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Цитировать3rd quarter - Orbcomm G2 (x8 ) - Falcon 9 v1.1 - Canaveral SLC-40 (or 2014)

ЦитироватьOrbcomm (2nd gen.)
 
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Orbcomm G2 [SNC]

Orbcomm Inc., a global satellite data communications company providing two-way Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications, announced in May 2008 that it has signed a next generation satellite constellation contract with Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) to build 18 new Orbcomm Generation 2 (OG2) satellites with an option to purchase up to 30 additional OG2 satellites to augment and upgrade Orbcomm's existing satellite constellation.

As Prime Contractor, SNC has formed an experienced integrated space team with unique and established space heritage, resources and performance records, including Boeing Intelligence and Security Systems (I&SS), ITT Space Systems and MicroSat Systems. The integrated space team also includes several other key subcontractors and industry leaders with unparalleled experience in both the design and construction of complex communications systems and satellites. SNC, Boeing and ITT will provide oversight, systems engineering, technical management, integration and mission assurance functions to assure the successful performance of the OG2 program. MicroSat Systems (MSI), a wholly owned subsidiary of SNC, will leverage its experience on the TacSat-2 mission to design the spacecraft and perform integration and test activities for the OG2 satellites.

In June 2008 SNC sel ected Argon ST to develop and deliver the satellite payloads for the ORBCOMM Generation 2 (OG2) satellite constellation. Each OG2 satellite will be equipped with an enhanced communications payload designed to increase subscriber capacity by up to 12 times over the current Orbcomm satellites. Orbcomm customers will be able to transmit data over the OG2 satellites at greater speeds and send larger data packets using future modems. The OG2 satellites will be backward compatible so that existing subscriber communicators will function seamlessly with the OG2 satellites. In addition, all OG2 satellites will be designed with Automatic Identification System (AIS) payloads to receive and report transmissions fr om AIS-equipped maritime vessels. Orbcomm intends to market this AIS data to U.S. and international coast guards and government agencies, as well as companies engaged in security or logistics businesses for tracking shipping activities or for other navigational purposes.

The total contract value for the 18 spacecraft is $117 million. Payments under the contract will begin upon its execution and will extend into the second quarter of 2012, subject to SNC's successful completion of each performance milestone.

Orbcomm selected the Falcon-1e launch vehicle in 2009 and plans to launch the 18 OG2 satellites in separate missions of multiple satellites each between 2010 and 2014, consistent with the FCC authorization recently announced by Orbcomm. SNC's unique mechanical configuration allows for multiple satellites to be efficiently packaged into several types of launch vehicles, providing Orbcomm with flexibility in selecting a launch provider.

In late 2010 Orbcomm decided to launch the first two satellites as piggy-back payloads on a Falcon-9 launch and the remaining on two more Falcon-9 launchers in 2012 with the first containing at least eight satellites.

In December 2011, the schedule was again revised: one satellite will fly piggy back on the Dragon CRS-1 mission in 2012. Then a dedicated launch of 8 satellites will follow in 2013 with the remaining 9 satellites following in 2014.

The first launch ended in a lower than planned orbit, as the second stage of the launch vehicle was not able to ignite for an orbit raising burn after the prime payload was deployed. The satellite reentered after only two days in orbit with only some engineering tests performed.
Nation:    USA
Type / Application:    Communication
Operator:    Orbcomm
Contractors:    Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) (prime), MicroSat Systems (bus), Argon ST (payload)
Equipment:    Orbcomm payload, AIS
Configuration:    SN-100A bus
Propulsion:    
Power:    Deployable solar array, batteries
Lifetime:    5+ years
Mass:    142 kg
Orbit:    750 km × 750 km, 52°
Orbcomm FM45, FM46, FM47, FM48, FM49, FM50, FM51, FM52

ЦитироватьOrbcomm Ready To Ship 8 Satellites for Fall Launch on Upgraded Falcon 9
 
 By Peter B. de Selding | May. 16, 2013
 
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Second-generation Orbcomm spacecraft. Credit: Sierra Nevada photo
 
 PARIS — Satellite machine-to-machine (M2M) messaging service provider Orbcomm said the launch of the first eight of its second-generation satellites is likely to occur this fall after its launch services provider, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX), conducts the first two flights of the new Falcon 9 rocket, Orbcomm Chief Executive Marc J. Eisenberg said.
The launch, which has been delayed repeatedly, will better position Orbcomm in the competition with exactEarth, majority-owned by Canada's Com Dev, to line up customers for a global automatic identification system (AIS) maritime surveillance service for coastal authorities.
In a May 9 conference call with investors, Eisenberg said Rochelle Park, N.J.-based Orbcomm generated $700,000 in AIS revenue in the three months ending March 31, a period during which it signed four new AIS contracts and issued 13 new AIS-related licenses. That is more than double the AIS revenue fr om a year ago. Eisenberg said he expects AIS revenue to reach $800,000 for the three months ending June 30.
Orbcomm has two small AIS-dedicated satellites in orbit. All 17 of the second-generation satellites now under construction by Sierra Nevada Corp. of Sparks, Nev., are being fitted with AIS terminals, which receive data on ship identity, heading and destination for forwarding to maritime port authorities.
Eisenberg said the exact date of the Orbcomm launch will depend on the timing and outcome of the inaugural flight of Hawthorne, Calif.-based SpaceX's upgraded Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The flight is scheduled to carry Canada's small Cassiope satellite into polar low Earth orbit. A second launch of the new rocket, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. — this one carrying the SES-8 commercial telecommunications satellite into geostationary transfer orbit — is now tentatively set for August.
Eisenberg said that the eight Orbcomm satellites are ready to be shipped and are waiting only on a firm SpaceX launch date. If July's inaugural launch of the new Falcon 9 occurs on schedule and with no major glitches, he said, the Orbcomm launch could occur between October and December.
In addition to providing a fuller AIS capability, the second-generation Orbcomm satellites will provide faster M2M links and better coverage of northern latitudes because they will orbit at higher inclinations relative to the equator than the 26-satellite first-generation system.
The remaining nine second-generation Orbcomm satellites currently under construction are scheduled for launch in mid-2014, also on the new Falcon 9 rocket.
Orbcomm said that as of March 31 it had 777,000 billable subscriber units deployed, a net increase of 19,000 from the same period a year ago. Orbcomm revenue for the three-month period was $16.7 million. That is a 20 percent increase from a year ago but the comparison is complicated by a large back-billing adjustment Orbcomm made with respect to one customer that resulted in a one-time increase in service revenues.
Similarly, a sharp decline in product sales compared to a year ago is largely due to an exceptionally large order in early 2012 from a Japanese customer.
Orbcomm's purchase of several companies in recent months also makes year-to-year comparisons difficult, but Eisenberg said 2013 should see increased revenue for both services and product sales compared to 2012.
One of Orbcomm's recent acquisitions, GlobalTrak,  recently won a competition to monitor fuel-transport vehicles in Afghanistan for the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency. Eisenberg said the fact that U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan are coming down should not affect the contract because the same vehicles will be deployed somewh ere else, and the need to keep track of their cargo will remain.

ЦитироватьDan Leone ‏@Leone_SN

@CSA_ASC says notional launch date for #CASSIOPE space weather satellite is Aug. 14 - little later than expected - on @SpaceX Falcon 9 1.1.

Цитироватьanik пишет:
Peter B. de Selding ‏@pbdes

Orbcomm CEO: Our SpaceX launch, of 1st six 2nd-gen sats, sched for April 30, after SpaceX NASA CRS. 11 remaining sats set for SpaceX in Nov.

