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#SpaceX | #Iridium4Next – Pre Christmas launch of the Falcon nine with those Clustered Merlin engines…

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On the eves of Christmas Eve on 22nd December 2017 West Coast time- California (23rd December 2017- Hong Kong –New Zealand) – is the launch of the SpaceX – Falcon nine in which this launch is a non-traditional Falcon nine launch for Space X due to it would not be landing back on a Drone Ship on either “Just Read the Instructions” that “I Still Love You” … of the west coast.. From Vandenberg Air force Base California… the previously of the used Falcon nine in which was used in the Iridium 4 payload deployment SLC-4E in June 2017…..

The launch window of SpaceX- Iridium4Next sets of ten satellites is set to be launch from Launch Complex 4E in which originally design previously for the Atlas then modified for SpaceX’s requirements.. The window launch is at 1727 Pacific Savings Time in which there’ll be a forwarding back window just in case on following day of the same time…

The Next Generation of Iridium 4 Next Satellites, manufactured by Thales Alenia Space, is set to replace the existing satellite networks with innovative next generation data communications provisionments with eighty one planned to orbit around Planet Earth..  in a constellation formation  in which the communication provisionments is delivering high velocities of Data Communications in services providing for aviation, Marine time, internet Data provisions communications with terrestrial towards non and government organisations.. one of many innovations is the Aviation surveillance tracking  systems that will gives real time air traffic controls of global visibility with ADS-B Equipped Aircraft..

#ULA – United Launch Alliance #NOAA| #Delta2 #JPSS1 – third times a charm in launching -Joint Polar Satellite System with CubeSats hitching ride #GoDelta #GoJPSS1 – Highlights –

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They say that the third time is a charm, in which the launching of ULA-United Launch Alliance launched the next generation weather Satellite in which is the JPSS-1 weather system satellite in which was specifically to launch on the 14th November 2017 in which was twice scrubbed in which the first scrubbed was due a red range and late launch alarm, in which on the 15 November 2017, in which scrubbed again due to weather range issues of high winds and range issues in which the third times a charm  18th November 2017  in the early hours of the in morning from Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California it launched successfully of the for NOAA – National Oceanic and Atmospheric administration on the Delta two 7920-10 carrier rocket…. In which as ten solid rocket boosters with a two stage segment with primary with a RS-27A engine the secondary with an AJ10-118K engine…

…  The Client for the JPPS-1 is for NOAA – National Oceanic and Atmospheric administration in which this is the first of four JPSS series weather satellites….. The JPPS-1 Payload will be deployed into a 822 Kilometer Near Circular Orbit in which will orbit around earth in a polar orbit, repeating from Pole to Pole also crossing the equator  fourteen times a day, covering all the data observationally gathering it needs on weather.. In which its provisions is Joint Polar Satellite System- JPSS-1 in which provisionment is to Data gathering on weather observation for extreme weathering and environmental prediction in forecasting and monitoring… In which its advancements in technological and scientific instrumentation provides in measuring global sea surface temperatures and humidity and tidal dynamics, also checks the health cycle of the Ozone layer also it’s concentration levels….it’s other packages is measurement of Earth’s solar reflection of sunlight and thermal radiation emission of Earth.. among the main payload of JPSS-1 is a series of CubeSats hitching a ride deployed after when the main payload has been deployed…. among that the cubeSats are design for how 3D printing will be affected in zero gravity or near gravity manufacturing process.. also as too of weather data collection, bit flip memory testing, radar calibration and the effects of space radiation on electronic components.

#SpaceX #Iridium3 | #JustReadTheInstructions with Ten #IridiumNext ’s on one Falcon nine launch- Highlights…..

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On that California west coast morning, from Space X Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base… is the Launch of a piggy back ride of ten Thales Alenia Space   Iridium 3 – Iridium Next Satellites in which is constructed by Orbital ATK.. In which was launched on that Californian Monday of 9th October 2017 on 0531 hours Los Angeles Time- Pacific Date Time…

As per usual on some payload is singular, but currently trends with the increase in technologies on satellite technologies making them smaller, compact…? Meaning on carrier launch providers can launch two or more, this case its call piggy packing on a singular launch vehicle …. In this case the Iridium 3- Next satellites are design to have that clustering payload…  in which the clustering payloads are launched into a LEO-Low Earth Orbit for more maximized communications coverage with overlapping communications coverage…  in sequences from satellite one to ten..

Within ten minutes least from the launch is the landing of the first stage of reusable  staging carrier rocket on an off shore drone ship “ Just Read The Instructions”  that was station in the Pacific Ocean.

Iridium Next Constellation is built from very ground up like assembly of building from a ground up of an aircraft or a car… in which the satellites are designed for LEO- Low Earth Orbit in with back up, also spare parts…. As with the LEO- Low Earth Orbit of 780 Kilometers above earth to allow shorter transmission paths also with given stronger signal gains of a LEO with a lower Latency, shorter registration time than having a GEO- Geo Stationary Orbit..  With the numerous clusters of the Iridium Next network in LEO, it’ll will minimized the empty spots therefore increasing the area coverage of continuing communications with overlapping communication coverage spots to minimizes dropped connections and various types of communications….  As the network is in LEO travelling in orbit at 27360 Km/hour it cover more communications requirements in each orbit takes 100 minutes ….

 

#OrbitalATK #SpaceX | #IridiumNext –construction and testing… the Iridium 81’s

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Under construction also testing currently at the moment in a car – Aircraft manufacturing type line is the construction of eighty one Iridium Next Satellites in Orbital ATK‘s Gilbert Arizona Satellite Manufacturing facility… As Orbital ATK is under contract from Thales Alenia Space to manufacture eighty one satellites to replacing its aging Constellation Satellites in which it was launched from a series of SpaceX falcon nines reusable carrier rocket booster that launched from its Vandenberg air force base also another location from the Iconic NASA’s launch complex 39A, in which launched the Saturn five Apollo mission to the moon, then converted to the STS-Space Transportation System-Space Shuttle mission..

Iridium Next Constellation is built from very ground up like assembly of building from a ground up of an aircraft or a car… in which the satellites are designed for LEO- Low Earth Orbit in with back up, also spare parts…. As with the LEO- Low Earth Orbit of 780 Kilometers above earth to allow shorter transmission paths also with given stronger signal gains of a LEO with a lower Latency, shorter registration time than having a GEO- Geo Stationary Orbit..  With the numerous clusters of the Iridium Next network in LEO, it’ll will minimized the empty spots therefore increasing the area coverage of continuing communications with overlapping communication coverage spots to minimizes dropped connections and various types of communications….  As the network is in LEO travelling in orbit at 27360 Km/hour it cover more communications requirements in each orbit takes 100 minutes ….

The Next launch of the IridiumNext cluster of ten satellites per launch is targeted for Ninth October 2017 with SpaceX Falcon Nine at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) in California at 0537 Pacific Date time Californian morning..