DocM Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Big commsat for Telstat (Canada) and APT Satellite (Hong Kong), covering China, Mongolia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Ocean. Date: August 17, 2018 Time: 2335-0335 EDT (0335-0735 GMT August 18) Pad: KSC LC-40 Core: ???? Recovery: ASDS Of Course I Still Love You Coordinates: ???? Payload: Telstar 18 Vantage/APStar-5C Payload mass: >5,400 kg Propulsion: 4 × SPT-100 plasma thrusters Insertion orbit: GTO Target orbit: 138° East bguy_1986 and Unobscured Vision 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unobscured Vision Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Yep, another heavy GTO payload. Nothing the new Block-V's can't deal with -- and I wanna see it get ANGRY. DocM 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted August 23, 2018 Author Share Posted August 23, 2018 Big slip. We'll see why. Date: September 9 Time: TBD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unobscured Vision Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Yeah. Heard about that yesterday. Something's up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 Date: September 8 Time: 2323-0323 Eastern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthdci Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 41 minutes ago, DocM said: Date: September 8 Time: 2323-0323 Eastern any update on the reasoning for the slip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 Nope ISTM; rocket issues usually leak, but if it's a non-govt. satellite issue you'd expect confidentiality unless the owner spills the beans. Iridium is very open, others not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggendrop Veteran Posted September 4, 2018 Veteran Share Posted September 4, 2018 Weekend is almost over and.... TE has been in the HIF at LC-40 since last week. Should see SF activity Tues/Wed, Tues gives 4 days for review if Sat night still on. Weekend weather looks iffy....hopefully clears. DocM 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggendrop Veteran Posted September 5, 2018 Veteran Share Posted September 5, 2018 Quote #SpaceX will be conducting a Static Fire Test of their #Falcon9 rocket at LC-40 on #CCAFS tomorrow, 9/5/18. The test run is scheduled to occur within a 6-hour test window, currently scheduled for 1000 - 1600 Eastern Time. https://twitter.com/AstroHardin/status/1037116056689627140 ASDS OCISLY left this afternoon.... (Video below) https://twitter.com/spacecoast_stve/status/1037075590766047234 Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beittil Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Unobscured Vision and DocM 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unobscured Vision Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 .. aaaaand it's delayed again. Arrgh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggendrop Veteran Posted September 7, 2018 Veteran Share Posted September 7, 2018 Looks like a 24 hour shift...would have been more fun Saturday night, now it's Sunday night...11:28 pm EDT/03:28 GMT start time with 4 hour window. https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1037843911870316545 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthdci Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 6 hours ago, Draggendrop said: Looks like a 24 hour shift...would have been more fun Saturday night, now it's Sunday night...11:28 pm EDT/03:28 GMT start time with 4 hour window. https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1037843911870316545 aw man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beittil Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Yeah, guess I will just go with the recap when I wake up monday ? Getting up at 5am for this just isn't worth it anymore ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthdci Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 3 hours ago, Beittil said: Yeah, guess I will just go with the recap when I wake up monday ? Getting up at 5am for this just isn't worth it anymore ? no it not. It was when they were experimenting with the S1 landing, now it's just the norm which I suppose is a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted September 7, 2018 Author Share Posted September 7, 2018 The late night launch of many commats is so they're in full sun, other side of the world, when the solar arrays open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+rdlenk Subscriber² Posted September 8, 2018 Subscriber² Share Posted September 8, 2018 4 hours ago, DocM said: The late night launch of many commats is so they're in full sun, other side of the world, when the solar arrays open. ... and weather in Florida Just because a launch looks routine or easy never means that it is. Complacency is what can get people hurt and you better believe we fight hard against it. Luckily we are all space enthusiasts and the prospect of getting up early (or staying up late in this case) to work a launch is thrilling. Even if it is your 50th launch, it just never gets old. Besides, this launch has the added fun of a hurricane literally chasing the booster back to port. DocM 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 Mass: 7,060kg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted September 9, 2018 Global Moderator Share Posted September 9, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jim K Global Moderator Posted September 10, 2018 Global Moderator Share Posted September 10, 2018 ...and pushed back again. Well...I'm going to have to sit this one out. Stupid weather... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Draggendrop Veteran Posted September 10, 2018 Veteran Share Posted September 10, 2018 (edited) Fueling underway for 12:45 EDT. Weather dicey //webcast 15 min prior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggendrop Veteran Posted September 10, 2018 Veteran Share Posted September 10, 2018 (edited) SpaceX FM running on webcast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggendrop Veteran Posted September 10, 2018 Veteran Share Posted September 10, 2018 Show time... Presskit https://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/telstar18vantagepresskit.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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