Bangabandhu-1 - Falcon 9 (B1046) - Kennedy LC-39A - 07.05.2018 20:14 UTC

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ЦитироватьThales Alenia Space‏ @Thales_Alenia_S 37 мин. назад

Passenger #Bangabandhu Satellite-1 is requested for boarding soon! Next Thursday on Antonov flight 007 to #Florida ! Live from #Nice #airport, impressive #Antonov ! @thalesgroup @NiceAirportFR #telecommunications #digitaldivide #Bangladesh #satellite @ThalesAsia @SpaceX

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ЦитироватьStephen Clark‏ @StephenClark1 32 мин. назад

Payload for the first launch of the "Block 5" version of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket nears shipment from the French Riviera to Florida's Space Coast. Liftoff targeted for late April.

tnt22

ЧюднЫ дела твоЯ, Господи!
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ЦитироватьThales Alenia Space‏ @Thales_Alenia_S 4 мин. назад

Passenger #Bangabandhu Satellite-1 requested for boarding soon! Next Thursday on #Antonov to #Florida ! Live from #Nice #airport, impressive Antonov! @thalesgroup @thalesemploi @SpaceX #communications #satellite #Bangladesh #digitaldivide #Falcon9 @NiceAirportFR

tnt22

ЦитироватьChris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 22 мин. назад

OK. Now @Thales_Alenia_S says #Bangabandhu is shipping to the Cape in two days... as in "this Thursday," not "next Thursday." #SpaceX #Falcon9

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My day so far:
- "#Bangabandhu ships next Thursday!"
- ^ "Nevermind. We take it back."
- ^^ "Nevermind again. Banga ships next Thursday."
- ^^^ "Did we say "next Thursday"? We meant "This Thursday" for Banga's shipment.

It's only lunch time.
:D

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BANGABANDHU SATELLITE-1 AT CAPE CANAVERAL

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28 марта Спутник бангабандху-1 покинул Каннский завод Thales Alenia Space. 
После остановки в Бостоне 29 марта спутник прибыл на Мыс Канаверал, в целости и сохранности, 30 марта.
Технические характеристики и зона покрытия
Построенный на платформе Spacebus 4000B2 нового поколения от Thales Alenia Space, спутник оснащен 26-канальным и 14-канальным транспондерами. Зона покрытия включает Бангладеш и прилегающие регионы.Расположенная на уровне 119,1° к востоку, эта система обеспечит охват в ку-диапазоне для Бангладеш и ее территориальных вод в Бенгальском заливе, Индии, Непале, Бутане, Шри-Ланке, Филиппинах и Индонезии. Он также обеспечит пропускную способность C-диапазона для всего региона.Thales Alenia Space-главный Подрядчик системы "под ключ", отвечающий за проектирование, строительство, испытания и доставку спутника на орбиту.
 
Thales Alenia Space также отвечает за полный наземный сегмент, который использует приложения SpaceOps, посвященный конфигурации/мониторингу полета и комплексному решению SpaceGate Thales Alena Space, посвященному приложениям конечных пользователей.
Наземный сегмент опирается как на первичные, так и на вторичные наземные объекты, включая здание, в котором размещается центр управления и эксплуатации спутников и центр сетевых операций. 
Местный партнер компании в Бангладеш, Spectra Engineers Ltd, отвечает за строительные работы для наземных инфраструктур.
да, яндекс-перевод конечно... диапазоны каналов вообще не распознал, милости прошу в оригинал...

tnt22

https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-falcon-9-block-5-debut-early-may/
ЦитироватьSpaceX's highly reusable Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket targets early May debut

By Eric Ralph
Posted on April 11, 2018

SpaceX has confirmed that its next-generation Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket will debut in early May, according to statements fr om Bangabandhu project director Md Mesbahuzzaman.

