And an Atlas with two SRBs will launch the second Orbital Flight Test of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft to the ISS on August-September TBD.
Nextspaceflight is reporting that B1049 will be supporting this mission.https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/2680
NET May - TacRL-2 - Pegasus XL - Vandenberg AFB, L-1011 "Stargazer"
une 17 - GPS III SV05 - Falcon 9 (B1062.2 S) - Canaveral SLC-40 - 22:00-01:00
July - Transporter-2 ...
July - commercial payload - Rocket 3.3 (Astra) - Kodiak LP-3B (or Summer)
October 16 - Lucy [Discovery 13] - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41 ~09:00 (or November)
SFN, May 4, Starlink Launch Marks 100 Straight Missions Since an In-Flight Falcon Rocket FailureRe: Starlink v1.0 Flight 27 launch time:QuoteThe next Falcon 9 launch is scheduled for 2:42 a.m. EDT (0642 GMT) Sunday from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, carrying the next batch of Starlink internet satellites.Re: Starlink v1.0 Flight 26:QuoteAnother Starlink mission is planned in mid-May with a Falcon 9 launch from pad 39A.
The next Falcon 9 launch is scheduled for 2:42 a.m. EDT (0642 GMT) Sunday from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, carrying the next batch of Starlink internet satellites.
Another Starlink mission is planned in mid-May with a Falcon 9 launch from pad 39A.
In this screenshot, the tail number for AFSPC 8 is seen as AV-084.
The next United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, flying with two solid rocket boosters, will launch the fifth Space-Based Infrared System satellite, SBIRS GEO-5, on May 17 at 1:35pm EDT.
Boeing and NASA are targeting 2:53 p.m. Eastern time on Friday, July 30, for the launch of Starliner’s uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2
Jeff Foust @jeff_foustVirgin Orbit says its next LauncherOne mission is scheduled for June, flying out of Mojave. It will carry payloads for the Defense Department, Royal Netherlands Air Force, and SatRevolution.Mission name is “Tubular Bells, Part One” after the first Virgin Records album.
https://virginorbit.com/the-latest/introducing-our-next-mission-tubular-bells-part-one/QuoteINTRODUCING OUR NEXT MISSION: TUBULAR BELLS, PART ONEMAY 6, 2021 FEATURED/PRESS RELEASESSince our flawless Launch Demo 2 mission in January, the Virgin Orbit team hasn’t wasted any time in working towards yet another flight with LauncherOne. At this very moment, the rocket that will carry our next customers to space is fully assembled, and in the coming days we’ll ship it out to our Mojave test site for prelaunch operations. As all this is now familiar work, our team has been able to operate at a whole new level of efficiency and precision.Historically, the space industry has been slow to ramp up from early tests to the start of commercial service. Thanks to a world-class team and our fully operational, cutting-edge factory, Virgin Orbit is breaking that tradition. Currently, our efforts are on track for our next orbital launch in June.We’re proud to have retired our “Launch Demo” program and the corresponding mission names, and are delighted to share with you some details about our upcoming mission, which we have named “Tubular Bells, Part One.”Mission Manifest» The U.S. Department of Defense, which is launching three CubeSat sets as part of the DoD Space Test Program’s (STP) Rapid Agile Launch (RALI) Initiative. This launch, also known as STP-VP27A, was awarded to Virgin Orbit subsidiary VOX Space by the DoD’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), an organization working to accelerate the adoption of commercial technology into the U.S. military to strengthen national security. » The Royal Netherlands Air Force, which is launching the Netherlands’ first military satellite, a CubeSat called BRIK II, built and integrated by Innovative Solutions in Space, with contributions from the University of Oslo, the Delft University of Technology, and Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre.» SatRevolution, which is launching the first two optical satellites, STORK-4 and STORK-5 (A.K.A. MARTA), of the company’s 14-satellite STORK constellation.Launch SiteAs with our previous mission, we will conduct the mission from what is currently a bare concrete pad at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California.Target Orbit500 km, circular orbit at 60 degrees inclinationLaunch TimingJune 2021Launch CoverageA public livestream of the mission will be available on our website. You can also get real-time updates via social media: just follow us on Twitter @VirginOrbit.Mission Name: “Tubular Bells, Part One”
