HISDESAT SELECTS THE NORTH AMERICAN SPACEX FOR THE LAUNCH OF THE SPAINSAT NG SATELLITESNovember 7, 2022Hisdesat, the government satellite services company, has formalized an agreement with the North American company SpaceX to put into orbit the two SPAINSAT New Generation satellites (I and II). This is the new program developed by the Spanish company to improve secure communications and defense of the Spanish Government, allied countries and various international organizations.The agreement, which includes the use of two Falcon 9 launchers for the launch of the two satellites, comes to continuity the agreement that the two companies sealed in 2018 for the launch of the PAZ satellite.On this occasion, the launches will be made from either of the two complexes that SpaceX uses in Florida, Cape Canaveral or NASA's Kennedy Space Center.The SpainSat NG I and II will replace the current SpainSat and XTAR-EUR and will incorporate the latest technological advances in communications to reinforce their capabilities, levels of security and resilience.The first of the devices, the SpainSat NG I, will be launched into orbit in 2024, while the SpainSat NG II will be launched in 2025. They will have a useful life of about 15 years, which will be at full capacity until the threshold of 2040.[...](Google Translate from Spanish)
QuoteSpainsat NG I is now fully completed in Toulouse, on the verge of completing the last stage of testing prior to its launch, which is scheduled for the end of November. As for NG II, it will leave Tres Cantos in a special convoy by road in the last days of May for the French city to complete the work and carry out the final tests. It is scheduled to be launched into orbit "in June 2025", the Secretary of State for Defence said.https://www.atalayar.com/en/articulo/new-technologies-innovation/hisdesat-and-defence-unveil-the-spanish-military-satellite-that-holds-the-most-secrets/20240422122509199207.html
Spainsat NG I is now fully completed in Toulouse, on the verge of completing the last stage of testing prior to its launch, which is scheduled for the end of November. As for NG II, it will leave Tres Cantos in a special convoy by road in the last days of May for the French city to complete the work and carry out the final tests. It is scheduled to be launched into orbit "in June 2025", the Secretary of State for Defence said.
The Communications Module of SpainSat NG-II satellite has been sent from Madrid to Toulouse! Culmination of over two years of intense activities in our clean rooms of Madrid with the AIT of the UHF and Ka-band payloads onboard two SPAINSAT NG satellites owned by Hisdesat
Per https://www.msn.com/es-es/noticias/internacional/cuenta-atr%C3%A1s-para-la-puesta-en-%C3%B3rbita-del-spainsat-el-innovador-sat%C3%A9lite-militar-espa%C3%B1ol/ar-AA1uEEbJ the launch is now planned for NET late January-early February 2025, with Spainsat-NG II launching in September 2025.
Spainsat NG on its way to Cape Canaveral01.09.2025[...]Regarding Spainsat NG 2, he confirmed that on the same day that the first one flies to Cape Canaveral, thermal vacuum tests are scheduled to begin there. Its launch, also using a Falcon 9, will be in September or October 2025.
The twin satellite SpainSat NG-II, which is currently under construction and testing at Airbus Defence and Space facilities, will be completed at the end of 2025.
The second satellite is projected to launch in September 2025.
Thus, as Spain prepares for the imminent launch of SpainSat NG II, scheduled for the end of 2025, a future is in sight in which the secure communications network will expand and consolidate, responding to the growing demands of a constantly changing geopolitical environment.
SpainSat's successor is the SpainSat NG Programme, whose first satellite, SpainSat NG I, was launched on 29 January. Its twin, SpainSat NG II, will be launched into orbit this autumn. This new generation of satellites will modernise and provide continuity and secure communications, incorporating technological innovations such as in-orbit reconfigurable active antennas, unique in Europe, and increased protection against cyber threats.
Given the booster was expended for the first Spainsat-NG mission, it’s likely another booster will be expended for the second satellite launch.That is unless SpaceX comes up with a way to get Spainsat-NG 2 to a favorable GTO while recovering the booster.
Miguel Ángel García Primo, CEO of Hisdesat, has announced that the new Spainsat Next Generation 2 satellite will be launched into space next October. He made this announcement during his speech at Wake Up, Spain!, the economic forum organized annually by EL ESPAÑOL, Invertia, and Disruptores, which is being held this week in Madrid. "We launched the Spainsat Next Generation 1 on January 30th and we are preparing to launch the Spainsat NG-2 in October," he stated, adding that these two satellites "are going to be the most advanced in Europe in secure communications."
At the end of July, the satellite will enter its anechoic chamber testing phase , essential to ensure secure communications function properly before launch.
A Falcon 9 will launch the Spainsat NG-II communications satellite on October 22.
A Falcon 9 will launch the Spainsat NG-II communications satellite from pad 40 on October 22.
Lukas C. H.@GewoonLukas_Hisdesat's SpainSat-NG II satellite is currently on it's way to Florida, and set to arrive on September 30th! The satellite will launch on a Falcon 9 NET October 22nd. For the launch of SpainSat-NG I the booster was expended, so this likely will be an expendable launch as well.
The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on October 7 at 12:10-4:10 a.m. EDT. A Falcon 9 will launch an Amazon Kuiper internet satellite batch from pad 40 on October 9 at 9:34 p.m. EDT. Upcoming launches include more Starlink batches. A Falcon 9 will launch the Spainsat NG-II communications satellite from pad 40 on October 22, in the evening EDT. A Falcon 9 will launch the Bandwagon-4 rideshare mission from pad 40 on early November. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch.
The secure communications satellite SpainSat NG II will be launched on October 23 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base (Florida) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.The approximate time will be 01:30 UTC (9:30 p.m. in the United States and 3:30 a.m. on the 23rd in Spain), according to Hisdesat.
SpainSat NG II MissionSpaceX is targeting Wednesday, October 22 for Falcon 9’s launch of the SpainSat NG II mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The four-hour window opens at 9:30 p.m. ET. If needed, a backup opportunity is available on Thursday, October 23 at the same time.A live webcast of this mission will begin about 15 minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the X TV app.Due to the additional performance required to deliver this payload to orbit, this will be the 22nd and final flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched CRS-26, OneWeb Launch 16, Intelsat IS-40e, SES O3b mPOWER-C, Ovzon-3, Eutelsat 26D, Turksat 6A, Maxar 2, SXM-9, and 12 Starlink missions.
