Quote from: Ken the Bin on 05/26/2023 05:02 pmPer this cancel-and-replace NGA Rocket Launching notice, as expected, this launch is delayed. Primary Day is now June 1.Quote from: NGA261613Z MAY 23NAVAREA IV 573/23(11,26).WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.FLORIDA.1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING 011104Z TO 011443Z JUN, ALTERNATE 021039Z TO 021418Z, 031013Z TO 031353Z, 040948Z TO 041328Z, 050923Z TO 051302Z, 060858Z TO 061237Z AND 070832Z TO 071212Z JUN<snip>https://www.fly.faa.gov/adv/adv_spt.jspPRIMARY: 06/01/23 1104-1415ZBACKUP: 06/02/23 1039-1350Z 06/03/23 1013-1325Z 06/04/23 0948-1300Z 06/05/23 0923-1234Z 06/06/23 0858-1209Z 06/07/23 0832-1144ZNET 11:04 UTC. Or ~11:15 UTC?NextSpaceflight, updated May 26:Launch June 1 [circa] 11:04 UTC
Per this cancel-and-replace NGA Rocket Launching notice, as expected, this launch is delayed. Primary Day is now June 1.Quote from: NGA261613Z MAY 23NAVAREA IV 573/23(11,26).WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.FLORIDA.1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING 011104Z TO 011443Z JUN, ALTERNATE 021039Z TO 021418Z, 031013Z TO 031353Z, 040948Z TO 041328Z, 050923Z TO 051302Z, 060858Z TO 061237Z AND 070832Z TO 071212Z JUN<snip>
261613Z MAY 23NAVAREA IV 573/23(11,26).WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.FLORIDA.1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING 011104Z TO 011443Z JUN, ALTERNATE 021039Z TO 021418Z, 031013Z TO 031353Z, 040948Z TO 041328Z, 050923Z TO 051302Z, 060858Z TO 061237Z AND 070832Z TO 071212Z JUN<snip>
UPDATED MAY 26, 2023FALCON 9The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Arabsat BADR-8 communications satellite from pad 40 on May 26 at 11:25 p.m. EDT. A Falcon 9 will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on June 1 at 7:09 a.m. EDT. A Falcon 9 will launch the Cargo Dragon CRS-28 resupply mission to the ISS from pad 39A on June 3 at 12:34 p.m. EDT. A Falcon 9 will launch SES' mPOWER 5&6 communications satellites from pad 40 on June 9, in the evening EDT. A Falcon 9 will launch the Satria communications satellite for Indonesia from pad 40 on June 19. Upcoming launches include more Starlink batches. A Falcon 9 will launch the Euclid telescope for the European Space Agency from pad 40 on July TBD. The next Falcon Heavy will launch the USSF-52 mission for the U.S. Space Force from pad 39A on July 7. The two side boosters will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch.
Launch now at 04:30 UTC.Quote from: SpaceX tweetTargeting 12:30 a.m. ET for liftoff. [May 27 02:15 UTC]
Targeting 12:30 a.m. ET for liftoff. [May 27 02:15 UTC]
Targeting Late-June and now 2 SpaceX satellites, 1 York satellite and 10 Lockheed Martin satellites (13 in total). The 4 L3Harris satellites will be launched on MDA's HBTSS mission:QuoteSpace Development Agency to launch 13 satellites in late JuneMay 26, 2023The Space Development Agency is preparing to launch at least 13 satellites in late June, the agency’s director Derek Tournear said May 26.[...]SDA initially planned to launch all 18 remaining in June but made some late changes to the manifest, Tournear said in an interview with SpaceNews. The upcoming mission — scheduled to fly on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in late June from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California — is now projected to launch 11 communications satellites (10 made by Lockheed Martin and one made by York Space) and two missile-tracking satellites made by SpaceX. There were two Tranche 0 York satellites on the manifest but one is likely to be kept on the ground so SDA can use it for software tests, said Tournear.Four L3Harris Tranche 0 satellites were scheduled to launch but were taken off the manifest due to production delays, he said. The four satellites will fly to orbit on a separate mission planned by the Missile Defense Agency. MDA is preparing to launch two prototypes — one made by L3Harris and the other by Northrop Grumman — for its Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS). SDA and MDA are collaborating closely on missile tracking and missile defense architectures, said Tournear. The agencies agreed to deploy L3Harris’ wide field-of-view satellites made for SDA in the same orbit as the HBTSS medium field-of-view missile defense satellites[...]MDA has not yet announced a launch date for the HBTSS mission.
