FALCON 9The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral will launch the Starlink 23 internet satellite batch on April TBD. And the next Crew Dragon carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station is targeted for April 22 at 6:11am EDT. Sunrise is 6:49am. The launch time gets 22-26 min. earlier each day.
11 - March 24 - Starlink flight 23 (x60) [v1.0 L22] - Falcon 9-112 (B1060.6 S) - Canaveral SLC-40 - 8:28::24
SpaceFlight Now has details [March 26 update]:April 7Starlink V1.0-L23Launch time: 1634 GMT (12:34 p.m. EDT)Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
https://twitter.com/natreconofc/status/1375432483001544711Quote🚀 LAUNCH UPDATE: The next NRO launch to watch is our #NROL82 mission on a United Launch Alliance #DeltaIVHeavy, targeting NET Apr. 26 from Vandenberg Air Force Base--stay tuned for our mission patch reveal! @ulalaunch @USSF_SMC @30thSpaceWing
🚀 LAUNCH UPDATE: The next NRO launch to watch is our #NROL82 mission on a United Launch Alliance #DeltaIVHeavy, targeting NET Apr. 26 from Vandenberg Air Force Base--stay tuned for our mission patch reveal! @ulalaunch @USSF_SMC @30thSpaceWing
Quote The satellite, made by Lockheed Martin, is scheduled to launch May 17 on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, the U.S. Space Force announced March 24.https://spacenews.com/space-force-to-launch-fifth-sbirs-satellite-in-may/
The satellite, made by Lockheed Martin, is scheduled to launch May 17 on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, the U.S. Space Force announced March 24.
Quote from: russianhalo117 on 03/26/2021 05:35 pmQuote from: beidou on 03/26/2021 05:20 pmNavigation Technology Satellite – 3: A Vanguard for Space-based Position, Navigation, and TimingAbstract: Navigation Technology Satellite – 3 (NTS-3) is an advanced satellite navigation flight experiment of the Air Force Research Laboratory that will mature next generation technologies across space, ground control, and user equipment segments. In August 2019, NTS-3 was designated an U.S. Air Force Vanguard program highlighting the importance of rapid advancement of space-based Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) and transition to the U.S. Air Force. As a unique testbed in geosynchronous orbit, NTS-3 will enable experimentation with multiple integrated advanced technologies and development of new operational concepts. These technologies include a reprogrammable signal generator, an electronically scanned array, flexible and secure signals, increased automation, and use of commercial command and control assets. Technologies matured and knowledge gained from NTS-3 are expected to transition to future generations of GPS constellations.https://doi.org/10.33012/2021.17844so what is the Vanguard mission number.https://afresearchlab.com/technology/vanguards/
Quote from: beidou on 03/26/2021 05:20 pmNavigation Technology Satellite – 3: A Vanguard for Space-based Position, Navigation, and TimingAbstract: Navigation Technology Satellite – 3 (NTS-3) is an advanced satellite navigation flight experiment of the Air Force Research Laboratory that will mature next generation technologies across space, ground control, and user equipment segments. In August 2019, NTS-3 was designated an U.S. Air Force Vanguard program highlighting the importance of rapid advancement of space-based Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) and transition to the U.S. Air Force. As a unique testbed in geosynchronous orbit, NTS-3 will enable experimentation with multiple integrated advanced technologies and development of new operational concepts. These technologies include a reprogrammable signal generator, an electronically scanned array, flexible and secure signals, increased automation, and use of commercial command and control assets. Technologies matured and knowledge gained from NTS-3 are expected to transition to future generations of GPS constellations.https://doi.org/10.33012/2021.17844so what is the Vanguard mission number.