ЦитироватьWith 17 Satellites Slated To Launch in 2014, Orbcomm Eyes Larger Share of M2M Market  
By Peter B. de Selding | Mar. 4, 2014  
 
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The new-generation satellites will be backward compatible with today's Orbcomm modems and antennas, used to track the status of fixed and mobile assets. But the new satellites have six times more receivers on board than do the current spacecraft, and offer twice the message delivery speed. Credit: Sierra Nevada photo

PARIS — Satellite machine-to-machine (M2M) messaging services provider Orbcomm on March 3 said its long-delayed second-generation satellite constellation is now scheduled for launch on two Falcon 9 rockets operated by Space Exploration Technologies Corp., the first in late-April and the second in November.
The first of the two launches, which is now second in SpaceX's 2014 manifest behind a NASA-purchased cargo delivery run to the international space station, scheduled for mid-March, will carry six second-generation Orbcomm satellites. The second, set for November, will carry the remaining 11 satellites, Orbcomm Chief Executive Marc J. Eisenberg said.
In a presentation to an investor conference organized by Raymond James investment advisers, Eisenberg said the first six satellites will plug a hole in Orbcomm's current coverage, which is being provided by a first-generation constellation that is well beyond its original design life.
Filling that gap to existing customers will generate an immediate revenue increase of "a couple of million dollars" per year starting as soon as the satellites are operational, Eisenberg said.
The 11 remaining second-generation spacecraft will be launched in November, also from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., under current SpaceX planning, Eisenberg said.
Hawthorne, Calif.-based SpaceX has a heavy launch manifest in 2014 with at least a dozen planned missions.
Rochelle Park, N.J.-based Orbcomm originally expected the second-generation constellation to be operational sometime in 2011. The launches have been successively delayed for multiple reasons, the latest being the availability of the SpaceX Falcon 9.
Industry officials have said Orbcomm secured the SpaceX launches, originally aboard smaller Falcon 1 rockets before that vehicle was retired, at an exceptionally low price, leaving the company little alternative but to wait its turn on Falcon 9.
The new-generation satellites will be backward compatible with today's Orbcomm modems and antennas, used to track the status of fixed and mobile assets. But the new satellites have six times more receivers on board than do the current spacecraft, and offer twice the message delivery speed.
Eisenberg said that when advances in transmission protocols are factored in, the second-generation constellation will have about 100 times the overall capacity of the existing satellites.
Given the new satellites' capabilities, he said, Orbcomm's addressable market will expand tenfold as the company competes more effectively with machine-to-machine connections enabled by terrestrial-cellular networks.
Eisenberg said satellite-linked M2M has advantages over terrestrial cellular that have not been made obvious to users in part because of the high price of satellite M2M gear, in part due to the lack of production scale.
An Orbcomm antenna, he said, costs about $50, with the modem costing around $125. Similar products from Orbcomm competitor — and recently, partner — Inmarsat of London are even more costly.
A terrestrial cellular system typically features a $5 antenna and a $40 modem.
Orbcomm is partnering with competitors Inmarsat and Globalstar of Covington, La. — all three have global constellations in orbit — to develop a common satellite M2M modem and antenna and to share parts and other costs.
"We're going to get the price of a satellite modem down to $75 and the price of an antenna to sub $15," Eisenberg said. With the costs down, he said, the usually lower per-bit costs of satellite transmissions should enable satellite systems to win market share.
The current satellite share of the global M2M market has been estimated at 5 percent or less. Nudging that up to 9 percent, with each percentage point representing about 100,000 installed units, is within reach for the industry, according to Orbcomm.
One inherent advantage of satellite M2M over the dominant terrestrial cellular systems is technical continuity, Eisenberg said. Orbcomm's current satellites are 15 years old and have been serving some Caterpillar heavy-equipment customers since 1995 with no equipment change needed.
This longer cycle, which contrasts with the multiple technical transmission changes in cellular networks moving from analog to digal, to 3G and now 4G, is more in line with the life cyle of the equipment on which the M2M terminals are placed.
Orbcomm has been able to use the cash it had reserved for the SpaceX launches and related launch insurance — $55 million and $20 million, respectively, to be spent this year — for acquisitions, according to Orbcomm Chief Financial Officer Robert G. Costantini. 
Orbcomm has purchased five companies in the past two years, lowering profitability but paving the way for a diversified product portfolio that, along with the expected satellite launches, should deliver profit starting this year, Eisenberg and Costantini told investors.
 
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ЦитироватьWE HAVE A LAUNCH DATE...The final two OG2 Mission 1 satellites arrived at Cape Canaveral on Saturday, April 26, and we continue our preparation for launch. Today, we are in the process of fueling the first two satellites, and the next four satellites will be fueled over the course of this week. Preparation is going well, and we are now able to support a launch date earlier than our last post. We have reserved a launch window for Saturday, May 10 between 9:39 am – 10:33 am EST at launch pad SLC-40 with a back-up date of the morning of Sunday, May 11. We are very excited that we are scheduled less than two weeks away from lift-off!

Цитировать (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67530.jpg) Spaceflight Now ‏@SpaceflightNow  (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow)  4 мин. (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/461537450666782721)  
 
SpaceX has set May 10 as the target date for the next Falcon 9 flight with six Orbcomm communications satellites. http://spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html ... (http://t.co/Rrh2rzlaQU)

ЦитироватьYes, this mission will have legs, and SpaceX has suggested that it will boost back and land in the ocean closer to CCAFS.

This mission has a LOT of margin. The 6 satellites together only weigh ~1 metric ton.

This is how the next few flights look... (source: http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=27985.msg1191452#msg1191452 )
F9-010 - Orbcomm (Legs)
F9-011 - AsiaSat 8 (No legs)
F9-012 - AsiaSat 6 (Legs)

ЦитироватьWEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014
The official weather forecast shows an 80 percent chance of acceptable conditions for Saturday's launch of a Falcon 9 rocket with a load of six commercial communications satellites for Orbcomm.
The launch window has been revised and now opens at 9:47 a.m. EDT (1347 GMT) and extends for 54 minutes.
The U.S. Air Force weather team says the primary threats to Saturday's launch opportunity are cumulus clouds and thick clouds, but conditions are expected to be favorable.
The official outlook calls for a few clouds at 3,000 feet and scattered clouds at 25,000 feet Saturday morning at Cape Canaveral. Winds will be out of the southeast at 15 to 20 mph with good visibility and a temperature of 76 degrees Fahrenheit.
There is a slight chance of isolated showers in the area, according to meteorologists.
An approaching cold front will move closer to Central Florida if launch is delayed to Sunday, increasing the probability of violating weather rules to 30 percent.

ЦитироватьMajor Meff пишет:
Что-то на удивление быстро и гладко у них все получилось - что со сроками самих аппаратов, что с Флаконом.

ЦитироватьПетр Зайцев пишет:
Прожиг провалился, перенесли на пятницу.

ЦитироватьВВК пишет:
А если ещё и старт пройдет без задержек, то Маск вооще крутой будет...

ЦитироватьПетр Зайцев пишет:
Прожиг провалился, перенесли на пятницу.

ЦитироватьWith Saturday's attempt no longer likely to take place, SpaceX already had an alternate launch date of May 11 available, with a launch window ranging from 09:25 to 10:19 local. It is not yet know at this time if the launch will be moved further to the right.

ЦитироватьToday's attempt to perform the static firing test was stopped while the rocket was being fueled. Both the OG2 satellites and the rocket are in safe condition and will be rotated horizontal and rolled back into the integration facility. This will prevent us from launching this weekend. We will keep you posted on when the next launch attempt will take place but it's likely to be later this month.

ЦитироватьDELAY. Launch of the Orbcomm mission has been postponed until at least Monday, though later this month is possible.

"Today's attempt to perform the static firing test was stopped while the rocket was being fueled. Both the OG2 satellites and the rocket are in safe condition and will be rotated horizontal and rolled back into the integration facility," Orbcomm said in a statement.

"This will prevent us from launching this weekend. We will keep you posted on when the next launch attempt will take place but it's likely to be later this month."

ЦитироватьATLANTIC OCEAN - FLORIDA - CAPE CANAVERAL:
EASTERN RANGE OP #X7373 FALCON-9 ORBCOMM

Eastern Range OP # X7373 FALCON-9 ORBCOMM will be conducting hazardous operations surface to unlimited within the following areas.
From 2839N 8037W
TO 2840N 8031W
TO 2915N 7952W
TO 2952N 7900W
TO 2957N 7852W
TO 2954N 7850W
TO 2938N 7907W
TO 2901N 7952W
TO 2828N 8029W
TO 2831N 8036W To Beginning
From 3048N 7812W
TO 3048N 7755W
TO 3043N 7741W
TO 3016N 7747W
TO 3003N 7805W
TO 3003N 7823W
TO 3017N 7837W
TO 3032N 7833W To Beginning
Hazard Periods for Primary and Backup Launch Day;
Primary: 10/1347Z Thru 10/1509Z May 14. T-0 is 1347Z.
Backup: 11/1325Z Thru 11/1447Z May 14. T-0 is 1325Z.

