Preparing for a 2025 Flight DemonstrationVestigo Aerospace is set to demonstrate the flight capabilities of its Spinnaker3 dragsail aboard Astro Digital's Corvus-Micro spacecraft bus. This Flight Demonstration Mission will launch in early 2025 as part of the SpaceX Transporter 13 rideshare payload. Maverick Space Systems is providing launch integration support to Vestigo for the mission. The mission will capture images and engineering telemetry during Spinnaker3 sail deployment, and will validate system performance during the five-month deorbit phase.
Mass: 6.7 kgStowed Dimensions: 20 cm x 20 cm 20 cm
At the start of 2025, we will have Buccaneer ready to Go! Mark your Calendars – in March, Buccaneer, will be launched on transporter 13. With our third satellite set to launch in just a few months— we are embarking on yet another exciting milestone in our ongoing journey to build Australia’s space flight heritage.
Client: DST GroupSatellite: 6UXL Apogee satellite busCost: $1.69m
This mission will use a 6U cubesat bus built by Inovor Technologies, flying the primary HF receiver payload to collect signals from the Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN) and explore techniques for calibration of this network. Secondary payloads will include: the MANoeuvrable Terrestrial and self-Imaging System (MANTIS), a deployable and retractable arm with a 3D printed metal rotatable mirror capable imaging Earth and the BMM cubesat itself; an optical communications laser for secure data downlink at high speeds; a cubesat radio frequency identification tag for ease of identification during initial operations; and an Iridium radio for connection to the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Iridium constellation for routine communications.
Discussion thread for SpaceX's Transporter 13 dedicated rideshare flight.Possible Payloads:(Liftero RED5 propulsion demo, 6U?, standalone?)
RED5 is our own In-Orbit Demonstration mission featuring the Thruster One chemical propulsion system on a 6U platform. This demonstration will occur aboard SpaceX’s Transporter 13 mission in Q1 2025. We’ll be testing the propulsion system and orbital maneuvers in preparation for the first space mission of the OTV vehicle slated for 2026/2027.
✅ Achieved TRL 6 – Their BOOSTER system is ready for its first in-orbit validation on SpaceX Transporter-13 in Q1 2025;
Final satellite integration at Vandenberg SFB completed! 🚀Together with the deployer, we checked every box. ✅Now, it’s just the Falcon 9, the RED5 mission, and the Transporter-13 launch window. ⏰
QuoteStarfish Space is seeking authorization through OET to operate the Otterpup-2 satellite, which is scheduled for launch on a SpaceX Transporter mission in March of 2025.1See Starfish Space, Inc. OET File Number 0288-EX-CN-2024, with callsign WO2XST, Filed March 4th 2024
Starfish Space is seeking authorization through OET to operate the Otterpup-2 satellite, which is scheduled for launch on a SpaceX Transporter mission in March of 2025.1See Starfish Space, Inc. OET File Number 0288-EX-CN-2024, with callsign WO2XST, Filed March 4th 2024
Transporter-12 => Transporter-13Quote from: GWR64 on 09/23/2024 07:01 pmQuote from: OceanCat on 08/25/2023 10:26 amSAT-LOA-20230824-00211 YAC-1-1 on T11, YAC-1-2 .. YAC-1-10 on T12.QuoteLoft Orbital Solutions Inc. (“Loft Orbital”) requests authority to launch and operate a constellation of 10 satellites (“YAC-1”). YAC-1 is Loft Orbital’s first customer constellation, which will be the EarthDaily Analytics Corp. (“EarthDaily”) earth observation system. Each satellite in the YAC-1 constellation includes a VNIR imager, a SWIR imager, and a Thermal/IR imager. The satellites will be phased equally around the orbital plane and provide nearly daily coverage of major Earth land masses.The constellation is expected to be launched on two SpaceX Transporter missions.The first satellite is scheduled for launch in June 2024 and the remaining satellites in October 2024.The YAC-1 spacecraft are based on the AOS Arrow bus originally developed by Airbus for the OneWeb broadband telecommunications company.Basic physical dimensions are 1200 mm x 1052 mm x 1036 mm with a mass of approximately 216 kg.Attachments are in the T11 thread.a supplement from August 13, 2024:QuoteThe launch date for the first YAC-1 mission has moved to February 2025. Except as discussed above, there are no changes to the YAC-1 CONOPs based on the change to the launch date.https://licensing.fcc.gov/myibfs/download.do?attachment_key=29792161
