US Launch Schedule

[Salo]

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d11107.pdf

[edkyle99]

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. 

 - Ed Kyle

[Stan Black]

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. 

 - Ed Kyle

Yes, very interesting.

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

[faustod]

According to.
http://msdb.gsfc.nasa.gov/launches.php
the launch of NROL-49/Delta-4H from Vandenberg is now NET January 14.

[faustod]

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

[William Graham]

A long-overdue update, just next year's launches at the moment.

Date, Time (GMT) - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site
17 January - NRO L-49 - Delta IV-H - Vandenberg SLC-6
3 February, 06:37:34 - STS-133/Leonardo - Discovery - Kennedy LC-39A
5 February - NRO L-66 - Minotaur I - Vandenberg SLC-8
23 February, 10:09:43 - Glory/Kysat/Hermes/Explorer-1' - Taurus-XL 3110 - Vandenberg LC-576E
4 March - X-37B OTV-2 FLT-1 - Atlas V 501 - Canaveral SLC-41
11 March - NRO L-27 - Delta IV-M+(4,2) - Canaveral SLC-37B
31 March - NRO L-34 - Atlas V 501 - Vandenberg SLC-3E
1 April, 07:15 - STS-134/ELC-3/AMS - Endeavour - Kennedy LC-39A
6 April - ORS-1 - Minotaur I - MARS LP-0B
30 April - SBIRS-GEO 1 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
May - TacSat-4 - Minotaur IV - Kodiak LP-1
9 June - SAC-D - Delta II 7320 - Vandenberg SLC-2W
23 June - GPS IIF-5 - Delta IV-M+(4,2) - Canaveral SLC-37B
15 July - Dragon C2/O2G (x2) - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
5 August, 16:10-17:40 - Juno - Atlas V 551 - Canaveral SLC-41
8 September, 12:35:52/13:14:35Z - GRAIL (x2) - Delta II 7920H - Canaveral SLC-17B
8 October - Dragon C3 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 - may be cancelled
25 October, 09:47:35-09:57:35 - NPP-Bridge/LightSail-1 - Delta II 7920 - Vandenberg SLC-2W
25 November, 14:21 - MSL - Atlas V 541 - Canaveral SLC-41
6 December - NRO L-15 - Delta IV-H - Canaveral SLC-37B
7 December - Dragon CRS1 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
14 December - Cygnus Demo - Taurus II - MARS LP-0A
TBD - TBD - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 - Payload for MDA (Canada)
TBD - Colony-1 (x8)/TBD - Falcon 1e - Omelek
TBD - O2G - Falcon 1e - Omelek


Updates:
Black - 28 December 2010

[Salo]

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts133/110106delay/

Posted: January 6, 2011
NASA managers Thursday decided to give engineers additional time to assess external tank cracks and repair scenarios, ruling out an early February launch for the shuttle Discovery. The next shuttle launch window opens Feb. 27, but NASA is assessing whether it might be possible to move that up a few days.

[Skyrocket]

WorldView 3 will be launched on an Atlas V(401) from Vandenberg in 2014

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1103/15worldview3/

[ASTUTE]

I came upon mentioning the second spaceflight of OTV current year:
"...Space planes like the X-37B are highly versatile and their operational concepts necessarily a bit vague at this point. “You can put sensors in there, satellites in there,” Eric Sterner, from The Marshall Institute, said of the X-37. “You could stick munitions in there, provided they exist.” The Air Force is likely to discover more and more uses for the X-37 as it steadily increases the bot’s flying rate, from just one sortie last year to at least two in 2011..." Source
Can any confirm that ?

[Salo]

http://www.spacenews.com/satellite_telecom/110325-race-tracking-ships-space.html

Orbcomm has contracted with LuxSpace of Luxembourg to launch two small AIS-equipped spacecraft this year, with the first two of its own second-generation satellites set for launch as piggyback payloads on a Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Falcon 9 rocket also scheduled for launch this year.

[Salo]

http://www.spacenews.com/satellite_telecom/110325-orbcomm-different-orbit-next-gen-sats.html

The first two Orbcomm satellites are scheduled for launch as secondary passengers aboard a Falcon 9 rocket carrying an unmanned cargo vessel to the international space station. The station flies in an orbit with an inclination of 51.6 degrees.

