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Re: SpaceX FH: STP-2 : LC-39A : June 25, 2019 - DISCUSSION
« Reply #160 on: 12/07/2016 06:31 pm »
Planetary Society: Ground finale? Deployment test moves LightSail 2 closer to handoff
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The Planetary Society's LightSail 2 spacecraft completed what may have been its final end-to-end systems test today here at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo...
LightSail 2 is nearly ready to be integrated with its P-POD, the spring-loaded box that will carry it to space. After integration takes place, the loaded P-POD will be shipped to the Air Force Research Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Shipping may occur in January. At AFRL, LightSail's P-POD will be installed inside Prox-1, a Georgia Tech-built SmallSat that will hitch a ride to orbit aboard the second flight of SpaceX's new Falcon Heavy rocket.

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Re: SpaceX FH: STP-2 : LC-39A : June 25, 2019 - DISCUSSION
« Reply #161 on: 01/25/2017 09:35 pm »
https://mobile.twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/824371954559836160
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In talk on COSMIC-2, NOAA says Falcon Heavy demo launch scheduled for 2nd Q; STP-2 mission (with COSMIC-2) planned for Sept. 30. #AMS2017

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Re: SpaceX FH: STP-2 : LC-39A : June 25, 2019 - DISCUSSION
« Reply #162 on: 03/09/2017 11:49 pm »
Is this mission still okay following the last-minute issues with the 2017 authorization bill?

It seemed that the STP program was flagged as one of the concerns for the WH/DOJ?

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Re: SpaceX FH: STP-2 : LC-39A : June 25, 2019 - DISCUSSION
« Reply #163 on: 03/10/2017 01:31 am »
https://mobile.twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/824371954559836160
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In talk on COSMIC-2, NOAA says Falcon Heavy demo launch scheduled for 2nd Q; STP-2 mission (with COSMIC-2) planned for Sept. 30. #AMS2017

Where would they launch it when they have no pad ready for it?

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Re: SpaceX FH: STP-2 : LC-39A : June 25, 2019 - DISCUSSION
« Reply #164 on: 03/10/2017 04:11 pm »
Quote from Shotwell at Satelite 2017 on March 8th:
Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex-40 should be operational again this summer.
"I don't go along with going to the Moon first in order to build a launch pad to go to Mars.  We should go to Mars from Earth orbit."

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Re: SpaceX FH: STP-2 : LC-39A : June 25, 2019 - DISCUSSION
« Reply #165 on: 03/10/2017 08:19 pm »
Quote from Shotwell at Satelite 2017 on March 8th:
Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex-40 should be operational again this summer.
August was publically mentioned by SpaceX. After that, SpaceX will need at least 60 days to modify the current LC-39A reaction frame to host the additional TSM's and holddown posts needed for FH. That period is also from public SpaceX statements.
So, assuming LC-40 is back in action this August, and assuming the 60-day modification period goes off without a hitch, it will be NET november 2017 for first FH launch attempt.
But that is assuming that the notorious SpaceX time dilation factor does not rear it's ugly head. If it does (like it almost always does) we could be looking at first FH launch attempt somewhere in Q1 of 2018.
« Last Edit: 03/11/2017 02:50 pm by woods170 »

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Quote from Shotwell at Satelite 2017 on March 8th:
Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex-40 should be operational again this summer.
....After that, SpaceX will need at least 60 days to modify the current LC-39A reaction frame to host the additional TSM's and holddown posts needed for FH. That period is also from public SpaceX statements.
So, assuming LC-40 is back in action this August, and assuming the 60-day modification period goes off without a hitch, ....
Do you have some references for that statement?

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Re: SpaceX FH: STP-2 : LC-39A : June 25, 2019 - DISCUSSION
« Reply #167 on: 03/10/2017 09:20 pm »
Quote from Shotwell at Satelite 2017 on March 8th:
Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex-40 should be operational again this summer.
....After that, SpaceX will need at least 60 days to modify the current LC-39A reaction frame to host the additional TSM's and holddown posts needed for FH. That period is also from public SpaceX statements.
So, assuming LC-40 is back in action this August, and assuming the 60-day modification period goes off without a hitch, ....
Do you have some references for that statement?

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/03/spacex-falcon-9-echostar-23-slc-40-return/

Quote from: Chris Bergin
It was also noted that SpaceX is working a plan that involves returning operations to SLC-40 before then working on 39A to prepare it for the maiden launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket.

This work will take “at least 60 days” to complete, focusing on the 39A TEL table – which is currently specific to the single core Falcon 9 – and Tail Service Masts (TSM).