Quote from: OceanCat on 08/25/2023 10:26 amSAT-LOA-20230824-00211 YAC-1-1 on T11, YAC-1-2 .. YAC-1-10 on T12.QuoteLoft Orbital Solutions Inc. (“Loft Orbital”) requests authority to launch and operate a constellation of 10 satellites (“YAC-1”). YAC-1 is Loft Orbital’s first customer constellation, which will be the EarthDaily Analytics Corp. (“EarthDaily”) earth observation system. Each satellite in the YAC-1 constellation includes a VNIR imager, a SWIR imager, and a Thermal/IR imager. The satellites will be phased equally around the orbital plane and provide nearly daily coverage of major Earth land masses.The constellation is expected to be launched on two SpaceX Transporter missions.The first satellite is scheduled for launch in June 2024 and the remaining satellites in October 2024.The YAC-1 spacecraft are based on the AOS Arrow bus originally developed by Airbus for the OneWeb broadband telecommunications company.Basic physical dimensions are 1200 mm x 1052 mm x 1036 mm with a mass of approximately 216 kg.Attachments are in the T11 thread.a supplement from August 13, 2024:QuoteThe launch date for the first YAC-1 mission has moved to February 2025. Except as discussed above, there are no changes to the YAC-1 CONOPs based on the change to the launch date.https://licensing.fcc.gov/myibfs/download.do?attachment_key=29792161
SAT-LOA-20230824-00211 YAC-1-1 on T11, YAC-1-2 .. YAC-1-10 on T12.QuoteLoft Orbital Solutions Inc. (“Loft Orbital”) requests authority to launch and operate a constellation of 10 satellites (“YAC-1”). YAC-1 is Loft Orbital’s first customer constellation, which will be the EarthDaily Analytics Corp. (“EarthDaily”) earth observation system. Each satellite in the YAC-1 constellation includes a VNIR imager, a SWIR imager, and a Thermal/IR imager. The satellites will be phased equally around the orbital plane and provide nearly daily coverage of major Earth land masses.The constellation is expected to be launched on two SpaceX Transporter missions.The first satellite is scheduled for launch in June 2024 and the remaining satellites in October 2024.The YAC-1 spacecraft are based on the AOS Arrow bus originally developed by Airbus for the OneWeb broadband telecommunications company.Basic physical dimensions are 1200 mm x 1052 mm x 1036 mm with a mass of approximately 216 kg.Attachments are in the T11 thread.
Loft Orbital Solutions Inc. (“Loft Orbital”) requests authority to launch and operate a constellation of 10 satellites (“YAC-1”). YAC-1 is Loft Orbital’s first customer constellation, which will be the EarthDaily Analytics Corp. (“EarthDaily”) earth observation system. Each satellite in the YAC-1 constellation includes a VNIR imager, a SWIR imager, and a Thermal/IR imager. The satellites will be phased equally around the orbital plane and provide nearly daily coverage of major Earth land masses.The constellation is expected to be launched on two SpaceX Transporter missions.The first satellite is scheduled for launch in June 2024 and the remaining satellites in October 2024.The YAC-1 spacecraft are based on the AOS Arrow bus originally developed by Airbus for the OneWeb broadband telecommunications company.Basic physical dimensions are 1200 mm x 1052 mm x 1036 mm with a mass of approximately 216 kg.
The launch date for the first YAC-1 mission has moved to February 2025. Except as discussed above, there are no changes to the YAC-1 CONOPs based on the change to the launch date.
SAT-LOA-20240906-00198On January 8, 2025, the Satellite Programs and Policy Division granted-in-part, deferred-in part, with conditions, the request of Albedo Space Corp. to deploy and operate satellites in low-Earth non-geostationary orbit. Specifically, the Division granted authority for deployment and operations of a single satellite, known as Clarity-1, to be deployed to an initial altitude of 510 km (± 20 km), 97.4 degrees (± 0.1 degrees) inclination, and operated at an altitude of 320 km (± 15 km), 96.74 degrees (± 0.2 degrees) inclination. Clarity-1 is authorized to operate in the Earth exploration-satellite service in the 8025-8400 MHz band (space-to-Earth), and to conduct telemetry, tracking, and command in the 2025-2110 MHz (Earth-to-space) and 2200-2290 MHz (space-to-Earth) frequency bands.
SAT-MOD-20241104-00248On January 15, 2025, the Satellite Programs and Policy Division granted, with conditions, the request of Sidus Space, Inc. for modification of its license to deploy its LizzieSat-3 non-geostationary orbit satellite with a radio capable of communicating with the Iridium Satellite LLC network, and to authorize the LizzieSat-3 to transmit to and receive from the Iridium satellite network in the 1618.725-1626.5 MHz band (space-to-space) for testing purposes.
