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

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1611024931348959232

Onboard view from Falcon 9’s flight to space and back during smallsat rideshare mission

[alugobi]

I've always wanted them to keep that view at stage separation instead of switching to inside the interstage looking up at stage 2. 

[Fmedici]

Reading NanoAvionics' press release it seems that they worked on four cubesats that flied on Transporter-6: Gama Alpha, the two MilSpace2 and a fourth undisclosed cubesat. Could it be one of the US government payloads announced for the Maverick port?

[gongora]

It could be a payload we already know about and just don't associate with Nanoavionics, or it could be another payload but then it would have to not be counted in the 114?  It's hard to tell, sometimes the manufacturers/integrators won't acknowledge a payload long after it's already public.

[Bean Kenobi]

With new informations from D-Orbit published today, we now have nearly all the manifest carried by IONs.

Link : https://www.dorbit.space/second-star-to-the-right

Second Star to the Right includes the deployment of a total of nine satellites, from NPS Spacemind, Astrocast, Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences and the Tel Aviv University (both onboard through a contract with ISIS Space), and AAC Clyde Space (for Orbcomm). The mission also includes in orbit validation of third-party hosted payloads by the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Genergo, scamsat and a hosted payload from an undisclosed customer.

- 9 satellites to be deployed :
Astrocast 0401 to 0404 (Astrocast) [ION SCV008],
Futura SM-1 and SM-3 ("NPS Spacemind" in this release, which is in fact NPC Spacemind) [ION SCV008],
Kelpie 1 (AAC Clyde Space, for Orbcomm),
Sharjah Sat 1 (Sharjah Academy for Astronomy) [ION SCV008],
TAUsat 2 (Tel Aviv University).

- Hosted :
Cryp to 2 (Cryp tosat),
Drago 2 (Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias) [ION SCV007],
Genergo 2 (Genergo),
Undisclosed customer.

- Futura SM-1 and Futura SM-3 are on ION SCV008 : https://www.dorbit.space/_files/ugd/64a0e4_97b0157cbb3b4794b1da0521d3a3bc03.pdf

NPC Spacemind’s satellites are scheduled for flight in Q4 2022 onboard ION SCV008.

- Astrocast 0401 to 0404 are on ION SCV008 : https://twitter.com/FabienJordan/status/1610340974860926979?cxt=HHwWhoC83bWlitksAAAA

The exact moment our 4 Astrocast’s #nanosatellites separated from SpaceX Falcon9 rocket thanks to D-Orbit’s Ion platform!

SpaceX launch timetag "T+1:26:10" is the deployment time of ION SCV008.

- Drago 2 is hosted on ION SCV007 : https://www.lameziainstrada.com/iac-sta-inviando-nello-spazio-il-suo-secondo-strumento-di-osservazione-della-terra/

The DRAGO-2 infrared camera, the second instrument developed by the Instituto Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) for Earth observations, is already in orbit around the planet after its launch yesterday from the Estación de la Cape Canaveral Space Force in Florida (USA).

In this regard, the Astrophysics Center indicated in a note on Wednesday that the camera was integrated into the ION-SCV 007 Glorious Gratia satellite carrier of the Italian company D-Orbit, and was launched yesterday aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from the SpaceX.

- Sharjah Sat 1 is on ION SCV008 : https://ae.linkedin.com/posts/yousuf-faroukh-6b1074102_transporter-6-mission-activity-7016006319522385920-whFZ

Launching My first Satellite Sharjah-Sat-1 today onboard SpaceX Transporter 6 mission. Sharjah-Sat-1 is equiped with two paylods: 1) an Improved X-Ray Detector to perform space weather research. 2) a dual camera system that will take low reaolution images of Sharjah and the United Arab Emirates.

Sharjah-Sat-1 will be placed on a transfer vehicle (ION SCV-008) targeting 550 Km at a Sun Synchronous Orbit. the first signal is expected at the 14th of January 2023. 11 days post deployment.

Edit Jan 24th : a bot on the forum changes words "Cryp to" and "Cryp tosat" into "scam" and "scamsat". Modified again.

[gongora]

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/stuck4ger/status/1611420962099961856

@SpaceX faring migration season is surprisingly short as I saw these two flying south a few days ago but they are already on the final leg north returning to their roost. I expect it will soon be faring mating season.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/kspaceacademy/status/1611468243340005378

Well... @NASASpaceflight let me loose on the YouTube channel again.😅

You can see a ton of interesting things in that single-take RTLS video SpaceX released yesterday, so we tossed together a quick vid pointing some out. Please be nice.

➡️

[gongora]

https://www.isispace.nl/news/isispace-group-launches-47-satellites-with-its-isilaunch38-mission-on-board-falcon-9-transporter-6-launch/

ISIS put out a complete list.  Guardian Alpha was on their port, and two of their 47 were riding with D-Orbit.  They give the size of NSLSat-2 as 8U.

