Quote from: crandles57 on 08/08/2023 10:17 pm39A schedule would seem to include25 Aug CD Crew-7 possible slot5 Oct ... FH Psyche<snip>Concern was expressed at the Crew-7 news briefing re: that launch being delayed beyond August 27, as that would impinge on preparations for launching Psyche on October 5. There is no September availability.
39A schedule would seem to include25 Aug CD Crew-7 possible slot5 Oct ... FH Psyche<snip>
Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 08/08/2023 10:32 pmQuote from: crandles57 on 08/08/2023 10:17 pm39A schedule would seem to include25 Aug CD Crew-7 possible slot5 Oct ... FH Psyche<snip>Concern was expressed at the Crew-7 news briefing re: that launch being delayed beyond August 27, as that would impinge on preparations for launching Psyche on October 5. There is no September availability.Is there any chance of the CAA at SLC-40 being ready, if Crew-7 does slip further?
Anyone heard of SpaceX’s Bandwagon-1 mission? Fleet Space plans to launch Centauri-6 satellite on it in April 2024. From the attached Fleet Space filing of a presentation to the FCC.SAT-PDR-20220805-00077
During a presentation at the 37th Annual Small Satellite Conference here Aug. 9, Jarrod McLachlan, director of rideshare sales at SpaceX, said the company will start launching a series of missions dubbed “Bandwagon” that will complement its existing Transporter line of rideshare missions.The Bandwagon missions will deliver payloads at altitudes of 550 to 605 kilometers and inclinations of approximately 45 degrees. “It’s a way of meeting the demand for the second most commonly asked orbit,” he said.Four Bandwagon missions are currently scheduled. According to SpaceX’s rideshare website, those missions are scheduled for April and November 2024 and February and May 2025.
The company has evolved the program since its inception, including a change to a modular “rideshare plate” system for attaching payloads. The new system, he said, simplifies engineering for rideshare missions and increases volume available for payloads.
From the same SpaceNews article:QuoteThe company has evolved the program since its inception, including a change to a modular “rideshare plate” system for attaching payloads. The new system, he said, simplifies engineering for rideshare missions and increases volume available for payloads.Is this the first we're hearing of this?
B1064 and B1065 for this mission (confirmed again), will also be reused (and expended) on the Europa Clipper launch:QuoteEverything is coming together for launch of NASA’s mission to a metal asteroid8/11/2023[...]All of the major components for SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket are undergoing launch preparations at the Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, according to Jim Hall, a senior mission manger for NASA's Launch Services Program, which brokers rides for NASA spacecraft on commercial rockets.The Falcon Heavy's two reusable side boosters for the Psyche mission returned from their previous launch on July 28 with a commercial communications satellite. SpaceX is refurbishing those boosters—each with three flights on their record—for the Psyche launch. The side-mounted rockets will be recovered again at SpaceX's Cape Canaveral landing zones after the Psyche launch, and they'll be reused and expended on the launch of NASA's Europa Clipper mission in October 2024.The center core of the Falcon Heavy rocket slated to launch Psyche is also in Florida for final launch preps, as are the two new aeroshells for the rocket's payload fairing. This will be the eighth flight of a Falcon Heavy rocket, but the first Falcon Heavy with a payload heading for another planetary body.[...]
Everything is coming together for launch of NASA’s mission to a metal asteroid8/11/2023[...]All of the major components for SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket are undergoing launch preparations at the Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, according to Jim Hall, a senior mission manger for NASA's Launch Services Program, which brokers rides for NASA spacecraft on commercial rockets.The Falcon Heavy's two reusable side boosters for the Psyche mission returned from their previous launch on July 28 with a commercial communications satellite. SpaceX is refurbishing those boosters—each with three flights on their record—for the Psyche launch. The side-mounted rockets will be recovered again at SpaceX's Cape Canaveral landing zones after the Psyche launch, and they'll be reused and expended on the launch of NASA's Europa Clipper mission in October 2024.The center core of the Falcon Heavy rocket slated to launch Psyche is also in Florida for final launch preps, as are the two new aeroshells for the rocket's payload fairing. This will be the eighth flight of a Falcon Heavy rocket, but the first Falcon Heavy with a payload heading for another planetary body.[...]