INTRODUCING OUR NEXT MISSION: TUBULAR BELLS, PART ONEMAY 6, 2021 FEATURED/PRESS RELEASESSince our flawless Launch Demo 2 mission in January, the Virgin Orbit team hasn’t wasted any time in working towards yet another flight with LauncherOne. At this very moment, the rocket that will carry our next customers to space is fully assembled, and in the coming days we’ll ship it out to our Mojave test site for prelaunch operations. As all this is now familiar work, our team has been able to operate at a whole new level of efficiency and precision.Historically, the space industry has been slow to ramp up from early tests to the start of commercial service. Thanks to a world-class team and our fully operational, cutting-edge factory, Virgin Orbit is breaking that tradition. Currently, our efforts are on track for our next orbital launch in June.We’re proud to have retired our “Launch Demo” program and the corresponding mission names, and are delighted to share with you some details about our upcoming mission, which we have named “Tubular Bells, Part One.”Mission Manifest» The U.S. Department of Defense, which is launching three CubeSat sets as part of the DoD Space Test Program’s (STP) Rapid Agile Launch (RALI) Initiative. This launch, also known as STP-VP27A, was awarded to Virgin Orbit subsidiary VOX Space by the DoD’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), an organization working to accelerate the adoption of commercial technology into the U.S. military to strengthen national security. » The Royal Netherlands Air Force, which is launching the Netherlands’ first military satellite, a CubeSat called BRIK II, built and integrated by Innovative Solutions in Space, with contributions from the University of Oslo, the Delft University of Technology, and Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre.» SatRevolution, which is launching the first two optical satellites, STORK-4 and STORK-5 (A.K.A. MARTA), of the company’s 14-satellite STORK constellation.Launch SiteAs with our previous mission, we will conduct the mission from what is currently a bare concrete pad at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California.Target Orbit500 km, circular orbit at 60 degrees inclinationLaunch TimingJune 2021Launch CoverageA public livestream of the mission will be available on our website. You can also get real-time updates via social media: just follow us on Twitter @VirginOrbit.Mission Name: “Tubular Bells, Part One”
According to the document, GTOSat will operate as a sun-pointed cubesat and carry a Relativistic Electron Magnetic Spectrometer as well as a magnetometer to monitor the behavior of relativistic electrons in geostationary transfer orbitGTOSat does not have de-orbit elements and is meant to “naturally decay“¯ in 25 years, the notice states.NASA expects spacecraft deliveries to begin in the first quarter of 2021 with rocket integration work scheduled for Aug. 1 of next year.
Starlink V1 L26Launch TimeSat May 15, 2021 22:58 UTCLaunch time and date via LaunchPhotography.comVehiclesB1058Flight #8
The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral will launch the next batch of Starlink internet satellites from pad 40 on May 9 at 2:42am EDT. A Falcon 9 will launch another batch of Starlinks from pad 39A on May 15 at 6:48pm EDT. Upcoming launches include more batches of Starlink satellites. A Falcon 9 from pad 40 will launch the SiriusXM-8 communication satellite on June 1 at 12:25am EDT. A Falcon 9 from pad 39A will launch the next Dragon resupply mission, CRS-22, on June 3 at around 1pm EDT. And a Falcon 9 will launch the fifth block III GPS satellite for the U.S. Air/Space Forces from pad 40 on June 17, sometime between 6-9pm EDT.
Michael Sheetz @thesheetztweetzUnited Launch Alliance COO John Elbon says the company's Vulcan rocket will be "ready by the end of this year" for its first launch.
https://spacenews.com/intelsat-and-ses-on-course-for-mammoth-c-band-payments/QuoteSES-17 and O3b mPOWER secured $180 million worth of backlog in 2021, according to SES, increasing their gross backlog to $740 million.The company said these satellite launches had been pushed from the third quarter to the fourth quarter of this year, adding that it does not expect a significant change in operational service date as a result.Delayed to Q4
SES-17 and O3b mPOWER secured $180 million worth of backlog in 2021, according to SES, increasing their gross backlog to $740 million.The company said these satellite launches had been pushed from the third quarter to the fourth quarter of this year, adding that it does not expect a significant change in operational service date as a result.
