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Astronautyka => Ziemia - bezzałogowe => Wątek zaczęty przez: Orionid w Października 15, 2026, 09:12
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Zostanie wyniesiony zestaw 31. satelitów.
NET 19.10.2026 o 10:30 UTC z Canaveral SLC-40.
SpaceX is targeting Monday, October 19 for a Falcon 9 launch of the Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The one-hour window opens at 6:30 a.m. ET. If needed, there is a backup opportunity on Tuesday, October 20 with the same window.
This will be the 19th flight of the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-9, RRT-1, Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1, Fram2, SXM-10, MTG-S1, EchoStar XXV, SXM-11, and now 10 Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
https://www.spacex.com/launches/bandwagon5
All satellites deployed to same orbit, from https://www.spacex.com/launches/bandwagon5
00:53:48 2nd stage engine starts (SES-2)
00:53:52 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)
00:57:18 T.MicroSat-3 via Tron Future Tech deploys, manifested by Exolaunch
00:57:35 T.MicroSat-4 via Tron Future Tech deploys, manifested by Exolaunch
00:57:58 FOSSASAT-2E27 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch
00:58:02 Tomorrow-S15 deploys, manifested by Tomorrow.io
00:58:15 Tomorrow-S14 deploys, manifested by Tomorrow.io
00:58:16 LEO Express 4 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch
00:58:37 Hawk-15C deploys, manifested by Exolaunch
00:59:05 SIRIUS-B deploys, manifested by Exolaunch
00:59:08 ICEYE-1 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch
00:59:54 SIRIUS-A deploys, manifested by Exolaunch
01:00:16 Hawk-15A deploys, manifested by Exolaunch
01:00:27 Hawk-15B deploys, manifested by Exolaunch
01:00:50 ICEYE-2 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch
01:00:51 GNOMES-11 deploys, manifested by PlanetiQ
01:00:55 ICEYE-3 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch
01:01:18 Pulsar-02 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch
01:01:35 Starburst-1 deploys, manifested by Portal Space Systems
01:01:43 Pulsar-01 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch
01:01:47 FRG-100D4 deploys, manifested by Fergani
01:01:52 Pelican-12 deploys, manifested by Planet Labs
01:02:20 PTS-2 via Xona Space Systems deploys, manifested by Exolaunch
01:02:50 Pulsar-03 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch
01:03:27 Acadia-11 deploys, manifested by Capella Space Corp
01:03:32 PTS-1 via Xona Space Systems deploys, manifested by Exolaunch
01:04:10 Acadia-12 deploys, manifested by Capella Space Corp
01:04:15 ICEYE-4 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch
01:04:18 Pulsar-04 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch
01:04:23 W-Series 7 deploys, manifested by Varda Space Industries
01:05:23 MAXWELL deploys, manifested by Viasat
01:06:57 Umbra-14 deploys, manifested by Umbra Lab, Inc
01:09:17 Umbra-13 deploys, manifested by Umbra Lab, Inc
2) Maxwell jest zintegrowany z górnym stopniem rakiety.
Satelita Maxwell jest zbudowany i obsługiwany przez Rocket Lab.
Demonstracja jest częścią trwającego projektu Communications Service Project (CSP) NASA, który ma ostatecznie zastąpić TDRS.
Pierwszy z nich rozpoczął działalność w 1983.
Pod koniec 2024 NASA zaprzestała używania TDRS w nowych misjach, ale zauważyła, że „obecni użytkownicy TDRS, tacy jak ISS, HST i wiele innych misji obserwacji Ziemi i wszechświata, nadal będą korzystać z TDRS do połowy lat 30. XXI wieku”.
Viasat prepares to demo commercial alternative to NASA’s TDRS
By paul brinkmann - October 5, 2026
California satellite operator Viasat is readying for the launch of a communications satellite that aims to demonstrate commercial spacecraft can take over the duties of NASA’s aging Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) network.
The Maxwell satellite, built and operated by Rocket Lab, is set for a journey into orbit on the upcoming SpaceX Bandwagon-5 launch from Florida, said Skylar Cox, chief technology officer of Viasat Space & Mission Systems, during a Payload Space webinar last week. SpaceX hasn’t yet announced a launch date.
The demonstration is part of NASA’s ongoing Communications Service Project (CSP) to eventually replace TDRS, the first of which began operations in 1983. NASA in late 2024 stopped using TDRS for new missions, but noted “current TDRS users, like the International Space Station, Hubble Space Telescope, and many other Earth- and universe-observing missions, will still rely on TDRS until the mid-2030s.”
