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Tuesday July 14 Double-Header - Yazata - Jul 11, 2020
https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1281724466599469063
First, at 16:51 EDT (13:51 PDT, 20:51 UTC) the 'UAE Mars Mission' launches from Tanegashima in Japan. I believe that it's a satellite destined for orbit around Mars and not a lander. The United Arab Emirates paid for it, it was built largely by Arizona State University and the University of Colorado, and it's being launched by JAXA on a big H-IIA rocket. This will be the first in a flurry of Mars missions in the next few weeks as Earth and Mars enter into a favorable position for flights between them that only comes every two years. The headliner will be NASA's Perseverance Mars lander (and its little Ingenuity robot helicopter).
https://www.nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/2723
Mitsubishi, the rocket manufacturer says that they will have a live-stream of the launch here. (Hopefully dubbed into English...but rocket launches are kind of self-explanatory.) The video says Wednesday July 15, but that's Japan time.
Then 9 minutes later SpaceX is scheduled to launch a satellite called Anasis2 from Cape Canaveral. This is a South Korean military communications satellite. 17:00 EDT (14:00 PDT, 21:00 UTC) I assume that SpaceX will live-stream it on their website.
https://www.nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/1693
Booster will be B1058.2, the same booster that lofted DM-2 and Bob and Doug just a month ago, back for its second flight. (No rest for SpaceX boosters...) The quick turn-around is impressive. Landing will be on JRTI, since OCISLY will be busy with the Starlink launch on July 11. SpaceX is clearly trying to increase their cadence.
https://www.nextspaceflight.com/launches/reuse/63
RE: Tuesday July 14 Double-Header - Yazata - Jul 11, 2020
This just in: B1058.2, the Anasis-2 booster (and formerly Bob and Doug's excellent ride) just conducted a successful static fire at Cape Canaveral AFS Pad 40.
![[Image: EcrWuREXYAEqjpI?format=jpg]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EcrWuREXYAEqjpI?format=jpg)
RE: Tuesday July 14 Double-Header - Yazata - Jul 13, 2020
The Anasis-2 launch is postponed due to unspecified issues with the second stage.
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1282737907531264000
![[Image: Ec0wHLEWoAA_oHC?format=png&name=small]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ec0wHLEWoAA_oHC?format=png&name=small)
RE: Tuesday July 14 Double-Header - Yazata - Jul 14, 2020
And... the first game of the anticipated double header, the UAE's Hope Mars mission, has been delayed two days because of weather in southern Japan.
https://twitter.com/MHI_LS/status/1282928206530482176
https://twitter.com/HopeMarsMission/status/1282932220429316096
RE: Tuesday July 14 Double-Header - Yazata - Jul 17, 2020
The Korean military communications satellite is now scheduled for its Cape Canaveral launch Sunday July 19, with a launch window from 5 PM EDT to 8:55 PM EDT. (3 PM - 5:55 PM PDT, 21:00 - 0:55 Monday UTC)
The UAE's Hope Mars Mission is shooting for between July 20 and July 22. Precise date and time to be determined. The difficulty is continuing bad weather at the launch site in southern Japan.
RE: Tuesday July 14 Double-Header - Yazata - Jul 19, 2020
The Korean satellite has been pushed back a day, from Sunday to Monday.
"Targeting Monday, July 20 for Falcon 9 launch of ANASIS-II from SLC-40"
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1284620156191117312
The UAE Hope Mars Mission is still on for Tomorrow afternoon-evening US time
RE: Tuesday July 14 Double-Header - Yazata - Jul 19, 2020
T - 42 minutes for the UAE Hope Mars Mission launch from Tanegashima in Japan.
NSF's livestream is already streaming here. It will show the Mitsubishi video imagery with their own commentary. They are also cutting into a livestream that's already going from the UAE, but right now it seems to be interviews...in Arabic. So good to have English discussion.
Edit: Spectacular launch, good orbital insertion. Next up: reigniting the second stage for trans-Mars injection burn.
NASA is a player in this mission since the Mars orbiter will be using the NASA Deep Space Network to communicate.
Edit: The Mars injection burn has occurred.
Edit: t + 1 hour 12 minutes - Good acquisition of signal by NASA's tracking station in Madrid.
Edit: They are going through a checklist of systems on the Al Amal probe and it looks like something may not be right. Appeared that one solar array didn't show as being deployed, but power was nominal and then they got confirmation that the solar panel was in fact deployed. Thermals on one battery slightly high, but not dangerously so. Onboard computer applications are running. Clapping in the UAE mission control center.
Al Amal is on its way to Mars.
RE: Tuesday July 14 Double-Header - Yazata - Jul 20, 2020
Anasis-II, the Korean military communications satellite, is set to go this afternoon. Window opens at 5 PM EDT (2 PM PDT, 21:00 UTC)
Booster will be B1058.2, the rocket that launched Bob and Doug on their excellent adventure on May 30. They will be trying to land it on JRTI out in the Atlantic.
Very cool photo from SpaceX showing B1058.2 on the pad last night, with comet Neowise in the sky above
![[Image: EdYsb4qUEAASz4P?format=jpg&name=small]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EdYsb4qUEAASz4P?format=jpg&name=small)
NSF Anasis II stream is on
RE: Tuesday July 14 Double-Header - Yazata - Jul 20, 2020
Launch good, second stage in good parking orbit, awaiting a second burn to put satellite in higher orbit.
First stage B1058.2 returned to Earth and landed right in the exact center of the JRTI landing pad.
Everyone is exclaiming that B1058.2 seems to have still had its DM-2 paint job, with the NASA meatball and worm. Hey, those are this booster's proud history now, you can't take them off.
https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1285326423373352961
This very cool video of today's launch achieves an artistic Morpheus effect: "free your mind".
https://twitter.com/considercosmos/status/1285398413375414283
B 1058.2 landing on JRTI, perfectly centered in the target circle.
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1285328437847052288
Elon says that they caught both fairing halves
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1285338582849208320
RE: Tuesday July 14 Double-Header - Yazata - Jul 21, 2020
Fairing halves being caught by catcher's mitt ships
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1285632260721573890
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1285632635335782401