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ЦитироватьMaxar's SSL ships first of three advanced communications satellites scheduled to launch on the SpaceX Falcon 9 this summer

Commercially driven advances help SSL customers to connect people and transform lives around the world

PALO ALTO, CA, June 21, 2018 /CNW/ - SSL (https://www.sslmda.com/), a Maxar Technologies company (formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.) (NYSE: MAXR (http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/prnews?Page=Quote&Ticker=MAXR), TSX: MAXR), today announced it shipped the first of three satellites that SSL will deliver to the SpaceX (http://www.spacex.com/falcon9) launch base at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida over the next month. Driven by commercial advances, the three satellites will bring communications capability to connect people and transform lives around the globe.
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Two more SSL communications satellites are scheduled to ship to SpaceX launch base over the next month including a second HTS for Telesat, Telstar 18 VANTAGE, ...

"SSL has a long legacy of leveraging its commercial mindset to provide satellite operators with spacecraft systems that address their requirements and enable global transformation," said Dario Zamarian, group president, SSL. "The cadence this month of shipping out three satellites for launch demonstrates our ongoing market leadership and commitment to quality, reliability, and performance."
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Telstar 18 VANTAGE

Telstar 18 VANTAGE, the third HTS in Telesat's global fleet, will be located at 138 degrees East, an ideal position for connecting Asia to the Americas. It will replace and expand on the capabilities of Telesat's Telstar 18 satellite through its extensive C-band coverage of Asia, its Ku-band HTS spot beams over Indonesia and Malaysia, and its six additional Ku-band regional beams. These high performance beams will enable Telstar 18 VANTAGE to meet growing demand for mobility, enterprise networks and telecom services across the Asia region. As previously announced, Telesat has partnered with APT Satellite of Hong Kong in the design and procurement of this spacecraft, which APT calls Apstar-5C.

"Telesat has worked closely with SSL and the Maxar family of companies for many years and we are pleased to have collaborated with them on our newest Telstar VANTAGE high throughput satellites," said Dan Goldberg, President and CEO of Telesat. "These state-of-the-art spacecraft are going to provide important competitive advantages for our customers across the Americas and Asia. It's great news that Telstar 19 VANTAGE is now at the launch base and that Telstar 18 VANTAGE is nearly finished and in the queue to ship."
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/184827.jpg)SSL‏Подлинная учетная запись @sslmda (https://twitter.com/sslmda) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/sslmda/status/1019592285397319680)

The balls used in the @FIFAWorldCup (https://twitter.com/FIFAWorldCup) share a name with the next SSL-built satellite to launch -- Telstar 18 VANTAGE. The name Telstar 18 is a tribute to the first communication satellite to broadcast the @Adidas (https://twitter.com/adidas) World Cup in 1970.

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Цитировать... The next Falcon 9 launch after the Merah Putih mission is set for launch no earlier than Aug. 23, six days later than previously planned, with the Telstar 18 VANTAGE communications satellite, according Gerald Nagler, a Telesat spokesperson.

The launch window for the Telstar 18 VANTAGE mission Aug. 23 opens at approximately 11:35 p.m. EDT (0335 GMT on Aug. 24).

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186343.jpg)Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 10 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1026839733610184704)

10 hours after launch, the next booster arrives. The brand new B1049 for #TelStar18 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/TelStar18?src=hash) later this month. #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight)

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ЦитироватьPirat5 пишет:
https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/95cte4/
Вес:
- Около 3000 фунтов. меньше, чем T19V.

Цитировать3000 lbs => ~1,361 mT, so if 19V was 7,075 mT, 18V would be ~5,714 mT

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186343.jpg)Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 5 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1030472426369560576)

#SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash)'s launch of #TelStar18V (https://twitter.com/hashtag/TelStar18V?src=hash) has slipped 2 days. Launch now Saturday, 25 August at 23:33 EDT (that's 0333 UTC on the 26th). Window is 4hrs long and extends to 03:33 EDT on the 26th (0733 UTC)
#Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186040.jpg)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 3 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1031500670082396163)

This week (Tuesday/Wednesday) we should expect the Static Fire test of SpaceX's Falcon 9 B1049.1 at SLC-40 ahead of the Telstar 18 Vantage/Apstar-5C launch late on August 25. Here's the booster arriving last month on the former Shuttle OTS provided to NSF by Jacques van Oene.

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ЦитироватьNAVAREA IV 677/2018 (11,26)

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 260328Z TO 260803Z AUG,
   ALTERNATE 270328Z TO 270803Z AUG
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 28-37N 080-37W, 28-36N 079-58W,
   28-31N 079-58W, 28-30N 080-33W.
   B. 28-29N 075-05W, 28-32N 074-20W,
   28-24N 072-40W, 28-15N 072-06W,
   28-05N 072-06W, 28-11N 074-20W,
   28-20N 075-10W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 270903Z AUG 18.

( 210854Z AUG 2018 )

Цитировать>Сайт Бен Купера показывает Telstar 18V как сентябрьский TBD. Похоже на значительный промах.
 
> Если это только 5-10-дневная задержка, то, вероятно, недавнее наблюдение за бустером не было для этой миссии (нужно вернуться к Макгрегору или Хоторну), так что, по крайней мере, это так.
 
>"нужно вернуться в МакГрегор или Хоторн"  -  Это предполагает, что есть что-то серьезное нарушение, которое было диагностировано / обнаружено на B5.
 

https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/95cte4/

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30273.jpg)Raul‏ @Raul74Cz (https://twitter.com/Raul74Cz) 5 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Raul74Cz/status/1032221336972746753)

#Telstar18V (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Telstar18V?src=hash) Launch Hazard Areas. Planned droneship landing position 655km downrange. https://goo.gl/JYk1ey  (https://t.co/5vo6yRthAN)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186040.jpg)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 12 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1032221186044899328)

Waiting on a new launch date for the Falcon 9 launch of Telstar 18V. The Static Fire was booked on the Range for Wednesday, but that's been called off. In fact, the TEL hasn't even moved back into the SLC-40 HIF to pick up the booster, per no launch on the 25th/26th.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186040.jpg)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 7 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1032228130214371329)

Eastern Range updates with this moving a few weeks to *NET September 9*. ...

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186040.jpg)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1034130235145576453)

For (travel) planning purposes only, the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch with Telstar 18 Vantage/Apstar-5C is currently appearing on the Eastern Range as September 8 (23:23 opening of a four hour window).

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186040.jpg)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 6 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1035571263396368386)

If everyone in the area (some of you will be photographing the SLS ML rollout), just glance across to SLC-40 for us, please. Some claims there's a Static Fire today (potentially to beat the holiday weekend), but it would normally be next week. Worth a check.

#NoBoosterNoParty (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NoBoosterNoParty?src=hash)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186040.jpg)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 9 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1036976341575495680)

Avert your gaze to SLC-40 as we await news of SpaceX's B1049.1 Falcon 9 booster arriving for the Static Fire test ahead of Telstar 18V/APStar 5C.

No sign yet, but likely later today.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/184882.jpg)Emre Kelly‏Подлинная учетная запись @EmreKelly (https://twitter.com/EmreKelly) 3 ч.3 часа назад (https://twitter.com/EmreKelly/status/1037014420717744128)

Launch hazard area issued for this weekend's #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) Telstar 18V launch from CCAFS. Teams targeting early Sunday (9/9) for liftoff, followed by OCISLY drone ship landing. LHA in effect from 2115 ET on 9/8 to 0400 ET on 9/9 (0015 to 0800 UTC).

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186040.jpg)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 13 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1037064229247959041)

SpaceX's Falcon 9 Booster (B1049.1) is vertical on SLC-40 the Static Fire test ahead of Telstar 18V/APStar 5C!

Thanks Evan!

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186411.jpg)Evan Richard‏ @TheEvangineer (https://twitter.com/TheEvangineer)

В ответ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) @EmreKelly (https://twitter.com/EmreKelly)

A very pixilated image would indicate yes

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12:44 (https://twitter.com/TheEvangineer/status/1037063801349255168) - 4 сент. 2018 г.

ЦитироватьNAVAREA IV 733/2018 (11,26)

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 090323Z TO 090759Z SEP,
   ALTERNATE 100323Z TO 100759Z SEP
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 28-37N 080-37W, 28-36N 079-58W,
   28-31N 079-58W, 28-30N 080-33W.
   B. 28-29N 075-05W, 28-32N 074-20W,
   28-24N 072-40W, 28-15N 072-06W,
   28-05N 072-06W, 28-11N 074-20W,
   28-20N 075-10W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 100859Z SEP 18.

( 040820Z SEP 2018 )

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186114.jpg)Stephen Marr‏ @spacecoast_stve (https://twitter.com/spacecoast_stve) 28 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/spacecoast_stve/status/1037075590766047234)

@SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet) My roommate (@Kraken_Brad (https://twitter.com/Kraken_Brad)) just sent me this from Fishlips. #OCISLY (https://twitter.com/hashtag/OCISLY?src=hash) movin out!

Video (https://twitter.com/i/videos/tweet/1037075590766047234) (0:11)


(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29925.jpg)Michael Baylor‏ @nextspaceflight (https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight) 9 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight/status/1037079792426930176)

OCISLY is on its way to the landing zone for Telstar 18V. Meanwhile, Falcon 9 B1049.1 is vertical at SLC-40 ahead of the static fire.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186402.jpg)Julia‏ @julia_bergeron (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron) 17 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1037077770365530114)

Safe travels Hawk and OCISLY. It appears they are heading out to sea for the next catch this weekend. I have yet to see a rocket on the horizon for static fire though.
#SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceXFleet?src=hash)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/184885.jpg)AstroHardin‏ @AstroHardin (https://twitter.com/AstroHardin) 20 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/AstroHardin/status/1037116056689627140)

#SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) will be conducting a Static Fire Test of their #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) rocket at LC-40 on #CCAFS (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CCAFS?src=hash) tomorrow, 9/5/18. The test run is scheduled to occur within a 6-hour test window, currently scheduled for 1000 - 1600 Eastern Time. (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125513.png)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186040.jpg)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 13 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1037340918746173441)

STATIC FIRE! Visual observations of B1049.1 firing up for the Static Fire test. As below, wait for SpaceX to tweet the confirmation.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69029.jpg)SpaceX‏Подлинная учетная запись @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 2 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1037345042434646021)

Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete—targeting September 8 launch of Telstar 18 VANTAGE from Pad 40 in Florida.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29831.jpg)William Harwood‏ @cbs_spacenews (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews) 29 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1037349185966751744)

F9/Telstar18V: SpaceX confirms a good hot fire test today of a Falcon 9 rocket at CCAFS pad 40; launch of Telstar 18V targeted for 11:28pm EDT Saturday; here's an iPhone view of hotfire test from 10 miles away

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ЦитироватьHotfire test keeps SpaceX on schedule for weekend launch
September 5, 2018 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/09/) | Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)

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A plume of exhaust erupted fr om the Falcon 9's launch pad as the rocket test-fired its engines at 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT) Wednesday. Credit: William Harwood/CBS News

A brief test-firing of a Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday morning kept SpaceX on track for a launch Saturday night from Cape Canaveral with a communications satellite to be jointly used by Telesat and APT Satellite of Hong Kong.

The rocket's nine Merlin 1D main engines ignited at Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad at 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT) Wednesday after SpaceX engineers filled the two-stage Falcon 9 with a mixture of super-chilled kerosene and liquid oxygen.

SpaceX confirmed the static fire test in a tweet a few minutes later.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69029.jpg)SpaceX‏Подлинная учетная запись @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX)

Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete—targeting September 8 launch of Telstar 18 VANTAGE from Pad 40 in Florida.

7:21 (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1037345042434646021) - 5 сент. 2018 г.

The mock countdown Wednesday morning occurred without the rocket's satellite payload on-board. The next step in the launch campaign will be the lowering of the Falcon 9 from its launch mount, then the return of the launcher to a nearby hangar at the Florida spaceport.

Technicians in the hangar will mate the mission's payload — the Telstar 18 VANTAGE communications satellite — to the forward end of the Falcon 9's upper stage in the next few days, conduct a series of electrical and mechanical connectivity verifications, then roll the rocket back to its seaside launch pad Saturday.

The four-hour launch window opens at 11:28 p.m. EDT Saturday (0328 GMT Sunday), after several delays that pushed back the flight from last month.

A forecast issued Wednesday by the U.S. Air Force's 45th Weather Squadron predicts a 60 percent chance of favorable conditions during Saturday night's launch window.

"Cloudiness and showers will gradually increase over the spaceport on Friday and Saturday as an upper-level trough moves westerly across Florida," forecasters wrote. "Low-level winds become more southerly during this time frame, enhancing the convergent band shower threat. The launch weather concerns are cumulus and thick clouds. Maximum upper-level winds will be from the northeast at 20 knots at 40,000 feet."

Isolated rain showers are forecast to be in the area at launch time, with scattered clouds at 2,500 feet, and broken cloud decks at 15,000 feet and 25,000 feet. Good visibility, a temperature of around 78 degrees Fahrenheit, and winds of 12 to 17 mph from the south-southeast are expected.

The rocket assigned to launch the Telstar 18 VANTAGE satellite is a newly-built Falcon 9 Block 5 vehicle. SpaceX's ocean-going landing platform has departed Port Canaveral en route for a position in the Atlantic Ocean to recover the Falcon 9's first stage following Saturday night's blastoff.

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Artist's concept of the Telstar 18 VANTAGE satellite. Credit: Telesat/SSL

The Telstar 18 VANTAGE spacecraft, built by SSL in Palo Alto, California, will provide C-band and Ku-band communications services across the Asia-Pacific region from a perch in geostationary orbit nearly 22,300 miles (35,800 kilometers) over the equator.

The new satellite will launch into an elliptical transfer orbit aboard the Falcon 9, then use its on-board thruster to climb into a circular orbit, wh ere its orbital velocity will match the rate of Earth's rotation at 138 degrees east longitude.

Once Telstar 18 VANTAGE arrives at its operating post, it will commence a 15-year mission, beaming high-throughput signals to serve direct-to-home broadcast, video distribution, maritime, and other telecom markets. Carrying a combination of broad regional beams and high-bandwidth spot beams, the satellite's coverage area will span from India and Pakistan in the west, to Hawaii in the east.

APT Satellite — also known as APSTAR — of Hong Kong will use 57.5 percent of the satellite's communications capacity, in exchange for funding 57.5 percent of the mission's total cost, officials said. The Telesat 18 VANTAGE satellite is also named APSTAR 5C, and it will replace the aging Telstar 18/APSTAR 5 telecom craft hauled into orbit by a Sea Launch Zenit 3SL booster in 2004.

In 2015, APSTAR agreed to pay $118.8 million for its share of the new Telstar 18 VANTAGE/APSTAR 5C satellite program, according to the company's filings with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. That suggests the total cost of the mission is roughly $206 million.

The agreement gives APSTAR use of an equivalent of 36.2 of the satellite's total complement of 63 transponders, the company said in a statement.

APSTAR operates five geostationary communications satellites, while Telesat, headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, counts 16 geostationary telecom craft in its fleet, in addition to a pathfinder satellite for a planned broadband network in low Earth orbit.

"Telstar 18 VANTAGE is a high throughput, highly flexible, state-of-the-art satellite that will provide a significant competitive advantage to customers serving the demanding requirements of broadcast, enterprise and government users throughout Asia ," said Dan Goldberg, Telesat's President and CEO, in a statement released when the companies announced the new satellite program in 2015. "We are pleased to be making this important addition to our global satellite fleet and, moreover, pleased to continue our long and successful relationship with APSTAR, a leading Asian operator with whom we have closely cooperated for over a decade."

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/184882.jpg)Emre Kelly‏Подлинная учетная запись @EmreKelly (https://twitter.com/EmreKelly) 5 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/EmreKelly/status/1037367778397876225)

Side note for Saturday's #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) launch: It's not the heaviest #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) payload to date, which was secured by TELSTAR 19V in July at 7,075 kg, but it's close – TELSTAR 18V's launch mass clocks in at 7,060 kg. Destination is GTO and will serve Asia + Pacific.

((https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125426.png): Telesat)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186040.jpg)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 33 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1037414376100298753)

ARTICLE:

Falcon 9 booster fires up as astronauts visit SpaceX Fleet -

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/09/falcon-9-fires-up-astronauts-spacex-fleet/ ... (https://t.co/SMDOwmew2J)

Many thanks to @julia_bergeron (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron) for the SpaceX Fleet and Astros pics.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67521.jpg)Stephen Clark‏ @StephenClark1 (https://twitter.com/StephenClark1) 41 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/StephenClark1/status/1037736053040443394)

Telesat official says the Falcon 9 launch with the Telstar 18 VANTAGE telecom satellite is slipping — was to be Saturday night. No new target launch date has been confirmed.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186040.jpg)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 9 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1037744794917904384)

No idea what the problem is (per the slip noted below) but for what it's worth the booster - which was still vertical on SLC-40 as of this morning local time - has since been lowered to horizontal.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29262.jpg)Jeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust) 14 сек. назад (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1037805405915762688)

Shotwell says next Falcon 9 launch still scheduled for this weekend (amid rumors of a delay.)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67521.jpg)Stephen Clark‏ @StephenClark1 (https://twitter.com/StephenClark1) 7 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/StephenClark1/status/1037807186515247104)

Patrick Air Force Base's website now lists the Falcon 9/Telstar 18 VANTAGE launch as scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 9: https://www.patrick.af.mil  (https://t.co/P9XSrfUPhU)

ЦитироватьSpaceX launch delayed to Sunday night
September 6, 2018 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/09/) | Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)

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File photo of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on its launch pad. Credit: SpaceX

A commercial communications satellite set for launch fr om Florida's Space Coast on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to beam broadband and television signals across the Asia-Pacific region will remain on Earth until at least Sunday night, 24 hours later than previously scheduled.

The Telstar 18 VANTAGE satellite, also known as APSTAR 5C, was supposed to launch atop a brand new Falcon 9 rocket Saturday night. The high-power telecom craft, built by SSL in Palo Alto, California, weighs around 15,564 pounds (7,060 kilograms) and is set to begin a 15-year mission for Telesat and APT Satellite, based in Canada and Hong Kong, respectively.

But officials decided to delay the launch, according to Gerald Nagler, a Telesat spokesperson. Nagler did not provide a new target launch date, but the website for Patrick Air Force Base, headquarters of the U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing, was updated late Thursday to show the mission is scheduled for liftoff Sunday, Sept. 9.

The four-hour launch window would open at 11:28 p.m. EDT Sunday (0328 GMT Monday).

A SpaceX spokesperson Thursday would not confirm a reason for the launch postponement — or even if the mission has been delayed — in response to questions fr om Spaceflight Now. SpaceX tweeted Wednesday to confirm that the flight was — at that time — scheduled to take off Saturday.

Marine tracking websites Thursday showed SpaceX's rocket landing platform continuing toward the recovery zone for the Falcon 9's first stage booster in the Atlantic Ocean east of Cape Canaveral. SpaceX plans to retrieve the first stage for reuse on a future mission.

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The launch of the Telstar 18 VANTAGE/APSTAR 5C satellite will be SpaceX's 16th mission of the year — including launches from Florida and California — and the 16th launch from Cape Canaveral overall in 2018.

