The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on May 19 at 11:40 p.m. - 12:15 a.m. EDT. A Falcon 9 will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on May 24 at 1:24-5:24 p.m. EDT. A Falcon 9 will launch the next GPS satellite for the U.S. Space Force from pad 40 on late May TBA. A Falcon 9 will launch the Sirius XM-10 broadcasting satellite from pad 40 on June 6. A Falcon 9 will launch the Axiom-4 spaceflight participant mission to the International Space Station from pad 39A on June 8 at 9:11 a.m. EDT. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch. A Falcon 9 will launch the Meteosat MTG-S1 weather satellite for Europe on July TBA.
Starlink G12-15 Pre-LaunchDerived from a pre-launch Starlink-G12-15 state vector, provided by SpaceX. SupGP data is provided for the entire stack, as well as one for a single satellite.Launch: 2025-05-20 03:40:00 UTC.Deploy: 2025-05-20 04:45:24.440 UTC.Launch window: 2025-05-20 03:40:00 UTC to 2025-05-20 04:15:00 UTC.
Rocket Lab @RocketLabElectron is vertical on the pad at LC-1 and the countdown to launch is on for @QPS_Inc . Launch preparations for our 64th Electron mission are tracking well for an on-time lift-off at:🚀8:17 p.m. NZT🚀08:17 UTC🚀5:17 p.m. JST🚀4:17 a.m. EDT🚀1:17 a.m. PDT
Rocket Lab @RocketLabLift-off of Electron for "The Sea God Sees"
Quote from: GewoonLukas_ on 05/16/2025 03:27 pm0883-EX-ST-2025The mentioned LPV1 landing location suggests it'll be flying due east, so these cubesats are not on NG-2 as those are heading to ~55 degrees.QuoteNorth 27 55 52 West 74 22 53 Blue Origin Command Support VesselNorth 28 0 47 West 74 21 54 Blue Origin Landing Platform VesselThis suggests a launch into a circa 28 degree (inclined to Earth's equator) orbit. The launch could be hyperbolic, into the ecliptic: a planetary launch.What early New Glenn payload is heading for a planet? EscaPADE.I suggest EscaPADE is the payload for the second New Glenn launch. I suggest the paperwork change occurred in the last few days. Launch would likely be NET August.SN ESCAPADE looking at 2025 and 2026 launch options, 13 December 13 2024, Jeff FoustQuoteIn a talk about the mission at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union here Dec. 11, Rob Lillis, principal investigator for ESCAPADE at the University of California Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory...<snip>Lillis said the mission is now examining launch opportunities in 2025 and 2026. “Now, Mars arrival will be in September 2027,” he said, two years later than previously planned.Those new launch opportunities involve complex trajectories compared to the direct flight to Mars available during traditional launch windows. He showed several options for launch opportunities in late 2025 and early 2026 that involved what he described as a “kidney bean-shaped dance” around the Earth-sun L-2 Lagrange point before doing an Earth gravity assist to head off to Mars.Those alterative trajectories do provide some advantages, allowing for observations of the space weather environment beyond the L-2 point to distances as far as 3.5 million kilometers from Earth. That region, he noted, had not been studied since the Wind mission in the 1990s. “There’s some opportunity for some great space weather observations,” he said.Have the Mars via ESL-2 and delta-VEGA trajectories been released?We shall see. 👀
0883-EX-ST-2025The mentioned LPV1 landing location suggests it'll be flying due east, so these cubesats are not on NG-2 as those are heading to ~55 degrees.
North 27 55 52 West 74 22 53 Blue Origin Command Support VesselNorth 28 0 47 West 74 21 54 Blue Origin Landing Platform Vessel
In a talk about the mission at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union here Dec. 11, Rob Lillis, principal investigator for ESCAPADE at the University of California Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory...<snip>Lillis said the mission is now examining launch opportunities in 2025 and 2026. “Now, Mars arrival will be in September 2027,” he said, two years later than previously planned.Those new launch opportunities involve complex trajectories compared to the direct flight to Mars available during traditional launch windows. He showed several options for launch opportunities in late 2025 and early 2026 that involved what he described as a “kidney bean-shaped dance” around the Earth-sun L-2 Lagrange point before doing an Earth gravity assist to head off to Mars.Those alterative trajectories do provide some advantages, allowing for observations of the space weather environment beyond the L-2 point to distances as far as 3.5 million kilometers from Earth. That region, he noted, had not been studied since the Wind mission in the 1990s. “There’s some opportunity for some great space weather observations,” he said.
