Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 : Spaceflight SSO-A : December 3, 2018 - UPDATES  (Read 105248 times)

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A list of 36 confirmed contacts so far...may have missed something

(1) Astrocast 0.1

(1) Capella 1

(1) Centauri I

(1) CSIM

(1) ESEO

(1) Eu:CROPIS

(1) eXCITe

(1) ExseedSat-1

(3) Flock-3s 1,2,3 (Dove-type)

(1) Fox-1C

(1) Global 2

(3) Hawk 1, 2, 3

(1) Hiber 2

(1) Iceye X2

(1) IRVINE02

(1) ITASAT

(1) JY1Sat

(1) K2SAT

(1) KazSTSAT

(1) KNACKSAT

(1) MinXSS 2

(1) MOVE-II

(1) NEXTSat-1

(1) Orbital Reflector (ORS-1)

(1) Pathfinder II

(1) PW-Sat2

(1) SeaHawk-1

(2) SkySat 14, 15

(1) SNUGLITE

(1) Suomi 100

(1) VESTA

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I spoke with Dr. Alex Grant, CEO of Myriota today at the South Australian Space Forum. He confirmed that they are successfully communicating with BRIO. Here's an article in Parabolic Arc on the mission.

http://www.parabolicarc.com/2018/12/04/myriota-launches-tech-spacexs-falcon-9-smallsat-express-mission/
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https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1070296081496457218

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Fleet are on the final approach to Port, it's currently 4:30am local time.

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https://twitter.com/w00ki33/status/1070360997695614976

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That’s one scorched booster, still standing on JRTI at the moment, in the rain. B1046.3 arrived back at port earlier this morning after launching and landing for the 3rd time during the SSO-A mission. What. A. Sight. #spacex

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https://twitter.com/thejackbeyer/status/1070444978248110080

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While #SpaceX didnt nail landing the first stage from today’s successful CRS-16 launch, their west coast team was busy recovering the thrice flown booster from monday’s SSO-A launch (B1046). 2018 has been an incredible year for spaceflight. @NASASpaceflight

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https://twitter.com/portofla/status/1070486767487246336

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Congratulations to @SpaceX for launching and landing a reusable #Falcon9 rocket booster for the third time!

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The SpaceX SSO-A's flight path makes this launching video shooting more challenging, hiding behind the exhaust flames thus missing the returning booster...


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https://www.instagram.com/p/BrGj9ZIlqaX/

Expect SpaceX to post higher-res versions in due course. I’ll update this post when they do.

Edit to add: higher res already from twitter

https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1071165490024730624
« Last Edit: 12/07/2018 09:27 pm by FutureSpaceTourist »

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Clearly SpaceX still have work to do on leg retraction:

https://twitter.com/w00ki33/status/1071462774834790405

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Legs are being removed from B1046.3 at port of LA. #spacex @Teslarati

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Beautiful shots

https://twitter.com/w00ki33/status/1071463546494451712

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First grid fin has been removed from the 3x flown Falcon 9 standing at port of LA. Been wanting to see this happen for years. So NEAT! #spacex @Teslarati
« Last Edit: 12/08/2018 05:04 pm by FutureSpaceTourist »

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Clearly SpaceX still have work to do on leg retraction.


Yes, it was stated several weeks ago that the existing stage cap and hoist cables were not lifting the legs properly, combined with some misalignment with the lock clamps on the legs and rocket barrels were not lining up properly. Can't find the related post just now.
 

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With data from gongora's list located here...
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=38551.msg1839535#msg1839535
r/spacex user strawwalker's list located here...
https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/a0vjff/rspacex_ssoa_official_launch_discussion_updates/
and posts from users of NSF, r/spacex and twitter, this would be today's WAG for payload disposition.
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8 Dec 2018

 We have 42 SSO-A spacecraft with confirmed operational status:

(1) Al-Farabi-2

(1) Astrocast 0.1

(1) BRIO

(1) Capella 1

(1) Centauri I

(1) CSIM

(1) Eaglet-1

(1) Elysium Star 2, no comm pkg

(1) Enoch, no comm pkg

(1) ESEO

(1) Eu:CROPIS

(1) eXCITe

(1) ExseedSat-1

(3) Flock-3s 1,2,3

(1) Fox-1C

(1) Global 2

(3) Hawk 1, 2, 3

(1) Hiber 2

(1) Iceye X2

(1) IRVINE02

(1) ITASAT

(1) JY1Sat

(1) K2SAT

(1) KazSTSAT

(1) KNACKSAT

(1) MinXSS 2

(1) MOVE-II

(1) NEXTSat-1

(1) Orbital Reflector (ORS-1)

(1) Pathfinder II

(1) PW-Sat2

(1) SeaHawk-1

(2) SkySat 14, 15

(1) SNUGLITE

(1) SNUSAT-2

(1) Suomi 100

(1) VESTA


possible 23 SSO-A spacecraft which have not been publicly confirmed operational:


(1) AISTECH SAT 2

(1) Audacy Zero; POINTR

(1) BlackHawk

(1) Corvus-BC 4

(1) FalconSat-6

(1) ICE-Cap

(1) KazSciSat-1

(2) ORS 7A, B Polar Scouts

(1) RAAF M1

(1) RANGE A, B

(3) SpaceBEE 5, 6, 7

(1) STPSat-5

(1) THEA

(2) US Government spacecraft

(3) US Government spacecraft

(1) VisionCube

(1) WeissSat-1

// It is getting better...