This slight shift from late April to early May follows shortly after an email interview SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell gave to AviationWeek, wh ere she confirmed that Bangabandhu-1 would in fact be launched by the first Block 5 Falcon 9 booster and sketched out a rough outline of the highly-reusable rocket's future.
Цитировать"US company SpaceX, who will put Bangabandhu-1 into orbit, has sent us a letter confirming the new [May 4] schedule."
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While Shotwell largely rehashed previously-known information about the next-generation  Falcon 9, she reiterated features expected to debut with Block 5, including a bolted (rather than welded) octaweb structure, retractable landing legs, titanium grid fins, and an upgraded thermal protection system, as well as "upgraded...operational capability of components across the board."



Most importantly, Shotwell confirmed that the thermal protection system upgrades have already been flight-tested on Falcon 9 Block 4, seven boosters of which were produced. ...
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If all goes smoothly leading up to its launch, the first Falcon 9 Block 5 will also find itself aboard OCISLY just three weeks later, after a (fingers crossed) successful launch of the 3700 kg Bangabandhu-1 geostationary communications satellite.
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tnt22

ЦитироватьChris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 9 мин. назад

#SpaceX May manifest ARTICLE:

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/04/spacexs-may-manifest-takes-shape-block-5-debut/ ...

April 30: 1st Block 5 Static Fire, LC39A
May 4: 1st Block 5 launch, Bangabandhu, LC39A
May 19: Iridium-6/GRACE-FO launch, SLC-4E (flight-proven)
May 20: SES-12 Static Fire, SLC-40
May 24: SES-12 launch, SLC-40 (flight-proven)


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https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/04/spacexs-may-manifest-takes-shape-block-5-debut/
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On Monday 30 April, SpaceX will roll the Bangabandhu-1 vehicle out to LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center, FL, for Static Fire.
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This will be the first time that a Block 5 Falcon 9 graces a SpaceX launch pad and will be the first Block 5's final major test before its inaugural flight.

Once connected to Pad-A's systems, SpaceX will put the first Block 5 (core B1046) through a standard countdown and fueling process, validating all of the booster and second stage systems up to and including an engine firing.

The core has already undergone Acceptance Testing at McGregor, Texas. At a pre-launch news conference for the TESS flight last week, Hans Koenigsmann of SpaceX stated that the first Block 5's acceptance runs were extremely smooth, noting that the Block 5 upgrade made it through all of its McGregor testing far faster than previous major Block upgrades to the Falcon 9 have.

An exact window for Static Fire on Monday is not yet known, but typical windows for such events usually stretch for no more than six hours based on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and KSC Emergency Operations Support capabilities.

As with flight-proven boosters and the Falcon Heavy Static Fire campaigns, the first Block 5 Static Fire is expected to last between 5 and 7 seconds to ensure a good amount of data on engine health and performance is gathered.

Once a successful Static Fire is complete, the Bangabandhu-1 vehicle will be safed, detanked, taken horizontal at the pad, and transported back into the Horizontal Integration Facility (HIF) at LC-39A where it will then be mated with its payload.

Bangabandhu-1 will be the first satellite for the Southeast Asian nation of Bangladesh.

Inside the HIF, the rocket and payload will undergo final launch checks as engineers work through the standard L-2 day Launch Readiness Review (LRR).

Once the LRR is complete and all approvals received, the first Block 5 will be taken back out to Pad-A for launch.
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Bangabandhu-1 is currently slated to launch No Earlier Than (NET) Friday, 4 May 2018 in a roughly 2 hour 25 minute launch window extending from 16:00-18:25 EDT (20:00-22:25 UTC).

According to the official Eastern Range request from SpaceX, Bangabandhu-1's booster will perform an ASDS landing on Of Course I Still Love You in the Atlantic Ocean.
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tnt22

https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/04/24/spacex-set-to-debut-falcon-9-rocket-upgrades-with-launch-next-week/
ЦитироватьSpaceX set to debut Falcon 9 rocket upgrades with launch next week
April 24, 2018Stephen Clark

EDITOR'S NOTE: Upd ated at 7 p.m. EDT (2300 GMT) to correct schedule for first Crew Dragon mission.


