| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-08-12, 02:02 |
|---|---|
| Scheduled for (local) | 2024-08-11, 19:02 (PDT) |
| Mission | ASBM |
| Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA |
| Booster | B1061-22 |
| Landing | Of Course I Still Love You |
| Payload | ASBM-1, ASBM-2 |
| Customer | Norwegian Ministry of Defense, Inmarsat, USAF |
| Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to Highly Elliptical Orbit |
Webcasts
| Stream | Link |
|---|---|
| Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnuvVhWe0B0 |
| Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJkwyjdhwXY |
| NASASpaceflight | |
| The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NWv3-vxC7k |
| SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1822812261792014815 |
| The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkcdMp8SUWw |
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 26th launch from SLC-4E this year
☑️ 7 days, 18:38:00 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 99th landing on OCISLY
☑️ 338th Falcon Family Booster landing, 348th Falcon recovery attempt
☑️ 8th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)
☑️ 77th Falcon 9 mission this year, 363rd Falcon 9 mission overall
☑️ 78th SpaceX mission of 2024, 378th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)
☑️ 80th SpaceX launch this year, 391st SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)
Mission info
Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM)
The ASBM satellites will carry multiple hosted payloads including an X-Band payload for the Norwegian Ministry of Defense and a Ka-Band payload for Inmarsat. Northrop Grumman announced last year that it will also provide two Extremely High-Frequency eXtended Data Rate (EHF XDR) payloads for the Enhanced Polar System-Recapitalization (EPS-R) to the U.S. Air Force for integration on the spacecraft. The systems are designed to improve secure and continuous communications in the North Polar Region. Additionally, Northrop Grumman was selected to provide critical ground infrastructure for EPS-R.
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https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1822653488373096834
Teams are counting down for launch of the Space Norway ASBM mission from California later today
Hosted webcast has started. Veronica (Ronnie) Foreman is hosting.
Thanks for the play by play!
You’re welcome!
Nominal orbit insertion and Stage 1 landing confirmed!
ASBM-2 payload deploy confirmed.
Edit: Hosted webcast ended.
MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and fairing separation.
Norminal SES-2, SECO-2, and orbit insertion.
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1822804891397661028
Less than 45 minutes until Falcon 9’s launch of the Space Norway ASBM mission. All systems are looking good for liftoff
Liftoff!
ASBM-1 payload deploy confirmed. It appears that a large cloud of ice was released upon deployment.
Awaiting deployment of ASBM-2 in a few minutes.
