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SpaceX F9 : Astranis Block 2 (4 sats) : CCSFS SLC-40 : Q3 2024
by
gongora
on 05 Apr, 2022 13:49
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Discussion Thread for launch of four Astranis satellites.
Q3 2024 on Falcon 9 to some form of GTOFour Satellites:
NuView-A and NuView-B (Anuvu)
PeruUtilitysat
AGILA (Philippines)
[TechCrunch: April 5, 2022] Astranis is contracting an entire Falcon 9 rocket to launch four satellites next year“We’re actually using substantially less than the max capability of a Falcon 9,” Astranis CEO and founder John Gedmark explained. “This is just four small satellites that [will be] on there. So we’re actually able to use all of that extra performance to put those four satellites much closer to GEO than you would normally be able to do with with this kind of launch.”
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The four satellites that will launch on the Falcon 9 next summer also have dedicated customers: one will deliver broadband internet access to rural Peru in a $90 million agreement with Latin American telecom company Grupo Andesat; and two will be leased to Anuvu, a company that provides internet connectivity on airplanes and cruises. A separate customer that has yet to be announced will lease the bandwidth from the fourth satellite.
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#1
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realnouns
on 05 Apr, 2022 15:29
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"Astranis’ first satellite, called Arcturus, will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy ride-share mission sometime this spring.
USSF-44?
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#2
by
Alvian@IDN
on 05 Apr, 2022 16:04
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#3
by
gongora
on 23 Aug, 2022 21:18
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AstranisAero West:
SAT-PPL-20220823-00094AstranisAero East:
SAT-PPL-20220823-00093These two sats will be co-located at 83.1W. The west and east in the names reflect what part of the US they will be serving. Ku- and Ka-band.
ITU filing is ARRAKIS-1 satellite network. Astranis set up a wholly owned subsidiary, Spacing Guild UK, to license these sats through the UK instead of the US.
Dry mass 277kg
The gateway earth station supporting the provision of services will be located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
The satellite is three-axis stabilized, uses monopropellant chemical propulsion for north-south station-keeping, and uses a xenon Hall thruster for east-west station-keeping.
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#4
by
gongora
on 28 Oct, 2022 20:38
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#5
by
realnouns
on 01 Nov, 2022 14:49
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https://twitter.com/Astranis/status/1586056890043301888
We're just months away from our flagship satellite, Arcturus, launching on a Falcon Heavy.
A few months after that we'll be back on the pad launching a Falcon 9.
We're just getting started.
Arcturus is a secondary payload? USSF-67 or ViaSat-3?
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#6
by
crandles57
on 01 Nov, 2022 15:18
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Viasat-3. I thought public name was meant to be Aurora-4A with Arcturus being an internal name, but Arcturus seems to be used a lot.
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#7
by
gongora
on 01 Nov, 2022 15:54
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Aurora-4A is the original name and what the government filings were made under, and will continue to appear that way in those documents. Arcturus is the newer name they call it in public.
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#8
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 08 Nov, 2022 21:34
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#9
by
gongora
on 07 Feb, 2023 17:44
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Anuvu Selects Telesat to Provide Antennas and Ground-Station Infrastructure for the Anuvu ConstellationLOS ANGELES and OTTAWA, CANADA, February 7, 2023 – Anuvu, the leading provider of high-speed connectivity and entertainment solutions for demanding worldwide mobility markets, today announced it will lease new antennas and ground-station infrastructure from Telesat (NASDAQ and TSX: TSAT), one of the world’s largest and most innovative satellite operators, to support the development of the Anuvu Constellation.
The facilities will support Tracking, Telemetry and Control (TT&C) of Anuvu’s first two MicroGEO satellites built by Astranis Space Technologies Corp. Anuvu and Astranis remain on track to launch the first two satellites for the Constellation in mid-2023, with entry into commercial service by year-end.