File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket standing at launch pad 39A in Florida before a previous mission. Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX technicians at Cape Canaveral are readying for the first launch of an upgraded Falcon 9 rocket configuration next week, a mission that will debut changes to make the launcher safer for astronauts and make it easier — and less expensive — for the company to reuse first stage boosters.

The launch, currently planned for May 4 during a launch window that opens at 4 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT), will loft the European-built Bangabandhu 1 communications satellite for Bangladesh.
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The upgraded rocket, known as the "Block 5" iteration of the Falcon 9, is a brand new vehicle that was recently delivered to the Florida spaceport after a final full-duration test-firing of its nine Merlin 1D engines on a test stand at SpaceX's development site in McGregor, Texas.

The changes include updates to make the Falcon 9 rocket meet NASA's human-rating requirements, and introduces modifications to allow SpaceX to recover and reuse first stage boosters with greater speed.

A hold-down engine firing of the Falcon 9 rocket is planned Monday, April 30, at launch pad 39A, the former Apollo- and shuttle-era launch complex at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff from pad 39A will follow May 4 after ground crews return the rocket to SpaceX's nearby hangar for attachment of the Bangabandhu 1 satellite.

It will be the first rocket launch from pad 39A since SpaceX's first Falcon Heavy launcher, made by bolting three Falcon 9 first stage boosters together, lifted off from the Space Coast on Feb. 6.

"Block 5 is here," said Hans Koenigsmann, vice president of build and flight reliability at SpaceX, in a briefing with reporters last week. "We're all excited about that. We had a good test campaign in Texas. I believe that it was faster than we've ever had for a new block upgrade, but it certainly takes time to get everything worked out and tested on a block upgrade. So I'm looking forward to that launch in early May."


The Bangabandhu 1 communications satellite pictured at the Thales Alenia Space factory in Cannes, France. Credit: Thales Alenia Space

"Block 5 basically summarizes all that we learned on reusability," Koenigsmann said. "Whenever we recover a booster and then it goes through refurbishment, we find things that are giving us ... lessons for the next block. In this case, we tried to summarize all of these lessons learned into a booster that then is able to fly, and be recovered and fly again multiple times without a lot of refurbishment.

"That's basically the key thing on Block 5," Koenigsmann said. "It's a reliability update that combines reliability and reusability."

One of the major changes on the Block 5 version of the Falcon 9 is the addition of more resilient heat shield material at the base of the rocket's first stage, according to Koenigsmann.

The Block 5 engines can also produce more power and feature a redesign to make the engines easier to reuse on multiple flights. The Block 5 version of the Falcon 9 will also incorporate changes to meet NASA safety requirements for launches with astronauts heading for the International Space Station.

"Block 5 is the last big spin on Falcon 9, and it's largely driven by the upgrade that we needed to make for the commercial crew program, as well as national security space launch requirements," said Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX's president and chief operating officer, during a question-and-answer session with reporters last year.

NASA awarded contracts to SpaceX and Boeing in 2014 to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station. SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule will take off on Falcon 9 rockets from the Kennedy Space Center, and the company plans an orbital test flight with two astronauts around the end of this year, although NASA officials expect the first crewed demonstration flight in 2019.

SpaceX engineers also added a permanent fix on the Block 5 upgrade to resolve a concern with turbine wheel cracks inside the Merlin engine's turbopump, and new helium tanks that are not susceptible to pooling frozen liquid oxygen and friction that led to the explosion of a Falcon 9 rocket on the launch pad in 2016.

"There is a performance upgrade here as well, largely to get more margin for (those) very demanding customers," Shotwell said. "There's some manufacturing improvements. We've addressed the turbine wheel issue (on Block 5). There are probably 100 or so changes on that vehicle."


