SpaceX F9 : Transporter-6 Rideshare : CCSFS SLC-40 : 3 January 2023 (14:56 UTC)

[gongora]

https://investor.aac-clyde.space/en/press-releases/aac-clyde-space-delivers-first-kelpie-satellite-supporting-o-100016
2022-11-24 AAC Clyde Space AB (publ)
AAC Clyde Space has delivered the first Kelpie satellite to Cape Canaveral, Florida, in preparation for its planned launch onboard the SpaceX Transporter 6 mission expected in December 2022. The 3U EPIC nanosatellite will deliver data to the U.S. company ORBCOMM Inc., a global provider of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, under an exclusive Space Data as a Service (SDaaS) deal. It is planned to be followed by the launch of a second Kelpie satellite in the first half of 2023.

The project will leverage a SDaaS model in which AAC Clyde Space owns and operates the satellites to deliver Automatic Identification System (AIS) data exclusively to ORBCOMM and its government and commercial customers, which is used for ship tracking and other maritime navigational and safety efforts. The state-of-the-art satellite weighs just 4 kg and features an advanced antenna concept developed by Oxford Space Systems to maximize AIS detections of all message types.

"The Kelpie satellite is one of the most innovative satellites AAC Clyde Space has ever built. It hosts advanced low-noise core avionics for reliable, high-performance space data handling as well as the company's first payload development. Our joint mission with an established, leading data services company like ORBCOMM represents a major milestone for AAC Clyde Space in solidifying our strategic move to a Space Data as a Service model," says AAC Clyde Space CEO Luis Gomes.

"Through the Kelpie mission focused on enhancing our global AIS data services, ORBCOMM's government and commercial customers will benefit from more comprehensive global coverage and enhanced performance as well as the highest expected vessel detection rates in the industry over the long term," says Greg Flessate, ORBCOMM's SVP of Government and AIS.

Currently, the group owns and operates a constellation of four satellites dedicated to SDaaS through its U.S. subsidiary AAC SpaceQuest. In addition to the Kelpie satellites, AAC Clyde Space plans to enhance its constellation with two satellites in the fourth quarter of 2023. Moreover, AAC Clyde Space has won a contract to deliver hyperspectral data from an additional three satellites, bringing the total number of satellites owned by the group for SDaaS purposes to eleven.

The two Kelpie satellites will join the other satellites in the constellation, dedicated to delivering AIS data used in maritime operations, and will support many applications, including domain awareness, search and rescue, environmental monitoring and maritime intelligence. ORBCOMM processes over 30 million AIS messages from more than 200,000 vessels per day for government and commercial customers to deliver a complete situational picture of global vessel activity.

[Ken the Bin]

NGA notice.

271323Z DEC 22
NAVAREA IV 1399/22(11,26).
STRAITS OF FLORIDA.
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   021456Z TO 021520Z JAN 23, ALTERNATE
   1456Z TO 1520Z DAILY 03 THRU 08 JAN 23
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 28-39.11N 080-37.76W, 28-38.00N 080-28.00W,
      28-29.00N 080-18.00W, 28-00.00N 080-04.00W,
      27-57.00N 080-07.00W, 28-13.00N 080-25.00W,
      28-26.48N 080-33.24W.
   B. 25-57.00N 079-17.00W, 26-01.00N 079-07.00W,
      25-40.00N 078-46.00W, 25-13.00N 078-40.00W,
      25-09.00N 078-53.00W, 25-23.00N 079-07.00W,
      25-39.00N 079-13.00W, 25-43.00N 079-13.00W,
      25-47.00N 079-13.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 081620Z JAN 23.//

[Ken the Bin]

This NGA Space Debris notice looks like it is probably associated with this launch.

290036Z DEC 22
HYDROPAC 3726/22(61).
INDIAN OCEAN.
SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN.
DNC 03.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
   1709Z TO 1728Z DAILY 02 THRU 08 JAN 23
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   28-43.00S 067-35.00E, 29-08.00S 065-25.00E,
   41-03.00S 068-21.00E, 40-39.00S 070-51.00E,
   28-43.00S 067-35.00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 081828Z JAN 23.