Assuming a successful launch, now tentatively scheduled for this summer, a second Falcon 9, this time carrying at least eight Orbcomm satellites as the main payload, would be launched nine months later.

A third Falcon 9 rocket carrying the remaining satellites in the constellation would then occur later in 2012.

[Satori]

Is it possible to have an update to the US launch schedule?

[Salo]

My vision:

Launched:

2011:
№ – Date, Time (GMT) - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site

1 - 20 January, 21:10:30 - NRO L-49 - Delta IV-H - Vandenberg SLC-6
2 - 6 February, 12:26 - NRO L-66 - Minotaur 1-Vandenberg
3 - 24 February, 21:53:24 - STS-133/Leonardo - Discovery - Kennedy LC-39A
4 - 4 March, 10:09:43 - Glory/Kysat/Hermes/Explorer-1' - Taurus-XL 3110 - Vandenberg LC-576E - LAUNCH FAILURE
5 - 5 March, 22:46 - X-37B OTV-2 FLT-1 - Atlas V 501 - Canaveral SLC-41
6 - 11 March, 23:38 - NRO L-27 - Delta IV-M+(4,2) - Canaveral SLC-37B
7 - 15 April, 04:24 - NRO L-34 - Atlas V 411 - Vandenberg SLC-3E
8 - 7 May, 18:10 - SBIRS-GEO 1 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
9 - 16 May, 12:56:28 - STS-134/ELC-3/AMS - Endeavour - Kennedy LC-39A
10 - 10 June, 14:20 - SAC-D - Delta II 7320 - Vandenberg SLC-2W
11 - 30 June, 03:09 - ORS-1 - Minotaur I - MARS LP-0B
12 - 8 July, 15:29:04 - STS-135/Rafaelo/LMC - Atlantis - Kennedy LC-39A
13 - 16 July, 06:41 - GPS IIF-2 - Delta IV-M+(4,2) - Canaveral SLC-37B


Scheduled:

2011:
Date, Time (GMT) - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site

5 August, 15:39-17:09 - Juno - Atlas V 551 - Canaveral SLC-41
8 September, 12:37:06 and 13:16:12 - GRAIL - Delta II 7920H - Canaveral SLC-17B
27 September - TacSat-4 - Minotaur IV - Kodiak LP-1
8 October - Dragon C2 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
25 October, 09:47:35-09:57:35 - NPP-Bridge - Delta II 7920 - Vandenberg SLC-2W
25 November, 14:21 - MSL - Atlas V 541 - Canaveral SLC-41
30 November - Dragon C3/Orbcomm 2G (x2)/Orbcomm AIS sat (x2) - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
8 December - WGS-4 - Delta IV-M+(5,4) - Canaveral SLC-37B
Late December - Risk reduction test flight - Taurus II - MARS

2012:
Date, Time (GMT) - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site

3 February - NuSTAR - Pegasus-XL - Kwajalein
February - MUOS-1 - Atlas V 551 - Canaveral SLC-41
February - Cygnus COTS - Taurus II - MARS LP-0A
29 March - NRO L-25 - Delta IV-M+(5,2) - Vandenberg SLC-6
April - AEHF-2 - Atlas V 531 - Canaveral SLC-41
April (TBD) - Orbcomm 2G (x8 ) - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
June - NRO L-15 - Delta IV-H - Canaveral SLC-37B
August - TDRS-K - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
NET 15 August - RBSP (x2) - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
1 December - IRIS - Pegasus XL - Vandenberg
December - SET-1 - TBD - TBD
December - AEHF-3 - Atlas V 531 - Canaveral SLC-41
4Q? - GeoEye-2/TBD? - Atlas V 401 - Vandenberg SLC-3E
TBD - GPS IIF-5 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - GPS IIF-4 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - GPS IIF-3 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - SBIRS-GEO 2 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - NRO L-45 - Atlas V - Vandenberg SLC-3E
TBD - NRO L-36 - Atlas V 411 - TBD
TBD - NRO L-38 - EELV - TBD
TBD - WGS-5 - EELV - Canaveral
TBD - WGS-6 - EELV - Canaveral
TBD - DMSP-5D3 F19 - EELV - Vandenberg
TBD - Geospace ITSP - Taurus - Vandenberg LC-576E - ??
TBD - Cygnus CRS1 - Taurus II - MARS LP-0A
TBD - Cygnus CRS2 - Taurus II - MARS LP-0A
TBD - Dragon CRS1 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - Dragon CRS2 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - Dragon CRS3 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - Dragon CRS4 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - Cassiope - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - Orbcomm 2G (x8 ) - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - Demo Flight - Falcon Heavy - Vandenberg