Latest space news article has this launch still scheduled for late August. SN Space Development Agency shaking up how the military buys satellites [Aug 11]QuoteAnother Falcon 9 had been scheduled to launch 13 more Tranche 0 satellites in June — 10 made by Lockheed Martin and three by York Space — but the mission has been delayed to late August.
Another Falcon 9 had been scheduled to launch 13 more Tranche 0 satellites in June — 10 made by Lockheed Martin and three by York Space — but the mission has been delayed to late August.
I think the SARah and WorldView Legion launches are now NET September.🤔
NextSpaceflight, updated August 13:Launch NET September
NextSpaceflight, updated August 13:NET October = NET Q4 in NextSF jargon
Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 08/11/2023 10:54 pmI think the SARah and WorldView Legion launches are now NET September.🤔Worldview Legion 1 and 2:Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 08/13/2023 11:09 pmNextSpaceflight, updated August 13:Launch NET SeptemberSARah 2 and 3:Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 08/13/2023 11:12 pmNextSpaceflight, updated August 13:NET October = NET Q4 in NextSF jargonMy deduction of the September Vandenberg Falcon 9 launch slots:1st WorldView Legion launch, Starlink 7-2 and 7-3, in no particular order, dependent on the timely delivery of the Legion satellites.What if the SDA and Legion LZ-4 recoveries allow four September launches?
My bold:Quote from: Salo on 08/16/2023 05:39 pmBen Cooper's Launch Photography Viewing Guide, updated August 15:QuoteThe next SpaceX Falcon 9 will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on August 16 at 8:14 p.m. EDT or later. A Falcon 9 will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on late August. A Falcon 9 will launch the next crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station from pad 39A on August 25 at 3:49 a.m. EDT. The launch time gets 22-26 mins earlier each day. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch. A Falcon 9 will launch the mPOWER-C mission for SES from pad 40 on August 27 in the late afternoon EDT. Upcoming launches include more Starlink batches from pad 40.
Ben Cooper's Launch Photography Viewing Guide, updated August 15:QuoteThe next SpaceX Falcon 9 will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on August 16 at 8:14 p.m. EDT or later. A Falcon 9 will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on late August. A Falcon 9 will launch the next crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station from pad 39A on August 25 at 3:49 a.m. EDT. The launch time gets 22-26 mins earlier each day. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch. A Falcon 9 will launch the mPOWER-C mission for SES from pad 40 on August 27 in the late afternoon EDT. Upcoming launches include more Starlink batches from pad 40.
The next SpaceX Falcon 9 will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on August 16 at 8:14 p.m. EDT or later. A Falcon 9 will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on late August. A Falcon 9 will launch the next crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station from pad 39A on August 25 at 3:49 a.m. EDT. The launch time gets 22-26 mins earlier each day. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch. A Falcon 9 will launch the mPOWER-C mission for SES from pad 40 on August 27 in the late afternoon EDT. Upcoming launches include more Starlink batches from pad 40.
Will there be any non-Starlink September Florida Falcon 9 launches from Florida? Apparently not (assuming the next mPower launch is not delayed into September).
Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 08/16/2023 11:34 pmWill there be any non-Starlink September Florida Falcon 9 launches from Florida? Apparently not (assuming the next mPower launch is not delayed into September).Possibly USSF-124 if that September 29th launchdate from that recent presentation holds.
Based on the Falcon launch plan for next year, SpaceX will deliver ~90% of all Earth payload to orbit.Starship will take that to >99% in future years.These magnitudes are madness to consider, but necessary to make consciousness multiplanetary.