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Yay. More Heavy, please.
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Another successful launch!
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#1713 |
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They're trying to catch the fairing at the moment, so that's fun at least.
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#1715 |
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Not quite there yet.
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#1717 |
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The MicroSat 2a and 2b are two identical satellites to test technologies for SpaceX's planned 4425-satellite Starlink constellation to provide broadband Internet access.
These satellites replace the MicroSat 1a and 1b microsatellites as the first test satellites for the SpaceX constellation. The first phase of testing will include two satellites: Microsat-2a and Microsat-2b. These two satellites are intended to be launched as early as 2017. Both of these satellites will be deployed in one mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon-9 v1.2 launch vehicle into an orbital plane of 514 km circular at 97.44 degrees inclination. After insertion, the satellite orbits will be raised to the desired mission altitude of 1125 km circular. The designed lifetime of each satellite is six months. If this lifetime is exceeded, SpaceX plans to continue operation until such time as the primary mission goals can no longer be met, at which point the spacecraft will be deorbited. Both Microsat-2a and Microsat-2b are identical in their construction and operation. The primary structure for the Microsat-2a and -2b test spacecraft will be a box design measuring 1.1 m × 0.7 m × 0.7 m and carries the spacecraft flight computer, power system components, attitude determination and control components, propulsion components, GPS receiver, and broadband, telemetry, and command receivers and transmitters. The primary bus is mounted on the payload truss system, which also carries communications panels, inter-satellite optical link transmitters and receivers, star trackers, and a telemetry antenna. There are two 2 m × 8 m solar panels. Each demonstration spacecraft has a total mass of approximately 400 kg. The attitude of each spacecraft is 3-axis stabilized, and is dynamically controlled over each orbit to maintain attitude position for two pointing modes of operation: broadband antenna (antennas to nadir for testing) and solar array (solar arrays facing sun for charging). Power is provided by solar panels designed to deliver sufficient power at the predicted end of spacecraft life to not impair any test objectives. The Thermal Control System ensures that components are kept within operational temperature ranges. In addition to proving out the development of the satellite bus and related subsystems, the test program for the Microsat-2a and -2b spacecraft will also validate the design of a phased array broadband antenna communications platform (primary payload) that will be included in the final spacecraft design for the proposed NGSO constellation. SpaceX intends to test the Microsat-2a and -2b communication paths utilizing five broadband array test ground stations located in the western United States, as well as three transportable ground stations that will be deployed near the fixed ground station locations, all within the contiguous United States (“CONUS”). With the orbit profile provided, broadband array tests (Ku-band) will be conducted on average once every 0.9 days for less than 15 minutes. The primary Telemetry, Tracking, and Command (“TT&C”) ground station will be located near the primary test site in Redmond, WA to facilitate and control the broadband array testing. The testing will help to validate a number of design parameters.
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#1719 |
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I wish I had a way to post this without a bump, but since I wasn't the last post otherwise, here's a bump to say that the thread shouldn't be bumped this weekend after all.
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#1720 |
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There are rumors that Hispasat may launch in the next couple days, but nothing definitive. I'll bump the thread when we know.
Unrelated, the first Block 5 F9 is on the test stand. Looks like it's gonna be a more black and white rocket moving forward rather than just white. The legs will be black too. (The yellow cap on the top is just to hold it down during testing.) ![]() This probably isn't 100% accurate, but here's a brief synopsis of what people THINK the upgrades are: https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comm..._readying_for/ Quote:
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#1722 |
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#1723 |
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Next FH launch is officially slated for June.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/03/0...-heavy-launch/ In short, 25 different satellites all in one launch. Should be a hell of a deployment to watch if nothing else. -- Also, Hispasat is officially on for Monday night. |
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#1724 |
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Oh wow. Are they launching someone else's satellites, or their own?
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I don't THINK any of them will be more test sats from SpaceX themselves. Sounds like it's a couple of Air Force satellites plus probably a barrage of cubesats from universities and such.
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