2013
Date, Time (GMT) - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site

1-st quarter - SES-8 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2 May - LADEE - Minotaur V - MARS LP-0B
2-nd quarter - Thaicom 6 - Falcon 9 Block-2 - Canaveral SLC-40
June - TDRS-L - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
June - Landsat DCM - Atlas V 401 - Vandenberg SLC-3E
16 July - Orion Flight Test 1 - TBD - Canaveral
18 November - MAVEN - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral
December - FORMOSAT 5 - Falcon 9 - Vandenberg SLC-4 (TBC)
TBD - OCO-2 - TBD - Vandenberg
TBD - NRO L-35 - EELV - TBD
TBD - NRO L-39 - Atlas V 501 - Vandenberg SLC-3E
TBD - Dragon CRS5 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - Dragon CRS6 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - DragonLab-1 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - Dragon CRS7 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - SAOCOM-1A - Falcon 9 - Vandenberg SLC-4 - or Omelek
TBD - SAOCOM-1B - Falcon 9 - Vandenberg SLC-4 (TBC) - or Omelek
TBD - Cygnus CRS3 - Taurus II - MARS LP-0A
TBD - Cygnus CRS4 - Taurus II - MARS LP-0A

2014
Date, Time (GMT) - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site

May - GEMS - TBD - TBD
14 August - MMS - Atlas V 421 - Canaveral SLC-41
1 December - GPM - Taurus-XL - Vandenberg LC-576E - or November - multiple launches?
3-rd quarter - Formosat-7 (6 sat) - Minotaur-4 - Vandenberg
November - SMAP - TBD - TBD
TBD - WorldView 3/TBD? - Atlas V 401 - Vandenberg SLC-3E
TBD - GPS IIIA-1 - EELV - Canaveral
TBD - NRO L-55 - EELV - TBD
TBD - DMSP-5D3 F20 - EELV - Vandenberg
TBD - AMOS-4 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 - or Omelek
TBD - Space Systems/Loral payload - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 or Omelek
TBD - Dragon CRS8 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - Dragon CRS9 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - Dragon CRS10 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - Astrium payload - Falcon 1e - Omelek
TBD - Sundancer - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - DragonLab-2 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - Cygnus CRS5 - Taurus II - MARS LP-0A
TBD - Cygnus CRS6 - Taurus II - MARS LP-0A

Other:

Date, Time (GMT) - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site

1-st quarter 2015 - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
October 2015 - GOES-R - TBD - Canaveral
December 2015 - TDRS-M - EELV - Canaveral
2015 - SIM-Lite - Atlas V 431? - Canaveral SLC-41 - or equivalent rocket
2015 - NRO L-37 - Delta IV-H - TBD
2015 - SES payload - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2015 - Dragon CRS11 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2015 - Dragon CRS12 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2015-2017 TBD - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 - (or Dnepr)
2015-2017 TBD - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 - (or Dnepr)
2015-2017 TBD - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 - (or Dnepr)
2015-2017 TBD - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 - (or Dnepr)
2015-2017 TBD - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 - (or Dnepr)
2015-2017 TBD - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 - (or Dnepr)
2015-2017 TBD - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 - (or Dnepr)
TBD - Cygnus CRS7 - Taurus II - MARS LP-0A
TBD - Cygnus CRS8 - Taurus II - MARS LP-0A

