In a SmallSat Symposium session, Jarrod McLachlan of SpaceX says they have two more dedicated rideshare launches, Transporter-2 and -3, scheduled for later this year. No estimate on # of satellites on each, but he said demand is “strong and growing.”
Commercial Crew tentative schedule, per latest NASA planning document. Note that these schedules are fairly fluid.2021:- OFT 2 - 3/25- Crew 2 - 4/20- Crew 1 Return - 5/1- Crew 3 - 9/13- Crew 2 Return - 9/27- CFT - Septemberhttps://sma.nasa.gov/docs/default-source/sma-disciplines-and-programs/smsr/smsr-intergrated-master-schedule_24feb2020aab4a269d2a865b9a1a0ff0f003ca228.pdf?sfvrsn=8290faf8_18
2022:- Crew 4 - 2/4- Starliner 1 - 2/24 (Obviously, only Crew-4 or Starliner-1 will happen in this timeframe)- Starliner-2 - 4/21- Crew 5 - 8/15- Starliner 3 - 12/142023:- Crew 6 - 2/1The schedule ends here, but more Starliner launches likely in 2023.
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Hawthorne, California, has been awarded two individual firm-fixed-price task orders totaling $159,721,445 under the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 contract. These task orders provide the basic launch services and mission integration for USSF-36 and NROL-69. Work will be performed in Hawthorne, California; Vandenberg Air Force Base, California; and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, and is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023. Fiscal 2021 missile and space procurement funds in the full amount are being obligated at the time of award. The Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, is the contracting activity (FA8811-21-F-0009 and FA8811-21-F-0010).
Launch schedule:FY2023 Q2 - USSF-36 (Falcon 9)FY2023 Q3 - USSF-112 (Vulcan)FY2023 Q4 - NROL-69 (Falcon 9)FY2023 Q4 - USSF-87 (Vulcan)
TUBINErdbeobachtung im thermalen Infrarot (Bild) - earth observation in thermal infrared (optical)23 kgFalcon 924.06.2021in Vorbereitung - in preparation
SPACEX TO LAUNCH FOUR AXIOM MISSIONS TO ISSDeveloped by SpaceX to support NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, Dragon helped return human spaceflight capabilities in 2020 and has successfully flown three human spaceflight missions to the International Space Station (ISS) to-date. In addition to flying astronauts to space for NASA, Dragon can also carry commercial astronauts to Earth orbit, the ISS or beyond.Today, Axiom Space announced SpaceX will fly three additional private crew missions aboard Dragon to and from the Station through 2023. Axiom previously announced their first mission to the International Space Station flying aboard Dragon, currently targeted to liftoff no earlier than January 2022. In May 2021, Axiom announced that astronaut Peggy Whitson and champion GT racer John Shoffner will serve as commander and pilot on the Ax-2 mission.All four crews will receive combined commercial astronaut training from NASA and SpaceX, with SpaceX providing training on the Falcon 9 launch vehicle and Dragon spacecraft, emergency preparedness training, spacesuit and spacecraft ingress and egress exercises, as well as partial and full simulations.The growing partnership between Axiom and SpaceX will enable more opportunities for more humans in space on the road to making humanity multiplanetary.
https://twitter.com/Axiom_Space/status/1400105096785051648
Orbiter’s first mission is scheduled for October 2022, when it will fly on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission.
Amazonas Nexus will be launched in the second half of 2022.Based on the Spacebus NEO platform from Thales Alenia Space, the satellite will feature full electric propulsion, making the satellite lighter and contributing to lower the launch cost. With an estimated lifetime of 15 years, 20 kW satellite power and a mass of 4.5 metric tons at launch, Amazonas Nexus will be launched mid-2022.
