The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on November 14 at 5:33-9:33 a.m. EST. A Falcon 9 will launch the Optus-X mission from pad 39A on November 17 at 4:29-6:27 p.m. EST. A Falcon 9 will launch the GSAT-20 communication satellite for India from pad 40 on November 18 at 1:31-3:20 p.m. EST. A Falcon 9 will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on November 21 around 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. EST. Upcoming launches include more Starlink batches. A Falcon 9 will launch the SiriusXM-9 communication satellite on early December. A Falcon 9 will launch the next pair of O3b mPOWER satellites for SES on early December.
Next SpaceFlight lists Starlink 9-12 on Nov 18th at 05:47 UTChttps://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7687
NextSpaceflight; updated November 13:Launch 18:31 UTC, first stage recovery aboard ASDS.The current rotation would make that JRTI.
Starlink G9-11 Pre-LaunchDerived from a pre-launch Starlink-G9-11 state vector, provided by SpaceX. SupGP data is provided for the entire stack, as well as one for a single satellite. Launch: 2024-11-14 05:23:00 UTC.Deploy: 2024-11-14 06:23:20.080 UTC.
On Wednesday, November 13 at 9:23 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched 20 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Mission name Ice AIS BabyLaunch date November 21 – December 5, 2024Launcher Electron – Rocket LabLaunch time:04h49 CEST02h49 UTC16h49 NZ
Rocket Lab @RocketLab🚨 Electron launch alert 🚨 Our next mission for @KineisIoT is scheduled to launch no earlier than November 23rd NZDT from Launch Complex 1. It's the third in five dedicated Electron missions booked by @KineisIoT to deploy their internet-of-things constellation 🛰️
Rocket Lab @RocketLabNeutron is open for business. We're launching for a confidential commercial satellite constellation customer from LC-3 in Virginia across two missions from 2026. More details: https://bit.ly/3Ct2J0O
Long Beach, California. November 12, 2024. Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has signed a multi-launch agreement with a confidential commercial satellite constellation operator for its new medium-lift rocket Neutron.Under the contract, Rocket Lab will launch two dedicated missions on Neutron starting from mid-2026. The missions will launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 3 on Wallops Island, Virginia. The launch service agreement for these missions signifies the beginning of a productive collaboration that could see Neutron deploy the entire constellation....
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, November 14 for a Falcon 9 launch of 24 Starlink satellites, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 5:45 a.m. ET, with backup opportunities available until 9:33 a.m. ET. If needed, additional opportunities are also available on Friday, November 15, starting at 5:17 a.m. ET.A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the new X TV app.This is the 18th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched mPOWER-C, OneWeb2, Intelsat 40e, Digital Globe 2, Turksat-6A, Eutelsat 36X, Ovzon-3, CRS-26, and nine Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites), consisting of two identical satellites that will orbit Earth in tandem (one following the other), will help answer long-standing questions key to understanding space weather, particularly how the Sun transfers energy, mass, and momentum to near-Earth space. Launch Readiness Date: April 13, 2025
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, November 14 for a Falcon 9 launch of 24 Starlink satellites, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 8:21 a.m. ET, with backup opportunities available until 9:33 a.m. ET. If needed, additional opportunities are also available on Friday, November 15, starting at 5:17 a.m. ET.
