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#240 by gongora on 03 Jan, 2023 21:01
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Plan-S, Spire, Satellogic have made contact with their sats
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#241 by FutureSpaceTourist on 03 Jan, 2023 22:11
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https://twitter.com/will4planet/status/1610410660869046273Quote
Launch success! We've made contact with all 36 SuperDove satellites launched this morning!
Great work, team @Planet!
Thx for the ride, @SpaceX!🚀
Great 1st day back in the office! Welcome to 2023! 😎
Edit to add:
https://twitter.com/planet/status/1610412189239902208QuoteFlock 4y has successfully reached orbit and made contact with our mission ops team! These SuperDoves will now go to collect daily data of our changing earth. Learn about Flock 4y’s specs & mission in our blog: go.planet.com/flock-4y
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#242 by FutureSpaceTourist on 03 Jan, 2023 22:15
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https://twitter.com/momentusspace/status/1610413081607434240Quote
Today, we launched our 2nd demo flight w/@SpaceX. Following deployment from Falcon 9, we established contact w/Vigoride on its first orbital pass & confirmed that both solar arrays are deployed, & the vehicle is generating power & charging its batteries.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230103005800/en/Momentus-Launches-Vigoride-Orbital-Service-Vehicle-on-SpaceX-Transporter-6-Mission
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#243 by FutureSpaceTourist on 04 Jan, 2023 00:38
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https://twitter.com/tskelso/status/1610427481512906752Quote
CelesTrak has ephemeris-based SupGP data for all 36 FLOCK 4Y satellites deployed on today's #Transporter6 mission: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/table.php?FILE=planet These should help somewhat in the process of elimination for identifying other payloads.
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#244 by yg1968 on 04 Jan, 2023 03:52
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Quote from: Launcher
Exciting day for the Launcher team:
• Smooth ride to orbit with SpaceX 🚀
• Deployment with our 24” separation system ⚙️
• First contact with Orbiter, our first spacecraft, achieved! 🛰️
Stay tuned as we continue configuring Orbiter for the next phase of its first mission.
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#245 by FutureSpaceTourist on 04 Jan, 2023 08:00
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https://twitter.com/harry__stranger/status/1610451398394785792Quote
A Planet SkySat captured Falcon 9 booster B1060-15 on Landing Zone 1 at 15:15:53 UTC. This was just 11 minutes after the booster landed during the Transporter-6 mission which flew 114 payloads to orbit.
View the interactive image on @Soar_Earth here: https://soar.earth/maps/14076?basemap=Google+Hybrid 🗺️ -
#246 by FutureSpaceTourist on 04 Jan, 2023 08:06
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https://twitter.com/strocast/status/1610552690723139584Quote
It’s official!🚀
On January 3rd, the @strocast satellite constellation grew with the launch of four 3U #nanosatellites aboard @SpaceX #Transporter6 mission with @dorbit.
➡️Read the Astrocast highlights of this successful 🛰️launch: https://www.astrocast.com/news/astrocast-satellite-iot-network-grows-to-18-commercial-satellites/
#NewSpace #Falcon9QuoteThe Astrocast Satellite IoT Network Grows to 18 Commercial Satellites in Space
4 January 2023
On Tuesday, January 3rd 2023, Astrocast launched four more Astrocast 3U nanosatellites aboard D’Orbit’s ION Satellite Carrier aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which lifted off on Transporter-6 rideshare mission. SpaceX’s Transporter-6 mission carried 114 payloads, making it the second-largest rideshare mission ever launched. The Transporter-6 rideshare mission took place from the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).
This launch means yet another milestone accomplished for the Astrocast nanosatellite IoT network in 2022, now consisting of a commercial constellation of 18 satellites in space, making Astrocast one of the TOP 30 satellite operators by the number of satellites in orbit and one of the TOP 3 European low Earth orbit commercial satellite operators. These additional satellites also improve the capacity and reliability of our network, which provides direct-to-satellite and highly secured connectivity to customers around the globe.
