Vandy RTLS - Can't wait!!Starlink flights are so routine, it's exciting to see transformer missions that are much more complex.
Quote from: wannamoonbase on 10/23/2023 07:17 pmVandy RTLS - Can't wait!!Starlink flights are so routine, it's exciting to see transformer missions that are much more complex.Transformer missions would be even cooler than Transporter missions
🚀MISSION UPDATE🚀 @RogueSpaceCorp's 🛰Barry-1 was integrated with its EXOpod Nova jointly by the Exolaunch, @EnduroSat, and Rogue teams in our Berlin facilities and is ready to launch on @SpaceX Falcon 9.📡Stay tuned for more Transporter-9 news! #LaunchWithExolaunch #GeauxRogue
We are thrilled to announce our upcoming satellite launch! 🚀Our cutting-edge ICEYE #SAR satellites are heading to space via @EXOLAUNCH on the @SpaceX Transporter-9 mission, scheduled for NET November 2023. Stay tuned for more updates as we get closer to launch day.
Quote from: gongora on 05/16/2022 02:20 pmISILaunch Kanyini (6U, Myriota et al., Australia) SpIRIT (6U, U. of Melbourne, Australia)Kanyini has been delayed to 2024 and SpIRIT will be launching on 24 November 2023 on a SpaceX rideshare mission that is not a Transporter!
ISILaunch Kanyini (6U, Myriota et al., Australia) SpIRIT (6U, U. of Melbourne, Australia)
The groundbreaking Australian research nanosatellite is set to blast off with SpaceX’s Transporter-9 mission in November.
https://twitter.com/zebulgar/status/1683862063968563201QuoteI believe we are the first time in human history...Where a re-entry capsule is in space, but does not have the legal permission to re-enter...Working on it!https://spacenews.com/varda-waiting-on-faa-license-to-return-space-manufacturing-capsule/
I believe we are the first time in human history...Where a re-entry capsule is in space, but does not have the legal permission to re-enter...Working on it!
https://twitter.com/breadfrom/status/1702860659333988438QuoteUpdate: the FAA says it denied @VardaSpace’s license application on 9/6 because the company didn’t “demonstrate compliance” w regs. Varda asked for a reconsideration, which is pending.QuoteThe FAA denied the Varda Space Industries application for a commercial space vehicle operator license on September 6. The company did not demonstrate compliance with the regulatory requirements. On September 8, Varda formally requested that the FAA reconsider its decision.The request for reconsideration is pending. Please contact Varda for additional information.
Update: the FAA says it denied @VardaSpace’s license application on 9/6 because the company didn’t “demonstrate compliance” w regs. Varda asked for a reconsideration, which is pending.
The FAA denied the Varda Space Industries application for a commercial space vehicle operator license on September 6. The company did not demonstrate compliance with the regulatory requirements. On September 8, Varda formally requested that the FAA reconsider its decision.The request for reconsideration is pending. Please contact Varda for additional information.
SN Varda partners with Australian range for capsule landings, October 23, by Jeff FoustQuoteLAS VEGAS — Varda Space Industries has signed an agreement to land spacecraft at an Australian range as it continues work to secure approvals to land its first spacecraft in Utah.Varda announced Oct. 19 an agreement with Southern Launch, a spaceport operator based in Adelaide, Australia. Under the agreement, Varda’s spacecraft will land at the Koonibba Test Range northwest of Adelaide, a facility covering more than 23,000 square kilometers northwest of Adelaide design to host suborbital launches and spacecraft landings.<snip>Southern Launch said Varda will use the range as soon as its second mission, scheduled for mid-2024.
LAS VEGAS — Varda Space Industries has signed an agreement to land spacecraft at an Australian range as it continues work to secure approvals to land its first spacecraft in Utah.Varda announced Oct. 19 an agreement with Southern Launch, a spaceport operator based in Adelaide, Australia. Under the agreement, Varda’s spacecraft will land at the Koonibba Test Range northwest of Adelaide, a facility covering more than 23,000 square kilometers northwest of Adelaide design to host suborbital launches and spacecraft landings.<snip>Southern Launch said Varda will use the range as soon as its second mission, scheduled for mid-2024.
Apogeo’s first batch of nine operational satellites is set to fly on this October mission [Transporter-9], according to CEO Guido Parissenti, using an OTV from Italy-based D-Orbit.
GHGSat to Launch 6 New High-Resolution Emission Monitoring Satellites in 2023PRESS RELEASE FEB 22, 2023MONTREAL, February 22, 2023 (Newswire.com) - GHGSat, the global leader in high-resolution emissions monitoring from space, today confirms the upcoming launches of six additional satellites in 2023. The first three are GHGSat satellites, named Mey-Lin (C6), Gaspard (C7) and Océane (C8), which will travel into orbit this Spring onboard SpaceX's Transporter-7 rideshare mission. GHGSat's satellite methane sensors have set the standard for performance with an industry-leading combination of low detection threshold and high resolution. The timely and frequent insight the monitoring constellation provides is used by industry, governments and financial services worldwide to proactively drive reductions in emissions.The demand for data is increasing as awareness of the benefits of addressing methane emissions continues to grow, and nations turn their focus to meeting the commitments made as part of the Global Methane Pledge. With 12 spacecraft in orbit by the end of the year, GHGSat will be doubling its capacity to make more than 1.5M facility measurements in 2023.Named after the children of GHGSat team members, as per company tradition, Mey-Lin, Gaspard, and Océane completed testing in December and will travel to their launch site in California later this month. All three proprietary payloads feature the same proven, patented high-resolution interferometer currently in orbit, tuned to precisely detect and measure the specific 'signature' of methane in the atmosphere.Stephane Germain, CEO at GHGSat, said, "Every year since our demonstrator satellite Claire was launched in 2016, we've pushed the boundaries of emissions monitoring from space. We are driven by our ambition to fight climate change by continuing our role as an independent purveyor of the best methane emissions insight in the world, and as a trusted partner to industry, government and financial services customers." "The new satellites mean we can dramatically ramp up the number of locations and emissions we can monitor worldwide, including increasing daily monitoring over key oil and gas production sites." GHGSat-C9, C10, and C11 are hosted payloads currently in the final stages of assembly and testing, and will soon be shipped for integration with third-party satellites as announced on September 15 of last year. GHGSat-C10 is the world's first commercial CO2-hosted payload, reaffirming GHGSat's leadership position in the monitoring of greenhouse gases at industrial facilities from space.An announcement regarding launch dates will follow in due course.
