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Re: SpaceX F9 : SpaceX Transporter-5 Rideshare : June 2022
« Reply #41 on: 03/09/2022 03:06 am »
VariSat-1 A/B/C, 3x 6U
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Re: SpaceX F9 : SpaceX Transporter-5 Rideshare : June 2022
« Reply #42 on: 03/11/2022 12:12 am »
Capella 9 (112kg) is scheduled for this flight.

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Re: SpaceX F9 : SpaceX Transporter-5 Rideshare : June 2022
« Reply #43 on: 03/11/2022 12:49 am »
What does the "U" mean when discussing cube or small sats?

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Re: SpaceX F9 : SpaceX Transporter-5 Rideshare : June 2022
« Reply #44 on: 03/11/2022 12:52 am »
What does the "U" mean when discussing cube or small sats?
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one U is a 10 cm cube.

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Re: SpaceX F9 : SpaceX Transporter-5 Rideshare : June 2022
« Reply #45 on: 03/11/2022 01:02 am »
What does the "U" mean when discussing cube or small sats?
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   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubeSat
one U is a 10 cm cube.
Thanks. 

So, from above, VariSat-1 A/B/C, 3x 6U--does that mean 3 units of 6 cubes fixed together, or 3 sets of 6 separate cubes, thus totaling 18 units deployed?

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Re: SpaceX F9 : SpaceX Transporter-5 Rideshare : June 2022
« Reply #46 on: 03/11/2022 01:14 am »
What does the "U" mean when discussing cube or small sats?
See:
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubeSat
one U is a 10 cm cube.
Thanks. 
So, from above, VariSat-1 A/B/C, 3x 6U--does that mean 3 units of 6 cubes fixed together, or 3 sets of 6 separate cubes, thus totaling 18 units deployed?
3 nanosatellites, each with a 6U volume.  I assume each satellite is 3U long by 2U wide.  But it could be 6U x 1U?
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Re: SpaceX F9 : SpaceX Transporter-5 Rideshare : June 2022
« Reply #47 on: 03/11/2022 01:26 am »
What does the "U" mean when discussing cube or small sats?
See:
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubeSat
one U is a 10 cm cube.
Thanks. 
So, from above, VariSat-1 A/B/C, 3x 6U--does that mean 3 units of 6 cubes fixed together, or 3 sets of 6 separate cubes, thus totaling 18 units deployed?
3 nanosatellites, each with a 6U volume.  I assume each satellite is 3U long by 2U wide.  But it could be 6U x 1U?

These are 3x2x1 units, which fits in half of a standard quadpack deployer.  It's a common size.  There have been a couple 6x1U but they are rare (and do not fit in standard deployers).

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Re: SpaceX F9 : SpaceX Transporter-5 Rideshare : June 2022
« Reply #48 on: 03/11/2022 01:33 am »
What does the "U" mean when discussing cube or small sats?
See:
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubeSat
one U is a 10 cm cube.
Thanks. 

So, from above, VariSat-1 A/B/C, 3x 6U--does that mean 3 units of 6 cubes fixed together, or 3 sets of 6 separate cubes, thus totaling 18 units deployed?

On my website i try to keep track of all cubesat projects in all form factors. I think this might help to show, which shapes the cubesats can appear.

https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sat/cubesat.htm

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Re: SpaceX F9 : SpaceX Transporter-5 Rideshare : June 2022
« Reply #49 on: 03/11/2022 01:39 am »
On my website i try to keep track of all cubesat projects in all form factors. I think this might help to show, which shapes the cubesats can appear.

https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sat/cubesat.htm

There was a 16U (Sen) on the last Transporter.

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Re: SpaceX F9 : SpaceX Transporter-5 Rideshare : June 2022
« Reply #50 on: 03/18/2022 09:53 am »
This seems to suggest that Alba Cluster 6 was delayed from Transporter-5 to Transporter-6.

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AMSAT-EA partners with Alba Orbital for second SpaceX launch of 2022 [dated Feb. 15]

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Following the mission success of Alba Cluster 3 & 4 in the new year, Alba Orbital and AMSAT-EA (Spain) today announced a rideshare agreement to launch another PocketQube satellite (‘URESAT-1’) on-board Alba Cluster 6 in Q4 2022, a project managed by AMSAT-EA, a non-profit amateur radio association, on behalf of Union de Radioaficionados Españoles (URE), the Spanish Radio League Association. The mission is scheduled to fly via SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle using Alba Orbital’s flight-proven AlbaPod to deploy the pico-satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

URESAT-1 – A chess playing ham radio satellite [dated Feb. 18]

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Intensive work is underway to make URESAT-1 available before the end of the year. If all goes according to plan, URESAT-1 will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in October.

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Re: SpaceX F9 : SpaceX Transporter-5 Rideshare : June 2022
« Reply #51 on: 03/22/2022 12:55 am »
New FCC application for the Nanoracks demo.

0539-EX-ST-2022
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Re: SpaceX F9 : SpaceX Transporter-5 Rideshare : June 2022
« Reply #52 on: 03/22/2022 05:26 pm »
Launching June 1 to 525km SSO.  I'm guessing it might be this mission?  Someone forgot to update the launch information on the ODAR.

CPOD (aka Tyvak-0032/Tyvak-0033)

0293-EX-CN-2022

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https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/els/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?id_file_num=0293-EX-CN-2022&application_seq=114310


another filing for same sats.  ODAR still mentions Minotaur as launch vehicle, so maybe not on this flight?
0630-EX-ST-2022
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Re: SpaceX F9 : SpaceX Transporter-5 Rideshare : June 2022
« Reply #53 on: 03/25/2022 11:38 pm »
Spaceflight Now is showing this launching on June 1st from SLC-4E, which would be a first for a Transporter mission.

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Re: SpaceX F9 : SpaceX Transporter-5 Rideshare : June 2022
« Reply #54 on: 03/25/2022 11:41 pm »
Orbital Sidekick refiled their FCC paperwork, still targeting this launch for the first two satellites.  I think it's unlikely that they'd get their license by the time the satellites need to be integrated.
SAT-LOA-20220325-00035

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Spaceflight Now is showing this launching on June 1st from SLC-4E, which would be a first for a Transporter mission.

Same from the SFN Launch Schedule update, March 25 (one of many updates on said date).
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With SpaceX’s rideshare launch business booming, the launch of Transporter 5 is just two months from today.

Transporter 5 was originally slated to launch from Vandenberg, but has recently been moved back to Cape Canaveral.

https://twitter.com/StephenClark1/status/1509975618871570437

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Re: SpaceX F9 : Transporter-5 Rideshare : Florida : 1 June 2022
« Reply #59 on: 04/20/2022 08:58 pm »
Tyvak-0125/NASA PTD-3 (6U Cubesat)
0589-EX-ST-2022

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