The Astrocast network went live in January 2021 with the launch of 5 nanosatellites that were commissioned to serve our commercial customers. Later in June 2021, another 5 satellites were successfully deployed on the SXRS-5 Spaceflight mission onboard SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, and only last month, Astrocast launched four Astrocast 3U satellites aboard India’s PSLV-C54 mission with Spaceflight.
Working towards deploying our full constellation by 2025, the Astrocast Satellite IoT Service was commercially announced in February 2022, and it offers a Cost-effective, Bidirectional, and Comprehensive service to tackle global IoT connectivity challenges in remote areas of the world.
Image caption:QuoteThe exact moment Astrocast’s four nanosatellites separated from SpaceX Falcon9 rocket thanks to D-Orbit’s ION platform.
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#247 by Fmedici on 04 Jan, 2023 10:11
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Some precisations about D-Orbit payloads from their mission booklet and the mission page:
- together with the two FUTURA cubesats, NPC Spacemind also provided their (non detachable) SMPOD12XL-3X cubesat deployer
- Sharja-Sat-1 is the result of a collaboration between the emirati Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences and Technology and the turkish Istanbul Technical University
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#248 by OneSpeed on 04 Jan, 2023 10:12
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Here is a comparison of the webcast telemetry for the Transporter 5 and 6 missions.
The only substantial difference I see is that Transporter 6 had no throttle down for second stage terminal guidance. T5 peak acceleration was about 4.5g, but T6 went as high as 6g. Sporty.
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#249 by catdlr on 04 Jan, 2023 13:20
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SpaceX - Awesome Views Boost Back to Landing - 01-03-2023 Transporter 6Quote
Jan 4, 2023
All original video tracking, not SpaceX or NASA. It was great to have clear skies!! Thanks to Ed Geiger and Pete Carstens for awesome tracking!! -
#250 by Targeteer on 04 Jan, 2023 14:33
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https://www.israeldefense.co.il/node/56813?fbclid=IwAR3j14FluuEsS7EBXijnPfT4c5wSb-T73onigWMJygClK8Mpe35IMQmIGpo
(Google translation--no English version on the website)
Tel Aviv University launched a satellite in order to conduct an experiment in satellite-based quantum encryption
Prof. Yaron Oz, Head of the Center for Quantum Science and Technology at Tel Aviv University: "As soon as a hostile party tries to eavesdrop on the transmitted message, the message fades and you can tell about the eavesdropping attempt."
Ami Rokhax Dumba|4/01/2023
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Photo credit: Tel Aviv University
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According to the researchers, the TAU-SAT3 satellite, which was developed at the Center for Nanosatellites at Tel Aviv University's Faculty of Engineering, is a scientific breakthrough and is intended to pave the way towards demonstrating optical and quantum communication from space using tiny satellites.
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The satellite is designed to carry out several scientific missions, the main one of which is to communicate with the new and advanced optical ground station that was built on the roof of the Shenkar Physics Building.
[Satellite launch team (counter-clockwise): Prof. Meir Ariel, Prof. Ofer Amrani, Orly Blumberg, Idan Finkelstein and Dr. Dolev Bashi. Photo credit: Tel Aviv University.]
This is the first time in Israel, and one of the few times in the world that an optical ground station will be able to lock onto, track and collect data from a tiny satellite whose size, as seen from Earth, is even smaller than the size of a single pixel! The researchers point out that the technological significance of this is that in the future it will be possible to build miniaturized optical communication systems whose cost to build and launch into space is much lower than that of large satellites.
Also, the satellite will perform experiments in satellite communication at very fast rates and in scenarios where the satellite communication channel is disrupted.
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#251 by zubenelgenubi on 04 Jan, 2023 18:42
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Will 1060.16 undergo a "deep-dive exam" after it is removed from LZ-1? In one of the SpaceX Cape facilities or elsewhere? (Asking because this is SpaceX and operational choices may have changed since last May)
(Would 1058.16 be held from its next launch until after the examination of 1060.16 is completed?)NSF SpaceX launches Starlink 4-15 mission, expands booster fleet [May 14]
QuoteOn the other hand, booster B1060 is set to be temporarily retired once it reaches 15 flights later this year; this is understood to be for a deep-dive examination of its systems and components to better understand how to refurbish and reuse boosters up to 20 flights.
