[Exclusive] Korea's first military dedicated communication satellite shoots in July According to government and military sources on the 1st, military-only satellites will be launched near Florida, USA in July. The plan is to arrive at the launch site in May, two months before the launch, and prepare.
A communications satellite built for the South Korean military arrived at Cape Canaveral this week from an Airbus factory in France to begin final preparations for launch on SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in July.The Anasis 2 communications satellite flew to the Kennedy Space Center Monday aboard an Antonov An-124 cargo plane from Toulouse, France, the site of an Airbus spacecraft manufacturing facility.(...)The Anasis 2 satellite is scheduled for launch in early July on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.
And a Falcon 9 from pad 39a will launch the ANASIS-II Korean military communication satellite on mid July TBA.
According to Next Spaceflight, booster 1058.2 is going to be used for this mission, the one that supported Crew Demo-2.https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/1693Currently the shortest booster turnaround is 62 days, 14 hours and 55 minutes (JCSAT-18/Kacific-1 -> Starlink-5). It may be beaten by the Starlink-10 launch by ~13 hours if it launches of time.However, if ANASIS-II launches before July 31 (it's currently slated for mid-July according to Ben Cooper), it's going to be another record.
Intelsat herein requests 30 days of Special Temporary Authority, commencing July 13, 2020, to use its Riverside, California Ka-band earth station to provide launch and early orbit phase services for the ANASIS II satellite.
ANASIS II is expected to launch on July 13, 2020.
Before Falcon 9 and Starlink even gets off the ground, the next Falcon 9 launch hazard advisory is on the Range for July 14th. This advisory is covering a period from 4:55 pm EDT to 9:47 pm EDT. This launch will carry KMilSatCom 1 for the South Korean Military.
NOTAM for July 14th SpaceX Falcon 9 launch with Anasis 2 from SLC-40 has been issued.
Just Read the Instructions droneship has departed from Port Canaveral for the ANASIS-II mission - NET July 14th.Tugboat Lauren Foss will tow JRTI ~628 km downrange. 📸 visitspacecoast.com
The #Falcon9 for #ANASIS2 just went vertical on neighbouring SLC-40 for Static Fire later today!
L-3 launch weather forecast still 30% to 50% GO
Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 07/11/2020 03:43 pmL-3 launch weather forecast still 30% to 50% GOThanks!What do ranges like "70% -> 50%" mean in this context? Any significance in the arrow? Since these are probabilities they are giving, does a range mean that different models are giving different values, or that individual models are giving divergent results?
They expect the weather to improve a bit during the launch window. It's a pretty long window.
Static fire test complete – targeting July 14 for Falcon 9 launch of ANASIS-II from SLC-40 in Florida
The booster supporting this mission previously launched @NASA astronauts @AstroBehnken and @Astro_Doug to the @Space_Station