Navigation Technology Satellite – 3: A Vanguard for Space-based Position, Navigation, and TimingAbstract: Navigation Technology Satellite – 3 (NTS-3) is an advanced satellite navigation flight experiment of the Air Force Research Laboratory that will mature next generation technologies across space, ground control, and user equipment segments. In August 2019, NTS-3 was designated an U.S. Air Force Vanguard program highlighting the importance of rapid advancement of space-based Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) and transition to the U.S. Air Force. As a unique testbed in geosynchronous orbit, NTS-3 will enable experimentation with multiple integrated advanced technologies and development of new operational concepts. These technologies include a reprogrammable signal generator, an electronically scanned array, flexible and secure signals, increased automation, and use of commercial command and control assets. Technologies matured and knowledge gained from NTS-3 are expected to transition to future generations of GPS constellations.https://doi.org/10.33012/2021.17844
ABL is developing the RS1, a small launch vehicle capable of placing up to 1,350 kilograms into low Earth orbit. The company is preparing for a first launch of that vehicle as soon as the second quarter. Piemont said that first vehicle should be ready for launch in the second quarter, but that schedule depends on the status of licensing.That first launch, which will carry two satellites for L2 Aerospace, will take place from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. In February, Lockheed Martin selected ABL to perform a “UK Pathfinder” launch from the Shetland Space Centre in 2022.
https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1376286725891354624
Quote from: Salo on 03/29/2021 08:50 pmhttps://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1376286725891354624From the Spaceflight Now news article. It appears that only Starliner OFT-2 will fly sometime in the second half of 2021.So the Starliner CFT flight might be sometime in the first half of 2022 with the first operational Starliner flight possibly at the end of 2022.It seems unlikely that the Axiom flights to the ISS will use the Starliner until it at least completed an operational flight.
Atlas 5 missions planned for launch from Cape Canaveral in the second half of this year include unpiloted and piloted test flights of Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule
Momentus adjusted their payload list for Vigoride-2. --Dodona (3U, Lockheed Martin, US, no prop, 550km) --Revela (1U, ARCA Dynamics, Italy, no prop, 550km) --Bhaarathiya-Sat (SpaceKidz India, India, no prop) ++SPARTAN (6U, EnduroSat, Bulgaria, ) ++Stork-1,-2,-3 (3x 3U, SatRevolution, Poland) ++Steamsat-2 (3U, SteamJet, Poland) ++Iris-A (2U, Odysseus, Taiwan) ++TROPICS Pathfinder (3U, NASA) ++Kepler-16,-17 (2x 6U, Kepler, Canada)All Vigoride-2 payloads except Kepler should be released in the insertion orbit. Kepler may be released at up to 550km. All Vigoride-1 payloads will be released in the insertion orbit.
Quote from: Zed_Noir on 03/30/2021 01:52 pm<snip>Did you actually read the article?QuoteAtlas 5 missions planned for launch from Cape Canaveral in the second half of this year include unpiloted and piloted test flights of Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule
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The mission is raising support for St. Jude Children’s hospital, with about $113 million raised so far. Previously scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2021, Inspiration4 announced that launch is targeted for no earlier than Sept. 15.
July • Falcon 9 • Transporter 2Launch time: TBDLaunch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida...NET Late July • Atlas 5 • CST-100 Starliner Orbital Flight Test 2Launch time: TBDLaunch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida...Aug. 1 • Antares • NG-16Launch time: TBDLaunch site: Pad 0A, Wallops Island, Virginia...October • Falcon 9 • Crew 3Launch time: TBDLaunch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Launch Date: 2027
Atlas V is the exclusive launch vehicle of choice for the SBIRS GEO spacecraft series. The rocket successfully launched the first in 2011, second in 2013, third in 2017 and fourth in 2018. Atlas V is also slated to launch SBIRS GEO-6 in 2022.The SBIRS GEO Flight 5 launch will use an Atlas V 421 variant, with a four-meter-diameter (13.7-foot) payload fairing, two AJ-60 solid rocket boosters and a Centaur equipped with a single RL10C-1-1 cryogenic engine.
Piemont said ABL expects the required launch site regulatory approvals will delay its first launch attempt to the third quarter of this year.“
NASA and SpaceX are continuing to prepare for the Crew-3 mission, targeted as early as Saturday, Oct. 23, followed by return of Crew-2 no earlier than Sunday, Oct. 31.