The new Telesat-managed antennas and ground-station infrastructure will enable Anuvu’s satellite operations from Telesat’s flagship Allan Park, Ontario teleport, with fully redundant operations at its Calgary, Alberta teleport. Telesat will equip each site with new 9-meter Ku-band and 9.2-meter Ka-band antennas as a gateway for inflight connectivity and maritime services, connecting to Anuvu’s co-located Dedicated Space™️ hub infrastructure in a 24/7 managed carrier-class environment, with redundant fiber connectivity to internet Points of Presence.
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#10
by
zubenelgenubi
on 14 May, 2023 23:01
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#11
by
zubenelgenubi
on 28 May, 2023 21:01
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NextSpaceflight, updated May 27:
Launch NET July 2023
I suspect the NET launch month will advance one month per month until Astranis releases new information, such as announcing shipping the satellites to Florida.
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#12
by
GewoonLukas_
on 28 May, 2023 21:12
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NextSpaceflight, updated May 27:
Launch NET July 2023
I suspect the launch month will advance one month per month until Astranis releases new information, such as announcing shipping the satellites to Florida.
Yes sounds like "not next month, so NET the month thereafter"
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#13
by
zubenelgenubi
on 05 Jul, 2023 05:50
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NextSpaceflight, updated July 4:
Launch NET October 2023, either LC-39A or SLC-40
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#14
by
scr00chy
on 11 Jul, 2023 15:21
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#15
by
GewoonLukas_
on 21 Jul, 2023 14:18
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#16
by
GewoonLukas_
on 09 Aug, 2023 15:18
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#17
by
zubenelgenubi
on 22 Sep, 2023 18:31
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Any new news? 4th quarter is days away.
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#18
by
GewoonLukas_
on 22 Sep, 2023 21:08
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Any new news? 4th quarter is days away.
Sounds like it was delayed to late this year due to the solar array drive assembly failure on Arcturus:
We are moving forward with a backup plan and this plan is unique in our industry — it involves a special, multipurpose satellite that can operate as an on-orbit spare and bridge us to a full replacement satellite. We call this satellite UtilitySat. It can operate anywhere in the world, on multiple frequency bands, with the flexibility of a software-defined satellite. UtilitySat has been in the works for over a year, is in the final stages of integration, and is manifested on our very next launch that will take place at the end of this year.
https://twitter.com/Gedmark/status/1682402713945128960A vendor-supplied component for our Arcturus satellite has had an anomaly, so we'll have to delay starting service in Alaska and repurpose the satellite for secondary missions. All Astranis-designed hardware on the spacecraft works perfectly.
UtilitySat is our backup plan.
Also... Astranis is refering to this mission as "Block 2", so perhaps the thread can be renamed to "Astranis Block 2"?
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/11/astranis-satellite-internet-coming-to-the-philippines-next-year.html
Astranis launched its first satellite in May. Its currently preparing to launch two more batches of satellites – which Astranis calls “Block 2” and “Block 3.” Block 2 is launching in the fourth quarter and will feature four satellites, one of of which is for Peru, and Block 3 is launching in mid-2024 and will feature five satellites, one of which is for the Philippines.
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#19
by
zubenelgenubi
on 24 Sep, 2023 04:22
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NextSpaceflight, updated September 23:
Launch NET November 2023,
either LC-39A or SLC-40
LC-39A is not likely to be available for launches other than those that must use it, for the rest of 2023 and into Q1 2024.
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#20
by
zubenelgenubi
on 02 Nov, 2023 05:06
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Any new news?
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#21
by
gongora
on 16 Nov, 2023 00:38
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Today was a landmark day in the history of Astranis.
https://twitter.com/Astranis/status/1724941941291548962
San Francisco is currently hosting dozens of world leaders at the APEC Conference, where we had the chance to sit down with Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., the President of the Philippines.
At the event, we announced together that Astranis will dramatically accelerate our partnership with Orbits Corp and bring not one, but two internet satellites to the Philippines: one on Astranis’s next launch, set for Q1 of 2024, and the second on the previously-announced launch to follow later in 2024.
The President announced that he is naming the new satellite “AGILA,” the name of the Filipino national bird, the “Great Philippine Eagle.”