Delay to NET 26th 6:30 PM CDT, 23:30 UTC.Quote from: NGA170050Z MAY 25HYDROPAC 1276/25(61,74).INDIAN OCEAN.DNC 02, DNC 03, DNC 04.1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS 0012Z TO 0305Z DAILY 27 MAY THRU 04 JUN IN AREA BOUND BY 26-15.00S 051-27.00E, 25-45.00S 051-39.00E, 25-54.00S 054-31.00E, 25-59.00S 056-17.00E, 26-08.00S 059-49.00E, 25-44.00S 062-38.00E, 25-35.00S 066-32.00E, 25-01.00S 073-14.00E, 23-53.00S 079-35.00E, 22-49.00S 084-17.00E, 21-29.00S 088-53.00E, 20-34.00S 092-55.00E, 19-21.00S 096-06.00E, 17-32.00S 101-28.00E, 16-07.00S 105-43.00E, 14-57.00S 113-44.00E, 15-29.00S 113-54.00E, 17-57.00S 111-04.00E, 19-39.00S 108-17.00E, 21-33.00S 104-28.00E, 23-03.00S 099-47.00E, 24-21.00S 093-46.00E, 25-01.00S 089-29.00E, 25-35.00S 085-01.00E, 26-09.00S 080-07.00E, 27-05.00S 074-40.00E, 27-45.00S 070-13.00E, 28-10.00S 059-51.00E, 27-54.00S 051-57.00E.2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1235/25.3. CANCEL THIS MSG 040405Z JUN 25.
170050Z MAY 25HYDROPAC 1276/25(61,74).INDIAN OCEAN.DNC 02, DNC 03, DNC 04.1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS 0012Z TO 0305Z DAILY 27 MAY THRU 04 JUN IN AREA BOUND BY 26-15.00S 051-27.00E, 25-45.00S 051-39.00E, 25-54.00S 054-31.00E, 25-59.00S 056-17.00E, 26-08.00S 059-49.00E, 25-44.00S 062-38.00E, 25-35.00S 066-32.00E, 25-01.00S 073-14.00E, 23-53.00S 079-35.00E, 22-49.00S 084-17.00E, 21-29.00S 088-53.00E, 20-34.00S 092-55.00E, 19-21.00S 096-06.00E, 17-32.00S 101-28.00E, 16-07.00S 105-43.00E, 14-57.00S 113-44.00E, 15-29.00S 113-54.00E, 17-57.00S 111-04.00E, 19-39.00S 108-17.00E, 21-33.00S 104-28.00E, 23-03.00S 099-47.00E, 24-21.00S 093-46.00E, 25-01.00S 089-29.00E, 25-35.00S 085-01.00E, 26-09.00S 080-07.00E, 27-05.00S 074-40.00E, 27-45.00S 070-13.00E, 28-10.00S 059-51.00E, 27-54.00S 051-57.00E.2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1235/25.3. CANCEL THIS MSG 040405Z JUN 25.
The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on May 19 at 11:40 p.m. - 12:15 a.m. EDT. A Falcon 9 will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on May 24 at 1:24-5:24 p.m. EDT. A Falcon 9 will launch the next GPS satellite for the U.S. Space Force from pad 40 on late May TBA. A Falcon 9 will launch the Sirius XM-10 broadcasting satellite from pad 40 on June 6. A Falcon 9 will launch the Axiom-4 spaceflight participant mission to the International Space Station from pad 39A on June 8 at 9:11 a.m. EDT. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch. Upcoming launches include more Starlink batches. A Falcon 9 will launch the Meteosat MTG-S1 weather satellite for Europe on July TBA.
The next United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will launch the second Kuiper internet satellite batch on TBA.
https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/Current as of 2025 May 19 04:01:14 UTC (Day 139)QuoteStarlink G12-15 Pre-Launch Derived from a pre-launch Starlink-G12-15 state vector, provided by SpaceX. SupGP data is provided for the entire stack, as well as one for a single satellite.Launch: 2025-05-20 03:58:20 UTC.Deploy: 2025-05-20 05:03:44.440 UTC.Launch window: 2025-05-20 03:58:20 UTC to 2025-05-20 04:00:49 UTC.
