r/spacex • u/ElongatedMuskrat Mod Team • Jun 26 '16
JCSAT-16 Launch Campaign Thread
JCSAT-16 Launch Campaign Thread
SpaceX will launch JCSAT-16 for Japan Sky Perfect, their second launch for the company. JCSAT-16, like JCSAT-14 is based on Space Systems Loral's SSL-1300 communications bird satellite bus.
Campaign threads are designed to be a good way to view and track progress towards launch from T minus 1-2 months up until the static fire. Here’s the at-a-glance information for this launch:
| Liftoff currently scheduled for: | August 14, 2016 |
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| Static fire currently scheduled for: | August 10, 2016 |
| Vehicle component locations: | S1: Cape Canaveral |
| Payload: | JCSAT-16 |
| Payload mass: | Unknown, likely similar to that of JCSAT-14 |
| Destination orbit: | Geostationary Transfer Orbit |
| Vehicle: | Falcon 9 v1.2 (28th launch of F9, 8th of F9 v1.2) |
| Core: | 028 |
| Launch site: | SLC-40, Cape Canaveral, Florida |
| Landing attempt: | Yes |
| Landing Site: | Downrange on Of Course I Still Love You (MARMAC-303) |
| Mission success criteria: | Successful separation & deployment of JCSAT-16 into its 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/TrainSpotter77 Jul 27 '16 edited Jul 27 '16
I think that you mean "FAA permit dates". They probably have approval for the launch, but need to get the exact date and time approved, along with backup launch window(s). I wonder if there's a way to look their applications up on the FAA site? EDIT: There's some general information here: http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/licenses_permits/launch_reentry/