James Dean @flatoday_jdeanSpaceX, NASA now targeting next Tuesday, Dec. 12 for launch of F9/Dragon on CRS-13 cargo resupply mission to ISS; static fire potentially tomorrow (Dec. 6).
ULA:(Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Dec. 6, 2017) The ULA Delta IV rocket carrying the NROL-47 payload for the National Reconnaissance Office is delayed in order to perform additional validation of the software and systems associated with Common Avionics. Common Avionics is a newly designed suite of avionics, flight software and ground systems that will fly on both Atlas V and Delta IV. This upgraded command and control system was designed to reduce cost and improve reliability. NROL-47 will be the first flight of the Common Avionics system on Delta IV. The vehicle and spacecraft remain stable. Launch of the NROL-47 mission is scheduled for no earlier than Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018.
The NanoRacks External Cygnus Deployer released the following satellites: ISARA PROPCUBE-Fauna Lemur-2 (8 CubeSats) Aerocube 7B/C (2 CubeSats) Asgardia-1 CHEFSat
SpaceX @SpaceXNow targeting Dec. 13 for launch of CRS-13 from SLC-40 to allow for additional time for pre-launch ground systems checks.
SpaceX will be launching GPS III-1 NET May 2018 instead of GPS III-2. I'll get these threads sorted out at some point tonight.QuoteIndependent of OCX development, the Air Force moved the first GPS III target launch date from March to May 2018 in the spring of 2017. According to Air Force officials, the change was the result of a decision to launch the first GPS III satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket, rather than a Delta IV. edit: I found the GAO report via a tweet from Marcia Smith
Independent of OCX development, the Air Force moved the first GPS III target launch date from March to May 2018 in the spring of 2017. According to Air Force officials, the change was the result of a decision to launch the first GPS III satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket, rather than a Delta IV.
No Earlier Than: December 15, 2017 - 10:35 a.m. EasternMission: SpaceX CRS-13 Cargo Mission to International Space Station
edit: I found the GAO report via a tweet from Marcia Smith
H2 2018 February - GPS III-2 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
April - AFSPC-8: GSSAP 5, GSSAP 6 - Atlas V 401 (AV-085) - Canaveral SLC-41
September - WFIRST-AFTA (Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope - Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets) [Astrophysics Decadal Mission Astro-1] - Vulcan/Falcon 9 Heavy - Canaveral
Chris G - NSF @ChrisG_NSFOur precise, instantaneous launch time today is 10:36:09 EST. #SpaceX #Falcon9 #Dragon #NASA
The DMSP HistorySpace and Missile Systems Center Los Angeles AFBPublished on Dec 14, 2017The Space & Missile Systems Center unveils the final Defense Support Meteorological Support Program Satellite, DMSP-20, for display at the Schriever Space Complex within the Gordon Conference Center.<see original post for YouTube video link>
Date: April 14, 2018Mission: GRACE FO (GRACE Follow-On)
Exclusive: NASA has begun plans for a 2069 interstellar missionBy John WenzIF A small, scrappy group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, get their way, the 100th anniversary of Apollo 11 – the first crewed moon landing – will see a spacecraft launched to a nearby exoplanet to look for life.The project is so new it doesn’t have a name – and most of the technology it needs doesn’t exist yet. But there’s plenty of time to work out the kinks before 2069.“It’s very nebulous,” says Anthony Freeman at JPL, who presented the mission concept at the 2017 American Geophysical Union conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, on 12 December.The impetus came from a 2016 US funding bill telling NASA to study interstellar travel that could reach at least 10 per cent of the speed of light by 2069. It also directed the