Starlink G12-15 Pre-Launch Derived from a pre-launch Starlink-G12-15 state vector, provided by SpaceX. SupGP data is provided for the entire stack, as well as one for a single satellite.Launch: 2025-05-20 03:58:20 UTC.Deploy: 2025-05-20 05:03:44.440 UTC.Launch window: 2025-05-20 03:58:20 UTC to 2025-05-20 04:00:49 UTC.
https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/Current as of 2025 May 18 23:59:12 UTC (Day 138)QuoteStarlink G11-16 Pre-Launch Derived from a pre-launch Starlink-G11-16 state vector, provided by SpaceX. SupGP data is provided for the entire stack, as well as one for a single satellite.Launch: 2025-05-21 21:20:00 UTC.Deploy: 2025-05-21 22:20:52.280 UTC.Launch window: 2025-05-21 21:20:00 UTC to 2025-05-22 01:20:00 UTC.
Starlink G11-16 Pre-Launch Derived from a pre-launch Starlink-G11-16 state vector, provided by SpaceX. SupGP data is provided for the entire stack, as well as one for a single satellite.Launch: 2025-05-21 21:20:00 UTC.Deploy: 2025-05-21 22:20:52.280 UTC.Launch window: 2025-05-21 21:20:00 UTC to 2025-05-22 01:20:00 UTC.
SES-STA-INTR2025-02185 [May 1]QuoteATLAS Space Operations, Inc (ATLAS) requests Special Temporary Authority (STA) for sixty (60) days or until a fixed license is granted, commencing upon grant for the operation of our satellite earth station in Dededo, Guam (call sign E190037) to communicate with the York Tranche 1 Demonstration and Experimentation System (T1DES) satellite (NTIA-44 control number SPS-27327/1). This request is of a temporary nature to cover the period of time between the anticipated launch date of this point of communication on June 21, 2025 and the submission of an earth station license modification to add this additional point of communication. SES-STA-INTR2025-02360 [May 13]QuoteYork T1DES (Tranche 1 Demonstration and Experimentation System)Licensed: NTIA-44 SPS-232/1; RFA USSF2025-406 or AF258333Launch Date: June 21, 2025
ATLAS Space Operations, Inc (ATLAS) requests Special Temporary Authority (STA) for sixty (60) days or until a fixed license is granted, commencing upon grant for the operation of our satellite earth station in Dededo, Guam (call sign E190037) to communicate with the York Tranche 1 Demonstration and Experimentation System (T1DES) satellite (NTIA-44 control number SPS-27327/1). This request is of a temporary nature to cover the period of time between the anticipated launch date of this point of communication on June 21, 2025 and the submission of an earth station license modification to add this additional point of communication.
York T1DES (Tranche 1 Demonstration and Experimentation System)Licensed: NTIA-44 SPS-232/1; RFA USSF2025-406 or AF258333Launch Date: June 21, 2025
FY26 Space Budget Hearing [May 14]QuoteFORGING NEW SPACE ACQUISITION PATHWAYSThe Rapid Response Trailblazer-1 mission, launched on 16 December 2024, demonstrated an ability to execute launches on a condensed timeline with the launch campaign condensed from 24 months to less than five months and the SV07 pre-launch processing timeline reduced from six to three months. The launch showed the ability to rapidly deploy capabilities to meet warfighter needs. We are initiating a second rapid response mission to swap the GPS III-7 (SV08) and GPS IIIF-1 (SV11) missions between United Launch Alliance (ULA) and SpaceX. The swap enables SV08’s Initial Launch Capability (ILC) in early Summer 2025 while maintaining SV11’s May 2027 ILC. Further, this move provides payload processing relief in late Summer/Fall 2025 while saving tens of millions due to the change from Falcon Heavy to Falcon 9.
