Jul 01, 2019 16:56Launch window updateThe launch window on July 17 will open at 7:16 a.m. EDT (1116 UTC) and extend to 9:16 a.m. EDT (1316 UTC),a duration of 120 minutes.
"We are very honoured by the trust ArianeGroup has placed in us," said Robert Boehme, CEO and founder of PTScientists. "For PTScientists, this is an important milestone in the development of our young company. Together, we will create a 100% European offering to provide cost-effective access to the Moon." added Boehme. PTScientists will provide the autonomous landing and navigation module ALINA, a spacecraft with a payload capacity of up to 300kg, while ArianeGroup will contribute its new high-performance launch vehicle Ariane 64 and its many years of expertise in the field of propulsion systems....About PTScientistsPTScientists is a Berlin-based New Space company. The lunar module ALINA and the lunar rover Audi lunar quattro, developed by PTScientists, are set to launch to the Moon for the first time in 2021. For this first mission, the "Mission to the Moon", PTScientists is cooperating with a number of industrial partners such as Audi and Vodafone as well as space organisations such as the German Aerospace Center DLR and the European Space Agency ESA. PTScientists currently employs more than 70 people in Berlin, Salzburg (AT) and Houston (USA).
<snip>Launch is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2019.Perhaps this launch is taking a hypothetical launch slot from NROL-111? That launch has been delayed from the end of 2019 to TBD.
<snip>Launch is delayed from late 2019 to TBD.Perhaps 2020?
Peter B. de Selding @pbdesSpace Norway contracts w/ @Inmarsat to launch 2 @northropgrumman-built triple-band satellites to HEO orbit on a @SpaceX Falcon 9 in 2022; @usairforce to provide EHF payload; Inmarsat will use Ka-band & Space Norway X-band for Arctic coverage.
WASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman will build two satellites for Space Norway, each equipped with payloads for Inmarsat, the Norwegian Ministry of Defense, and the U.S. Air Force. Space Norway announced the purchase July 3, having downselected between Northrop Grumman and an unnamed, competing U.S. satellite manufacturer. SpaceX will launch both satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket in late 2022, Space Norway said. The satellites form the core of the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission — a two-satellite system designed to operate in highly elliptical orbits so they can enable broadband connectivity at latitudes beyond where geostationary satellites can reach. Whereas geostationary satellites provide coverage from over the equator, the ASBM satellites will use their unique orbits to cover the Arctic Circle, specifically 65-degrees north and above.
One of the Air Force missions, designated AFSPC-44, is next in line to fly on a Falcon Heavy rocket. The AFSPC-44 mission is scheduled for launch in the fall of 2020, according to Col. Robert Bongiovi, director of the launch enterprise systems directorate at the Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center....After the AFSPC-44 launch, the Air Force plans another Falcon Heavy mission with SpaceX in the spring 0f 2021, Bongiovi said. That launch, designated AFSPC-52, was previously planned to lift off by September 2020, but in a briefing with reporters earlier this month, Bongiovi twice said the AFSPC-44 mission is the Air Force’s next Falcon Heavy mission....Viasat has booked firm launch contracts with SpaceX, United Launch Alliance and Arianespace to carry one ViaSat 3 satellite at a time toward their operating positions in geostationary orbit beginning in 2021. But the California-based broadband company has not announced the order of the ViaSat 3 launches, or which rocket will launch each satellite....Inmarsat, which owns a network of satellites for maritime and aeronautical communications, has not executed the Falcon Heavy contract option. Inmarsat’s CEO said in March that one of the company’s future satellites — the Airbus-made Inmarsat 6B spacecraft scheduled for launch in late 2021 — might be a candidate to fill the company’s Falcon Heavy contract option, according to Space News....Contingent on final financing, the Ovzon 3 satellite will be built by Maxar’s SSL division and is expected to weigh less than a ton at launch. The relatively light weight of the Ovzon 3 spacecraft suggests it may not be dedicated launch, and could fly with another payload on the Falcon Heavy.
Scr00chy points out that the late September Falcon 9 launch could instead be a Starlink launch.
SKY Perfect JSAT plans to launch of JCSAT-18 in the second half of the financial year 2019.This period starts at SKY Perfect JSAT on October 1st.
Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 06/26/2019 10:34 pmScr00chy points out that the late September Falcon 9 launch could instead be a Starlink launch.Confirmed by process of elimination? Kacific-1/JCSat-18 launch NET October 1, 2019; NLT March 31, 2020:Quote from: GWR64 on 07/06/2019 08:35 amSKY Perfect JSAT plans to launch of JCSAT-18 in the second half of the financial year 2019.This period starts at SKY Perfect JSAT on October 1st.
Launch Date (Japan Time)To be launched in 2019
Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 07/06/2019 11:57 pmQuote from: zubenelgenubi on 06/26/2019 10:34 pmScr00chy points out that the late September Falcon 9 launch could instead be a Starlink launch.Confirmed by process of elimination? Kacific-1/JCSat-18 launch NET October 1, 2019; NLT March 31, 2020:Quote from: GWR64 on 07/06/2019 08:35 amSKY Perfect JSAT plans to launch of JCSAT-18 in the second half of the financial year 2019.This period starts at SKY Perfect JSAT on October 1st.Skyrocket has JCSAT firmly in Q4. Reminder that post says that it is FY19 not everyday calendar.
2019 F9 . S Starlink v1 Flight 1 LEO ~14k C-40 2019 F9 . S Starlink v1 Flight 2 LEO . C-40 .2019 F9 . S Starlink v1 Flight 3 LEO . C-40 .2020 F9 . . Starlink Deployment (up to 12) LEO . C .2021+ . . . Starlink Deployment (many) LEO . C/V .
July 08, 2019 CONTRACT RELEASE C19-018NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Groundbreaking Astrophysics Mission...The IXPE mission currently is targeted to launch in April 2021 on a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A in Florida. IXPE will fly three space telescopes with sensitive detectors capable of measuring the polarization of cosmic X-rays, allowing scientists to answer fundamental questions about these turbulent environments where gravitational, electric and magnetic fields are at their limits.
Delfi‑PQ is expected to be launched in 2019 on the Vector‑R maiden flight. After its launch we expect to launch its successor within a year.
Alba Orbital @AlbaOrbitalExcited to get closer to flight with @vectorspacesys Orbital Flight 1. Hoping to fly by the end of this year #unicorn2a #delfipq @DelfiSpace
Delayed to NET 8 August 2019."(Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., July 11, 2019) The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the AEHF-5 mission for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center is delayed, due to an anomaly during component testing at a supplier which has created a cross-over concern. Additional time is needed for the team to review the component anomaly and determine if any corrective action is required to the launch vehicle. Launch of the AEHF-5 mission is now targeted for no earlier than Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019."
