OSAM-2 On-Orbit Servicing, Assembly & ManufacturingSometime around 2023, a Motiv xLink Robotic Arm will launch on board a spacecraft designed to do something unique: build a 3D-printed solar array while it’s orbiting the earth.
TAMPA, Fla. — German launch services provider Exolaunch is developing a line of eco-friendly space tugs called Reliant, designed to clean up debris after sending satellites to custom orbits.Flight tests will start in the second half of 2022 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission with customer payloads, according to Exolaunch vice president of launch services Jeanne Medvedeva.
https://www.spacex.com/launches/QuoteSpaceX is targeting Monday, January 17 for a Falcon 9 launch of 49 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The instantaneous launch window is at 7:26 p.m. EST (00:36 UTC on January 18), and a backup opportunity is available on Tuesday, January 18 at 7:04 p.m. EST (00:04 UTC on January 19).<snip>The booster supporting this mission previously launched GPS III-3, Turksat 5A, Transporter-2, and six Starlink missions. Following stage separation, SpaceX will land Falcon 9’s first stage on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Each of Falcon 9’s fairing halves previously supported one Starlink mission.<snip>So,Quote from: Orbiter on 01/16/2022 05:34 pmLooks like it's B1060.10confirmed.
SpaceX is targeting Monday, January 17 for a Falcon 9 launch of 49 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The instantaneous launch window is at 7:26 p.m. EST (00:36 UTC on January 18), and a backup opportunity is available on Tuesday, January 18 at 7:04 p.m. EST (00:04 UTC on January 19).<snip>The booster supporting this mission previously launched GPS III-3, Turksat 5A, Transporter-2, and six Starlink missions. Following stage separation, SpaceX will land Falcon 9’s first stage on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Each of Falcon 9’s fairing halves previously supported one Starlink mission.<snip>
Looks like it's B1060.10
Per the FAA ATCSCC Operations Plan, the launch is now planned for Sunday, January 23 with a backup day of Wednesday, January 26.Quote from: FAAPRIMARY 23/1800-2137Z -ASTRA3.3ABACKUP 26/1800-2137Zhttps://www.fly.faa.gov/adv/adv_otherdis.jsp?advn=45&adv_date=01172022&facId=DCC&title=OPERATIONS+PLAN&titleDate=01/17/22
PRIMARY 23/1800-2137Z -ASTRA3.3ABACKUP 26/1800-2137Z
SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, January 18 for a Falcon 9 launch of 49 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The instantaneous launch window is at 7:04 p.m. EST (00:04 UTC on January 19).
T.S. Kelso @TSKelsoCelesTrak has updated pre-launch SupTLEs for the next #Starlink Group 4-6 launch attempt set for 2022-01-19 00:04:30 UTC with deployment at 2022-01-19 00:20:06.800 UTC
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1483587644630048768
T.S. Kelso @TSKelsoCelesTrak has updated pre-launch SupTLEs for the next #Starlink Group 4-6 launch attempt set for 2022-01-19 02:02:40 UTC with deployment at 2022-01-19 02:18:16.800 UTC (2-hour slip):
Targeted Date: March 31, 2022Mission: Axiom-1 Mission to the International Space StationDescription:The spaceflight, designated as Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1), will launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and travel to the International Space Station. Once aboard the orbiting laboratory, the four-person Axiom Space crew will conduct science, outreach, and commercial activities for eight days before their return to Earth. NASA and Axiom mission planners will coordinate in-orbit activities for the private astronauts to conduct in coordination with space station crew members and flight controllers on the ground.
Looks like the Mars Demo 1 hosted payload was not on Transporter 3.https://nanoracks.com/outpost/"Mars Demo-1 - Flying Q2 2022Outpost’s first in-space technology demonstration mission will fly on SpaceX’s Transporter 5."
Upcoming EventsIntuitive Machines’ CLPS Flight – First Quarter 2022Suite of robotic NASA payloads sent lunar surface as part of a Commercial Lunar PayloadServices (CLPS) delivery; lunar landing in the following weeksNASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 – NET April 15, 2022Crew-4 launching from Florida to the International Space StationArtemis I – March/April 2022The first integrated flight test of the uncrewed Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecrafton a multi-week mission around the MoonOrion splashdown – Pending Artemis I launchNASA’s Orion spacecraft splashdown following a multi-week mission around the MoonBoeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) – May 2022Boeing’s uncrewed CST-100 Starliner OFT-2, launching from Florida to the International Space StationAstrobotic’s CLPS Flight – June 2022Suite of robotic NASA payloads sent to the lunar surface as part of a Commercial Lunar Payload Servicesdelivery; landing will occur in the following weeksUpcoming EventsBoeing’s Crew Flight Test (CFT) – Under review pending OFT-2Boeing’s CFT earliest possible launch to space station from FloridaBoeing Starliner-1 – Under review pending earlier flight testsLaunch of first operational Boeing commercial crew launch to space station from FloridaDART – Sept. 26-Oct. 1, 2022Window when Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft impacts an asteroid in world’sfirst test of planetary defenseNASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Launch / Crew-4 Return – Fall, 2022Boeing’s CFT earliest possible launch to space station from FloridaArtemis II Crew Announcement – 2022NASA will announce the astronauts that will fly on the first crewed flight of Orion spacecraft andSpace Launch System rocket for the Artemis II mission
VCLS Demo-2ALaunch TimeSun Jan 23, 2022 18:00 UTC
Quote from: gongora on 01/19/2022 02:13 pmBooster 1067-4 (from NAC meeting) [Jan 18]And a new Crew Dragon
Booster 1067-4 (from NAC meeting) [Jan 18]
The launch of the NROL-87 mission is scheduled for February 2 at 16:37 UTC.https://twitter.com/natreconofc/status/1483919831636316160?s=21
August 1 - NROL-91: Orion 12 (RIO 12, Mission 8308, Mentor 10) (TBD) - Delta IV-H [D-387] - Vandenberg SLC-6
Nova CLaunch TimeNET February, 2022
Atlas V to Launch USSF-8A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 511 rocket will launch USSF-8 mission for the U.S. Space Force. Liftoff will occur from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla.Launch date: Jan. 21, 2022 Launch time: 2 p.m. EST (1900 UTC).
June - Peregrine 1 (Astrobotic’s Lunar Lander), Asagumo - Vulcan-VC2S (first launch) - Canaveral SLC-41 (or Midyear)
ULA now projects receiving engines in mid-2022 and flying Vulcan by year’s end.
Observers at Mojave Air and Space Port in California reported hearing a boom around 4:30 p.m. Eastern [January 19], followed by a plume of black smoke. The plume, visible throughout the area, including by cameras that are part of a wildfire tracking network, dispersed within 20 minutes. There were no reports of any injuries.
