SES-11 (1334) - Florida, ASDS
Launch of @EchoStar-105/@SES_Satellites-11 C/Ku/Ka-band sat on @SpaceX Falcon 9 now scheduled for "early 4th quarter," EchoStar says.
Launch schedule updated: SpaceX #CRS13 targeted for 12/17; SpaceX #SES11 later this year, likely 9/17 or 10/17
I don't recall seeing this Reddit post linked here yet, someone went to a conference where Spaceflight Industries was speaking and got a picture of their upcoming launch schedule. It has their currently intended dates for the Falcon 9 dedicated missions, as well as rideshares on Falcon, Soyuz, PSLV, Minotaur C, Electron, VEGA. There are also some notes on SHERPA and SpaceIL, and whether Dream Chaser could fly on a Falcon 9.r/SpaceX user Swinusoidal: Spaceflight Manifest Shows 7 Dedicated F9 Launches Through 2020 In The Works - 4 SSO, 3 GTOThe dedicated SpaceX flights:2017-Q4 F9 SSO-A (575km SSO 10:30 LTDN)2018-Q4 F9 SSO-B (500km SSO 10:30 LTDN)2018-H2 F9 GTO-1 (200x35786km ~27.5deg)2018-H2 F9 GTO-2 (200x60000km ~27.5deg)2019-H2 F9 SSO-C (500km SSO 10:30 LTDN)2020-H1 F9 GTO-C (200x35786km ~27.5deg)2020-H1 F9 SSO-D (500km SSO 10:30 LTDN)We had heard previously that Spaceflight Industries intended to fly at least 4 Falcon 9 missions to various orbits, so the later ones in this list may or may not be under contract yet.
SpaceX filed an FCC permit application for a launch with ASDS landing from SLC-40, NET 10/14 (these permit dates are very much NET). The mission number (1373) doesn't match any of the previous permits they've received for flights from LC-39A, so I don't know if this is really a different payload or they used a different mission number to move a payload from LC-39A to SLC-40.There are a couple permits granted for flights from LC-39A that I assume will move to SLC-40. Does anyone know if they'd need to file for new permits, or amend the existing permits, and would we actually see any amendments to the existing permits?
Article for the Static Fire (and more) by Chris Gebhardt:https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/08/spacex-static-fire-formosat-5-falcon-9-asds-landing/
This thread lists the 5th Iridium Next flight as Q1 18, which makes sense to me as ~2 months from the late Nov fourth flight that Iridium has already announced. However, the Western range schedule in the latest news article still shows an Iridium flight in December:Quote from: Chris Bergin on 08/19/2017 12:50 pmArticle for the Static Fire (and more) by Chris Gebhardt:https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/08/spacex-static-fire-formosat-5-falcon-9-asds-landing/I assume the article is just quoting the placeholder previously given, in the absence of any announcement yet of the fifth flight's schedule?
CCAFS SLC-40: Damaged by vehicle explosion (no launches until around August 2017)
Does anyone know,Which one of Spaceflight flights is the one with Space IL, and what is the chance for that to launch on time for the Xprize?
Quote from: gongora on 07/15/2017 02:45 am CCAFS SLC-40: Damaged by vehicle explosion (no launches until around August 2017)Should this be updated to 'around October 2017' or something similar perhaps even 'Next launch NET October 14, 2017', if flight permit for SES-11 from SLC-40 has been granted with that date and all earlier flight are not from that pad?Any news on how this pad work is coming along / when it will finish? Will LC39A work start immediately after Sept 7th ish launch of X-37B or are they going to wait for fully operational status or even a launch?
Just stumbled across the Office of Safety & Mission Assurance's long-term planning schedule for Safety & Mission Success Reviews which shows tentative launch date for GRACE-FO of 2018-03-21. That date was current based on an ELV milestone schedule from August 2nd. I won't be too surprised if this date doesn't hold since it's still quite a ways out, especially since then they'd have a bunch of very high profile launches currently scheduled for that month: DM-1, TESS, GRACE-FO. TESS has a harder deadline for launch and DM-1 is vital for their crew schedules.Link to SMSR .pdf
Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 08/03/2017 05:30 pmAlso, there's only ONE Delta IV Canaveral launch currently scheduled between now and Solar Probe Plus on July 31, 2018--GPS III-1.SPP is flying before GPS.
Also, there's only ONE Delta IV Canaveral launch currently scheduled between now and Solar Probe Plus on July 31, 2018--GPS III-1.
Quote from: Newton_V on 08/03/2017 05:42 pmQuote from: zubenelgenubi on 08/03/2017 05:30 pmAlso, there's only ONE Delta IV Canaveral launch currently scheduled between now and Solar Probe Plus on July 31, 2018--GPS III-1.SPP is flying before GPS.I'm guessing this means we shouldn't count on GPS III-2 launching in May
The document cited below has CRS-15 as 6/6/18:Quote from: deruch on 08/23/2017 01:05 amJust stumbled across the Office of Safety & Mission Assurance's long-term planning schedule for Safety & Mission Success Reviews which shows tentative launch date for GRACE-FO of 2018-03-21. That date was current based on an ELV milestone schedule from August 2nd. I won't be too surprised if this date doesn't hold since it's still quite a ways out, especially since then they'd have a bunch of very high profile launches currently scheduled for that month: DM-1, TESS, GRACE-FO. TESS has a harder deadline for launch and DM-1 is vital for their crew schedules.Link to SMSR .pdf
You should ignore the CRS dates from those documents, because they are suuuuper fluid. Since it was published, they have likely shifted right at least 2 months.