SpaceX and NASA are targeting Friday, October 13 at 10:19 a.m. ET for Falcon Heavy’s launch of the Psyche mission to an interplanetary transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. If needed, a backup launch opportunity is available on Saturday, October 14 at 10:24 a.m. ET.The Psyche spacecraft will travel to a metal-rich asteroid of the same name orbiting the Sun between Jupiter and Mars in pursuit of studying the exposed nickel-iron core of an early planet, one of the building blocks of our solar system. The mission will also demonstrate NASA’s first deep space test of the Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) system – high-bandwidth optical communications through space and back to Earth – from distances far exceeding the Moon – using a near-infrared laser.This will be the fourth launch for the side boosters, both of which previously supported USSF-44, USSF-67, and Hughes JUPTER 3. Following stage separation, Falcon Heavy’s two side boosters will land on SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2 (LZ-1 and LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Starlink Group 6-24Launch TimeNET Oct 21, 2023
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UPDATED OCTOBER 11, 2023FALCON 9A Falcon Heavy will launch NASA's Psyche spacecraft to its namesake asteroid from pad 39A on October 13 at 10:19 a.m. EDT. The side boosters will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch. The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on October 13 earliest around 6:30 p.m. EDT or later. A Falcon 9 will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on October 17 earliest around 6 p.m. EDT or later. A Falcon 9 will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on October TBD. Upcoming launches include more Starlink missions from pad 40. A Falcon 9 will launch the CRS-29 resupply mission to the ISS from pad 39A on November 3 at 11:49 p.m. EDT. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch. Upcoming launches include more Starlink batches from pad 40.
QuoteThis STA is necessary to authorize launch vehicle communications for Firefly’s VCLS-2 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base SLC-2. This includes a suborbital first stage and an orbital second stage. All downrange Earth stations are receive-only. This STA replaces 1109-EX-ST-2023 which covers operations through 01JAN2024. This new STA accounts for delays in planned launch which was intended to occur prior to July 2023, which now is planned for March 2024.
This STA is necessary to authorize launch vehicle communications for Firefly’s VCLS-2 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base SLC-2. This includes a suborbital first stage and an orbital second stage. All downrange Earth stations are receive-only. This STA replaces 1109-EX-ST-2023 which covers operations through 01JAN2024. This new STA accounts for delays in planned launch which was intended to occur prior to July 2023, which now is planned for March 2024.
https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1712658876561289356Quote from: T.S. KelsoCelesTrak has pre-launch SupGP data for the #Starlink Group 6-22 launch from Cape Canaveral on 2023-10-13 at 23:01:10 UTC: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/table.php?FILE=starlink-g6-22. Deployment of 22 satellites is set for 2023-10-14 at 00:06:25.120 UTC. Data for 5 backup launch opportunities is also provided.https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/Launch: 2023-10-13 23:01:10 UTC. Deployment: 2023-10-14 00:06:25.120 UTC.Launch: 2023-10-13 23:51:40 UTC. Deployment: 2023-10-14 00:56:55.120 UTC.Launch: 2023-10-14 00:42:10 UTC. Deployment: 2023-10-14 01:47:25.120 UTC.Launch: 2023-10-14 01:32:50 UTC. Deployment: 2023-10-14 02:38:05.120 UTC.Launch: 2023-10-14 02:23:20 UTC. Deployment: 2023-10-14 03:28:35.120 UTC.Launch: 2023-10-14 02:29:30 UTC. Deployment: 2023-10-14 03:34:45.120 UTC.
CelesTrak has pre-launch SupGP data for the #Starlink Group 6-22 launch from Cape Canaveral on 2023-10-13 at 23:01:10 UTC: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/table.php?FILE=starlink-g6-22. Deployment of 22 satellites is set for 2023-10-14 at 00:06:25.120 UTC. Data for 5 backup launch opportunities is also provided.
