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SpaceX F9 : Transporter-9 Rideshare : Vandenberg : 11 November 2023 (18:49 UTC) by gongora on 16 May, 2022 14:20
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Discussion thread for SpaceX's Transporter 9 dedicated rideshare flight.
Discussion thread for SpaceX Rideshare Program
Launch 11 November 2023, at 18:49:00 UTC (10:49 am PST), from Vandenberg on Falcon 9 (booster 1071.12) to SSO.
Payloads: 90 spacecraft separating from Falcon 9. The OTVs carry an additional 23 satellites, for 113 total.
D-Orbit ION SCV013
C rypto3 (3U, C ryptosat)
EPICHyper-3 (6U, AAC Clyde Space for Wyvern)
Intuition 1 (6U, KP Labs, Poland)
LEMUR 2 NANAZ (3U, Spire)
OSW Cazorla (3U, Odyssey Spaceworks, using Endurosat bus)
PICo-IoT (9x 1/3U, Apogeo)
Ymir-1 (3U, Saab/AAC Clyde Space)
Alba Orbital (2 PocketPods with 6 PocketQubes)
Albapod 1: Unicorn 2J, SpaceAnt-D, Unicorn 2TA2
Albapod 2: Unicorn 2K, HADES-D, ROM-3
Unicorn-2J/2K (2x 3P, Alba Orbital)
Space ANT-D (1P, SpaceIn, Malaysia)
HADES-D (1.5P, AMSAT EA, Spain)
ROM-3 (1.5P, RomSpace, Romania)
TARTAN-ARTIBEUS 2 (1P, Carnegie Mellon University)
(hosted) StardustMe "Stars of Calm"
(hosted) Antelope OBC (KP Labs)
(hosted) Ka-band Transponder & Horn antenna (PICOSATS)
(hosted) Gen-03 propulsion system (Genergo)
ExoLaunch (28 CubeSats + ? microsats)
Barry-1 (3U, Endurosat, with Rogue Space Systems payload) (B1B2)
BRO-10 (?U, UnseenLabs, France)
BRO-11 (?U, UnseenLabs, France)
Connecta T3.1 & T3.2 (2x 3U, Plan-S)
Djibouti-1A (1U, CERD/CSUM, Djibouti)
Ella 1 (LEMUR 2) (4U, Spire for hiSky)
GHGSat C-9/10/11 (3x 16U, built by Spire)
ICEYE 31/32/34/35 (4x 90kg)
Mango Two (2x 3U, Spire)
Mantis (12U, Satlantis/Open Cosmos/Space UK/ESA)
NinjaSat (6U, Riken/Mitsui Bussan Aerospace, Japan, built by Nanoavionics)
Observer-1A (16U, Nara Space, Korea)
OrbAstro TR1 (?U, OrbAstro)
OrbAstro PC1 (3U?, OrbAstro)
Outpost Mission 2 (3U, Outpost)
PEARL 1C/1H (2x 6U XL, Foxconn [Hon Hai], Taiwan)
PLATERO (6U, Open Cosmos)
Platform 5 (?U, Endurosat)
ProtoMéthée-1 (16U, PROMÉTHÉE Earth Intelligence, France, built by Nanoavionics)
Vindlér constellation (4x 6U, Spire for SNC) rf intelligence
Veronika (1U, Spacemanic/Boris Procik, Slovakia)
Maverick
GENMAT-1 (6U, GenMat)
IRIS C2 (?)
OMNI-LER1 (3U)
SEOPS
HERON Mk. II (3U, U. of Toronto)
KAFASAT (3U, Republic of Korea Air Force) (maybe on 425 Project flight?)
Tiger-5/6 (2x 6U, OQ Technologies)
Momentus (ISL deployer)
AMAN-1/Stork-7 (3U, SatRev/Oman) (not deployed?)
Hello Test 1 & 2 (?P, Hello Space, Turkey)
JinjuSat-1 (2U, CONTEC, South Korea) (not deployed?)
Picacho (1U, Lunasonde, USA) (not deployed?)
