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https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/status/1773302998132801891

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The Mobile Service Tower at Space Launch Complex-37 is retracted and secured in the launch position about the length of a football field away from #DeltaIVHeavy. Activities remain on schedule for today's liftoff of #TheDeltaFinale at 1:40pmEDT (1740 UTC). http://bit.ly/div_nrol70
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Launched:

Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site (Country) - Time (UTC)


2009.08.25 - STSAT-2A - Naro-1 (KSLV-1) - Naro (South Korea/Russia) - 08:00 (Failure)
2010.06.10 - STSAT-2B - Naro-1 (KSLV-1) - Naro (South Korea/Russia) - 08:01:00.320 (Failure)

2013.01.30 - STSAT-2С - Naro-1 - Naro (South Korea/Russia) - 07:00
2021.10.21 - Dummy Payload - Nuri (KSLV-2) - Naro LC-2 - 08:00 (Failure)
2022.06.21  - PVSAT (Performance Verification Satellite) [STEP Cube Lab 2, MIMAN (Cubesatyonsei), RANDEV (ASTRIS 2), SNUGLITE 2], Dummy Payload - Nuri (KSLV-2) - Naro LC-2 - 07:00
2023.05.25 - NEXTSat-2, SNIPE A (KASI-SAT A), SNIPE B (KASI-SAT B), SNIPE С (KASI-SAT С), SNIPE D (KASI-SAT D), JLC-101-v1-2, KSAT3U, Lumir-T1 - Nuri (KSLV-2) - Naro LC-2  - 09:24:03
2023.12.04 - S-STEP 1 ? (SAR satellite) - GYUB-TV2 - Sea launch near Jeju Island

Foreign launchers:
1992.08.10 - Kitsat 1 (Uribyol 1, Kitsat-OSCAR 23, KO 23) - Ariane-42P H10 - Kourou ELA-2 -23:08:07
1993.09.26 - Kitsat 2 (Uribyol 2, Kitsat-OSCAR 25, KO 25) - Ariane-40 H10 - Kourou ELA-2 - 01:45
1999.05.26 - Kitsat 3 (Uribyol 3) - PSLV-G (2) - Sriharikota FLP - 06:22
1999.12.21 - KOMPSAT 1 (Arirang 1) - Taurus-2110 - Vandenberg 576E - 07:13
2003.09.27 - STSAT 1 (KAISTSat 4, Uribyol 4) - Kosmos-3M - Plesetsk 132/1 - 06:11
2006.07.26 - HAUSAT 1 - Dnepr - Baikonur 109/95 - 19:43 (Failure)
2006.07.28 - KOMPSAT 2 (Arirang 2) - Rokot/Briz-KM - Plesetsk 133/3 - 07:05
2012.05.17 - KOMPSAT 3 (Arirang 3) - H-2A-202 - Tanegashima YLP-1 - 16:39
2012.09.13 - CINEMA 1 - Atlas V 401 - VandenbergSLC-3E - 21:39
2013.04.19 - OSSI 1 - Soyuz-2-1a - Baikonur 31/6 - 10:00
2013.08.22 - KOMPSAT 5 (Arirang 5) - Dnepr - Dombarovskiy 370/13 - 14:39
2013.11.21 - STSAT 3 (Gwahaggisul-wiseong 3), CINEMA 2 (KHUSAT 1), CINEMA 3 (KHUSAT 2) - Dnepr - Dombarovskiy 370/13 - 07:10:11
2015.03.25 - KOMPSAT 3A (Arirang 3A) - Dnepr - Dombarovskiy 370/13 - 22:08
2017.04.18 - LINK (QB50 KR01), SNUSAT 1 (QB50 KR02), SNUSAT 1b (QB50 KR03) - Atlas V 401 (AV-074) - Canaveral SLC-41 - 12:29
2018.01.12 - CANYVAL-X 1, CANYVAL-X 2, CNUSail 1 (Papillon), KAUSAT 5, SIGMA (KHUSAT 3), STEP Cube Lab - PSLV-XL - Sriharikota FLP - 03:59       
2018.12.03 - NEXTSat 1, SNUSAT 2, K2SAT, SNUGLITE, VisionCube - Falcon-9 - Vandenberg SLC-4E - 18:34:05
2018.12.04 - GEO-KOMPSAT 2A (GK 2A, Cheollian 2A) - Ariane-5ECA - Kourou ELA-3 - 20:37:07.3
2020.02.18 - GEO-KOMPSAT 2B (GK 2B, Cheollian 2B) - Ariane-5ECA+ - Kourou ELA-3 - 22:18:07.3
2021.03.22 – CAS500-1, CANYVAL-C 1 (Pumbaa), CANYVAL-C 2 (Timon), KMSL – Soyuz-2-1A/Fregat-M – Baikonur, 31/6 - 06:07:12.770
2022.05.25 – Sejong 1 (LEMUR 2 HANCOM-1) - Falcon 9-156 (B1061.8 LZ-1) - Canaveral SLC-40 - 18:35:00
2022.08.4 - Danuri (KPLO - Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter) - Falcon 9-168 (B1052.6 JRTI) - Canaveral SLC-40 - 23:08:48
2023.11.11 - JINJUSat-1 - Falcon-9 - Vandenberg SLC-4E - 18:49:00.118
2023.12.01 - 425 Project EO/IR satellite 1 - Falcon 9 - Vandenberg  SLC-4E - 18:19

