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Re: US Launch Schedule
« Reply #360 on: 10/13/2010 10:00 pm »
http://msdb.gsfc.nasa.gov/launches.php
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11/16/2010   NROL-32
11/20/2010   FASTSAT-HSV01 (STP-S26 mission)

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Re: US Launch Schedule
« Reply #361 on: 10/16/2010 08:08 am »
http://www.spacenews.com/military/sbirs-narrow-window.html
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With the first satellite nearing completion of its final test activities, Air Force officials decided the week of Oct. 4 to plan for an April 30 launch aboard an Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
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...the Atlas 5 is the only rocket in the U.S. fleet that meets the SBIRS deployment requirements...
There are range conflict with OTV-2.
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Re: US Launch Schedule
« Reply #362 on: 10/16/2010 08:20 am »
http://msdb.gsfc.nasa.gov/launches.php
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MAR 2011   NROL-34
6/1/2011   SAC-D/Aquarius
NLT Summer 2012   AEHF 3
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Re: US Launch Schedule
« Reply #363 on: 10/20/2010 09:17 am »
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av019/101019aehf2.html
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The revised 2011 schedule for the Atlas 5 rocket:

The year begins with launching the second Orbital Test Vehicle in the U.S. military's X-37B experimental spaceplane program. Liftoff of OTV 2 from Cape Canaveral is targeted for March 4.

A classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office will fly from the West Coast pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Launch of NROL-34 is planned for March 31.

And the AEHF 2 satellite now shoots for early 2012, launching in March or April.
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Re: US Launch Schedule
« Reply #364 on: 10/20/2010 05:29 pm »
GPS IIF-2 was supposed to leave aboard an Atlas next year.  I see no reference to that in the revised Atlas launch schedule.  Perhaps it will will be launched on a Delta IV?

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Re: US Launch Schedule
« Reply #365 on: 10/24/2010 01:41 pm »
We'll be visiting the Cape on Nov. 1 for STS-133.  I see that there are two other launches by mid-November: an NRO payload by Delta IV (SLC-37B) on Nov. 15 and the Dragon demo flight by Falcon 9 (SLC-40) on Nov. 18.

Question: Will either or both stacks be on-pad and visible from the Causeway on Nov. 1?  It would be fun to check those out.

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Re: US Launch Schedule
« Reply #366 on: 10/24/2010 01:51 pm »
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1010/21maven/
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The MAVEN spacecraft will blast off in November 2013 on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The mission will use the Atlas 5's basic configuration with no solid rocket boosters, a single-engine Centaur upper stage and a 4-meter payload shroud.
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Re: US Launch Schedule
« Reply #367 on: 10/24/2010 10:13 pm »
We'll be visiting the Cape on Nov. 1 for STS-133.  I see that there are two other launches by mid-November: an NRO payload by Delta IV (SLC-37B) on Nov. 15 and the Dragon demo flight by Falcon 9 (SLC-40) on Nov. 18.

Question: Will either or both stacks be on-pad and visible from the Causeway on Nov. 1?  It would be fun to check those out.

The Delta vehicle is in the tower, and, unless they're running an operation, will only be partially visible behind the doors.

Falcon 9 doesn't have much history, but the first vehicle didn't spend much time out of its hanger until right before its operations.

It's possible, but not likely that either vehicle will be out of its shelter during the shuttle launch.
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Re: US Launch Schedule
« Reply #368 on: 10/24/2010 10:17 pm »
http://www.spacenews.com/military/sbirs-narrow-window.html
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With the first satellite nearing completion of its final test activities, Air Force officials decided the week of Oct. 4 to plan for an April 30 launch aboard an Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
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...the Atlas 5 is the only rocket in the U.S. fleet that meets the SBIRS deployment requirements...
There are range conflict with OTV-2.

Identifying range conflicts six months prior to launch is a wasted effort.  Even more so when the "conflict" exists on the same launch vehicle from the same pad.  Don't worry, they'll work it out (I think they already have).
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Re: US Launch Schedule
« Reply #369 on: 10/29/2010 10:26 pm »
Delta II COSMO - SkyMed 4 Mission Rescheduled for Oct. 31

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Re: US Launch Schedule
« Reply #370 on: 11/02/2010 01:15 pm »
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=space&id=news/asd/2010/10/29/10.xml&headline=Iridium%20Satellite%20Contract%20Takes%20Effect
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Actual work on the constellation, dubbed Iridium Next, began over the summer after an agreement for authorization to proceed was reached in June. The satellites will be based on Thales Alenia Space’s standard low Earth orbit bus, also utilized for the Globalstar 2 and O3b constellations, but some 40% of design and production, including final assembly, will be handled by U.S. firms. Launch of the first satellites, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9, is expected in the first quarter of 2015.

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Re: US Launch Schedule
« Reply #371 on: 11/06/2010 06:53 am »
Formosat-7:
The mission will be launched by the Minotaur IV. For the second phase, there might be one additional spare satellite. Development started since early 2010.

More information: http://www.uni-graz.at/opac2010/pdf_presentation/opac_2010_yen_nick_presentation49.pdf
Launch Schedule:
First Launch- 2014 Q3;
Second Launch- 2016 Q3.

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Re: US Launch Schedule
« Reply #372 on: 11/09/2010 05:22 am »
http://msdb.gsfc.nasa.gov/launches.php
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4/6/2011   ORS-1
NET DEC 2011   WGS SV 4

2012
TBD   GPS 2F-2

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Re: US Launch Schedule
« Reply #373 on: 11/09/2010 05:24 am »
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html
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Nov. 18     Delta 4-Heavy  •  NROL-32
Dec. 7     Falcon 9  •  Dragon C1

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Re: US Launch Schedule
« Reply #374 on: 11/10/2010 05:12 pm »
http://www.orbital.com/TaurusII/images/Milestone10-20-2010.pdf

3-rd quarter 2011 - Risk reduction test flight Taurus II;
4-th quarter 2011 - Cygnus Demo;
1-st quarter 2012 - Cygnus CRS1.
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Re: US Launch Schedule
« Reply #375 on: 11/22/2010 11:31 pm »

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Re: US Launch Schedule
« Reply #376 on: 11/22/2010 11:55 pm »
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d11107.pdf


Very interesting.  This doc says that Orbital is looking at SLC 2 for a Taurus 2 Vandenberg launch site.  I wonder if that means SLC 2W, which will still be an active Delta 2 launch facility for another year at least, or nearby SLC 2E, the old Thor Agena/Ablestar/Delta pad that hasn't seen a launch since 1972. 

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Re: US Launch Schedule
« Reply #377 on: 11/23/2010 08:37 pm »
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d11107.pdf


Very interesting.  This doc says that Orbital is looking at SLC 2 for a Taurus 2 Vandenberg launch site.  I wonder if that means SLC 2W, which will still be an active Delta 2 launch facility for another year at least, or nearby SLC 2E, the old Thor Agena/Ablestar/Delta pad that hasn't seen a launch since 1972. 

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Yes, very interesting.

So no Delta-7320H?
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=12322.msg380992#msg380992

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Re: US Launch Schedule
« Reply #378 on: 12/23/2010 07:26 am »
According to.
http://msdb.gsfc.nasa.gov/launches.php
the launch of NROL-49/Delta-4H from Vandenberg is now NET January 14.

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Re: US Launch Schedule
« Reply #379 on: 12/24/2010 04:24 pm »
According to.
http://msdb.gsfc.nasa.gov/launches.php
the launch of NROL-49/Delta-4H from Vandenberg is now NET January 14.

And now the launch date is: January 17.
http://msdb.gsfc.nasa.gov/launches.php

 

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