FALCON 9The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral will launch the first crewed Dragon to the ISS, the first U.S. launch of astronauts into orbit since the retirement of the Space Shuttle nine years ago, from pad 39A on May 27 at 4:33pm EDT. The launch window is instantaneous. The launch time gets 22-26 minutes earlier per day. Then, a Falcon 9 will launch the eighth batch of 60 Starlink satellites from pad 40 on June TBA. Other upcoming launches include the ninth batch of Starlink satellites as early as June. And a Falcon 9 is slated to launch the next GPS III satellite for the U.S. Air Force from pad 40 as early as June 30, likely in the middle of the night.
Maiden flight of LauncherOne23 May 1700-2100 UTC
We are extremely excited to announce that the window for our Launch Demo mission starts on Sunday, May 24th, and extends through Monday, May 25th, with an opportunity to launch from 10 A.M. – 2 P.M. Pacific (17:00 – 21:00 GMT) each day.That means that this weekend, our 747 carrier aircraft Cosmic Girl will prepare to take off from Mojave Air and Space Port, fly out over the Pacific ocean, and release our two-stage, orbital rocket, LauncherOne — which will then proceed to ignite its engine in mid-air for the first time.
I'm not really sure where to post this since the entire question is what rocket this might be flying on, but there have been a couple recent filings for ground stations to support the early operations of two Blacksky sats NET June 22. Would that be the already known SSLV flight with just two sats instead of four, or a different launch altogether?
"The Pentagon’s Space Development Agency is designing a network of satellites in low Earth orbit and anticipates the first 30 spacecraft will be ready to launch by 2022."https://spacenews.com/space-development-agency-scouting-the-market-for-launch-services/
Quote from: PM3 on 05/22/2020 04:16 pm"The Pentagon’s Space Development Agency is designing a network of satellites in low Earth orbit and anticipates the first 30 spacecraft will be ready to launch by 2022."https://spacenews.com/space-development-agency-scouting-the-market-for-launch-services/If anyone actually finds that RFI please post a link. Much of the information is in the RFP for the first batch of satellites, but I'd like to see the new document.
Why is Virgin Orbit launcher one from Cornwall England included in the list, but Rocket Lab Electron from New Zealand is not?
This was deleted by someone. If it is again, please explain why...Related to the above?SPACE DEVELOPMENT AGENCYGoodrich Corp., doing business as Collins Aerospace, Danbury, Connecticut, was awarded a $19,057,548 not-to-exceed, undefinitized contract action for the Multi-band Overhead Persistent Infrared Payload (MBOP) effort. MBOP is a flight ready satellite payload with a unique, advantageous modular sensor configuration. The proposal was received and evaluated under broad agency announcement HQ0850-20-S-0001. Work will be performed at the contractor's facility in Danbury, Connecticut, with an estimated completion date of May 22, 2022. Fiscal 2020 research and development funds in the amount of $6,500,000 were obligated at the time of award. Space Development Agency, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (HQ0850-20-C-0004).
Upcoming launches include: Falcon 9s will launch the eighth, ninth and tenth batches of Starlink satellites from pads 40 and 39A as early as June TBA. And a Falcon 9 is slated to launch the next GPS III satellite for the U.S. Air Force from pad 40 as early as June 30, likely in the middle of the night.
Elana 20 with LauncherOne slips to NET 14 August.Elana 29 with LauncherOne slips to Q4.
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The test campaign, carried out on behalf of Sitael SpA, will allow the small μHETsat, whose weight is less than 80 kg, to become the first fully electric satellite to go into space to verify the behavior and performance of the bus and low power Hall Effect Thruster.According to the forecasts of the Apulian manufacturer, the launch of the micro-satellite will be carried out by Virgin Orbit in the second half of 2020 with the Launcher One, the small carrier designed to position small satellites, up to 500 kg in class, in Low Earth Orbits (low Earth orbit - lEo).
Loverro also stated that NASA has purchased its final Tracking and Data Relay Satellite. TDRS is a constellation of ten satellites in geostationary orbit used to communicate with spacecraft in Earth orbit, the newest of which was launched in August of 2017. By 2030, Loverro says the TDRS fleet and the rest of NASA’s Space Network will become 100% commercial....The Artemis II mission will launch no earlier than 2022, following the Artemis I test flight of Orion and the SLS rocket no earlier than 2021. Artemis I will send an uncrewed Orion spacecraft into a Distant Retrograde Orbit (DRO) around the moon, followed by a return to Earth....In the interests of further risk and cost reduction, the Gateway program has also made the decision to integrate the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) and the Habitation And Logistics Outpost (HALO) on the ground for a single launch, instead of assembling the modules in space. The launch is currently scheduled for no earlier than November 2023 aboard a commercial launch vehicle....Hartman also mentioned the future delivery of a Canadian robotic arm to the Gateway, likely aboard a Dragon XL cargo spacecraft. That addition could occur around the 2026 timeframe, among post-Artemis III missions to the moon.