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#22
by
Fmedici
on 16 Nov, 2023 15:32
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At the event, we announced together that Astranis will dramatically accelerate our partnership with Orbits Corp and bring not one, but two internet satellites to the Philippines: one on Astranis’s next launch, set for Q1 of 2024, and the second on the previously-announced launch to follow later in 2024.
Does this mean that the previously announced plan to use the fourth satellite as temporary replacement of Arcturus has been scrapped and that satellite has been sold to a customer like the other three?
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#23
by
gongora
on 16 Nov, 2023 16:23
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I'm not going to assume that, there are other possibilities (another customer delayed, added another sat).
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#24
by
GewoonLukas_
on 18 Nov, 2023 05:50
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At the event, we announced together that Astranis will dramatically accelerate our partnership with Orbits Corp and bring not one, but two internet satellites to the Philippines: one on Astranis’s next launch, set for Q1 of 2024, and the second on the previously-announced launch to follow later in 2024.
Does this mean that the previously announced plan to use the fourth satellite as temporary replacement of Arcturus has been scrapped and that satellite has been sold to a customer like the other three?
I'm not going to assume that, there are other possibilities (another customer delayed, added another sat).
Andesat-1 is being moved to a later flight:
Delay for Peru’s first telecoms satellite creates opportunity for the Philippines
November 17, 2023
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Astranis chief of staff Christian Keil said Andesat-1 is being moved from Block 2 to a later batch of satellites to better align with the telco’s business needs.
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#25
by
Salo
on 19 Jan, 2024 16:35
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#26
by
gongora
on 21 Feb, 2024 18:44
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https://runwaygirlnetwork.com/2024/02/anuvu-now-targeting-mid-2024-for-microgeo-satellite-launch/
Anuvu announces NuView-Alpha and NuView-Bravo as Anuvu Constellation prepares for launchFebruary 21, 2024
LOS ANGELES, February 21, 2024 - Anuvu, the leading provider of high-speed connectivity and entertainment solutions for demanding worldwide mobility markets, is today announcing the names of the first two satellites in the Anuvu Constellation, NuView-A and NuView-B.
Named to reflect Anuvu’s “new view” of the mobility connectivity market, the NuView duet is a new class of High Throughput Satellite (HTS) that will form a key element in the geostationary orbit layer of the Anuvu network.
After many years as the world’s largest lessor of geostationary satellite capacity, Anuvu is set to become a satellite operator with the launch of NuView-A and NuView-B in mid-2024, providing high-performance connectivity over North America and the Caribbean. The duet will deliver 50 gigabits per second of additional bandwidth for the company’s global mobility network.
“Our mission at Anuvu is to provide seamless connectivity solutions to our mobility clients as they navigate the transition from connectivity today to a world of multiple orbits and frequency bands with the need for rapid and flexible service delivered over both. The launch of the Anuvu Constellation ensures we will continue to expertly provide connectivity to people on the move – whether that’s on aircraft, cruise ships, commercial shipping vessels, or super yachts – through satellite capacity that is targeted and highly flexible.” says Mike Pigott, EVP Connectivity, Anuvu.
“The launch of NuView-A and NuView-B forms part of our bridge to LEO strategy, enabling flexible connectivity architectures that allow clients to pivot their business model as new technology is deployed.”
The satellites will have a mission life of eight to ten years and allow capacity and power to be moved and optimized in-orbit using state-of-the-art software defined radios and digital channelizers. The Anuvu Constellation will complement the company’s existing connectivity infrastructure and bolster a hybrid network across orbits to deliver optimized solutions to customers.
Visit anuvuconstellation.com for more information.
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#27
by
gongora
on 13 Jun, 2024 19:42
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#28
by
zubenelgenubi
on 27 Jul, 2024 07:44
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Given the successive LC-39A launch campaigns Starlink 10-9 => Starlink 10-6 => Crew-9 => Polaris Dawn (if there is time) => Europa Clipper:
I think this launch will be from SLC-40, assuming a launch in the third quarter + (most of?) October.
If it is further delayed?