Scheduled:
Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site (Country) - Time (UTC)


2024
TBD - TBD - Nuri (KSLV-2) - Naro LC-2
TBD - PolCube - Nuri (KSLV-2) - Naro LC-2

Foreign launchers:
Early April - Bandwagon-1: 425 Project radar satellite 1,  - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 / Kennedy LC-39A - 17:24
NET  March  April - NeonSat-1 - Electron/Kick Stage - Mahia LC-1 (NZ)
November - Bandwagon-2: 425 Project radar satellite 2 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 / Kennedy LC-39A
NET December - KOMPSAT-6 (Arirang-6) - Vega C - Kourou ELV
NET December - KOMPSAT-7 (Arirang-7) - Vega C - Kourou ELV

From Foreign Launch Site:
TBD - SISNAV (Brazil) - Hanbit-Nano - Alcantara (Brazil)

2025
TBD - CAS500-3 - Nuri (KSLV-2) - Naro LC-2

Foreign launchers:
TBD - 425 Project radar satellite 3 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 / Kennedy LC-39A / Vandenberg  SLC-4E
TBD - 425 Project radar satellite 4 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 / Kennedy LC-39A / Vandenberg  SLC-4E
TBD - CAS500-2, CAS500-4 - Falcon 9 - Vandenberg  SLC-4E

2026
TBD - TBD - Nuri (KSLV-2) - Naro LC-2

2027
TBD - TBD - Nuri (KSLV-2) - Naro LC-2

2030
December - Translunar Injection Capability Verification Vehicle - NGLV (KSLV-III) - Naro LC-1
TBD - TBD - Geostationary satellite launch vehicle - TBD

2031
December - Lunar Soft Landing Verification Vehicle - NGLV (KSLV-III) - Naro LC-1

2032
December - Lunar Lander - NGLV (KSLV-III) - Naro LC-1

2040
TBD - TBD - Large geostationary satellite launch vehicle - TBD

Unclear:
NET 2026 - CAS500-5 - Nuri (KSLV-2) - Naro LC-2
2026-2028 - 20 small-sized reconnaissance satellites [multiple launches] - Nuri (KSLV-2) - Naro LC-2
2028-2030 - 40 reconnaissance microsatellites [multiple launches] - GYUB-TV2 - Sea launch near Jeju Island

2020s - NeonSat-2, NeonSat-3, NeonSat-4, NeonSat-5, NeonSat-6 - Nuri (KSLV-2) - Naro LC-2
2020s - NeonSat-7, NeonSat-8, NeonSat-9, NeonSat-10, NeonSat-11 - Nuri (KSLV-2) - Naro LC-2
2020s - Lunar orbiter - KSLV-2 - Naro (South Korea)
2020s - Perseus O 1, Perseus O 2, Perseus O 3, Perseus O 4 - TBD - TBD
2020s - Perseus O 5, Perseus O 6, Perseus O 7, Perseus O 8 - TBD - TBD
Early 2030s - Lunar lander/rover - TBD - Naro
Mid-2030s - missions to Mars - TBD - Naro
Mid-2030s -  near-Earth asteroids - TBD - Naro

