How many Group 12 flights/43 deg Gen 1 DtC planes remain to be launched/filled?From raptorx2Starlink 12-15, launched 21 May UTC:Quote from: raptorx2 on 05/14/2025 07:57 pmQuote from: zubenelgenubi on 05/13/2025 09:04 pmQuote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 05/13/2025 06:02 pmPrimary Launch Day 20 May 0340Z-0446Z66-minute window.Appears to be heading to Plane 5 with Plane 4 as the window backup.Plane 1 - Group 12-1Plane 2 - Group 12-5Plane 3 - Group 12-11Plane 4 -Plane 5 - Group 12-15 (May 20)Plane 6 - Group 12-16Plane 7 - Group 12-4 Plane 8 - Group 12-12Plane 9 - Group 12-2Plane 10 - Group 12-3Plane 11 - Plane 12 - Group 12-8Plane 13 - Plane 14 - Group 12-6Plane 15 - Group 12-13Plane 16 - Group 12-20Plane 17 -Group 12-25Plane 18 - Grouop 12-23 Plane 19 -Group 12-10 Plane 20 - Group 12-7 Plane 21 - Group 12-21Plane 22 -Group 12-9Plane 23 - Group 12-18Plane 24 - Group 12-14Starlink 12-19, 3 June UTC:Quote from: raptorx2 on 05/27/2025 11:30 pmLaunch 23 of 25 for the 43° Gen. 1 DTC constellation+ Starlink 12-24 on June 10.Is [Starlink 12-26] launch 25 of 25? If so, perhaps there is one open plane left to fill?
Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 05/13/2025 09:04 pmQuote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 05/13/2025 06:02 pmPrimary Launch Day 20 May 0340Z-0446Z66-minute window.Appears to be heading to Plane 5 with Plane 4 as the window backup.Plane 1 - Group 12-1Plane 2 - Group 12-5Plane 3 - Group 12-11Plane 4 -Plane 5 - Group 12-15 (May 20)Plane 6 - Group 12-16Plane 7 - Group 12-4 Plane 8 - Group 12-12Plane 9 - Group 12-2Plane 10 - Group 12-3Plane 11 - Plane 12 - Group 12-8Plane 13 - Plane 14 - Group 12-6Plane 15 - Group 12-13Plane 16 - Group 12-20Plane 17 -Group 12-25Plane 18 - Grouop 12-23 Plane 19 -Group 12-10 Plane 20 - Group 12-7 Plane 21 - Group 12-21Plane 22 -Group 12-9Plane 23 - Group 12-18Plane 24 - Group 12-14
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 05/13/2025 06:02 pmPrimary Launch Day 20 May 0340Z-0446Z66-minute window.
Primary Launch Day 20 May 0340Z-0446Z
Launch 23 of 25 for the 43° Gen. 1 DTC constellation
The U.S. Space Force’s fiscal 2026 budget request provides $277 million for the MILNET proliferated Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation and halts funding for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 3, Transport Layer effort for advanced LEO communications satellites.The Space Force $277 million request combines two program elements and derives from a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) classified MILNET effort, based on SpaceX‘s Starshield. The Department of the Air Force, which is conducting an Analysis of Alternatives on future satellite communications, intends MILNET to be a “plug and play” architecture that is not SpaceX-reliant.“In the FY 26 budget we learned DoD is halting the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 3, Transport Layer and that work which has been going on for several years and had robust competition and open standards has been replaced by something called MILNET, which is being sole sourced to SpaceX,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), the ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense panel, said at a Thursday hearing on the Department of the Air Force’s fiscal 2026 funding request.
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) laid the groundwork for enhanced weather, research, development, and prototyping capabilities with the USSF-178 National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 task order awarded today. The $81,613,951 multi-manifest mission awarded to SpaceX makes use of available launch vehicle capacity to efficiently deliver capability to orbit. This award leverages industry advancements to streamline integration and condense timelines, providing responsive launch options to meet emergent operational needs, including the rapid integration of spacecraft within three months of launch. The USSF-178 mission will include SSC’s Weather System Follow-on – Microwave Space Vehicle 2 (WSF-M2), which will provide global sensing to increase prediction model performance. It will also include BLAZE-2, a launch opportunity for operational, research, development, and prototype small satellites from across the DoD. The mission is expected to launch in the first half of Fiscal Year 2027. “We deliver assured access to space and maximize value for the American taxpayer, a commitment reflected in this USSF-178 launch service award,” explained USSF Col. Matthew Flahive, chief, Launch Mission Solutions Delta, Space Systems Command. “It is a strategic advantage when we can flexibly manifest small satellites on our launch vehicles with additional capacity to support emergent operational requirements and the research and development community.” USSF-178 is the third Task Order issued under Phase 3 Lane 1. SSC intends to award more missions later this year for our valued mission partners, NRO and SDA.