Цитироватьcavia пишет:
Во сколько часов по Московскому времени пуск планируется?

ЦитироватьAllan Jennings

Latest word is
"SpaceX, borescoped the tank earlier today and didn't see any obvious damage. The high-pressure helium system definitely cracked somewhere, could have been a bottle or a line or a fitting. It is way too early to know what will happen to the stage. A lot of it depends on what they find was damaged"

ЦитироватьThe next SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral will launch six small communication satellites on the ORBCOMM OG2 mission on May 27 at 3:27am EDT. The launch window stretches 54 minutes to 4:21am EDT and the launch window gets about 22 minutes earlier each day.

ЦитироватьOur OG2 Mission 1 launch is now targeted for June 11 with a back-up date of June 12. We will be sending the satellite launch teams from both ORBCOMM and Sierra Nevada Corporation to the Cape the first week of June for fairing encapsulation followed by a static fire test to be conducted two to three days prior to launch.

ЦитироватьOur schedule for our OG2 Mission 1 Launch has been revised to Thursday, June 12 between 9:07 pm and 10:01 pm ET at launch pad SLC-40. The back-up date is now scheduled for the evening of Friday, June 13. We are planning to arrive at the Cape next week to re-encapsulate our satellites.

ЦитироватьA0409/14 - THE FOLLOWING AIRSPACE IN USE FOR A MISSILE LAUNCH/SPLASH DOWN. DURING THESE TIMES KZMA ARTCC/OAC, KZNY ARTCC/OAC & TJZS ARTCC/OAC WILL NOT APPROVE IFR FLIGHT WITHIN 45NM OF THE AFFECTED OCEANIC STATIONARY AIRSPACE RESERVATIONS WEST OF 5000W AND 50NM EAST OF 5000W OR WITHIN AFFECTED WARNING AREA AIRSPACE.
EFF: 1406122207 THRU 1406122307 W497A WEST OF 8000W. SFC-FL050.
EFF: 1406122307 THRU 1406130107 W497A SFC-FL180.
EFF: 1406122307 THRU 1406130037 R2933,R2934, SFC-FL180.
EFF: 1406130037 THRU 1406130229 R2933,R2934, SFC-UNL.
EFF: 1406130107 THRU 1406130229 1. FROM 2839N 8037W TO 2840N 8031W TO 2915N 7952W TO 2952N 7900W. 2957N 7852W TO 2954N 7850W TO 2938N 7907W TO 2901N 7952W TO 2828N 8029W TO 2831N 8036W TO BEGINNING. SURFACE TO UNLIMITED. 2. FROM 3048N 7812W TO 3048N 7755W TO 3043N 7741W TO 3016N 7747W TO 3003N 7805W TO 3003N 7823W TO 3017N 7837W TO 3032N 7833W TO BEGININNG. SURFACE TO UNLIMITED.
IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY ALL NONPARTICIPATING PILOTS ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO AVOID THE ABOVE AREAS, EXCEPT AS NOTED BELOW FOR FLIGHT PLAN FILING PURPOSES. THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS WILL BE IN EFFECT WITHIN KZMA KZJX KZNY TJZS FIRS. ATC WILL ISSUE FLOW RESTRICTIONS FOR DOMESTIC REROUTES TO AVOID AIRSPACE IN USE. ALL TFC FILED O/OMN AND STAR ARVL TO SO. FLA ARPTS EXPECT OMN J79 TRV AND STAR ARVL. THE FOLLOWING INTERNATIONAL ROUTES WILL BE IMPACTED: AR3, AR5, AR6, AR15, AR16, AR17, AR18, AR19, AR21, AR22, AR23, BR65V, G446, M201, M202, M203, AND Y585. ALL TRAFFIC RALT MUST BE ESTIMATED TO CLEAR OCEANIC ALTRV(S) AT OR BEFORE 1406130102. BECAUSE OF THE INDEFINITE OPENING TIME, SOME AIRLINE OPERATIONS ARE REROUTING FLIGHTS UNNECESSARILY. EXCEPTING SOUTH AND WEST BOUND M201, M202, M203, AND, ALL FLIGHTS WITH ROUTES THAT WOULD NORMALLY TRANSIT THROUGH OCEANIC OPERATIONAL AREAS DURING OPERATION WINDOW 1406130107 THRU 1406130229 SHOULD FILE THEIR NORMAL ROUTE BUT PLAN. ON RECEIVING REROUTE FROM ATC. CENTERS WILL REROUTE ONLY THOSE FLIGHTS NECESSARY TO CLEAR THE AFFECTED AREAS WHILE THEY ARE IN USE. INTERNATIONAL REROUTES ARE AS FOLLOWS: AR3 EXPECT AR3 OLDEY DCT 3045N 7730W DCT NUCAR AR3 AND REVERSE. AR6 CLOSED AR15 EXPECT O/ILM J174 CHS J79 OMN CWRLD ARVL AR16 EXPECT DCT ORL DCT OMN DCT BAHAA M201 EMCEE AR16. AR17 SO BND: EXPECT O/ILM AR16 SEELO AR19 JENKS DCT 3015N 7850W DCT 2955N 7835W DCT VKZ. NO BND: EXPECT VKZ DCT ORL DCT OMN DCT BAHAA AR17. AR18 EXPECT DCT ORL DCT OMN DCT BAHAA M201 LANIE AR18. AR19 EXPECT AR19 JENKS DCT 3015N 7850W DCT 2955N 7835W DCT AYBID FRWAY ARVL. AR21 EXPECT O/ILM AR16 SEELO AR19 JENKS DCT 3015N 7850W DCT 2955N 7835W DCT CRANS FISEL ARVL. AR22 EXPECT AR22 JENKS DCT 3015N 7850W DCT 2955N 7835W DCT JORAY HILEY ARVL. AR23 EXPECT DCT ORL DCT OMN DCT BAHAA M201 LANIE AR23. AR24 EXPECT ZFP DCT 3000N 7735W DCT 3045N 7730W DCT OLDEY DCT DIW AND REVERSE. BR65V CLOSED NORTH OF ZFP G446 EXPECT AR3 OLDEY DCT 3045N 7730W DCT NUCAR AR3 AND REVERSE. M201 SO BND: EXPECT BAHAA DCT OMN. NO BND: EXPECT DCT ORL DCT OMN DCT BAHAA. M202 CLOSED BETWEEN ADOOR AND UKOKA NO BND: EXPECT DCT SNAGY DCT OMALA M202. M203 EXPECT ROUTING TO THE SOUTH AT OR BEFORE HOBEE. FLIGHTS PLANNING TO USE M202 OR M203 WITH DEST. MCO OR WEST COAST OF FL SHOULD USE M201. Y585 EXPECT OMN DCT MLB DCT BEERD Y585 AND REVERSE. SEE TEXT - SEE TEXT END PART 6 OF 6, SEE TEXT, 12 JUN 22:07 2014 UNTIL 13 JUN 02:29 2014. CREATED: 05 JUN 20:13 2014

!FDC 4/0842 (KZMA A0410/14) ZMA FL..AIRSPACE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL..TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE OPERATIONS AREA PURSUANT TO SECTION 91.143 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR91.143), FLIGHT OPERATIONS CONDUCTED BY FAA CERTIFICATED PILOTS OR CONDUCTED IN AIRCRAFT OF U.S. REGISTRY ARE PROHIBITED AT ANY ALTITUDE FROM THE SURFACE TO UNLIMITED, WITHIN THE FOLLOWING AREA: BEGINNING AT 285116N804219W TO 290628N803000W THENCE CLOCKWISE VIA A 30 NAUTICAL MILE ARC CENTERED AT 283703N803647W TO 281316N801606W TO 282501N803029W TO 282501N803759W TO 282501N804144W TO 283121N804349W TO 283801N804701W TO 284910N805044W TO 285116N804714W TO 285116N804219W. MIAMI CENTER /ZMA/ PHONE 305-716-1589, IS THE COORDINATING FAA FACILITY AND MAY BE CONTACTED FOR THE CURRENT STATUS OF ANY AIRSPACE ASSOCIATED WITH LAUNCH OPERATIONS. THIS AREA ENCOMPASSES R2932, R2933, R2934, AND PORTIONS OF W497A, W158A, AND W158C. ADDITIONAL WARNING AND RESTRICTED AREAS WILL BE ACTIVE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OPERATIONS. PILOTS SHALL CONSULT ALL NOTAMS REGARDING THIS OPERATION. 1406130037-1406130229
 