Space Development Agency to launch 13 satellites in late JuneMay 26, 2023The Space Development Agency is preparing to launch at least 13 satellites in late June, the agency’s director Derek Tournear said May 26.[...]SDA initially planned to launch all 18 remaining in June but made some late changes to the manifest, Tournear said in an interview with SpaceNews. The upcoming mission — scheduled to fly on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in late June from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California — is now projected to launch 11 communications satellites (10 made by Lockheed Martin and one made by York Space) and two missile-tracking satellites made by SpaceX. There were two Tranche 0 York satellites on the manifest but one is likely to be kept on the ground so SDA can use it for software tests, said Tournear.Four L3Harris Tranche 0 satellites were scheduled to launch but were taken off the manifest due to production delays, he said. The four satellites will fly to orbit on a separate mission planned by the Missile Defense Agency. MDA is preparing to launch two prototypes — one made by L3Harris and the other by Northrop Grumman — for its Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS). SDA and MDA are collaborating closely on missile tracking and missile defense architectures, said Tournear. The agencies agreed to deploy L3Harris’ wide field-of-view satellites made for SDA in the same orbit as the HBTSS medium field-of-view missile defense satellites[...]MDA has not yet announced a launch date for the HBTSS mission.
William Harwood @cbs_spacenewsF9/Badr-8: LIFTOFF! 12:30am EDT (00430 UTC)
June 21 Delta 4-Heavy • NROL-68Launch time: 0700 GMT (3:00 a.m. EDT)Launch site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
June 21 Delta 4-Heavy • NROL-68Launch time: TBDLaunch site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1659237702380802049QuoteThe integrated Cruise Vehicle, Entry Capsule, and Mars Lander developed by Impulse Space will launch in 2026 on the Relativity Terran R launch vehicle. After traveling through interplanetary space for over half a year, the Cruise Vehicle will inject the Entry Capsule into the correct landing trajectory and detach. The Entry Capsule will use the proven combination of heatshield and parachute to slow down enough to safely deploy the Mars Lander into freefall. The lander will then perform a propulsive landing using purpose-built engines developed in-house at Impulse Space, completing the first commercial payload delivery to the surface of another planet.https://www.impulsespace.com/mars
The integrated Cruise Vehicle, Entry Capsule, and Mars Lander developed by Impulse Space will launch in 2026 on the Relativity Terran R launch vehicle. After traveling through interplanetary space for over half a year, the Cruise Vehicle will inject the Entry Capsule into the correct landing trajectory and detach. The Entry Capsule will use the proven combination of heatshield and parachute to slow down enough to safely deploy the Mars Lander into freefall. The lander will then perform a propulsive landing using purpose-built engines developed in-house at Impulse Space, completing the first commercial payload delivery to the surface of another planet.https://www.impulsespace.com/mars
NASA and SpaceX are targeting launch no earlier than 12:35 p.m. EDT Saturday, June 3. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, carried on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket, will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Ben Cooper's Launch Photography Viewing Guide, updated May 28:QuoteA Falcon 9 will launch the Euclid telescope for the European Space Agency from pad 40 on early July, in the mid-day EDT.
A Falcon 9 will launch the Euclid telescope for the European Space Agency from pad 40 on early July, in the mid-day EDT.
NextSpaceflight, updated May 27:Launch NET JulyAlso, the NextSF listing continues to state the launch site is SLC-40.
NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the Sentinel-6B mission. Sentinel-6B will continue the long-term global sea level data record begun in 1992 by Topex/Poseidon followed by Jason 1, 2, 3, and Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich. The mission is a partnership between NASA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, ESA (European Space Agency), and the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites.This is a firm fixed price contract with a value of approximately $94 million, which includes launch services and other mission related costs. The Sentinel-6B mission currently is targeted to launch November 2025, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
NextSpaceflight, updated May 27:Launch NET JulyQuote from: Alexphysics on 05/27/2023 03:49 pmUpdated nextspaceflight with 18 new entries, all upcoming Starlink missions for which SpaceX has filed FCC permits. I wouldn't pay too much attention on what month each one is placed on, I mostly tried to spread them out considering each coast launch cadence and current commercial launch manifest. Even with only a handful of commercial missions, it's so many Starlink missions that, even taking into acount extremely good pad turnarounds, some of these go all the way to October. The order is also kinda arbitrary, I'll admit, but we have no idea how the order will be. For all we know Starlink Group 6-17 could be the next Group 6 mission after Starlink Group 6-4 but for now we don't know so it's sent to end of the list so to speak. Anyhoo, it's something that can be easily changed once we get an idea of the actual order of missions, certainly not the end of world. At least the entries are there and we don't have to make a new one every time, just modify existing ones.
Updated nextspaceflight with 18 new entries, all upcoming Starlink missions for which SpaceX has filed FCC permits. I wouldn't pay too much attention on what month each one is placed on, I mostly tried to spread them out considering each coast launch cadence and current commercial launch manifest. Even with only a handful of commercial missions, it's so many Starlink missions that, even taking into acount extremely good pad turnarounds, some of these go all the way to October. The order is also kinda arbitrary, I'll admit, but we have no idea how the order will be. For all we know Starlink Group 6-17 could be the next Group 6 mission after Starlink Group 6-4 but for now we don't know so it's sent to end of the list so to speak. Anyhoo, it's something that can be easily changed once we get an idea of the actual order of missions, certainly not the end of world. At least the entries are there and we don't have to make a new one every time, just modify existing ones.
