ICESat-2's secondaries aren't what you specified, but rather the ELaNa-XVIII mission, which according to http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=431andhttp://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=517includes the ELFIN, IT-SPINS, and CHEFsat missions in each of the 3 PPODs
United Launch Alliance is working with the Western Range and DigitalGlobe to identify a new launch date in early October.
SpaceX has circled Nov. 17 as a tentative date for its next launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida, on a mission that would launch International Space Station supplies from Kennedy Space Center.The Air Force’s 45th Space Wing last week approved the date for planning purposes, Space Florida officials said Wednesday during a board meeting in Orlando.
The Air Force released a Request for Proposal for an Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Launch Service supporting the Space Test Program (STP) 3 mission scheduled to launch in June 2019....This will be a standalone contract for the STP-3 launch service. The STP-3 mission consists of a primary space vehicle (STPSat-6) and a propulsive EELV Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) holding up to 6 payloads that will be identified no later than 12-months prior to launch.
"Today, XPRIZE officially has officially verified Team SYNERGY MOON’s launch agreement as part of the $30M Google Lunar XPRIZE, a global competition for privately-funded teams to land an unmanned spacecraft on the surface of the moon by December 31, 2017. The SYNERGY MOON mission will use a NEPTUNE 8 rocket, built and launched by Interorbital Systems, to carry a lunar lander and at least one rover to the surface of the moon, launching from an open-ocean location off the California coast during the second half of 2017.
According to IOS, by mid-2017/early 2018, the firm will initiate launch services for smallsats to a circular, polar orbit at 310 km altitude. Their current manifest numbers 135 smallsats awaiting launch. Interorbital Systems has developed a simple, robust rocket technology that will enable that firm to be the lowest-cost launch provider in the commercial space industry. Interorbital Systems is currently engaged in building a Moon rocket, NEPTUNE 8 LUNA (N8), for the Google Lunar X Prize Team SYNERGY MOON and other NEPTUNE rocket-series variants, such as the N3, and N5 for commercial satellite launches.
Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 10/15/2016 07:47 pmRe: WorldView-4 launch campaign and this [NROL-79] launch campaignWhen do the launch delays for WorldView-4 start to impinge on the preparations for the launch of NROL-79?Related question: Will a WDR be performed for this launch?It's already not launching in 2016.
Re: WorldView-4 launch campaign and this [NROL-79] launch campaignWhen do the launch delays for WorldView-4 start to impinge on the preparations for the launch of NROL-79?Related question: Will a WDR be performed for this launch?
NET mid to late October - early November 2016 January - WorldView 4, Prometheus A, Prometheus B, U2U, CELTEE, Aerocube 8C, Aerocube 8D, RAVAN - Atlas V 401 (AV-062) - Vandenberg SLC-3E - 18:30-18:45
Quote from: Salo on 10/11/2016 06:20 amNET mid to late October - early November 2016 January - WorldView 4, Prometheus A, Prometheus B, U2U, CELTEE, Aerocube 8C, Aerocube 8D, RAVAN - Atlas V 401 (AV-062) - Vandenberg SLC-3E - 18:30-18:45I can't find any source that can confirm this last delay for the Worldview 4 launch. Can anyone help me with that?Thanks in advance!
We're less than two months from the scheduled launch date, currently set for December 8, 2016.I've seen no news of the payload arriving at the Cape.Has the launch been delayed?Also, will this satellite be processed at Astrotech?
It is not launching then. GOES-R is still up in the air. There are no other facilities other than Astrotech for ULA commercial launches.
Jonathan McDowell @planet4589LAUNCH of Antares 230 from Pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia at 2345:40 UTC
Delay:Launch Delayed: Assessments ContinueOct 18, 2016NOAA continues to work with its partners -- NASA, United Launch Alliance (ULA) and the U.S. Air Force’s 45th Space Wing -- to assess the infrastructure and facilities necessary for GOES-R launch following Hurricane Matthew. Additional assessments are underway to fully understand the impact the storm had on local facilities. Before Hurricane Matthew, the launch date was set for November 4, 2016.Once Matthew passed, the launch team began an initial assessment of the launch infrastructure and determined that a move of the launch date is needed based on the storm's impacts. ULA, for planning purposes, has requested a new range date of no earlier than November 16, pending approval from the 45th Space Wing. Throughout the storm, the GOES-R spacecraft remained safe inside Astrotech Space Operations, in Titusville, Fla. NOAA will provide an update as new details become available.
In other Cape Canaveral launch news, officials have tentatively set Nov. 16 as the new target date for the Atlas 5 rocket to deploy the GOES-R weather satellite. The two-hour launch window will open at 4:42 p.m. EST (2142 GMT).
Liftoff is scheduled on or about Dec. 7 during a window of 6:53 to 7:42 p.m. EST (2353-0042 GMT), a duration of 49 minutes.