SpaceX test-fired the Falcon 9's first stage engines at Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad Wednesday, then lowered the rocket for rollback to a nearby hangar, wh ere technicians planned to attach the Telstar 18 VANTAGE/APSTAR 5C spacecraft to the launcher.

The satellite will provide C-band and Ku-band communications services across the Asia-Pacific region from a perch in geostationary orbit nearly 22,300 miles (35,800 kilometers) over the equator.

The new satellite will launch into an elliptical transfer orbit aboard the Falcon 9, then use its on-board thruster to climb into a circular orbit, wh ere its orbital velocity will match the rate of Earth's rotation at 138 degrees east longitude.

Once Telstar 18 VANTAGE arrives at its operating post, it will beam high-throughput signals to serve direct-to-home broadcast, video distribution, maritime, and other telecom markets. Carrying a combination of broad regional beams and high-bandwidth spot beams, the satellite's coverage area will span from India and Pakistan in the west, to Hawaii in the east.

APT Satellite of Hong Kong — also known as APSTAR — paid for 57.5 percent of the mission's cost in exchange for use of the same percentage of the satellite's communications capacity.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29262.jpg)Jeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust) 53 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1037824119511896065)

Shotwell confirmed after the panel that the Falcon 9/Telstar 18 Vantage launch slipped a day to Sunday night (EDT), didn't specify a reason.

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Now targeting September 9 launch of Telstar 18 VANTAGE from Pad 40 in Florida. Rocket and payload are healthy; additional time will be used to complete pre-flight checkouts.

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ЦитироватьLive coverage: Falcon 9 rocket set for late-night launch from Florida
September 9, 2018 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/09/) | Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)

09/09/2018 10:53 Stephen Clark

A high-throughput communications satellite developed as a joint venture between Telesat and APT Satellite is set to ride a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket into orbit Sunday night from Cape Canaveral.

The commercial telecom station, designated Telstar 18 VANTAGE or APSTAR 5C, is awaiting launch at 11:28 p.m. EDT Sunday (0328 GMT Monday), at the opening of a four-hour launch window.

Спойлер

SpaceX plans to roll the 229-foot-tall (70-meter) Falcon 9 rocket out of its hangar some time today, then erect the launcher vertical atop Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad in preparation for this evening's countdown.

Officials delayed the launch from Saturday to allow additional time to complete pre-launch checkouts, SpaceX said.

Built by SSL in Palo Alto, California, the Telstar 18 VANTAGE/APSTAR 5C satellite weighs more than 15,560 pounds (7,060 kilograms) at launch. It's heading for a perch in geostationary orbit over the equator at 138 degrees east longitude to provide broadband, television and cellular backhaul services across the Asia-Pacific region for Telesat and APT Satellite.

SpaceX plans to recover the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket aboard the company's drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You" a few hundred miles east of Cape Canaveral in the Atlantic Ocean. Engineers hope to inspect, refurbish and re-fly the booster on a future mission.

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Цитировать09/09/2018 22:24 Stephen Clark

The Falcon 9 rocket has been raised vertical at Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad in preparation for tonight's liftoff.

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The Falcon 9 on SLC-40 ahead of the #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) Telstar 18V mission.
- First stage B1049.1 will attempt a landing on OCISLY.
- No fairing recovery or water collection will be attempted

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Falcon 9 and Telstar 18 VANTAGE are vertical on Pad 40 in Florida. Weather is 60% favorable for tonight's four-hour launch window, which opens at 11:28 p.m. EDT. → http://spacex.com/webcast  (https://t.co/gtC39uBC7z)

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#Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) at sunset never gets old!
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ЦитироватьFalcon 9 launch timeline with Telstar 18 VANTAGE
September 9, 2018 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/09/) | Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Monday, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the Telstar 18 VANTAGE communications satellite into orbit around 32 minutes later.

The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is poised for launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 11:28 p.m. EDT Sunday (0328 GMT Monday) at the opening of a four-hour launch window.

Спойлер

Perched atop the rocket is the Telstar 18 VANTAGE communications satellite, a spacecraft manufactured by SSL — formerly known as Space Systems/Loral — and owned by Ottawa-based Telesat in partnership with APT Satellite of Hong Kong.

Telstar 18 VANTAGE weighs 15,564 pounds (7,060 kilograms) with its propellant tanks fully loaded, making it one of the heaviest commercial communications satellites ever launched, just shy of a record set in July with the launch of the Telstar 19 VANTAGE spacecraft on a previous Falcon 9 rocket.

After deployment from the upper stage of the Falcon 9 rocket in an elliptical transfer orbit, Telstar 18 VANTAGE will use its on-board hydrazine-fueled engine and electric thrusters to boost itself into a circular geostationary orbit more than 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) over the equator.

The U.S.-built, Canadian-owned satellite will beam C-band and Ku-band broadband services over the Asia-Pacific region.

Once Telstar 18 VANTAGE arrives at its operating post, it will beam high-throughput signals to serve direct-to-home broadcast, video distribution, maritime, and other telecom markets. Carrying a combination of broad regional beams and high-bandwidth spot beams, the satellite's coverage area will span from India and Pakistan in the west, to Hawaii in the east.

APT Satellite — also known as APSTAR — paid for 57.5 percent of the mission's cost in exchange for use of the same percentage of the satellite's communications capacity.

The Falcon 9 rocket launching Telstar 18 VANTAGE will fly in the upgraded "Block 5" configuration, with a brand new first stage booster.

The timeline below outlines the launch sequence for the Falcon 9 flight with Telstar 18 VANTAGE.

Data source: SpaceX

T-0:00:00: Liftoff

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After the rocket's nine Merlin engines pass an automated health check, hold-down clamps will release the Falcon 9 booster for liftoff from pad 40.

T+0:01:00: Mach 1

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The Falcon 9 rocket reaches Mach 1, the speed of sound, as the nine Merlin 1D engines provide more than 1.7 million pounds of thrust.

T+0:01:07: Max Q

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The Falcon 9 rocket reaches Max Q, the point of maximum aerodynamic pressure.

T+0:02:33: MECO

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The Falcon 9's nine Merlin 1D engines shut down.

T+0:02:37: Stage 1 Separation

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The Falcon 9's first stage separates from the second stage moments after MECO.

T+0:02:45: First Ignition of Second Stage

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The second stage Merlin 1D vacuum engine ignites for a six-minute burn to put the rocket and Telstar 18 VANTAGE into a preliminary parking orbit.

T+0:03:29: Fairing Jettison

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The 5.2-meter (17.1-foot) diameter payload fairing jettisons once the Falcon 9 rocket ascends through the dense lower atmosphere. The 43-foot-tall fairing is made of two clamshell-like halves composed of carbon fiber with an aluminum honeycomb core.

T+0:06:17: Stage 1 Entry Burn

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A subset of the first stage's Merlin 1D engines ignite for an entry burn to slow down for landing. A final landing burn will occur just before touchdown.

T+0:08:14: SECO 1

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The second stage of the Falcon 9 rocket shuts down after reaching a preliminary low-altitude orbit. The upper stage and Telstar 18 VANTAGE begin a coast phase scheduled to last more than 18 minutes before the second stage Merlin vacuum engine reignites.

T+0:08:32: Stage 1 Landing

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The Falcon 9 rocket's first stage booster touches down on SpaceX's drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

T+0:26:17: Second Ignition of Second Stage

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The Falcon 9's second stage Merlin engine restarts to propel the Telstar 18 VANTAGE communications satellite into an elliptical transfer orbit.

T+0:27:00: SECO 2

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The Merlin engine shuts down after a short burn to put the Telstar 18 VANTAGE satellite in the proper elliptical orbit for deployment.

T+0:32:01: Telstar 19 VANTAGE Separation

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The Telstar 18 VANTAGE satellite separates from the Falcon 9 rocket into an elliptical transfer orbit, on the way to a perch in geostationary orbit.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67530.jpg)Spaceflight Now‏ @SpaceflightNow (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow) 2 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1038948159798603776)

Launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral is less than three hours away. Follow our live coverage of the Falcon 9's launch set for 11:28pm EDT (0328 GMT): https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/09/09/falcon-9-telstar-18-vantage-mission-status-center/ ... (https://t.co/VRVgRW2CJK)

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Цитировать09/10/2018 03:32 Stephen Clark

Today's mission will mark the fifth flight of a Falcon 9 Block 5 first stage, an upgraded version of the Falcon 9 rocket featuring reliability and reusability enhancements.

Спойлер

SpaceX launched the first Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket May 11 with Bangladesh's first communications satellite. Officials heralded the successful debut as pivotal in allowing SpaceX to reduce the time and money needed to turn around a recovered booster for another mission.

The first Block 5 booster fr om the May 11 mission was re-flown last month during the launch of the Merah Putih communications satellite, then recovered a second time, potentially to be reused again.

The flight plan tonight calls for the Falcon 9's second stage to fire its engine twice, then deploy the Telstar 18 VANTAGE/APSTAR 5C payload into an elliptical, egg-shaped transfer orbit with a low point a few hundred miles above Earth, and a high point ranging tens of thousands of miles in altitude.

The Falcon 9 Block 5 will give the communications satellite a high-altitude lift while its first stage still retains enough propellant to return to a SpaceX drone ship parked in the Atlantic Ocean around 400 miles (650 kilometers) east of Cape Canaveral.

The improved Block 5 version of the Falcon 9 has now launched four times with upgraded first and second stages together on the same flight.

The upgrades to the Falcon 9 Block 5 include a beefed up heat shield, retractable landing legs and other modifications to make the first stage simpler to reuse, reducing the refurbishment needed between missions.

Funded in partnership between Telesat and APT Satellite, the Telstar 18 VANTAGE/APSTAR 5C satellite will use its on-board chemical and electric propulsion systems to circularize its orbit at geostationary altitude more than 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) over the equator, reaching an operating post at 138 degrees east longitude.

