Looks like something (most likely SAOCOM-1A) is launching before Iridium 8 at Vandenberg. There is a license application for a mission 1335 today launching NET September 5.https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/els/reports/STA_Print.cfm?mode=current&application_seq=85871&RequestTimeout=1000
Members of the ICON team have been informed the launch is currently targeted for late September over the Atlantic Ocean off Florida’s East Coast, two officials familiar with the mission told Spaceflight Now.
Some information from NK #6 2018.
Quote from: Salo on 07/06/2018 10:02 pmSome information from NK #6 2018.Sorry, what's NK #6?
Also, you have CST-100 Starliner (manned test) in the manifest twice.
Chris B - NSF @NASASpaceflightIridium:The Falcon 9 Iridium-7 mission is now targeting July 25, 2018 - with an instantaneous launch window of 4:39:26 am PDT (11:39:26 UTC).
Quote from: jpo234 on 07/10/2018 03:19 pmQuote from: Nehkara on 07/10/2018 03:17 pmThis article confirms it is launching on Falcon 9 in December:https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248700As does this one: https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-first-israeli-spacecraft-set-for-trip-to-the-moon/QuoteThe probe will be launched sometime in December from Cape Canaveral aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, officials said during the media event, held at an Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) space technology site in Yehud. It is scheduled to land on February 13, 2019. The Times of Israel article also mentions that it will be a secondary payload, with the primary payload being a communications satellite.
Quote from: Nehkara on 07/10/2018 03:17 pmThis article confirms it is launching on Falcon 9 in December:https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248700As does this one: https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-first-israeli-spacecraft-set-for-trip-to-the-moon/QuoteThe probe will be launched sometime in December from Cape Canaveral aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, officials said during the media event, held at an Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) space technology site in Yehud. It is scheduled to land on February 13, 2019.
This article confirms it is launching on Falcon 9 in December:https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248700
The probe will be launched sometime in December from Cape Canaveral aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, officials said during the media event, held at an Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) space technology site in Yehud. It is scheduled to land on February 13, 2019.
Presser:Rocket Lab to expand launch capability with US launch site Huntington Beach, California. 10 July 2018.US orbital launch provider Rocket Lab has today confirmed plans to expand its launch capability by developing a US launch site, with four US space ports shortlisted to launch the Electron rocket. Final selection is underway with Cape Canaveral, Wallops Flight Facility, Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska and Vandenberg Air Force Base. A decision on the confirmed site, to be named Launch Complex 2, is expected to be made in August 2018. ...Launch Complex 2 will be designed to support monthly orbital launches. Once the final site is confirmed, construction will begin immediately, with the first mission from Launch Complex 2 slated for Q2 2019. Rocket Lab will construct its own pad infrastructure tailored to the Electron launch vehicle.
By 2020, Fabian predicts, RCI will have Intrepid-1 ready for launch."We're already in discussion with the folks with the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Space Florida on using one of the pads out there," Fabian said. The company has initial smallsat customers lined up, some of which will receive discounts for flying payloads on its debut launch of Intrepid-1.
The earliest and latest possible completion dates for certification in NASA’s April 2018 schedule risk analysis indicate it is possible that neither contractor would be ready before August 2020, leaving a potential gap in access of at least 9 months.
Jim Cantrell @jamesncantrellImages from @vectorspacesys pathfinder operations this week on Kodiak Island preparing for our October launch there. Objectives of operation included: Demonstrating vehicle transfer and launch preparations, fueling operations, payload operations & telemetry compatibility testing
Thread title should read: Atlas V 551
July 10 update to SFN Launch Schedule:AEHF-5 launches on an Atlas V 551 from Canaveral SLC-41 in early 2019.
Falcon 9 will launch Telstar 18 VANTAGE from pad 40 on August 17 at 11:35pm EDT. The launch window stretches 2-4 hours in duration.
NASA now is targeting launch of the Parker Solar Probe no earlier than Aug. 6, 2018.
