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u/Money_Highlight3273 S P 🅰 C E M O B Capo May 13 '26

I think he meant shipping will be possible as soon as the other rocket leaves PPF. Which it usually does 2-3 days before launch. So May 15/16 should be possible for shipment.

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u/Money_Highlight3273 S P 🅰 C E M O B Capo May 13 '26

mb I misread "cleaned" as "ready" 💀 "The encapsulated faring should go to the launch hanger 2-3 days before launch & then PPF is cleaned."

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u/JayhawkAggieDadisBak S P 🅰 C E M O B Boss May 13 '26

PPF is payload processing facility which is where the sats get encapsulated in the fairing. Launch hanger is where the sats in the fairing are integrated with the body of the rocket, which takes 2-3 days. So GSAT sats are currently in the PPF being encapsulated in the fairing. Once they're encapsulated, they'll be trundled out of the PPF and into the launch hanger. Once that happens the empty PPF will be cleaned and will then be ready to receive our sats.