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

[ddspaceman]

https://twitter.com/JennyHPhoto/status/1609993597570486273

[gongora]

https://twitter.com/anirudhnsharma/status/1609444043561340929

As the clock strikes midnight, we'll be counting down to the launch of Pushan Alpha, A Space Weather Testbed on the SpaceX Transporter 6. Join us as we make strides in space and ring in the new year in style.  #SpaceX #PushanAlpha #HappyNewYear

https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/corporate/story/indias-spacetech-start-up-digantara-to-welcome-new-year-with-mapping-testbed-launch-aboard-elon-musks-rocket-358603-2023-01-02

[Ken the Bin]

An additional NGA Space Debris notice (in addition to the one for stage 2 reentry).

030234Z JAN 23
NAVAREA IV 15/23(26,27).
OLD BAHAMA CHANNEL.
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
CUBA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
   1455Z TO 1555Z DAILY 03 THRU 08 JAN
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   23-12.00N 079-30.00W, 23-17.00N 079-29.00W,
   23-23.00N 079-26.00W, 23-28.00N 079-21.00W,
   23-32.00N 079-13.00W, 23-33.00N 079-02.00W,
   23-30.00N 078-52.00W, 23-22.00N 078-46.00W,
   23-10.00N 078-47.00W, 23-03.00N 078-55.00W,
   22-59.00N 079-05.00W, 23-01.00N 079-16.00W,
   23-05.00N 079-26.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 081655Z JAN 23.

[OneSpeed]

An additional NGA Space Debris notice (in addition to the one for stage 2 reentry).

Added an area centred 606km downrange, probably for fairing recovery. The existing LHA B centred 370km downrange is probably for a failed boostback burn.

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Discussion thread for SpaceX's January 2023 dedicated rideshare flight.

NSF Threads for SpaceX Transporter-6 : Discussion
Discussion thread for SpaceX Rideshare Program

Launch targeting 3 January 2023, 14:56 UTC (9:56 am EST) on Falcon 9 (booster 1060-15) from SLC-40 to SSO.  First stage landing will be at LZ-1.  Fairing recovery is expected from the water.

There are 114 payloads on this flight, including CubeSats, microsats, picosats, and orbital transfer vehicles carrying spacecraft to be deployed at a later time

Is SSO parameters are known?

530 km SSO as per 2 posts below you.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/epicaerospace/status/1610115402801221632

Ready for launch? We are!

Tune in to watch our CHIMERA LEO 1 spacecraft fly to space tomorrow at 9:56 AM ET, and catch a glimpse of the business end of our tug below!

youtu.be/lSRXacd8wU8

[soltasto]

"Press kit" capture with OCR

[scr00chy]

Possible Payloads:
QBUA01

Could this be the same thing as PolyItan HP-30? They're both Ukrainian and previous PolyItan sat(s) had the QBUA01 callsign: https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=42732

[Skyrocket]

Possible Payloads:
QBUA01

Could this be the same thing as PolyItan HP-30? They're both Ukrainian and previous PolyItan sat(s) had the QBUA01 callsign: https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=42732

I am pretty sure both refer to the same satellite. I'll keep PolyItan HP-30 as the name for the time being, as QBUA01 seems indeed just be the callsign, recycled from the earlier mission.

[Fmedici]

In Launcher's latest press release they gave a new list of customers for their Orbiter SN1:
- TRL11
- Stanford Student Space Initiative
- Bronco Space | Cal Poly Pomona
- Innova Space
- NPC Spacemind
- Logitech Mevo
- Alba Orbital
- Beyond Burials

Notably, it seems that Skyline Celestial's cubesat is no longer flying, as much as CelsiumAstro's hosted payload. The two undisclosed custmers mentioned in the first announcement have been replaced by two new additions:
- Logitech Mevo seems to be referring a camera model produced by Logitech, so I guess they'll be providing an hosted payload
- Alba Orbital should be providing pocketqubes through the Alba Cluster 7A mission (mentioned on Twitter, see below) with 5 customers (while the Alba Cluster 7 mission is going to fly on Transporter-7)

https://mobile.twitter.com/AlbaOrbital/status/1603369369504915456

[Fmedici]

