Any idea what happened to push this mission to 2018? I saw Chris's article, just seemed rather sudden that it dropped from the manifest entirely without any announcement/update from Hispasat.
The reason it was hanging around the 2017 manifest its that there hasn't been an update and their looked to be a launch slot out of LC-40 at the end of December.
Time will tell, but I suspect this could be Hispasat's launch license, NET Feb 15. No mention of booster recovery yet, which is the source of my suspicion.https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/els/reports/STA_Print.cfm?mode=current&application_seq=81605
Quote from: vaporcobra on 12/20/2017 06:13 pmTime will tell, but I suspect this could be Hispasat's launch license, NET Feb 15. No mention of booster recovery yet, which is the source of my suspicion.https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/els/reports/STA_Print.cfm?mode=current&application_seq=81605There is a corresponding app for ASDS recovery. I think Raul's guess was SES-12
No landing legs in that video. Boosters aren't transported with legs attached.
Quote from: vaporcobra on 01/12/2018 05:54 pmNo landing legs in that video. Boosters aren't transported with legs attached.Leg mounts was reported, sorry for confusion
Quote from: toruonu on 01/12/2018 06:10 pmQuote from: vaporcobra on 01/12/2018 05:54 pmNo landing legs in that video. Boosters aren't transported with legs attached.Leg mounts was reported, sorry for confusionGotcha. No worries For reference, from the same day, here is a photo from the bus. I may just be oblivious or not know what I'm looking for, but I don't see any obvious leg attachment points. Please correct me if I'm wrong
Spain's @Hispasat: 30W-6 telecom sat arrives at Cape Canaveral from builder @sslmda to prepare for Feb launch on @SpaceX Falcon 9. Sat carries Ku-, C- & Ka-band payload for Americas/trans-Atlantic.
The fleet’s new satellite has been transferred from the installations of Space System Loral (SSL) in Palo Alto (California), where it was manufactured, to the space centre on-board a truck in a container adapted to transport heavy components and whose characteristics guarantee the safety of the satellite.
From FCC documentation dated January 5:"Hispasat 1F is expected to launch on February 14, 2018"