Author Topic: SpaceX F9 : Transporter-7 Rideshare : VSFB SLC-4E : 15 April 2023 (06:48 UTC)  (Read 82662 times)

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AAC Clyde Space has shipped their new build, Wyvern-1, to this launch as per their press release to their stockholders.
https://investor.aac-clyde.space/se/pressmeddelanden/aac-clyde-space-continues-its-transformation-shipping-first--102507

Is the sat actually named Wyvern-1?

Yes. As Wyvern signed up for Data-as-a-service with AAC Cyde Space on dedicated smallsats the satellites were named after the the customer. There will be three in total going up this year. Wyvern-1 will be on the Transporter 7 launch and the indications are that Wyvern-2 and Wyvern-3 will go up in Q3.

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GHGSat to Launch 6 New High-Resolution Emission Monitoring Satellites in 2023
PRESS RELEASE  FEB 22, 2023

MONTREAL, February 22, 2023 (Newswire.com) - GHGSat, the global leader in high-resolution emissions monitoring from space, today confirms the upcoming launches of six additional satellites in 2023. The first three are GHGSat satellites, named Mey-Lin (C6), Gaspard (C7) and Océane (C8), which will travel into orbit this Spring onboard SpaceX's Transporter-7 rideshare mission.

GHGSat's satellite methane sensors have set the standard for performance with an industry-leading combination of low detection threshold and high resolution. The timely and frequent insight the monitoring constellation provides is used by industry, governments and financial services worldwide to proactively drive reductions in emissions.

The demand for data is increasing as awareness of the benefits of addressing methane emissions continues to grow, and nations turn their focus to meeting the commitments made as part of the Global Methane Pledge. With 12 spacecraft in orbit by the end of the year, GHGSat will be doubling its capacity to make more than 1.5M facility measurements in 2023.

Named after the children of GHGSat team members, as per company tradition, Mey-Lin, Gaspard, and Océane completed testing in December and will travel to their launch site in California later this month.  All three proprietary payloads feature the same proven, patented high-resolution interferometer currently in orbit, tuned to precisely detect and measure the specific 'signature' of methane in the atmosphere.

Stephane Germain, CEO at GHGSat, said, "Every year since our demonstrator satellite Claire was launched in 2016, we've pushed the boundaries of emissions monitoring from space. We are driven by our ambition to fight climate change by continuing our role as an independent purveyor of the best methane emissions insight in the world, and as a trusted partner to industry, government and financial services customers."

"The new satellites mean we can dramatically ramp up the number of locations and emissions we can monitor worldwide, including increasing daily monitoring over key oil and gas production sites."

GHGSat-C9, C10, and C11 are hosted payloads currently in the final stages of assembly and testing, and will soon be shipped for integration with third-party satellites as announced on September 15 of last year. GHGSat-C10 is the world's first commercial CO2-hosted payload, reaffirming GHGSat's leadership position in the monitoring of greenhouse gases at industrial facilities from space.

An announcement regarding launch dates will follow in due course.

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FACSAT-2 (6U)

https://www.elnuevosiglo.com.co/articulos/02-23-2023-fuerza-aerea-pondra-en-orbita-el-segundo-satelite-colombiano
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Between April 2 and 4, the countdown begins for the takeoff of the Falcon 9 rocket, from the Vandenberg Air Base of the SpaceX company, in California, United States, which carries inside the second satellite that Colombia will launch. orbit.

The Colombian Air Force is leading this project ...

SpaceX calls the mission 'Transporter 7' and consists of a shared flight to position fifty small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government clients in a sun-synchronous orbit (SSO). One of those space artifacts is the FACSAT-2 “Chibiriquete”, as the Air Force called it.
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FACSAT-2 “Chibiriquete” is twice as large as its predecessor (FACSAT-1) –which has been in orbit for 4 years and 3 months– and has a greater payload capacity; With this, it will carry a spectrometer that will allow the monitoring of greenhouse gases, thanks to a strategic agreement with Ecopetrol.
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The images emitted by the satellite will be more precise thanks to the resolution of its camera, 5 meters per pixel, which will allow it to be used in cartography, topography and strategic intelligence applications.
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Pre-launch logistics were agreed with the German company Exolaunch

https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/colombian-air-force-gomspace-facsat-2/
[Nov 2, 2020]
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T&TL into T-7, both RTLS, could be a very short SLC-4E turnaround

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NextSpaceFlight, updated March 6:
Launch NET April 2 from Vandenberg SLC-4E.  First stage landing at LZ-4.
Also, recently, same source listed Vandenberg SLC-4E as launch site.  However, "This mission could also launch from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral SFS."