T.S. Kelso @TSKelsoCelesTrak has pre-launch SupGP data for the #Starlink Group 2-10 launch from Vandenberg SFB on 2023-05-31 at 06:02:30 UTC: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/table.php?FILE=starlink-g2-10. Deployment of 52 satellites is set to occur at 06:19:57.940 UTC.
https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=sl2-10QuoteSpaceX is targeting Tuesday, May 30 at 11:02 p.m. PT (06:02 UTC on May 31) for a Falcon 9 launch of 52 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. If needed, a backup opportunity is available on Wednesday, May 31 at 10:48 p.m. PT (05:48 UTC on June 1).The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, CRS-23, IXPE, Transporter-4, Transporter-5, Globalstar FM15, ISI EROS C-3, and four Starlink missions [B1061.14]. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship stationed in the Pacific Ocean.
SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, May 30 at 11:02 p.m. PT (06:02 UTC on May 31) for a Falcon 9 launch of 52 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. If needed, a backup opportunity is available on Wednesday, May 31 at 10:48 p.m. PT (05:48 UTC on June 1).The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, CRS-23, IXPE, Transporter-4, Transporter-5, Globalstar FM15, ISI EROS C-3, and four Starlink missions [B1061.14]. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship stationed in the Pacific Ocean.
And now June 4Quote from: NGA301912Z MAY 23NAVAREA IV 591/23(11,26).WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.FLORIDA.1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING 040948Z TO 041328Z JUN, ALTERNATE 050923Z TO 051302Z, 060858Z TO 061237Z, 070832Z TO 071212Z, 080807Z TO 081147Z, 090742Z TO 091121Z AND 100717Z TO 101056Z JUN IN AREAS BOUND BY: A. 28-38.84N 080-37.57W, 28-38.00N 080-30.00W, 28-24.00N 080-07.00W, 28-20.00N 080-08.00W, 28-29.69N 080-32.65W. B. 26-19.00N 076-00.00W, 25-36.00N 074-03.00W, 25-23.00N 073-53.00W, 25-09.00N 074-01.00W, 25-06.00N 074-16.00W, 25-08.00N 074-38.00W, 25-18.00N 075-00.00W, 26-02.00N 076-00.00W.2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 573/23, 589/23.3. CANCEL THIS MSG 101156Z JUN 23.
301912Z MAY 23NAVAREA IV 591/23(11,26).WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.FLORIDA.1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING 040948Z TO 041328Z JUN, ALTERNATE 050923Z TO 051302Z, 060858Z TO 061237Z, 070832Z TO 071212Z, 080807Z TO 081147Z, 090742Z TO 091121Z AND 100717Z TO 101056Z JUN IN AREAS BOUND BY: A. 28-38.84N 080-37.57W, 28-38.00N 080-30.00W, 28-24.00N 080-07.00W, 28-20.00N 080-08.00W, 28-29.69N 080-32.65W. B. 26-19.00N 076-00.00W, 25-36.00N 074-03.00W, 25-23.00N 073-53.00W, 25-09.00N 074-01.00W, 25-06.00N 074-16.00W, 25-08.00N 074-38.00W, 25-18.00N 075-00.00W, 26-02.00N 076-00.00W.2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 573/23, 589/23.3. CANCEL THIS MSG 101156Z JUN 23.
https://www.fly.faa.gov/adv/adv_spt.jspPRIMARY: 06/01/23 1104-1415ZBACKUP: 06/02/23 1039-1350Z 06/03/23 1013-1325Z 06/04/23 0948-1300Z 06/05/23 0923-1234Z 06/06/23 0858-1209Z 06/07/23 0832-1144Z
Galaxy 37Launch TimeNET Jul 15, 2023...Unknown VehicleAutonomous Spaceport Drone Ship
William Harwood @cbs_spacenewsF9/Starlink 2-10: LIFTOFF! At 2:02:30am EDT (0602 UTC)
UPDATED MAY 30, 2023FALCON 9The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Cargo Dragon CRS-28 resupply mission to the ISS from pad 39A on June 3 at 12:35 p.m. EDT. A Falcon 9 will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on June 4 earliest at 5:53 a.m. EDT. A Falcon 9 will launch A Falcon 9 will launch SES' mPOWER 5&6 communications satellites from pad 40 on June 9, in the evening EDT. A Falcon 9 will launch the Satria communications satellite for Indonesia from pad 40 on June 19. Upcoming launches include more Starlink batches. A Falcon 9 will launch the Euclid telescope for the European Space Agency from pad 40 on early July, in the mid-day EDT. The next Falcon Heavy will launch the USSF-52 mission for the U.S. Space Force from pad 39A on July 7. The two side boosters will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch.