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che wi

ЦитироватьChris G - NSF‏ @CwG_NSF  3h

Interesting. #SpaceX has an approved license for 10 Nov launch from LC39A w/ RTLS LZ-1 landing. No known payload is a match. #MysteryPayload


che wi

ЦитироватьMy sources tell me the flight is named ZUMA. The flight is extremely critical because a successful one would mean lots of potential future revenue. Launch date is slated for November 15th due to slight slip in testing.
https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/76c3gw/spacex_has_an_approved_license_for_10_nov_launch/dod5ewh/

Apollo13

Очередной уникальный NROL?

ZOOR

ЦитироватьApollo13 пишет:
Очередной уникальный NROL?
А может что-то типа Х-37, коли еще много заказов в случае успеха ожидается  ?
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Apollo13

ЦитироватьZOOR пишет:
ЦитироватьApollo13 пишет:
Очередной уникальный NROL?
А может что-то типа Х-37, коли еще много заказов в случае успеха ожидается ?
"Вторая эскадрилья - на старт!" :)

BlackMokona

Цитировать"Вторая эскадрилья - на старт!"
Сотни и сотни BFR стартуют с космодромов по всему миру, их обтекатели открываются выпуская рои беспилотных боевых кораблей, битва за Землю началась.  :D

tnt22

https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/10/14/regulatory-filings-suggest-spacex-plans-november-launch-with-mystery-payload/
ЦитироватьRegulatory filings suggest SpaceX plans November launch with mystery payload
October 14, 2017 Stephen Clark

Information found in federal regulatory filings suggest SpaceX plans to conduct a Falcon 9 rocket launch as soon as mid-November with an unidentified payload that has so far escaped public disclosure.

It is unusual for such a mission to remain secret so close to launch, and there has been no public claim of ownership for the payload — codenamed Zuma — from any government or commercial institution.
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File photo of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at launch pad 39A in Florida. Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX did not respond to questions on the mission Saturday, but an application submitted by the launch company to the Federal Communications Commission says the flight will use a Falcon 9 booster launched from pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The existence of the mission was first reported on NASASpaceflight.com Saturday, but the FCC filings are public record.

SpaceX must apply for special authority from the FCC to authorize the company to use telemetry transmitters and receivers to track the Falcon 9 rocket in flight.

Two filings concern the secretive launch next month, one for the Falcon 9's liftoff and climb into orbit from Florida's Space Coast, and another for the first stage booster's planned return to Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for refurbishment and reuse.

The launch could occur as soon as Nov. 10, according to information in the FCC applications.

The identity and the purpose of the Zuma payload remain secret.

With rare exceptions, U.S. government agencies have claimed ownership of the country's top secret spy satellites. The National Reconnaissance Office began acknowledging launches of its missions in the 1990s, but the spy satellite agency does not typically reveal details about its programs.

The NRO has two more missions on its manifest this year — codenamed NROL-52 and NROL-47 — launching on an Atlas 5 rocket Sunday and a Delta 4 booster in December.

Two mysterious satellites launched by Atlas 5 rockets in 2009 and 2014 did not fit the mold of most U.S. government spy missions.

Known only by the names PAN and CLIO, the satellites were not claimed by the NRO or any other agency. They were built by Lockheed Martin for an undisclosed U.S. government customer, and climbed into geostationary orbit more than 22,000 miles above the equator.

PAN parked alongside commercial communications satellites over the Middle East, intercepting voice and data traffic to support U.S. intelligence-gathering and military efforts in the region, according to documents released by Edward Snowden and published in 2016.

CLIO is suspected to have a similar eavesdropping mission.

But Zuma's owner — commercial or government — has not been revealed, and Falcon 9 launches into high-altitude geostationary-type orbits populated by communications satellites typically use more of the rocket's propellant reserve, requiring landings on vessels at sea, and not on land.

Earth-imaging satellites that fly in lower orbits normally launch into polar orbits providing more global coverage. Such payloads flying on Falcon 9 rockets usually take off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, but launch trajectories to the northeast from Cape Canaveral have been used for some NRO satellites in high-inclination low Earth orbits, most recently in May when a Falcon 9 rocket launched from Florida placed a secretive payload 250 miles above Earth for the government's spy satellite operator.

SpaceX is developing its own satellites for global Internet service, but the first two test craft are not scheduled for launch until next year.

The mysterious Zuma launch next month will come after a scheduled Falcon 9 flight Oct. 30 with the Koreasat 5A communications satellite, a commercial spacecraft owned by KTsat of South Korea.

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The Koreasat 5A and Zuma missions are slated to take off from launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Both flights are expected to use newly-built Falcon 9 booster stages.
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tnt22

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/10/spacex-zuma-iridium-4-aims-vandenberg-landing/
ЦитироватьSpaceX adds mystery "Zuma" mission, Iridium-4 aims for Vandenberg landing
October 16, 2017 by Chris Gebhardt



In what has already been a busy year for SpaceX, the commercial launch provider is adding one more mission to its jammed-packed end-of-year schedule.  A mysterious mission codenamed "Zuma" will launch No Earlier Than 10 November 2017 from LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Meanwhile, CRS-13 is slipping at least one week per the Station's schedule, and the Iridium NEXT-4 mission from Vandenberg has received permission to debut RTLS landing of the Falcon 9 booster back at SLC-4W.

