What is in the near term for Virgin Orbit is the first orbital launch attempt by its LauncherOne rocket. The company performed a drop test of a LauncherOne test article July 10, the final major test milestone before that first flight later this year.“There’s a rocket that’s going to launch in two months,” Fuller said.
Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne is designed to launch 300 kilograms to a 500-kilometer orbit — enough to potentially carry two OneWeb satellites, depending on the weight of adaptors and supporting equipment.
https://twitter.com/CatHofacker/status/1163476626950295553
Aug 20 16:31Launch Readiness Review completed...Thursday's launch is scheduled for 9:00:30 a.m. EDT (1300:30 UTC) from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The available window extends to 9:27 a.m., a duration of 26 minutes and 30 seconds.
https://twitter.com/emrekelly/status/1163897322872459267QuoteUpdate from SMC: #SpaceX Falcon 9 now slated to launch GPS III SV03 in January. Eastern Range.(📷: @LockheedMartin)
Update from SMC: #SpaceX Falcon 9 now slated to launch GPS III SV03 in January. Eastern Range.(📷: @LockheedMartin)
2/2 After Thursday’s Delta 4-Medium swan song, ULA plans two Delta 4-Heavy missions next year, both for the NRO. First up is NROL-44 from Cape Canaveral in June 2020, followed by NROL-82 from Vandenberg AFB in September 2020.
2021April - first launch - Vulcan-Centaur - TBDJuly - Peregrine 1 (Astrobotic’s Lunar Lander), CubeRover - Atlas V (TBD) - Canaveral SLC-41 (TBD)
August - second launch - Vulcan-Centaur - TBDSeptember - Dream Chaser Cargo System 1st flight (SNC-1) - Vulcan Centaur 542 - Canaveral SLC-41
2022August 6 - Psyche [Discovery 14], EscaPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) [SIMPLEx program candidate] - NLSP-I - Canaveral
MOSCOW, Aug 21 - RIA News. The launch to the International Space Station (ISS) of the American Boeing-developed Starliner unmanned vehicle was postponed from September 17 to October 6, and the manned one from November 30 to December 30, a source in the rocket and space industry told RIA Novosti.
Thornton said Monday that the Peregrine’s first mission is scheduled for launch in June 2021. ULA has been targeting April 2021 for the first launch of the Vulcan Centaur rocket. It was not immediately clear which schedule target was most up to date.“We’re on schedule for summer 2021,” Thornton said Monday. “We are, right now, ordering long-lead items. We are finishing our integrated avionics unit and flight computer. We’re also getting ready to build our structural test model, as well as gearing up for our critical design review toward the end of this year.
2021NET Q4 - NROL-91: Orion 12 (Mentor 10) (TBD) - Delta IV-H [D-387] - Vandenberg SLC-62022NET December - NROL-68: Orion 11 (Mentor 9) (TBD) - Delta IV-H [D-388] - Canaveral SLC-37B2024January - NROL-70 - Delta IV-H [D-389] - Canaveral SLC-37B
Caleb Henry now gives a surprisingly different schedule for these launches:NROL-91 in second half of 2022NROL-70 in second half of 2022NROL-68 in second half of 2023
MOSCOW, Aug 22 - RIA News. The launch to the International Space Station of the first American ship Crew Dragon with the crew, previously planned for December 17, is scheduled for December 30, RIA Novosti was told in a source in the rocket and space industry.
https://ria.ru/20190821/1557724380.htmlGoogle translate:QuoteMOSCOW, Aug 21 - RIA News. The launch to the International Space Station (ISS) of the American Boeing-developed Starliner unmanned vehicle was postponed from September 17 to October 6, and the manned one from November 30 to December 30, a source in the rocket and space industry told RIA Novosti.
https://ria.ru/20190822/1557767203.htmlGoogle translate:QuoteMOSCOW, Aug 22 - RIA News. The launch to the International Space Station of the first American ship Crew Dragon with the crew, previously planned for December 17, is scheduled for December 30, RIA Novosti was told in a source in the rocket and space industry.
Re: launch quarter of OTV-6, from SFN Launch Schedule, updated August 23:second quarter 2020
Re: launch month of GPS III SV04, from SFN Launch Schedule, updated August 23:May 2020
Quote from: gongora on 08/23/2019 10:21 pmhttps://twitter.com/pbdes/status/1165007573600202752QuoteStartup telecom satellite operator @OvzonAB moves launch of its 500-kg @Maxar GEO satellite, to @Arianespace @ArianeGroup Ariane 5 from @SpaceX Falcon Heavy; writes down advance payments to @northropgrumman for earlier satellite design.https://www.ovzon.com/en/interim-report-january-june-2019/QuoteCEO statementImportant customer agreements and financing of Ovzon 3During the second quarter, we continued to develop the company according to plan. The last bit of funding for Ovzon 3 is in place and Maxar, our satellite provider, has started the project to build the satellite. As for the launch of the satellite, we have recently contracted Arianespace to launch our satellite in 2021 and we have thus left the preliminary agreements we had.
https://twitter.com/pbdes/status/1165007573600202752QuoteStartup telecom satellite operator @OvzonAB moves launch of its 500-kg @Maxar GEO satellite, to @Arianespace @ArianeGroup Ariane 5 from @SpaceX Falcon Heavy; writes down advance payments to @northropgrumman for earlier satellite design.https://www.ovzon.com/en/interim-report-january-june-2019/QuoteCEO statementImportant customer agreements and financing of Ovzon 3During the second quarter, we continued to develop the company according to plan. The last bit of funding for Ovzon 3 is in place and Maxar, our satellite provider, has started the project to build the satellite. As for the launch of the satellite, we have recently contracted Arianespace to launch our satellite in 2021 and we have thus left the preliminary agreements we had.
Startup telecom satellite operator @OvzonAB moves launch of its 500-kg @Maxar GEO satellite, to @Arianespace @ArianeGroup Ariane 5 from @SpaceX Falcon Heavy; writes down advance payments to @northropgrumman for earlier satellite design.
CEO statementImportant customer agreements and financing of Ovzon 3During the second quarter, we continued to develop the company according to plan. The last bit of funding for Ovzon 3 is in place and Maxar, our satellite provider, has started the project to build the satellite. As for the launch of the satellite, we have recently contracted Arianespace to launch our satellite in 2021 and we have thus left the preliminary agreements we had.