UPDATED OCTOBER 11, 2023...Falcon 9, October 13 earliest (after Psyche) @ between about 6:30 and 10:30 p.m. EDT (pad 40)...FALCON 9A Falcon Heavy will launch NASA's Psyche spacecraft to its namesake asteroid from pad 39A on October 13 at 10:19 a.m. EDT. The side boosters will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch. The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on October 13 earliest around 6:30 p.m. EDT or later. A Falcon 9 will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on October 17 earliest around 6 p.m. EDT or later. A Falcon 9 will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on October TBD. Upcoming launches include more Starlink missions from pad 40. A Falcon 9 will launch the CRS-29 resupply mission to the ISS from pad 39A on November 3 at 11:49 p.m. EDT. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch. Upcoming launches include more Starlink batches from pad 40.
William Harwood @cbs_spacenewsFH/Psyche: LIFTOFF! At 10:19:43am EDT (1419 UTC)
NASA Commercial Crew @Commercial_Crew 🚀2024 will be a busy year for @NASA_Astronauts headed to the @Space_Station! Here are our target launch dates:@NASA 's @SpaceX Crew-8: mid-February NASA's @BoeingSpace Crew Flight Test: mid-April NASA's SpaceX Crew-9: mid-August Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/3rOcced
SpaceX is targeting Friday, October 13 at 7:01 p.m. ET for a Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. If needed, five backup opportunities are available starting at 7:51 p.m. ET until 10:29 p.m. ET. Five backup opportunities are also currently available on Saturday, October 14 starting at 6:36 p.m. ET until 9:51 p.m. ET.This is the 14th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, mPOWER-a, PSN SATRIA, and five Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
Jonathan McDowell @planet4589LAUNCH of Starlink Group 6-22 from Canaveral pad 40 at 2301 UTC Oct 13. 22 sats are aboard.
NGA Space Debris notice for the booster. Below that the three multi-launch Space Debris notices for the second stage, covering through to the end of October.Booster:Quote from: NGA130053Z OCT 23NAVAREA XII 714/23(21).EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.MEXICO.1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS 190702Z TO 191122Z OCT, ALTERNATE 200641Z TO 201100Z, 210619Z TO 211039Z, 220558Z TO 221017Z, 230536Z TO 230956Z, 240515Z TO 240934Z AND 250453Z TO 250912Z OCT IN AREA BOUND BY 30-25.00N 116-41.00W, 31-00.00N 117-19.00W, 31-00.00N 117-34.00W, 30-45.00N 117-34.00W, 29-20.00N 116-53.00W, 29-01.00N 116-37.00W, 29-23.00N 116-02.00W, 29-48.00N 116-10.00W.2. CANCEL THIS MSG 251012Z OCT 23.
130053Z OCT 23NAVAREA XII 714/23(21).EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.MEXICO.1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS 190702Z TO 191122Z OCT, ALTERNATE 200641Z TO 201100Z, 210619Z TO 211039Z, 220558Z TO 221017Z, 230536Z TO 230956Z, 240515Z TO 240934Z AND 250453Z TO 250912Z OCT IN AREA BOUND BY 30-25.00N 116-41.00W, 31-00.00N 117-19.00W, 31-00.00N 117-34.00W, 30-45.00N 117-34.00W, 29-20.00N 116-53.00W, 29-01.00N 116-37.00W, 29-23.00N 116-02.00W, 29-48.00N 116-10.00W.2. CANCEL THIS MSG 251012Z OCT 23.
