Bjelde: CRS-1 mission launches early October, CRS-2 in mid-January. Next F9 launch will then be CASSIOPE from VAFB, March/April
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With the launch of the hybrid small satellite CAScade, Smallsat and IOnospheric Polar Explorer (CASSIOPE), Canada will make a significant contribution to unraveling the mysteries of space weather. To accomplish this feat, the satellite will use the scientific payload ePOP (enhanced polar outflow probe), which will observe the ionosphere, and the telecommunications payload Cascade, which will provide the very first digital broadband courier service for commercial use. CASSIOPE was scheduled to launch on a Falcon 1 from Kwajalein Island in the South Pacific, then the launch was moved to the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on a Falcon 9 and now will launch from the new SpaceX launch complex being built and nearing completion at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The launch on a Falcon 9 will be the first for SpaceX at Vandenberg and is scheduled for the first half of 2013. The Falcon 9 used for this launch will be using the new Merlin 1D engines which have not flow yet. This new configuration of the Falcon is now designated as Falcon 9 v1.1. When the Falcon 9 with CASSIOPE launches and reaches its intended orbit, its long awaited mission will finally begin.
[sidjay: Ouverture d'un sujet dédié à cette mission.]
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