SpaceX F9 : Transporter 2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 June 2021 (19:31 UTC)

[Jansen]

https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/2404

Confirming recovery at LZ-1

[Skyrocket]

Exolaunch has published an illustration of the payload stack.

[Orbiter]

Exolaunch has published an illustration of the payload stack.

Note: Seeing as Transporter-2 will now be an RTLS, it's unlikely there'll be any Starlink payloads as depicted here.

[gongora]

Exolaunch has published an illustration of the payload stack.

That isn't the payload stack, just an illustration of a generic stack.

[Comga]

How can we NOT know the launch time, at least approximately?
Hasn't at least one of the multitudinous payloads discussed the equator crossing time for the sun synchronous orbit?

[scr00chy]

How can we NOT know the launch time, at least approximately?
Hasn't at least one of the multitudinous payloads discussed the equator crossing time for the sun synchronous orbit?

Ben Cooper says "mid-afternoon EDT". http://www.launchphotography.com/Launch_Viewing_Guide.html

[Conexion Espacial]

Exolaunch confirms that it will launch 29 satellites with a mass of almost one ton.
https://twitter.com/EXOLAUNCH/status/1404520240122404864

[zubenelgenubi]

Exolaunch has published an illustration of the payload stack.

The above image is the final image in the press release.  I've attached the other six images here.


Exolaunch to Send its Largest Mission of One Ton of Smallsats into Orbit via SpaceX's Transporter-2 Rideshare Mission
Company Finishes “Fingerspitzengefühl” Launch Campaign at Cape Canaveral for its International Customers Flying Aboard Falcon 9

Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, June 14, 2021 – Exolaunch, the leading launch, deployment and in-space transportation services provider in the NewSpace sector, has just completed its launch campaign named ‘Fingerspitzengefühl’* by integrating 29 small satellites from the USA, Europe and South America aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rideshare mission scheduled for June 2021. With a combined mass of close to one ton, Exolaunch doubles its mass capacity from SpaceX’s previous rideshare for small satellites, making ‘Fingerspitzengefühl’ its largest mission in terms of payload mass to date. This will also be one of the most diverse rideshare missions for the company bringing the total number of satellites launched by Exolaunch to 170.

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An artist's impression of the Exolaunch's Fingerspitzengefühl satellites deployment into orbit

IMAGE CREDITS © 2021 EXOLAUNCH

Exolaunch’s rideshare cluster includes payloads with cutting-edge technologies for IoT, Earth Observation and scientific applications, and satellites from its international customers such as Loft Orbital, NanoAvionics, ICEYE, and the TU Berlin. Exolaunch is also providing flight hardware, separation systems and integration services to support Satellogic's four microsatellites on this mission.

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Satellogic's satellites integration with EXOport

IMAGE CREDITS © 2021 EXOLAUNCH

This is the second dedicated rideshare mission of SpaceX’s SmallSat Rideshare Program and also the second of a series of rideshares Exolaunch is manifesting on Falcon 9 as part of a Multi-Launch Agreement the company signed with SpaceX in 2020. On SpaceX’s first record-breaking dedicated rideshare mission Transporter-1 earlier this year Exolaunch launched 30 contracted satellites. For every Falcon 9 launch procured through the Multi-Launch Agreement with SpaceX, Exolaunch ensures comprehensive rideshare mission management, satellite integration and deployment services for its customers.

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TUBIN satellite integration with EXOport

IMAGE CREDITS © 2021 EXOLAUNCH

“This is a powerful NewSpace transatlantic partnership between SpaceX and Exolaunch,” said Jeanne Medvedeva, Vice President of Launch Services at Exolaunch. “Being an integrator for Falcon 9 launches, with the advanced flight hardware and deployment technologies in our product portfolio, allows us to serve even the most demanding NewSpace customers who prioritize performance, reliability and innovation to procured launch services. This latest mission shows the trust our customers have in our vast experience in rideshare launches and ability to perform skillfully and professionally.”

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ICEYE's satellites integration with EXOport

IMAGE CREDITS © 2021 EXOLAUNCH

Connor Jonas, Exolaunch’s Program Manager said: “This has been Exolaunch’s most demanding and technically sophisticated mission. For this mission we are using the full range of our product line: four EXOport adapters, ten CarboNIX, separation systems and two EXOpod cubesat deployers. We have worked with the entire capacity of a SpaceX ESPA Ring to deploy one ton of customers’ payloads using only Exolaunch technology. This mission was challenging as we had to develop new technical solutions for such a large and diverse cluster, and find a way to deliver twice the hardware in half the time. Despite these challenges, our expert team delivered on time and pulled off an exceptionally smooth integration campaign at Cape Canaveral.”

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Exolaunch integration - Die Maschine

IMAGE CREDITS © 2021 EXOLAUNCH

To maximize payload capacity and cost-effectiveness for its customers of this mission, Exolaunch will use its recent product addition, EXOport, a flexible multi-satellite adapter designed to optimally accommodate microsatellites and cubesats on a single Falcon 9 ESPA port. The company will also utilize its proprietary flight-proven separation systems – CarboNIX, the next generation shock-free separation system for microsatellites, and the EXOpod, Exolaunch’s upgraded cubesat deployer with half a decade of flight heritage, to flawlessly deploy its customers’ satellites into the target orbit.

