Quote from: GWR64 on 05/07/2022 09:37 amQuote from: Josh_from_Canada on 05/06/2022 06:27 pmEchoStar 24 / Jupiter 3 is scheduled for launch on a Falcon 9 in early 2023https://spacenews.com/echostar-says-jupiter-3-wont-be-ready-for-2022-launch/Somehow Falcon-9 doesn't fit the earlier article at SpaceNews:https://spacenews.com/echostar-q4-2020/QuoteEchoStar has selected the launch vehicle for Jupiter-3 but not yet announced it. Kaul said the large rocket selected “should limit the amount of time related to satellite orbit raising, which will assist our in-service schedule.”I would have expected a Falcon Heavy.FCC Filing for EchoStar XXIV 2019 attachment A.pdfhttps://licensing.fcc.gov/myibfs/download.do?attachment_key=1625879QuoteTotal Solar Pressure Area “A” = 155 m2“M” = Dry Mass of Satellite = 5817 kg
Quote from: Josh_from_Canada on 05/06/2022 06:27 pmEchoStar 24 / Jupiter 3 is scheduled for launch on a Falcon 9 in early 2023https://spacenews.com/echostar-says-jupiter-3-wont-be-ready-for-2022-launch/Somehow Falcon-9 doesn't fit the earlier article at SpaceNews:https://spacenews.com/echostar-q4-2020/QuoteEchoStar has selected the launch vehicle for Jupiter-3 but not yet announced it. Kaul said the large rocket selected “should limit the amount of time related to satellite orbit raising, which will assist our in-service schedule.”I would have expected a Falcon Heavy.
EchoStar 24 / Jupiter 3 is scheduled for launch on a Falcon 9 in early 2023https://spacenews.com/echostar-says-jupiter-3-wont-be-ready-for-2022-launch/
EchoStar has selected the launch vehicle for Jupiter-3 but not yet announced it. Kaul said the large rocket selected “should limit the amount of time related to satellite orbit raising, which will assist our in-service schedule.”
Total Solar Pressure Area “A” = 155 m2“M” = Dry Mass of Satellite = 5817 kg
The @EchoStar /@HughesNet EchoStar 24/Jupiter 3 Ka-band broadband sat, whose launch w/ @SpaceX has slipped to early 2023, will weigh 9,200 kg at launch, according to prime contractor @Maxar. Stunning.
0881-EX-ST-2022Mission 1590, NET late JuneLow inclination with ASDS landing, North 27 47 53 West 73 50 48Nilesat?
Could it be a mistake? 9,200 lbs would be 4,173 kg which is a much more reasonable mass for an F9 payload.
Perhaps seven Falcon launches in June?SARah-1 from SLC-4E, NET June 3Dragon SpX-25 from LC-39A, June 7Starlink 4-19 from SLC-40, NET June 10SES-22 from SLC-40, NLT mid June (or July) (due to ASDS availability)A hypothetical Starlink 4-20 from SLC-4E, NET late JuneNilesat-301 from SLC-40, late June (expended, therefore no ASDS required)USSF-44 from LC-39A, late June (uses both JRTI and ASOG)
Quote from: Conexion Espacial on 05/13/2022 12:52 pmNextSpaceFlight indicates that the launch is now scheduled for the last quarter of this year.Now same states NET December 2022.
NextSpaceFlight indicates that the launch is now scheduled for the last quarter of this year.
I know I’m not alone, we need more launches from Vandenberg. They such dramatic weather conditions and it will help add to the cadence with 3 pads. Seems they could probably do a launch every 2-3 weeks and add another 20 launches a year. They’re doing more lately but seems they could double up.
Quote from: scr00chy on 05/11/2022 02:28 pmCould it be a mistake? 9,200 lbs would be 4,173 kg which is a much more reasonable mass for an F9 payload.The dry mass of Echostar 24 (Jupiter 3) is known to be already 5817 kg. This is really a huge satellite.I also think a FH is likely. A F9 with low perigee would take a long time to raise and as Echostar had already stated, they want to use a heavy launch vehicle which “should limit the amount of time related to satellite orbit raising, which will assist our in-service schedule.”
With this Falcon 9 launch, SpaceX just reached the most number of launches set by the Delta II/III workhorse #spacex #Starlink
USN support of the geosynchronous test spacecraftUSUVL from USN’s Hawaiian earth station.The spacecraft will be launched on or about October 9 th, 2021 on a Falcon Heavyfrom the Kennedy Space Center. USUVL will rideshare on the vehicle with anunspecified US military spacecraft. USUVL will be injected into super-sync orbiton or about November 27 th thru December 8 th at which time USN will begin S-band support. ...
Falcon Heavy rideshare payload SES-STA-INTR2022-016892021
Quote from: gongora on 05/11/2022 01:50 am0881-EX-ST-2022Mission 1590, NET late June [NET June 20]Low inclination with ASDS landing, North 27 47 53 West 73 50 48Nilesat?Nilesat 301 is now expendable. I'm guessing SES-22 will use the one for Nilesat 301 and this might be for O3b mPOWER which per SES the first mission should launch as soon as July
0881-EX-ST-2022Mission 1590, NET late June [NET June 20]Low inclination with ASDS landing, North 27 47 53 West 73 50 48Nilesat?
Falcon 9, early June @ TBA EDT (pad 40): Check back soon for information on where to view the next launch.
The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is TBA. A Falcon 9 from pad 40 will launch the Nilesat 301 communication satellite on June. A Falcon 9 from pad 39A will launch the CRS-25 resupply mission to the ISS on June 9 at 10:45am EDT. Other upcoming launches include a Falcon 9 from pad 40 on mid-June. A Falcon 9 will launch the SES-22 communication satellite from pad 40 on June 27 or 28. Falcon 9s will launch more Starlink batches on TBD. A Falcon 9 will launch the Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter on August 2. The next astronaut crew launch and the next Falcon Heavy launch are scheduled for September earliest.
Launch Photography Viewing Guide, updated May 27:<snip>Is the Nilesat-301 launch date moving forward? Or is a new launch being inserted into the schedule?The schedule yesterday had 16 days between the Transporter-5 launch on May 25, and the the Nilesat-301 launch on June 10, at SLC-40.The time-of-day of the Nilesat-301 launch should stay roughly the same?<snip>
Ben Cooper indicates on his website that the launch is scheduled for June 7 at 21:03 UTC.