JCSat-14 – Falcon 9 – Канаверал SLC-40 – 06.05.2016 05:21 UTC

[Salo]

Peter B. de Selding ‏@pbdes
Sat builder SSL: SpaceX Falcon 9 scheduled to launch SSL-built JCSat-14 telecom sat in April; sat has arrived at Cape Canaveral spaceport.
6:16 - 14 марта 2016 г.

[Apollo13]

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/709372662389350400

Chris B - NSF‏@NASASpaceflight

The JCSAT-14 satellite has arrived at Cape Canaveral for April launch on SpaceX's Falcon 9. This mission's F9 S1 is currently at McGregor.

1-я ступень в Макгрегоре.

[Salo]

http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/jcsat-14.htm

JCSat 14

Space Systems/Loral (SSL) announced in June 2012 that it was selected to provide a communications satellite to SKY Perfect JSAT, a satellite operator based in Japan. The satellite, JCSAT-14, will replace JCSAT-2A (JCSat 8 ) at 154° East longitude and expands on its capacity to meet the growing demand for telecommunications infrastructure in the Asia Pacific region.
The satellite, which provides approximately 10 kW of power at end of life, has 26 C-band transponders and 18 Ku-band transponders for service in Asia, Russia, Oceania, and the Pacific Islands. The C-band coverage will be used for both broadcast and data networks and the satellite's Ku-band regional beams will provide high-speed connectivity for maritime, aviation and resource exploration use.
JCSAT-14 is based on the highly reliable SSL-1300 satellite platform that provides the flexibility for a broad range of applications and technology advances. Scheduled for launch in 2015, the satellite is designed to deliver service for 15 years or more.
 
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Japan

Communication

JSAT Corporation

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L)

26 C-band transponders and 18 Ku-band transponders

SSL-1300

2 deployable solar arrays, batteries

15 years

GEO

[Pirat5]

а на spaceflightnow указана дата -28 апреля (инфа от7 апреля)

Deflang пишет:
По предварительным данным, пуск ожидается 30.05.2016

Ваша информация когда датирована? и откуда источник?

[fagot]

Deflang пишет:
Почему-то нигде нет указания массы.

Можно оценить в 3,5-4 тонны.

[Pirat5]

Deflang пишет:
http://spaceflights.news/?launch=falcon-9-v1-2-•-jcsat-14
Возможно, это устаревшие данные.

К сожалению дату апдейта они не указали.
Но через пару недель будет понятно когда.
Возможно эти обе даты лишь приблизительные.
Новая дата пуска, возможно, будет сказана на Space Symposium Dinner (14 Apr 21:00 UTC)

[Salo]

Пока 28 апреля.

[Salo]

JCSAT-14 spotted on the road near Mother Neff State Park
https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/12974462_10208653774878788_6272343448018464786_n.jpg?oh=a6369fe534283d9390fe203fbacc7cd6&oe=57B4AB10

[Salo]

Deflang пишет:
http://spaceflights.news/?launch=falcon-9-v1-2-•-jcsat-14

Возможно, это устаревшие данные.

Тут тоже 28 апреля.

[тавот]

Посадка опять на баржУ ?  Закрепить успех ?

[Salo]

http://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/

April 28 • Falcon 9 • JCSAT 14
Launch window: 0522-0722 GMT (1:22-3:22 a.m. EDT)
 Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida

[Salo]

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2016/04/falcon-9-booster-reuse-testing-ksc/

JCSAT-14:
One static fire that is upcoming in the next few days is the test of the recently arrived first stage for the JSCAT-14 mission.
JCSAT-14 is a Space Systems/Loral (SSL) telecommunications satellite that will succeed and replace JCSAT-2A, providing coverage to Asia, Russia, Oceania and the Pacific Islands.
With 26 optimized C-band transponders and 18 Ku-Band transponders, the satellite will extend JCSAT-2A's geographical footprint and address fast-growing mobility markets across the Asia-Pacific region.
This mission is aiming to launch on April 28 in an early morning window ranging from 01:22 Eastern, through to 03:22.
The first stage tasked with this mission is now documented (L2) to undergo a static fire test at SLC-40 on April 24, pending an acceptable flow towards that date.
It will also be aiming to become the second stage to successfully land on the ASDS, which is already being prepared for its journey back out into the Atlantic.
Despite the success of the CRS-8 S1's return, ocean landings on the ASDS are expected to suffer a number of failures due to the difficulties involved with such a return.
However, a second ASDS landing success in a row, via a mission with a different launch profile to that involved with the CRS-8 Dragon launch, would provide a massive boost for SpaceX's advances at refining its reuse technology.

[FarEcho]

Перенесен на 3 мая
http://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/

May 3Falcon 9 • JCSAT 14
Launch window: 0522-0722 GMT (1:22-3:22 a.m. EDT)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida

[Salo]

Chris B - NSF ‏@NASASpaceflight  
 SpaceX Falcon 9 launch with JCSAT-14 now looking at May 4 NET target (0121-0321 Eastern Window).
SpaceX Falcon 9 - JCSAT-14 - NET May 4, 2016 - UPDATES

[Salo]

https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/114996.png

[Salo]

https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=39843.msg1523313#msg1523313

Kabloona пишет:

This appears to be the FCC transmitter permit for the stage 1 recovery ships on the JCSAT-14 mission. The permits are a bit tricky to decipher because they don't specify the mission, only a 6-month range of operations dates. But the permit previous to this one appeared to be for the CRS-8 mission, so I believe this one is for JCSAT-14. The ASDS position is consistent with a low launch azimuth for GTO and is almost identical to its position on the SES-9 mission (within a few miles).

https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/els/reports/STA_Print.cfm?mode=current&application_seq=69736&RequestTimeout=1000

ASDS coordinates:

28 11 30 N
73 50 15 W

(Degrees-minutes-seconds)

That is 409 statute miles from the launch site.

