Schedule of upcoming mission milestones:• Shipment of one spacecraft to Spaceflight Industries in Seattle, WA: 16 July2018• Launch: 30 September 2018Mission Overview: ROSE-1 (RFT Orbital Satellite Experiment) is a 6U experimentalspacecraft designed to provide an orbital test-bed for the Phase Four RadioFrequency Thruster (RFT). It will be launched into a sun-synchronous, Low EarthOrbit (LEO) inside a 6U Cubesat deployer as a part of a QUADPACK devicedeveloped by Innovative Solutions in Launch (ISL). The deployer is to be includedon-board a Falcon 9 launch vehicle, planned for launch on 30 September 2018.
1398 from SLC-40 NET July 2. That would fit well with 1397 being Telstar 19V and 1398 being Telstar 18V.0715-EX-ST-2018 1397 Launch Vehicle Comms 6/17/2018 SLC-400717-EX-ST-2018 First Stage Recovery (ASDS) 6/17/2018 0762-EX-ST-2018 1398 Launch Vehicle Comms 7/2/2018 SLC-40
Mission 1342 - Iridium Flight 7 NET 07/09/2018Launch Communications - File Number 0835-EX-ST-2018Stage Recovery (ASDS) - File Number 0836-EX-ST-2018, North 32 29 7 West 120 3 53
Chris B - NSF @NASASpaceflightNote the new T-0.QuoteSpaceX @SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5 and Bangabandhu Satellite-1 went vertical on Pad 39A in Florida this morning. Now targeting liftoff at 4:42 p.m. EDT, 20:42 UTC – vehicle and payload look good, completing final check outs at the pad. http://spacex.com/webcast
SpaceX @SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5 and Bangabandhu Satellite-1 went vertical on Pad 39A in Florida this morning. Now targeting liftoff at 4:42 p.m. EDT, 20:42 UTC – vehicle and payload look good, completing final check outs at the pad. http://spacex.com/webcast
Discussion of the manifest, and updates. The best guess at the current manifest is in this post.
NEW LAUNCH TIME: 17:47 EDT (2147 GMT).
LightSail 2 launch slips to FallThe Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 spacecraft will spend at least four more months waiting to solar sail, due to a launch date slip for SpaceX’s second Falcon Heavy flight.The launch, which was previously scheduled for June, will now take place no earlier than October 30, 2018, according to the U.S. Air Force.
Space-Track has cataloged USA 287, presumably a third small ESPASat-payload ejected from the EAGLE satellite in 39000 km orbit
And a Falcon 9 will launch the Es'hail-2 communication satellite in mid-August TBD.
Jeff Foust @jeff_foustDesch: targeting no earlier than May 21 for next launch, a two-day slip. 12:53 pm PDT launch time that day.
QuoteUpdate to the Launch Update: Due to range availability at VAFB, #Iridium6/#GRACEFO is now targeting 1 day later; NET 5/22 with backup of 5/23. Instantaneous launch on 5/22 = 12:47:58 pm PDT (19:47:58 UTC) #IridiumNEXT #HereWeGohttps://twitter.com/IridiumComm/status/996516815865081856Edit to add:QuoteWe were ready for 5/21, but the base isn't. Let's hope for good weather and a great launch on 5/22 instead. This is a great picture, btw... #WeAreReadyhttps://twitter.com/IridiumBoss/status/996562455454199818
Update to the Launch Update: Due to range availability at VAFB, #Iridium6/#GRACEFO is now targeting 1 day later; NET 5/22 with backup of 5/23. Instantaneous launch on 5/22 = 12:47:58 pm PDT (19:47:58 UTC) #IridiumNEXT #HereWeGo
We were ready for 5/21, but the base isn't. Let's hope for good weather and a great launch on 5/22 instead. This is a great picture, btw... #WeAreReady
Iridium-6/GRACE-FO is now NET May 21st, 19:53 UTC.https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/996029717273817089QuoteJeff Foust @jeff_foustDesch: targeting no earlier than May 21 for next launch, a two-day slip. 12:53 pm PDT launch time that day.
Quote from: gongora on 05/16/2018 03:41 pm[Spaceflight Now] New target dates set for next two Falcon 9 launchesQuoteOn that mission, which an SES official said is currently scheduled for no earlier than May 31, SpaceX will haul the Airbus-built SES 12 communications satellite toward a perch in geostationary orbit more than 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) over the equator.Let's see what happens here because the Range is supposed to be closed from 29 May - 8 June for scheduled down period maintenance. ---https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/04/spacexs-may-manifest-takes-shape-block-5-debut/"The Eastern Range in Florida will close on 29 May for a scheduled 11 day period of maintenance and upkeep. These planned Range down periods are communicated well in advanced to all Range customers and are vital to ensuring reliable Range functionality.The Range will reopen on 9 June for normal launch operations."
[Spaceflight Now] New target dates set for next two Falcon 9 launchesQuoteOn that mission, which an SES official said is currently scheduled for no earlier than May 31, SpaceX will haul the Airbus-built SES 12 communications satellite toward a perch in geostationary orbit more than 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) over the equator.
On that mission, which an SES official said is currently scheduled for no earlier than May 31, SpaceX will haul the Airbus-built SES 12 communications satellite toward a perch in geostationary orbit more than 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) over the equator.
Quote from: gongora on 04/27/2018 01:44 am1398 from SLC-40 NET July 2. That would fit well with 1397 being Telstar 19V and 1398 being Telstar 18V.0715-EX-ST-2018 1397 Launch Vehicle Comms 6/17/2018 SLC-400717-EX-ST-2018 First Stage Recovery (ASDS) 6/17/2018 0762-EX-ST-2018 1398 Launch Vehicle Comms 7/2/2018 SLC-40It would mean that Telstar 19V is NET June 17th, Telstar 18V is NET July 2nd and Iridium-7 is NET July 9th.Missions are not directly named in the applications, but these missions fit extremely well and I think we can be pretty sure. I asked Matt Desch about the Iridium-7 launch date on Twitter, but he declined to comment on further missions until Iridium-6 launches successfully.
Likely after that[28 June], a Falcon 9 will launch the Telstar 19 communication satellite from pad 40 on TBD. A Falcon 9 will launch Telstar 18 from pad 40 on mid July at the earliest.
1040.2 X SES-12
FALCON 9The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral will launch the SES-12 communication satellite from pad 40 on May 31 at 12:29am EDT. The launch window stretches to 1:27am EDT. Then, a Falcon 9 will launch the next Dragon resupply mission to the ISS, CRS-15, on June 28 at 6:03am EDT. Sunrise is 6:27am EDT. The launch window is instantaneous. The launch time gets 22-26 minutes earlier per day. Likely after that, a Falcon 9 will launch the Telstar 19 communication satellite from pad 40 on TBD. A Falcon 9 will launch Telstar 18 from pad 40 on mid July at the earliest. A Falcon 9 will launch the Telkom 4 communication satellite from pad 40 for Indonesia on late July at the earliest. And a Falcon 9 will launch the Es'hail-2 communication satellite on mid-August at the earliest.
Now targeting June 1 launch of SES-12 from Pad 40; team using additional time to perform pre-launch vehicle checks, also closely watching weather conditions at the Cape.
No, haven't provided a specific date , but iI'm expecting it in about mid to late July.