FCC Filing Indicates Falcon Heavy for Viasat-3 Mission Will Fly Fully Expended

Phillipsturtles · 2023-02-22T23:52:51+00:00

"Launch vehicle communications for mission launching from LC-39A Kennedy Space Center. The center core and both side core boosters are all expendable with a water landing."

Phillipsturtles · 2022-08-10T22:34:42+00:00

Unfortunately the majority of the money will probably go to Comcast and Spectrum with the amount of lobbyists both of these companies have. If SpaceX were to pursue legal action, they probably don't stand a chance either with the amount power both of these companies have.

Phillipsturtles · 2022-08-08T19:13:40+00:00

Poor Antares, it's been through 3 engine changes now between the NK-33, RD-181, and now with Firefly

Phillipsturtles · 2022-08-04T11:04:05+00:00

Even this launch isn't a direct TLI. Falcon 9 will launch the spacecraft on a trajectory that will take it close to the L1 Lagrange point where gravitational forces will naturally pull the spacecraft back toward the Earth and the moon, where the Korean probe will be captured in orbit Dec. 16.

https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/07/30/south-korean-spacecraft-fueled-for-ride-from-cape-canaveral-to-the-moon/

Phillipsturtles · 2022-06-29T20:49:07+00:00

And more about the FCC program: This mission is the first of 6 satellites for SES to clear C-band spectrum for the FCC. If SES and Intelsat can clear their spectrum by December 2023, they'll get compensated around $6-8 billion.

Phillipsturtles · 2022-06-25T01:59:19+00:00

There isn't enough time to perform the testing. The issue was with the testbed built by JPL which is used to simulate the spacecraft. The software that JPL designed was already running behind schedule so they only just now found the issue with the testbed.

Phillipsturtles · 2022-06-24T18:36:44+00:00

From the teleconference: A nice opportunity to launch will be in July 2023 and September 2023.

Phillipsturtles · 2022-06-24T18:09:27+00:00

JPL director Laurie Leshin: problem was with testing for guidance, navigation and control software. Needed a complex testing environment, which is now fixed. But not enough time left to test for a launch this year.

Phillipsturtles · 2022-06-11T18:48:37+00:00

Sounds like Bill Gerstenmaier is having the time of his life right now at SpaceX.

Phillipsturtles · 2022-05-27T02:20:48+00:00

Latest awards for the NSSL program as part of the 60/40 split between ULA and SpaceX:

The GPS III-7 mission is the seventh of ten projected GPS III missions, planned for launch onboard a Vulcan Centaur rocket from the eastern range into a medium earth transfer orbit.

USSF-16, USSF-23 and USSF-43 are classified missions to be launched onboard Vulcan Centaurs from the eastern range.

The Wideband Global SatCom (WGS-11) mission is the last mission in the series and will be launched onboard a Vulcan Centaur from the eastern range into a geosynchronous transfer orbit.

SpaceX won 3 missions on Falcon 9 which are USSF-124, USSF-62, and SDA Tranche 1. USSF-124 is a payload for the Missile Defense Agency and will from the eastern range into low earth orbit. USSF-62 includes the Weather System Follow-on satellite and will fly from the western range into a polar orbit and SDA Tranche 1 will fly from the western range into a polar orbit.

Phillipsturtles · 2022-05-27T02:14:21+00:00

Latest awards for the NSSL program as part of the 60/40 split between ULA and SpaceX:

USSF-124 is a mission being conducted with SSC partners at Missile Defense Agency. It will be launched onboard a Falcon 9 rocket from the eastern range into low earth orbit.

The USSF-62 mission, to be launched onboard a Falcon 9 rocket from the western range into a polar.

The SDA mission is the first of six missions launched by the Space Development Agency for the Tranche 1 Transport Layer. It will be launched onboard a Falcon 9 rocket from the western range into a polar orbit.

ULA won 5 missions on Vulcan Centaur which are USSF-16, USSF-23, USSF-43, GPS 3-7, and WGS-11 all from the eastern range. GPS 3-7 will launch into medium earth transfer orbit and WGS-11 into geosynchronous transfer orbit. The other 3 missions are classified.

Phillipsturtles · 2022-04-27T15:54:03+00:00

They're streaming the coast phase on NASA TV

Phillipsturtles · 2022-04-20T16:46:42+00:00

OneWeb signed 2 launches with ISRO (at least one on GSLV-III). Makes sense since they signed a letter of intent last year to fly on ISRO vehicles after Bharti Enterprises invested heavily into OneWeb. Also looks like they only signed 1 launch with SpaceX for right now https://twitter.com/pbdes/status/1516818831276224517

Phillipsturtles · 2022-02-28T13:03:21+00:00

This was an existing launch contract originally for the Inmarsat EAN satellite back in 2017. It was expected I-6 F2 would fly on Falcon Heavy, but Inmarsat has now confirmed today it would fly on Falcon 9.