January 2016 - ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter/EDM lander - Atlas V 421 - Canaveral SLC-41
January 2016 - ICESat-II - TBD - TBD
September 2016 - JPSS-1 - TBD - TBD
3-rd quarter 2016 - Formosat-7 (7 sat) - Minotaur-4 - Vandenberg
December 2016 - TDRS-N - EELV - Canaveral
2016 - Discovery 12 - TBD - TBD
2016 - EX-1 - TBD - TBD
2016 - Grace-FO - TBD - TBD
2016 - OSIRIS-REx - TBD - TBD

February 2017 - GOES-S - TBD - Canaveral
2017 - EX-2 - TBD - TBD
2017 - AEHF-4 - Atlas V 531 - Canaveral SLC-41

August 2018 - Solar Probe Plus - TBD - TBD
2018 - Discovery 13 - TBD - TBD
2018 - PACE - TBD - TBD
2018 - ExoMars rover - Atlas V - Canaveral

April 2019 - GOES-T - TBD - Canaveral
2019 - ASCENDS - TBD - TBD
2019 - EX-3 - TBD - TBD
2019 - JPSS-2 - TBD - TBD
2019 - SWOT - TBD - TBD

September 2020 - ITSP - TBD - TBD
2020 - LISA - TBD - TBD
2020 - IXO - TBD - TBD
2020 - EX-4 - TBD - TBD
2020 - STP-5 - TBD - TBD
2021 - GEC - TBD - TBD - ??

January 2022 - Solar Sentinals - TBD - TBD

April 2024 - GOES-U - EELV - Canaveral


Unclear:

Date, Time (GMT) - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site

TBD - GPS IIF-6 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - GPS IIF-7 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - GPS IIF-8 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - GPS IIF-9 - Delta IV-M+(4,2) - Canaveral SLC-37B
TBD - GPS IIF-10 - Delta IV-M+(4,2) - Canaveral SLC-37B
TBD - GPS IIF-11 - EELV - Canaveral - ??
TBD - GPS IIF-12 - EELV - Canaveral - ??
TBD - SBIRS-GEO 3 - Delta IV-M+(4,2) - Canaveral SLC-37B
TBD - MUOS-2 - Atlas V 551? - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - MUOS-3 - Atlas V 551? - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - MUOS-4 - Atlas V 551? - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - MUOS-5 - Atlas V 551? - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - SBSS-2 - Minotaur IV - Vandenberg SLC-8
TBD - SBSS-3 - Minotaur IV - Vandenberg SLC-8
TBD - SBSS-4 - Minotaur IV - Vandenberg SLC-8
TBD - SBSS-5 - Minotaur IV - Vandenberg SLC-8

Probably cancelled:

Date, Time (GMT) - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site

TBD - NRO L-29 (Imp. Onyx?) - Atlas V 501 - Vandenberg
TBD - AFSPC-2 - Atlas V 541 - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - Colony-1 (x8 )/TBD - Falcon 1e - Omelek
December 2013 - Moon Cruiser - Falcon 9/Lander/Rover - Canaveral SLC-40
July 2015 - Polar Excavator (Moon) - Falcon 9/Lander/Rover - Canaveral SLC-40
3-rd quarter 2016 - Customer Driven (Moon) - Falcon 9/Lander/Rover - Canaveral SLC-40
2017 -DESDynl-L - TBD - TBD
2017 - CLARREO-1 - TBD - TBD
2020 - CLARREO-2 - TBD - TBD

Changes on July 8
Changes on July 15
Changes on July 16
Changes on July 21

[Salo]

http://fdfhome.gsfc.nasa.gov/fdinfo_Launch_2011.html

[Salo]

Via @jeff_foust:

Frank Culberson, Orbital: now planning Taurus 2 test firing on pad in November, demo launch late December, COTS flight next February.

http://msdb.gsfc.nasa.gov/launches.php

NET 12/8/2011 WGS SV 4 Delta IV

http://science.nasa.gov/missions/ladee/

Launch Date: May 02, 2013

NASA and SpaceX officials reached agreement on planning dates of Nov. 30 for the launch and  Dec. 7 for the rendezvous and berthing of the Dragon cargo spacecraft with the station during a July 15 meeting.
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