ATLANTIC OCEAN - FLORIDA - CAPE CANAVERAL:
EASTERN RANGE OP # X7373 FALCON-9 ORBCOMM
Eastern Range OP # X7373 FALCON-9 ORBCOMM will be conducting hazardous operations surface to unlimited within the following areas.
From 2839N 8037W
TO 2840N 8031W
TO 2915N 7952W
TO 2952N 7900W
TO 2957N 7852W
TO 2954N 7850W
TO 2938N 7907W
TO 2901N 7952W
TO 2828N 8029W
TO 2831N 8036W To Beginning
From 3048N 7812W
TO 3048N 7755W
TO 3043N 7741W
TO 3016N 7747W
TO 3003N 7805W
TO 3003N 7823W
TO 3017N 7837W
TO 3032N 7833W To Beginning
Hazard periods for Primary and Backup Launch Day:
Primary: 13 / 0107Z Thru 13 / 0229Z Jun 14. T-0 is 0107Z.
 Backup: 14 / 0045Z Thru 14 / 0207Z Jun 14. T-0 is 0045Z.

 
NAVAREA IV 426/14
 WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
 ROCKETS.
 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 130107Z TO 130229Z JUN,
 ALTERNATE 140045Z TO 140207Z JUN
 IN AREAS BOUND BY:
 A. 28-39N 080-37W, 28-40N 080-31W,
 29-15N 079-52W, 29-52N 079-00W,
 29-57N 078-52W, 29-54N 078-50W,
 29-38N 079-07W, 29-01N 079-52W,
 28-28N 080-29W, 28-31N 080-36W. 
 B. 30-48N 078-12W, 30-48N 077-55W,
 30-43N 077-41W, 30-16N 077-47W,
 30-03N 078-05W, 30-03N 078-23W,
 30-17N 078-37W, 30-32N 078-33W.
 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 140307Z JUN 14.//
 Authority: EASTERN RANGE OP X7373 301652Z MAY 14.
 Date: 
 Cancel: 14030700 Jun 14

ЦитироватьA0411/14 - THE FOLLOWING AIRSPACE IN USE FOR A MISSILE LAUNCH/SPLASH DOWN. DURING THESE TIMES KZMA ARTCC/OAC, KZNY ARTCC/OAC & TJZS ARTCC/OAC WILL NOT APPROVE IFR FLIGHT WITHIN 45NM OF THE AFFECTED OCEANIC STATIONARY AIRSPACE RESERVATIONS WEST OF 5000W AND 50NM EAST OF 5000W OR WITHIN AFFECTED WARNING AREA AIRSPACE.
EFF: 1406132145 THRU 1406132245 W497A WEST OF 8000W. SFC-FL050.
EFF: 1406132245 THRU 1406140045 W497A SFC-FL180.
EFF: 1406132245 THRU 1406140015 R2933,R2934, SFC-FL180.
EFF: 1406140015 THRU 1406140207 R2933,R2934, SFC-UNL.
EFF: 1406140045 THRU 1406140207 1. FROM 2839N 8037W TO 2840N 8031W TO 2915N 7952W TO 2952N 7900W. 2957N 7852W TO 2954N 7850W TO 2938N 7907W TO 2901N 7952W TO 2828N 8029W TO 2831N 8036W TO BEGINNING. SURFACE TO UNLIMITED. 2. FROM 3048N 7812W TO 3048N 7755W TO 3043N 7741W TO 3016N 7747W TO 3003N 7805W TO 3003N 7823W TO 3017N 7837W TO 3032N 7833W TO BEGININNG. SURFACE TO UNLIMITED.
 IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY ALL NONPARTICIPATING PILOTS ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO AVOID THE ABOVE AREAS, EXCEPT AS NOTED BELOW FOR FLIGHT PLAN FILING PURPOSES. THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS WILL BE IN EFFECT WITHIN KZMA KZJX KZNY TJZS FIRS. ATC WILL ISSUE FLOW RESTRICTIONS FOR DOMESTIC REROUTES TO AVOID AIRSPACE IN USE. ALL TFC FILED O/OMN AND STAR ARVL TO SO. FLA ARPTS EXPECT OMN J79 TRV AND STAR ARVL. THE FOLLOWING INTERNATIONAL ROUTES WILL BE IMPACTED: AR3, AR5, AR6, AR15, AR16, AR17, AR18, AR19, AR21, AR22, AR23, BR65V, G446, M201, M202, M203, AND Y585. ALL TRAFFIC RALT MUST BE ESTIMATED TO CLEAR OCEANIC ALTRV(S) AT OR BEFORE 1406140040. BECAUSE OF THE INDEFINITE OPENING TIME, SOME AIRLINE OPERATIONS ARE REROUTING FLIGHTS UNNECESSARILY. EXCEPTING SOUTH AND WEST BOUND M201, M202, M203, AND, ALL FLIGHTS WITH ROUTES THAT WOULD NORMALLY TRANSIT THROUGH OCEANIC OPERATIONAL AREAS DURING OPERATION WINDOW 1406140045 THRU 1406140207 SHOULD FILE THEIR NORMAL. ROUTE BUT PLAN ON RECEIVING REROUTE FROM ATC. CENTERS WILL REROUTE ONLY THOSE FLIGHTS NECESSARY TO CLEAR THE AFFECTED AREAS WHILE THEY ARE IN USE. INTERNATIONAL REROUTES ARE AS FOLLOWS: AR3 EXPECT AR3 OLDEY DCT 3045N 7730W DCT NUCAR AR3 AND REVERSE. AR6 CLOSED AR15 EXPECT O/ILM J174 CHS J79 OMN CWRLD ARVL AR16 EXPECT DCT ORL DCT OMN DCT BAHAA M201 EMCEE AR16. AR17 SO BND: EXPECT O/ILM AR16 SEELO AR19 JENKS DCT 3015N 7850W DCT 2955N 7835W DCT VKZ. NO BND: EXPECT VKZ DCT ORL DCT OMN DCT BAHAA AR17. AR18 EXPECT DCT ORL DCT OMN DCT BAHAA M201 LANIE AR18. AR19 EXPECT AR19 JENKS DCT 3015N 7850W DCT 2955N 7835W DCT AYBID FRWAY ARVL. AR21 EXPECT O/ILM AR16 SEELO AR19 JENKS DCT 3015N 7850W DCT 2955N 7835W DCT CRANS FISEL ARVL. AR22 EXPECT AR22 JENKS DCT 3015N 7850W DCT 2955N 7835W DCT JORAY HILEY ARVL. AR23 EXPECT DCT ORL DCT OMN DCT BAHAA M201 LANIE AR23. AR24 EXPECT ZFP DCT 3000N 7735W DCT 3045N 7730W DCT OLDEY DCT DIW AND REVERSE. BR65V CLOSED NORTH OF ZFP. G446 EXPECT AR3 OLDEY DCT 3045N 7730W DCT NUCAR AR3 AND REVERSE. M201 SO BND: EXPECT BAHAA DCT OMN. NO BND: EXPECT DCT ORL DCT OMN DCT BAHAA. M202 CLOSED BETWEEN ADOOR AND UKOKA NO BND: EXPECT DCT SNAGY DCT OMALA M202. M203 EXPECT ROUTING TO THE SOUTH AT OR BEFORE HOBEE. FLIGHTS PLANNING TO USE M202 OR M203 WITH DEST. MCO OR WEST COAST OF FL SHOULD USE M201. Y585 EXPECT OMN DCT MLB DCT BEERD Y585 AND REVERSE. SEE TEXT - SEE TEXT END PART 6 OF 6, SEE TEXT, 13 JUN 21:45 2014 UNTIL 14 JUN 02:07 2014. CREATED: 05 JUN 21:04 2014

