DocM Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 (edited) Launch date: Nov. 27, 2018 Launch time: 1619 EST (2119 GMT) Pad: LC-40 Core: ?? Stage landing: LZ-1 External payloads: GEDI, RRM3 @nanoracks More payloads have arrived in our #Houston office! Today, we received the #Lagrange experiment all the way from #Japan. We're preparing the final closeout as we gear up for the #SpaceX16 launch to @Space_Station. #ISS #NanoLab https://t.co/8nweS1a2sm GEDI RRM3 (Robotic Refueling Mission 3) https://sspd.gsfc.nasa.gov/RRM3.html Quote RRM3 Primary Objectives 1. Perform cryogenic liquid methane transfer in micro-gravity 2. Maintain cryogen fluid mass for six months via zero boil-offRRM3 Secondary Objectives 1. Demonstrate and validate the Compact Thermal Imager - An instrument that utilizes available room on RRM3 to observe Earth to detect smoke and fires, as well as measure crop transevaporation. 2. Complete Machine Vision Tasks - In-space assessment of fiducials (decals) with unique patterns that enhance machine vision algorithms and aid in autonomous rendezvous and tool positioning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggendrop Veteran Posted October 22, 2018 Veteran Share Posted October 22, 2018 bits and bytes... Iridium TechEd Sat-8 Quote Iridium and NASA just learned that TechEdSat-8 has been added to the launch manifest for SpaceX-16, which is scheduled to be launched on December 1, 2018 https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=45881.0 Full pdf at the above NSF link... Quote Iridium Satellite LLC Exhibit 1 Request for Special Temporary Authority Iridium hereby requests special temporary authority (“STA”) commencing on January 2, 2019, and continuing for a period of one hundred and eighty (180) days, to transmit from its space stations to Technical Educational Satellite -8 (“TechEdSat-8”) in the 1618.725–1626.5 MHz band. For reasons stated below, Iridium asks that its STA request be granted no later than September 19, 2018. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (“NTIA”) has authorized the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (“NASA”) to conduct experiments with the Technical Educational Satellite -8 (“TechEdSat-8”) low earth orbit nanosatellite. A copy of that authorization is attached hereto. In connection with these experiments, NASA will operate an Iridium satellite phone that it will host on TechEdSat-8. The satellite phone will transmit from TechEdSat-8 to space stations in Iridium’s “Big LEO” constellation.1 The transmissions will, among other goals, utilize Iridium’s constellation as a tracking and data relay satellite (“TDRS”) for nanosatellites. Iridium seeks an STA for transmissions in the reverse direction, from its satellites to TechEdSat-8.2 There will be no change during the experiment in the operating parameters of Iridium’s space stations, which are licensed as Part 25 space stations under Call Sign S2110. For this reason, no operating parameters, other than effective radiated power, are used in the form that this exhibit accompanies. The only change for which Iridium seeks an STA is adding TechEdSat-8 as a point of communication. Iridium’s Part 25 space station license does not cover space-to-space communications. Iridium and NASA just learned that TechEdSat-8 has been added to the launch manifest for SpaceX-16, which is scheduled to be launched on December 1, 2018, and will deliver cargo to the International Space Station (“ISS”). TechEdSat-8 would be jettisoned from the ISS on January 15, 2018, to begin a three-month mission.3 The spacecraft launch integrator for SpaceX-16 is requiring that TechEdSat-8 have all spectrum approvals in place by the hand-off for integration, which is scheduled for September 20, 2018. Accordingly, Iridium respectfully requests that its STA be granted no later than September 19, 2018. The above pdf implied launch date has obviously changed as of late. Unobscured Vision and DocM 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted October 22, 2018 Author Share Posted October 22, 2018 Moving into December - looks like an ISS visiting vehicle schedule conflict. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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