SpaceX Launch/Satellite Contracts

[Grendal]

SpaceX just won another contract for two satellites:

Telesat launch agreements awarded to SpaceX | Spaceflight Now

I'm making a generalized contract header so all the various contracts both won and lost can be thrown in here. Or not.

SpaceX seem to have a very full launch manifest. As far as I can tell they have enough contracts for about 40 to 50 launches.

 

[kennybobby]

Do you have any news about hauling a repair unit for water recycling up to space station?

 

[Grendal]

Do you have any news about hauling a repair unit for water recycling up to space station?

No. I just checked and I couldn't find any articles saying there is a problem. Is there a problem? If it is necessary then I'm sure they would send one up on whatever next resupply mission was happening. There are 4 or 5 different countries supporting the ISS for supplies. SpaceX is only one of the many. They are still the best though .

 

[Grendal]

I just found this, which has the listing of what seems like all of the future launches as well as past launches:

List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It looks like there are 50 future launches. That is a very full manifest. Air Force launches aren't even included.

 

[Grendal]

Happily, there is still confidence in SpaceX:

Spaceflight to launch Terra Bella satellites on Falcon 9 mission - SpaceNews.com

Though they need to move past and correct the last error. They have a very full manifest.

 

[bxr140]

Contract signing and press release timing don't necessarily line up....

 

[Grendal]

SpaceX just won another launch from NASA and this is the satellite:

Spaceflight Now | Breaking News | NASA, CNES sign deal for ocean altimetry satellite

Here is the announcement:

NASA Selects Launch Services for Global Surface Water Survey Mission

 

[Grendal]

Not really a "satellite" but a launch contract:

German X Prize team announces launch contract - SpaceNews.com

 

[Lump]

Inmarsat shifts satellite from SpaceX to Arianespace - SpaceNews.com

 

[Grendal]

Another one is lost due to delays:

A Message from Spaceflight President Curt Blake on the FormaSat-5/SHERPA launch - Spaceflight

That is a Vandenberg launch. It was scheduled for sometime this year and the entire launch is not lost. It's a secondary payload which is probably the Sherpa secondary payload. So someone else on the manifest will likely get moved up.

Edit: It seems that it might not fall on SpaceX. There are a number of the secondary payload cubesats aren't exactly ready. Rather than hold up the launch when it eventually happens they are scrambling to find alternative payloads to fill the empty slots.

 

[Grendal]

SpaceX just won the second contract available from the government going head to head against ULA for 96.5 million. A GPS satellite.

 

[ecarfan]

Great news for SpaceX. Finally they had the opportunity to bid against ULA for a military contract launch and they won!

ULA management is probably freaking out about losingj some of their cash cow business. As they should be.

 

[Grendal]

ULA is having a series of layoffs. Hopefully that means they are streamlining and adjusting their business to better compete. I hope they are successful. America can use more than one major launch company. BO might step into those shoes but New Glenn is much larger than average and wouldn't cover the average satellite launch. Vulcan might be able to do that well. Its engine recovery system is unlikely to work but having a backup launch company is just smart. It will keep SpaceX on its toes too.

Here's the news article I couldn't link earlier:
SpaceX wins its second GPS 3 launch contract - SpaceNews.com

 

[miimura]

SpaceX will also have their first National Security launch this spring. NROL-76 is on the calendar for April 2017 after IntelSat 35e and CRS-11. The contract was disclosed in May 2016.

NRO discloses previously unannounced SpaceX launch contract - SpaceNews.com

 

[Grendal]

And SpaceX gains another one as well:

Hisdesat demanding refund as it dumps Dnepr for Falcon 9 - SpaceNews.com

 

[Grendal]

And even more satellites joining:

Global-IP Announces the Selection of SpaceX to Launch its 150 Gbps GiSAT-1

"Global-IP Cayman, the innovative satellite communications company with the mission to bring cost-effective Internet and related value-added services to Sub-Saharan Africa, announced today it has signed a launch services agreement with Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (“SpaceX”) for its first communication satellite GiSAT-1. GiSAT-1 is a High-Throughput Satellite (“HTS”) with 150 Gbps of capacity, currently under construction by The Boeing Company."

So a six ton GTO launch for late 2018:
GiSAT-1 - Wikipedia

 

[Grendal]

Another one:

Elysium Space to Launch World's First Memorial Spacecraft on SpaceX Falcon 9 Mission - Elysium Space

This is a small satellite and may fill for the lost Sherpa sat on the Formosat 5 launch out of Vandenberg. I'm just guessing though.

 

[Grendal]

The hits keep coming:

Indonesia to use SpaceX to Launch Next Satellite | Good News from Southeast Asia

 

[Grendal]

Here's a weird one from SES:
SES switches SpaceX and Arianespace launches to mitigate cost of satellite failure - Space Intel Report

It's a musical chairs satellite edition. So SpaceX loses a launch to gain another launch.

SES said switching from SpaceX’s Falcon 9 to a shared ride aboard an Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA will get SES-14 into orbit several weeks earlier in early 2018. SpaceX will launch SES-12, which had been scheduled for an Ariane 5 launch.

 

[Grendal]

Here's another one for SpaceX and unknown whether they will use a previously flown booster or not.

SpaceX wins Kacific, Sky Perfect Jsat condosat launch, new or used rocket TBD - SpaceNews.com

No details on the satellite's weight but it is a 56 Ka-band satellite. So it's probably a heavy GTO satellite.