Your updated schedule puts you about a year behind your original plan.That’s true, just because of the launch delays, which delayed funding events and revenue events. So yes, it’s taking a little longer. But at the same time, we started in 2013 with something that no one thought could be built. Here we are four years later and we are fully financed. We still have a lot to execute on....Let me ask you about Spaceflight Industries. Do you have any clarity on your dedicated SpaceX flight of the Sherpa small-satellite tug?We are super-supportive of SpaceX, but we were concerned about the schedule so we took that mission and broke it up into other missions.For the dedicated launch, the mission is basically sold out. There are a bunch of larger satellites. Launch is in the first half of 2018.
FALCON 9The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, with a reused first stage and currently plannedfrom pad 39A, will launch the SES-11 communication satellite on October 2 at the earliest, in thelate afternoon or early evening. Then, a Falcon 9 will launch, likely from Pad 40, the Koreasat 5Acommunication satellite on October 14 at the very earliest.
http://www.launchphotography.com/Delta_4_Atlas_5_Falcon_9_Launch_Viewing.htmlQuoteFALCON 9The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, with a reused first stage and currently plannedfrom pad 39A, will launch the SES-11 communication satellite on October 2 at the earliest, in thelate afternoon or early evening. Then, a Falcon 9 will launch, likely from Pad 40, the Koreasat 5Acommunication satellite on October 14 at the very earliest.
A SpaceX employee said it delayed to Oct 7thhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/spacexgroup/permalink/10155839268276318/?comment_id=10155839370761318&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D
Quote from: Salo on 09/17/2017 10:49 amhttp://www.launchphotography.com/Delta_4_Atlas_5_Falcon_9_Launch_Viewing.htmlQuoteFALCON 9The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, with a reused first stage and currently plannedfrom pad 39A, will launch the SES-11 communication satellite on October 2 at the earliest, in thelate afternoon or early evening. Then, a Falcon 9 will launch, likely from Pad 40, the Koreasat 5Acommunication satellite on October 14 at the very earliest.Note that the web page is from Ben Cooper who have taken many of the official photos for ULA and SpaceX launch campaigns in recent years, so this should be a rather credible source.
Quote from: clegg78 on 09/20/2017 11:05 pmWith so much noise about the build up to NROL-42, I am guessing the silence around 52 is leading to it being not longer in Sept. Since we are 8 days away from the NET.It's been 5 Oct since L-42 slipped to 22 Sep.
With so much noise about the build up to NROL-42, I am guessing the silence around 52 is leading to it being not longer in Sept. Since we are 8 days away from the NET.
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=43728.msg1724216#msg1724216QuoteA SpaceX employee said it delayed to Oct 7thhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/spacexgroup/permalink/10155839268276318/?comment_id=10155839370761318&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D
L2 now has SES-11 realigned via range documentation as NET October 7. Window opens at 18:53 Local
Following a series of issues over the last year with the Core Stage for the first flight of the Space Launch System rocket, the launch dates for both the EM-1 and EM-2 flights are beginning to align, with EM-1 now targeting No Earlier Than 15 December 2019 and EM-2 following on 1 June 2022. Additionally, the EM-3 flight has gained its first notional mission outline, detailing a flight to Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit to deploy the Hab module for the new Deep Space Gateway.
'Trumpet-F/O-2' 2 (or NROL 42) likely carries the SBIRS-HEO-4 early warning package.
TBD - NROL-91: Orion 12 (Mentor 10) (TBD) - Delta IV-H - Vandenberg SLC-6
Launch services will be for National Reconnaissance Office Launch (NROL)-82 and NROL-91 with an Initial Launch Capability (ILC) of 4th Quarter Fiscal Year 2020 and 4th Quarter Fiscal Year 2023, respectively.
2023-Delta 4-Heavy with NROL-91 (Cape Canaveral)
mu Space Corp today announced at the 68th Annual International Astronautical Congress that they have entered into an agreement with Blue Origin to partner on a future launch of a geostationary satellite aboard their New Glenn orbital rocket. The launch is set to happen early in the next decade....According to mu Space’s long term plan, the company will launch its own geostationary orbit satellite in 2021.
The amount of work yet to be completed on the new TEL means it is increasingly likely the Koreasat 5A will be launched from KSC’s 39A....With SpaceX’s near-term manifest its main priority, keeping 39A active for the interim will be an obvious decision over any rush to debut Falcon Heavy.