Jonathan McDowell @planet4589LAUNCH at 0523 UTC of Starlink Group 9-11 (20 satellites) from Vandenberg LAUNCH at 1321 UTC of Starlink Group 6-68 (24 satellites) from Canaveral
MIDLAND, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile”) (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, and designed for both commercial and government applications, today announced launch services agreements securing the orbital launch capacity to enable continuous space-based cellular broadband service coverage across some of the most in-demand cellular markets globally. AST SpaceMobile's global service will initially target key markets such as the United States, Europe, Japan, the U.S. Government and other strategic markets. The Cape Canaveral Florida Space Force Station launch campaign, scheduled during 2025 and 2026, will utilize existing launch vehicles and Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket for up to ~60 Block 2 satellites to low Earth orbit.“We have now contractually secured orbital launch capacity during 2025 and 2026 to enable continuous cellular broadband service coverage of the AST SpaceMobile network,” said Scott Wisniewski, President of AST SpaceMobile. “With these new launch services agreements, our in-house vertically integrated manufacturing capabilities in Texas, our mobile operator partners, and the additional capital raised during 2024, we are now well-positioned to reach our goal of continuous cellular broadband service coverage, enabling our service to hundreds of millions of users around the world and the U.S. Government.”The next-generation Block 2 BlueBirds are designed to deliver up to 10 times the bandwidth capacity of the BlueBird satellites in orbit today, accelerating the goal to achieve 24/7 continuous cellular broadband service coverage. The service will target approximately 100% U.S. nationwide coverage from space with over 5,600 coverage cells, with beams designed to support a capacity of up to 40 MHz, enabling peak data transmission speeds up to 120 Mbps, supporting voice, full data and video applications. The Block 2 BlueBirds, featuring up to 2,400 square foot communications arrays, will be the largest ever commercially deployed in low Earth orbit once launched, surpassing the current record held by AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 1-5 and BlueWalker 3, each ~700 square feet in size.The Block 2 BlueBirds are designed to be compatible with all major launch vehicles. Blue Origin’s launch vehicle, the New Glenn, offers a seven-meter fairing enabling twice the payload volume of five-meter class commercial launch systems, and is well-suited to launching up to 8 of the largest-ever Block 2 BlueBirds.During 2024, AST SpaceMobile has secured additional strategic investment from AT&T, Verizon, Google and Vodafone, and new contract awards with the United States Government, directly and through prime contractors. The company has agreements with more than 45 mobile network operators globally, which have over 2.8 billion existing subscribers total, including Vodafone Group, AT&T, Verizon, Rakuten Mobile, Bell Canada, Orange, Telefonica, TIM, Saudi Telecom Company, Zain KSA, Etisalat, Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, Telkomsel, Smart Communications, Globe Telecom, Millicom, Smartfren, Telecom Argentina, MTN, Telstra, Africell, Liberty Latin America and others. AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone, Google, Rakuten, American Tower, Cisneros Group and Bell Canada are also existing investors in AST SpaceMobile.
Orion Space develops a number of experimental technologies for its US government customers, including the US Space Force, US Air Force, and in this case, DARPA. The Ouija satellite is testing innovative technologies developed for operations in very low earth orbit (VLEO). For a range of reasons – from satellite identification after launch to improved tracking and control – Orion Space is integrating an Iridium beacon on the satellite, one that is in the control of Orion Space. This application seeks authorization for the operation of that radio, which is a hosted payload on a government satellite....The anticipated launch date of the satellite is in the first half of 2025....• Length of Mission: 90-120 days• Orbital Altitude: 230-365 km• Inclination: 51.6 degrees• Federal contract number: HR00112290118
https://ispace-inc.com/news-en/?p=6326This link to a press release on funding says that:"ispace also announced in coordination with SpaceX the Mission 2 launch is scheduled for no earlier than January 2025. Preparations of the RESILIENCE lander are progressing smoothly, and it will be shipped to Florida on-time according to the planned schedule for final launch preparations."
WASHINGTON — Impulse Space has purchased three Falcon 9 launches for its Helios transfer vehicle for missions starting in 2026, including one for the Space Force.Impulse Space announced Nov. 14 that it signed a contract with SpaceX for the Falcon 9 launches. Each launch will carry the company’s Helios transfer vehicle, a high-energy kick stage the company introduced in January to transport payloads quickly between orbits.The first launch, planned for mid-2026, will be the first flight of Helios. The transfer vehicle will transport the company’s smaller Mira vehicle, carrying a commercial optical payload, from low Earth orbit to geostationary transfer orbit on the Victus Surgo mission for the Space Force and Defense Innovation Unit. Impulse Space received a $34.5 million contract for Victus Surgo and another mission, Victus Salo, Oct. 3. Impulse Space said the schedule and payloads for the other two Helios launches will be determined later.
Lander delaysIntuitive Machines is currently working on a second lunar lander mission whose launch, the company revealed in the call, had slipped to February 2025.The company, in its previous earnings call in August, said it was planning a launch in December or early January for the mission, which will use the company’s Nova-C lander design flown on its first mission, IM-1, this February. That was itself a slip from November 2024, which the company blames on availability of the Kennedy Space Center launch pad that will be used by the SpaceX Falcon 9 launching the mission as well as contractual modifications with NASA to change the landing location for IM-2.In more recent presentations, both NASA and company officials have listed a launch date of the first quarter of 2025 for IM-2, but were not more specific. Altemus initially gave the same first-quarter launch date for IM-2 during the call, providing the February date only when asked for details later in the call.The company did not give a reason for the new date. Altemus said the company completed a hotfire test of the lander’s propulsion system, “representing the most complex integrated test of the lander thus far.”IM-2 is carrying payloads for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, including a drill experiment called PRIME-1 that will probe up to a meter into the surface to extract regolith for analysis by a spectrometer. It is part of efforts to understand the extend and form of water ice in the polar regions of the moon.Intuitive Machines is also developing a third Nova-C lander for the IM-3 mission, going through vibration testing ahead of a launch that Altemus said is in a “mission window through early 2026.” The company, in August, projected a launch in October or November of 2025.