After post-launch testing and deployments of the satellite's solar panels and antennas, Telstar 18 VANTAGE/APSTAR 5C will enter service some time in mid-October, assuming all goes according to plan.

The new telecom craft, which weighs around 15,564 pounds (7,060 kilograms) at launch, was built by SSL in Palo Alto, California. It will replace the aging Telstar 18/APSTAR 5 satellite delivered to orbit by a Sea Launch Zenit 3SL rocket in 2004.

"We have an embedded base that's on Telstar 18 today that will migrate over to Telstar 18 VANTAGE," said Tom Eaton, Telesat's vice president of international sales, in a pre-launch interview. "So there's an element of continuity of service at play here by replacing the existing satellite, but Telstar 18 VANTAGE, since it's the third of our high-throughput satellites, carries a lot more flexibility, switchability in its coverages, and then has high-throughput capability as well."

Carrying a combination of broad regional beams and high-bandwidth spot beams, the satellite's coverage area will span from India and Pakistan in the west, to Hawaii in the east.

APT Satellite — also known as APSTAR — of Hong Kong will use 57.5 percent of the satellite's communications capacity, in exchange for funding 57.5 percent of the mission's total cost.

"Through (the) APSTAR 5C Satellite, we will be able to maintain reliable services to our existing customers of APSTAR 5 satellite, and to assure the continuity of their businesses," said Cheng Guangren, executive officer and president of APT Satellite, in a statement at the time of the satellite's procurement in 2015. "Meanwhile, (the) APSTAR 5C satellite will carry more transponders, expand to broader service areas, and include regional high-throughput (HTS) capacities to satisfy growing market demand in Asia-Pacific region."

The Telstar 18 VANTAGE/APSTAR 5C spacecraft hosts two payloads -- one in C-band and another in Ku-band -- to provide services that range from direct-to-home television broadcasting, to Internet connectivity, to cellular phone bandwidth.

"With this newly-designed satellite, markets that we're looking at, I'd say top of mind would be the mobility market in Asia, which is rapidly growing," Eaton said. "Maritime is what we typically think of, but also aero, so connectivity to aircraft. The other applications are, the Asia-Pacific region is one that's in need of continuity for remote communities, especially when you look at a country like Indonesia, wh ere they have a government initiative to connect all of the country, and satellite is the best way to do that.

"Another area in the telecom space is backhaul for cellular and mobility towers, and there's a fair amount of oil and gas and mineral exploration that satellite supports, so we're interested in that market, as well as there are some DTH (direct-to-home television broadcast) opportunities," Eaton said.

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Цитировать09/10/2018 05:00 Stephen Clark

Countdown clocks at the Kennedy Space Center have been reset for T-minus 2 hours and counting, suggesting liftoff is now set for 12 a.m. EDT (0400 GMT).

Цитировать09/10/2018 05:34 Stephen Clark

A lightning advisory has been issued at the Kennedy Space Center after several storm cells popped up in the last few minutes over Cape Canaveral. The countdown clock continues ticking toward launch time of 12 a.m. EDT (0400 GMT).

Цитировать09/10/2018 05:48 Stephen Clark

Here's a view of the weather radar at Cape Canaveral a few minutes ago.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69029.jpg)SpaceX‏Подлинная учетная запись @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1038983491277402112)

All systems go for launch of Telstar 18 VANTAGE; team is monitoring weather conditions. Targeting liftoff at 12:00 a.m. EDT, 4:00 UTC. Launch webcast will go live about 15 minutes before liftoff → http://spacex.com/webcast  (https://t.co/gtC39uBC7z)

Цитировать09/10/2018 06:22 New launch time Stephen Clark

SpaceX says tonight's launch will be reset for no earlier than 12:30 a.m. EDT (0430 GMT) to wait for improved weather at Cape Canaveral.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69029.jpg)SpaceX‏Подлинная учетная запись @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 8 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1038998237724594177)

Pushing T-0 to 12:45 a.m. EDT, 4:45 UTC for weather. Vehicle and payload remain in good health for launch of Telstar 18 VANTAGE.

Цитировать09/10/2018 06:44 New launch time Stephen Clark

SpaceX is reconfiguring countdown clocks to target liftoff at 12:45 a.m. EDT (0445 GMT) to give the heavy cloud cover over Cape Canaveral more time to clear the area.

The weather radar shows storms are slowly moving offshore to the northeast.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67530.jpg)Spaceflight Now‏ @SpaceflightNow (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow) 14 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1038997260737171457)

SpaceX has reconfigured the countdown clock to target liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket at 12:45am EDT (0445 GMT), allowing more time for heavy cloud cover to clear Cape Canaveral. Live coverage: https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/09/09/falcon-9-telstar-18-vantage-mission-status-center/ ... (https://t.co/VRVgRW2CJK)

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Цитировать09/10/2018 06:54 Stephen Clark

The Phase 2 lightning advisory has been lifted across Cape Canaveral as thunderstorms continue moving northeast.

Цитировать09/10/2018 07:09 Stephen Clark

Final countdown preparations are underway at Cape Canaveral as teams prepare a Falcon 9 rocket for liftoff at 12:45 a.m. EDT (0445 GMT).

Fueling of the Falcon 9 rocket is expected to begin momentarily.

Super-chilled, densified kerosene and liquid oxygen will be simultaneously pumped into the Falcon 9's first stage beginning at T-minus 35 minutes. Liquid oxygen will begin flowing into the second stage at T-minus 16 minutes.

In the final 10 minutes of the countdown, an automatic sequencer will command the Falcon 9's first stage engines to be chilled in preparation for ignition, the rocket's navigation computer will be configured for flight, its upper stage engine will run through a steering profile, and the launch pad's strongback will be retracted around 1.5 degrees away from the rocket.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186040.jpg)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1039003210499936256)

And they are fueling!

Цитировать09/10/2018 07:12 Stephen Clark

T-minus 33 minutes. Here are some statistics on today's launch:

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• 61st launch of a Falcon 9 rocket since 2010
• 67th launch of Falcon rocket family since 2006
• 1st launch of Falcon 9 Booster No. 49
• 50th Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral
• 37th Falcon 9 launch from pad 40
• 2nd SpaceX launch for Telesat
• 10th SSL-built satellite launched by SpaceX
• 22nd Falcon 9 night launch
• 15th Falcon 9 launch of 2018
• 16th launch by SpaceX in 2018
• 16th launch overall from Cape Canaveral in 2018
• 5th flight of a Falcon 9 Block 5 first stage
• 8th flight of a Falcon 9 Block 5 second stage
• 35th attempt to land a Falcon 9 first stage
  

Цитировать09/10/2018 07:26 Stephen Clark

Second stage fuel loading is reported complete.

Цитировать09/10/2018 07:30 Stephen Clark

The Telstar 18 VANTAGE/APSTAR 5C satellite has been switched to internal power in preparation for launch.

Цитировать09/10/2018 07:40 Stephen Clark

The Falcon 9's navigation system is now self-aligning.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186040.jpg)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1039010358218907649)

There's the passenger, for some idea of scale. #BigBird (https://twitter.com/hashtag/BigBird?src=hash)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67530.jpg)Spaceflight Now‏ @SpaceflightNow (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow) 2 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1039011188431101952)

T-minus 3 minutes. The strongback tower at Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad has retracted into position for ignition, and the Falcon 9's engines have completed a final steering check. Watch live: https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/09/09/falcon-9-telstar-18-vantage-mission-status-center-members/ ... (https://t.co/bMgeCyxyhB)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69029.jpg)SpaceX‏Подлинная учетная запись @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 5 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1039020311184699392)

Successful deployment of Telstar 18 VANTAGE to a geostationary transfer orbit confirmed.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186040.jpg)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 38 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1039012085877940224)

LAUNCH! SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 B1049.1 launches with Telstar 18V!

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Спойлер

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186040.jpg)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 13 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1039019107293822977)

And a view from OCISLY:

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67530.jpg)Spaceflight Now‏ @SpaceflightNow (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow) 5 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1039021562362568705)

Separation of the Telstar 18 VANTAGE/APSTAR 5C communications satellite is confirmed, beginning a 15-year mission providing broadband, TV and cellular connectivity to the Asia-Pacific. https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/09/09/falcon-9-telstar-18-vantage-mission-status-center/ ... (https://t.co/VRVgRW2CJK)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186040.jpg)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 12 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1039020082326908934)

S/C Sep! SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launched Telstar 18V.

ARTICLE:

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/09/spacex-falcon-telstar-18v-launch/ ... (https://t.co/A8YD20IqDa)

- by William Graham.

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Спойлер

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ЦитироватьFalcon 9 launches Telstar 18V & Falcon 9 first stage landing

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Опубликовано: 9 сент. 2018 г.

ЦитироватьTelstar 18 VANTAGE deployment

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Опубликовано: 9 сент. 2018 г.

Цитировать09/10/2018 08:29 Stephen Clark

Here's a long exposure view of tonight's launch, as seen from the Kennedy Space Center press site.

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Цитировать09/10/2018 08:30 Stephen Clark

A Telesat spokesperson confirms the newly-launched Telstar 18 VANTAGE/APSTAR 5C satellite is in contact with ground controllers, verifying the spacecraft is alive following tonight's deployment in orbit.

ЦитироватьTelstar 18 VANTAGE
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ЦитироватьSEPTEMBER 09, 2018

TELSTAR 18 VANTAGE MISSION

On Monday, September 10th, SpaceX's Falcon 9 successfully lifted off at 12:45 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida carrying the Telstar 18 VANTAGE satellite to a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). The satellite was deployed approximately 32 minutes after liftoff.