Nine Merlin 1D engines arranged in an "octaweb" configuration on the Falcon 9 rocket's first stage. This file photo shows a Falcon 9 first stage flown on a previous launch with polished engine nozzles, which are no longer used on SpaceX missions. Credit: SpaceX

Block 5 is the most significant upgrade to the Falcon 9 rocket since SpaceX debuted the "full thrust" configuration in December 2015, which was the first time the company used super-chilled, densified RP-1 kerosene and liquid oxygen propellants.

Since then, SpaceX has flown beefed up titanium grid fins to replace the single-use aluminum steering wings used during the descent of the Falcon 9's first stage. A Falcon 9 launch from California in February debuted a slightly larger payload fairing. Both enhancements are expected to regularly fly on Falcon 9 Block 5 missions.

In an interview on "The Space Show" online radio program last summer, Shotwell said the Block 5 is important for SpaceX's ambition to reuse Falcon 9 first stage boosters more often, and at less expense. Boosters based on earlier Falcon 9 designs can be reused two or three times, but a Block 5 first stage could be reused "a dozen or so" times, she said.

The ultimate objective of the Block 5 upgrade is to make the Falcon 9's first stage capable of flying up to 100 times with refurbishment, SpaceX officials have said. The Falcon 9 Block 5's first stage is designed to launch up to 10 times with minimal rework between missions, according to SpaceX.

The fastest turnaround between flights of the same Falcon 9 booster to date has been approximately five months, and no Falcon 9 first stage has flown more than twice.

Components on the Block 5 rocket, such as valves, were planned to be requalified and redesigned at more extreme operating conditions and for longer durations, she said on The Space Show.

Other changes on the Block 5 upgrade include new landing legs that can be retracted without the need for recovery teams to remove them from the rocket, and the interstage structure that connects the first and second stages will be black and unpainted.

The first stage's engine section, known as the "octaweb," will be bolted to the bottom of the booster on the Block 5 configuration. The octaweb arrangement, which sets the first stage's nine Merlin engines at the bottom of the rocket and routes liquid propellants to the powerplants, was welded to the rocket on earlier Falcon 9 designs.

The previous version of the Falcon 9 rocket will fly a few more missions after the Bangabandhu 1 launch. Two additional Falcon 9 flights are planned later in May — one from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and one from Cape Canaveral — and both will use previously-flown first stages.

The last newly-manufactured "Block 4" Falcon 9 launched with NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite on April 18. The booster landed on SpaceX's drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean, and SpaceX plans to reuse it on the company's next resupply launch to the International Space Station in late June, pending final NASA approval.

The Bangabandhu 1 communications satellite se t to launch on the maiden Falcon 9 Block 5 flight arrived at Cape Canaveral on March 30 after a trans-Atlantic flight aboard an Antonov cargo plane from its Thales Alenia Space factory in France.

Built in Europe for the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, the dual-band satellite will provide Ku-band and C-band television broadcast and data relay services across Bangladesh and surrounding regions.

Thales Alenia Space will deliver the Bangabandhu 1 satellite to its governmental operator after launch. The so-called "delivery-in-orbit" arrangement puts Thales Alenia Space in charge of building the spacecraft, procuring launch services, and ground tracking and control infrastructure.
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ЦитироватьChris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 12 мин. назад

A newspaper in Bangladesh notes Bangabandhu-1's launch on the Falcon 9 has been pushed to the right by three days, citing the Telecom and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar.

https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2018/04/25/bangladesh-delays-launch-of-its-first-satellite-again ...

tnt22

ЦитироватьChris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 25 мин. назад

We'll see how this plays out on the Eastern Range schedule. But if there is indeed a push, a three day slip to 7 May isn't drastic. #SpaceX #Bangabandhu #Bangladesh #Falcon9 #Block5
ЦитироватьChris B - NSF @NASASpaceflight
A newspaper in Bangladesh notes Bangabandhu-1's launch on the Falcon 9 has been pushed to the right by three days, citing the Telecom and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar. ...