[OneSpeed]

NGA notice.

Launch Hazard Area A and A+B maps from the NGA notice. Fairing recovery some 375km downrange.

This NGA Space Debris notice looks like it is probably associated with this launch.

Space Debris map from the NGA notice. If the second stage trajectory is from the SSE, then that would be consistent with a Sun Synchronous Orbit.

[lenny97]

Ben Cooper, just now:

The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Transporter-6 smallsat rideshare mission from pad 40 onJanuary 2at 9:56 a.m. EST.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

twitter.com/spacetfrs/status/1608831294653317120

Cape Canaveral/Kennedy Space Center, FL temporary restriction:
From January 02, 2023 at 1426 UTC to To January 02, 2023 at 1520 UTC
Altitude: From the surface up to and including 18000 feet MSL
https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_2_0163.html
Likely:Transporter-6 (rocketlaunch.live/launch/transpo…)

https://twitter.com/spacetfrs/status/1608833560009478155

Cape Canaveral/Kennedy Space Center, FL temporary restriction:
From January 02, 2023 at 1426 UTC to To January 02, 2023 at 1520 UTC
Altitude: From the surface up to and including 18,000ft
https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_2_0170.html
Likely:Transporter-6 (rocketlaunch.live/launch/transpo…)

[Ken the Bin]

L-3 weather forecast. 90% 'Go' for January 2. 80% 'Go' for January 3.  All Additional Risk Criteria are Low for both days.

[normp9]

https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=transporter-6

There you go, all payloads listed.

[gongora]

https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=transporter-6

There you go, all payloads listed.

Well, all the publicly acknowledged payloads separating directly from the second stage listed :-)

[Ken the Bin]

A cancel-and-replace NGA Rocket Launch notice for the postponement.  No new Space Debris notice yet.

302151Z DEC 22
NAVAREA IV 1411/22(11,26).
STRAITS OF FLORIDA.
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   031456Z TO 031520Z JAN 23, ALTERNATE
   1456Z TO 1520Z DAILY 04 THRU 08 JAN 23
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 28-39.11N 080-37.76W, 28-38.00N 080-28.00W,
      28-29.00N 080-18.00W, 28-00.00N 080-04.00W,
      27-57.00N 080-07.00W, 28-13.00N 080-25.00W,
      28-26.48N 080-33.24W.
   B. 25-57.00N 079-17.00W, 26-01.00N 079-07.00W,
      25-40.00N 078-46.00W, 25-13.00N 078-40.00W,
      25-09.00N 078-53.00W, 25-23.00N 079-07.00W,
      25-39.00N 079-13.00W, 25-43.00N 079-13.00W,
      25-47.00N 079-13.00W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 1399/22
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 081620Z JAN 23.

[normp9]

https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=transporter-6

There you go, all payloads listed.

Well, all the publicly acknowledged payloads separating directly from the second stage listed :-)

Well yeah ofc. Momentus and Orbiter payloads are public. Epic's and D-Orbit ones not for now. I guess they'll disclose them, D-Orbit usually does.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/launcher/status/1608945438627098624

Launcher’s first mission patch. “Orbiter SN1” scheduled to fly next Tuesday, January 3 2023 on SpaceX Transporter-6. 🚀🌎🛰

[Bean Kenobi]

https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=transporter-6

There you go, all payloads listed.

Well, all the publicly acknowledged payloads separating directly from the second stage listed :-)

Well yeah ofc. Momentus and Orbiter payloads are public. Epic's and D-Orbit ones not for now. I guess they'll disclose them, D-Orbit usually does.

SpaceX lists only 1 Skykraft object, which is the dispenser, when there are 5 Skykraft satellites inside.
There are only 2 Newsats listed : nrs 34 and 35, when "Albania 1" and "Albania 2" are also Newsats (nrs 32 and 33, since last launched was nr 31, and we already knew there would be 4 Newsats on Transporter-6).
I think X-21, X-22 and X-27 are in fact Iceye satellites.
There is also SSPD which is a hosted payload on Vigoride 5.

