Quote from: DanClemmensen on 10/04/2022 07:09 pmFrom another thread:Quote from: DanClemmensen on 10/04/2022 07:02 pmQuote from: Alexphysics on 10/04/2022 06:31 pmAt the risk of repeating a movie line... it's not entirely true. I'm still hearing a 5th crew capsule is under construction at Hawthorne. Whether they decide to move ahead with full build of it could be different of course but I suspect they'd like to have an extra one around that is just not long from finished so they can put it in the fleet in a "just in case" scenario. We'll see though, not the same certification requirements for crew or cargo so re-certification may be harder past 5 flights for crew capsules than cargo. All of this is of course not really related to Crew-5...Sorry about the off-topic. Replying at https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=52191.0I have exact;y zero inside information. The latest I know of is: https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/exclusive-spacex-ending-production-flagship-crew-capsule-executive-2022-03-28/The capsule under construction, C211(?), appears to be a Cargo Dragon.Yes there's also another cargo dragon under construction, the 3rd in the fleet.
From another thread:Quote from: DanClemmensen on 10/04/2022 07:02 pmQuote from: Alexphysics on 10/04/2022 06:31 pmAt the risk of repeating a movie line... it's not entirely true. I'm still hearing a 5th crew capsule is under construction at Hawthorne. Whether they decide to move ahead with full build of it could be different of course but I suspect they'd like to have an extra one around that is just not long from finished so they can put it in the fleet in a "just in case" scenario. We'll see though, not the same certification requirements for crew or cargo so re-certification may be harder past 5 flights for crew capsules than cargo. All of this is of course not really related to Crew-5...Sorry about the off-topic. Replying at https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=52191.0I have exact;y zero inside information. The latest I know of is: https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/exclusive-spacex-ending-production-flagship-crew-capsule-executive-2022-03-28/The capsule under construction, C211(?), appears to be a Cargo Dragon.
Quote from: Alexphysics on 10/04/2022 06:31 pmAt the risk of repeating a movie line... it's not entirely true. I'm still hearing a 5th crew capsule is under construction at Hawthorne. Whether they decide to move ahead with full build of it could be different of course but I suspect they'd like to have an extra one around that is just not long from finished so they can put it in the fleet in a "just in case" scenario. We'll see though, not the same certification requirements for crew or cargo so re-certification may be harder past 5 flights for crew capsules than cargo. All of this is of course not really related to Crew-5...Sorry about the off-topic. Replying at https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=52191.0
At the risk of repeating a movie line... it's not entirely true. I'm still hearing a 5th crew capsule is under construction at Hawthorne. Whether they decide to move ahead with full build of it could be different of course but I suspect they'd like to have an extra one around that is just not long from finished so they can put it in the fleet in a "just in case" scenario. We'll see though, not the same certification requirements for crew or cargo so re-certification may be harder past 5 flights for crew capsules than cargo. All of this is of course not really related to Crew-5...
Some context for the manifest thread: SpaceX has four Crew Dragons, rated for a service life of five missions each, for a total of 20 missions. Crew-5 will be the eighth mission. Leaving 12 available. But the current manifest has at least 14 additional missions already: Crew-6 through 14, Axiom-2 through 4, and two Polaris missions.This implies that SpaceX must either build another Crew Dragon or get certified for more than 5 missions per capsule.
Quote from: DanClemmensen on 10/04/2022 07:59 pmSome context for the manifest thread: SpaceX has four Crew Dragons, rated for a service life of five missions each, for a total of 20 missions. Crew-5 will be the eighth mission. Leaving 12 available. But the current manifest has at least 14 additional missions already: Crew-6 through 14, Axiom-2 through 4, and two Polaris missions.This implies that SpaceX must either build another Crew Dragon or get certified for more than 5 missions per capsule.Is that certification just a NASA thing for NASA flights? In other words: At least the Polaris and possibly the Axiom flights are not affected?
