Falcon Heavy; US Space Force-44 spysat

[Dr Mordrid]

As can be read in the letters from Paul to the Russians (being the first to travel space)? I thought those were considered apocryphal?

God & RAH will be getting a workout given Falcon Heavy will be flying rather frequently.

Right now it's waiting for payloads to be completed, but it'll be flying not only DOD payloads but missions to the asteroid Psyche, Jovian Moon Europa, and multiple missions for the Artemis lunar program including parts for the Lunar Gateway station and the new Dragon XL for lunar cargo.

It and Vulcan will be taking over for the Delta 4 Heavy, put carrying much larger payloads.

Then comes Starship for the really big stuff. NASA says the first test flight should come next month.

[Umfriend]

As God and Robert A. Heinlein intended...

As can be read in the letters from Paul to the Russians (being the first to travel space)? I thought those were considered apocryphal?

[Dr Mordrid]

Man, that landing of the boosters still is an amazing sight to me. Hadn't realised these were succesful number 150/151 already. Just like rockets, time flies.

As God and Robert A. Heinlein intended...

[UtwigMU]

And yes, the landing of boosters is amazing.

[UtwigMU]

Russia also did two lunches recently. A military spy satellite and Progress cargo to ISS. Despite the war ISS is still operating on cooperative basis.

[Umfriend]

Man, that landing of the boosters still is an amazing sight to me. Hadn't realised these were succesful number 150/151 already. Just like rockets, time flies.

[Dr Mordrid]

Falcon Heavy USSF-44 live stream

Date: Nov 1

Time: 0941 Eastern

[Dr Mordrid]

Falcon Heavy will be flexing its muscles a bit; three direct to geostationary satellites at once. No GTO (geostationary transfer orbit), straight to 35,785 km (22,236 miles).

USSF-44: a US spysat

Aurora 4A: a commercial commsat

TETRA-1: a tech demo microsat built by Boeing's Millennium Space Systems [read: Boeing Phantom Works] for USSF's Space and Missile Systems Center’s Space Enterprise Consortium

Date: October 9, 2021
Time: TBA
Pad: LC-39A
Recovery: Expended center core. 2 boosters on Just Read the Instructions and A Shortfall of Gravitas
Orbit: direct insertion to geosynchronous orbit

Aurora 4A

https://www.anchoragepress.com/news/new-telecom-satellite-for-alaska-on-schedule-for-launch-next-summer-will-provide-broadband-high/article_3c355424-0dad-11eb-8f93-0feaade192f0.html

TETRA-1

https://www.satellitetoday.com/government-military/2020/04/24/u-s-space-forces-tetra-1-satellite-is-ready-for-launch/

[Dr Mordrid]

USSF-44 spysat

Date: October 9, 2021
Time: TBD
Pad: LC-39A
Recovery: 2 boosters on Just Read the Instructions and A Shortfall of Gravitas
Orbit: direct insertion to geosynchronous orbit

Bring yer popcorn