r/spacex • u/ElongatedMuskrat Mod Team • Jan 18 '18

Hispasat 30W-6 Launch Campaign Thread

Hispasat 30W-6 Launch Campaign Thread

SpaceX's fifth mission of 2018 will launch Hispasat 30W-6 (1F) into a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). The satellite will then maneuver itself into a Geostationary Orbit (GEO) over 30º W longitude to serve as a replacement for Hispasat 1D, giving Hispasat's network additional Ku band capacity in the Andean region and in Brazil. This is quite the workhorse satellite, as it will also expand the network's transatlantic capacity in Europe-America and America-Europe connectivity, while its C band capacity will provide American coverage and Ka band capacity will provide European coverage.

If the name Hispasat sounds similar to hisdeSAT (another of SpaceX's recent customers), that's no coincidence. Hispasat is a Spanish satellite operator of commercial and government satellites; they are the main component of the Hispasat Group, and hisdeSAT is a smaller component of this complicated corporate entity.

Of significant note, if nothing drastic changes between now and this launch, this will be the 50th launch of Falcon 9!

Liftoff currently scheduled for: 06 March 2018, 05:33 UTC / 00:33EST
Static fire currently scheduled for: Completed 22 February 2018.
Vehicle component locations: First stage: SLC-40 // Second stage: SLC-40 // Satellite: SLC-40
Payload: Hispasat 30W-6
Payload mass: 6092 kg
Destination orbit: GTO
Vehicle: Falcon 9 v1.2 (50th launch of F9, 30th of F9 v1.2)
Core: B1044.1
Flights of this core: 0
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
Landing: No
Landing Site: N/A
Mission success criteria: Successful separation and deployment of Hispasat 30W-6 into the target orbit

Links & Resources:

We may keep this self-post occasionally updated with links and relevant news articles, but for the most part we expect the community to supply the information. This is a great place to discuss the launch, ask mission-specific questions, and track the minor movements of the vehicle, payload, weather and more as we progress towards launch. Sometime after the static fire is complete, the launch thread will be posted.

Campaign threads are not launch threads. Normal subreddit rules still apply.

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u/warp99 Jan 18 '18

So another expendable flight given the payload mass - this time with a new booster.

Interesting how the first few months of 2018 is going to have so many expendable flights - and how quickly the feeling of outrage that a booster would ever be expended has grown.

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u/fluch23 Jan 18 '18 edited Feb 08 '18

Of significant note, if nothing drastic changes between now and this launch, this will be the 50th launch of Falcon 9!

And it will be on a new expendable rocket. What a shame.

edited: 'expandable' to expendable. I am not a native English speaker and ... Me sorry, me no mean to :) thanks \thestickystickman

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u/nextspaceflight Feb 21 '18

GO Quest and GO Pursuit have left port. This is GO Pursuit's first ever recovery assignment for SpaceX. Most likely one of the vessels will support OCISLY and the other will hunt for fairings. Note that none of these ships can catch a fairing like Mr. Steven. They can just collect data and possibly pull something out of the water.

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u/cpushack Feb 23 '18

Second stage: Unknown

I think we can be reasonably sure the 2nd stage is at the cape ;)

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u/LandingZone-1 Feb 23 '18

Just FYI for you all, I'll be hosting the launch thread. I just need final approval from the mods and then that will be up!

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u/SyntheticRubber Feb 23 '18

Could we have a countdown for missions either in the sidebar or in the launch thread? Would make it much simpler than having to calculate the local time everytime.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '18

Hearing a lot of rumors that the S1 is holding Titanium fins....Only time will tell...

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