A0051/25 NOTAMN Q) FSSS/QRALW/IV/NBO/W/000/999/0000S05232E999 A) FSSS B) 2507122319 C) 2507190515 D) DLY BTN 2319 - 0515 E) HAZARDOUS OPS BY SPACEX GTO 1 STAGE 2 REENTRY WI AN AREA NEOF FSSS BOUNDED BY THE FOLLOWING COOR:0000S 05232E - 0518N05330E - 0918N 05830E - 0911N 06000E - 0042S 06000E - 0000S 05232E F) SFC G) UNL
PR-8000 (Dror 1) satellite manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries is launching NET July 1st, 2025. (SES-STA-INTR2025-02191, SES-STA-INTR2025-02192) [May 1]Its licensed by Israel and managed by Telespazio, with a final location of 4.0° W.L.[...]Launcher is unknown but probably SpaceX?
A0264/25 NOTAMNQ) VRMF/QWMLW/IV/NBO/W/000/999/0001N06839E100A) VRMFB) 2507132319 C) 2507200515D) DAILY 2319-0515E) US AEROSPACE COMPANY (SPACE X) WILL BE CONDUCTING HAZARDOUSOPR ACTIVITIES. THE SAID ACT FALLSIN MALE FIR WI THE AREA BOUNDED BY COORD0125S06800E-0000N06800E-0133N06900E-0130S06900E-0125S06800EPRIMARY LAUNCH 250713F) SFC G) UNL
Stage 2 Reentry NOTAM for the launch of "GTO-1" has appeared. Area is identical to the same NOTAM for MTG-S1, suggesting a similar GTO launch. Assuming the same gap between launch and reentry, launch should be at 03:52 UTC on July 12th.
The launch of Luxembourg's Earth observation satellite LUXEOSys remains pending. Previously planned for the first semester of 2025, the launch date has now been postponed again.The project, which was launched in 2017 under the previous government, has a long history of difficulties, disagreements, delays and budget overruns.
Orbit: 450 kmSatellite speed: 8 km/s1 revolution of the Earth: every 94 min, 15 revolutions/dayLaunch weight: +/- 645 kg, Hexagonal shape with a diameter of 1.84 mOne image: 10 x 10 km area covered (2.5 Gigabytes)Lifespan: 7 + 3 yearsMinimum response time between request and available image: 17 hours
Article is behind a paywall but if September 2025 is correct, it doesn't match existing SpaceX rideshare launches.
NASA’s STORIE mission, or Storm Time O+ Ring current Imaging Evolution, has completed its design, build, and testing campaign at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, ahead of its mission onboard the International Space Station (ISS).From its unique vantage point on the ISS, STORIE will use neutral atom imaging to provide an “inside out” view of Earth’s ring current – a region of the magnetosphere where energetic particles are trapped in near-Earth space. In addition to answering fundamental questions about the ring current’s intensity and composition, STORIE will also provide a more detailed understanding of how geomagnetic storms affect Earth.From NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, STORIE will be shipped to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, where it will be integrated onto a pallet to be installed outside the ISS’s Columbus Module. STORIE will head to the ISS aboard a SpaceX commercial resupply flight no earlier than spring 2026.
The Storm Time O+ Ring Current Imaging Evolution (STORIE) mission scheduled for launch in 2026 will provide continuous inside-out global geospace weather imaging with its ENA instrument hosted on the International Space Station (ISS).
Quote from: StraumliBlight on 07/13/2025 12:23 pmArticle is behind a paywall but if September 2025 is correct, it doesn't match existing SpaceX rideshare launches.Hint hint, to read the full article open the source of the page in your browser...Anyway, it does not specifically mention September, only a generic 3rd quarter. And the source of the article is none less than nextspaceflight.com
Accenture LLP (“Accenture”) seeks experimental authority to launch and operate the CARET-1 cubesat spacecraft to conduct technical evaluations of emerging space cybersecurity technology within the low-earth orbit environment. This mission will include assessment of post-quantum scamgraphic solutions and zero-trust networking architectures along with experiments to evaluate these defenses against adversaries’ capabilities to attack and disrupt commercial satellite operations. The testing under this experimental license will comprise fundamental security experiments that will support future manned missions to space. Moreover, the experimental license will support Accenture in developing future dual-use technology, which will support innovation and growth in both military applications and commercial applications.[...]CARET-1 will be launched to the International Space Station (“ISS”) and then deployed from the ISS into a 52-degree LEO orbit at an orbital altitude of approximately 420-425 km
The satellite will be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) later this year and from there pushed into Low Earth Orbit by an ISS astronaut
Besxar Signs Launch Agreement with SpaceX to Pioneer Orbital Semiconductor Manufacturing [Oct 28]QuoteFabships will be integrated on Falcon 9 first stage boosters and retrieved post launch after the rocket safely returns to land.
Fabships will be integrated on Falcon 9 first stage boosters and retrieved post launch after the rocket safely returns to land.
[07:10] Eventually scaling to "mini-fridge" size for next iteration.[14:40] First cliipper class launch before the "end of the year".