[gongora]

Of the payloads I haven't assigned to an integrator yet...

RROCI is almost certainly integrated by Maverick and may have been the only thing on that port.

Assigning KuwaitSat-1, GAMA Alpha, Birkeland and Huygens to Exolaunch would match their count of 28 Cubesats.

Looks like Chimera has an Exolaunch separation ring, so would be the 9th microsat in their count.

That leaves Umbra, Lynk, and EOS.  I'm a bit surprised EOS wouldn't be going through someone like ExoLaunch, but I think the others were on their own ports for the previous Transporter launch.

I'm still assuming Pushan Alpha is either on Orbiter or Chimera.

[lw2dtz]

It's been almost a week since launch, but no news about the fate of Orbiter SN1.
Does anyone know its status?

[GewoonLukas_]

It's been almost a week since launch, but no news about the fate of Orbiter SN1.
Does anyone know its status?

This is the last update we got:

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.

https://twitter.com/launcher/status/1610466241294262273

[gongora]

Australia’s largest ever satellite constellation now active

12 January 2023, Canberra – Skykraft's Block II satellites successfully reached low Earth orbit after their 3 January launch by SpaceX from Cape Canaveral.

The satellites were launched as a single payload, with four mission satellites carried by an orbital transfer vehicle. Following successful initial testing of the single payload by Skykraft, the four mission satellites were separated from the orbital transfer vehicle to become five single satellites.

Over the past 7 days, Skykraft has performed critical operations including testing communication through its UHF command channel to communicate regularly with all satellites, ensuring a functioning power system with batteries being recharged by the solar panels, and operations of the mission computer.

"All onboard systems tested on the five satellites are performing in line with expectations, including the mission computer which is operating flawlessly," said Dr Michael Frater, CEO of Skykraft.

"Skykraft is now actively operating the five satellites, which form the largest ever constellation of Australian built spacecraft, and will be carrying out proof of concept activities for our Air Traffic Management services”

Skykraft's global Air Traffic Management (ATM) service is set to be commercialised over the next 2 years, and will address gaps in surveillance and communications for aircraft travelling over remote and oceanic areas.

"This first launch is just the start. Over the next 2 years, Skykraft is building and launching a satellite constellation that will accurately track and monitor aircraft movements globally, allowing aircraft to follow more efficient flight routes."

This proof of concept activities will see Skykraft testing the capability of our Air Traffic Management services and analysing data over the next 3 months, with further launches scheduled for mid-2023 and early-2024.

Skykraft's design, manufacture and operation of satellites have now been proven in space.

[Chinakpradhan]

Can we confirm that this mission is Fully successful?? I don't think all deployments were successfully executed. If it's the case then, spacex's success streak has been broken then!!!

[russianhalo117]

Can we confirm that this mission is Fully successful?? I don't think all deployments were successfully executed. If it's the case then, spacex's success streak has been broken then!!!

Some will be released from deployed satellites months afterwards. It could take upto a year to officially determine any official outcomes.

[Chinakpradhan]

Can we confirm that this mission is Fully successful?? I don't think all deployments were successfully executed. If it's the case then, spacex's success streak has been broken then!!!

Some will be released from deployed satellites months afterwards. It could take upto a year to officially determine any official outcomes.

Sorry I needed to be clear!! Deployments by SpaceX. Are all 82 deployments confirmed??
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1610372664958545921?s=20&t=AovDGmaTVYcu6HKvsYlVqQ

[gongora]

If SpaceX sent a signal to the deployer then it's successful for SpaceX.  Almost all of the payloads use third party deployers on these missions.

[Chinakpradhan]

If SpaceX sent a signal to the deployer then it's successful for SpaceX.  Almost all of the payloads use third party deployers on these missions.

if there's a SpaceX wiring issue. One possibilities of spacex being the culprit.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

twitter.com/tskelso/status/1614041001148190721

CelesTrak has GP data for 30 objects from the deployment of 82 payloads from the #Transporter6 launch (2023-001) of Jan 3 at 1456 UTC. Latest data is available at: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/table.php?INTDES=2023-001

https://twitter.com/tskelso/status/1614043932408807425

A comparison of the @18thSDS GP data to the Planet SupGP data shows 14 unique matches from these 30 objects: celestrak.org/NORAD/elements…. We will continue to provide these comparisons to help with the process of elimination for the remaining objects.

[gongora]

https://twitter.com/D_Orbit/status/1614976770293235713

❗️Mission Update❗️ION SCV008 Fierce Franciscus successfully released🎯Tausat-2, a 2U sat by @TelAvivUni, onboard ION via a contract with @isis_space
 
✅Acquisition of the signal confirmed! 🍀Good luck with your mission and thanks for flying with ION! #inorbitnow #wearedorbit