!FDC 4/0336 (KZMA A0406/14) ZMA FL..AIRSPACE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL..TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE OPERATIONS AREA PURSUANT TO SECTION 91.143 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR91.143), FLIGHT OPERATIONS CONDUCTED BY FAA CERTIFICATED PILOTS OR CONDUCTED IN AIRCRAFT OF U.S. REGISTRY ARE PROHIBITED AT ANY ALTITUDE FROM THE SURFACE TO UNLIMITED, WITHIN THE FOLLOWING AREA: BEGINNING AT LAT. 285116N LONG. 804219W TO LAT. 290628N LONG. 803000W THENCE CLOCKWISE VIA A 30 NAUTICAL MILE ARC CENTERED AT LAT. 283703N LONG. 803647W TO LAT. 281316N LONG. 801606W TO LAT. 282501N LONG. 803029W TO LAT. 282501N LONG. 803759W TO LAT. 282501N LONG. 804144W TO LAT. 283121N LONG. 804349W TO LAT. 283801N LONG. 804701W TO LAT. 284910N LONG. 805044W TO LAT. 285116N LONG. 804714W TO LAT. 285116N LONG. 804219W. MIAMI CENTER, PHONE 305 716 1589, IS THE COORDINATING FAA FACILITY AND MAY BE CONTACTED FOR THE CURRENT STATUS OF ANY AIRSPACE ASSOCIATED WITH LAUNCH OPERATIONS. THIS AREA ENCOMPASSES R2932, R2933, R2934, AND PORTIONS OF W497A, W158A, AND W158C. ADDITIONAL WARNING AND RESTRICTED AREAS WILL BE ACTIVE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OPERATIONS. PILOTS SHALL CONSULT ALL NOTAMS REGARDING THIS OPERATION. 1406140015-1406140207

ЦитироватьHYDROPAC 1639/14
 SOUTHEASTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
 ROCKETS.
 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 130209Z TO 130311Z JUN,
 ALTERNATE 140147Z TO 140249Z JUN
 IN AREA BOUND BY
 40-06S 106-05E, 40-05S 106-31E,
 40-43S 108-54E, 41-31S 111-17E,
 43-10S 115-54E, 43-33S 116-24E,
 43-40S 115-52E, 42-55S 112-30E,
 41-38S 108-50E, 40-48S 107-04E,
 40-23S 106-21E.
 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 140349Z JUN 14.//
 Authority: EASTERN RANGE OP X7373 REENTRY 301736Z MAY 14.
 Date: 
 Cancel: 14034900 Jun 14

ЦитироватьSpaceX's Falcon 9 v1.1 launch of six ORBCOMM OG-2 satellites has seen its launch date tweaked to No Earlier Than (NET) launch date to June 15, pending its Static Fire test on Thursday. The slight delay is understood to be related to a re-test requirement on the satellites.

ЦитироватьLiss пишет:
Количество предупреждений на этот пуск зашкаливает

ЦитироватьTUESDAY, JUNE 10, 2014
The launch of SpaceX's next Falcon 9 rocket has been delayed from Thursday to Sunday to accommodate additional work on one of the launcher's six Orbcomm data relay satellites, officials said Tuesday.

Liftoff from Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad is targeted for 8 p.m. EDT Sunday (0000 GMT Monday) at the opening of a 53-minute launch window. Monday is available as a backup launch date, according to Orbcomm.

The six satellites mounted on the Falcon 9 rocket are part of Orbcomm's second-generation, or OG2, satellite fleet designed to relay data and messages between ships, oil and gas platforms, trucks and other corporate assets.

"During final integration on one of the OG2 spacecraft, we encountered a minor issue resulting in a few extra days of delay to perform precautionary steps to ensure there are no operational concerns with the satellite," Orbcomm posted in an online upd ate.

Orbcomm said the satellites, affixed to an adapter built by Moog Inc., will be encapsulated inside the Falcon 9's 5.2-meter diameter payload fairing Tuesday night.

The customary prelaunch static test firing of the Falcon 9's Merlin first stage engines is se t for Thursday afternoon, during which the nine-engine first stage will ignite for a few seconds at the end of a practice countdown.

The Orbcomm launch was delayed from May 10 after the SpaceX launch team encountered a helium leak in the launcher's first stage, resulting in several weeks of inspections and repairs.

ЦитироватьStatic Fire moved to Friday due to weather (likely rollout weather).

Цитироватьcavia пишет:
Подскажите, с чем связано такое значительное отставание от запланированного старта?

Цитироватьcavia пишет:
да, читал, слишком уж значительное отставание.

ЦитироватьORBCOMM's 6 OG2 satellites were re-encapsulated on Wednesday, June 11, and we are proceeding toward a static test fire of the rocket on Friday, June 13.

All six satellites have completed additional testing and are functioning as expected. In an effort to be as cautious as possible, it was decided to perform further analysis to verify that the issue observed on one satellite during final integration has been fully addressed. The additional time to complete this analysis required us to postpone the OG2 Mission 1 Launch. We are working with SpaceX to identify the next available launch opportunity, and we will update the schedule shortly.

Цитировать[SIZE=-2]Posted: June 13, 2014[/SIZE]
The need for additional analysis of an issue with one of the six Orbcomm communications satellites set for liftoff on the next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has delayed the booster's launch from Cape Canaveral past Sunday, officials said Friday.
....
"In an effort to be as cautious as possible, it was decided to perform further analysis to verify that the issue observed on one satellite during final integration has been fully addressed," Orbomm wrote in an update. "The additional time to complete this analysis required us to postpone the OG2 Mission 1 Launch. We are working with SpaceX to identify the next available launch opportunity, and we will update the schedule shortly."

The U.S. Air Force's Eastern Range is scheduled to undergo two weeks of maintenance beginning next week. It was unclear Friday whether the Air Force could accommodate SpaceX's launch during that time.

Sources said SpaceX and Orbcomm were considering a launch opportunity as soon as next Friday, June 20.

The Air Force's network of communications and tracking assets are mandatory for rocket launches from Cape Canaveral.
 

ЦитироватьSpaceflight Now ‏@SpaceflightNow  (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow)  6 ч. (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/478646775117795328)  
SpaceX's next Falcon 9 launch is set for Friday at 6:08p EDT (2208 GMT) from Cape Canaveral with payload for Orbcomm. http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/010/st (http://t.co/nqYp7Xdl0C)

MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2014
Liftoff of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket with six data relay satellites for Orbcomm is now set for Friday at 6:08 p.m. EDT (2208 GMT).

The satellites are encapsulated inside the Falcon 9's payload fairing and in a "ready-to-launch" condition, according to Orbcomm.

SpaceX completed a customary static engine firing on Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 launch pad Friday, achieving a major prelaunch milestone ahead of launch.

ЦитироватьАртём Жаров пишет:
OG2 Mission 1 Update: June 15, 2014
 

We are currently targeting launch of OG2 Mission 1 on Friday, June 20 at 6:08 pm ET at launch pad SLC-40 with a back-up date of Saturday, June 21.

 http://www.orbcomm.com/networks/og2-launch

ЦитироватьNAVAREA IV 453/14
 WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
 ROCKETS.
 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 202208Z TO 202330Z JUN,
 ALTERNATE 212146Z TO 212308Z JUN
 IN AREAS BOUND BY:
 A. 28-39N 080-37W, 28-40N 080-31W,
 29-15N 079-52W, 29-52N 079-00W,
 29-57N 078-52W, 29-54N 078-50W,
 29-38N 079-07W, 29-01N 079-52W,
 28-28N 080-29W, 28-31N 080-36W. 
 B. 30-48N 078-12W, 30-48N 077-55W,
 30-43N 077-41W, 30-16N 077-47W,
 30-03N 078-05W, 30-03N 078-23W,
 30-17N 078-37W, 30-32N 078-33W.
 2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 443/14 DTG 161706Z JUN 14,
 MSG PROMULGATED IN ERROR. 
 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 220008Z JUN 14.//
 Authority: 
 Date: 
 Cancel: 22000800 Jun 14

ЦитироватьSpaceX ‏@SpaceX  (https://twitter.com/SpaceX)  3 мин. (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/479985143591866368)  
Overnight, Falcon 9 went vertical in advance of today's OG2 launch. Liftoff targeted for 6:08pm ET. pic.twitter.com/5YJmASRiwn (http://t.co/5YJmASRiwn)
 
 

 
 (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/156301.jpg)
  (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/479985143591866368/photo/1)

ЦитироватьRubbiroid пишет:
У меня такое ощущение, что еще ни одного запуска точно в срок не было.