[Чуи]

Salo пишет:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2016/04/falcon-9-booster-reuse-testing-ksc/ 

It will also be aiming to become the second stage to successfully land on the ASDS

Чуть кофе не подавился. Но нет, показалось...

[Salo]

http://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/

May 5 • Falcon 9 • JCSAT 14
Launch window: 0522-0722 GMT (1:22-3:22 a.m. EDT)
 Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the JCSAT 14 communications satellite for Tokyo-based SKY Perfect JSAT Corp. JCSAT 14 will support data networks, television broadcasters and mobile communications users in Japan, East Asia, Russia, Oceania, Hawaii and other Pacific islands. Delayed from late 2015, April 28, May 3 and May 4. [April 29]

[Salo]

http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/04/29/commercial-falcon-9-rocket-launch-scheduled-for-next-week/

Commercial Falcon 9 rocket launch scheduled for next week
April 29, 2016 Stephen Clark

SpaceX's next Falcon 9 rocket launch is set for no earlier than May 5, sources said Friday, with a Japanese television broadcasting satellite heading to orbit from Cape Canaveral.

The two-stage booster was scheduled to roll out of SpaceX's hangar to the Complex 40 launch pad this weekend for a static fire test of the rocket's nine Merlin 1D first stage engines as soon as Sunday afternoon.

The Falcon 9 launch team will load super-chilled RP-1 kerosene fuel and liquid oxygen into the rocket, run the booster through a mock countdown sequence, then ignite the nine first stage engines to throttle up to 1.5 million pounds of thrust for a few seconds while the Falcon 9 remains firmly restrained to the launch pad.

The test is a customary preflight check SpaceX conducts before every Falcon 9 launch.

If the static fire test goes as planned Sunday, managers will likely approve the May 5 launch date at a readiness review early next week.

The Falcon 9's launch window May 5 opens at 1:22 a.m. EDT (0522 GMT) and extends for two hours, according to a U.S. Air Force range schedule obtained by Spaceflight Now.

It will be the fourth Falcon 9 launch of the year.

The payload for next week's launch is JCSAT 14, a Japanese broadcasting platform made by Space Systems/Loral in Palo Alto, California.

"SSL is a world leader in satellite manufacturing, and a valuable partner in the expansion of our fleet," said Shinji Takada, representative director, president and CEO of SKY Perfect JSAT Corp., owner of JCSAT 14. "Our corporate goal is to protect safety and peace of mind while contributing to the formation of a vibrant society. We look forward to the launch of JCSAT 14, which helps to contribute to this overarching goal."

JCSAT 14 is fitted with C-band and Ku-band transponders to serve television broadcast, data networking and airborne and maritime Internet connectivity markets across Asia, Russia, Oceania and the Pacific islands, the company said.

SKY Perfect JSAT has two more satellites scheduled for liftoff later this year, one more with SpaceX and one with Arianespace.

Based in Tokyo, the company has 16 communications craft in operation and is the fifth largest commercial telecom satellite operator in the world, measured by revenue, and the biggest in Asia.

Officials pose with the JCSAT 14 satellite at the Space Systems/Loral factory in California. Credit: SSL

Beginning a 15-year service life, JCSAT 14 will begin operations in geostationary orbit at 154 degrees east longitude a couple of months after liftoff, replacing the aging JCSAT 2A satellite, which reached orbit in 2002 aboard an Ariane 4 rocket.

SpaceX has programmed the rocket's first stage to booster to head for the landing barge, or "drone ship," positioned several hundred miles east of Cape Canaveral. The JCSAT 14 satellite is headed for a high-altitude geostationary transfer orbit, requiring more speed and fuel than a mission to low Earth orbit.

That means there is a lesser chance of a successful touchdown than for missions like the April 8 flight with a space station resupply capsule, in which the Falcon 9's first stage nailed its first successful landing at sea, a major achievement for SpaceX's goal of making the rocket partially reusable.

Two more commercial Falcon 9 flights to geostationary transfer orbit will follow close behind JCSAT 14, meaning SpaceX plans more drone ship landings in the next couple of months. The Thaicom 8 telecommunications satellite is set for liftoff in late May, followed in mid-June by a tandem flight with two commercial broadcasting stations for Eutelsat and Asia Broadcast Satellite.

"JCSAT is pushing the envelope as a very hot and fast mission, so will land on the droneship," SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk tweeted Friday. "Next land landing in a few months."

[Pirat5]

Static Fire утром по МСК

Chris B - NSF‏@NASASpaceflight

Everyone keep an eye out for a SpaceX Falcon 9 taking a Sunday stroll to SLC-40 for her Static Fire.
Window <>1600-2200 Eastern.


ASDS landing
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2016/05/spacex-static-fire-jcsat-14-mission/