There's always a few on these missions...https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231030489935/en/
AAC Clyde Space has delivered the 6U satellite EPICHyper-3 to the Vandenberg Space Force base in California for a planned launch in November 2023. The satellite will deliver hyperspectral Earth observation data to Canadian company Wyvern Inc., under a Space Data as a Service (SDaaS) contract.The satellite is the third in the EPICHyper series and follows EPICHyper-1 and EPICHyper-2, both launched earlier in 2023. Under the SDaaS agreement AAC Clyde Space owns and operates the three satellites, while Wyvern owns the hyperspectral data delivered by the satellite.The satellites are part of AAC Clyde Space's EPIC VIEW family of spacecraft, which are optimized to host cutting-edge imagers, enabling them to deliver multi-spectral and hyperspectral images of the Earth's surface. The image data will be used by farmers around the world to optimise food production yields and detect invasive plants, pests and changes in soil make-up."Our Space Data as a Service model capitalises on a demand in the market and is helping to meet the food production needs of our society. Smart farming can optimise yields, increase soil quality, and improve water management - 70% of the world's freshwater withdrawal is used for agriculture. The data delivered by this satellite will help communities and farmers around the world to increase production, minimizing the environmental impact of their activities." says AAC Clyde Space CEO Luis Gomes.Satellite imagery is employed in the agriculture sector for multiple purposes. The new improved hyperspectral information from satellites provides better resolution and sampling rate that gives farmers better knowledge for an improved and more resource-efficient agriculture. This in turn could help to maximise productivity and reduce costs while increasing environmental sustainability.
#SmallSats come in all shapes and sizes, and the 3 satellites we manufactured for our customers launching with SpaceX on Transporter-9 NET November show the difference: 🛰️ The 6U "NinjaSat" for @riken_en and Mitsui Bussan Aerospace is the size of a shoebox with a mass of around 10kg. Yet, it will study tiny black holes and supernovae known for their space-time-bending heaviness.🛰️ The 16U high-resolution nanosatellite for @PROMETHEE_Space is the size of a microwave weighing nearly 30kg. All that mass will deliver 1.5-meter resolution imagery in 7 spectral bands for Promethee's data platform.🛰️ The washing machine-sized MP42 #microsatellite weighing well over 100kg will put its weight into demonstrating our undisclosed customer technologies in orbit.
DULLES, VIRGINIA, USA, October 31, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- TrustPoint, a global leader in next-generation GNSS infrastructure, products and services, is pleased to announce their second satellite is integrated and ready for launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-9 mission. Delivered only six months after the successful launch and deployment of their first satellite, "It’s About Time," on SpaceX’s Transporter-7 mission, this second satellite, "Time We’ll Tell," features an advanced compact Position, Navigation, and Time (PNT) Payload that will further mature and demonstrate TrustPoint’s core technologies as it progresses towards delivering GPS-independent C-Band global time and positioning services from Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
Quote from: gongora on 10/30/2023 08:20 pmThere's always a few on these missions...https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231030489935/en/I think we may fall into this category; if I could add a shameless little plug for our Transporter-9 payload!:
Quote from: flambo on 10/31/2023 06:13 pmQuote from: gongora on 10/30/2023 08:20 pmThere's always a few on these missions...https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231030489935/en/I think we may fall into this category; if I could add a shameless little plug for our Transporter-9 payload!:Someone with a payload actually sharing information? I'm all for it. (I actually had fun scrolling through the list of Celestis "passengers" on one of the recent Transporter flights)
With the new upcoming launch for Earth Observation, Aerospacelab’s SPIP satellite – whose name stands for “multiSPectral Imagery Prototype” and whose mission patch is inspired by DUPUIS’ eponymous well-known character – will fly into space on SpaceX's Falcon 9 during the Transporter-9 mission via Exolaunch, no earlier than November 2023.
Transporter 9Launch TimeTue Nov 7, 2023 3:00 PM ESTTime is approximate
Quote from: gongora on 10/30/2023 08:20 pmThere's always a few on these missions...https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231030489935/en/The relevant bit."The Blue Marble Synthesizer will be launched into space on November 7th, 2023, aboard the Space X Falcon 9 rocket. The latter is the first orbital class rocket capable of reflight. The synthesizer will then be deployed from the rocket and start orbiting around earth every 90 minutes."
The Blue Marble Synthesizer Capsule was successfully loaded into D-Orbit's deployer aboard the SpaceX rocket set to launch in early November.
Sensor and flight data are transmitted to the Konigsberg KSAT Global Ground Network managed by our satellite provider Odyssey Spaceworks, ...
