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Satellogic and SpaceX Announce Multiple Launch Agreement
With launch costs plummeting and with the ride share program SpaceX is offering I think we're going to start seeing a lot more constellations get put up Today's agreement with SpaceX will enable Satellogic to maintain and extend their position as the global leader in high-resolution, high-frequency geospatial analytics. Satellogic expects to complete the initial buildout of their Earth Observation Constellation by the end of 2022. At that point the company will have the capacity to deliver weekly, high-resolution coverage of the entire landmass of the planet. Through a series of rideshare launches over the next two years and beyond, the company will be moving from weekly to daily world remaps by 2025 with more than 300 microsatellites in orbit. Both Satellogic and SpaceX have a vertically integrated approach. Satellogic builds their own spacecraft, manages an entire constellation, and performs data analyses, creating efficiencies that drive down the cost of geospatial analytics at an order of magnitude far beyond that of their competitors. Similarly, SpaceX's ownership over the entire development process for their rockets has enabled new advances in launch technology. Falcon 9's reusability allows SpaceX to refly the most expensive parts of the rocket, driving down the cost of space access. This partnership puts Satellogic in a unique position to capitalize on SpaceX's competitive rideshare program and frequent launch schedule. By securing SpaceX as their preferred partner for rideshare missions, Satellogic will be able to accelerate the time between satellite development and deployment. This accelerated timeline will allow Satellogic to continue to rapidly expand their in-orbit capacity, while also increasing revisit capabilities to monitor the planet on a high-frequency basis, serving customers at the right price. "What SpaceX has accomplished through their agile launch schedule is a perfect complement to our own business model at Satellogic which prioritizes the ability to iterate quickly at every stage of development, as well as quickly deploy updated capabilities to our customers," said Alan Kharsansky, VP of Mission Engineering and Operations at Satellogic. "As the global leader in high-resolution, high-frequency data collection from space, this partnership enables us to continue to grow our fleet at an aggressive pace that matches the increased demand for geospatial insights across industries." View Quote |
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I wish this polar launch was at night, would be spectacular from south FL.
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Originally Posted By Keekleberrys: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/12422/BA5FA532-26C2-4E26-9B99-70F197752446-1787043.jpg View Quote Jelly |
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Unless it changes it looks like the launch tomorrow morning is still a go.
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I just signed up for the waiting list.
Can't wait. We still have geosynchronous at the ranch, with horrible latency, 1000ms lag, at the best of times. |
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Why do they always have such shitty video during landing?
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That was pretty.
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It's a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack
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They make it look easy. Great job SpaceX!
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Originally Posted By VACaver: Why do they always have such shitty video during landing? View Quote The landing burn causes the comm system to lose lock. I wonder if a Starlink antenna would be better. They do need to improve that video. A split screen with one camera facing up and one looking horizontal. |
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Just watched it go up from my front yard near Ocala, Florida
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If the Transporter launch goes on Friday they'll be averaging near as makes no difference a launch a week in 2021
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Eight launches and landings of the booster. Reportedly at ten launches they have a major refurbishment.
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Originally Posted By AmericanPeople: The landing burn causes the comm system to lose lock. I wonder if a Starlink antenna would be better. They do need to improve that video. A split screen with one camera facing up and one looking horizontal. View Quote they need a camera boat close by but it just adds to the cost for little return. |
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satellites deployed
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"Is it still larping when you actually chop someone with a battle axe?" Tacocat
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Originally Posted By CherokeeRose: I just signed up for the waiting list. Can't wait. We still have geosynchronous at the ranch, with horrible latency, 1000ms lag, at the best of times. View Quote Ill let you know how it works. Its actually for my folks house i signed them up because they have viasat and its atrocious. They decided to go for it when the opportunity came up. Theres a bunch of people on youtube in my area that have posted some pretty impressive results. |
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1) Background info: Source