The anticipated launch date of the satellite is in the first half of 2025.• Orbital Altitude: 230-365 km• Inclination: 51.6 degrees
The sixth flight test of Starship is targeted to launch Tuesday, November 19. The 30-minute launch window will open at 4:00 p.m. CT.
Starlink G9-12 Pre-LaunchDerived from a pre-launch Starlink-G9-12 state vector, provided by SpaceX. SupGP data is provided for the entire stack, as well as one for a single satellite.Launch: 2024-11-18 05:47:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-18 06:48:58.160 UTC.Launch window: 2024-11-18 05:47:00 UTC to 2024-11-18 05:48:30 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #1 Launch: 2024-11-18 05:48:30 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-18 06:50:28.160 UTC.Backup Launch Opportunity #2 Launch: 2024-11-18 07:47:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-18 08:48:58.160 UTC.Backup Launch Opportunity #3 Launch: 2024-11-18 09:45:40 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-18 10:47:38.160 UTC.
Discussion thread for SpaceX's Transporter 12 dedicated rideshare flight.Discussion thread for SpaceX Rideshare ProgramLaunch targeting NET January 2025 on Falcon 9 (booster 10xx.x) to SSO. Deployments at 520km and 590km.Payloads:Exolaunch: Acadia-6 (160kg, microsat, Capella) Balkan-1 (16U, Endurosat) Connecta IoT (4x 6U, Plan-S, Turkey) HiVE (?kg, Constellr, Germany) (bus Nanoavionics) Veery-0F (Fledgling) (1U, Care Weather) ? (16U, Absolut Sensing) (bus Nanoavionics)Impulse-2 (Impulse Space, Mira tug) Bluebon (6U XL, TelePIX, Korea) FOSSASat TAT-O (3U, FOSSA Systems, Spain) (hosted) Triclops (Starfish Space) (hosted) Holmes (HEO Robotics)Maverick LIME (3U, NOVI)D-Orbit ION SCV-014D-Orbit ION SCV-016Alba Orbital HADES-R (1.5P, HYDRA SPACE SYSTEMS, SPAIN) HYDRA-T (1.5P, HYDRA SPACE SYSTEMS, SPAIN) HYPE AGH (1P, AGH UNIVERSITY, POLAND) POQUITO (1P, SNT UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG) PROMETHEUS-1 (1P, U. DO MINHO & INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO (PORTUGAL), CARNEGIE MELLON (USA)) SKYLINK-1 & -2 (2x 3P, HELLO SPACE, TÜRKIYE)MBZSat (700kg)Centauri 7/8 (2x 12U, Fleet Space)Centauri 9 (35kg, Fleet Space)Elevation-1 (6U, XDLINX Space Labs, India)FFLY (3x 52kg, Pixxel) (deployed at 590km)Garay (115kg, Satlantis, Spain)Kestrel-0A (8U, Hawkeye 360)Lyra Block 1 (2x 74kg, EchoStar Global)Ray (63kg, Inversion Space, has reentry capsule)SIGI (120?kg, Reflex Aerospace, Germany)TechEdSat-22 (1U, NASA)TROLL (6UXL, TRL Space) (ISISpace bus)UzmaSAT-1 (?kg, Satellogic/Uzma)Winnebago-2 (?kg, Varda)Possible Payloads:AlAinSat-1 (3U, , UAE)Block III Lite (?U, Hawkeye 360)FINCH (U. of Toronto)NAOS (645kg, , Luxembourg)Otter Pup 2 (40kg, Starfish Space)Phobos (?U, Skyline Celestial/Aetheros)Reflex Aerospace demo sat (120 kg)Satellogic (?x 50kg)YAM-8 (license not yet granted as of Sep. 23, 2024)Removed Payloads:Momentus Vigoride DISCO-II (3U, Aarhus University, Denmark) https://www.facebook.com/DanishStudentCubeSatProgram/SAMWISE (2U, Stanford SSI) -> T15ThinkOrbital Flight-2 (1288-EX-ST-2024) -> BW-2YAC-1-2...-10? (9x ~215kg, Loft/EarthDaily) (FCC license not yet accepted for filing as of July 17, 2024)HORIS-1 (1U, MyRadar) (Exolaunch)
Booster B1077-16Mission is apparently named "TD7"?QuoteSpaceX is targeting Sunday, November 17 for a Falcon 9 launch of the TD7 mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The two-hour window opens at 4:29 p.m. ET. If needed, there is a backup opportunity on Monday, November 18 at the same time.A live webcast of this mission will begin about 15 minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the new X TV app.This will be the 16th flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-5, GPS III Space Vehicle 06, Inmarsat I6-F2, CRS-28, NG-20, and nine Starlink missions. After stage separation, the first stage will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=td7X/Twitter Webcast: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1vAxROVEevgKl
SpaceX is targeting Sunday, November 17 for a Falcon 9 launch of the TD7 mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The two-hour window opens at 4:29 p.m. ET. If needed, there is a backup opportunity on Monday, November 18 at the same time.A live webcast of this mission will begin about 15 minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the new X TV app.This will be the 16th flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-5, GPS III Space Vehicle 06, Inmarsat I6-F2, CRS-28, NG-20, and nine Starlink missions. After stage separation, the first stage will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