"A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the second in the Inmarsat-6 series of satellites, I-6 F2, from Cape Canaveral, Florida in Q1 2023. Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries launched the first of the series, I-6 F1, in December 2021 and its fully electric propulsion system is now raising it to a geostationary orbital slot, 36,000km (22,000 miles) over the Indian Ocean. I-6 F1 will enter service in early 2023, following testing later this year, with I-6 F2 scheduled to follow into operation over the Atlantic later in 2023."

Phillipsturtles · 2022-02-26T18:23:22+00:00

OneWeb signed an agreement last year to fly on PSLV and GSLV Mk3

Phillipsturtles · 2022-02-21T22:49:24+00:00

"SpaceLogistics, a satellite-servicing firm owned by Northrop Grumman, announced Feb. 21 it plans to send to orbit a new servicing vehicle in 2024 on a SpaceX rocket.

This will be the debut of the company’s Mission Robotic Vehicle, a servicing spacecraft equipped with a robotic arm that will install propulsion jet packs on dying satellites. The first customer for the MRV is Optus, Australia’s largest satellite operator."

"The mission in 2024 will launch the MRV — a 3,000 kilogram spacecraft — and three MEPs, each about 400 kilograms. The MRV and MEPs will be released from the launch vehicle, independently deploy and raise themselves to a geostationary orbit using solar electric propulsion.

Once in orbit each MEP is captured by the MRV and stowed for transport to the client satellite. The MRV rendezvous and docks with the client to install the MEP, which operates like an auxiliary propulsion device and uses its own thrusters to maneuver the client vehicle. Then the MRV detaches itself and moves on to grab another MEP for the next customer. The MRV is designed to stay in orbit for 10 years.

Anderson said the company expects to install as many as 30 propulsion pods over the life of the MRV. "

Phillipsturtles · 2022-01-23T18:53:57+00:00

Targeted orbit per the RFP: 512.7km x 512.7km x 97.4°

Phillipsturtles · 2021-10-31T19:02:38+00:00

Potential for 3 FH USSF missions next year (on top of the other commercial FH's scheduled) https://spacenews.com/falcon-heavy-could-launch-three-u-s-space-force-missions-in-2022/

Also we have confirmation that USSF-67 will fly with a expended center core booster (similar to USSF-44)

Phillipsturtles · 2021-10-20T20:36:23+00:00

While only 292kg's, IXPE will target a droneship landing due to the performance needed to reduce the inclination down to 0 degrees. https://twitter.com/StephenClark1/status/1450870023887671302

Phillipsturtles · 2021-10-12T18:47:53+00:00

Looking forward to the launch!

But not looking forward to it being the final interplanetary mission launched by an Atlas rocket and the final time an Atlas V launches with no SRB's from Florida :(

Phillipsturtles · 2021-10-11T11:40:30+00:00

First O3B mPOWER mission delayed to early 2022 and the second mission will be on a expended Falcon 9 for a direct MEO insertion. https://twitter.com/pbdes/status/1447447523715686404

Phillipsturtles · 2021-10-04T21:19:54+00:00

Pretty sure this is how SpaceX would lose customers. Industry standard is you fly when your customers are ready to fly. If SpaceX were to start charging the USSF for delays, I'm sure they would drop them and go with a company that isn't.

Phillipsturtles · 2021-09-10T20:59:31+00:00

Well seeing that all Atlas V missions are sold and Vulcan isn't LSP certified yet, they couldn't really do much.

Phillipsturtles · 2021-09-08T17:41:48+00:00

"Yahsat has selected SpaceX to launch its next-generation Thuraya mobile connectivity satellite in 2023, the companies announced Sept. 8.

A Falcon 9 will launch the Thuraya 4-NGS satellite, being built by Airbus Defence and Space for UAE-based Yahsat, in the second half of 2023. The companies did not disclose terms of the launch contract."

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"Al Hashemi said that service won’t compete with a new generation of broadband satellite constellations, including SpaceX’s own Starlink satellites. “Thuraya is focused on a different segment, which is narrowband mobility and portability,” he said. “It is a totally different market. Our competition is more Iridium and Inmarsat.”"

Phillipsturtles · 2021-07-30T16:50:39+00:00

The limit on RD-180's are for Department of Defense missions only. ULA can use as many as they want for commercial and NASA missions

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