Falcon 9 Starlink 10-91722056400 (27-Jul-2024 05:00)
[ NET July 27 / Window opens at 12:21 a.m. EDT (0421 UTC)]
[map] LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
[*] [vidz] A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starklink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit. Following stage separation, the booster will land on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean. Pending FAA approval. Launch delayed multiple times in wake of Starlink 9-3 failure. Updated: July 25 [#]
Falcon 9 Starlink 10-41722142800 (28-Jul-2024 05:00)
[ NET July 28 / Window opens approx. 12:13 a.m. EDT (0414 UTC)]
[map] SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
[*] [vidz] A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starklink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit. Following stage separation, the booster will land on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean. Pending FAA approval. Launch delayed from July 14 in wake of Starlink 9-3 failure and faces possibility of further delay. Updated: July 25 [#]
Electron ‘Owl for One, Owl for All’
1722315600 (30-Jul-2024 05:00)
[ July 30/31 / 4:15 a.m. NZST (12:15 p.m. EDT, 1615 UTC on July 30)]
[map] Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch a StriX synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite on behalf of the Japanese Earth observation company, Synspective. Following the deployment of the satellite, Rocket Lab said the rocket’s kick stage “will perform an advanced mid-mission maneuver… to shield the satellite from the sun and reduce radiation exposure.” Updated: July 24
Vulcan Centaur Dream Chaser 11735621200 (31-Dec-2024 05:00)
[ TBD / TBD]
[map] SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
[*] [vidz] A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch on its second demonstration flight with Sierra Spaces Dream Chaser cargo vehicle for the International Space Station. The Dream Chaser is a lifting body resupply spacecraft that will launch on top of a rocket and land on a runway. This will be the Dream Chasers first flight to space. The Vulcan Centaur rocket will fly in the VC4L configuration with four GEM-63XL solid rocket boosters, a long-length payload fairing, and two RL10 engines on the Centaur upper stage. Delayed from August 2022, December 2023, January 2024, April 2024 and September 2024. Updated: July 12 [#]