I just counted through the 2021 launch manifest and discovered that it totals 24 without any Starlink launches. When did SpaceX amass this large list for 2021? ...
In order to get Starlink launched SpaceX is going to need Starship sooner rather than later.
Concurrent with this announcement, the SMC Launch Enterprise, in collaboration with the NRO, will order the first three missions assigned under Phase 2. ... SpaceX has been assigned USSF-67, scheduled for launch in fourth quarter fiscal year 2022. Future launch services will be placed on subsequent Task Orders by mission and will be publicly announced upon issuance. Task orders for the launch service support and launch service contracts will be issued to ULA for $337 million and SpaceX for $316 million for launch services to meet fiscal year 2022 launch dates.
Space Force awards National Security Space Launch Phase 2 launch service contracts to ULA, SpaceXQuoteConcurrent with this announcement, the SMC Launch Enterprise, in collaboration with the NRO, will order the first three missions assigned under Phase 2. ... SpaceX has been assigned USSF-67, scheduled for launch in fourth quarter fiscal year 2022. Future launch services will be placed on subsequent Task Orders by mission and will be publicly announced upon issuance. Task orders for the launch service support and launch service contracts will be issued to ULA for $337 million and SpaceX for $316 million for launch services to meet fiscal year 2022 launch dates.Details of the mission are currently unknown, including launch vehicle and orbit.
Quote from: gongora on 08/07/2020 09:38 pmSpace Force awards National Security Space Launch Phase 2 launch service contracts to ULA, SpaceXQuoteConcurrent with this announcement, the SMC Launch Enterprise, in collaboration with the NRO, will order the first three missions assigned under Phase 2. ... SpaceX has been assigned USSF-67, scheduled for launch in fourth quarter fiscal year 2022. Future launch services will be placed on subsequent Task Orders by mission and will be publicly announced upon issuance. Task orders for the launch service support and launch service contracts will be issued to ULA for $337 million and SpaceX for $316 million for launch services to meet fiscal year 2022 launch dates.Details of the mission are currently unknown, including launch vehicle and orbit.But for this dollar amount it sounds like an FH launch with possible first time vertical payload integration. One of the larger payloads that cannot be lifted by the ULA backup plan of an Atlas V.
Quote from: oldAtlas_Eguy on 08/08/2020 08:40 pmQuote from: gongora on 08/07/2020 09:38 pmSpace Force awards National Security Space Launch Phase 2 launch service contracts to ULA, SpaceXQuoteConcurrent with this announcement, the SMC Launch Enterprise, in collaboration with the NRO, will order the first three missions assigned under Phase 2. ... SpaceX has been assigned USSF-67, scheduled for launch in fourth quarter fiscal year 2022. Future launch services will be placed on subsequent Task Orders by mission and will be publicly announced upon issuance. Task orders for the launch service support and launch service contracts will be issued to ULA for $337 million and SpaceX for $316 million for launch services to meet fiscal year 2022 launch dates.Details of the mission are currently unknown, including launch vehicle and orbit.But for this dollar amount it sounds like an FH launch with possible first time vertical payload integration. One of the larger payloads that cannot be lifted by the ULA backup plan of an Atlas V.We have no idea what the dollar amount for that flight is.
Yet another contract for SpaceX: @SES_Satellites says it has selected Falcon 9 to launch four 03b comms / internet satellites from the Cape starting next year.At this rate, SpaceX will have launched at least 13 missions for SES by the mid-2020s.
With Starlink L14 in a possible October time frame. May need to add 3 or 4 more Starlink launches to the 2020 manifest schedule.4 may be a reach since there are a lot of launches other than Starlink piling up into October thru December 2020.So the suggestion would be to keep a forward scheduling of next 3 Starlinks. Whenever the next Starlink to launch for the year drops below 3 add 2 to the list. I expect the addition of 2 more Starlink launches for 2020 than what is currently in the 2020 manifest if 2 more Starlinks are at least launched through the end of Sept.But having more than 4 Starlink listed when the dates are so fluid because of being second class to other launches becomes a little bit of a clutter. At worst you are adding 2 more to the manifest once a month. The alternate is to add 4 but still wait for the list to get below 3 to add the next 4.
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According to this schedule SpaceX Crew-3 - mid August 2021https://sma.nasa.gov/docs/default-source/sma-disciplines-and-programs/smsr/smsr-intergrated-master-schedule_24feb2020.pdf
Quote from: klod on 09/01/2020 06:44 pmAccording to this schedule SpaceX Crew-3 - mid August 2021https://sma.nasa.gov/docs/default-source/sma-disciplines-and-programs/smsr/smsr-intergrated-master-schedule_24feb2020.pdfI'm waiting for the next round of schedule updates from that document or some other source before I worry much about the Commercial Crew dates in the second half of 2021.