ЦитироватьНу-и-ну пишет:
А что за история с тортом?

ЦитироватьНу-и-ну пишет:
Типа задабривания божества?

ЦитироватьSpaceX called off launch of a Falcon 9 rocket Friday after detecting an unexpected pressurization signature on the launcher's second stage.


SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket on the launch pad during Friday's countdown. Credit: SpaceX
 
Officials said the launch team detected a drop in pressure on the rocket's second stage shortly before beginning the terminal countdown for liftoff at 6:08 p.m. EDT (2208 GMT). The launch crew spent nearly an hour evaluating the problem, aiming to be ready for liftoff at the end of Friday's launch window at 7:01 p.m. EDT (2301 GMT).

It was not clear whether the issue was on the launcher or ground systems, and engineers studying the problem ultimately called an abort at T-minus 7 minutes, 50 seconds.

"This is stage two. We are abort, abort, abort," said a member of the SpaceX launch team.

"Right now, we are going in and putting the Falcon 9 in a safe configuration," said John Insprucker, SpaceX's Falcon 9 product manager, in a company webcast. "The launch vehicle and the spacecraft are OK. We'll be looking at off-loading propellants. The team will continue looking at data on the second stage pressure decay that we saw."

Liftoff could be reset for as soon as Saturday if engineers clear the rocket for flight in time. Saturday's launch window opens at 5:46 p.m. EDT (2146 GMT).

Six commercial communications satellites, valued at about $70 million, are mounted on top of the 224-foot-tall Falcon 9 rocket. Owned by Orbcomm Inc., the satellites will bolster a fleet of spacecraft that relay data and commands between remote assets -- such as trucks, cargo containers, ships, ocean buoys and weather stations -- and their owners.

Orbcomm is paying $42.6 million for two Falcon 9 rocket launches to deliver 17 of the satellites to orbit 466 miles above Earth.

The delay-stricken launch was set for liftoff May 10, but SpaceX ordered a delay after engineers saw a leak in the rocket's first stage helium pressurization system during a customary prelaunch countdown dress rehearsal.

SpaceX released no additional information on the nature of the problem, or its actions to correct the leak, but Orbcomm officials were satisfied with the fix.

The flight was delayed another week to June 20 to analyze a concern with one of the six 375-pound Orbcomm satellites on-board the rocket.

Friday's scrub was also blamed on a pressurization anomaly, but telemetry showed the issue was with the Falcon 9 rocket's second stage, which is served by a separate pressurization system than the first stage.

Delays in launching two SpaceX flights have tightened the company's launch manifest for the second half of the year.

After a quick and successful start to 2014 with the Jan. 6 liftoff of the Thaicom 6 satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket, SpaceX's second and third missions of the year have had trouble getting off the launch pad.

The launch of the Thaicom 6 telecom payload demonstrated a one-month turnaround of SpaceX's launch pad at Cape Canaveral, coming after another successful commercial satellite launch in early December. SpaceX must reliably repeat that achievement to keep up with a manifest filled with commercial satellites and cargo deliveries to the International Space Station.

A resupply flight to the space station launched April 18 after more than a month of delays. SpaceX discovered contamination inside the Dragon supply ship's unpressurized cargo trunk, triggering a two-week schedule slip, then a U.S. Air Force tracking radar at Cape Canaveral was knocked offline by an electrical fire, prompting another two-week delay.

SpaceX scrubbed the cargo mission's first launch attempt April 14 due to a valve anomaly in the rocket's first stage helium system.

The Falcon 9 rocket, like many launchers, uses helium to pressurize the rocket's propellant tanks. Gaseous helium also does several other functions during the final countdown and flight.

The Dragon logistics freighter blasted off April 18 to begin a successful one-month round-trip flight to the space station, delivering and returning experiments, spacesuit hardware and other equipment.

SpaceX officials said earlier this year they planned 10 launches in 2014, and up to double that number in 2015.

The next flight after Orbcomm's launch will carry the AsiaSat 8 communications craft, followed by another satellite delivery for the Hong Kong-based operator. AsiaSat 8 is in storage at Cape Canaveral waiting for the Orbcomm launch.

Two more Dragon flights to the space station are booked for this year, along with Orbcomm's second flight on Falcon 9, a flight currently penciled in for late this year.

Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.

ЦитироватьBenny пишет:
До встречи завтра ((

ЦитироватьАлександр Ч. пишет:
Full story от Spaceflight Now (http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/010/140620scrub/)

ЦитироватьOfficials said the launch team detected a drop in pressure on the rocket's second stage shortly before beginning the terminal countdown for liftoff at 6:08 p.m. EDT (2208 GMT).

ЦитироватьАртём Жаров пишет:
Показания контрольных приборов на стартовой площадки на мысе Канаверал в штате Флорида зарегистрировали падение давления второй ступени ракеты, и команда SpaceX не смогли к старту решить эту проблему.

ЦитироватьАлександр Ч. пишет:
Full story от Spaceflight Now (http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/010/140620scrub/)

ЦитироватьSpaceX called off launch of a Falcon 9 rocket Friday after detecting an unexpected pressurization signature on the launcher's second stage.
.....
Six commercial communications satellites, valued at about $70 million, are mounted on top of the 224-foot-tall Falcon 9 rocket. Owned by Orbcomm Inc.,

ЦитироватьАртём Жаров пишет:
из-за нарушения давления одной из ступеней

Цитировать  (http://new.livestream.com/spacex) SpaceX (http://new.livestream.com/spacex)
 

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Go for Launch Attempt Today
SpaceX and ORBCOMM are a go for launch today at 5:46 pm ET from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. There will not be a live webcast for this launch attempt, but we will provide updates as available.

ЦитироватьSpaceflight Now ‏@SpaceflightNow  (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow)  3 мин. (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/480432048235372545)  
Tonight's @spacex (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) launch attempt will be the first from Cape without a countdown provided to the press & public since end of Cold War.

ЦитироватьNot пишет:
Он что-то подозревает

ЦитироватьПрол пишет:

ЦитироватьNot пишет:
Он что-то подозревает

Он проводит мобилизацию - у него впереди решающие полгода во всей его космической эпопее. А фарт, похоже, закончился. Пожелаем ему удачи.

Цитировать0215 GMT (10:15 p.m. EDT on Sat.)
 Tomorrow's Falcon 9 launch window opens at 5:24 p.m. EDT (2124 GMT), but the weather forecast is iffy with predictions for more stormy weather over Central Florida.
 
0120 GMT (9:20 p.m. EDT on Sat.)
 An update posted on Orbcomm's website says launch is targeted for tomorrow.
"Today's OG2 Mission 1 launch attempt has been scrubbed due to weather concerns. Both Falcon 9 and the Orbcomm satellites are safe. We are targeting launch for tomorrow, Sunday, June 22 at 5:30 pm ET. We will continue to post updates as we get closer to launch."

ЦитироватьSpaceX will make a third attempt to launch its Falcon 9 v1.1 ... on Sunday, with a longer four hour window opening at 5:24pm local. 

ЦитироватьАртём Жаров пишет:
Ракета должна вывести на орбиту группу спутников стоимостью более $1 млрд.

ЦитироватьSpaceflight Now ‏@SpaceflightNow  (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow)  9 мин. (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/480730190944165888)  
Today's #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) launch window opens at 5:30pm EDT (2130 GMT) and extends to 8:08pm EDT (0008 GMT). http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/010/status.html ... (http://t.co/rys4IWhAz6)

ЦитироватьBenny пишет:
Судя по всему у "условного Маска" кончается терпение наблюдать ежедневную драму и РН погонят на пинках в космос.

ЦитироватьSpaceX is planning to live webcast the Orbcomm OG2 launch here starting at 2:16 pm PT/ 5:16 pm ET.

Цитировать1715 GMT (1:15 p.m. EDT)
 The precise time of the opening of today's launch window is 5:30:54 p.m. EDT (2130:54 GMT).

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/116102.jpg) (http://new.livestream.com/spacex)SpaceX (http://new.livestream.com/spacex)

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Launch Update
Today's ORBCOMM launch attempt has been scrubbed to address a potential concern identified during pre-flight checks. The vehicle and payload are in good condition, and engineering teams will take the extra time to ensure the highest possible level of mission assurance prior to flight. The rocket will remain vertical on the launch pad with the next available launch opportunity targeting Tuesday, June 24th.

