US EditionSpaceX Launches SpainSat Communications Satellite
The satellite enhances Spain's technological sovereignty and provides military-grade secure communications to Spain and NATO partners, with a 15-year expected lifespan.
- On Oct. 23, SpaceX launched SpainSat NG II from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 9:30 p.m., the second of two SpainSat NG satellites.
- A planned Wednesday attempt was called off for reasons SpaceX did not announce, delaying the liftoff by a day until Thursday night.
- The Falcon 9 first-stage was flown expendable without landing legs and grid fins to save fuel, and its 22nd flight booster skipped the droneship for extra geosynchronous transfer power.
- The SpainSat NG system will provide secure X-band and military Ka-band communications for the Spanish government and NATO partners, with Airbus building satellites expected to last 15 years.
- Next on the Florida launch schedule is a Starlink batch set for Sunday, October 26 from Launch Complex 40.
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Spain completes its 'most ambitious space project' with SpainSat NG II
The SpainSat NG II satellite successfully took off from Cape Canaveral aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9. With it, Spain completes its SPAINSAT NG secure communications programme and reinforces its role as a technological and strategic reference in space.
The Falcon 9 Space X rocket containing the SpainSat NG II secure communications satellite took off on October 24 from the Cape Canaveral (Florida) base at 03.30 (peninsular time).After half an hour of take-off and the two phases of the rocket were removed, the satellite was activated and the launch, which had to be delayed 24 hours of the scheduled time, was a success.A failure in the wiring of the rocket forced 24 hours to delay the launch of t…
The 'SpainSat NG II', the Spanish satellite that will ensure secure communications from Spain, allied countries and international organizations over the next decades, has successfully taken off from the Cape Canaveral space complex in the United States.
The Spanish satellite SpainSat NG II, which incorporates some of the most advanced and safe communication systems and instruments in the world, is traveling into space after the successful launch early this morning from the Cape Canaveral space complex in Florida (USA). At 3.30 p.m. on Friday (21.30 p.m., local time), with a 24-hour delay due to a failure in the launcher, the satellite undertook its encapsulated journey on a Falcon 9 rocket from…
The military satellite takes off successfully from Cape Canaveral aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Space X, and joins SpainSat NG I to cover two thirds of the Earth's surface: "This project marks a before and after in the Spanish space industry" Read
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