Edit: Reference to SLC-40 removed.
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NextSpaceFlight, updated March 6:
Launch NET April 2.
Also, recently, same source listed Vandenberg SLC-4E as launch site.  However, "This mission could also launch from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral SFS."

Oops forgot to remove that

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Both Starlink 2-8 and SDA T&TL launch from VSFB before this or only one?

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Hawkeye 360 Cluster 7 can be changed from possible to scheduled. Hawkeye met with the FCC multiple times through February pushing the FCC to partially grant its 2022 application. The latest meeting was on March 3rd.

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During the meeting, the parties discussed the status of the pending application, and HE360 requested
that the FCC expeditiously issue a partial grant with respect to its three Cluster 7 satellites. Those
satellites are scheduled to launch on April 1, 2023 and begin their integration process on March 6, 2023.

The FCC partially granted the license the same day.
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This grant is applicable to the satellites starting with “Cluster 7” of the HE360 constellation, and
does not address other requests for license modification that are specific to future deployments of “Cluster 8” and beyond.


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https://twitter.com/WeArePlanS/status/1633133947013013505
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We are very proud to introduce our third #nanosatellite Connecta T2.1! It is a 6U cubesat with high resolution earth observation and on-board processing payloads. Connecta T2.1 is ready for launch with @SpaceX  Transporter-7 mission in (NET) April 2023.
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Momentus (NASDAQ: MNTS) Vigoride-6 Spacecraft Arrives at SpaceX Launch Site

March 08, 2023 07:27 AM Eastern Standard Time
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) ("Momentus" or the "Company"), a U.S. commercial space company that offers transportation and other in-space infrastructure services, today announced that its Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle (OSV) arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base for its third demonstration mission targeted to launch on the SpaceX Transporter-7 mission next month.

The Momentus team completed final flight preparations, and the Vigoride-6 OSV is integrated with the Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The priorities of this mission include delivering payloads for NASA, as well as the REVELA payload for ARCA Dynamics, the VIREO CubeSat for C3S LLC., the DISCO-1 CubeSat for Aarhus University, and the IRIS-C payload for an Asian customer booked through ISILAUNCH.

"Vigoride-6 will mark our third OSV mission. Spaceflight heritage is an important competitive discriminator as customers seek reliability and flexibility," said Momentus Chief Executive Officer John Rood. "We're honored to serve NASA on this flight as we deliver two payloads for their NASA LLITED mission to a custom orbit and provide orbital transportation services for several commercial customers."

In addition to customer payload deployments, the Vigoride-6 mission will focus on continued testing of the OSV in space, including the Microwave Electrothermal Thruster (MET) that is designed to use water as a propellant and produce thrust by expelling extremely hot gases through a rocket nozzle. Vigoride-6 will also carry a Momentus payload called the Tape Spring Solar Array (TASSA) technology. TASSA features large sheets of flexible solar cells bonded to tape springs. To stow, they are tightly coiled around a mandrel. After launch, motors unroll the mandrel, deploying the solar array. TASSA can coil around a 4" diameter mandrel, compared to the 12" ones used for other rollout solar arrays.

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https://aircosmosinternational.com/article/a-university-nanosatellite-on-spacex-s-next-shared-mission-3679

InspireSat-7, 2U,  Latmos (Laboratoire Atmosphères, Observations Spatiales - Sorbonne University / UVSQ / CNRS)

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https://twitter.com/hawkeye360/status/1635632748529426432
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Our Cluster 7 next-generation satellites are now on their way to Vandenberg SFB where the @hawkeye360 space team will finish preparing them for launch. This cluster of satellites was built, tested, and shipped via our new Advanced Technology Center in Herndon. Well done team!

