SSPLAXSatellite Rideshare
Which payloads remain unassigned this cycle, and which constraint causes it?
Manifest
March: HelioProbe + CryoLab-1 | August: TerraScan-1 + TerraScan-2
Mission value flown
$114M for $20.8M of launch
Grounded
MeshNode-7 and MeshNode-8
Manifest
Manifest assignment
Why this manifest
Two sun-synchronous rideshares are bought for $20.8M; both fly well under their mass allowance. The RF exclusion forces the SAR pair and HelioProbe onto separate vehicles.
Situation
Six ready spacecraft, four fixed-price launch options, a $22M budget, and compatibility rules governing which payloads may share a vehicle.
Model logic
Assigns each payload to a compatible vehicle, buys the vehicles needed, and enforces mass, volume, pairing, and exclusion.
Two sun-synchronous rideshares are bought for $20.8M; both fly well under their mass allowance.
The RF exclusion forces the SAR pair and HelioProbe onto separate vehicles.
Clearing the RF finding changes the vehicle purchases and raises selected mission value by $23M.
Buy the March and August sun-synchronous rideshares; fly HelioProbe and CryoLab-1 in March and the SAR pair in August.