1.3 MISSION OBJECTIVESThe goals of the SM-2.4 mission are to launch an Integrated Payload Stack (IPS) to the required orbits and to provide an EELV New Entrant opportunity.
Quote1.3 MISSION OBJECTIVESThe goals of the SM-2.4 mission are to launch an Integrated Payload Stack (IPS) to the required orbits and to provide an EELV New Entrant opportunity.
Quote from: MTom on 06/13/2014 11:55 amJim's post is a good point to come back on topic: STP-2 and not FH demo flight. They will be one and the same
Jim's post is a good point to come back on topic: STP-2 and not FH demo flight.
Quote from: QuantumG on 06/14/2014 12:51 amQuote1.3 MISSION OBJECTIVESThe goals of the SM-2.4 mission are to launch an Integrated Payload Stack (IPS) to the required orbits and to provide an EELV New Entrant opportunity.Thanks QG. So I don't have the full context for the quote you provided..., but as I read it, it says nothing about the SM-2.4 mission (STP-2, I guess, based on the title of this thread) flying on the maiden flight of the Falcon Heavy. In fact, that statement doesn't seem to indicate which ordinal FH flight STP-2 will fly on.So I either Jim is not correct with his statement of "They will be one and the same" on a post following a substantive comment about "STP-2 and not FH demo flight" that immediately preceded his comment:Quote from: Jim on 06/13/2014 01:20 pmQuote from: MTom on 06/13/2014 11:55 amJim's post is a good point to come back on topic: STP-2 and not FH demo flight. They will be one and the same... or, if he didn't mean what that locution seemed to say, then I don't understand Jim's abbreviated prose. In this case, Galactic Penquin, MTom and I all seemed to take it as FH flight 1 == STP-2 USG payload.But actually, understanding Jim seems to be a problem many of us on these forums often seem to run into . Communication is hard!
The title needs to be updated to reflect the move of FH from SLC-40 to SLC-39A.
SpaceX’s public manifest shows the STP-2 mission launching in 2015, but Ball [Aerospace] said it has pushed to 2016.
Interessting document on the FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 satellites with info on the payload stack
So there will be a different payload on the FH maiden flight.
That's a remarkable failed attempt at spelling "courtesy" on that slide...
Quote from: somepitch on 10/19/2014 07:12 pmThat's a remarkable failed attempt at spelling "courtesy" on that slide...And it gets replicated. He probably replied on spell check. Typical result.
Quote from: veblen on 10/19/2014 07:43 pmQuote from: somepitch on 10/19/2014 07:12 pmThat's a remarkable failed attempt at spelling "courtesy" on that slide...And it gets replicated. He probably replied on spell check. Typical result.Intentional irony?
Quote from: russianhalo117 on 06/14/2014 03:34 pmThe title needs to be updated to reflect the move of FH from SLC-40 to SLC-39A.... and the launch date could be also: Mid 2015 --> Early 2016Edit/CR: updated from SLC-40 to SLC-39A in post title
From page 25 of that Formosat 7/Cosmic 2 presentation, launch is scheduled for May 2016.