Booster B1071-20QuoteSpaceX is targeting Sunday, November 17 for a Falcon 9 launch of 20 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff is targeted for 9:47 p.m. PT, with backup opportunities available until 1:46 a.m. PT. If needed, additional opportunities are also available on Monday, November 18 starting at 11:19 p.m. PT.A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the new X TV app.This is the 20th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Transporter-8, Transporter-9, NROL-85, NROL-87, SWOT, SARah-1, NROL-146, and 12 Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, which will be stationed in the Pacific Ocean.https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=sl-9-12X/Twitter Webcast: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1BRJjwrVeAvxw
SpaceX is targeting Sunday, November 17 for a Falcon 9 launch of 20 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff is targeted for 9:47 p.m. PT, with backup opportunities available until 1:46 a.m. PT. If needed, additional opportunities are also available on Monday, November 18 starting at 11:19 p.m. PT.A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the new X TV app.This is the 20th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Transporter-8, Transporter-9, NROL-85, NROL-87, SWOT, SARah-1, NROL-146, and 12 Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, which will be stationed in the Pacific Ocean.
Booster B1073-19QuoteSpaceX is targeting Monday, November 18 for Falcon 9’s launch of the NSIL GSAT-N2 mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The two-hour window opens at 1:31 p.m. ET. If needed, a backup opportunity is available on Tuesday, November 19 during a two-hour window that opens at 4:33 a.m. ET.A live webcast of this mission will begin about 15 minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the new X TV app.This will be the 19th flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched SES-22, ispace’s HAKUTO-R MISSION 1, Amazonas-6, CRS-27, Bandwagon-1, and 13 Starlink missions. After stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=gsat-n2X/Twitter Webcast: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1gqxvNpXPpWxBAnd SpaceX Mission Patch:
SpaceX is targeting Monday, November 18 for Falcon 9’s launch of the NSIL GSAT-N2 mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The two-hour window opens at 1:31 p.m. ET. If needed, a backup opportunity is available on Tuesday, November 19 during a two-hour window that opens at 4:33 a.m. ET.A live webcast of this mission will begin about 15 minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the new X TV app.This will be the 19th flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched SES-22, ispace’s HAKUTO-R MISSION 1, Amazonas-6, CRS-27, Bandwagon-1, and 13 Starlink missions. After stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
Delayed to early-2025:QuoteFirefly Raises $175M Series D, Aims For 2025 LaunchNovember 13, 2024[...]The next Alpha rocket will launch sometime early in 2025, Kim said, on a mission for Lockheed Martin, originally expected before year-end. It’s not clear what’s behind the hold-up, but Kim said, “We want to make sure that they have 100% success on their launch.”[...]
Firefly Raises $175M Series D, Aims For 2025 LaunchNovember 13, 2024[...]The next Alpha rocket will launch sometime early in 2025, Kim said, on a mission for Lockheed Martin, originally expected before year-end. It’s not clear what’s behind the hold-up, but Kim said, “We want to make sure that they have 100% success on their launch.”[...]
The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch from pad 39A on November 17 at 4:29-6:27 p.m. EST. A Falcon 9 will launch the GSAT-20 communication satellite for India from pad 40 on November 18 at 1:31-3:20 p.m. EST. A Falcon 9 will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on November 21 at 10:53 a.m. - 2:53 p.m. EST. Upcoming launches include more Starlink batches. A Falcon 9 will launch the SiriusXM-9 communication satellite on December 2. A Falcon 9 will launch the next pair of O3b mPOWER satellites for SES on early December.
