemu Nge satellite (or "Forest Eye," in the Mapudungun language) will produce hyperspectral images with a ground sampling distance of less than 5 meters. @LemuEarth will use its data to study the world's surface biodiversity, evaluate forest health, and provide crucial data to plan and evaluate conservation efforts.🛰️ The 6U HYSPO-2 satellite will deliver up to 10x more hyperspectral data to observe water quality and ocean health globally compared to its still operational predecessor, which we launched for @NTNU over two years ago in January 2022.🛰️🛰️ The two 3U satellites, equipped with an RGB imager and a software-defined radio (SDR), are set to perform in-orbit demonstrations for our undisclosed customers.
Through a public tender, we were awarded a launch & deployment services agreement for the EagleEye satellite – Poland's largest-ever satellite & a leap forward in the nation's space journey. EagleEye is set to elevate Poland's space presence with its advanced capabilities.EagleEye is slated to launch on @SpaceX’s upcoming Transporter-11 mission and will safely deploy into SSO using our CarboNIX separation ring.
Another monolith payload will be part of a NASA Small Satellite Technology Program mission awaiting launch on the SpaceX Transporter 11 rideshare planned for July. Bahney said the mission is called Pathfinder Test Demonstrator-R, built on a Terran Orbital bus.
Livermore Lab to provide optical payload for U.S. Space Force missionQuoteAnother monolith payload will be part of a NASA Small Satellite Technology Program mission awaiting launch on the SpaceX Transporter 11 rideshare planned for July. Bahney said the mission is called Pathfinder Test Demonstrator-R, built on a Terran Orbital bus.
Cluster 10 Launch Plans:We are excited to announce that Cluster 10 is scheduled to be part of SpaceX’s Transporter 11 mission, launching from Vandenberg AFB in California. Launch expected sometime this summer, marking another step forward in our advancing technologies.Cluster 11's Journey:Cluster 11 is expected to launch by the end of 2024. These satellites are slated for SpaceX’s Bandwagon 2 rideshare mission. This launch will further expand our capabilities in space.Block III Lite Satellite Debut:In a significant development, our first Block III Lite satellite, serving as a test model for our next-generation technology, is slated for no sooner than Q4 2024 on SpaceX’s Transporter 12 mission.
0379-EX-ST-2024ThinkOrbital Flight 2QuoteThinkOrbital Flight-2 is an experimental, short duration mission (appx. 12 hours) to demonstrate electron beam welding and other functionality in space. The actual operations takes approximately 1 hour with approximately 11 hours of data downlink using the Iridium satellite system.QuoteThe Electron Beam Multi-Function Test Flight-2 consists of a single, 45 kg, R2D2-sized cylinder with a 510 km orbit at 97.4 Deg Orbital inclination. ThinkOrbital Flight-2 will de-orbit passively, with an expected lifetime of 9.4 years
ThinkOrbital Flight-2 is an experimental, short duration mission (appx. 12 hours) to demonstrate electron beam welding and other functionality in space. The actual operations takes approximately 1 hour with approximately 11 hours of data downlink using the Iridium satellite system.
The Electron Beam Multi-Function Test Flight-2 consists of a single, 45 kg, R2D2-sized cylinder with a 510 km orbit at 97.4 Deg Orbital inclination. ThinkOrbital Flight-2 will de-orbit passively, with an expected lifetime of 9.4 years
Sateliot’s four 6U satellites, named Sateliot_1, Sateliot_2, Sateliot_3, and Sateliot_4, are manifested via Exolaunch on the Transporter-11 Rideshare mission with SpaceX
QuoteCongrats to SEOPS Team for recently being selected under the Streamlined CubeSat Launch Services of NASA's VADR (Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare) launch services contract. SEOPS is targeting launch of the CubeSats in June 2024 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.(if someone gets bored they can try to find more info on this...)
Congrats to SEOPS Team for recently being selected under the Streamlined CubeSat Launch Services of NASA's VADR (Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare) launch services contract. SEOPS is targeting launch of the CubeSats in June 2024 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
SEOPS was able to accommodate this last-minute 6U spacecraft to its manifest during the upcoming Transporter-11 Rideshare mission with SpaceX, which is targeted to launch this summer.
?WREN (6U, C3S, Hungary)
Could be the WREN (Water Resources in Efficient Networks) satellite
The spacecraft, built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), will launch onboard the SpaceX Transporter-11 Rideshare mission from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in the US.Tyche is a 150 kg research and development (R&D) concept demonstrator spacecraft, based on the company's Carbonite family of electro-optical (EO) satellites, which was initially scheduled to launch in 2023.