Impulse Space Mira S/N 2 - LEO Express-1 mission (265kg wet mass with payload)
(EBAD separation system, SEOPS cubesat deployer)
Time We'll Tell (?U 4kg, TrustPoint)
ExoTrail spacevan 001 (>100kg, built by Nanoavionics)
Exo-0 (8U, Endurosat)
SuperDove Flock 4q (36x 3U, Planet) (ISL deployers)
Pelican-1 (?kg, Planet) (ExoLaunch separation system)
AETHER 1/2 (2x ?kg, Kepler Communications)
Falconsat-X
SPIP (120kg, Aerospacelab, France) (ExoLaunch separation system)
Umbra 7/8 (2x 83kg, Umbra)
Possible Payloads:
RapidEO (?, L3Harris for US government)
Removed Payloads:
?Sateliot (x4)
Pony Express (2x 12U, aka Tyvak-0261/-0262)
Xcraft (microsat, Xplore)
Tower 5/6 (2x ?kg, Lynk Global)
ScopeSat (8x 6U, SatRev, Poland)
GNOMES-4 (PlanetiQ, 41.7kg)
Hawkeye 360
Contec (16U, built by Nanoavionics)
ForgeStar-1 (microsat, Space Forge)
FOSSASat FEROX (?x 3?P, FOSSA Systems)
Jackal (2x 275kg, True Anomaly)
Kanyini (6U, Myriota et al., Australia)
Labsat IoT (12U?, Argentina)
LizzieSat-1 (100kg, Sidus Space)
MuSat-2 (67kg, Muon Space)
Orbiter (SN4?) (Launcher/Vast)
SpIRIT (6U, U. of Melbourne, Australia)
Winnebago 2 (Varda)
YAM-6 (90kg)
Momentus Vigoride 7
?TROOP-F2 (6U, NearSpace Launch) (via SEOPS?)
?CUAVA-2 (6U, U of Sydney, Australia)
?Waratah Seed WS-1 (6U, U of Sydney, Australia)
?HelloPod (4x 2P?, Hello Space, Turkey)
?OREsat-0.5 (2U, PSAS, USA)
?Stork-7 (3U, SatRevolution, Poland)
?Zeus-2 (3U-XL, Qosmosys, Singapore)
?WREN (6U, C3S, Hungary)
(hosted) Triton-X (LuxSpace)
FOSSA Deployer (8P capacity)
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#1 by gongora on 23 Aug, 2022 21:22
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#2 by scr00chy on 23 Aug, 2022 23:54
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https://www.lanacion.com.ar/tecnologia/spacex-lanzara-al-espacio-en-2023-al-labsat-iot-el-satelite-que-desarrollan-el-copitec-y-las-nid22082022/
Funnily, SpaceX already launched a LabSat on Transporter-3, but it looks like it's just an unrelated, similarly named satellite. -
#3 by Steven Pietrobon on 24 Aug, 2022 08:07
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A translation.
"SpaceX will launch into space in 2023 the Labsat IoT, the satellite developed by Copitec and the University of Palermo. The device will be put into Earth orbit in the second half of next year; will be used to measure soil conditions in rural areas and provide connectivity in mountains, rivers and other wilderness areas"
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#4 by normp9 on 12 Sep, 2022 14:23
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Momentus vigoride will be carrying the Triton-x demo platform (hosted payload) for lux space.
https://investors.momentus.space/news-releases/news-release-details/momentus-announces-service-agreement-hosted-payload-luxspace [Aug 19]
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/spacesolutions_esa-tritonx-microsatellite-activity-6972601405106724866-SvEa/ -
#5 by gongora on 12 Sep, 2022 15:30
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Momentus vigoride will be carrying the Triton-x demo platform (hosted payload) for lux space.
https://investors.momentus.space/news-releases/news-release-details/momentus-announces-service-agreement-hosted-payload-luxspace
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/spacesolutions_esa-tritonx-microsatellite-activity-6972601405106724866-SvEa/?utm_campaign=European%20Spaceflight%20Update&utm_medium=member_desktop&utm_source=share
Have you seen anything that says it will be on this particular flight? -
#6 by Steven Pietrobon on 13 Sep, 2022 06:47
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The press release only says that they will be launching in 2023 and does not specify the launch vehicle.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220818005766/en/
"LuxSpace, a Luxembourg-based subsidiary of German headquartered satellite manufacturer OHB, will fly its Triton-X small satellite platform aboard a Vigoride Orbital Transfer Vehicle in 2023." -
#7 by gongora on 14 Sep, 2022 03:08
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This article from March says the launch is planned for early 2023. So I'm guessing Transporter-7?