Pirat5

Цитироватьtnt22 пишет:
slip to 7 May
из-за погоды
ЦитироватьThe source I found states it may be rescheduled due to weather concerns.
http://www.unb.com.bd/bangladesh-news/Launching-of-Bangabandhu-1-deferred-again/69139
ЦитироватьSpeaking at the roundtable, BTRC Chairman Dr Shahjahan Mahmood said the rescheduling has been done as the weather will not be favorable for launching on May 4.

tnt22

ЦитироватьChris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 37 мин. назад

Update to #Bangabandhu & 1st Block 5 schedule. #SpaceX #Bangladesh Static Fire now Tuesday, 1 May. (1 day slip) Launch now Monday, 7 May (16:00-18:25 EDT - 20:00-22:25 UTC)

tnt22

ЦитироватьChris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 5 мин. назад

Static Fire update for #SpaceX #Bangabandhu and first #Block5.

Static Fire is now Wednesday, 2 May, on LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center.

tnt22

ЦитироватьEmre Kelly‏Подлинная учетная запись @EmreKelly 4 ч. назад

SpaceX Bangabandhu-1 update: Block V #Falcon9 now on Eastern Range launch calendar for Monday, May 7. Launch hazard area around pad 39A in effect from 1400 to 1915 ET (1800 to 2315 UTC). ASDS.

Apollo13

ЦитироватьChris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 1h1 hour ago

We're up to about NET Thursday for the Static Fire. Facebook claim it's NET Friday: https://www.facebook.com/groups/spacexgroup/permalink/10156559220071318/ ... - I want to see a hard schedule, but I think we can all assume it's not going to be today!


tnt22

ЦитироватьPirat5 пишет:
из-за погоды
Наблюдаю почти неделю, на 4-е погода почти и не меняется, на 7-е всё хужее и хужее день ото дня:

Weekly Planning Forecast 02 May

tnt22

ЦитироватьChris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 4 мин. назад

Now seen a hard schedule. Static Fire is NET Friday. However, the launch date is unaffected at this time (Still NET May 7).

tnt22

ЦитироватьNAVAREA IV 350/2018 (11,26)

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   072001Z TO 072315Z MAY, ALTERNATE
   082003Z TO 082315Z MAY IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 28-39N 080-39W, 28-40N 080-37W,
   28-40N 080-00W, 28-37N 079-45W,
   28-35N 079-45W, 28-33N 079-48W,
   28-32N 080-08W, 28-33N 080-37W.
   B. 28-34N 076-00W, 28-36N 072-14W,
   28-29N 071-50W, 27-55N 071-50W,
   27-45N 072-35W, 28-20N 076-00W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 346/18.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 090015Z MAY 18.

( 011314Z MAY 2018 )
Пуск : 2018-05-07 с 20:01 до 23:15 UTC
Резерв: 2018-05-07 с 20:03 до 23:15 UTC

tnt22

https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/05/03/falcon-9-bangabandhu-1-launch-preps/
ЦитироватьLive coverage: Upgraded Falcon 9 rocket set for first on-pad test-firing
May 3, 2018Stephen Clark

Updated: 05/03/2018 18:27 Stephen Clark

Launch crews at the Kennedy Space Center are preparing to roll out an upgraded SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in preparation for a hold-down firing at pad 39A as soon as Friday.

The static fire test is a major step toward launch of SpaceX's first Falcon 9 "Block 5" rocket next week. Liftoff is currently scheduled no earlier than Monday, but the launch could be delayed.
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The two-stage rocket, without its satellite payload, will be filled with super-chilled kerosene and liquid oxygen propellants Friday as SpaceX conducts a countdown rehearsal leading up to ignition of the rocket's nine first stage Merlin engines.

The Block 5 version of the Falcon 9 rocket features changes to make the first stage easier to reuse, along with safety and performance enhancements that will allow NASA to certify the launcher for astronauts.

Spaceflight Now Members can watch a live view of pad 39A as SpaceX prepares for the static fire test. If you're not a member, please consider joining to support our coverage and receive exclusive content.

Here's a view of launch pad 39A from earlier this morning.
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