Kolejny udany start - 9-ty w tym roku wykonany przez SpaceX.
Do sześciu miesięcy zajmie satelicie dotarcie na GEO, a potem będą trwały kilkudniowe testy.Komsat dla Hiszpanii 07.02. o 01:32 z Cape Canaveral wystrzelona została RN Falcon-9R, która wyniosła na orbitę GTO satelitę Amazonas
Nexus. Pierwszy stopień RN (B1073.6) w T+8' 26" wylądował na barce ASDS JRTI na Atlantyku.
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n230201.htm#03Falcon 9 launches Hispasat Amazonas Nexus and Falcon 9 first stage landinghttps://twitter.com/TrevorMahlmann/status/1622285403297308673MISSION STATS:202nd launch of a Falcon 9 rocket since 2010
212th launch of Falcon rocket family since 2006
6th launch of Falcon 9 booster B1073
173rd Falcon 9 launch from Florida’s Space Coast
112th Falcon 9 launch from pad 40
167th launch overall from pad 40
143rd flight of a reused Falcon 9 booster
2nd SpaceX launch for Hispasat
85th Thales Alenia Space-built satellite launched by SpaceX
8th Falcon 9 launch of 2023
9th launch by SpaceX in 2023
7th orbital launch attempt based out of Cape Canaveral in 2023
https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/02/06/falcon-9-amazonas-nexus-coverage/https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1622971221938958337https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1622779563066503168https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1622772337039876097https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1622953560010010624SpaceX launches Hispasat’s Amazonas Nexus communications satelliteJason Rainbow February 6, 2023
Amazonas Nexus is due to replace and expand the capacity of Hispasat’s Amazonas 2 satellite at 61 degrees west, covering the Americas, Greenland, and North Atlantic transportation routes.
Built by Europe’s Thales Alenia Space, Amazonas Nexus is designed to primarily provide high-throughput Ku-band capacity to Hispasat’s aviation, maritime, and rural broadband customers. The 4,500-kilogram satellite uses Ka-band feeder links for telemetry and control.
Also onboard is a high-bandwidth protected communications transponder for the Space Force called Pathfinder 2.
https://spacenews.com/spacex-launches-hispasats-amazonas-nexus-communications-satellite/SpaceX Launches Hispasat’s Amazonas Nexus, First Commercial Geostationary Mission of 2023by Ben Evans February 7, 2023
According to Hispasat, the giant satellite’s next step will be its lengthy transfer to geostationary orbit, at an altitude of about 22,300 miles (35,700 kilometers), a journey which is expected to require up to six months. “Once there, the established tests will be carried out for several weeks to verify its correct operation,” Hispasat explained, “and, after that, it will be placed in its final orbital position at 61 degrees West, where it will replace and expand the capacity of Amazonas-2.”
https://www.americaspace.com/2023/02/07/spacex-launches-hispasats-amazonas-nexus-first-commercial-geostationary-mission-of-2023/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/02/amazonas-nexus/Amazonas Nexus (Intelsat 46) 4500 kg
GEO https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/amazonas-nexus.htm