This STA will be used to provide the communication for a short-term small satellite project. The launch date slipped significantly requiring a new or extended STA. New launch date is NET 30 APRIL 2019
New FCC filing for the Lightsail 2 satellite (0055-EX-ST-2019):QuoteThis STA will be used to provide the communication for a short-term small satellite project. The launch date slipped significantly requiring a new or extended STA. New launch date is NET 30 APRIL 2019
Quote from: gongora on 01/30/2019 12:27 pmNew FCC filing for the Lightsail 2 satellite (0055-EX-ST-2019):QuoteThis STA will be used to provide the communication for a short-term small satellite project. The launch date slipped significantly requiring a new or extended STA. New launch date is NET 30 APRIL 2019For what length of time is this valid?We have confidence that it's not launching BEFORE May. The question is how long after the start, or even the end, of May.
Asked about the launch date of Formosat-7, Lin said that as Taiwan is partnering with the US for the launch, it would need to wait for the US to notify them.Formosat-7’s six satellites are on standby at the NSPO, and can be packaged and delivered to the US as soon as it receives notice from the US, he said.The ministry plans to launch Formosat-7 this year.
Starliner Demo-1 is expected for first half of May: https://ria.ru/20190131/1550174772.html
Starliner is not a DoD or Government launch. I don't believe commercial launches can ask for the same risk avoidance as NROL. Especially between launch sites operated by different government entities.
Quote from: virnin on 02/15/2019 01:58 amStarliner is not a DoD or Government launch. I don't believe commercial launches can ask for the same risk avoidance as NROL. Especially between launch sites operated by different government entities.Demo-1 is explicitly a government launch and is permitted and certified by NASA with NASA funds. The destruction or damage of Demo-1's Starliner and Atlas V could be perceived as a direct threat to NASA's ability to provide the US assured access to the International Space Station and prevent major cost overruns, issues that are both steeped heavily in US politics, agency image, and simple pragmatism. If the USAF saw SBIRS-4 (a ~$1.7B satellite) as valuable enough to disrupt nearby launch ops, I have no doubt that NASA/ULA/Boeing could easily make the same case for a similar range exception.
Minister of Science and Technology Chen Liang-gee (陳良基) said Formosat-7 is to be launched using SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket. Relevant bodies will be notified 60 days prior to the launch date once it is confirmed.
Fox also says the Space Environment Testbed payload, part of the Air Force STP-2 mission, is now scheduled for launch no earlier than June. It will be the second of two Falcon Heavy launches planned for this spring using the same set of boosters.
Fox says launch of NASA’s SET-1 payload, one of many payloads on the Air Force’s STP-2 launch on Falcon Heavy, is still tracking toward a launch readiness date of no earlier than June. That follows the Falcon Heavy/Arabsat 6A launch in early April.