Naro LC-1 to be rebuilt and repurposed for KSLV-III

Changes on March 28th
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Retraction of the Mobile Service Tower is starting! This reveals the #DeltaIVHeavy for today's #TheDeltaFinale launch of #NROL70. An undercarriage transport system is rolling on rail tracks to move the 330-foot-tall, 10-million-pound gantry at a top speed of 0.25 miles per hour.

https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/status/1773291801689964795

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Mobile Service Tower rollback to the launch position is continuing. #TheDeltaFinae

https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/status/1773294462795469045
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https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20240327002900315
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Military seeks to acquire around 60 small, micro spy satellites by 2030
Chae Yun-hwan, 채윤환
Chae Yun-hwan
All News 10:12 March 27, 2024

SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military seeks to acquire around 60 small and micro-sized spy satellites by 2030, a source said Wednesday, amid efforts to bolster independent monitoring capabilities against North Korean threats.
The military plans to launch around 10 to 20 small-sized reconnaissance satellites and some 40 microsatellites after acquiring five mid-sized spy satellites by 2025, according to the source.
South Korea launched its first military spy satellite into orbit on a SpaceX rocket from a U.S. military base in California last December as part of a project to acquire the five mid-sized satellites, which have a mass of around 800 to 1,000 kilograms.
The source said authorities are pushing for the acquisition of small and micro-sized satellites as they determined that the mid-sized satellites were not enough to properly monitor North Korea.
The state arms procurement agency announced a plan last year to develop a microsatellite system by 2030.
Through the envisioned satellite constellation, the military is expected to monitor the Korean Peninsula every 30 minutes or less.
The small-sized satellites, which have a mass of less than 500 kg, and the microsatellites under 100 kg are planned to be launched from a homegrown solid-fuel space rocket.
The launch period for the small-sized satellites is said to be scheduled for 2026 to 2028, while that of the microsatellites will be from 2028 to 2030.
"The push for a homegrown solid-fuel space rocket also influenced the plan to acquire additional reconnaissance satellites," the source said.
Last December, the military successfully conducted its third test flight of a solid-fuel space rocket.
This undated image, provided by the Agency for Defense Development, shows a depiction of a space-based surveillance system over the Korean Peninsula. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
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https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20240328004200315?section=search
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S. Korean military says no signs of imminent N. Korean satellite launch
Chae Yun-hwan, 채윤환
Chae Yun-hwan
All News 11:29 March 28, 2024
SEOUL, March 28 (Yonhap) -- North Korea appears to be making preparations for its next launch of a spy satellite, although there are no signs of an imminent launch, South Korea's military said Thursday.
Last November, Pyongyang successfully placed its first military spy satellite into orbit after two failed attempts earlier that year. It has since vowed to launch three more spy satellites this year.
"While there are activities preparing for an additional military satellite launch by North Korea, there are no signs as of now of an imminent (launch)," Col. Lee Sung-jun, spokesperson of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters in a briefing.
Lee said South Korean and U.S. intelligence authorities are in close coordination to track North Korea's military activities, but did not provide further details.
Earlier this week, 38 North, a U.S.-based website monitoring North Korea, said an "expanse of blue material" -- possibly a covering -- was spotted on the launch pad of the North's satellite launching station, citing commercial satellite imagery.
38 North said the purpose of the material was unclear but noted the pad likely remains ready to use, raising speculation that a launch may be imminent.
Last week, South Korea's Defense Minister Shin Won-sik said there was a high possibility the North could stage the satellite launch at the end of this month.
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Thought it was good, but not great. Will watch subsequent seasons. Did not expect much more. My perspective is from having read the books, so missing parts (or questionable interpretation) in the screenplay I could fill in. Would help if reviewers indicated whether they have read the books, because in my experience it makes a significant difference in whether or not to reccomend.
I’ve heard of the books but never read them. Knew a little about them. So was going in cold mostly.
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just a thought
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Ars Technica article on Boeing, including Starliner CFT status: https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/03/despite-turbulence-at-boeing-astronauts-are-ready-to-fly-companys-starliner/
I really, really hope for a flawless flight, and that is the most likely result.