FORGING NEW SPACE ACQUISITION PATHWAYSThe Rapid Response Trailblazer-1 mission, launched on 16 December 2024, demonstrated an ability to execute launches on a condensed timeline with the launch campaign condensed from 24 months to less than five months and the SV07 pre-launch processing timeline reduced from six to three months. The launch showed the ability to rapidly deploy capabilities to meet warfighter needs. We are initiating a second rapid response mission to swap the GPS III-7 (SV08) and GPS IIIF-1 (SV11) missions between United Launch Alliance (ULA) and SpaceX. The swap enables SV08’s Initial Launch Capability (ILC) in early Summer 2025 while maintaining SV11’s May 2027 ILC. Further, this move provides payload processing relief in late Summer/Fall 2025 while saving tens of millions due to the change from Falcon Heavy to Falcon 9.
FY26 Space Budget Hearing [May 14]QuoteNational Security Space Launch (NSSL)<snip>The first NSSL Vulcan mission is USSF-106 with an ILC date in July 2025.<snip>
National Security Space Launch (NSSL)<snip>The first NSSL Vulcan mission is USSF-106 with an ILC date in July 2025.<snip>
Space Force Satellite Refueling Demos Coming in 2026 and 2028April 8, 2025[...]Orbit Fab’s first depot will launch on the same rocket as Astroscale’s refueler in June 2026, Adam Harris, chief commercial officer at Orbit Fab, confirmed in an interview with Air & Space Forces Magazine. [...]
US Space Force Analyzing the Advantages and Trade-Offs of In-Space RefuelingMay 16, 2025[...]Redwire is also building two Mako platforms for Tetra-5, which was on track for this year, but is now scheduled for June next year.[...]
Launch slipped to NET May 27 now: A0150/25 NOTAMR A0144/25Q) FIMM/QRALW/IV/NBO /W /000/999/2530S06515E999 A) FIMM B) 2505280012 C) 2506030305 EST D) 28 0012-030529 0012-030530 0012-030531 0012-030501 0012-030502 0012-030503 0012-0305 E) STATIONARY ALTITUDE RESERVATION FOR HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS FROM SFCTO UNL FOR ATMOSPHERIC RE-ENTRY AND SPLASHDOWN OF SPACE X STARSHIPFLT-9 ROCKET WI AN AREA BOUNDED BY FLW COORD:2752S 05700E2558S 05700E2557S 05931E2544S 06238E2535S 06632E2501S 07314E2442S 07500E2703S 07500E2705S 07440E2745S 07013E2810S 05951E TO BEGINNINGPRIMARY RE-ENTRY BTN 0012 AND 0305 ON 28 MAY 2025. BACK UP RE-ENTRYBTN 29 MAY 2025 AND 03 JUN 2025 AS PER FIELD D. F) 000 G) 999CNS123W SEQUENCE CHECK FOR FIMPYNYX A -- EXPECTED A0151/25 -- RECEIVED A0150/25CNN038W DUPLICATE NOTAMTRANSACTION ROLLED BACK, RETCODE = 14
The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on May 19 at 11:58 p.m. EDT. A Falcon 9 will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on May 24 at 1:24-5:24 p.m. EDT. A Falcon 9 will launch the next GPS satellite for the U.S. Space Force from pad 40 on late May TBA. A Falcon 9 will launch the Sirius XM-10 broadcasting satellite from pad 40 on June 6. A Falcon 9 will launch the Axiom-4 spaceflight participant mission to the International Space Station from pad 39A on June 8 at 9:11 a.m. EDT (close tickets on sale). The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch. Upcoming launches include more Starlink batches. A Falcon 9 will launch the Meteosat MTG-S1 weather satellite for Europe on July TBA.
https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=sl-12-15QuoteSpaceX is targeting Monday, May 19 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 11:58 p.m. If needed, additional launch opportunities are also available on Tuesday, May 20 starting at 11:18 p.m. ET.A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the new X TV app.This is the first flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.= 20 May 03:58 UTCB1095-1
SpaceX is targeting Monday, May 19 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 11:58 p.m. If needed, additional launch opportunities are also available on Tuesday, May 20 starting at 11:18 p.m. ET.A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the new X TV app.This is the first flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
SpaceX @SpaceXFalcon 9 had an auto abort just prior to T-0. Vehicle and payload are in good health, and teams are resetting for a launch attempt no earlier than Tuesday, May 20
https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=sl-12-15QuoteSpaceX is targeting Tuesday, May 20 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 11:18 p.m. ET, with backup opportunities available until 11:26 p.m. ET.= 21 May 03:18 UTC8-minute window
SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, May 20 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 11:18 p.m. ET, with backup opportunities available until 11:26 p.m. ET.
