Author Topic: SpaceX F9 : Merah Putih 2 (HTS 113BT) : CCSFS SLC-40 : 20 Feb. 2024 (20:11 UTC)  (Read 30741 times)

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Discussion Thread for the launch of Telkomsat's Merah Putih 2 (HTS 113BT) satellite.

NSF Threads for Merah Putih 2 (HTS 113BT) : Discussion

Launched 20 February 2024 at 20:11 UTC (3:11 pm EST), from CCSFS SLC-40, on booster 1067-17.  The first stage landed aboard Just Read the Instructions.

Built by Thales Alenia Space, based on Spacebus-4000B2 platform, mass ~4.000kg
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Telkomsat HTS 113BT : Florida : Early-2024
« Reply #1 on: 11/02/2023 08:26 am »
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THALES ALENIA SPACE AND TELKOM INDONESIA TO BUILD HTS 113BT TELECOMMUNICATION SATELLITE TO PROVIDE MORE CAPACITY OVER INDONESIA
28 OCT 2021

Thales Alenia Space announced that it has signed a contract with the leading satellite service provider in Indonesia, PT Telkom Satelit Indonesia (Telkomsat) as subsidiary of PT Telkom Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (Telkom) a state-owned digital telecommunication company in Indonesia, to build HTS 113BT, a new High Throughput Satellite telecommunications satellite in C-band/Ku-Band from its orbital position at 113° East.

Thales Alenia Space is the program prime contractor and responsible for the design, construction, testing and on-ground delivery of the satellite. It is also in charge of the early orbital positioning phase (LEOP) and in-orbit tests (IOT). In addition, Thales Alenia Space will supply the Ground control segment and will train and support the Customer team of engineers on site. The in-orbit support will also be provided all along the satellite lifetime.

Built on Thales Alenia Space's historical Spacebus 4000B2 platform, HTS 113BT will provide more than 32 Gbps capacity over Indonesia. The satellite will weigh about 4 metric tons at launch and will be delivered early 2024 for a 15-year expected lifetime.

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At the end of the video, they mention that HTS 113BT is scheduled to be launched by a SpaceX launch vehicle from Florida next year:

https://twitter.com/Thales_Alenia_S/status/1720002791962186140
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Telkomsat HTS 113BT : Florida : Early-2024
« Reply #2 on: 12/18/2023 04:13 pm »
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7355
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HTS-113BT
Launch Time
NET June, 2024

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Re: SpaceX F9 : Telkomsat HTS 113BT : Florida : H1 2024
« Reply #3 on: 01/11/2024 03:19 pm »
Satellite is underway to Cape Canaveral. Based on this, I'd say launch is very likely next month:

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Indonesian #telecommunications satellite Telkomsat HTS 113BT left the port of Nice on January 9 and is heading to Florida's Port Canaveral by sea. Check-out these stunning images of the #satellite being loaded inside its container in our clean rooms of Cannes end of last year.

https://twitter.com/Thales_Alenia_S/status/1745479785441120567



LC-39A will be occupied by IM-1 launch campaign, so launch will very likely be from SLC-40.
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Targeting Mid-February.

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As previously reported, Telkom stated its readiness to launch the satellite again in mid-February 2024.

https://inet.detik.com/telecommunication/d-7141308/thales-alenia-space-perakitan-satelit-telkom-beres-siap-meluncur-di-cape-canaveral
[Jan 14]
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Telkomsat HTS 113BT : Florida : H1 2024
« Reply #5 on: 01/16/2024 12:47 am »
LC-39A will be occupied by IM-1 launch campaign, so launch will very likely be from SLC-40.

Ben Cooper's Launch Photography Viewing Guide, updated January 15:
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A Falcon 9 will launch the Telkomsat communications satellite for Indonesia from pad 40 on mid-February TBD.

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No mention yet of whether ASDS or RTLS will be used for first stage recovery.
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probley the launch will be end of febuary

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Satellite due to arrive in Port Canaveral tomorrow:

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Cargo vessel MN Colibri is due to arrive at Port Canaveral tomorrow evening carrying the HTS-113BT satellite for launch atop a Falcon 9 as soon as February..

https://twitter.com/SpaceOffshore/status/1749509881768386950?t=wSOJMg-w66eIeI5DTMbB-Q&s=19
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MN Colibri entered Port Canaveral earlier today at 10:00 UTC and is currently docked for unloading

Edit to add:

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MN Colibri arrived at Port Canaveral just before dawn this morning to deliver the HTS-113BT satellite.

Launching atop a Falcon 9 NET February!

http://nsf.live/spacecoast

https://twitter.com/SpaceOffshore/status/1750220547760218417
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MN Colibri docked at NCB-1A at Port Canaveral discharging the HTS-113BT satellite that will launch onboard a Falcon 9 next month. This vessel is one of the only few vessels that use the Ro-ro ramp at NCB-1A  at the port currently. #portcanaveral #space

https://twitter.com/TheCruiseJunkie/status/1751683057252491648?t=eIMDQokKOd2PoDQJRlJGgQ&s=19
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🛰️ SATELLITE ARRIVES AT PORT CANAVERAL 🚀 Special arrival for a satellite built by Thales Alenia Space. The satellite was carefully offloaded from the Ro-Ro cargo vessel MN Colibri and trucked to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, scheduled to launch in the coming weeks. The satellite, “Telkomsat HTS 113BT” was built for PT Telkom Satelit Indonesia (Telkomsat), one of the leading satellite service providers in Indonesia and will be used to enhance communications across Indonesia.
 