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Re: SpaceX FH: STP-2 : LC-39A : June 25, 2019 - DISCUSSION
« Reply #168 on: 03/11/2017 05:58 am »
...So, assuming LC-40 is back in action this August, and assuming the 60-day modification period goes off without a hitch, it will be NET november 2018 for first FH launch attempt.
But that is assuming that the notorious SpaceX time dilation factor does not rear it's ugly head.
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One would have to look hard to find a time dilation factor as bad as yours.
"this August" + 60 days == NET November 2018?

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Re: SpaceX FH: STP-2 : LC-39A : June 25, 2019 - DISCUSSION
« Reply #169 on: 03/11/2017 08:13 am »
...So, assuming LC-40 is back in action this August, and assuming the 60-day modification period goes off without a hitch, it will be NET november 2018 for first FH launch attempt.
But that is assuming that the notorious SpaceX time dilation factor does not rear it's ugly head.
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One would have to look hard to find a time dilation factor as bad as yours.
"this August" + 60 days == NET November 2018?

Well, he did get the year right at least...

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Re: SpaceX FH: STP-2 : LC-39A : June 25, 2019 - DISCUSSION
« Reply #170 on: 03/11/2017 02:50 pm »
...So, assuming LC-40 is back in action this August, and assuming the 60-day modification period goes off without a hitch, it will be NET november 2018 for first FH launch attempt.
But that is assuming that the notorious SpaceX time dilation factor does not rear it's ugly head.
...
One would have to look hard to find a time dilation factor as bad as yours.
"this August" + 60 days == NET November 2018?
Good catch. Corrected in the original post. And thanks for pointing out.

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Re: SpaceX FH: STP-2 : LC-39A : June 25, 2019 - DISCUSSION
« Reply #171 on: 03/21/2017 07:44 pm »
Although the launcher isn't explicitly mentioned, this article belongs here. (Yes?)

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6784

Last month, the space agency's next-generation atomic clock was joined to the spacecraft that will take it into orbit in late 2017.

That instrument, the Deep Space Atomic Clock was developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. On Feb. 17, JPL engineers monitored integration of the clock on to the Surrey Orbital Test Bed spacecraft at Surrey Satellite Technology in Englewood, Colorado.
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Re: SpaceX FH: STP-2 : LC-39A : June 25, 2019 - DISCUSSION
« Reply #172 on: 05/25/2017 04:42 am »
A recent presentation on the Cosmic-2 payload by Wei Xia-Serafino/NOAA.  PDF file is attached below.  There is an updated graphic of the STP-2 payload stack, and much information/pictures on Cosmic-2 of course.

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What is the purpose of the 5 tonnes of ballast on this mission? Is it simply to ensure that FH is capable of meeting the EELV New Entrant specifications?

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Re: SpaceX FH: STP-2 : LC-39A : June 25, 2019 - DISCUSSION
« Reply #174 on: 07/02/2017 11:50 am »
What is the purpose of the 5 tonnes of ballast on this mission? Is it simply to ensure that FH is capable of meeting the EELV New Entrant specifications?
No. The launcher is too powerfull for just the payload alone. It requires additional payload mass (provided by means of ballast) to prevent over-performance.

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Re: SpaceX FH: STP-2 : LC-39A : June 25, 2019 - DISCUSSION
« Reply #175 on: 07/02/2017 12:38 pm »
About the date for this mission, it reminds me of a movie .

"Mission Impossible"?  no, that's not it
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"Back to the Future"?  closer
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"Days of our Lives"? almost
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I have it.. Annie, singing "Tomorrow, Tomorrow, i love ya, your only a day away"



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Potentially great news. STP-2 is NET April 30th, 2018, according to the USAF.
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/2017/20170721-lightsail-2-updates-prox-1-launch-dates.html

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Re: SpaceX FH: STP-2 : LC-39A : June 25, 2019 - DISCUSSION
« Reply #177 on: 08/07/2017 07:00 pm »
That date appears again in this tweet from Jeff Foust showing a chart of educational nanosatellites missions.

https://mobile.twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/894608571186388992
« Last Edit: 08/07/2017 07:00 pm by Star One »

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Re: SpaceX FH: STP-2 : LC-39A : June 25, 2019 - DISCUSSION
« Reply #178 on: 08/07/2017 08:26 pm »
I'm not going to believe any dates on this one yet, let's see how the first couple flights go.

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Re: SpaceX FH: STP-2 : LC-39A : June 25, 2019 - DISCUSSION
« Reply #179 on: 08/07/2017 08:32 pm »
I'm not going to believe any dates on this one yet, let's see how the first couple flights go.

Isn't this the second FH flight.

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