Starlink G12-15 Pre-Launch Derived from a pre-launch Starlink-G12-15 state vector, provided by SpaceX. SupGP data is provided for the entire stack, as well as one for a single satellite.Launch: 2025-05-21 03:18:30 UTC.Deploy: 2025-05-21 04:23:54.440 UTC.Launch window: 2025-05-21 03:18:30 UTC to 2025-05-21 03:19:29 UTC.Backup Launch Opportunity #1 Launch: 2025-05-21 03:19:30 UTC.Deploy: 2025-05-21 04:24:54.440 UTC.Launch window: 2025-05-21 03:19:30 UTC to 2025-05-21 03:25:39 UTC.Backup Launch Opportunity #2 Launch: 2025-05-21 03:26:50 UTC.Deploy: 2025-05-21 04:32:14.440 UTC.Launch window: 2025-05-21 03:26:50 UTC to 2025-05-21 03:28:19 UTC.
The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on May 20 at 11:18-11:48 p.m. EDT. A Falcon 9 will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on May 24 at 1:24-5:24 p.m. EDT. A Falcon 9 will launch the next GPS satellite for the U.S. Space Force from pad 40 on late May TBA. A Falcon 9 will launch the Sirius XM-10 broadcasting satellite from pad 40 on June 6. A Falcon 9 will launch the Axiom-4 spaceflight participant mission to the International Space Station from pad 39A on June 8 at 9:11 a.m. EDT (close tickets on sale). The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch. Upcoming launches include more Starlink batches. A Falcon 9 will launch the Meteosat MTG-S1 weather satellite for Europe on July TBA.
The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on May 20 at 11:18-11:26 p.m. EDT. A Falcon 9 will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on May 24 at 1:24-5:24 p.m. EDT. A Falcon 9 will launch a Starlink batch from pad 39A on May 28 at 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. EDT. A Falcon 9 will launch the next GPS satellite for the U.S. Space Force from pad 40 on late May TBA. A Falcon 9 will launch the Sirius XM-10 broadcasting satellite from pad 40 on June 6. A Falcon 9 will launch the Axiom-4 spaceflight participant mission to the International Space Station from pad 39A on June 8 at 9:11 a.m. EDT. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch. Upcoming launches include more Starlink batches. A Falcon 9 will launch the Meteosat MTG-S1 weather satellite for Europe on July TBA.
Starlink Group 10-32 has appeared on CADENA OIS - first Starlink launch on the NE bound track in a long while.QuotePrimary Launch Day 28 May 1330Z-1800ZBackup Launch Day (1) 29 May 1308Z-1738Z Backup Launch Day (2) 30 May 1246Z-1716Z Backup Launch Day (3) 31 May 1224Z-1654Z Backup Launch Day (4) 01 June 1202Z-1632Z Backup Launch Day (5) 02 June 1139Z-1609Z Backup Launch Day (6) 03 June 1117Z-1547ZThe FAA launch document has, for the first time, lists either Florida Falcon pads as options: "CCSFS/KSC, Florida"
Primary Launch Day 28 May 1330Z-1800ZBackup Launch Day (1) 29 May 1308Z-1738Z Backup Launch Day (2) 30 May 1246Z-1716Z Backup Launch Day (3) 31 May 1224Z-1654Z Backup Launch Day (4) 01 June 1202Z-1632Z Backup Launch Day (5) 02 June 1139Z-1609Z Backup Launch Day (6) 03 June 1117Z-1547Z
Starlink Group 11-18 has appeared on CADENA OIS:QuotePrimary Launch Day 30 MAY 2024Z-0055Z Backup Launch Day (1) 31 MAY 2001Z-0032Z Backup Launch Day (2) 01 JUN 1939Z-0010Z Backup Launch Day (3) 02 JUN 1917Z-2348Z Backup Launch Day (4) 03 JUN 1855Z-2326Z
Primary Launch Day 30 MAY 2024Z-0055Z Backup Launch Day (1) 31 MAY 2001Z-0032Z Backup Launch Day (2) 01 JUN 1939Z-0010Z Backup Launch Day (3) 02 JUN 1917Z-2348Z Backup Launch Day (4) 03 JUN 1855Z-2326Z
Quote from: StraumliBlight on 05/20/2025 05:54 pm[YouTube video deleted]At 12:24 SpaceX' Sarah Walker says the first stage supporting this mission will be making its second flight and previously supported a Starlink mission a few weeks ago. This is B1094.