"A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Transporter 1 mission, a rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers." 2) Launch window: 10:00 - 10:22 AM EST (24 January 2021) 3) Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida 4) Webcast viewing options: a. SpaceX webcast (Starts about 20 minutes before liftoff) b. You Tube Transporter-1 Mission 5) Launch preparations: a. Hazard zones: b. Boats heading out As of 19 January 2021 (SpaceXFleet.com graphic) c. Ready to launch (SpaceX photo): 6) First stage return/disposal: Ocean barge recovery...OCISLY 7) Mission press kit: Now online here 8) Launch to deployment events/timeline: TBS Hours:Minutes:Seconds after lift-off 00:02:28 1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO) 00:02:36 1st and 2nd stages separate 00:02:40 2nd stage engine starts 00:02:51 Fairing deployment 00:07:47 1st stage entry burn begins 00:08:35 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO) 00:09:42 1st stage landing 00:54:35 2nd stage engine restarts 00:54:37 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2) 00:58:59 36 Planet SuperDoves begin deployment 00:59:00 17 spacecraft aboard Kepler’s port begin deployment 00:59:09 NASA’s V-R3x mission, 3 CubeSats aboard Maverick’s Mercury dispenser, begin deployment 01:08:19 Nanoracks’ Eyries-1 mission's 9 payloads begin deployment 01:08:44 EXOport-2, with 28 spacecraft aboard, begins deployment 01:13:58 Capella-3 deploys 01:14:10 EXOport-1, with two ICEYE satellites aboard, begins deployment 01:14:23 Spaceflight Inc. customer iQPS's second SAR satellite, iQPs-2, deploys 01:15:38 Capella-4 deploys 01:16:10 Spaceflight Inc's Sherpa-FX1 spacecraft deploys with 13 spacecraft on board 01:16:28 D-Orbit’s Pulse mission deploys with 20 spacecraft on board 01:31:10 Starlink satellites deploy |
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Starlink 17 is now planned for the 27th
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Different view of the eighth landing of this booster, excellent view.
ETA, may be and older landing, but it was posted yesterday, not sure. https://twitter.com/i/status/1351937432241881089 |
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Originally Posted By hdhogman: Different view of the eighth landing of this booster, excellent view. ETA, may be and older landing, but it was posted yesterday, not sure. https://twitter.com/i/status/1351937432241881089 View Quote yeah, it's an older landing, but still cool. eta: it's from the CRS-8 mission in April 2016. |
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Originally Posted By Neotopiaman: ...Starlink 18 now NET Feb1st https://cdn.funnyisms.com/9fcccfbb-be6c-452c-bb98-dc5cd09c5345.gif View Quote With the lull in Starlink launches at the end of last year I'd imagine they have quite the pile of them to launch |
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I thought the launch yesterday morning was supposed to be the Southern inclination one , I was mistaken.
There have been so many launches here recently it's hard to keep up since it has become so commonplace. Even the local media is lax on providing details. Kind of pisses me off , even long time locals seem to care less about what's going on at the Cape. For sure it's a good thing but getting info on launches locally has been a giant PITA lately. |
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It's a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack
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Originally Posted By Chokey:
View Quote SpaceX can land a rocket on the head of a needle in the middle of the ocean but can't be timely on launch date changes. |
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Originally Posted By AmericanPeople: SpaceX can land a rocket on the head of a needle in the middle of the ocean but can't be timely on launch date changes. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By AmericanPeople: Originally Posted By Chokey:
SpaceX can land a rocket on the head of a needle in the middle of the ocean but can't be timely on launch date changes. I imagine there are a lot of things they have little to no control over. Without an explanation from SpaceX on the cause for delay it'd be impossible to tell if that's the case here though |
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Ashli Babbitt- 1/6/2021 RIP
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"Never attribute to malice that which can be ascribed to sheer stupidity." LTC (CENTCOM)
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Originally Posted By Keekleberrys: It’s gotten a lot better than when they first started. Sometimes it doesn’t drop out now. View Quote I think Just Read The Instructions has better/newer cameras or uplink, it took some of the better landing videos last year since it moved to the east coast, in my opinion. |
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IIRC this launch will break the record for most satellites on a single launch. Current record is 104, 143 on board this launch.
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100% overcast and it's getting pretty dark.
Rain is coming. |
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It's a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack
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Currently RED on weather.
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It's a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack
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GD is talented. If you are butt hurtable, someone will hurt your butt. . - 74novaman
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Scrubbed for toady.
(toady gets to live another day) |
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It's a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack
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Thanks for the payload picture Chokey. It will be great watching the deployments.
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70% chance of a GO today.
It was cloudy and some scattered showers hanging around but it looks to be clearing out , pretty sure we will have a launch. Really looking forward to this one because it's going to head straight South. It's going to be loud ! |
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It's a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack
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Stream is live , looking good.
11 minutes... |
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It's a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack
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Oh yeah !!!
What a rumble !!! |
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It's a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack
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