Emre Kelly @EmreKellyNASA's Steve Stich, speaking during a teleconference, confirms Boeing's first crewed Starliner flight is now targeting no earlier than July 21. Main cause of the delay is due to certification.
Ground station filing lists the satellite as "Victus Nox / USMIG-8", with a contact at Millenium Space.Orbit 550km circular at 97.7 degrees.
https://twitter.com/firefly_space/status/1640855097650315266
William Harwood @cbs_spacenewsF9/Starlink 5-10: LIFTOFF! At 4:01:00pm EDT (2001 UTC)
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, March 30 at 7:29 a.m. PT (14:29 UTC) for a Falcon 9 launch of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. If needed, a backup opportunity is available Friday, March 31 at the same time.The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched one Starlink mission. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base.The space vehicles launched during this mission will serve a part of SDA’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, a new layered network of satellites in low-Earth orbit and supporting elements that will provide global military communication and missile warning, indication, and tracking capabilities.
The first 10 prototype satellites, eight data relay spacecraft built by York Space Systems and two missile tracking platforms manufactured by SpaceX, will head into a 620-mile-high (1,000-kilometer) orbit after liftoff on the Falcon 9 rocket Thursday.Launch time is set for 7:29 a.m. PDT (10:29 a.m. EDT; 1429 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg, a military spaceport about 140 miles (225 kilometers) northwest of Los Angeles. The Falcon 9 will head south from its launch pad, arcing toward a near-polar orbit inclined 80 degrees to the equator.SpaceX plans to land the reusable first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket back at Vandenberg less than eight minutes after liftoff, while the upper stage continues into orbit with the 10 SDA satellites.
https://twitter.com/sciguyspace/status/1639266593564766211QuoteSome news: Dream Chaser’s debut is delayed until at least mid-December. This extends NASA’s reliance on Falcon 9 for crew *and* cargo. More critically, it also raises questions about Vulcan’s launch manifest and path to certification.https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/03/dream-chaser-is-delayed-again-raising-questions-about-vulcan-launch-plans/
Some news: Dream Chaser’s debut is delayed until at least mid-December. This extends NASA’s reliance on Falcon 9 for crew *and* cargo. More critically, it also raises questions about Vulcan’s launch manifest and path to certification.
SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Saturday, April 1 for a Falcon 9 launch of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched one Starlink mission. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base.The space vehicles launched during this mission will serve a part of SDA’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, a new layered network of satellites in low-Earth orbit and supporting elements that will provide global military communication and missile warning, indication, and tracking capabilities.
SpaceX is targeting Sunday, April 2 at 7:29 a.m. PT (14:29 UTC) for a Falcon 9 launch of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. If needed, a backup launch opportunity is available Monday, April 3 at the same time.The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched one Starlink mission. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base.The space vehicles launched during this mission will serve a part of SDA’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, a new layered network of satellites in low-Earth orbit and supporting elements that will provide global military communication and missile warning, indication, and tracking capabilities.
Discussion thread for ABL Flight 2.FCC filing for reflight of VariSat-1B, NET June on ABL second flight, 200x275km at 87.3deg0090-EX-CM-2023
Hosted payload on Flight 2. Dorsat-01, GPS module, from Near Space Launch. 0739-EX-ST-2023
May 6 • Antares • NG-19Launch time: TBDLaunch site: Pad 0A, Wallops Island, Virginia...May 22 • Falcon 9 • Badr 8Launch time: TBDLaunch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida...June 1 • Falcon 9 • SpaceX CRS 28Launch time: TBDLaunch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida...3rd Quarter • Atlas 5 • NROL-107Launch time: TBDLaunch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida...Aug. 17 • Falcon 9 • Crew 7Launch time: TBDLaunch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida...October 5 • Falcon Heavy • PsycheLaunch time: 1438:37 GMT (10:38:37 a.m. EDT)Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida...November • Falcon 9 • NG-20Launch time: TBDLaunch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida
Discussion thread for SpaceX's Transporter 7 dedicated rideshare flight.Discussion thread for SpaceX Rideshare ProgramLaunch targeting April 2023 on Falcon 9 (booster 1063-10) to SSO from Vandenberg. The first stage will land at LZ-4.CACI DemoSatMomentus Vigoride VR-6: LLITED A/B (2x 1.5U, Aerospace Corp) REVELA (3U, ARCA, Italy) DISCO-1 (1U, Aarhus U., Denmark) VIREO (3U, CS3, Hungary) IRIS-C (3U, NCKU, Taiwan) (via ISIL) (hosted payload) SMPOD03 (3U deployer, ARCA, Italy) (hosted payload) Solar ArrayAlba Orbital Cluster 7 (6 total?) Istanbul (1P, Hello Space) ROM-2 (1P, RomSpace, Romania) MRC-100 (3P, Technical University of Budapest, Hungary)Exolaunch (21 satellites, 16 cubesat, 5 microsat) TAIFA-1 (3U, SayariLabs [Kenya], Endurosat) Sateliot-0 (Platform-3) (6U, Endurosat) FACSAT-2 (6U, Colombian Air Force, GomSpace bus) Connecta T2.1 (6U, Plan-S, Turkey) Sapling-2 (?U, Stanford Student Space Initiative) Spire Global BRO-9 (?U, Unseenlabs) Bronco Space at Cal Poly Pomona Space Flight Laboratory on behalf of Norway Space Agency - NORSAT-TD microsat ~40kg? (AIS, small laser terminal, VDES, laser reflector, ThrustMe) IMECE (800kg, TÜBİTAK UZAY, Turkey) ISILaunch on behalf of Orbital Solutions Monaco (OSM) and LATMOS Orbital Solutions Monaco -> RoseyCubesat-1 (1U, ISIS platform) high school project InspireSat 7 (2U, Latmos) Two undisclosed NanoAvionics (maybe DEWA SAT-2, 6U, DEWA, UAE?) (? 3U) GomSpace (FACSAT-2?)Maverick CIRBE (3U, CU Boulder/LASP) GHOSt (2x microsat, Orbital Sidekick)D-Orbit ION Kepler (2x 6U)Tomorrow-R1 (85kg, Tomorrow.io)OMNI-LER1 (3U, Internet Think Tank)Brokkr-1 (6U, AstroForge)Wyvern-1 (6U, AAC Clyde Space)GHGSat-C6/C7/C8 (3x 15kg, GHGSat)Hawkeye 360 Cluster 7 (3x 33kg)Possible Payloads:Lynk Tower 5-10 (6x microsat)UmbraRemoved:Satellive VuLauncher Orbiter SN2Pony Express (2x 12U, aka Tyvak-0261/-0262) (moved to T9)STORK-7 (3U, SatRevolution, Poland) (from Momentus)OreSat 0.5 (2U, Portland State, US) (from Momentus)