Following stage separation, the first stage of SpaceX's Falcon 9 landed on the "Of Course I Still Love You" droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/184894.jpg)Julia‏ @julia_bergeron (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron) 19 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1039022652889944064)

Fair Winds and Following Seas to #SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceXFleet?src=hash) members OCISLY, Hawk and GO Quest as they secure the #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #Telsat18V (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Telsat18V?src=hash) booster and come back to Port Canaveral ahead of Hurricane Florence.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186406.jpg)John Kraus‏ @johnkrausphotos (https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos) 51 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1039015220071608320)

#SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash)'s #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) rocket launches #Telstar18V (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Telstar18V?src=hash) at 12:45 A.M. this morning, tracing an incredible reflection in the waters north of Cape Canaveral.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/184848.jpg)TomCross‏ @_TomCross_ (https://twitter.com/_TomCross_) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/_TomCross_/status/1039006720725528577)

We're go for launch :45 after the hour. Just 20 minutes from now. LOX is venting from Falcon 9. Our location is just a few miles from the launch pad. #spacex (https://twitter.com/hashtag/spacex?src=hash) #TelStar18V (https://twitter.com/hashtag/TelStar18V?src=hash) #falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/falcon9?src=hash)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/184848.jpg)TomCross‏ @_TomCross_ (https://twitter.com/_TomCross_) 34 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/_TomCross_/status/1039020007987077121)

SpaceX liftoff through cloudy skies to deliver Telstar 18V to GTO. Falcon 9 booster 49 successfully landed on OCISLY also. A gorgeous launch to close out this summer of night launches. Well done @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) #falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/falcon9?src=hash) #telstar18v (https://twitter.com/hashtag/telstar18v?src=hash) @Teslarati (https://twitter.com/Teslarati) @ExploreSpaceKSC (https://twitter.com/ExploreSpaceKSC)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/184882.jpg)Emre Kelly‏Подлинная учетная запись @EmreKelly (https://twitter.com/EmreKelly) 16 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/EmreKelly/status/1039025696415334400)

Wow. Unbelievable photo of #Telstar18V (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Telstar18V?src=hash) launch as seen from Cocoa Beach by @Florida_Today (https://twitter.com/Florida_Today) colleague @MalcolmDenemark (https://twitter.com/malcolmdenemark).

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186383.jpg)Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex‏Подлинная учетная запись @ExploreSpaceKSC (https://twitter.com/ExploreSpaceKSC) 44 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ExploreSpaceKSC/status/1039019943294132224)

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched at 12:45 a.m. EDT carrying the Telstar 18 VANTAGE communication satellite. Nothing quite like a night launch, right? (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125513.png) (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125427.png): @Mike_Seeley (https://twitter.com/Mike_Seeley) / @WeReportSpace (https://twitter.com/WeReportSpace)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67649.jpg)Ken Kremer‏ @ken_kremer (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer/status/1039030508452102146)

Streak Shot:Although Delayed >1h by hefty lightning @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) blasts off at 1245AMET beside VAB/streaks beautifully thru residual thin clouds illuminated on way to GTO carrying #Telstar18v (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Telstar18v?src=hash) telecomsat-Sep10. From #MaxBrewerBridge (https://twitter.com/hashtag/MaxBrewerBridge?src=hash).Credit: @ken_kremer (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer) http://www.facebook.com/spaceupclose321/ ... (https://t.co/FZYKyPmJks)

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ЦитироватьРакета Falcon 9 стартовала с космодрома в США

09:00 10.09.2018

МОСКВА, 10 сен — РИА Новости. Ракета Falcon 9 стартовала с космодрома на мысе Канаверал во Флориде со спутником Telstar 18 Vantage, трансляцию запуска вела компания SpaceX.

Запуск с космодрома состоялся в 0.45 EDT (7.45 мск) в понедельник.

Также компания сообщила, что спутник вышел на геостационарную орбиту в 1.19 EDT (8.19 мск).

Для нынешнего старта компания SpaceX использует новейшую и более мощную первую ступень Falcon 9 Block 5. По задумке разработчиков, Block 5 мощнее своей предшественницы и позволяет в более короткие сроки готовить первую ступень к повторному старту.

Спутник из той же серии, Telstar 19 Vantage, был запущен 22 июля.

ЦитироватьАтяпа пишет:
А это, случаем, не рекордная для Маска ПН на ГПО с посадкой?

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67585.jpg)Eric Berger‏Подлинная учетная запись @SciGuySpace (https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace) 2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/1039022593183862784)

SpaceX has now flown 34 successful missions in a row. In 20 months.

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А это, случаем, не рекордная для Маска ПН на ГПО с посадкой?

ЦитироватьSpaceX, Telesat achieve repeat success with midnight-hour launch
September 10, 2018 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/09/) | Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)

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A Falcon 9 rocket streaks into space after liftoff fr om Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 12:45 a.m. EDT (0445 GMT) Monday. Credit: SpaceX

For the second time in seven weeks, SpaceX, Telesat and SSL teamed up for a commercial satellite launch fr om Cape Canaveral early Monday, this time successfully deploying into orbit a high-power telecom payload developed in a joint venture with a Hong Kong-based company.

The Telstar 18 VANTAGE communications satellite, also known as APSTAR 5C, was released into orbit by the Falcon 9's second stage around 32 minutes after liftoff, which occurred at 12:45 a.m. EDT (0445 GMT) Monday.

The Falcon 9's thundering departure fr om Cape Canaveral occurred more than an hour later than planned, a delay to allow pop-up thunderstorms to clear the spaceport.

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Once the storms moved offshore, the Falcon 9 launch team gave a "go" to kick off an automated computer-run countdown sequencer, and super-chilled RP-1 kerosene and cryogenic liquid oxygen began flowing into the rocket at T-minus 35 minutes.

After running through a pre-flight steering check, the Falcon 9 switched to internal power and pressurized its propellant tanks before firing its nine Merlin main engines three seconds before liftoff.

Hold-down clamps opened to release the rocket moments later, and the 229-foot-tall (70-meter) soared into the sky, heading east over the Atlantic Ocean to steer its payload toward an eventual perch over the equator.

The slender rocket fired through scattered clouds with 1.7 million pounds of ground-shaking thrust, arcing downrange before releasing its first stage to come back to Earth.

As the Falcon 9's booster stage aimed for a SpaceX recovery barge in the Atlantic, the upper stage lit its single engine to propel the mission's commercial satellite payload — valued at more than $200 million — into orbit.

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The Falcon 9 rocket fired through lingering clouds after thunderstorms rolled through the Cape Canaveral spaceport during the countdown. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now

The upper stage engine shut down a little more than eight minutes after liftoff after placing the Telstar 18 VANTAGE/APSTAR 5C communications satellite in a preliminary parking orbit. Moments later, the Falcon 9's first stage fell out of darkness — with an engine blazing — and set down on SpaceX's drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You" parked roughly 400 miles (650 kilometers) east of Cape Canaveral.

The first stage from Monday's mission will be inspected, and likely reused on a future SpaceX launch. The landing was the 29th time SpaceX has recovered one of its Falcon boosters intact since the company first accomplished the feat in December 2015.

But the Falcon 9's job was not complete, and the upper stage engine reignited for a critical second burn to raise the height of its orbit closer to the satellite's eventual operating post.

The second upper stage firing resulted in an on-target orbit, SpaceX said, and live video downlinked through a ground station showed the Telstar 18 VANTAGE/APSTAR 5C spacecraft flying away from the rocket 32 minutes into the flight in sunlight over Africa.

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A downward-facing camera on the Falcon 9's first stage shows the rocket just before touchdown on SpaceX's drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You." Credit: SpaceX

A spokesperson with Telesat, the Ottawa, Ontario-based owner and operator of the spacecraft, said ground controllers received the first signals from the new satellite shortly after deployment from the Falcon 9, confirming it survived the launch.

Tracking data published by the U.S. military showed the satellite was placed in an orbit ranging between 161 miles (260 kilometers) and 11,225 miles (18,066 kilometers), with an inclination of 27 degrees to the equator.

The heavyweight spacecraft weighed more than 15,560 pounds (about 7,060 kilograms) at launch. Much of that weight comes a hefty load of liquid propellant to be consumed placing the satellite in its operational orbit.

Next up for the satellite, built by SSL in Palo Alto, California, is a sequence of orbit-raising maneuvers using a combination of its liquid-fueled rocket engine and electric thrusters.

The satellite will circularize its orbit more than 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) over the equator, extend its power-generating solar panels, and unfurl a set of antennas before commencing a test campaign. Once the testing is completed, Telstar 18 VANTAGE/APSTAR 5C is expected to enter commercial service next month.

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The Telstar 18 VANTAGE/APSTAR 5C satellite separates from the Falcon 9 rocket in orbit. Credit: SpaceX

The satellite will park itself in geostationary orbit at 138 degrees east longitude, wh ere it will match Earth's rotation and replace the aging Telstar 18/APSTAR 5 spacecraft launched in 2004.

"We have an embedded base that's on Telstar 18 today that will migrate over to Telstar 18 VANTAGE," said Tom Eaton, Telesat's vice president of international sales, in a pre-launch interview. "So there's an element of continuity of service at play here by replacing the existing satellite, but Telstar 18 VANTAGE, since it's the third of our high-throughput satellites, carries a lot more flexibility, switchability in its coverages, and then has high-throughput capability as well."

Carrying a combination of broad regional beams and high-bandwidth spot beams, the satellite's coverage area will span from India and Pakistan in the west, to Hawaii in the east.

APT Satellite — also known as APSTAR — of Hong Kong will use 57.5 percent of the satellite's communications capacity, in exchange for funding 57.5 percent of the mission's total cost.

