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#220
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 12 Jun, 2023 23:10
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#221
by
Perchlorate
on 12 Jun, 2023 23:14
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Congratulations to SpaceX and all their customers for another successful transporter mission.
Of course special congratulations for the 200th successful booster landing … Frankly that’s insane! I’m out of superlatives 🤯
Ironically, the supreme superlative for this occasion is that the whole thing is no longer superlative or insane at all...but rather the new normal. I'm hoping for the day when Starship missions become similarly normal.
Well done, SpaceX!
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#222
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 12 Jun, 2023 23:24
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#223
by
zubenelgenubi
on 12 Jun, 2023 23:43
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Thank you, FST, for today's launch thread coverage! ✨️
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#224
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 12 Jun, 2023 23:51
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https://twitter.com/exolaunch/status/1668405542065172480#Transporter8 Mission accomplished! Thanks for a flawless ride on #Falcon9 @SpaceX! We just successfully deployed 32 #satellites into SSO for 11 international customers 🇺🇸 🇫🇮 🇱🇹 🇪🇸 🇩🇪 🇧🇪 🇮🇳! Thanks for your trust #NewSpace! Launch images: SpaceX #LaunchWithExolaunch
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#225
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 13 Jun, 2023 00:45
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#226
by
edkyle99
on 13 Jun, 2023 00:47
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200 successful recoveries of a SpaceX Falcon booster - achieved via the 126th consecutive successful landing!
200th landing, yes, but not the 200th recovery. FH-2 Core B1055.1 landed successfully on OSCILY, but subsequently
toppled and was lost. The next one landed and recovered will be the 200th.
- Ed Kyle
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#227
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 13 Jun, 2023 01:17
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#228
by
VLN
on 13 Jun, 2023 02:30
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Of interest only to me and 2 other people:
NGA did finally issue a launch hazard warning for Transporter-8, a half hour in advance.
122105Z JUN 23
NAVAREA XII 350/23(18).
EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
2136Z TO 2257Z DAILY, 12 THRU 19 JUN
IN AREA BOUND BY
31-22.00N 121-21.00W, 31-21.00N 121-16.00W,
29-46.00N 121-13.00W, 29-08.00N 121-27.00W,
29-29.00N 122-12.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 192357Z JUN 23.
This almost exactly the Zone B for Transporter-7. It is presumably the recovery zone for the fairings. The Coast Guard issued the warning for the ascent zone, which overlaps the shore. (Apparently a division of labor.)
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#229
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 13 Jun, 2023 07:02
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#230
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 13 Jun, 2023 07:07
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#231
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 13 Jun, 2023 07:08
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#232
by
sanman
on 13 Jun, 2023 08:16
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Did anybody notice some lagginess on one of the legs unfolding, during landing?
I was watching it live, and the 2 things that stuck out to me were:
- lots of dark exhaust coming out of that upper stage engine (almost seemed to be a dark haze around the whole engine)
- during booster landing, one of the legs seemed to be much slower than the others in unfolding
I'd read the engine smogginess was due to a shorter nozzle.
But what would the reason be for the laggy leg?
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#233
by
Fmedici
on 13 Jun, 2023 09:19
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D-Orbit's
press release about ION SCV-011 mission, nicknamed
Above the Sky, just released. Listed payloads:
* Kelpie 2, built by AAC Clyde Space for Orbcomm (Kelpie 1 was on Transporter 6)
* EPICHyper-2
* SpeiSat
* Outpost Mission 1
* NaviLEOTM, navigation receiver for the swiss company SpacePNT (hosted)
* ODIN-DU1, sensor for debris detection for the UK company ODIN Space (hosted)
* UKRI SWIMMR-1, radiation monitor for the UK agency UKRI (hosted)
* 2 Albapod pocketqube deployers with 6 payloads
* a cubesat from an undisclosed customer
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#234
by
Skyrocket
on 13 Jun, 2023 10:00
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D-Orbit's press release about ION SCV-011 mission, nicknamed Above the Sky, just released. Listed payloads:
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* a cubesat from an undisclosed customer
The "cubesat from an undisclosed customer" is likely Eutelsats ELO-4, which was planned for a 2Q 2023 launch (
https://www.eutelsat.com/en/satellites/elo-fleet.html).
For ELO-3, there was a similar secrecy.
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#235
by
Salo
on 13 Jun, 2023 10:40
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https://twitter.com/AlbaOrbital/status/1668344942429626378Alba Orbital @AlbaOrbital
Countdown begins! Just a few hours until our launch on SpaceX's T-8 mission! 🚀
Tonight's launch cluster includes missions for earth observation, IoT, RF sensing, and a high school payload! Learn more about these PocketQubes and their incredible teams ▶️ https://albaorbital.com/transporter8
Glasgow, Scotland – June 12, 2023 – Alba Orbital, a leading provider of small satellite launch services, today announced the successful launch of six PocketQube satellites on board SpaceX’s Transporter-8 mission. SpaceX’s Transporter-8 mission is scheduled to launch at 21:19 UTC from Vandenberg AFB, California.
