Amazon created Project Kuiper to deliver fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world, and our upcoming prototype mission will move us one step closer to delivering on that vision. Our first two satellites—Kuipersat-1 and Kuipersat-2—will be completed later this year, and we are now planning to deploy both satellites on the first flight of United Launch Alliance's (ULA) new Vulcan Centaur rocket in early 2023.Prototype mission updateULA is scheduled to provide 47 launches for our satellite constellation, and using Vulcan Centaur for this mission will give us practical experience working together ahead of those launches. The rocket will launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, and our prototype satellites are scheduled to share the ride with the Peregrine lunar lander, a NASA-funded spacecraft from Astrobotic.
Eric Berger @SciGuySpaceSpaceX assembled a full stack of Starship and Super Heavy on Tuesday evening. I'm hearing they're working toward an orbital launch attempt during the second half of December. But such schedules best considered aspirational.
ATLAS V & VULCANUpcoming Atlas V launches include the first crewed flight of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft to the space station in February TBD. Vulcan will use the same launch pad when it flies in the first part of 2023.
Jeff Foust @jeff_foustJapanese lunar lander company ispace confirms it will launch its first HAKUTO-R lander mission on a Falcon 9 NET Nov. 9-15.
NASA Sets Date for Next Launch Attempt for Artemis I Moon Mission NASA is targeting the next launch attempt of the Artemis I mission for Monday, Nov. 14 with liftoff of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft planned during a 69-minute launch window that opens at 12:07 a.m. EST. Artemis I is an uncrewed flight test to launch SLS and send Orion around the Moon and back to Earth to thoroughly test its system before flights with astronauts. Inspections and analyses over the previous week have confirmed minimal work is required to prepare the rocket and spacecraft to roll out to Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida following the roll-back due to Hurricane Ian. Teams will perform standard maintenance to repair minor damage to the foam and cork on the thermal protection system and recharge or replace batteries on the rocket, several secondary payloads, and the flight termination system. The agency plans to roll the rocket back to the launch pad as early as Friday, Nov. 4. NASA has requested back-up launch opportunities for Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 1:04 a.m. and Saturday, Nov. 19, at 1:45 a.m., which are both two-hour launch windows. A launch on Nov. 14 would result in a mission duration of about 25-and-a-half days with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean Friday, Dec. 9.
Starlink Group 4-37Launch TimeNET Oct 27, 2022
Jonathan Amos @BBCAmos[email protected]’s first mission from UK 🇬🇧 soil will be known as “Start Me Up”. Dust off that Stones track for accompanying music. Preparations will pick up apace this week for what looks to be a November flight.
SpaceX @SpaceXTargeting Friday, October 14 for a Falcon 9 launch of the Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F mission to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida. The 116-minute window opens at 11:26 p.m. ET → http://spacex.com/launches/eutelsat-hotbird-13f/
STP-S28BLaunch TimeNET November, 2022RocketLauncherOne
Building on their shared record for successful collaboration in responsive space, Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR), a global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, has entered a binding Launch Service Agreement with leading launch provider, Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB), to purchase multiple launches over several years. The first launch is expected to take place in 2023.
OCT 30 Falcon 9 SLC-4E Vehicle will launch several Starlink satellites into orbit
SpaceX manifest updates. The best guess at the current manifest is in this post. ... Local LV Core Ret- . . Mass . Mis-COSPAREst. Date, Time/UTC. S/N urn Payload(s) Orb (kg) Site sionID------------------- .--- ------ .--- -------------------------- --- .----- ----- -------.---------2022-10-28 (NET)HNNNLXLUSSF-44GEO.C-39A(H4).2022F9.SStarlink 4-31LEO~16kV..2022-11-05F91051-14XGalaxy 31/32GTO.C..
William Harwood @cbs_spacenewsF9/Hotbird: LIFTOFF! At 01:22am EDT (0522 UTC)
