tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6618880.post6145626397903391180..comments2024-03-27T00:26:31.343-07:00Comments on The Commercial Space Blog: Chuck Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09506476753520146858noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6618880.post-83156787018397471102009-09-29T12:23:16.271-07:002009-09-29T12:23:16.271-07:00One of my colleagues sent me an e-mail last week w...One of my colleagues sent me an e-mail last week which said, "last I heard, CASSIOPE was still booked (as a paying customer) to launch as a dedicated payload on a Falcon 9, next year. Where had you heard that it was looking for some different (free) launch?"<br /><br />How did I learn this? <br /><br />I’ve got some high friends in low places out west who told me about this on condition that I preserve their confidence.<br /><br />Of course, I’ve been wrong before. <br /><br />But everything I can find on record relating to launching on the Falcon 9 (like this HobbySpace Article at http://hobbyspace.com/nucleus/index.php?catid=21&itemid=1348 and a 2007 FAA report at http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/media/Forecast_2007_COMSTAC.pdf or http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=8184.10;wap2 or any one of a dozen others) indicate launch dates already passed.<br /><br />Updated sites (such as the CSA at http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/cassiope.asp and the Cassiope website at http://mertensiana.phys.ucalgary.ca/projectschedule.htm) mention possible launch dates but don’t mention launchers. <br /><br />If anyone can find me something current which acknowledged that the satellite is still committed to a Falcon 9 launcher, I’ll run the update and apologize profusely for the obvious error.Chuck Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09506476753520146858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6618880.post-71723222552130781522009-09-27T11:39:30.803-07:002009-09-27T11:39:30.803-07:00Chuck;
Last I heard, CASSIOPE was still booked (a...Chuck;<br /><br />Last I heard, CASSIOPE was still booked (as a paying customer) to launch as a dedicated payload on a Falcon 9, next year. Where had you heard that it was looking for some different (free) launch?Kieran A. Carrollnoreply@blogger.com