On board this flight, Alba Orbital will be flying two AlbaPods. Albapods are satellite deployers specifically designed by Alba Orbital for PocketQube satellites, supporting various formats from 1p (5x5x5cm) to 3p (5x5x15cm). Onboard this mission, the AlbaPods are hosting the following PocketQube satellites:
Alba Orbital - UNICORN-2I
UNICORN-2I is part of Alba Orbitals flagship Earth Observation pico-satellite constellation dedicated to monitoring artificial light at night (ALAN) across the globe. The 3P PocketQube satellite will provide high resolution imagery of the earth at night, enabling tracking of applications such as light pollution, urbanization, greenhouse gas emissions and energy usage from space.
ARIEL UNIVERSITY - SATLLA-2I
Satlla-2I is the latest PocketQube satellite from Ariel University. The educational platform is being used for testing concepts of Free Space Optical Communication.
HELLO SPACE - ISTANBUL
Istanbul is Hello Space’s first PocketQube satellite. The test satellite will provide a foundation for worldwide, uninterrupted and powerful IoT data service at low cost. Services such as tracing the motion of cargo containers, remote monitoring of several variables as temperature, humidity levels of industrial equipment and tracking agricultural output to secure efficient supply chain management are all part of this smallsat’s portfolio.
BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS - MRC-100
A 3P PocketQube mission by Budapest University of Technology and Economics, MRC-100 is the continuation of SMOG-P and ATL-1 (previously flown by Alba Orbital) spectrum monitoring PocketQube class satellites with wider monitored spectrum range 30MHz- 2600 MHz, focused on HAM, ISM and
broadcasting bands, made by university students, integrated into the higher education.
AMSAT-EA - URESAT-1
URESAT-1 is the latest iteration of the GENESIS pico-satellite platform used by AMSAT-EA missions with the engineering support from Hydra Space, a company also based in Madrid. URESAT-1 will incorporate an FM voice and an FSK data repeater with store and forward capability, used to relay frames such as the ones on APRS, an IoT network for amateur radio use. All functionalities will be open so anybody with a proper license will be able to use and experiment with them.
INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER HIGH SCHOOL OF BUCHAREST - ROM-2
Rom-2 is a 1P PocketQube satellite built by students from the International Computer High School of Bucharest.The satellite is equipped with a 2MP camera onboard that will take images of the earth and will enable amateur operators as a digital repeater.
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#236
by
Nomadd
on 13 Jun, 2023 10:41
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200 successful recoveries of a SpaceX Falcon booster - achieved via the 126th consecutive successful landing!
200th landing, yes, but not the 200th recovery. FH-2 Core B1055.1 landed successfully on OSCILY, but subsequently
toppled and was lost. The next one landed and recovered will be the 200th.
- Ed Kyle
If you want to get picky over word definitions, it was the 200th recovery since one (CRS-16) was diverted from landing and came down in the ocean instead, but survived intact and was recovered.
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#237
by
Fmedici
on 13 Jun, 2023 10:52
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D-Orbit's press release about ION SCV-011 mission, nicknamed Above the Sky, just released. Listed payloads:
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* a cubesat from an undisclosed customer
The "cubesat from an undisclosed customer" is likely Eutelsats ELO-4, which was planned for a 2Q 2023 launch (https://www.eutelsat.com/en/satellites/elo-fleet.html).
For ELO-3, there was a similar secrecy.
Oh thanks, I've also completely missed so far that ELO-3 was one of the identified payloads from Transporter-7
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#238
by
mn
on 13 Jun, 2023 11:05
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200 successful recoveries of a SpaceX Falcon booster - achieved via the 126th consecutive successful landing!
200th landing, yes, but not the 200th recovery. FH-2 Core B1055.1 landed successfully on OSCILY, but subsequently
toppled and was lost. The next one landed and recovered will be the 200th.
- Ed Kyle
If you want to get picky over word definitions, it was the 200th recovery since one (CRS-16) was diverted from landing at Vandenberg and came down in the ocean instead, but survived intact and was recovered.
That was not at Vandenberg
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#239
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 13 Jun, 2023 11:40
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https://twitter.com/satellitevu/status/1668582021289984002🧵 The ‘World’s Thermometer’ reaches orbit! 🛰️
"HOTSAT-1" successfully launched with @SpaceX from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in #California and first communication has been established!
👉🏽 Anthony Baker, “What a week! This is an incredible achievement for the team, our stakeholders, our partners who worked with us to make today a reality and our investors who have supported our vision for a better future.
https://twitter.com/satellitevu/status/1668582026474139649"Having our first satellite in orbit is a phenomenal moment for us all, opening up a vast range of applications for a more sustainable planet, and we are all so excited about the future and the next stages of our growth.”