A lot of those Vandy dates are nonsense
ELaNa 57One CubeSat will launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-10: M3 (3U) Missouri University of Science and TechnologyELaNa 43Ten CubeSats to launch on a demonstration mission: CatSat (6U) – University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. KUbeSat-1 (3U) – University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan. MESAT-1 (3U) – University of Maine, Orono, Maine OwlSat (1U) – Rice University, Houston, Texas R5-S2-2.0 (6U) – NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas R4-S4 (6U) – NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas REAL(3U) – Dartmouth University, Hanover, N.H. Serenity (3U) – Teachers in Space, Nanuet, N.Y. SOC-I (2U) – University of Washington, Seattle, Wash. TechEdSat-11 6(U) – NASA’s Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
UPDATED OCTOBER 13, 2023...FALCON 9The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on October 17 around 5:00 p.m. EDT or later. A Falcon 9 will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on October 21 around 3:30 p.m. EDT or later. A Falcon 9 will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on October 25. A Falcon 9 will launch the mPOWER-C internet satellites for SES from pad 40 on late October TBD, in the evening EDT. A Falcon 9 will launch the CRS-29 resupply mission to the ISS from pad 39A on November 3 at 11:49 p.m. EDT. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch. Upcoming launches include more Starlink batches from pad 40. A Falcon 9 will launch the NOVA-C commercial lunar lander for Intuitive Machines & NASA from pad 39A on mid-November.
SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, October 17 at 5:20 p.m. ET for a Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. If needed, five backup opportunities are available starting at 6:11 p.m. ET until 8:48 p.m. ET. Six backup opportunities are also currently available on Wednesday, October 18 starting at 4:55 p.m. ET until 8:23 p.m. ET.This is the 16th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched GPS III Space Vehicle 04, GPS III Space Vehicle 05, Inspiration4, Ax-1, Nilesat 301, OneWeb Launch 17, ARABSAT BADR-8, and eight Starlink missions (B1062.16). Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
T.S. Kelso @TSKelsoCelesTrak has pre-launch SupGP data for the #Starlink Group 6-23 launch from Cape Canaveral on 2023-10-17 at 21:20:30 UTC: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/table.php?FILE=starlink-g6-23. Deployment of 22 satellites is set for 22:25:46.360 UTC. Data for 5 backup launch opportunities is also provided.
Starlink G6-23 Pre-Launch(Starlink-G6-23 Pre-Launch RMS Data)Derived from a pre-launch Starlink-G6-23 state vector, provided by SpaceX. GP data is provided for the entire stack, as well as one for a single satellite.Launch: 2023-10-17 21:20:30 UTC.Deployment: 2023-10-17 22:25:46.360 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #1Starlink G6-23B1 Pre-Launch(Starlink-G6-23B1 Pre-Launch RMS Data)Launch: 2023-10-17 22:11:00 UTC.Deployment: 2023-10-17 23:16:16.360 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #2Starlink G6-23B2 Pre-Launch(Starlink-G6-23B2 Pre-Launch RMS Data)Launch: 2023-10-17 23:01:30 UTC.Deployment: 2023-10-18 00:06:46.360 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #3Starlink G6-23B3 Pre-Launch(Starlink-G6-23B3 Pre-Launch RMS Data)Launch: 2023-10-17 23:52:00 UTC.Deployment: 2023-10-18 00:57:16.360 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #4Starlink G6-23B4 Pre-Launch(Starlink-G6-23B4 Pre-Launch RMS Data)Launch: 2023-10-18 00:42:30 UTC.Deployment: 2023-10-18 01:47:46.360 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #5Starlink G6-23B5 Pre-Launch(Starlink-G6-23B5 Pre-Launch RMS Data)Launch: 2023-10-18 00:48:30 UTC.Deployment: 2023-10-18 01:53:46.360 UTC.
UPDATED OCTOBER 16, 2023FALCON 9The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on October 17 around 5:20 p.m. EDT or later. A Falcon 9 will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on October 21. A Falcon 9 will launch the mPOWER-C internet satellites for SES from pad 40 on late October TBD, in the late afternoon EDT. A Falcon 9 will launch the CRS-29 resupply mission to the ISS from pad 39A on November at 11 p.m. EDT. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch. Upcoming launches include more Starlink batches from pad 40. A Falcon 9 will launch the NOVA-C commercial lunar lander for Intuitive Machines & NASA from pad 39A on mid-November.
