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#120
by
QuantumG
on 14 Jun, 2014 00:51
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1.3 MISSION OBJECTIVES
The goals of the SM-2.4 mission are to launch an Integrated Payload Stack (IPS) to the required
orbits and to provide an EELV New Entrant opportunity.
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#121
by
Llian Rhydderch
on 14 Jun, 2014 03:04
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1.3 MISSION OBJECTIVES
The goals of the SM-2.4 mission are to launch an Integrated Payload Stack (IPS) to the required
orbits and to provide an EELV New Entrant opportunity.
Thanks QG.
So I don't have the full context for the quote you provided..., but as I read it, it says nothing about the SM-2.4 mission (STP-2, I guess, based on the title of this thread) flying on the maiden flight of the Falcon Heavy. In fact, that statement doesn't seem to indicate which ordinal FH flight STP-2 will fly on.
So I either Jim is not correct with his statement of "
They will be one and the same" on a post following a substantive comment about "STP-2 and not FH demo flight" that immediately preceded his comment:
Jim's post is a good point to come back on topic: STP-2 and not FH demo flight. 
They will be one and the same
... or, if he didn't mean what that locution seemed to say, then I don't understand Jim's abbreviated prose. In this case, Galactic Penquin, MTom and I all seemed to take it as FH flight 1 == STP-2 USG payload.
But actually, understanding Jim seems to be a problem many of us on these forums often seem to run into
. Communication is hard!
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#122
by
baldusi
on 14 Jun, 2014 11:50
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He's the guy with most insight into this things. I would tend to think that he simply knows.
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#123
by
MTom
on 14 Jun, 2014 12:09
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1.3 MISSION OBJECTIVES
The goals of the SM-2.4 mission are to launch an Integrated Payload Stack (IPS) to the required
orbits and to provide an EELV New Entrant opportunity.
Thanks QG.
So I don't have the full context for the quote you provided..., but as I read it, it says nothing about the SM-2.4 mission (STP-2, I guess, based on the title of this thread) flying on the maiden flight of the Falcon Heavy. In fact, that statement doesn't seem to indicate which ordinal FH flight STP-2 will fly on.
So I either Jim is not correct with his statement of "They will be one and the same" on a post following a substantive comment about "STP-2 and not FH demo flight" that immediately preceded his comment:
Jim's post is a good point to come back on topic: STP-2 and not FH demo flight.
They will be one and the same
... or, if he didn't mean what that locution seemed to say, then I don't understand Jim's abbreviated prose. In this case, Galactic Penquin, MTom and I all seemed to take it as FH flight 1 == STP-2 USG payload.
But actually, understanding Jim seems to be a problem many of us on these forums often seem to run into . Communication is hard!
Yes, that is also my question, because SpaceX launch manifest lists (still?) 2 FH flights.
(With the information mentioned before: STP-2 launch date is early 2016...)
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=30544.msg1205265#msg1205265
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#124
by
russianhalo117
on 14 Jun, 2014 15:34
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The title needs to be updated to reflect the move of FH from SLC-40 to SLC-39A.
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#125
by
Chris Bergin
on 14 Jun, 2014 18:02
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Done.
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#126
by
MTom
on 14 Jun, 2014 21:25
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The title needs to be updated to reflect the move of FH from SLC-40 to SLC-39A.
... and the launch date could be also: Mid 2015 --> Early 2016
Edit/CR: updated from SLC-40 to SLC-39A in post title
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#127
by
docmordrid
on 19 Oct, 2014 07:29
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Space News reports a slip into 2016
Link....SpaceX’s public manifest shows the STP-2 mission launching in 2015, but Ball [Aerospace] said it has pushed to 2016.
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#128
by
tobi453
on 19 Oct, 2014 08:02
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So there will be a different payload on the FH maiden flight.
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#129
by
Skyrocket
on 19 Oct, 2014 18:56
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Interessting document on the FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 satellites with info on the payload stack
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#130
by
somepitch
on 19 Oct, 2014 19:12
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That's a remarkable failed attempt at spelling "courtesy" on that slide...
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#131
by
arachnitect
on 19 Oct, 2014 19:14
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Interessting document on the FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 satellites with info on the payload stack
I didn't recognize that at first.
I thought the previous design looked really cool. But I guess the new version (using ESPA rings) is probably a good choice.
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#132
by
ugordan
on 19 Oct, 2014 19:16
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So there will be a different payload on the FH maiden flight.
Or (gasp!) FH will slip into 2016...
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#133
by
veblen
on 19 Oct, 2014 19:43
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That's a remarkable failed attempt at spelling "courtesy" on that slide...
And it gets replicated. He probably relied on spell check. Typical result.
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#134
by
Lars-J
on 19 Oct, 2014 19:59
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That's a remarkable failed attempt at spelling "courtesy" on that slide...
And it gets replicated. He probably replied on spell check. Typical result.
Intentional irony?
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#135
by
veblen
on 19 Oct, 2014 20:28
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That's a remarkable failed attempt at spelling "courtesy" on that slide...
And it gets replicated. He probably replied on spell check. Typical result.
Intentional irony?
That sounds much better than brain fart;)
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#136
by
Moe Grills
on 19 Oct, 2014 21:51
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The title needs to be updated to reflect the move of FH from SLC-40 to SLC-39A.
... and the launch date could be also: Mid 2015 --> Early 2016
Edit/CR: updated from SLC-40 to SLC-39A in post title
Could, maybe, likely, but still an opinion until the launch schedule firms up.
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#137
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 22 Oct, 2014 12:01
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From page 25 of that Formosat 7/Cosmic 2 presentation, launch is scheduled for May 2016.
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#138
by
Chris Bergin
on 22 Oct, 2014 14:19
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Reminder, this is not a party thread, so silly posts have and will be removed.
Sorry!
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#139
by
Karloss12
on 22 Oct, 2014 22:19
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From page 25 of that Formosat 7/Cosmic 2 presentation, launch is scheduled for May 2016.
Sounds about right. With the launch pad due for completion in mid 2015, FH Demo will be Q4 of 2015 leaving a few months to review flight data for STP-2.
I recon they will be fully recovering the side cores by then, even of the Demo flight.
. Communication is hard! 