Unknown payloads to me (no website or social media found) : Sony Sphere 1, Sternula 1 and Eos Sat 1.

[Bean Kenobi]

Albania secures 2 satellites to monitor territory from space

The Albanian government signed the $6 million (6.2 million euros) deal with Satellogic USA Inc. of North Carolina, the prime minister’s office said.

The agreement will give Albania priority access to two satellites - to be named Albania-1 and Albania-2 - that are expected to be part of Satellogic’s upcoming launch with SpaceX.

As reminder.

[Bean Kenobi]

Removed Payoads:
   Guardian-Alpha (3U, OrbAstro, United Kingdom)

Guardian Alpha is still in the list published tonight by SpaceX, no longer linked to VR-5.

[zubenelgenubi]

https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=transporter-6
There you go, all payloads listed.

B1060.15

[FutureSpaceTourist]

SpaceX is targeting 9:56 a.m. ET (14:56 UTC) on Tuesday, January 3 for Falcon 9’s launch of the Transporter-6 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched GPS III-3, Turksat 5A, Transporter-2, Intelsat G-33/G-34 and 10 Starlink missions. Following stage separation, Falcon 9 will land on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Transporter-6 is SpaceX’s sixth dedicated smallsat rideshare mission. There will be 114 payloads on this flight, including CubeSats, microsats, picosats, and orbital transfer vehicles carrying spacecraft to be deployed at a later time.

A live webcast of this mission will begin about 10 minutes prior to liftoff.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

New record for number of deployment events?