"Through (the) APSTAR 5C Satellite, we will be able to maintain reliable services to our existing customers of APSTAR 5 satellite, and to assure the continuity of their businesses," said Cheng Guangren, executive officer and president of APT Satellite, in a statement at the time of the satellite's procurement in 2015. "Meanwhile, (the) APSTAR 5C satellite will carry more transponders, expand to broader service areas, and include regional high-throughput (HTS) capacities to satisfy growing market demand in Asia-Pacific region."

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Artist's concept of the Telstar 18 VANTAGE satellite. Credit: Telesat/SSL

The Telstar 18 VANTAGE/APSTAR 5C spacecraft hosts two payloads — one in C-band and another in Ku-band — to provide services that range from direct-to-home television broadcasting, to Internet connectivity, to cellular phone bandwidth.

"With this newly-designed satellite, markets that we're looking at ... would be the mobility market in Asia, which is rapidly growing," Eaton said. "Maritime is what we typically think of, but also aero, so connectivity to aircraft."

In-flight WiFi for airline passengers traveling across Asia and neighboring oceans, plus Internet services for tourists on cruise ships, will be prime markets within Telesat's reach with the new satellite.

"Those are markets that, with this satellite, we'll be able to provide solutions for our customers, wh ere we otherwise couldn't with Telstar 18," Eaton said.

"The Asia-Pacific region is one that's in need of connectivity for remote communities, especially when you look at a country like Indonesia, wh ere they have a government initiative to connect all of the country, and satellite is the best way to do that," Eaton said. "Another area in the telecom space is backhaul for cellular and mobility towers, and there's a fair amount of oil and gas and mineral exploration that satellite supports, so we're interested in that market, as well as there are some DTH (direct-to-home television broadcast) opportunities," Eaton said.

Monday's launch was delayed from last month to allow SpaceX to complete work to ensure the rocket was ready for liftoff.

The mission was a reunion between SpaceX, Telesat and SSL after the successful launch of the Telstar 19 VANTAGE communications satellite July 22, which also used a Falcon 9 rocket with an SSL-built spacecraft.

Telesat announced the Telstar 19 VANTAGE satellite, which provides telecom services over the Americas, became operational in late August.

"The timing just worked out that these were going to be close, so we've been anticipating that," Eaton said before Monday's launch. "In terms the mood and the attitude at Telesat, it's just what we do. Everybody has been on pins and needles to get Telstar 18 VANTAGE launched. Telstar 19 VANTAGE was just a stellar performance by SpaceX, and I would say by Maxar (SSL) as well because everything is working well."

Going into Monday's launch, APSTAR operated five geostationary communications satellites, while Telesat counted 16 geostationary telecom craft in its fleet, in addition to a pathfinder satellite for a planned broadband network in low Earth orbit.

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Monday's mission was the 16th SpaceX launch of the year, and the 34th consecutive successful flight by SpaceX's Falcon rocket family since an on-pad explosion in 2016.

The launch company's next flight is scheduled for Oct. 7, when a Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to take off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with Argentina's SAOCOM 1A Earth observation satellite. That mission is expected to feature the first return of a Falcon 9 booster to land in California.

ЦитироватьTelesat Successfully Launches Telstar 18 VANTAGE, Powerful Satellite Bringing New Coverages and HTS Capacity to the Asia Pacific Region

Innovative C and Ku payloads will meet growing demand formobility,

enterprise and telecom services from 138 degrees East

Cape Canaveral, Florida, September 10, 2018 – Telesat announced today the successful launch of its new Telstar 18 VANTAGE high throughput satellite (HTS) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Liftoff occurred on Monday, September 10th, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Built by SSL, a Maxar Technologies Company, Telstar 18 VANTAGE is the third HTS in Telesat's global fleet with capacity that delivers a new level of performance and value for satellite broadband requirements on land, at sea and in the air.

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Telstar 18 VANTAGE will replace and expand on the capabilities of Telesat's Telstar 18 satellite with its extensive C-band capacity over Asia, its Ku-band HTS spot beams over Indonesia and Malaysia, and its five additional regional Ku-band beams. Operating from 138 degrees East, the satellite's coverage reaches across Asia all the way to Hawaii – in both C and Ku-band – enabling direct connectivity between any point in Asia and the Americas. Its innovative Ku-band payloads of HTS spot beams and focused regional beams will provide customers operating in Southeast Asia, Mongolia, Australia & New Zealand, and the North Pacific Ocean with greater choice and flexibility to serve today's bandwidth intensive applications.

Telesat VANTAGE satellites combine focused regional beams with powerful HTS spot beams enabling users to maximize throughout and spectral efficiency while optimizing network performance. By implementing these advances on Telstar 18 VANTAGE, Telesat customers across the Asia Pacific region now have a competitive edge in meeting growing demand for satellite broadband from aero and maritime service providers, enterprise network operators and leading telecom companies.

"Telstar 18 VANTAGE is the latest example of how Telesat's innovative payload designs provide our customers with the advantages they need to compete successfully in today's satellite service markets," said Dan Goldberg, Telesat's President and CEO. "Telstar 18 VANTAGE is a state-of-the art spacecraft that not only replaces Telstar 18, a satellite in wide use across Asia and the Pacific, but brings far greater capabilities including Ku-band mobility coverage and HTS spot beams that will allow Telesat to grow our presence in the region. We would like to thank SpaceX for the successful launch of Telstar 18 VANTAGE and for their dedication and professionalism throughout this mission."

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Telesat's Newest Satellite

SpaceX successfully launched Telstar 18 VANTAGE to Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) aboard a new Falcon 9 rocket. Liftoff was from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Shortly after liftoff, Telesat's newest satellite with a launch mass of 7,011 kg was deployed from the Falcon 9.

Telstar 18 VANTAGE is expected to enter commercial service after it has successfully completed orbit raising and comprehensive in-orbit testing. As previously announced, Telesat has partnered with APT Satellite of Hong Kong in the design and procurement of this new spacecraft, which APT calls Apstar-5C. The satellite has a 15 year design life.

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ЦитироватьAdvanced High Throughput Satellite (HTS) Built by Maxar's SSL for Telesat Successfully Begins On-Orbit Operations

September 10, 2018

Optimized performance and capacity on Telstar 18 VANTAGE demonstrate SSL's leadership in powering the new space economy

PALO ALTO, CA, Sept. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ - SSL (http://www.sslmda.com/?utm_source=press-release&utm_medium=wire&utm_campaign=t18v), a Maxar Technologies company (formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.) (NYSE: MAXR) (TSX: MAXR), and a leading provider of innovative satellites and spacecraft systems, today announced that an advanced communications satellite it built for Telesat, a leading global satellite operator, was launched yesterday night and is successfully performing post-launch maneuvers according to plan. The satellite, called Telstar 18 VANTAGE, deployed its solar arrays on schedule following its launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 (http://www.spacex.com/falcon9) launch vehicle from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

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Telstar 18 VANTAGE will begin firing its main thruster later today in order to propel the spacecraft toward its final geostationary (GEO) orbit. The advanced performance and capacity built into Telstar 18 VANTAGE, to serve the growing demand for broadband connectivity, demonstrate SSL's leadership in partnering with its customers to power the new space economy.

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"This is our second very advanced high throughput satellite that we provided to Telesat this summer," said Dario Zamarian, group president of SSL. "I would like to thank Telesat for putting its confidence in SSL and for working with us as a team to make this mission a success. The exceptional performance and capacity SSL integrated into Telstar 18 VANTAGE demonstrates how we, together with our long term colleagues at Telesat, are providing next-generation space systems that improve lives here on Earth."

Telstar 18 VANTAGE is one of a new generation of Telesat satellites with capacity optimized to serve bandwidth intensive applications increasingly in demand by users worldwide. SSL incorporated multiple technology innovations, including additive manufacturing, electric propulsion, and a variety of next generation systems to maximize the satellite's broadband service capabilities and provide Telesat customers with a competitive edge in meeting growing demand from mobility, enterprise and telecom markets across the Asia Pacific region.

Once in service at 138 degrees East, the satellite will be in an ideal orbital position for connecting Asia to the Americas. Telstar 18 VANTAGE replaces and expands on Telstar 18 and will provide extensive C-band capacity over Asia, powerful Ku-band HTS spotbeams over Indonesia and Malaysia, and five additional Ku-band beams – innovative payloads that will deliver a new level of performance and value for satellite broadband requirements. Telesat partnered with APT Satellite of Hong Kong in the design and deployment of this spacecraft, which APT calls Apstar-5C.

"As the third high throughput satellite in our global fleet, Telstar 18 VANTAGE will provide important competitive advantages for our customers across Asia," said Dan Goldberg, President and CEO, Telesat. "SSL has been a trusted partner for many years and I would like to congratulate the entire team for the delivery of this complex and advanced spacecraft."

With the launch of Telstar 18 VANTAGE there are now 90 satellites built by SSL in GEO orbit. This number represents more commercial GEOs built by SSL than by any other manufacturer.

Also of note, the satellite shares a name with the 2018 World Cup gameplay ball, which was named Telstar 18. This was a tribute to the World Cup ball used in 1970, which was the first World Cup to be broadcast live around the world over satellite.
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67516.jpg)Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 13 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1039160867106025472)

Telstar 18V cataloged in a 259 x 18060 km x 27.0 deg transfer orbit. This compares to the 243 x 17863 km x 27.0 deg orbit reached by Telstar 19V in July.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186406.jpg)John Kraus‏ @johnkrausphotos (https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos) 2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1039159030080581633)

Sheathed in clouds of liquid oxygen, #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash)'s #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) rocket launches #Telstar18V (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Telstar18V?src=hash) at 12:45 A.M. this morning. What a dramatic display of fury!

