To make it easier for users to track when @Starlink launches are supposed to occur, I have exposed the .ics files I use to set calendar reminders. These are simple text files following the IETF standard (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICalendar for lots more information). They should load automatically into your calendar software. You can edit the launch time (UTC) to adjust for launch delays. And there is a link for where the @SpaceX launch information should be. I hope you find this useful.
1/CelesTrak continues to see increases in malicious activity and excessive downloads, which require us to continue to adapt our system. That means users should be prepared for changes, particularly if they are using outdated requests. The best way to do that is to check for HTTP 301 errors (permanent redirects) and update your software. If you are using .com or static TLE .txt files, you need to switch to .org and the GP queries available for the past 4+ years. Eventually, we will have to do that for you and if your software can't follow the redirect, it will fail.
Lots of time has been spent developing documentation to help users. For GP data: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/documentation/gp-data-formats.php. For SupGP data: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/documentation/sup-gp-queries.php. For SATCAT data: https://celestrak.org/satcat/satcat-format.php. For SOCRATES data: https://celestrak.org/SOCRATES/socrates-format.php. Expect EOP, Space Weather, and GPS documentation to be updated soon, to stop users from downloading data hundreds of times more often than they are updated. We appreciate your understanding and support in helping us continue to provide reliable services!
I've added links to the official @SpaceX Launches web page to make it easy to find the livestream and information on launch slips, assuming the page is available.
The NGA Space Debris notice that is effectively a Rocket Launching notice has not arrived yet, but I received these two NGA Space Debris notices (the same notice for two different Navigational Areas).These run a couple of days longer than the launch period, but not long enough to be multi-launch.Edit: Actually if this mission and 11-2 both launch at/near the beginning of their launch periods, these notices would cover both.The prior multi-launch Space Debris notices were cancelled after 9-13 launched. They only ran through December 5 so they would have needed to be replaced anyway.
This may be a clue that there are not any Vandenberg Starlink launches in the immediate future following 11-2.
Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 12/01/2024 03:10 amThis may be a clue that there are not any Vandenberg Starlink launches in the immediate future following 11-2.That last one was basically a Starlink rideshare flight.
Is "RRT-1" a new mission in the launch manifest? (2196-EX-ST-2024)QuoteThis STA is intended to cover pre-launch testing on the RRT-1 mission. Tests involve fairing re-rad operations at Pad 40 at Cape Canaveral AFS or Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center. This STA is not for flight.Pre-launch checkout of TTC links for commercial payload mission, including operation of the fairing re-rad system, prior to flight.
This STA is intended to cover pre-launch testing on the RRT-1 mission. Tests involve fairing re-rad operations at Pad 40 at Cape Canaveral AFS or Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center. This STA is not for flight.Pre-launch checkout of TTC links for commercial payload mission, including operation of the fairing re-rad system, prior to flight.
Primary Launch Day 13 Dec 2330Z-0330ZBackup Launch Day (1) 14 Dec 2330Z-0330ZBackup Launch Day (2) 15 Dec 2330Z-0330ZBackup Launch Day (3) 16 Dec 2330Z-0330ZBackup Launch Day (4) 17 Dec 2330Z-0330ZBackup Launch Day (5) 18 Dec 2330Z-0330ZBackup Launch Day (6) 19 Dec 2330Z-0330Z
Quote from: StraumliBlight on 11/22/2024 07:25 pmIs "RRT-1" a new mission in the launch manifest? (2196-EX-ST-2024)QuoteThis STA is intended to cover pre-launch testing on the RRT-1 mission. Tests involve fairing re-rad operations at Pad 40 at Cape Canaveral AFS or Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center. This STA is not for flight.Pre-launch checkout of TTC links for commercial payload mission, including operation of the fairing re-rad system, prior to flight.RRT-1 launch now appears on the Air Traffic page.QuotePrimary Launch Day 13 Dec 2330Z-0330ZBackup Launch Day (1) 14 Dec 2330Z-0330ZBackup Launch Day (2) 15 Dec 2330Z-0330ZBackup Launch Day (3) 16 Dec 2330Z-0330ZBackup Launch Day (4) 17 Dec 2330Z-0330ZBackup Launch Day (5) 18 Dec 2330Z-0330ZBackup Launch Day (6) 19 Dec 2330Z-0330Z
Haven't gotten around to adding these to the various threads yet. Not sure what that flight with Umbra-14 is.
Quote from: gongora on 01/12/2025 10:56 pmHaven't gotten around to adding these to the various threads yet. Not sure what that flight with Umbra-14 is.Replaced with new filing, not sure what changed.SAT-LOA-20250117-00019
The forecast also includes seven missions on SpaceX’s Falcon rockets, Brig. Gen. Kristin Panzenhagen, head of the Space Force’s Assured Access to Space office, told reporters at the Space Mobility Conference.
SpaceNews: Space Force projects ULA to outpace SpaceX in 2025 national security missions [Jan 28]QuoteThe forecast also includes seven missions on SpaceX’s Falcon rockets, Brig. Gen. Kristin Panzenhagen, head of the Space Force’s Assured Access to Space office, told reporters at the Space Mobility Conference.
Col. Jim Horne, who oversees launch execution for the Space Force, .... added that Vulcan’s first NSSL mission could occur as early as this spring.