Quote from: jpo234 on 10/04/2022 08:23 pmQuote from: DanClemmensen on 10/04/2022 07:59 pmSome context for the manifest thread: SpaceX has four Crew Dragons, rated for a service life of five missions each, for a total of 20 missions. Crew-5 will be the eighth mission. Leaving 12 available. But the current manifest has at least 14 additional missions already: Crew-6 through 14, Axiom-2 through 4, and two Polaris missions.This implies that SpaceX must either build another Crew Dragon or get certified for more than 5 missions per capsule.Is that certification just a NASA thing for NASA flights? In other words: At least the Polaris and possibly the Axiom flights are not affected?True, but those flights still count against the totals for NASA...
Quote from: r8ix on 10/04/2022 08:31 pmTrue, but those flights still count against the totals for NASA...Obviously the non-NASA flights would have to be number 6+.
True, but those flights still count against the totals for NASA...
3 Launching three days in a row! (we hope) "Firing on all cylinders" Wow!edit: Jinxed it!QuoteIf launch of Crew-5 stays on track for October 5, we will stand down from tomorrow's launch attempt of the Starlink mission— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 3, 2022https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1577072088241737733
If launch of Crew-5 stays on track for October 5, we will stand down from tomorrow's launch attempt of the Starlink mission— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 3, 2022https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1577072088241737733
Tom Ochinero, SpaceX’s vice president of commercial sales, said last month the company plans six Falcon Heavy missions over the next 12 months, among a busy schedule of Falcon 9 missions flying at an average rate of more than once per week. [USSF-44 is the first of six.]<snip>Viasat said last week that its first of three Viasat 3-series internet broadband satellites, booked to launch on a Falcon Heavy toward geosynchronous orbit, is scheduled to lift off before the end of the year. But industry sources said the first Viasat 3 launch, already delayed by supply chain issues that affected satellite and payload manufacturing, could delay into early 2023.<snip>The Space Force said its USSF-67 mission, which the military says will launch into geosynchronous orbit like USSF-44, is currently scheduled for January.<snip>Another Space Force satellite delivery mission booked on a Falcon Heavy, codenamed USSF-52, is now planned to launch in the second quarter of 2023 — between April 1 and June 30.<snip>The other Falcon Heavy missions slated for launch in the next 12 months include the heavyweight Jupiter 3 commercial broadband satellite for EchoStar and Hughes Network Systems later in 2023.[Psyche pending July 2023]<snip>SpaceX now has a backlog of up to 13 Falcon Heavy rocket missions.<snip>
Unless I’ve counted wrong, this next launch should tie SpaceX with ULA at 154 consecutive successes.
Quote from: ZachF on 10/07/2022 03:17 pmUnless I’ve counted wrong, this next launch should tie SpaceX with ULA at 154 consecutive successes.They're at 154 already by my count.
Quote from: scr00chy on 10/07/2022 03:22 pmQuote from: ZachF on 10/07/2022 03:17 pmUnless I’ve counted wrong, this next launch should tie SpaceX with ULA at 154 consecutive successes.They're at 154 already by my count.Are you counting IFA?
So this is what an expendable F9 FCC permit looks like now (it's been so long). One of several expendable launches coming up.1708-EX-ST-2022 QuoteSpaceX Mission 1802 from LC-40 at CCAFS or LC-39A at KSC, and the experimental recovery operation following the Falcon 9 launch...The first stage booster is expendable...North 27 54 50 West 71 48 9 Boat NET mid-November
SpaceX Mission 1802 from LC-40 at CCAFS or LC-39A at KSC, and the experimental recovery operation following the Falcon 9 launch...The first stage booster is expendable...North 27 54 50 West 71 48 9 Boat
The first stage booster is expendable with a soft water landing."
Curiously, it says specifically:QuoteThe first stage booster is expendable with a soft water landing."
Quote from: lenny97 on 10/08/2022 03:00 pmCuriously, it says specifically:QuoteThe first stage booster is expendable with a soft water landing."The FH permit says that too for the center core