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#120
by
LouScheffer
on 30 Apr, 2023 18:27
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I must have missed the source for side boosters not being RTLS.
Source is
here (SpaceLaunchNow). I have no idea how good their inside track sources are.
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#121
by
GewoonLukas_
on 30 Apr, 2023 22:21
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#122
by
ChrisC
on 30 Apr, 2023 23:14
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LOL, right on schedule, there goes that plan
And sorry to be driving this thread up to the top and collecting eyeballs intended for the FH launch that's happening this evening (we hope). I suppose I could have waited until the Viasat-3 mission had lifted off and was out of mind, but didn't think of that ...
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#123
by
rocketenthusiast
on 01 May, 2023 22:35
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do we still assume that this payload is <6350kgs going to GTO or do we think addon meant its a GTO+ or GEO
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#124
by
zubenelgenubi
on 05 May, 2023 19:05
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#125
by
Alexphysics
on 10 May, 2023 03:08
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Is there any source at all for this mission being to GEO?
No, it's an inference. We know the core is to be expended, but the sides are not RTLS. FH with RTLS sides and expended center already put a heavier satellite (Arabsat-6) into a quite super-synchronous orbit. This implies the target orbit for USSF-52 is higher energy than even a very aggressive GTO. The guess is GEO, but presumably it could be some other type of high-energy orbit.
I must have missed the source for side boosters not being RTLS. There's not even an FCC permit for the mission yet. We got surprised by Viasat-3 being all expendable, I think it's wise to just wait for that to drop and then make assumptions cause otherwise we might get surprised again.
And right on cue... the mission is double RTLS not double ASDS. See below
1005-EX-ST-2023
Falcon Heavy, Mission 1491
NET June
RTLS side cores, expendable center core
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#126
by
zubenelgenubi
on 24 May, 2023 02:36
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Confirmation regarding launch date and LZ-1/2 use:
Ben Cooper's Launch Photography Viewing Guide, updated May 23:
The next Falcon Heavy will launch the USSF-52 mission for the U.S. Space Force from pad 39A on July 7. The two side boosters will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch.
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#127
by
Targeteer
on 31 May, 2023 16:01
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Graphic-deleted when I noticed it might be copyrighted...
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#128
by
zubenelgenubi
on 20 Jun, 2023 21:21
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#129
by
zubenelgenubi
on 23 Jun, 2023 02:59
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NextSpaceflight, updated June 22:
NET September
Center core = 1074.1
Swapping launch slot and center core with
Jupiter 3.
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#130
by
spacenuance
on 23 Jun, 2023 03:36
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NextSpaceflight, updated June 22:
NET September
Center core = 1074.1
Swapping launch slot and center core with Jupiter 3.
Does this have implications for Psyche too, since they are supposedly using the same side boosters? Would possibly be a <1 month turnaround as Psyche is NET Oct 5th. Also NXSF has 1064 and 1065 listed for their 3rd flight on both USSF-52 and Psyche, probably a mistake.
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#131
by
zubenelgenubi
on 23 Jun, 2023 03:47
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NextSpaceflight, updated June 22:
NET September
Center core = 1074.1
Swapping launch slot and center core with Jupiter 3.
Does this have implications for Psyche too, since they are supposedly using the same side boosters? Would possibly be a <1 month turnaround as Psyche is NET Oct 5th. Also NXSF has 1064 and 1065 listed for their 3rd flight on both USSF-52 and Psyche, probably a mistake.
Likely
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#132
by
Alexphysics
on 23 Jun, 2023 06:15
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NextSpaceflight, updated June 22:
NET September
Center core = 1074.1
Swapping launch slot and center core with Jupiter 3.
Does this have implications for Psyche too, since they are supposedly using the same side boosters? Would possibly be a <1 month turnaround as Psyche is NET Oct 5th. Also NXSF has 1064 and 1065 listed for their 3rd flight on both USSF-52 and Psyche, probably a mistake.
The flight number is a common error on the backend code of the app that sadly only the software developers can solve. Not much in the hands of the folks that update the app with info like me 😅
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#133
by
Proxa
on 25 Jun, 2023 14:35
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In the latest flyover video of the Kennedy space center from NasaSpaceFlight:
They note that pad 39A is being reconfigured for falcon heavy. The video is from the 23rd but on this day we also got news that USSF-52 was pushed to September. The next falcon heavy should therefore be Jupiter-3, but that has a NET for the 8th of august, so have they stopped reconfiguring pad 39A confirming that USSF-52 indeed has been pushed?
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#134
by
zubenelgenubi
on 02 Jul, 2023 14:18
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NextSpaceflight, updated July 1:
NET November
Still 1064 and 1065 sides, 1074 core
After
Psyche
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#135
by
kevin-rf
on 02 Jul, 2023 14:28
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With all the delays on this mission, I'm thinking it's a good thing that SpaceX is grabbing SLC-6 for west coast missions.
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#136
by
GewoonLukas_
on 19 Jul, 2023 15:44
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#137
by
crandles57
on 21 Jul, 2023 18:04
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#138
by
GewoonLukas_
on 29 Jul, 2023 02:48
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#139
by
GewoonLukas_
on 03 Aug, 2023 19:35
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