But what about two Dragon tourist flights announced by Axiom? Not to mention the 1,000-km orbit flight for Space Adventures...
Long Beach, California. August 16, 2021 – Rocket Lab, a leading launch provider and space systems company, has today announced it will launch a satellite to test space junk removal technologies for Aurora Propulsion Technologies, a Finnish company dedicated to the sustainable use of space.Lifting-off from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula as part of a rideshare mission scheduled in Q4, 2021,
NASA update:COMMENT | EVENT | TIG | ORB | DV | HA | HP |COMMENT | | GMT | | M/S | KM | KM |COMMENT | | | | (F/S) | (NM) | (NM) |COMMENT =============================================================================COMMENT COMMENT SPX23 Launch 240:07:37:12.000 0.0 425.7 415.4COMMENT (0.0) (229.9) (224.3)COMMENT COMMENT SPX23 Docking 241:15:00:00.000 0.0 426.1 415.4COMMENT (0.0) (230.1) (224.3)COMMENT =============================================================================
Current schedule of ISS flight eventsUTC time is used in table2021NET August 28 07:37:12 - Dragon v2 (SpX-23) launch (or Fall)
Terran 1’s demonstration launch is now set for early 2022 from Cape Canaveral LC-16.
SpX-25 - May 2022
EnMAP to launch in 2022 on Falcon 9:https://www.dlr.de/eoc/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-5514/20470_read-47899/
HERNDON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BlackSky, a leading provider of global monitoring services, geospatial intelligence and satellite imagery, announced today the next phase of expansion of its high-revisit commercial satellite constellation with the unveiling of its next generation, Gen-3, satellite architecture. In addition, the company also announced it has conducted the preliminary design review of its Gen-3 satellite design for the U.S. Army Tactical GEOINT (TACGEO) prototype program as part of a multi-year contract with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). ...The contract was awarded to BlackSky in January 2020 after a competitive bid process. The TACGEO satellite program is now well into the design and development phase and is on track to launch and demonstrate operational capabilities in 2022.
NET March • Falcon 9 • WorldView Legion 1 & 2Launch time: TBDLaunch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
The Tokyo-based company unveiled the design of the lander at the 36th Space Symposium Aug. 23. The lander, being developed by the company’s U.S. office in Denver, will fly as soon as 2024 on the company’s third mission to the moon.A major difference in the new design, company officials said in interviews, is the payload capacity. While the lander ispace is building for its first two missions in 2022 and 2023 can carry 30 kilograms of payload to the lunar surface, the new lander will have a payload capacity of 500 kilograms to the surface. It will also be able to deploy an additional 2,000 kilograms of payloads to lunar orbit.
Quote from: Jeff FoustIn a LEO constellation panel at Space Symposium, Gwynne Shotwell confirmed that SpaceX paused Starlink launches until it can get intersatellite links in place on all future Starlink satellites. Next Starlink launch now planned in about 3 weeks.Quote from: Jeff FoustShotwell says one supply chain issue for SpaceX is a lack of liquid oxygen because of demands to treat COVID-19 patients. Will impact launch plans, she says. #SpaceSymposium
In a LEO constellation panel at Space Symposium, Gwynne Shotwell confirmed that SpaceX paused Starlink launches until it can get intersatellite links in place on all future Starlink satellites. Next Starlink launch now planned in about 3 weeks.
Shotwell says one supply chain issue for SpaceX is a lack of liquid oxygen because of demands to treat COVID-19 patients. Will impact launch plans, she says. #SpaceSymposium
The inaugural Alpha launch will carry a payload called the Dedicated Research and Education Accelerator Mission (DREAM), a Firefly initiative to provide a free launch for academic and other private payloads. The launch will also test components of an orbital transfer vehicle the company is developing called the Space Utility Vehicle.If the first launch is a success, Markusic said a second Alpha would be ready for launch as soon as December carrying a commercial payload. However, he acknowledged that the first launch of a new vehicle carries a higher risk of failure.
Dedicated Research and Education Accelerator Mission (DREAM)The DREAM playload is composed of 26 different CubeSats:- BSS1- CRESST DREAM COMET- Firefly Capsule 1- FossaSat-1B & 2- GENESIS-L & N- Hiapo- Magneto- NPS-CENETIX-Orbital 1- Qubik-1 & 2- Spinnaker 3- TIS Serenity (TISSCCE)- Others
Cislunar Explorers from Cornell University, will not be ready for the flight....Exactly how much time CU-3E and Lunar Flashlight have to make Artemis 1 isn’t clear. Segovia said the cubesats must arrive in time to be installed on the Orion stage adapter before that adapter is installed on the SLS. NASA KSC spokesperson Tiffany Fairley said that installation is currently scheduled for early fall....Reynolds noted that the current planning date for the Artemis 1 launch is Nov. 26. “I wouldn’t book nonrefundable flights just yet,” he added.
