Author Topic: SpaceX FH - STP-2 - LC-39A - June 25, 2019 - 02:30 EDT - UPDATES (Read 145372 times)

Chris Bergin · « **on:** 06/10/2019 09:49 pm »

UPDATE ONLY thread for STP-2 mission.

NSF Threads for STP-2 : Discussion / Updates / ASDS / Party
NSF Articles for STP-2 :
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/?s=STP-2

Successful launch June 25, 2019 on Falcon Heavy from LC-39A at Cape Canaveral at 02:30 EDT (07:30 UTC). Side boosters 1052.2 and 1053.2 successfully performed RTLS landings at LZ-1. Center booster 1057.1 unsuccessfully attempted a downrange landing on the ASDS. The fairing catcher ship Ms. Tree made its first successful catch of a fairing half. The Air Force said the Integrated Payload Stack is 3700kg.

SpaceX mission page: https://www.spacex.com/stp-2

Posts with payload lists: Post 1. Post 2. This is also the ELaNa XV CubeSat mission for NASA

Possible deployment locations:
Oculus, cubesats : 300 x 860km at 28.5 deg?
Prox-1, NPSat, OTB, GPIM, COSMIC-2 : 720 x 720km at 24 deg?
DSX : 6000 x 12000km at 43 deg?
"Propulsive passivation" : move second stage away from DSX, passivate and leave in MEO?

Other SpaceX resources on NASASpaceflight:
SpaceX News Articles (Recent) / SpaceX News Articles from 2006 (Including numerous exclusive Elon interviews)
SpaceX Dragon Articles / SpaceX Missions Section (with Launch Manifest and info on past and future missions)
L2 SpaceX Section

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/12/spacex-foot-eelv-door-double-launch-contract-win/

UGordan with the find on the description of STP-2 payload: https://www.fbo.gov/utils/view?id=36de6af7670d2636c8c195173dd500e1

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #1 on:** 06/10/2019 09:50 pm »

FEATURE ARTICLE: NASA highlights payloads on next Falcon Heavy; LZ-1 cleared for normal operations -

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/06/nasa-payloads-next-falcon-heavy-lz-1/

By Chris Gebhardt

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1138196953412583424

pb2000 · « **Reply #2 on:** 06/14/2019 05:40 pm »

Toss this in here, so it's more likely to be seen.

Quote from: cscott on 06/14/2019 05:28 pm

KSC just put launch viewing tickets on sale. That seems to indicate a level of confidence in the current launch date.

https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/info/tickets#VIPLaunchViewing

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #3 on:** 06/14/2019 08:14 pm »

https://twitter.com/emrekelly/status/1139618957147746305

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#SpaceX Falcon Heavy STP-2 now firmly on the Eastern Range's launch calendar for Monday, June 24 @ 2330 ET / 0330 UTC +1. Liftoff from 39A, landings at LZ-1 and drone ship.

catdlr · « **Reply #4 on:** 06/15/2019 03:36 am »

LightSail 2 mission highlights

The Planetary Society
Published on Jun 14, 2019

This video shows brief highlights from LightSail 2, a crowdfunded space mission by The Planetary Society launching in June 2019. LightSail 2 aims to become the first spacecraft in Earth orbit propelled solely by sunlight. The goal is to raise LightSail 2’s orbit by a measurable amount, showing that solar sailing is a viable means of propulsion for CubeSats—small, standardized spacecraft that are part of a global effort to lower the cost of space exploration.

For more, visit sail.planetary.org.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #5 on:** 06/16/2019 04:40 pm »

SpaceX Falcon Heavy (STP-2) Static Fire at KSC 39A is NET Tuesday.

Overview:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/06/nasa-payloads-next-falcon-heavy-lz-1/

Updates: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=48325.0

Here's what the previous Falcon Heavy Static Fire looked like, via @ChrisG_NSF and @KSpaceAcademy

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1140297869959794689

Orbiter · « **Reply #6 on:** 06/18/2019 03:40 am »

Reaction frame earlier being picked up ahead of static fire.

(Photo source: Tom Campbell, SpaceX Boca Chica FB group)

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #7 on:** 06/18/2019 11:20 am »

Static Fire moved from Tuesday to NET Wednesday, per L2 Flow Updates.

RocketLover0119 · « **Reply #8 on:** 06/18/2019 04:17 pm »

OCISLY has departed port being towed by Hollywood, originally the landing was supposed to be roughly 39 KM off the coast, but now it seems a landing in roughly the same location as Arabsat is the case.

https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1140956437386018816

https://twitter.com/TheFavoritist/status/1141004926933438465

"The drone ship will be parked in roughly the same location as the last Falcon Heavy launch in April, which delivered the commercial Arabsat 6A communications satellite to orbit."

Spaceflight Now Reports: https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/06/18/falcon-heavy-stp-2-launch-preps/

gongora · « **Reply #9 on:** 06/18/2019 09:07 pm »

Updated FCC filing for STP-2 recovery: 1112-EX-ST-2019

North 27 56 52 West 68 0 55 Autonomous Drone Ship

RocketLover0119 · « **Reply #10 on:** 06/18/2019 09:53 pm »

Quote from: gongora on 06/18/2019 09:07 pm

Updated FCC filing for STP-2 recovery: 1112-EX-ST-2019

North 27 56 52 West 68 0 55 Autonomous Drone Ship

And will be a record-setting whopping 1240 KM downrange (240 KM more than Arabsat 6a)

https://twitter.com/IanPineapple/status/1141097712705769472

Best of luck B1057.1.......

gongora · « **Reply #11 on:** 06/18/2019 10:03 pm »

https://twitter.com/AF_SMC/status/1141099481628364808

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The 3700 kg Integrated Payload Stack (IPS) for #STP2 has been completed! Have a look before it blasts off on the first #DoD Falcon Heavy launch! #SMC #SpaceStartsHere

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #12 on:** 06/19/2019 01:54 am »

Static Fire Window opens at 12:30pm Local Time, per L2. Usually runs for six hours.

RocketLover0119 · « **Reply #13 on:** 06/19/2019 02:54 am »

Rollout is underway!!

https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1141170402024218624

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #14 on:** 06/19/2019 10:13 am »

https://twitter.com/spaceflightnow/status/1141286545334382592

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #15 on:** 06/19/2019 10:34 am »

https://twitter.com/Cygnusx112/status/1141292660990328832

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Best I can do through the morning haze but #FalconHeavy is vertical on the pad for today’s static fire. #SpaceX #SpaceCoast

Edit to add:

https://twitter.com/therealjonvh/status/1141297437056933889

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The #FalconHeavy is up!!! @SpaceX @CoastScla I repeat the Falcon Heavy is up!!! Erected about 6am. What a view. More photos to come shortly🚀📷🤠

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #16 on:** 06/19/2019 11:45 am »

Wow:

https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1141310662750146561

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The first @SpaceX Falcon Heavy with flight proven side boosters is vertical at historic LC-39 A. Full stack static fire is expected today ahead of the #STP2 launch scheduled for NET 6/24.

Edit to add:

https://twitter.com/therealjonvh/status/1141318999143321600