Good work, but that was saying basically “a year from now” and the key roadblock, late delivery of the spacecraft, may still be there. It was when I posted on August 7.
My guess remains that launch won’t occur until about a year after spacecraft delivery.
A new source has answered these questions authoritatively.
MethaneSat is to launch on Transporter 9, which is scheduled for Oct 1, 2023.
Spacecraft delivery for instrument integration is expected in September, so there are still a few weeks of schedule margin.
And there is a path to follow-on instruments.
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#8 by gongora on 22 Sep, 2022 22:01
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#9 by scr00chy on 11 Oct, 2022 16:56
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ExoTrail wins contract to demonstrate orbital transfer for French agencies [Oct 11]Quote
ExoTrail plans to launch its first spacevan on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare flight in October 2023. At the time, the company revealed plans for three additional spacevan flights in 2024 on various launch vehicles.
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#10 by Steven Pietrobon on 15 Nov, 2022 23:10
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South Australian cubesat Kanyini has been delayed from Transporter 8 to Transporter 9. Source is the Australian Space Agency 14 November newsletter.
https://comms.industry.gov.au/link/id/zzzz6371dfc689a7f853Pzzzz61959d2ae4963291/page.html
SmartSat CRC, Myriota and Inovor Technologies joined forces to design and build South Australia's first ever satellite, Kanyini. Aimed to help with bushfire preparedness and monitoring inland and coastal water qualities, Kanyini has secured a launch date with a SpaceX transporter mission in October 2023. -
#11 by normp9 on 16 Nov, 2022 12:04
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Momentus vigoride will be carrying the Triton-x demo platform (hosted payload) for lux space.
https://investors.momentus.space/news-releases/news-release-details/momentus-announces-service-agreement-hosted-payload-luxspace
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/spacesolutions_esa-tritonx-microsatellite-activity-6972601405106724866-SvEa/?utm_campaign=European%20Spaceflight%20Update&utm_medium=member_desktop&utm_source=share
Have you seen anything that says it will be on this particular flight?
Yes, the linkedin post says:
" Signature of the Triton-X micro-satellite Demo-1 in-orbit demonstration and validation mission that will bring the platform avionics and star tracker a step closer to commercialisation.
Launch planned for October 2023."
Momentus only has Transporter missions scheduled for 2023 as stated multiple times in their investor calls, so Triton-X is definetly flying on this particular flight. -
#12 by normp9 on 28 Nov, 2022 11:11
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https://investors.momentus.space/news-releases/news-release-details/momentus-signs-contract-australian-research-centre-place [Nov 28]
Momentus [...] has signed a contract with the CUAVA Training Centre at the University of Sydney to deploy the CUAVA-2 CubeSat in low-Earth orbit in October 2023. [...] targeted for deployment from a Momentus Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle that will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. -
#13 by normp9 on 05 Dec, 2022 11:25
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https://investors.momentus.space/news-releases/news-release-details/momentus-fly-jinjusat-1-contec-co [Dec 5]Quote
JINJUSat-1 is spearheaded by three entities: Jinju City, Korea Testing Laboratory, and Gyeongsang National University. The satellite is targeted to launch aboard the SpaceX Transporter-9 mission no earlier than October 2023. Once in orbit, cameras mounted on the satellite will carry out a mission to take pictures of the Earth.
Another one for momentus... -
#14 by normp9 on 20 Dec, 2022 14:46
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https://investors.momentus.space/news-releases/news-release-details/momentus-announces-second-services-agreement-cuava [Dec 20]Quote
today announced an agreement with the Australian Research Council Training Centre for CubeSats, Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles, and their Applications (CUAVA) for the transportation of the Waratah Seed WS-1 CubeSat to low-Earth orbit in October 2023.