https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=transporter-6

LAUNCH, LANDING, AND DEPLOYMENT

All Times Approximate

HR/MIN/SEC	EVENT
00:01:12	Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
00:02:17	1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO)
00:02:20	1st and 2nd stages separate
00:02:28	2nd stage engine starts
00:02:33	1st stage boostback burn begins
00:03:20	1st stage boostback burn ends
00:03:46	Fairing deployment
00:06:44	1st stage entry burn begins
00:07:07	1st stage entry burn ends
00:07:58	1st stage landing burn begins
00:08:23	2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO)
00:08:30	1st stage landing
00:55:20	2nd stage engine restarts (SES-2)
00:55:22	2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)
00:58:24	KuwaitSat-1 deploys
00:58:34	BDSat-2 deploys
00:58:35	SharedSat 2211 deploys
00:58:44	LEMUR 2 EMMACULATE deploys
00:58:55	LEMUR 2 FUENTETAJA-01 deploys
00:59:51	ConnectaT1.2 deploys
01:00:00	GAMA Alpha deploys
01:00:01	BRO-8 deploys
01:00:12	Menut deploys
01:00:18	Huygens deploys
01:00:24	LEMUR 2 DISCLAIMER deploys
01:00:35	STAR VIBE deploys
01:00:55	LEMUR 2 STEVEALBERS deploys
01:01:11	ISILAUNCH Kleos KSF3-A deploys
01:02:02	Birkeland deploys
01:02:07	SPACEBEE-156/167 deploys
01:02:47	LEMUR 2 MMOLO deploys
01:02:54	ISILAUNCH Kleos KSF3-B deploys
01:03:25	ISILAUNCH Kleos KSF3-C deploys
01:04:47	LEMUR 2 PHILARI deploys
01:05:02	ISILAUNCH Kleos KSF3-D deploys
01:05:03	First Flock 4Y deploys
01:05:11	EWS RROCI deploys
01:05:12	SpaceBD ISILAUNCH PolyItan from Kiev deploys
01:05:14	Second Flock 4Y deploys
01:05:23	Guardian-alpha deploys
01:05:25	Third Flock 4Y deploys
01:05:36	Fourth Flock 4Y deploys
01:05:40	SpaceBD Sony Sphere-1 deploys
01:05:50	ISILAUNCH ClydeSpace NSLSat-2 deploys
01:06:30	ISILAUNCH Sternula-1 deploys
01:06:35	Fifth Flock 4Y deploys
01:06:45	Sixth Flock 4Y deploys
01:06:58	Seventh Flock 4Y deploys
01:07:50	Eighth Flock 4Y deploys
01:08:33	Ninth Flock 4Y deploys
01:08:45	10th Flock 4Y deploys
01:09:17	11th Flock 4Y deploys
01:09:28	12th Flock 4Y deploys
01:09:38	13th Flock 4Y deploys
01:10:24	14th Flock 4Y deploys
01:10:42	15th Flock 4Y deploys
01:10:55	16th Flock 4Y deploys
01:11:21	17th Flock 4Y deploys
01:11:32	18th Flock 4Y deploys
01:11:43	19th Flock 4Y deploys
01:12:30	20th Flock 4Y deploys
01:12:41	21st Flock 4Y deploys
01:12:53	22nd Flock 4Y deploys
01:13:26	23rd Flock 4Y deploys
01:13:36	24th Flock 4Y deploys
01:13:54	25th Flock 4Y deploys
01:14:40	26th Flock 4Y deploys
01:14:50	27th Flock 4Y deploys
01:15:40	28th Flock 4Y deploys
01:15:52	29th Flock 4Y deploys
01:16:38	30th Flock 4Y deploys
01:16:49	31st Flock 4Y deploys
01:17:40	32nd Flock 4Y deploys
01:17:50	33rd Flock 4Y deploys
01:18:41	34th Flock 4Y deploys
01:18:52	35th Flock 4Y deploys
01:19:42	36th Flock 4Y deploys
01:19:46	Lynk Tower 3 deploys
01:20:00	Albania 1 deploys
01:20:02	Lync Tower 4 deploys
01:20:42	YAM-5 deploys
01:21:48	NewSat 34 deploys
01:22:03	Albania 2 deploys
01:22:58	X22 deploys
01:23:04	X21 deploys
01:23:46	First Umbra deploys
01:23:50	Second Umbra deploys
01:24:47	NewSat 35 deploys
01:24:59	ION SCV-007 GLORIOUS GRATIA deploys
01:26:05	ION SCV-008 FIERCE FRANCISCUS deploys
01:26:11	Launcher Orbiter SN1 deploys
01:27:31	X27 deploys
01:27:34	Skykraft 1 deploys
01:28:10	Vigoride 5 deploys
01:28:54	CHIMERA LEO 1 deploys
01:31:10	EOS SAT-1 deploys

[normp9]

https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=transporter-6

There you go, all payloads listed.

Well, all the publicly acknowledged payloads separating directly from the second stage listed :-)

Well yeah ofc. Momentus and Orbiter payloads are public. Epic's and D-Orbit ones not for now. I guess they'll disclose them, D-Orbit usually does.

SpaceX lists only 1 Skykraft object, which is the dispenser, when there are 5 Skykraft satellites inside.
There are only 2 Newsats listed : nrs 34 and 35, when "Albania 1" and "Albania 2" are also Newsats (nrs 32 and 33, since last launched was nr 31, and we already knew there would be 4 Newsats on Transporter-6).
I think X-21, X-22 and X-27 are in fact Iceye satellites.
There is also SSPD which is a hosted payload on Vigoride 5.

Unknown payloads to me (no website or social media found) : Sony Sphere 1, Sternula 1 and Eos Sat 1.

I think that x-xx are spacebees by checking https://www.nanosats.eu/database.

And this is for EOS SAT 1: https://dragonflyaerospace.com/eos-sat-1-leaves-dragonfly-aerospace-facility-as-it-prepares-for-december-launch/.

Sternula I guess it's this: https://www.sternula.com/

And finally the sony one: https://starsphere.sony.com/en/artificial-satellite/.

[scr00chy]

It’s official! 🚀 We're launching 3 more radar imaging satellites with the @SpaceX Transporter-6 mission on Tuesday.

Our VP of Space Systems, Terence Lee, explains what’s so unique about this launch and why it is important for ICEYE.

https://twitter.com/ICEYEfi/status/1609101067265998848