Texas-based Firefly Aerospace has renovated a pad where it plans to launch the new Firefly Alpha rocket for the first time this summer.
DREAM (Demo Flight)Launch TimeNET July, 2021The first flight of Firefly Alpha.
https://spacenews.com/space-development-agency-to-launch-five-satellites-aboard-spacex-rideshare/
Also on Transporter-2 are a pair of cubesats built by General Atomics for SDA. They will be used to demonstrate optical communications between satellites, and from satellites to a military drone aircraft.
Laser Interconnect and Networking Communication System (LINCS): two OSIL demo sats being developed by General Atomics; these will be used to link to the MQ-9, not coincidently also built by GA.
The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral will launch the Transporter-2 small satellite rideshare mission from pad 40 on June TBA at 2:56pm EDT. The launch window stretches to 3:54pm.. The first stage will land back at Cape Canaveral about eight minutes after launch. Other upcoming Falcon 9 launches include Starlink missions. And a Falcon 9 will launch the cargo Dragon CRS-23 resupply mission to the ISS on August 18 around 6-7am EDT. Sunrise is 6:53am.
More confirmation of delay on twitter:https://twitter.com/GildasSeimbille/status/1407997933463744517HOS Briarwood hasn't altered course, so maybe it will dock in Miami.
Cross-post re: STP-3; my bold:Quote from: mmonty on 06/24/2021 06:52 pmL9 [Landsat 9] has completed its pre-ship review (PSR). Next up is shipment from Northrop (Arizona) to Vandenberg SFB in early July. Launch readiness date is still 16 Sept 2021. Barring any spacecraft issues between now and then, that date will depend on the ULA team flying back to California following a possible late August/early September launch of STP3 from the Cape.
L9 [Landsat 9] has completed its pre-ship review (PSR). Next up is shipment from Northrop (Arizona) to Vandenberg SFB in early July. Launch readiness date is still 16 Sept 2021. Barring any spacecraft issues between now and then, that date will depend on the ULA team flying back to California following a possible late August/early September launch of STP3 from the Cape.
The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral will launch the Transporter-2 small satellite rideshare mission from pad 40 on June 29 at 2:56pm EDT. The launch window stretches to 3:54pm.. The first stage will land back at Cape Canaveral about eight minutes after launch.
STP-S28 Flight 1Launch TimeNET October, 2021...LocationCosmic Girl, Mojave Air and Space Port, California, USA
STP-S28 Flight 2Launch TimeNET November, 2021...LocationCosmic Girl, Mojave Air and Space Port, California, USA
STP-S28 Flight 3Launch TimeNET December, 2021...LocationCosmic Girl, Mojave Air and Space Port, California, USA
Discussion thread for SpaceX's Transporter-2, the July 2021 dedicated rideshare flight to SSO....
NASA recently said that if "Starliner's second uncrewed mission meets all necessary objectives, NASA and Boeing will look for opportunities toward the end of this year to fly Starliner's first crewed mission." A good source tells me that date is optimistic and that the second or third quarter of 2022 is more likely. (submitted by Ken the Bin)
Vulcan launch delayed until 2022. During an appearance on a podcast with Aviation Week, ULA chief Tory Bruno acknowledged the company's Vulcan rocket will not debut until 2022. The first launch will carry the Peregrine lunar lander for Astrobotic, Bruno said, and the spacecraft will not be ready for this year. As for the rocket, it still has a chance to be ready for flight in 2021, but Bruno said pretty much everything would have to go right for that to happen.
Relativity is aiming for its first Terran 1 launch by the end of 2021.
In April 2021 Lockheed announced a block buy of up to 26 ABL launches through 2025 giving Lockheed access to affordable small launch and ABL a key anchor customer. The company projects its first test launch by the end of 2021.
Virgin Orbit @VirginOrbitOnly T-2 days until Cosmic Girl and LauncherOne take flight for #TubularBells. Currently, we remain on track for our target takeoff time between 6 AM and 8 AM Pacific on Weds, June 30. Hardware is all in excellent shape and we’re ready to step through our pre-launch procedures.
Virgin Orbit @VirginOrbitGodspeed, Cosmic Girl! Anticipating rocket drop at ~7:47 AM PDT.
William Harwood @cbs_spacenewsF9/Transporter2: LIFTOFF! At 3:31:00pm EDT (1931 UTC)