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Exolaunch ground support equipment set-up at SpaceX facilities

IMAGE CREDITS © 2021 EXOLAUNCH

“‘Fingerspitzengefühl’ on Transporter-2 symbolizes Exolaunch’s vast experience in successfully deploying our customers’ satellites into orbit,” said Medvedeva. “It's also a continuation of the individual mission names that started with ‘Zeitgeist’, literally ‘Spirit of the Time’, Exolaunch’s previous rideshare launch aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 in January 2021.”

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Exolaunch‘s Fingerspitzengefühl Transporter-2 infographic

IMAGE CREDITS © 2021 EXOLAUNCH

Starting next year, due to entry of the Reliant orbital transfer vehicle into the space tug market, Exolaunch will be able to meet the most ambitious requirements of its customers wishing to deploy satellite constellations to custom orbits by adjusting altitude, inclination, LTAN/LTDN, and performing orbital phasing. It is designed to deorbit shortly after deployment completion, minimizing the risks of space collisions and reducing orbital debris. Future generations of Reliant will also be able to perform on-demand active debris removal.

ENDS

Note to editors
* ‘Fingerspitzengefühl’ – a German term, literally "finger tips feeling"; meaning intuitive flair/instinct.

[Bean Kenobi]

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ICEYE's satellites integration with EXOport

IMAGE CREDITS © 2021 EXOLAUNCH

Photo news52_b6.jpg shows 2 satellites for ICEYE, so maybe XR-2 and Iceye X-10 (if XR-1 wasn't also called X-10, X-11 otherwise).

[gongora]

Orbital Sidekick Announces Upcoming Launch...

The Orbital Sidekick Aurora Satellite is a 30-kilogram precursor to the six 100-kilogram ESPA class GHOSt satellites scheduled for launch in 2022. Seattle-based launch services provider Spaceflight will be coordinating the launch with a total of 36 payloads onboard the SpaceX Transporter-2 rideshare mission, taking place June 25, 2021 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida.

[Skyrocket]

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ICEYE's satellites integration with EXOport

IMAGE CREDITS © 2021 EXOLAUNCH

Photo news52_b6.jpg shows 2 satellites for ICEYE, so maybe XR-2 and Iceye X-10 (if XR-1 wasn't also called X-10, X-11 otherwise).

There are four ICEYE satellites on this launch - one of them is XR-2.

[gongora]

ICEYE US will not be launching its first satellite in June 2021. ICEYE has not yet completed its Mission Operations Center in Irvine. As a result, the satellite (which has already been constructed) will be launched and operated by ICEYE OY, ICEYE’s parent company, pursuant to authorization issued by the Finnish telecom authority.

ICEYE US will have its MOC completed by the end of the summer, and is moving full speed ahead to launch its first satellite in December 2021. ICEYE will continue to work closely with FCC staff toward expeditious grant of its pending application.

[gongora]

There are four ICEYE satellites on this launch - one of them is XR-2.

So would that put YAM-3, TUBIN, and the two quadpacks on one port?
edit:  I'm guessing there may be another dozen Swarm sats to get the number of satellites listed

[zubenelgenubi]

Cross-post; Alba Orbital Cluster 3 back aboard Transporter-2?

http://www.albaorbital.com/launch

Name: Cluster 3 "That Time of Year"
Slots available: Sold Out
Launch: June 2021
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9
Orbit: 500-600 km, SSO

[gongora]

https://umbra.space/umbra-releases-aerial-test-data/

But most importantly, we are launching a satellite. Umbra’s inaugural commercial satellite will leave Earth aboard a Falcon 9 departing from Cape Canaveral during the SpaceX Transporter-2 dedicated rideshare mission. Stay tuned for updates!

[scr00chy]

Cross-post; Alba Orbital Cluster 3 back aboard Transporter-2?

http://www.albaorbital.com/launch

Name: Cluster 3 "That Time of Year"
Slots available: Sold Out
Launch: June 2021
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9
Orbit: 500-600 km, SSO

I don't think this confirms Cluster 3 is still manifested on this flight. I used the Wayback Machine and the table was exactly the same in early May, which was before Momentus cancelled all their 2021 missions. I think Alba simply hasn't updated the table yet.

[Jansen]

Ben Cooper:

Falcon 9 will launch the Transporter-2 small satellite rideshare mission from pad 40 on June 24, in the mid-afternoon EDT. The first stage will land back at Cape Canaveral about eight minutes after launch.

[gongora]

[StraumliBlight]

Launch Photography has an updated launch time:

6/25/21 ~ 2:56pm

[PM3]

PlantSat is a 3U CubeSat satellite, built by students and engineers of the University of Chile. Its main mission is to monitor the behavior of a plant in a microgravity environment and in extreme conditions of solar radiation. One of the main goals is to train students about satellite technologies in order to develop advanced human capital. Proposing a UHF downlink using 4k8 GMSK and a S Band downlink using BPSK with Conv. R=1/2,K=7 & R.S. (255,223),115kbps. Planning a SpaceX launch on 24th June 2021 from Cape Canaveral into a 550km polar orbit. More info at https://spel.cl/

http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/formal_detail.php?serialnum=814