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NextSpaceflight (March 17)
NET April
Booster B1063-10
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6808
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This’ll also be the first Transporter mission to launch from Vandenberg.

The first six took off from Cape Canaveral using the polar orbit dogleg trajectory.
Liftoff for St. Jude's! Go Dragon, Go Falcon, Godspeed Inspiration4!

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SpaceflightNow (Updated March 21)
Launch NET April 9th

https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/
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Can confirm that D-Orbit is launching ION SCV-010 on this flight.


The carrier is already at the launch facility...
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https://twitter.com/exolaunch/status/1638873698726821889

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Exolaunch is ready to launch two dozen satellites from more than 20 international customers on our 7th #SatelliteRideshare launch with @SpaceX #Transporter7!

Read more: bit.ly/3ZeBa0W

#LaunchWithExolaunch #EXOpod #EXOpodNova #EXOport #Falcon9 #AccessToSpace #NewSpace

http://m.exolaunch.com/news-block-62.html

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Exolaunch is Ready to Launch Over 15 Customer Satellites on SpaceX's Transporter-7 Mission from Vandenberg

On its 7th Transporter mission with SpaceX, Exolaunch is conducting a launch campaign for over 15 satellites for long-standing customers Spire Global, NanoAvionics, Unseenlabs, GomSpace, EnduroSat and Plan-S

Exolaunch also welcomes many new customers, including Space Flight Laboratory on behalf of the Norwegian Space Agency, TÜBİTAK UZAY, Kenya Space Agency with SayariLabs and EnduroSat, ISILAUNCH on behalf of Orbital Solutions Monaco (OSM) and Laboratoire Athmosphères, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Stanford Student Space Initiative, Bronco Space, the Colombian Air Force and two additional undisclosed customers

New customers account for 50% of Exolaunch’s manifest on this flight

The company’s EXOpod Nova enhanced CubeSat separation system and the newly designed multi-satellite adapter EXOport ‘Europa’ will fly on Transporter-7

Exolaunch will cross the milestone of over 285 satellites launched for its global customers


Vandenberg, California, USA / Berlin, Germany — March 23, 2023 — For its seventh dedicated rideshare mission with SpaceX, Exolaunch, a global leader in small satellite launch services, mission management and deployment systems, performed the integration of over 15 satellites for customers around the globe. The SpaceX Transporter-7 mission is scheduled for launch to a Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) above 500 km from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California no earlier than April 2023. This mission features a substantially broadening customer base for Exolaunch and will bring the total number of satellites sent to space by the company to over 285.

This launch will see Exolaunch execute many newly awarded contracts, accounting for over 50% of all its customers on a manifest showcasing distinguished new clients. On this occasion, Exolaunch is honored to be entrusted with the satellites of the Norwegian Space Agency, the Colombian Air Force, and the Kenya Space Agency with SayariLabs and EnduroSat, as the governmental agencies ramp up their respective space capabilities. What’s more, Exolaunch will fly satellites for the acclaimed student-run organizations, Bronco Space at Cal Poly Pomona and the Stanford Student Space Initiative at Stanford University. These new additions are also joined by numerous well-established customers, including Space Flight Laboratory on behalf of the Norway Space Agency, TÜBİTAK UZAY, fellow launch service providers ISILAUNCH on behalf of Orbital Solutions Monaco (OSM) and the Laboratoire Atmosphères, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), as well as two additional undisclosed customers.

As with every flight, Exolaunch is very pleased to welcome returning customers, including its long-standing clients Spire Global, NanoAvionics, Unseenlabs, GomSpace, Plan-S and EnduroSat on behalf of Sateliot, all of which have previously launched with Exolaunch onboard past Transporter missions.

The extensive integration campaign for Transporter-7 has already been completed for all satellites flying with Exolaunch. After a successful CubeSat integration at the company’s new facilities in Berlin, the Exolaunch team finalized the integration of the remaining microsatellites with the Falcon 9 launch vehicle at the Vandenberg Space Force Base.