Apparently, this is not meant to be a complete overhaul but rather just a study into what it takes to efficiently and cheaply refurbish and keep using Falcon 9 boosters beyond the 15-flight mark. After this, the booster will return to the fleet with aims to fly it up to the 20-flight mark by next year. -
#252 by Bean Kenobi on 04 Jan, 2023 20:15
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According to the researchers, the TAU-SAT3 satellite, which was developed at the Center for Nanosatellites at Tel Aviv University's Faculty of Engineering, is a scientific breakthrough and is intended to pave the way towards demonstrating optical and quantum communication from space using tiny satellites.
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Booklet linked in a post above says it's TAUSAT2, not 3.
https://www.dorbit.space/_files/ugd/64a0e4_0efacfab15a0450aa54cd757885a53b8.pdf -
#253 by zubenelgenubi on 04 Jan, 2023 22:40
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Congratulations to SpaceX for the first orbital launch of 2023!
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#254 by ChrisC on 05 Jan, 2023 03:30
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SpaceX - Awesome Views Boost Back to Landing - 01-03-2023 Transporter 6
https://youtube.com/watch?v=FEYOPvvAGq8QuoteAll original video tracking, not SpaceX or NASA. It was great to have clear skies!! Thanks to Ed Geiger and Pete Carstens for awesome tracking!!
Holy cow, that's the best booster tracking I've ever seen, outside of NASA or USAF/USSF. And if you watch the last minute of the video, you see how. I think in another video, they once showed the sheltered control console. Thank you veterans! Humans FTW
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#255 by FutureSpaceTourist on 05 Jan, 2023 05:45
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twitter.com/kspaceacademy/status/1610844577572818944Quote
SpaceX's Bob returns to @PortCanaveral with a full-fairing catch after the Transporter-6 mission... celebrating with a victory spin and crane wave.
Shared via @NASASpaceflight Space Coast Live... courtesy @SpaceOffshore
https://twitter.com/kspaceacademy/status/1610844835048747010QuoteHere's a real-time clip so you can actually see the two fairing halves. 😅
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#256 by Steven Pietrobon on 05 Jan, 2023 06:34
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Booklet linked in a post above says it's TAUSAT2, not 3.
https://www.dorbit.space/_files/ugd/64a0e4_0efacfab15a0450aa54cd757885a53b8.pdf
Yes, as TAUSat 3 was launched on 21 December 2021 in SpX-24.
https://www.jpost.com/science/article-692041
However, Gunter says the mission was cancelled!
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#257 by Skyrocket on 05 Jan, 2023 09:11
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Booklet linked in a post above says it's TAUSAT2, not 3.
https://www.dorbit.space/_files/ugd/64a0e4_0efacfab15a0450aa54cd757885a53b8.pdf
Yes, as TAUSat 3 was launched on 21 December 2021 in SpX-24.
https://www.jpost.com/science/article-692041
However, Gunter says the mission was cancelled!
https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/tausat-3.htm
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#258 by Skyrocket on 05 Jan, 2023 09:16
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The Sony cubesat for the Star Sphere project is apparently called EYE:
https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/News/Press/202301/23-001E/Quote from: https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/News/Press/202301/23-001E/STAR SPHERE
STAR SPHERE is a project to bring space closer to all and to discover the "space perspectives" to provide an opportunity to think about the global environment and social issues. On Jan. 3, 2023(PST), a remote controllable nano-satellite "EYE" equipped with a camera capable of shooting from space, was launched. Sony will exhibit the "Space Shooting Lab," an experimental simulator that proposes a "space" for experiential photography from space that STAR SPHERE plans to offer in the future, and a mock-up of a nano-satellite equipped with Sony camera equipment. -
#259 by gongora on 05 Jan, 2023 13:41