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67649.jpg)Ken Kremer‏ @ken_kremer (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer) 9 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer/status/1039057099739865088)

Liftoff Sequence: @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) carrying #Telstar18v (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Telstar18v?src=hash) comsat to GTO at 12:45 am ET Sep 10- Water reflection in the Indian River Lagoon from Max Brewer Bridge. Credit: @ken_kremer (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer) http://www.facebook.com/spaceupclose321/ ... (https://t.co/FZYKyP58sU)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69029.jpg)SpaceX‏Подлинная учетная запись @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1039221575772303366)

Last night's launch of Telstar 18 VANTAGE marked Falcon 9's 60th successful mission.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69029.jpg)SpaceX‏Подлинная учетная запись @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1039296049112698880)

More photos from last night's Falcon 9 launch → http://flickr.com/spacex  (https://t.co/095WHX44BX)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186323.jpg)Cowboy Dan‏ @CowboyDanPaasch (https://twitter.com/CowboyDanPaasch) 10 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/CowboyDanPaasch/status/1039495183912579072)

Good way to check a storm's severity. Mariner's givin' #Florence (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Florence?src=hash) a wide berth. @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX)'s #Telstar18v (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Telstar18v?src=hash) rocket booster recovery group hustlin' back to @PortCanaveral (https://twitter.com/PortCanaveral).
#SpaceXArmada (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceXArmada?src=hash) #Cat4Flo (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cat4Flo?src=hash)

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(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/184896.jpg)SpaceX Marine Updates‏ @SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet) 5 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1039568576603217920)

#SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceXFleet?src=hash) are well under half-way back towards the Cape. They've got about 200km to go, if they keep pace we could see them arrive tomorrow morning!

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/184896.jpg)SpaceX Marine Updates‏ @SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1039633388192317442)

Fleet arrival is looking to be an early morning one! I'll be providing coverage from 3am local time for an expected arrival after 6am. There are no cruise ships arriving until midday tomorrow so they will have a clear run into port.

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Slight Amendment: A cruise ship WILL be coming in tomorrow at 7am local time to divert away from Hurricane Florence. This will influence arrival time of the fleet and they may be forced to wait outside the port.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/184896.jpg)SpaceX Marine Updates‏ @SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet) 49 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1039781647481298944)

No radio communication from cruise ship or #SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceXFleet?src=hash) yet but it can be assumed that the cruise ship will come in first making the fleet wait until 6am at least. Will update if this changes!

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/184894.jpg)Julia‏ @julia_bergeron (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron) 19 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1039837723656441856)

I spy a @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) booster on the horizon. The #SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceXFleet?src=hash) is coming home.

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(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30256.jpg)Tom McCool‏ @Cygnusx112 (https://twitter.com/Cygnusx112) 29 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Cygnusx112/status/1039837706350743553)

The #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) booster on the horizon.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30256.jpg)Tom McCool‏ @Cygnusx112 (https://twitter.com/Cygnusx112) 18 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Cygnusx112/status/1039867714343522307)

#SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) booster 1049 along with tugs Hawk and Go Quest are 1Nm offshore and headed into port

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30256.jpg)Tom McCool‏ @Cygnusx112 (https://twitter.com/Cygnusx112) 5 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Cygnusx112/status/1039873782608027649)

Getting close! #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) booster 1049 entering port.


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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/184896.jpg)SpaceX Marine Updates‏ @SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet) 14 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1039876005068984329)

Hawk, Droneship, Booster and Octograbber have safely arrived back in Port Canaveral marking another successful recovery. Photo from @julia_bergeron (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30256.jpg)Tom McCool‏ @Cygnusx112 (https://twitter.com/Cygnusx112) 4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Cygnusx112/status/1039878628849410048)

Booster 1049 is back @PortCanaveral (https://twitter.com/PortCanaveral) after delivering #TelStar18 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/TelStar18?src=hash) to orbit. @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/184848.jpg)TomCross‏ @_TomCross_ (https://twitter.com/_TomCross_) 6 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/_TomCross_/status/1039906864341966848)

SpaceX block 5 booster 49 arrived to port Canaveral this morning looking like it hardly felt the launch. They keep getting better! #spacex (https://twitter.com/hashtag/spacex?src=hash) #block5 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/block5?src=hash) #telstar18v (https://twitter.com/hashtag/telstar18v?src=hash) #rocketscience (https://twitter.com/hashtag/rocketscience?src=hash) @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) @Teslarati (https://twitter.com/Teslarati)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/184894.jpg)Julia‏ @julia_bergeron (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1039909304596406274)

Something, somewhere leaked a little. A containment line was just layed out at the back of #OCISLY (https://twitter.com/hashtag/OCISLY?src=hash).
#SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceXFleet?src=hash)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67649.jpg)Ken Kremer‏ @ken_kremer (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer) 8 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer/status/1039929069549350912)

Landing legs Up Close: #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) precision landed/recovered booster arrives into Port Canaveral at 10 am towed by @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) Naval Fleet just 2 days after #Telstar18v (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Telstar18v?src=hash) launch 1245 am Sep 10. Credit: @ken_kremer (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/184894.jpg)Julia‏ @julia_bergeron (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron) 30 с. назад (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1039938852683698179)

Merlin engines, legs and an Octagrabber holding on tight.
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30256.jpg)Tom McCool‏ @Cygnusx112 (https://twitter.com/Cygnusx112) 5 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Cygnusx112/status/1039956110592098304)

Quick work by #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) removing booster 1049 from the drone ship. #OCISLY (https://twitter.com/hashtag/OCISLY?src=hash)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67516.jpg)Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1039974301305331712)

Telstar 18V made its first apogee raising burn around 0800 UTC Sep 11, boosting the orbit to 292 x 20475 km

ЦитироватьAnother recovered Falcon 9 booster arrives back in port
September 12, 2018 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/09/) | Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)

SpaceX brought another Falcon 9 booster into Port Canaveral on Wednesday, a little more than two days after landing the rocket on a platform in the Atlantic Ocean as the company enters an unusually quiescent period of launch activity in Florida — at least by recent standards.

The rocket arrived at Port Canaveral around 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT) Wednesday aboard SpaceX's drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You" after a two-day trek fr om the booster's landing point in the Atlantic Ocean around 400 miles (650 kilometers) east of Florida's Space Coast.

The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 12:45 a.m. EDT (0445 GMT) Monday fr om Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad, carrying the Telstar 18 VANTAGE communications satellite into orbit. The Telstar 18 VANTAGE spacecraft, also known as APSTAR 5C, was developed in a joint venture between Ottawa, Ontario-based Telesat and APT Satellite of Hong Kong.

The high-power satellite will raise its orbit to geostationary altitude in the coming weeks, parking itself along the equator at 138 degrees east longitude, wh ere it will replace the aging Telstar 18/APSTAR 5 spacecraft to expand broadband, television broadcast and cellular connectivity across the Asia-Pacific.

The Falcon 9's first stage fired for the first two-and-a-half minutes of Monday's mission with Telstar 18 VANTAGE, then shut down and dropped away from the rocket's second stage, which continued the trip into orbit. The first stage descended to a propulsive, precision touchdown on SpaceX's rocket recovery barge about eight-and-a-half minutes after liftoff.

That landing marked the 29th time SpaceX has recovered a first stage booster, and the 18th successful landing at sea.

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The Falcon 9 first stage from Monday morning's launch of the Telstar 18 VANTAGE communications satellite arrived back at Port Canaveral on Wednesday. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now

Crews at the port hoisted the 15-story rocket stage off the drone ship a few hours after it docked Wednesday, moving it to an onshore cradle wh ere technicians will prepare it to be lowered horizontal for the trip to a nearby hangar for inspections and refurbishment.

The launch with Telstar 18 VANTAGE was the fifth time SpaceX has flown the latest generation of the Falcon 9 first stage, known as Block 5.

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The Falcon 9 Block 5 debuted in May with the launch of a satellite for Bangladesh, and the first stage recovered from that mission launched again last month with the Merah Putih communications craft, then landed a second time for a possible third flight.

A previous Telesat satellite launched in July from Cape Canaveral aboard a newly-built Block 5 first stage, and the most recent batch of 10 Iridium voice and data relay satellites also flew on a new Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket from California the same month. Telstar 18 VANTAGE's launch Monday also used a Block 5 booster fresh from SpaceX's factory.

All of the Block 5 first stages launched to date have successfully landed.

SpaceX says the Block 5 first stage sports upgrades to reduce the time and money required to ready the boosters for re-flights. The latest version of the Falcon 9 booster carries a beefed up heat shield, improved landing legs, and titanium grid fins SpaceX says can be reused, replacing aluminum fins that had to be replaced before launching the same rocket again.

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The Falcon 9 first stage from Monday morning's launch of the Telstar 18 VANTAGE communications satellite arrived back at Port Canaveral on Wednesday. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now

Elon Musk, SpaceX's founder and chief executive, told reporters in May that each Falcon 9 Block 5 first stage could be launched 10 times without significant refurbishment. With overhauls, reach rocket could launch up to 100 times before retirement, he said, adding that SpaceX would re-fly the same Block 5 booster in less than 24 hours as soon as next year.

That goal remains on track for 2019, according to Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX's president and chief operating officer, who spoke on a panel at Euroconsult's World Satellite Business Week meeting Tuesday in Paris. She said the time needed to refurbish a Block 5 booster is now down to four weeks, according to an account of her remarks shared on social media.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29262.jpg)Jeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust)

Shotwell: Falcon 9 first stages come back in much better shape than anticipated. Have refurbishment time down to four weeks; goal is still a one-day turnaround next year.
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SpaceX's first re-flight of a Falcon 9 first stage in March 2017, which used a previous iteration of the rocket, came nearly one year after the booster's first launch. The first reuse of a Block 5 booster Aug. 7 occurred less than three months after that vehicle's inaugural flight.

Musk also said in May that SpaceX's cut its price for a Falcon 9 rocket flight from around $60 million to $50 million for missions using a recycled first stage booster, with further price reductions planned as the company launches more reused rockets and recoups expenditures made during development of the Falcon 9's recovery and re-flight capability.