ЦитироватьИскандер пишет:
Без тортика ни фига не получится!

ЦитироватьИскандер пишет:
Без тортика ни фига не получится!

ЦитироватьВВК пишет:

ЦитироватьИскандер

пишет:
Без тортика ни фига не получится!

По-моему тут уже одним тортиком не отделаешься

ЦитироватьThey've replaced the faulty component, but they need more time to evaluate what caused the issue on Sunday.

F9 is back in her hanger waiting the new launch date target.

Цитироватьdownpour пишет:
Интересно, а когда Маск осуществит запуск в срок?

ЦитироватьНу-и-ну пишет:
Маленькая фирма, а срывает сроки не хуже, чем большая

ЦитироватьАлександр Ч. пишет:

ЦитироватьНу-и-ну

пишет:
Маленькая фирма, а срывает сроки не хуже, чем большая

Маленькой она была пока F-1 не "подрос"
Интересно у кого-нибудь под рукой статистика переносов есть? Создается впечатление, что он уже обогнал в этом конкурентов.

Цитироватьm-s Gelezniak пишет: Структуру бы посмотреть. Отношение белых к синим.

Цитироватьcavia пишет:
Наблюдается странная картина, вместо того чтобы с каждым новым запуском количество пусковых проблем сокращалось, мы видим их рост.

Цитироватьcavia пишет:
Мы не в счет, у нас были тяжелые годы!

ЦитироватьАлександр Ч. пишет:
Пока в текущей компании три переноса из-за проблем с носителем.

Цитироватьdownpour пишет:
Вот именно, когда качество то появится?

Цитироватьanik пишет:
http://www.spacenews.com/article/launch-report/41025latest-spacex-delay-costing-orbcomm-money

"The latest issue, which canceled the planned June 23 launch, is related to a suspected anomaly on the rocket's thrust-vector control system, which orients the first-stage engine nozzles to keep the rocket on trajectory as it traverses the atmosphere.

SpaceX spokesman John Taylor declined to comment on the issue, but said the vehicle has been removed from the launch pad and returned to its integration building to permit SpaceX personnel to resolve the issue"

ЦитироватьИскандер пишет:
Чую это диверсия. Маск в последнее время явно обнаглел, кто-то хочет его "рухнуть". Слишком много глюков на один старт даже для "интузиазистов". Хотя...

ЦитироватьSpaceX's Shotwell: Orbcomm Launch Not Likely Before July 14  
 
By Peter B. de Selding | Jun. 27, 2014  
 
(http://spacenews.com/sites/spacenews.com/files/styles/large/public/images/articles/GwynneShotwell_NASA4X3.jpg) (http://spacenews.com/sites/spacenews.com/files/images/articles/GwynneShotwell_NASA4X3.jpg)
Gwynne Shotwell said SpaceX noticed a possible issue with the rocket's first-stage thrust vector control actuator June 22. Credit: NASA photo by Jay Westcott
 
PARIS — SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell on June 25 said the launch of six Orbcomm commercial messaging satellites, which has been delayed on multiple occasions since early May, likely will not occur before July 14 as the U.S. Air Force performs scheduled launch-range maintenance and SpaceX works out Falcon 9 thrust vector control issues.
Appearing on "The Space Show" radio program, Shotwell said Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies Corp. noticed a possible issue with the rocket's first-stage thrust vector control actuator June 22. That caused a scrub of the planned Orbcomm launch.
The company has moved the vehicle from the launch pad to its final integration hall to verify both the first- and second-stage thrust vector control actuators. Thrust vector control orients a rocket's motors to maintain the desired trajectory during flight.
Shotwell said the company was uncertain of being able to complete the work before the planned two-week maintenance at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, and decided to delay the flight until after the maintenance was complete.
Shotwell said the final date would be known after the Air Force gives final range clearance.
Shotwell also said SpaceX, which had decided not to webcast the Orbcomm launch, has faced public pressure to maintain the broadcasts. "Public opinion was pretty strong on that point," Shotwell said. "They like the webcast. They certainly like the live stream."
Shotwell said SpaceX had long planned to move away from webcasting launches to get to a more "high-tech feel" for the launch campaigns. She said the decision not to conduct a webcast had nothing to do with the specific Orbcomm launch.

ЦитироватьSalo пишет:
Not Likely Before July 14

ЦитироватьNot пишет:

ЦитироватьИскандер пишет:
Чую это диверсия. Маск в последнее время явно обнаглел, кто-то хочет его "рухнуть". Слишком много глюков на один старт даже для "интузиазистов". Хотя...

Совершенно не факт. Отказал рулевой привод поставляемый внешним поставщиком. Поставщиком достаточно титулованным, но все же внешним. Фундаментальная проблема скорее в другом - как заставить этих поставщиков работать по правилам Маска? Здесь ведь тоже одна из причин дешевизны масковских ракет. Боинг с Локхидом все ключевые агрегаты делают сами.

ЦитироватьАндрей Суворов пишет:
А чего это они не полетели с отказавшими приводом?
Ведь у них 9 двигателей, и все качаются в обеих плоскостях. То, что один не качается, да даже постоянно отклонён на предельный угол, система бы даже не заметила, если она может работать с одним вообще отключённым двигателем.

ЦитироватьАндрей Суворов пишет:
А чего это они не полетели с отказавшими приводом?
Ведь у них 9 двигателей, и все качаются в обеих плоскостях. То, что один не качается, да даже постоянно отклонён на предельный угол, система бы даже не заметила, если она может работать с одним вообще отключённым двигателем.

ЦитироватьSpaceflight Now ‏@SpaceflightNow  (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow)  6 ч. (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/487709947761668096)  
SpaceX's #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) rocket has completed a preflight engine firing for Monday's launch with six Orbcomm satellites. http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/010/140711staticfire/ ... (http://t.co/oBobsj6a9d)

Цитироватьamadeys пишет:
Надеюсь Маск не такой суеверный, как Роскосмос, и трансляцию мы увидим ?

Цитировать#SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) confirms that propellant loading has started and Countdown Operations are on track for today's launch.

ЦитироватьSources say liftoff of the SpaceX #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) rocket delayed to 11:44am EDT (1544 GMT) to resolve a few issues.

Цитироватьche wi пишет:
з.ы. отсчёт до трансляции также на ютуб-канале SpaceX

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• 10th launch of a Falcon 9 rocket since 2010
• 15th launch of Falcon rocket family since 2006
• 9th Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral
• 5th launch of a Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket
• 4th Falcon 9 v1.1 launch from Cape Canaveral
• 7th Falcon 9 day launch
• 3rd Falcon 9 launch of 2014
• 8th launch from Cape Canaveral in 2014
  

Цитироватьamadeys пишет:
В этом полёте будут испытывать посадочные опоры на 1 ст.? На кадрах их хорошо видно.

ЦитироватьWe're also waiting on news on the status of the planned recovery of the Falcon 9 first stage in the Atlantic Ocean, a key demonstration of the rocket's potential for reusability.

ЦитироватьСтарый пишет:
Все посмотрели как струится пар по корпусу? Ангару больше никто ни в чём не подозревает?

ЦитироватьШтуцер пишет:

ЦитироватьСтарый пишет:
Все посмотрели как струится пар по корпусу? Ангару больше никто ни в чём не подозревает?

Завербовали!
Старый, пытали, наверно?

ЦитироватьRocket booster reentry, landing burn & leg deploy were good, but lost hull integrity right after splashdown (aka kaboom)

Цитировать"Detailed review of rocket telemetry needed to tell if due to initial splashdown or subsequent tip over and body slam," Musk tweeted.

ЦитироватьLanista пишет:
а номер борта какой?

ЦитироватьWe have successfully launched our six OG2 satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida at 11:15 am EDT! All six OG2 satellites were successfully separated from the Falcon 9 launch vehicle into the proper insertion orbit. Thanks SpaceX and Moog! We'll work with SNC to take it from here!

ЦитироватьOrbcomm says signals have been received from all six satellites launched from Florida by SpaceX's #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) rocket.

ЦитироватьШтуцер пишет:
Завербовали!
Старый, пытали, наверно?

ЦитироватьАртём Жаров пишет:
Отмечают

ЦитироватьСтарый пишет:
Тонна на 750-км орбиту? Союз запустил бы больше. Раза в три.