And that's another one. -
#15 by Comga on 20 Dec, 2022 16:55
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This article from March says the launch is planned for early 2023. So I'm guessing Transporter-7?
Good work, but that was saying basically “a year from now” and the key roadblock, late delivery of the spacecraft, may still be there. It was when I posted on August 7.
My guess remains that launch won’t occur until about a year after spacecraft delivery.
A new source has answered these questions authoritatively.
MethaneSat is to launch on Transporter 9, which is scheduled for Oct 1, 2023.
Spacecraft delivery for instrument integration is expected in September, so there are still a few weeks of schedule margin.
And there is a path to follow-on instruments.
So much for that plan!
In September the spacecraft was supposed to be delivered in October.
In November the spacecraft was supposed to be delivered in December.
A week ago, it was said that it would be delivered in January.
There’s a pattern here.
The only firm conclusion is that it won’t be ready for launch of Transporter 9 in October.🙁 -
#16 by spacenuance on 05 Jan, 2023 01:10
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Impulse Space, Tom Mueller's company, will have their Mira vehicle onboard this mission. It will be their "first orbital service vehicle to space to test its propulsion, payload delivery and hosting, software, communications, and maneuvering capabilities."
https://twitter.com/TechCrunch/status/1610778270533828611
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#17 by gongora on 05 Jan, 2023 01:49
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2110-EX-ST-2022 True Anomaly Demo-1
two Jackal spacecraft (2x 275kg)QuoteTrue Anomaly Demo-1 Mission Description
True Anomaly, Inc., a start-up founded in 2022 and based in Colorado Springs, is on a mission
to deliver security and sustainability solutions for space. In this application, True Anomaly seeks
an experimental license for its Demo 1 mission, for which it aims to launch two Jackal spacecraft
to demonstrate space-to-space rendezvous proximity operations (RPO). This mission serves as
a means of testing the defense of critical space infrastructure to support future US DoD
missions through the Space Force, Air Force and other agencies tasked with national security
directives to secure and sustain the space domain for the U.S. and its allies.
The mission will demonstrate national security capabilities necessary for anticipated U.S. DoD
contracts related to RPO and NEI designed to secure and sustain the space domain for the U.S.
and its allies. Additionally, The U.S. Government will benefit from the mission through
advancement of the technology readiness level (TRL) maturation of space-based Intelligence,
Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), Space Domain Awareness (SDA) technologies, and
CONOPS. The commercial space market will benefit from this mission establishing improved
capabilities for close-up inspection for anomaly resolution and monitoring of high-risk spacecraft
structure deployments.
True Anomaly’s Demo 1 mission is scheduled to launch in October 2023, on-board SpaceX’s
Transporter 9 Launch Vehicle out of Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Jackal space vehicles (~300
kg in mass) will be deployed from the launch vehicle into a sun synchronous orbit at 550 km,
and will maneuver to within 1 km of each other to demonstrate their payload suite capability.
For successful operations, including de-orbit, each Jackal spacecraft will be equipped with a
hydrazine thruster system, which consists of twelve, 1 N thrusters, along with an attitude control
system of four reaction wheels and three torque rods.
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#18 by gongora on 28 Jan, 2023 00:35
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Space Forge has their ForgeStar-1 being built now for a launch from Florida later in the year, and an Iridium permit mentions a start date for transmissions of October 1, so likely this flight.
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#19 by gongora on 01 Feb, 2023 02:28
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[SpaceNews] Xplore announces first launch of remote-sensing smallsat [Jan 31]Quote
The company plans to launch its first Xcraft small satellite in the fourth quarter of 2023 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare.
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The Xcraft will carry multiple sensors for Earth observation, space domain awareness and astronomy, Rich said. The payloads will offer hyperspectral imaging data, high-resolution video and ultraviolet data products, she added. “Advanced data products will be offered by fusing data generated by our diverse sets of imagers.”
Xplore said its hyperspectral imagery will be offered at 2-meter and 5-meter resolution.