Quote from: gongora on 12/17/2024 04:22 pmQuoteStarfish Space is seeking authorization through OET to operate the Otterpup-2 satellite, which is scheduled for launch on a SpaceX Transporter mission in March of 2025.1See Starfish Space, Inc. OET File Number 0288-EX-CN-2024, with callsign WO2XST, Filed March 4th 2024Moved to T-14
Congratulations to the RapSat-1 team on a successful integration and delivery this week! Looking forward to the upcoming Transporter 13 launch!
Launch date and mission durationThe launch is scheduled for no earlier than 2/13/2025. RAPSAT-1 will be dispensed from Transporter 13 into orbit, and then 7 days later, it will separate into the 3 individual spacecraft. Transmission will begin 30 minutes after this separation. The satellites will remain active until demise due to atmospheric friction about 6 months later.
RED5 reporting from the USA! 🇺🇸Our very fragile cargo made it to Melbourne, Florida.Right now, our satellite is at the impulso.space facility, where everything is perfectly equipped to ensure smooth and efficient preparations before launch. 🔥
RED5 propellant loading completed! ⛽️At impulso.space facility we successfully fuelled our satellite with N20, ending our stay in Melbourne, Florida.Next step? A road trip across US to Vandenberg.And you know what’s waiting at Vandenberg: Space Force Base, and the SpaceX facility. 🚀🔔 Expected launch date: 1-3 March 2025
Exciting news ️🔥🛰️ The FireSat protoflight shipped and has been successfully integrated for launch at the Vandenberg Space Force Base!The FireSat mission, developed in partnership with Earth Fire Alliance, will transform global wildfire response and enhance climate resilience worldwide.
MuSat-4 will include two sensing payloads: 1) a GNSS reflectometry payload that will capture information about the surface characteristics of the earth such as soil moisture, ice coverage, and wave activity, similar to MuSat-2 and -3; and 2) a new infrared sensor capable of detecting wildfires and other sources of intense infrared emissions.
EZIE, 3 CubeSats (6U?) is on this missionhttps://blogs.nasa.gov/ezie/2024/09/10/nasas-ezie-mission-set-for-2025-launch/https://www.jhuapl.edu/destinations/missions/ezie
Last week, our team shipped three 6U CubeSats for the The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) mission. Given that our industry-trusted spacecraft platform will make imaging the magnetic fingerprint of Earth’s auroral electrojets easy peasy (EZIE PEAZIE), three peas in a pod were selected as the totems for this mission.
Slated to launch in Spring 2025, NASA’s Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) will be the first mission to image the magnetic fingerprint of the auroral electrojets — intense electric currents flowing high above Earth’s poles that are central to the electrical circuit coupling the planet’s magnetosphere to its atmosphere.
On Jan. 27, the three spacecraft of NASA’s EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) mission arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, where they will undergo final preparations for launch. The EZIE mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than March as part of the Transporter-13 rideshare mission with SpaceX via launch integrator Maverick Space Systems.After lifting off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg, EZIE’s three CubeSats will fly in formation around Earth to map the auroral electrojets, electric currents that flow in the upper atmosphere near Earth’s polar regions when auroras glow in the sky.The mission will help better understand the connection between the Sun and Earth, as well as improve predictions of hazardous space weather that can affect our technological society.
After launch, EZIE’s three small satellites will fly in a pearls-on-a-string formation, following each other as they orbit Earth from pole to pole about 350 miles (550 kilometers) overhead. Each spacecraft’s onboard sensor will look down toward the electrojets, which flow about 60 miles (100 kilometers) above the ground in an electrified layer of Earth’s atmosphere called the ionosphere.During every orbit, each EZIE spacecraft will map the electrojets to study their structure. The three spacecraft will fly over the same region 2 to 10 minutes apart from one another, revealing how the electrojets change and helping us better understand the connection between our home planet and the Sun.
Our very first Longbow satellite began its journey to the launch site late last week!YAM-8 is the first of Loft’s next-gen Longbow satellites headed to orbit in 2025. We’ll share more details on Longbow, YAM-8, and launch timing soon!
This flight? License was granted a few days ago.https://x.com/LoftOrbital/status/1884754657932890398QuoteOur very first Longbow satellite began its journey to the launch site late last week!YAM-8 is the first of Loft’s next-gen Longbow satellites headed to orbit in 2025. We’ll share more details on Longbow, YAM-8, and launch timing soon!
