Peter B. de Selding @pbdes 35s seconds agoTaiwan NSPO: Six US/Taiwan Formosat-7/COSMIC-2 sats to launch Q2 2018 on @SpaceX Falcon Heavy; will be 1st launch after Nov FH demo flight.
(That would line up with Raul's interpretation of the FCC permit numbering, which I'd been a little skeptical about.)
Quote from: gongora on 09/19/2017 03:44 pm(That would line up with Raul's interpretation of the FCC permit numbering, which I'd been a little skeptical about.)Where is Raul's interpretation?
Part of it was in PM's we exchanged, but basically it boiled down to whether or not the F9-35 permit was ever used. Raul thought it wasn't, which would make the numbers line up better. It gets a bit confusing since SpaceX stopped publicly saying which mission number was used for a flight.
I see there are still no Vandenberg RTLS launches listed on the manifest.Also, there are zero Falcon Heavies scheduled for Vandenberg. Did they scrap plans to make the Vandenberg pad compatible with Heavy?
I see there are still no Vandenberg RTLS launches listed on the manifest.
In Elon's presentation the 20 missions this year was still aimed for.13 down, 7 to go.Known:1) SES-112) IridiumNext-33) KoreaSat-5Expected and most likely:4) IridiumNext-45) CRS-13Hoped:6) FH DemoWhich would be the most likely 7th mission?- Hispasat 1F (30W-6)- GovSat-1 (SES-16)- Bangabandhu- PAZ & co-passengerSomehow I find it a bit strange that we still have 10 more missions NET 2017 and SpaceX aiming to fly 7 of them..
Quote from: Jakusb on 09/29/2017 02:52 pmIn Elon's presentation the 20 missions this year was still aimed for.13 down, 7 to go.Known:1) SES-112) IridiumNext-33) KoreaSat-5Expected and most likely:4) IridiumNext-45) CRS-13Hoped:6) FH DemoWhich would be the most likely 7th mission?- Hispasat 1F (30W-6)- GovSat-1 (SES-16)- Bangabandhu- PAZ & co-passengerSomehow I find it a bit strange that we still have 10 more missions NET 2017 and SpaceX aiming to fly 7 of them..I'm thinking Bangabandhu and PAZ slip to January.Also, which is making me really confused about what SpaceX is doing with the pads right now, SpaceX filed FCC permit applications today moving TWO flights from pad 40 back to 39A. One of them appears to be Koreasat 5A, which was obvious. The other would appear to be CRS-13, which I find a bit strange.