With TDRS, mission controllers have experienced regular, if brief, communication dropouts as their spacecraft antennas switch from one satellite to another. The goal of CSP is to improve on that record by demonstrating continuous relay communications in low-Earth orbit, Cox said.
Viasat in 2022 received $53.3 million, one of several such awards NASA made under the project that year, totaling $278.5 million. Others with CSP contracts are Amazon’s Kuiper, SES Satellite, SpaceX and Telesat.
“We’ve been preparing for this for a long time,” Cox said of the Maxwell launch. “We’re in the last stretch here, so the team’s exhausted. But the vehicle is fully integrated on the launch vehicle, and we’re just kind of waiting now to turn it on and get it going.”
He continued: “With Maxwell, we’ll be demonstrating a kind of end-to-end service, so we’re moving away from these rigid, constrained windows of communication opportunities, and we’re starting to see this always-on, persistent communication emerge as an available option.”
NASA is also applying this strategy of partnering with commercial providers to establish communication networks around the moon and eventually Mars, rather than the agency owning and operating them, said Greg Heckler, deputy program manager of capability development for NASA’s SCaN (Space Communications and Navigation) Program, during the webinar.
He noted NASA’s larger goal is to someday establish a unified “Solar System Internet.”
“TDRS was a workhorse for the agency for decades,” Heckler said, “but we made a decision in the agency several years ago to not build anymore, and so we needed to maintain what we call Earth relay capability for our science and human exploration missions.”
Other companies with CSP awards are progressing toward demonstrations. SpaceX’s award, for example, is for $69.95 million to connect its existing Starlink constellation and extensive ground system to spacecraft through optical links. NASA is equipping the Orion spacecraft for the upcoming Artemis III mission with two SpaceX Starlink mini laser terminals to demonstrate this capability.
https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/viasat-prepares-to-demo-commercial-alternative-to-nasas-tdrs/
3) LEO Express 4
Impulse Space @GoToImpulse 8:34 PM · Sep 12, 2026
Mira’s fourth trip to space is taking the upgraded spacecraft even further. 🛰️
LEO Express 4 is an Impulse-only mission designed to expand Mira’s flight heritage. The mission will test new maneuvers and operating conditions while validating upgrades across propulsion, avionics, and our in house star trackers.
Learn more about LEO Express 4: https://impulsespace.com/updates/leo-express-4-mission-updates
https://twitter.com/GoToImpulse/status/2098842580280861038
(...) LEO Express 4 is the fourth flight for Mira, Impulse’s highly agile spacecraft. We unveiled an upgraded Mira spacecraft on LEO Express 3; this mission will further validate its systems and capabilities. This will be an Impulse-only mission, with no customer payloads onboard, that puts the spacecraft fully through its paces ahead of future flights, testing across a range of new maneuvers and operating conditions.
Flying in a mid-inclination path in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), LEO Express 4 will expand Mira’s flight heritage while proving out the vehicle’s responsiveness and maneuverability in space. Delivered less than a year after the prior mission’s launch, LEO Express 4 also showcases Impulse’s ability to quickly ramp production while maintaining the highest level of quality, with multiple Mira vehicles in production at our Redondo Beach facility.
Mission Objectives include:
Full Checkout for Upgraded Propulsion: Demonstrate complete capabilities of Mira’s increased delta-v across a range of maneuvers, including highly responsive thruster firings in quick succession
Building Flight Heritage: Prove out the performance capabilities of upgraded systems on orbit
Demoing New Advanced Systems: Additional avionics upgrades have been added for Mira since its last mission, and this flight will demonstrate their performance ahead of future customer launches (...)
4-1) Pelican-12
Planet (@planet) September 25, 2026
Pelican-12 has arrived at Cape Canaveral, ready for launch! 🛰️ 🚀 It’s the first time in our history that we’ve had launch-ready spacecraft on two coasts simultaneously, Vandenberg launch coming soon!
Designed for up to 30 cm class imagery and equipped with @NVIDIA's Jetson platform for on-orbit edge compute, Pelican-12 will be our 5th Pelican to launch this year.
https://twitter.com/planet/status/2103499805897163233Planet @planet 7:01 PM · Oct 16, 2026
Our next launch is just days away! 🚀
Next Monday, we’ll be launching Pelican-12, an updated second generation high resolution Pelican, aboard @SpaceX's Bandwagon-5.
Pelican-12 carries the @nvidia Jetson platform to enable on-orbit edge compute. This powers capabilities like AI-driven, near real-time object detection and helps us explore new ways to reduce latency and build towards planetary-scale Earth intelligence.
🛰️ Launch window opens at 3:30am PT / 6:30am ET: https://spacex.com/launches/bandwagon5
https://twitter.com/planet/status/2111140497104228788
5) Statek Bob holuje A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG) na potrzeby lądowania boostera.