YAM-8 is scheduled to launch on Transporter-13 in early 2025, with a handful of customers on board, including hyperspectral start-up Wyvern
On January 23, 2025, the Satellite Programs and Policy Division granted-in-part and deferred-in-part an application by Loft Orbital Solutions Inc. to deploy and operate a single microsatellite in low-Earth orbit, known as YAM-8. The satellite is authorized to operate in the Earth exploration-satellite service, and utilize the 2025-2100 MHz (Earth-to-space), 2200-2290 MHz (space-to-Earth), and 8025-8400 MHz bands (space-to-Earth), as well as conduct telemetry, tracking, and command in the 2510-2110 MHz (Earth-to-space) and 2200-2290 MHz (space-to-Earth) bands. The satellite is also authorized to receive certain radionavigation satellite service signals for radio occultation and position, navigation, and timing
In addition to its own fleet, Wyvern will gather data from sensors on Loft Orbital satellites. The first Loft satellite with a Wyvern hyperspectral payload will launch no earlier than March 2025. A second will follow later in 2025, according to the news release.
Less than 30 days before UVSQsat-NG launch onboard SpaceX F9 Transporter-13 mission 😉Ground Station ready to decode first telemetries.
Uvsq-Sat NG is a satellite mission spearheaded by the Laboratoire Atmosphères, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), and supported by the International Satellite Program in Research and Education (INSPIRE). UVSQ-Sat NG objectives include to ensure the smooth continuity of the Earth Radiation Budget (ERB) initiated via the UVSQ-Sat and Inspire-Sat satellites, achieve broadband ERB measurements using state-of-the-art yet straightforward technologies, and conduct precise and comprehensive monitoring of atmospheric gas concentrations (CO2 and CH4) on a global scale.
Uvsq-Sat NG (Figure 1) is a three-axis stabilized satellite of the Six-Unit class CubeSat, with an overall size of 111.3 × 36.6 × 38.8 cm (unstowed configuration) and a maximum mass budget constraint of 10 kg. The projected mission duration is at least 2 years, which includes the commissioning phase
Sidus Space today announced that LizzieSat™-3 has arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California to begin spacecraft integration in preparation for its scheduled launch and deployment into low Earth orbit no earlier than the first quarter of 2025 as part of the Transporter-13 rideshare mission with SpaceX.
https://twitter.com/uvsqsat/status/1886338982721487296
Mission Space team is taking a major step in revolutionizing space weather monitoring with the upcoming launch of Zohar aboard SpaceX Transporter-13!Zohar is designed to capture 1,000 measurements per second across 15 scientific and 100 technical parameters, delivering real-time space weather data that safeguards critical industries from the impacts of solar storms, radiation spikes, and geomagnetic disturbances.This mission, hosted and operated by DPhi Space, is a key milestone in our journey to build the first private space weather constellation. The goal? A 24-satellite network covering Earth’s most vulnerable regions, from LEO to the Polar Cusp—providing continuous insights for satellite operators, aviation, autonomous vehicles, defense, and deep-space missions.🔬 ZOHAR-I Sensor Payload Includes:✅ Spectrometers & Cherenkov Detectors to measure:• Electron, proton, and alpha particle energies (MeV)• Proton flux (GeV - PL2)📡 Why It Matters:Extreme space weather disrupts communications, impacts power grids, and increases radiation risks for space missions. With Zohar and our SWOS predictive analytics platform, we’re closing the space weather data gap—empowering mission planners with real-time intelligence.🌍 What’s Next?Zohar lays the foundation for global space weather forecasting—but we’re thinking bigger. The data from this mission fuels our long-term vision of supporting human spaceflight to Mars, deep-space exploration, and lunar missions.The space economy is growing, and with it, the need for unmatched precision in forecasting space hazards. The first to build the infrastructure wins the future—and Mission Space is leading the charge.T-minus 25—stay tuned for the launch! 🚀✨
DPhi Space, a Swiss company offering Clustergate, a ride-sharing platform for hosted payloads, and Parsimoni, a French satellite software developer of SpaceOS, an advanced unikernel-based Secure By Design operating system, are thrilled to announce a strategic partnership to demonstrate SpaceOS onboard the maiden flight of Clustergate on the Transporter-13 mission from SpaceX.
The mission will primarily focus on validating SARA’s design and performance in space. Key objectives include: • Deployment using Revolv Space’s proprietary HOLLY hinge • Demonstration of both manual and autonomous solar array actuation • Testing SnapBack’s fail-safe mechanism in operational scenarios.
Fast forward, in February 2024 they move the headquarters to Italy. 2025 will be the turning point: “in the Transporter 13 mission of Elon Musk's SpaceX, three satellites will be launched that host hardware produced by us, both for our customers and for our in-orbit demonstration mission”.
"T-minus 25" would be March 1st.
A lot more than a simple box !YAM-8, our new rideshare satellite, the first one based on a Longbow bus, has been shipped to Vandenberg for a launch in March aboard Transporter-13 !This is really exciting !!