🌐 #SatelliteLaunch #SpaceTech @Thales_Alenia_S .  .

https://twitter.com/PortCanaveral/status/1752757295941861523
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Intelsat License LLC (“Intelsat”) herein requests 30 days of Special Temporary Authority (“STA”),1 commencing February 20, 2024, to use its Hagerstown, Maryland C-band earth station to provide launch and early orbit phase (“LEOP”) services for the HTS-113BT satellite.2 HTS-113BT is expected to launch no earlier than February 20, 2024.3 Intelsat expects the LEOP period to last approximately 14 days.

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FYI regarding upcoming (possible) ASDS recovery launches:
https://twitter.com/spaceoffshore/status/1753851772781625789
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HTS-113BT?
0006-EX-ST-2024  Mission 1794
Launching East from Florida, maybe from 39A?
[Launch] NET February 9
ASDS North  28  27  27   West  73  58  51



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Ben Cooper's Launch Photography Viewing Guide; updated February 8 after PACE launch; my bold:
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The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Intuitive Machines & NASA IM-1 Nova-C commercial lunar lander from pad 39A on February 14 at 12:57 a.m. EST. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch. A Falcon 9 will launch the USSF-124 mission for the U.S. Space Force from pad 40 on February 14 in the late afternoon to evening EST. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch. A Falcon 9 will launch the Telkomsat communications satellite for Indonesia from pad 40 on February 20. Upcoming launches include more Starlink batches from pad 40. A Falcon 9 will launch the next crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station, Crew-8, from pad 39A on late February at the earliest, around 12-1 a.m. EST. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch.
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Which first stage will be used for this launch?
(semi-rhetorical question)

Falcon 9 first stages are now apparently cleared for use up to twenty times for non-crewed launches, although that number is apparently more restricted for Cargo Dragon or Cygnus than these other payloads.

1064.6 and 1065.6 are the Falcon Heavy side boosters for Europa Clipper.

1072.1 and 1086.1 are assigned as the side boosters for GOES-U.  1083.1 is reserved for Crew-8.

1073.13 and 1076.11 may undergo modifications to become Falcon Heavy side boosters for a future launch, but both are currently available for "single-stick" launches.

Available first stages, with UTC date of most recent recovery:
1069.13  Dec 29
1076.11  Jan 3
1067.17  Jan 7
1073.13  Jan 15
1080.6    Jan 18
1062.19  Jan 29 (maybe)
1077.11  Jan 30 (maybe)

Edit February 19: It's B1067.17, skipping over B1069.13 and B1076.11.
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NGA Rocket Launching notice that I think is for this launch.

Note that the Primary Day is February 19, not February 20.

Quote from: NGA
141000Z FEB 24
NAVAREA IV 165/24(11,26).
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   191753Z TO 192226Z FEB, ALTERNATE
   1753Z TO 2226Z DAILY 20 THRU 23 FEB,
   1803Z TO 2236Z DAILY 24 AND 25 FEB
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 28-39.01N 080-37.69W, 28-40.00N 080-12.00W,
      28-32.00N 080-10.00W, 28-31.14N 080-33.35W.
   B. 28-19.00N 074-43.00W, 28-44.00N 074-43.00W,
      28-41.00N 072-17.00W, 28-33.00N 071-56.00W,
      28-14.00N 072-00.00W, 28-06.00N 072-22.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 252336Z FEB 24.//
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A cancel-and-replace NGA Rocket Launching notice.

We're back to February 20.

Quote from: NGA
141822Z FEB 24
NAVAREA IV 167/24(11,26).
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   202011Z TO 202244Z FEB, ALTERNATE
   1753Z TO 2226Z DAILY 21 THRU 23,
   1803Z TO 2236Z DAILY 24 AND 25 AND
   261803Z TO 262124Z FEB IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 28-39.01N 080-37.69W, 28-40.00N 080-12.00W,
      28-32.00N 080-10.00W, 28-31.14N 080-33.35W.
   B. 28-19.00N 074-43.00W, 28-44.00N 074-43.00W,
      28-41.00N 072-17.00W, 28-33.00N 071-56.00W,
      28-14.00N 072-00.00W, 28-06.00N 072-22.00W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 165/24.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 262224Z FEB 24.
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A cancel-and-replace NGA Rocket Launching notice.

Map from the NGA notice. Area A doesn't include either of the landing zones (LZ-1 or LZ-2) so this is probably not a RTLS mission. If it is ASDS, then Area B could include both the ASDS and Fairing recovery coordinates, about 650 and 790km downrange respectively.

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https://www.fly.faa.gov/adv/adv_spt.jsp:

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SPACE X TELKOMSAT-113BT CAPE CANAVERAL SFS, FL
PRIMARY:   02/20/24   2011Z-2244Z
BACKUP:      02/21/24   1753Z-2226Z
      02/22/24   1753Z-2226Z
      02/23/24   1753Z-2226Z

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