DocM Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Next up to bat.... Launcher: Falcon 9-R Core: 1029.2 (former Iridium NEXT #1) Launch site: LC-39A Launch Date: NET June 15 Launch Window: 1410 Eastern (1810 UTC) Stage Landing: ASDS Of Course I Still Love You Orbit: super-synchronous GTO Satellite Bus: Space Systems Loral (SSL) LS-1300 Beams: 30 Ku BSS, 2 Ku FSS Power: 10 kW Lifetime: 15 years Satellite Mass: ~4,000 kg anthdci and Unobscured Vision 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unobscured Vision Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Nice, medium-weight bird. Should be a great launch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted June 7, 2017 Author Share Posted June 7, 2017 Moving 2 days right due to the CRS-11 weather scrub. Static Fire: June 13 Launch Date: June 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unobscured Vision Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 It happens, and it's not like SpaceX has any control over the weather ... Give 'em time. They'll figure that one out eventually too. flyingskippy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted June 7, 2017 Author Share Posted June 7, 2017 (edited) Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unobscured Vision Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 I see what they want their crews to exercise next .. rapid turnaround. Procedures, etc. Makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 (edited) With launches on the 17th at KSC, the 25th at Vandenberg, and about July 1 at KSC again they'd better get used to rapid turnarounds. With the X-37B launch added on we could be looking at 4 SpaceX launches in August, which is nuts. Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unobscured Vision Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 July is gonna be busy too. Not as busy, but still. They're gonna be shipping stuff in, and getting LC-40 ready. Then the "all stop" on 39-A for the upgrades ... Then FH's debut after that. Then the Dragon 2 test flight at the end of the year. All the while coordinating the big project at Boca Chica and Brownsville, and the R&D on ITS Junior and ITS itself ... The next ten years are busy. DocM 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted June 13, 2017 Author Share Posted June 13, 2017 Static fire slips to June 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthdci Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 8 hours ago, DocM said: Static fire slips to June 14 launch date still the same? Is there a backup 24 hours later? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John. Subscriber¹ Posted June 13, 2017 Subscriber¹ Share Posted June 13, 2017 3 launches in as many weeks. my body is ready Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted June 13, 2017 Author Share Posted June 13, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, anthdci said: launch date still the same? Is there a backup 24 hours later? So far the June 17th launch date is holding, and the Iridium NEXT #2 launch on the 25th is at Vandenberg so no conflict there. They also have more than one launch team. Once all four facilities are going; LC-39A, LC-40, Vandenberg and Texas, and with each launching just once a month, we could see a launch a week. And that's assuming they don't build or lease a fifth pad. Edited June 13, 2017 by DocM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 Static fire moved to Thursday evening. No word on the launch slipping to Sunday or Monday yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 (edited) Launch slips to Monday, June 19 Weather was only 40%. Yeah: launch on Monday, Iridium NEXT #2's static fire on Tuesday, and Iridium NEXT #2 launches on Sunday. Helluva week. Edited June 14, 2017 by DocM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted June 15, 2017 Author Share Posted June 15, 2017 Vertical for the static fire. Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DocM Posted June 16, 2017 Author Share Posted June 16, 2017 The robot is named Octograbber Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DocM Posted June 18, 2017 Author Share Posted June 18, 2017 Weather only 40% for Monday and Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted June 18, 2017 Author Share Posted June 18, 2017 (edited) And, Intelsat-35e on July 1 (though it may need to slip slightly.) How's that for a launch rate? Edited June 18, 2017 by DocM Unobscured Vision and Emn1ty 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John. Subscriber¹ Posted June 18, 2017 Subscriber¹ Share Posted June 18, 2017 Welp, that's my weekend sorted! DocM and Unobscured Vision 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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