JohnCn @JConcilus 1:00 AM · Oct 16, 2026
Something we don’t see often! SpaceX fairing recovery vessel Bob left Port Canaveral around 4 PM EDT today towing droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG). Both Bob & Doug have towed periodically, but not often. Monday AM’s Bandwagon-5 launch is SSE. So, maybe departure? 💪🚀⛴️
JohnCn @JConcilus
ASOG’s usual tow partner Signet Warhorse I left Port Canaveral this morning and is making 10 knots on Bob’s bearing. Fairing recovery vessels have swapped brief towing stints with the oceangoing tugs. I expect SWI will take the tow duty as they near the splash zone. 👍🚀⛴️
https://twitter.com/JConcilus/status/2111142373187076420
JohnCn @JConcilus 6:38 PM · Oct 17, 2026
As expected, Signet Warhorse I has caught up to Bob & droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG) off The Bahamas, is staying with them to the splash zone for Monday morning’s Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission.
https://twitter.com/JConcilus/status/2111496986998481376
6-2) https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=7022.msg207794#msg207794
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T.MicroSat-3 i T.MicroSat-4 są tajwańskimi satelitami komunikacyjnymi na LEO.
Dokończą one budowę czterosatelitarnej sieci szerokopasmowej na Tajwanie, testując szybkie łącza satelitarne pod kątem przyszłych usług 5G i 6G.
https://x.com/cb_doge/status/2102025058881560858
Exolaunch@Exolaunch 1:09 PM · Oct 9, 2026
🇹🇼 Taiwan’s next chapter in low Earth orbit connectivity is heading to space 🚀
Exolaunch continues our partnership with @Tron_Future_ , supporting the launch of T.MicroSat-3 and T.MicroSat-4 aboard SpaceX’s upcoming Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission.
https://twitter.com/Exolaunch/status/2108515124218933372
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Widok miejsca startu z orbity.
ICEYE @iceye_global 1:00 PM · Oct 16, 2026
ICEYE will launch more SAR satellites aboard @SpaceX Bandwagon-5 from Cape Canaveral on October 19, 2026, at 10:30 UTC, integrated via @Exolaunch.
Our second launch this month.
Watch the livestream here: https://hubs.li/Q04BmMDj0
https://twitter.com/iceye_global/status/2111049543714308437
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32 ładunki zostały zamknięte w osłonie aerodynamicznej.
SpaceX @SpaceX 5:39 PM · Oct 17, 2026
Teams encapsulated 32 payloads ahead of Falcon 9’s launch of the Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission from Florida → https://spacex.com/launches/bandwagon5
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2111482288135446909
JohnCn @JConcilus 6:17 PM · Oct 17, 2026
A payload image released by SpaceX this morning seems to show the first *KNOWN* image of an actual Starfall capsule!
Built for ~1,000 kg of payload for various purposes, its June 2026 Falcon 9 mission had no imagery of the vehicle itself. The recovery vessel deck was tarped. 👀
https://x.com/JConcilus/status/2111491689546445222
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Space Jellyfish Alerts @spacejellyalert 10:04 PM · Oct 17, 2026
Space jellyfish alert!
The Bandwagon-5 rocket launch from Florida on October 19, 2026 at 6:30 AM EDT could produce a space jellyfish. This occurs when a rocket and its expanding exhaust plumes are illuminated by the sun and observers are in local darkness.
NOTE: This rare and unique trajectory is modeled as a best-guess estimate. This prediction may be inaccurate for distant viewers.
The rocket will enter sunlight 02m55s after launch.
Viewing locations, peak elevation while rocket is lit by the sun, and approximate viewing direction:
🟢 Nassau • 66° • NE
🟢 Jacksonville • 28° • SE
🟢 Havana • 25° • ENE
🟢 Charlotte • 14° • SSE
🟡 Virginia Beach • 13° • S
🟡 Kingston • 30° • NE
🟡 Nashville • 7° • SE
🔴 Panama City • 8° • NNE
🔴 Columbus, OH • 5° • SSE
🔴 Managua • 5° • NE
🔴 New Orleans • 9° • ESE
🔴 Mérida • 8° • ENE
🔴 New York • 6° • S
🔴 Providenciales • 77° • NE
See a detailed prediction for your location: http://jellyfish.johnkrausphotos.com
Information as of 2026-10-17 20:04 UTC. Weather pending. Forecast does not model cloud cover or atmospheric conditions.
https://x.com/spacejellyalert/status/2111548818399383636
3-11) Pogoda sprzyjająca w 55%.
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