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On Tuesday, May 20 at 11:19 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.This was the first flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission.
Starlink G12-15 Pre-LaunchDerived from a pre-launch Starlink-G12-15 state vector, provided by SpaceX. SupGP data is provided for the entire stack, as well as one for a single satellite. Launch: 2025-05-21 03:19:10 UTC.Deploy: 2025-05-21 04:24:34.440 UTC.
Starlink G11-16 Pre-LaunchDerived from a pre-launch Starlink-G11-16 state vector, provided by SpaceX. SupGP data is provided for the entire stack, as well as one for a single satellite.Launch: 2025-05-22 20:58:00 UTC.Deploy: 2025-05-22 21:58:52.280 UTC.Launch window: 2025-05-22 20:58:00 UTC to 2025-05-23 00:58:00 UTC
0511-EX-CN-2025QuoteUFO-Odyssey will demonstrate rapid response to requirements for on-orbit testing and verification of optical and computational experiments. The experiments include imaging of other spacecraft during and immediately after deployment, data communications, and computer networking & edge processing.The spacecraft will be launched aboard Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station NET 1 August 2025. It will be inserted into a 470 km circular orbit with an inclination of 54 degrees. It will be deployed concurrently with two NASA R5 spacecraft (R5-S3 and R5-S5) and immediately begin imaging their deployment for RPOD and mission assurance purposes. After this testing of onboard processing and data communications will begin, and will continue for the duration of the mission.
UFO-Odyssey will demonstrate rapid response to requirements for on-orbit testing and verification of optical and computational experiments. The experiments include imaging of other spacecraft during and immediately after deployment, data communications, and computer networking & edge processing.The spacecraft will be launched aboard Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station NET 1 August 2025. It will be inserted into a 470 km circular orbit with an inclination of 54 degrees. It will be deployed concurrently with two NASA R5 spacecraft (R5-S3 and R5-S5) and immediately begin imaging their deployment for RPOD and mission assurance purposes. After this testing of onboard processing and data communications will begin, and will continue for the duration of the mission.
Iridium Satellite LLC (“Iridium”) hereby requests a two-year experimental license, beginning on August 1, 2025, to transmit in the 1618.725–1626.5 MHz band from its space stations to the UFO-ODYSSEY low-Earth orbit 6U cubesat to be operated by UFO LLC (“UFO”).To satisfy the requirements of the launch aggregator, Iridium requests that the license be issued by July 15, 2024.The UFO-ODYSSEY cubesat is scheduled to be launched not earlier than August 1, 2024. UFO is concurrently seeking experimental authority to transmit data from an Iridium 9603 modem and an Iridium 9704 modem, both on UFO-ODYSSEY, to Iridium’s satellites, to enable relay of the data to the Earth.The UFO-ODYSSEY experiment will enable demonstration of rapid response to requirements for on-orbit testing and verification of optical and computational experiments. The experiments include imaging of other spacecraft during and immediately after deployment, data communications, as well as computer networking and edge processing.
Starlink G12-22 Pre-LaunchDerived from a pre-launch Starlink-G12-22 state vector, provided by SpaceX. SupGP data is provided for the entire stack, as well as one for a single satellite.Launch: 2025-05-24 17:19:00 UTC.Deploy: 2025-05-24 18:24:18.460 UTC.Launch window: 2025-05-24 17:19:00 UTC to 2025-05-24 21:19:00 UTC.
MAY 21, 2025Blue Origin Announces Crew for New Shepard’s 32nd MissionBlue Origin today announced the six people flying on its NS-32 mission. The crew includes Aymette Medina Jorge, Dr. Gretchen Green, Jaime Alemán, Jesse Williams, Mark Rocket, and Paul Jeris. This mission is the 12th human flight for the New Shepard program and the 32nd overall. The live webcast on BlueOrigin.com will start at T-30 minutes. The flight date will be announced soon.