With the Telstar 18 VANTAGE mission in the books, SpaceX's next launch is scheduled no earlier than Oct. 7 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, with Argentina's SAOCOM 1A Earth observation satellite. That flight is expected to be the first to attempt a return of the booster to SpaceX's landing pad at the California military base.

Rocket landings on missions launched from California so far have occurred on a drone ship downrange in the Pacific Ocean.

SpaceX typically determines whether to return a booster to a touchdown on land or at sea based on the mass of the satellite and the type of orbit targeted on each mission.

The SAOCOM 1A mission will be followed by at least two additional Falcon 9 launches before the end of the year from the Vandenberg spaceport, which is suited for flights heading into orbits that fly around Earth pole-to-pole.

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The Falcon 9 first stage from Monday morning's launch of the Telstar 18 VANTAGE communications satellite arrived back at Port Canaveral on Wednesday. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now

One of the launches from California will haul up to 71 microsatellites and CubeSats into a polar, sun-synchronous orbit for numerous satellites owners, including NASA, the U.S. military, and U.S. and international research institutions. Spaceflight, a Seattle-based rideshare launch broker, is arranging the launch after purchasing the full capacity of a Falcon 9 mission.

The final planned satellite deployment for Iridium's new-generation mobile telecom fleet is scheduled in November, again with a Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg.

At SpaceX's launch base in Florida, there are no Falcon missions planned until at least November. The gap in launch activity is set to be the longest break in SpaceX missions from Cape Canaveral since the Falcon 9 rocket returned to service in early 2017 following an explosion on the launch pad the previous year.

But the lack of missions in the next couple of months does not mean SpaceX will be on the sidelines at the Florida launch site. One major project that will continue is the outfitting of launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center to begin supporting launches of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft, a human-rated capsule in development to transport NASA astronauts to and from the International Space Station.

SpaceX says the first orbital test flight of the Crew Dragon — without any astronauts on-board — is scheduled for no sooner than November from pad 39A, setting the stage for a demo mission with a two-man crew next year. An unpiloted resupply launch to the International Space Station with SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and a cargo version of the Dragon capsule is scheduled for Nov. 27 from neighboring pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

The U.S. Air Force says the first in a new series of GPS navigation satellites is set to ride a Falcon 9 rocket into orbit from Cape Canaveral on Dec. 15. Another commercial communications satellite launch may also fit into SpaceX's schedule from Florida before the end of the year.

The launch range at Cape Canaveral will not be entirely quiet next month. A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket is set for liftoff Oct. 17 with an Air Force communications payload, and an air-dropped Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket will be deployed over the Atlantic Ocean east of Florida in October carrying a long-delayed NASA science satellite.

So far in 2018, SpaceX has launched 16 missions, including the maiden flight of its Falcon Heavy rocket. Twelve of those flights originated from Cape Canaveral, at an average pace of one SpaceX launch from Florida every three weeks.

SpaceX logged 18 Falcon 9 flights in 2017, setting a record for the busiest year of launches in the company's history that should be broken again before the end of December.

Additional photos of the Falcon 9 first stage at Port Canaveral on Monday are posted below.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30256.jpg)Tom McCool‏ @Cygnusx112 (https://twitter.com/Cygnusx112) 6 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Cygnusx112/status/1040255011270402048)

#SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) is in the process of removing the first leg.
#SpaceFlight (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceFlight?src=hash) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67649.jpg)Ken Kremer‏ @ken_kremer (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer) 5 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer/status/1040269593883881472)

1st Landing leg retracted!This AM cranecrews success raised #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) leg booster1049-sailed @PortCanaveral (https://twitter.com/PortCanaveral) Sep12 #OCISLY (https://twitter.com/hashtag/OCISLY?src=hash) droneship after #Telstar18v (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Telstar18v?src=hash) launch Sep10. Encounted difficulties/manually intervened/lowerd/reraise leg over 90min.
@ken_kremer (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer) http://www.facebook.com/spaceupclose321/ ... (https://t.co/FZYKyP58sU)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30256.jpg)Tom McCool‏ @Cygnusx112 (https://twitter.com/Cygnusx112) 24 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Cygnusx112/status/1040265724869201921)

Definitely folding the legs on the #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) booster.

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ЦитироватьSpaceX - Returns From The Edge - 1049 09-12-2018

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30256.jpg)Tom McCool‏ @Cygnusx112 (https://twitter.com/Cygnusx112) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Cygnusx112/status/1040294095242096641)

Interesting! #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) has unfolded the leg. Any thoughts?

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185597.jpg)Mike Wagner‏ @USLaunchReport (https://twitter.com/USLaunchReport) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/USLaunchReport/status/1040329557168082948)

В ответ @julia_bergeron (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron) @ken_kremer (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer)

#B1049 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/B1049?src=hash) #LegRetract (https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegRetract?src=hash) SpaceX is continuing to experiment with different devices and lubricants for the leg lifting procedure. Our 4K video will be out after.............

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185597.jpg)Mike Wagner‏ @USLaunchReport (https://twitter.com/USLaunchReport) 19 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/USLaunchReport/status/1040348113976930306)

#B1049 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/B1049?src=hash) #LegRetract (https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegRetract?src=hash) Now on third ever leg retraction

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185597.jpg)Mike Wagner‏ @USLaunchReport (https://twitter.com/USLaunchReport) 7 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/USLaunchReport/status/1040367593062715392)

#B1049 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/B1049?src=hash) #LegRetract (https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegRetract?src=hash) Third lift complete 6:20

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30256.jpg)Tom McCool‏ @Cygnusx112 (https://twitter.com/Cygnusx112) 28 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Cygnusx112/status/1040657128585875457)

One first landing leg has been removed! #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash)

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8 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Cygnusx112/status/1040662330038730753)

The second strut has been removed and is hanging from the yellow boom. #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30256.jpg)Tom McCool‏ @Cygnusx112 (https://twitter.com/Cygnusx112) 1 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Cygnusx112/status/1040664559055511552)

Just watched them lift the first landing foot.
#SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30256.jpg)Tom McCool‏ @Cygnusx112 (https://twitter.com/Cygnusx112) 7 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Cygnusx112/status/1040692054630785024)

All 4 legs are off of the #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) booster.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30256.jpg)Tom McCool‏ @Cygnusx112 (https://twitter.com/Cygnusx112) 11 мин.назад (https://twitter.com/Cygnusx112/status/1040951497230635008)

Booster 1049 that took #Telstar18 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Telstar18?src=hash) to orbit early Monday morning had been loaded onto the transporter. Cool process to watch @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) @elonmusk (https://twitter.com/elonmusk) @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight)

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ЦитироватьSpaceX booster going vertical to horizontal

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Booster 1049 that took Telstar18 to orbit on 9-10-18 being moved onto the transporter.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/184894.jpg)Julia‏ @julia_bergeron (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron) 15 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1041023637694963712)

The @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) #Telstar18v (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Telstar18v?src=hash) booster is leaving Port Canaveral to go back to the hangar in preparation for it's next launch.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30256.jpg)Tom McCool‏ @Cygnusx112 (https://twitter.com/Cygnusx112) 15 сент. (https://twitter.com/Cygnusx112/status/1041031612593590272)

Thank goodness the stoplight was green or they might have needed to deploy the grid fins! #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) More pics and video later.

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21 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/Cygnusx112/status/1041083435115266049)

A few close up's of the #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) booster used for #Telstar18 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Telstar18?src=hash). Looks to be in really good condition.

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(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67649.jpg)Ken Kremer‏ @ken_kremer (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer) 21 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer/status/1041081432918171649)

1/2:#Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) recovered #Block5 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Block5?src=hash) rolls in FLSpaceport 230PMET today 4 eventual reflight-After @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) #Telstar18v (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Telstar18v?src=hash) launch/land Sep12,@PortCanaveral (https://twitter.com/PortCanaveral) arrive #OCISLY (https://twitter.com/hashtag/OCISLY?src=hash) droneship,leg retract test/detachment Sep13/14,lowering & Booster Lift/Leg Retraction Device #BLLRD (https://twitter.com/hashtag/BLLRD?src=hash) removal @ken_kremer (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer)

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ЦитироватьSpaceX Booster being transported

cygnusx112 (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcQAyaJ7fOSWKHHFXNP98Ng)

Опубликовано: 15 сент. 2018 г.

This is SpaceX booster 1049 that took Telstar18v into orbit on 9-10-18. It was being moved from the port back to the SpaceX hanger on CCAFS. Video shot on 401.

ЦитироватьSpaceX - Leg Retract and Deploy Testing - B1049 09- 13-15 -2018

USLaunchReport (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5hWqb0u1eKgYmVryCEyJYA)

Опубликовано: 16 сент. 2018 г.

There are very few things we can watch SpaceX develop. In Port Canaveral, we are lucky to get a glimpse of that. This video was shot over a three-day period. Hours of footage had to be both sped up to x3000 or skipped. We do not know the exact material used to lubricate the cylinder joints. Let us know if you do. Next video also unique looking at the evolution of "BLLR", (The Blur" ) or what used to be a simple lift cap.

ЦитироватьAPSTAR-5C Commences Commercial Operation
DECEMBER 7, 2018

On 10 Sep 2018 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, APSTAR-5C was successfully launched to space on a Falcon 9 rocket made by Space X. The satellite finished all in-orbit tests on 24 Oct and drifted to its mission slot at 138E. APT Satellite is pleased to announce that APSTAR-5C satellite commences commercial operation on 1 Dec 2018.

APSTAR-5C is based on the Space System Loral FS-1300 platform, it is equipped with C-band, Ku-band regional beams and Ku-band HTS payload, providing high power transponder services to customers across the Asia-Pacific region for VSAT, video distribution, DTH, maritime and broadband services.

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