The Ars article makes it appear that NASA is giving Starliner a whole lot more scrutiny that it gave Crew Dragon
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Although the article might suggest that Boeing is exposed to greater scrutiny, it is not actually true.
SpaceX has NASA personnel embedded in all of its CCP and CRS teams (both Falcon and Dragon). What SpaceX sees and knows is exactly what NASA also sees and knows.
It is one of the key reasons why CRS and CCP have been so successful: being fully open to your customer about everything, does a lot to build trust.
So Starliner has seen 10 years of NASA scrutiny, paid for by the taxpayer, while Crew Dragon saw 5.5 years of scrutiny prior to its CFT?  were the NASA teams the same size? This NASA work was the right thing to do no matter who paid for it, of course.

As NASA's CCP Steve Stich admitted in July 2020, NASA scrutiny of Boeing's Starliner efforts, prior to OFT-1, was less than for SpaceX:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/science/boeing-starliner-nasa.html

Quote from: Kenneth Chang
“We were, I would say, a little more used to the Boeing process,” Steve Stich, manager of NASA’s commercial crew program, said during a news conference on Tuesday. “It’s one that we have used in the past on successful NASA programs like space shuttle and the International Space Station.”
“We may have been focused a little more on SpaceX because they use a bit of a nontraditional approach to their software development,” Mr. Stich said. “And so we may have had a few more people looking at that.”

It wasn't until after the OFT-1 mishap that NASA decided to treat Boeing the same way as SpaceX.
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Some extra April Fool hatch closure is planned:

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Monday, April 1

9:30 p.m.—Coverage of farewells and hatch closing of the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft at the International Space Station. Hatch closing scheduled for approx. 9:55 p.m.

Friday, April 5

8 p.m. —Coverage of the farewells and hatch closure of the Soyuz MS-24 crew at the International Space Station. Hatch closure scheduled for approx. 8:26 p.m.

11:30 p.m.—Undocking coverage of the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft from the International Space Station. Undocking scheduled for 11:55 p.m.

Saturday, April 6

2 a.m. —Coverage of the deorbit burn and landing of the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft in Kazakhstan. Deorbit burn scheduled for 2:24 a.m. Landing scheduled for 3:18 a.m.

https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv/
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Space Science Coverage / Re: ESA - Solar Orbiter updates
« Last post by jacqmans on Today at 08:52 am »
Tomorrow, ESA and NASA team up to study solar wind
28/03/2024

In the run up to April’s total solar eclipse, ESA-led Solar Orbiter and NASA-led Parker Solar Probe are both at their closest approach to the Sun. They are taking the opportunity to join hands in studying the driving rain of plasma that streams from the Sun, fills the Solar System, and causes dazzlement and destruction at Earth.

Both Solar Orbiter and Parker Solar Probe have very eccentric orbits, meaning that they fly in near to the Sun to get a close-up look, and then fly far out to give their onboard tech a chance to recover from the intense heat and radiation. During the next week, for the first time ever, the two spacecraft will both be at their closest approach to the Sun – what we call the ‘perihelion’ – at the same time.

What’s more, this closest approach coincides with Solar Orbiter and Parker Solar Probe being at right angles to each other as they look towards the Sun.

Daniel Müller, ESA Solar Orbiter Project Scientist, explains why this positioning is special. “On this day, we have a unique spacecraft configuration, where Solar Orbiter will have its full suite of instruments pointed towards the region on the Sun where the solar wind is produced that will hit Parker Solar Probe a few hours later.”

More:

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Solar_Orbiter/Tomorrow_ESA_and_NASA_team_up_to_study_solar_wind
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