   MDQSAT-1A "Dibu Martinez" & "Juana Uzurduy" (2x 2P?, Innova Space, Argentina, IoT)

Also about this, there's been a bit of chaos with news websites reposting the announcement in the wrong way, but looking at the original annoucement on Twitter it seems to me that the two picosatellites (pocketqubes?) MDQSAT-1A and 1B are still named after Juana Azurduy and Simon Bolivar respectively, while it is the whole mission that has been named after Argentina' goalkeeper Dibu Martinez.

Original announcement for reference:
https://mobile.twitter.com/innova_space/status/1608533561728176130

[Fmedici]

No idea about which NPC Spacemind cubesat us flying onboard Orbiter SN1, but there are two more cubesats from that company who are flying on ION-SCV 008 according to this press release published in November 2022:

The contract covers the launch and deployment of FUTURA-SM1 and FUTURA-SM3, a
3U and a 6U CubeSats respectively, which will be integrated into NPC Spacemind’s
proprietary CubeSat dispensers. The dispensers will be installed inside ION Satellite
Carrier, a versatile orbital transfer vehicle designed, manufactured, and operated by DOrbit, for in-orbit validation.
[..]
NPC Spacemind’s satellites are scheduled for flight in Q4 2022 onboard ION SCV008.

[gongora]

- Alba Orbital should be providing pocketqubes through the Alba Cluster 7A mission (mentioned on Twitter, see below) with 5 customers (while the Alba Cluster 7 mission is going to fly on Transporter-7)

https://mobile.twitter.com/AlbaOrbital/status/1603369369504915456

That Alba Orbital tweet could be for the next flight?

Innova Space probably took up 2/3 of the deployer, so I'd guess Alba Orbital stuck one of their own sats to fill it. (You can clearly see the AlbaPod deployer in all of the Launcher pics)

[Fmedici]

- Alba Orbital should be providing pocketqubes through the Alba Cluster 7A mission (mentioned on Twitter, see below) with 5 customers (while the Alba Cluster 7 mission is going to fly on Transporter-7)

https://mobile.twitter.com/AlbaOrbital/status/1603369369504915456

That Alba Orbital tweet could be for the next flight?

Innova Space probably took up 2/3 of the deployer, so I'd guess Alba Orbital stuck one of their own sats to fill it. (You can clearly see the AlbaPod deployer in all of the Launcher pics)

That makes sense, but I'm still confused by the fact that so far they referred to the Transporter-7 mission as simply Astra Cluster 7, while in this tweet they said "7A". Just a typo or there's a second mission onboard? Idk

[gongora]

Alba has two unicorns.  Is Innova Space flying two .5U cubesats?

https://www.0223.com.ar/nota/2023-1-1-8-9-0-innova-space-proyecta-construir-16-nuevos-picosatelites-en-el-2023

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/spaceoffshore/status/1610275626707226626

Bob is positioned 600 km downrange, North of Cuba, to recover the fairing for the SpaceX launch this morning

[catdlr]

[Slothman]

14:17 (UTC) Mission Control audio: Go for propellant load and launch.

[Fmedici]

About TRL11 hosted payload on Orbiter SN1:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/trl11_happy-new-year-to-all-our-partners-and-friends-activity-7015462139490418688-fs1e?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Happy New Year to all our partners and friends!!! Your support and the team's hard work will soon pay off:

In just two days, on 1/2/23 at 6:55am PST, our first two designs will finally launch to Low Earth Orbit on SpaceX's Transporter-6 mission.

Shown here (in bright red) is our Smart Cubesat Dispenser that also includes a ~2U experimental hosted payload called SAVER, alongside the other constituents aboard Launcher's space tug known as Orbiter, being lifted to mate on the Falcon 9 upper stage (not shown)