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https://twitter.com/w00ki33/status/1072940548736962560

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Some scorchy landing leg closeups of B1046.3 on 12/7. #spacex

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SpaceX - SSO A - Launching at SLC 4 in Vandenberg AFB

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Published on Dec 12, 2018



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SpaceX Falcon 9 - SSO-A launching from SLC-4 - 4K

Jay DeShetler
Published on Dec 12, 2018

SSO-A - 4k wide angle shot



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From SpaceFlight:

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The most common question that I have received since launch has been “How did it go?”.  The short answer is 100% mission success since our system did everything it was designed to do.  The next question is “How are the customers doing?”. Overall they seem to be doing extremely well.  One customer was not deployed, as expected, because we sealed them inside their dispenser when they could not demonstrate adequate licensing.  We strongly suspect that a second spacecraft did not fully deploy from their customer-provided dispenser, which is still under investigation. Currently all but six spacecraft have been contacted by their owners and we hope that the organizations still working to contact their spacecraft have success in the next few days as all objects are positively identified and labeled by CSpOC.

https://www.spaceflightindustries.com/2018/12/20/sso-a-smallsat-express-wrap-up/

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From SpaceFlight:

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...One customer was not deployed, as expected, because we sealed them inside their dispenser when they could not demonstrate adequate licensing.  ...

https://www.spaceflightindustries.com/2018/12/20/sso-a-smallsat-express-wrap-up/

Seeing SpaceBEE in the list I was wondering whether they had license *this* time or didn't like their previous launch (begin of 2018 PSLV), e.g. remained "sealed inside" by SSO...

Related is this recent announcement of FCC settlement of almost 1M (source file).

But, it seems SpaceBEEs are neither "sealed inside" nor on of the 6 still unconfirmed payloads. Swarm Grows Constellation to Seven Satellites with Recent Launch
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We are happy to report that three new Swarm satellites launched into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) on the SpaceX SSO-A on December 3. They have been reporting their telemetry back to our ground stations and are in great health. SpaceBEE-5, SpaceBEE-6, and SpaceBEE-7 were granted launch approval and radio frequency communications testing approval by the FCC (0976-EX-ST-2018) earlier this fall. We thank the FCC for its smooth processing of this license. We now have seven Swarm satellites in LEO.


So the list of Draggendrop can be updated...
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We have 42 SSO-A spacecraft with confirmed operational status:
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possible 23 SSO-A spacecraft which have not been publicly confirmed operational:
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Now, who is the unlicensed sealed inside payload?

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two of the mysterious US Gov payloads have been identified:

ORBWEAVER 1 & 2 (2018-099AP, 2018-099AD)

Apparently built by Tethers Unlimited (TUI) for DARPA, it is to demonstrate in orbit manufacturing by reshaping material from the ESPA adaptor into an antenna and attaching this to an array of TUI’s software defined radios launched with the OrbWeaver payload.

http://www.tethers.com/PR/OrbWeaver_PressRelease_APPROVED.pdf

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With data from gongora's list located here...
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=38551.msg1839535#msg1839535
r/spacex user strawwalker's list located here...
https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/a0vjff/rspacex_ssoa_official_launch_discussion_updates/
and posts from users of NSF, r/spacex and twitter, this would be today's WAG for payload disposition.
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13 Jan 2019

 We have 46 SSO-A spacecraft with confirmed operational status:

(1) AISTECH SAT 2

(1) Al-Farabi-2

(1) Astrocast 0.1

(1) BRIO

(1) Capella 1

(1) Centauri I

(1) CSIM

(1) Eaglet-1

(1) Elysium Star 2, no comm pkg

(1) ESEO

(1) Eu:CROPIS

(1) eXCITe

(1) ExseedSat-1

(1) FalconSat-6

(3) Flock-3s 1,2,3

(1) Fox-1C

(1) Global 2

(3) Hawk 1, 2, 3

(1) Hiber 2

(1) Iceye X2

(1) IRVINE02

(1) ITASAT

(1) JY1Sat

(1) K2SAT

(1) KazSTSAT

(1) KNACKSAT

(1) MinXSS 2

(1) MOVE-II

(1) NEXTSat-1

(1) Orbital Reflector (ORS-1)

(1) Pathfinder II

(1) PW-Sat2

(1) SeaHawk-1

(2) SkySat 14, 15

(1) SNUGLITE

(1) SNUSAT-2

(3) SpaceBEE 5, 6, 7

(1) Suomi 100

(1) VESTA


possible 19 SSO-A spacecraft which have not been publicly confirmed operational:


(1) Audacy Zero; POINTR

(1) BlackHawk

(1) Corvus-BC 4

(1) Enoch, no comm pkg (possible failure to deploy, TBD)

(1) ICE-Cap

(1) KazSciSat-1

(2) OrbWeaver 1 & 2 (2018-099AP, 2018-099AD)

(2) ORS 7A, B Polar Scouts

(1) RAAF M1

(1) RANGE A, B

(1) STPSat-5

(1) THEA

(3) US Government spacecraft

(1) VisionCube

(1) WeissSat-1

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The rumour here is that RAAF M1 was DOA.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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