SpaceX adds mystery "Zuma" mission:
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It's not often that one can point to a last-minute (from the public side) addition of a mission to a launch manifest – let alone one that manages to stay secret until 30 days before the opening of its launch campaign.



But that is the case for a mystery Falcon 9 mission that is now set to launch between Koreasat-5A and CRS-13/Dragon.

The mystery mission, codename Zuma, is known on its FCC launch license as Mission 1390 and will see a Falcon 9 rocket launch from LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center before performing a RTLS (Return To Launch Site) landing at LZ-1 at Cape Canaveral.

The mission is a new addition to SpaceX's manifest and now appears to be the last flight off Pad 39A before the pad undergoes final configurations for the debut of the Falcon Heavy, which is still slated for NET (No Earlier Than) December 2017.

With such secrecy, the customer candidate for Zuma would normally be the U.S. government/military (i.e.: the National Reconnaissance Office or the Air Force); however, there is industry speculation claiming this is a "black commercial" mission.
 
Nonetheless, Zuma represents a likely rapid launch response from SpaceX for the satellite's operator.

While nothing is known of the payload, what is known is that Zuma will use Falcon 9 core B1043 – a brand new core that was originally (as understood by NASASpaceflight.com) intended for the CRS-13/Dragon mission.

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Apollo13

Цитировать(UPDATE: NASASpaceflight.com has confirmed that Northrop Grumman is the payload provider for Zuma through a commercial launch contract with SpaceX for a LEO satellite with a mission type labeled as "government" and a needed launch date range of 1-30 November 2017.)

Тангаж

Надо же, Нортроп... Что они там, какой-то свой орбитальный беспилотник сделали и тестируют?

testest2

#11
Интересно, какие такие военно-разведывательные цели могут быть у КА на низкой орбите с небольшим наклонением? Над конкретным местом хотят летать?

Мы знаем, что орбита не полярная и низкая. Писали, что SpaceX в случае успех этой миссии получит много заказов (видимо, по той же программе). Т.е. может планироваться много таких запусков. Еще мы знаем, что КА крайне секретный и, вероятно, создавался в срочном порядке.

Мое ИМО - запуск может быть связан с КНДР.
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Boris Mekler

В порядке бреда - носитель кинетических элементов prompt global strike?

che wi

ЦитироватьTim Fernholz‏ @TimFernholz  23m

SpaceX has invited reporters to the mysterious Zuma launch. Intriguing!


che wi

SpaceX targeting November for mystery 'Zuma' launch from KSC

ЦитироватьSpaceX is targeting November for the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center on a mysterious mission codenamed "Zuma" for Northrop Grumman, according to federal filings and company statements.

SpaceX confirmed on Tuesday that pad 39A will play host to the secretive mission "no earlier than November," though the Air Force's 45th Space Wing said teams are targeting Nov. 16 for the launch.

The mission will include a first stage landing attempt at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Landing Zone 1, according to documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission seeking special temporary authority for "SpaceX Mission 1390." As usual, the Space Coast can expect the powerful reverberation of a sonic boom across the region as the booster descends shortly after liftoff.

Northrop Grumman confirmed to FLORIDA TODAY that it sel ected Falcon 9 for Zuma, which was described as a "government mission."

"The U.S. government assigned Northrop Grumman the responsibility of acquiring launch services for this mission," said Lon Rains, communications director at Northrop Grumman's Space Systems Division and Space Park Design Center of Excellence. "We have procured the Falcon 9 launch service from SpaceX."

"This event represents a cost effective approach to space access for government missions," he said.

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While further details on the spacecraft were not available, the landing does offer some clues – Falcon 9's ability to make the long trek back to the Cape indicates that it likely will not be a large, heavy payload, at least compared to other missions that require drone ship landings or expendable boosters.

Before Zuma takes flight, SpaceX is tasked with launching KT SAT's Koreasat-5A commercial communications satellite mission into a geostationary transfer orbit from KSC no earlier than Oct. 30 during a two-hour window that opens at 3:34 p.m. The Falcon 9's first stage is expected to target a drone ship landing.

The premiere flight of SpaceX's three-core Falcon Heavy rocket, which CEO Elon Musk said would launch from pad 39A in November, will seemingly be delayed due to Zuma's launch fr om the same pad. Teams are expected to take at least a few weeks to retrofit 39A for Falcon Heavy's much-vaunted first flight.
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che wi

На spaceflightnow.com поставили дату пуска – 16 ноября, 0100-0300 GMT

tnt22

Цитировать Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 1 ч. назад

Right now, Static Fire of the #Falcon9 is still set for Saturday in a window from 6p-12a EST. No effect anticipated, per SpaceX quote, on launch cadence. Zuma is still scheduled - right now - for NET 15 Nov. #SpaceX

Interval

ЦитироватьBoris Mekler пишет:
В порядке бреда - носитель кинетических элементов prompt global strike?
Если "Zuma" - не аббревиатура, а кодовое имя проекта, то вполне возможно.

testest2

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