The company said it will work with the FAA, which licensed the launch, to investigate the failure and incorporate any changes into its next vehicle, LV0007. “We collected a tremendous amount of data from the flight, and we have Launch Vehicle 7 at the stage of production where we’ll be able to incorporate everything we learned before sending it up to Kodiak and launching again,” Kemp said.
ABL Space Systems said Sept. 16 it will launch the NASA Cryogenic Demonstration Mission spacecraft on its RS1 rocket in 2023...ABL had been working toward a first launch of its RS1 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California this year. Piemont said that the company now plans to perform its first RS1 launch before the end of this year from Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska on Kodiak Island.
FALCON 9Upcoming launches include a Falcon 9 from pad 39A carrying the next four astronauts to the International Space Station on the Crew Dragon Crew-3 mission on October 31 at 2:37am EDT. And a Falcon 9 will launch the next batch of Starlink satellites from pad 40 on TBA.
The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure said it awarded SpaceX a contract for the launch of Turksat 6A, scheduled for the first quarter of 2023. The ministry did not disclose the terms of the contract....Turksat 6A will be the third Turksat satellite launched by SpaceX. A Falcon 9 launched Turksat 5A in January and Turksat 5B is scheduled for launch in the fourth quarter of 2021. Both Turksat 5A and 5B were built by Airbus Defence and Space.The contract is the second in as many weeks that SpaceX has won from a regional GEO satellite operator. Yahsat selected SpaceX Sept. 8 to launch its Thuraya 4-NGS satellite on a Falcon 9 in the second half of 2023.
Dec. 13 • Falcon 9 • IXPELaunch time: TBDLaunch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Contract: Integration and Launch of Spacecraft• Summary: Integration and Launch of a 3U CubeSat• Awarded: July 2020 to Momentus ($112K)• Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9 - SpaceX Rideshare Program• Mission: TBD• Planned Launch Date: Summer 2023Contract: VCLS Demo 2 (Venture Class Launch Services Demonstration 2)• Summary: The VCLS Demo 2 contracts are fixed price contracts for demonstration launches• Awarded: December 2020 to Astra Space ($3.9M), Relativity Space ($3.0M), Firefly Black ($9.8M)• Mission: ELaNa 41, ELaNa 42, ELaNa 43• Launch Vehicles: Astra Space (Rocket 3), Relativity Space (Terran 1), and Firefly Black (Alpha)• Planned Launch Date: December 2021 (Astra Space), April 2022 (Relativity Space) [possibly superseded by "late Q2 CY 2022" date from CSLI source in previous posts], June 2022 (Firefly Black)Mission/Contract: LLITED (Low-Latitude Ionosphere/Thermosphere Enhancements inDensity)• Summary: The Integration and Launch of LLITED provided a low, cost launch servicesolution for the LLITED payload• Awarded: March 2021 to Spaceflight ($100K)• Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9 - SpaceX Rideshare Program• Planned Launch Date: Spring 2022 [Previously manifested on Transporter-3. Not sure if moved to Transporter-4 or 5, but it is contracted to be delivered via Sherpa-LTC, so this may be a confirmation that Sherpa is manifested on one of those rideshares.]Mission/Contract: TROPICS• Summary: The launch service for the TROPICS mission will launch six CubeSats that will beplaced in three different operational orbits within 120 days• Awarded: February 2021 to Astra Space ($7.95M)• Launch Vehicle: Rocket 3• Planned Launch Dates: March 2022, April 2022, May 2022
BlueWalker 3 is expected to launch aboard a SpaceX mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in March 2022. The spacecraft has an aperture of 693 square feet and is designed to communicate directly with cell phones via 3GPP standard frequencies.
ASTS plans to deploy its initial fleet of 170 low-orbit satellites to cover 51% of the global population without mobile broadband. BlueWalker 3 satellite can communicate directly with mobile phones using 3GPP standard frequencies, an industry standard for 5G.
https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/1440681898028638223QuoteSounds like Axiom's Ax-1 mission to the ISS will be delayed until late February. That means Starliner would have all of January and most of February for an OFT-2 flight. This is the earliest, realistic launch window for the Boeing test flight.
Sounds like Axiom's Ax-1 mission to the ISS will be delayed until late February. That means Starliner would have all of January and most of February for an OFT-2 flight. This is the earliest, realistic launch window for the Boeing test flight.
Eric Berger @SciGuySpaceDuring a call with the media, NASA's Bill Nelson says the current timeline for Artemis 1 is "the end of this year or the first part of next year," and for Artemis 2 the launch date is "late 2023 or early 2024." As for the launch of Artemis 3, it's partly up to "a federal judge."
WASHINGTON — OrbAstro, a space-as-a-service startup with visions of flying “tiny satellites in large flocks,” is ready to launch its first half-dozen smallsats in 2022With a January launch lined up in India, spots reserved on upcoming SpaceX rideshare missions and a launch agreement with an undisclosed third provider, OrbAstro says it has five commercial satellites plus a pilot satellite for an in-house project all scheduled to launch next year.<snip>Dove-Jay said OrbAstro has three SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare missions lined up next year for its 6U-class nanosatellites, the ORB-6.<snip>One of those downstream applications is the Guardian Network, an envisioned 18-nanosatellite constellation designed as in-orbit infrastructure for OrbAstro’s space-as-a-service venture.Dove-Jay says the Guardian Network will provide two key services for OrbAstro’s customers: in-orbit data relay and semi-autonomous spacecraft management.
Kathy Lueders @KathyLuedersGreat news! We are targeting Feb. 21 for the launch of the Axiom 1 mission to the @Space_Station - the first private astronaut mission to the microgravity laboratory with@Axiom_Space. Our work continues to open space to more people than ever.
TAMPA, Fla. -- Astranis said Sept. 23 that SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket will launch its first commercial satellite in a direct-inject mission to geostationary orbit (GEO) in spring 2022.The San Francisco-based startup, which is building and operating the Arcturus satellite for U.S.-based telco Pacific Dataport Inc (PDI), previously picked SpaceX's Falcon 9 for a launch as a secondary payload early next year to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). ...SpaceX has at least two Falcon Heavy missions slated for early 2022: a U.S. Space Force launch postponed from October and no-earlier-than March launch of Viasat’s first next-generation Viasat-3 broadband satellite.
I'm told the window opening is adjusted slightly to 11:12 PDT (18:12 UTC) tomorrow, 27 Sept.
William Harwood @cbs_spacenewsA5/Landsat9: LIFTOFF! At 2:12:00pm EDT (1812 UTC)
NASA Landsat 9 launch coverage, interview with Omar Baez: GOES-T launch February 16, 2022.First NASA LSP mission of 2022.