ЦитироватьНу-и-ну пишет:

ЦитироватьСтарый пишет:
Тонна на 750-км орбиту? Союз запустил бы больше. Раза в три.

Миссия законтрактована на Ф1Е. ЕМНИП, и цена соответвующая.

ЦитироватьАлександр Ч. пишет:
ВВК , какое приземление? Ступень всмятку  ;)
               
                  

ЦитироватьАлександр Ч. пишет:
ВВК , какое приземление? Ступень всмятку

ЦитироватьVlad_hm пишет:

ЦитироватьАлександр Ч. пишет:
ВВК , какое приземление? Ступень всмятку

Это не показатель.
В результате чего и как именно в смятку - вот что важно.

Маск пишет:
Rocket booster reentry, landing burn & leg deploy were good, but lost hull integrity right after splashdown (aka kaboom)

Цитироватьche wi пишет:

Модератор, поправьте plz количество КА в названии темы   :)

ЦитироватьИскандер пишет:

ЦитироватьVlad_hm пишет:

ЦитироватьАлександр Ч. пишет:
ВВК , какое приземление? Ступень всмятку

Это не показатель.
В результате чего и как именно в смятку - вот что важно.

Маск пишет:
Rocket booster reentry, landing burn & leg deploy were good, but lost hull integrity right after splashdown (aka kaboom)

Это всё бла-бла-бла. Видео пусть даёт...
Если разрушился (точнее буквально - лопнул/взорвался) после приводнения, то, возможно, удар был сильным.

ЦитироватьВВК пишет:

ЦитироватьЭто всё бла-бла-бла. Видео пусть даёт...
Если разрушился (точнее буквально - лопнул/взорвался) после приводнения, то, возможно, удар был сильным.

У меня теория другая: деформация от контакта работающего или только что выключенного двигателя с океаном

ЦитироватьVlad_hm пишет:
Что можно ещё понять из этого видео, уважаемые?

ЦитироватьVlad_hm пишет:
Что можно ещё понять из этого видео, уважаемые?

Цитироватьigorvs пишет:
http://www.spacex.com/news/2014/07/22/spacex-soft-lands-falcon-9-rocket-first-stage
Мы постараемся осуществить следующую посадку на воду на рейсе 13, но с низкой вероятностью успеха. Рейсы 14 и 15 будет пытаться приземлиться на твердую поверхность с улучшенной вероятностью успеха.

ЦитироватьVlad_hm пишет:
Судя по видео (ну, тому, что можно различить), лапки раскладываются исправно, ступень сохраняла вертикальное положение и финальная скорость снижения не высока.
Что можно ещё понять из этого видео, уважаемые?

Цитироватьnapalm пишет:
Что задуманное выполнено практически идеально?

ЦитироватьSolar Sailor пишет: 
Ещё остаётся вопрос точности посадки.

Интересно, посадка в 14 и 15 полетах будет на площадку, или под solid surface может пониматься например баржа какая-нибудь?

ЦитироватьSolar Sailor пишет:

Цитироватьnapalm пишет:
Что задуманное выполнено практически идеально?

Ещё остаётся вопрос точности посадки.

Интересно, посадка в 14 и 15 полетах будет на площадку, или под solid surface может пониматься например баржа какая-нибудь?

ЦитироватьOrbcomm Expects Revenue Boost Now that SpaceX Has Patched Firm's "Hole in the Sky"  
By Peter B. de Selding | Aug. 8, 2014
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Orbcomm said the six second-generation satellites it launched on July 14 are proceeding through in-orbit tests and should be in service by September. Credit: Sierra Nevada Corp. photo

PONTE VEDRA, Florida — Mobile machine-to-machine satellite-messaging service provider Orbcomm on Aug. 7 said the six second-generation satellites it launched on July 14 (http://www.spacenews.com/article/launch-report/41259falcon-9-successfully-launches-six-orbcomm-satellites) are proceeding through in-orbit tests and should be in service by September.
The satellites, launched together on a Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Falcon 9 rocket, are expected to fill what Orbcomm Chief Executive Marc J. Eisenberg calls "a hole in the sky" of Orbcomm's global network, and one that has limited revenue growth.
"It's tough to overstate the impact on service levels of the new satellites," Eisenberg said in a conference call with investors. He reiterated that the new spacecraft would add $2 million to $4 million to Orbcomm revenue on their own.
Once the hole is filled with five of the six new satellites — the sixth will operate from a different orbital plane — Orbcomm expects the revenue boost to show up in the company's financial reports as soon as the end of this year.
The launch, plus developments of Orbcomm's gateway Earth station network, most recently with installations in Brazil and Oman, should also usher in a fuller globalization of Orbcomm, which still generates three-fourths of its revenue from U.S. customers. Like the satellites, Orbcomm's ground network has had gaps that have stunted growth in certain areas of the world.
In a conference call with investors, Eisenberg said the Oman gateway Earth station "will fill a major gap in our Earth station coverage between the [facilities] in Italy and Kazakhstan."
The July 14 launch was of six of the 18 second-generation satellites. The remaining 11 are scheduled for launch in the coming months on a single SpaceX Falcon 9.
The launch had been scheduled for late this year, but Eisenberg said it may slip to early 2015. Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX is faced with a crowded manifest in 2014 and is already several months behind the schedule originally announced. The question has been how many satellites manifested for 2014 would be moved into 2015.
During the conference call, Eisenberg did not evoke a SpaceX launch bottleneck. Instead, he suggested it was Orbcomm that would prefer not to rush into a second launch before the first satellites are thoroughly tested.
"Before I give you an exact date, let's get these guys in service and make sure they're performing as expected," Eisenberg said.
Orbcomm insured the first six satellites for $66 million for the launch plus one year's operations. A separate $22 million policy covered only the launch. The company paid a premium of $9.9 million for the two policies, a rate of 11.3 percent.
Insurance underwriters have said that before approving a second launch, they want to be sure that the first satellites, using a new skeletal structure developed by Sierra Nevada Corp. of Sparks, Nevada, and a payload built by Boeing subsidiary Argon ST of Fairfax, Virginia, are performing well.
The second launch is insured for $144 million, including $22 million for the launch phase only, for which Rochelle Park, New Jersey-based Orbcomm paid an 11.6 percent premium.
The Orbcomm launch was delayed on multiple occasions following different issues that arose with the SpaceX Falcon 9, but as is often the case following successful launches, all is forgiven at Orbcomm given the precision of the in-orbit injection.
Eisenberg said the Falcon 9 delivered the satellites into an orbit whose inclination relative to the equator was within 0.005 degrees of the targeted 47 degrees, with an apogee of 720.5 kilometers and a perigee of 619.5 kilometers — both 0.5 kilometers from the target.
"It doesn't get much better than that," Eisenberg said. The company had reserved more than 10 kilograms of propellant on the spacecraft to be used to correct the orbit in the event the launcher dropped them off wide of the mark. That fuel may now be used to perform maneuvers during the satellites' life as needed, or to extend their in-orbit life.
The second-generation Orbcomm satellites are backward compatible with existing subscribers' equipment but for subscribers purchasing new gear the satellites will offer higher throughput on messages and quicker message delivery.
 
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ЦитироватьFollowing the successful launch of six ORBCOMM satellites, the Falcon 9 rocket's first stage reentered Earth's atmosphere and soft landed in the Atlantic Ocean. This footage is from a chase plane filming the decent of the first stage back to earth.

Towards the end of the video, the camera operator attempted to zoom in and unfortunately lost sight of the stage and was unable to capture the tip over into the water.

Цитировать (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185524.jpg) Peter B. de Selding ‏@pbdes  (https://twitter.com/pbdes)  2 ч.2 часа назад (https://twitter.com/pbdes/status/793798887970668544)  
Orbcomm: No insurance claim for loss of 2nd-gen sat that failed in Aug. Our policy includes 1-sat deductible of 5 sats under this policy.
 
  (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185524.jpg) Peter B. de Selding ‏@pbdes  (https://twitter.com/pbdes)  2 ч.2 часа назад (https://twitter.com/pbdes/status/793795586965303296)  
Orbcomm: We lost comms w/ 1 of our 2d-gen sats launched 2014 & took impairment charge of $11M. Issue not expected to affect other OG2 sats.