This is the seventh Transporter mission in a series of rideshare launches, which Exolaunch is manifesting on Falcon 9 under a Multi-Launch Agreement (MLA) with SpaceX that was first signed in 2020 and later extended to include new missions. For each Falcon 9 procured through the MLA, Exolaunch provides a turnkey solution encompassing industry-leading mission management & satellite integration services in addition to its flight-proven separation systems. Exolaunch has manifested on every Transporter mission since the program’s inception, deploying over 150 microsatellites and CubeSats through the dedicated rideshare program. Transporter-7 is the latest addition to Exolaunch’s streak of ever-more diverse manifests, strengthening its position as a trusted and reliable launch & deployment service provider.

To maximize payload capacity and cost-effectiveness for each customer, Exolaunch uses the EXOport, a flexible multi-satellite adapter tailored to optimally accommodate multiple microsats and CubeSats on a single Falcon 9 port.

Customer CubeSats will be launched using the flight-proven EXOpod Nova, the most recent addition to the EXOpod family of CubeSat deployment systems. First flown on Transporter-5 and Transporter-6, Nova enhances the EXOpod design with superior specifications. Nova increases the allowable satellite mass by up to 30% and the available side panel volume by a factor of 4 compared to traditional CubeSat deployment systems. It also enables CubeSat manufacturers to keep launch costs low while building larger, heavier, and more capable satellites. Nova has already become the deployer of choice for CubeSats, bringing the EXOpod family’s record to 186 satellites successfully deployed as of March 2023.

“As always, we are entirely focused on delivering a smooth launch experience for each and every customer. This time around, we were delighted with the opportunity to welcome both well-known and new faces in our brand-new integration facilities in Germany,” said Jeanne Allarie, VP Launch at Exolaunch. “The entire team is particularly proud of our work with SpaceX on the Transporter program and being able to offer access to space that is unrivalled in its regularity and cost-effectiveness!”

“The integration proceeded flawlessly for all customer satellites,” said Michael Tolstoj, Mission Director at Exolaunch. “Our team works hand in hand with our customers throughout stringent validation and testing processes, so it’s a great experience to take the final step together. It speaks volumes to the advantages of the Nova deployer that it was chosen to fly all the CubeSats manifested by our new customers. On the other hand, SpaceX has been a marvelous launch provider and an inestimable force to revolutionize access to space!”

This year promises to be Exolaunch’s busiest yet: With customers manifested aboard multiple launch vehicles and every SpaceX Transporter mission in 2023, the German launch service provider is poised to achieve the significant milestone of the 300th satellite launched into orbit.
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News from a couple of companies cited in Exolaunch's press release

NanoAvionics announced two cubesats on board for undisclosed customers:
https://twitter.com/NanoAvionics/status/1625508181307695104
https://twitter.com/NanoAvionics/status/1638190991256477696

Orbital Solutions Monaco will have onboard its RoseyCubesat-1 cubesat (through ISILAUNCH):
link  [Nov 20, 2022]
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Insertion Orbit LTAN 10:30am
Assuming 90 to 100 minutes initial orbital period, with a southerly launch, and the first ascending node crossing at ~10:30 am local time (time computed from the Sun's position on the sky) on the opposite side of the world from California,  after a fraction of slightly over one half of the first orbit completed:
10:30 am LTAN minus 45 to 50 minutes = ~9:40 am launch time in that same local time.

~9:40 am "opposite side of the world" local time = ~10:30 pm previous day Vandenberg local time.

Vandenberg local time + ~8 hours = UTC.  Local (Sun) Time does not go on or off Daylight Savings Time.

= ~05:40 UTC > round to ~05:30 UTC.

Have I made any obvious errors?
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IMECE, Turkey's first sub-meter resolution national observation satellite designed and produced from scratch, was sent to the USA on February 22 to be launched in April. The development was shared at the 4th Military Radar and Border Security Summit organized by MUSIAD Ankara.

https://uzay.tubitak.gov.tr/tr/uydu-uzay/imece
800kg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0MECE

 

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