Separation confirmed! All ICEYE #SAR satellites successfully separated from the Falcon 9 rocket. Big congratulations to the global ICEYE Team, and thank you to @EXOLAUNCH and @SpaceX for another successful launch!Go Team, Go ICEYE! 🛰️
#Transporter-9 pre-launch SupGP data has been updated to reflect actual launch time of 18:49:00.118 UTC and adjusted deployment times: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/.
Just watched this rocket launch and come back down to land. The future is bright. Thank you Veterans, past and present.#SpaceX #Falcon9 #VeteransDay2023 #VandenbergSFB
What an absolutely gorgeous day to watch my first rocket launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California (a @SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying cubesats).It returned to the pad with a sonic boom (!!!). Happy Veterans Day, Vandy. 🫡🇺🇸🚀
The four not called out were Hello Test, JinjuSat-1, Flock 4Q 2, and Aman-1. Three of those were in the Momentus deployer.
As the Transporter-9 rideshare primary deployment sequence concluded, there were four payloads that weren't called out, which SpaceX says they are working to confirm. Here's what we didn't hear:• ÆTHER-2 (@KeplerComms)• Tiger-6 (@OQTEC )• Hello Test 1&2 (@hellospaceist)
Perks of living by where @spacex @elonmusk launches. Never gets old #spacex #falcon9
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 9 Santa Barbara County, CA
The two lists combined make 7, but presumably 3 of those were the ones during the comms blackout?
Launch success! 🚀🛰️💫We've established contact with all 37 satellites launched today by @SpaceX. Learn more about our sats onboard:
Planet Launches First Pelican Tech Demonstration and 36 SuperDoves with SpaceXNovember 11, 2023SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, today announced that Pelican-1, the first tech demonstration satellite for its next-generation, high-resolution Pelican fleet, along with 36 of its SuperDoves, Flock 4Q, were successfully launched to orbit on SpaceX’s Transporter-9 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Saturday, November 11, 2023. The Planet team has successfully made contact with each satellite and started its commissioning process.The launch of Pelican-1 is a major milestone for Planet’s next-generation high-resolution mission. Over time, the Pelican constellation is expected to offer a more capable and cost-effective upgrade to the Company’s current high-resolution satellites, the SkySats. Pelican-1 is not expected to produce commercially available data; rather the R&D satellite is tasked with collecting information and on-orbit learnings for integration into Planet’s future Pelican and Tanager designs, which share a common satellite bus.“Pelican-1 was designed and built entirely by the Planet team in our manufacturing lab in San Francisco, an incredible feat to accomplish in just a few short years,” said James Mason, Planet’s Senior Vice President of Space Systems. “I am incredibly proud of the team’s dedication to this project and ready for the next phase of the mission - collecting instrumental learnings and feedback from Pelican-1 on-orbit. These learnings will be critical to both the Pelican and Tanager missions.”Planet launches a number of SuperDoves each year in order to replenish its on-orbit medium resolution fleet with the latest technology and hardware. The 36 SuperDoves launched today, Planet’s Flock 4Q, have started their automated commissioning process and are expected to begin collecting imagery in the coming days. Today, Planet’s SuperDoves capture daily, 8-band data of Earth’s changing systems, allowing commercial users, researchers, and governments to gain unparalleled insight at regional and global scales.To learn more about Planet’s on-orbit fleet and its products and services available today, visit its website.
Stage separation during the Transporter-9 mission today with some epic views! Such a clear view of stage 1 separating away from stage 2 and performing the flip maneuver! 🚀 Earth looking real beautiful in the background of it all 🤩🌍
We received signals from our “Hello Test” satellites successfully launched into space via the Falcon 9 rocket. 🚀We proudly share this achievement and express our excitement as we look forward to even greater strides in the future. 🚀#HelloSpace #HelloTestLaunch #Transporter9
How do you figure?
Quote from: EnigmaSCADA on 11/11/2023 07:12 pmWhat's the reason for the truncated MVAC nozzle? Didn't hear an explanation on the broadcast.SpaceX have done several times before. They do it on missions where there is plenty of margin. It saves money (and time?) by needing less of the expensive and scarce materials used for the nozzle (I forget which particular element it is).
What's the reason for the truncated MVAC nozzle? Didn't hear an explanation on the broadcast.
