The Government Accountability Office, a watchdog agency, reported earlier this year that the Landsat 9 project was “experiencing ongoing delays in spacecraft electronics fabrication, flight software, and simulators that affect system integration.”
“The project has met with contractor management to discuss its performance, including concerns about the number and experience of staff available to complete remaining work,” the GAO said.The GAO’s report also identified scheduling conflicts with other spacecraft under construction at Northrop Grumman’s facility in Gilbert, Arizona. Northrop Grumman allotted test equipment to another mission, which “compounded” delays with Landsat 9, officials wrote in the report.
Also, re: earlier delays:Coronavirus delays push back launch of next Landsat to September 2021, SFN, September 7, 2020QuoteThe Government Accountability Office, a watchdog agency, reported earlier this year that the Landsat 9 project was “experiencing ongoing delays in spacecraft electronics fabrication, flight software, and simulators that affect system integration.”Landsat 9 officials attribute these delays to Northrop Grumman.Quote“The project has met with contractor management to discuss its performance, including concerns about the number and experience of staff available to complete remaining work,” the GAO said.The GAO’s report also identified scheduling conflicts with other spacecraft under construction at Northrop Grumman’s facility in Gilbert, Arizona. Northrop Grumman allotted test equipment to another mission, which “compounded” delays with Landsat 9, officials wrote in the report.Does anyone know/can anyone say what other spacecraft were involved in these scheduling conflicts?
DIU is helping to fund Cesium Mission 1. As part of that mission, two six-unit cubesats are scheduled to travel to low Earth orbit in September as secondary payloads on the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket transporting the NASA-U.S. Geological Survey Landsat 9 Earth-observation satellite.
Volga-Dnepr has a flight scheduled to carry an Atlas V booster to Vandenberg soon, might be the booster for this flight.
Quote from: gongora on 06/24/2021 07:24 pmVolga-Dnepr has a flight scheduled to carry an Atlas V booster to Vandenberg soon, might be the booster for this flight.The booster is expected to arrive around 28 June 2021. And should be tail number AV-092. The Centaur and fairing are already at VSFB.
Quote from: gongora on 06/24/2021 07:24 pmVolga-Dnepr has a flight scheduled to carry an Atlas V booster to Vandenberg soon, might be the booster for this flight.The booster is expected to arrive around 28 June 2021. And should be tail number AV-092. The Centaur and fairing are already at VSFB.The ESPA ring arrived in mid-June.
Quote from: mmonty on 06/24/2021 07:29 pmQuote from: gongora on 06/24/2021 07:24 pmVolga-Dnepr has a flight scheduled to carry an Atlas V booster to Vandenberg soon, might be the booster for this flight.The booster is expected to arrive around 28 June 2021. And should be tail number AV-092. The Centaur and fairing are already at VSFB.The ESPA ring arrived in mid-June.Do you know what version of the RL10 engine will be used on Centaur?
Would this be the flight with that transports the rocket to Vandenberg? https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ra-82043#2837fd10
