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I'm primarily concerned with #rockets and #spaceflight, especially US #NewSpace, but I post what I post.

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The web edition of the weekly Ars Technica Rocket Report is now online.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/07/rocket-report-starbase-comes-alive-again-china-launches-four-times/

My Launch Schedule of the launches that I'm particularly following is in the comments.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/07/rocket-report-starbase-comes-alive-again-china-launches-four-times/?comments=1&post=42063793

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Today is NASA's annual Day of Remembrance (fourth Thursday of January).

https://www.nasa.gov/DoR/

STS-51L Crew (l-r): Mission Specialist Ellison S. Onizuka, Pilot Michael J. Smith, Payload Specialist Christa McAuliffe, Commander Francis R. “Dick” Scobee, Payload Specialist Gregory B. Jarvis, Mission Specialist Judith A. Resnik, Mission Specialist Ronald E. McNair Image Credit: NASA
STS-107 Crew Seated in front, from left, are: Astronauts Rick D. Husband, mission commander; Kalpana Chawla, mission specialist; and William C. McCool, pilot. Standing, from left, are: David M. Brown, Laurel B. Clark, and Michael P. Anderson, all mission specialists; and Ilan Ramon, payload specialist. Image Credit: NASA
Kennedy Space Center workers and guests placed flowers at the Space Mirror Memorial at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida during NASA’s Day of Remembrance on Jan. 26, 2023. The event honored the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, as well as other astronauts who lost their lives in the pursuit of spaceflight. Photo Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

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Rocket Lab is planning its first reflight of a previously flown booster!

Rocket Lab Press Release:
Rocket Lab Returns Previously Flown Electron to Production Line in Preparation for First Reflight

"The carbon composite first stage tank from the Electron rocket, successfully launched and recovered in January this year, has entered back into the standard Electron production line to undergo final acceptance testing and qualification ahead of reflight."

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240410860946/en/Rocket-Lab-Returns-Previously-Flown-Electron-to-Production-Line-in-Preparation-for-First-Reflight/

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Rocket Lab - Flight 'On Closer Inspection' (Astroscale ADRAS-J Active Debris Removal)
Electron from Māhia LC-1.

Rocket Lab Press Release:
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240207995593/en/Rocket-Lab-Sets-Launch-Window-for-Astroscale-Orbital-Debris-Inspection-Demonstration-Mission/

Pri: Mon Feb 19.

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Rocket Lab - Flight 'On Closer Inspection' (ADRAS-J (Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan))
Electron from Māhia LC-1B

Rocket Lab: "MISSION SUCCESS! ADRAS-J has been successfully deployed to orbit by Electron’s Kick Stage. Congratulations to the team at @Astroscale_HQ."

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SpaceX - Axiom Ax-3 to ISS
F9 B1080.5 + Crew Dragon C212.3 Freedom from KSC LC-39A

Pri: Wed Jan 17 at 22:11 UTC.

  • Dock: Fri Jan 19 at ~10:15 UTC.

#LaunchSchedule #SpaceX #NASA #ISS #Axiom #Ax3

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Postponed an additional day ...

SpaceX - Axiom Ax-3
Crew Dragon C212.3 Freedom return from the ISS

SpaceX: "Recovery weather off the coast of Florida continues to be unfavorable for Dragon and the Ax-3 crew to undock and safely return to Earth. Now targeting no earlier than Tuesday, February 6 for Dragon to undock from the @Space_Station"

Undock: NET Tue Feb 06 at TBD.

  • Splashdown = TBD.

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SpaceX - Cygnus NG-20 to ISS
F9 B1072.1 + S.S. Patrica "Patty" Hilliard Robertson from CCSFS SLC-40

Pri: Mon Jan 29 at ~17:29 UTC.
Bk1: Tue Jan 30 at ~~17:06 UTC.
Bk2: Wed Jan 31 at ~~16:44 UTC.
Bk3: Thu Feb 01 at ~~16:18 UTC.
Bk4: Fri Feb 02 at ~~15:56 UTC.
Bk5: Sat Feb 03 at ~~15:33 UTC.
Bk6: Sun Feb 04 at ~~15:10 UTC.

Note: The booster will RTLS to LZ-1.

#LaunchSchedule #SpaceX #NASA #ISS #CygnusNG20 #NG20

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SpaceX - Cygnus NG-20 to ISS
F9 B1077.10 + S.S. Patrica "Patty" Hilliard Robertson from CCSFS SLC-40

NASA confirmed the 12:14 UTC installation time in this blog post:
NASA Science Arrives on Cygnus; Private Astronauts Prepare for Return

"Shortly afterward, mission controllers on the ground took over control of the Canadarm2 and installed Cygnus to the Unity module’s Earth-facing port at 7:14 a.m."

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2024/02/01/nasa-science-arrives-on-cygnus-private-astronauts-prepare-for-return/

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JAXA Press Release: Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) completes transition from Earth orbit phase to Lunar transfer orbit phase

https://global.jaxa.jp/press/2023/10/20231002-1_e.html

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JAXA SLIM moon landing webcasts ...

Webcasts start: Fri Jan 19 at 14:00 UTC.
Moon landing: Fri Jan 19 at 15:20 UTC.

English:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvXLt3ET9mE

Japanese:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Udh6kvjZYC8

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JAXA - Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) lunar landing

SLIM_JAXA: "After completing operation from 1/30 ~ 1/31, entered a two week dormancy period during the long lunar night 🌚. Although SLIM was not designed for the harsh lunar nights, we plan to try to operate again from mid-February, when the Sun will shine again on SLIM’s solar cells."

1/2

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JAXA - Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) lunar landing

SLIM_JAXA: "Communication with SLIM was successfully established last night, and operations resumed! Science observations were immediately started with the MBC, and we obtained first light for the 10-band observation. This figure shows the “toy poodle” observed in the multi-band observation."

1/2

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #3
SH10/SS28 from Starbase TX

SpaceX: "Flight 3 Starship completed a full-duration static fire with all six of its Raptor engines"

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #3
SH10/SS28 from Starbase TX

SpaceX has made the call that the ship has been lost.

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #3
SH10/SS28 from Starbase TX

The revised FAA launch license has been issued (Revision 2):
https://www.faa.gov/media/69476

The attached image is the revision history (page 2 of the launch license).

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #3
SH10/SS28 from Starbase TX

Now targeting 13:25 UTC.

SpaceX: "The Starship team is go for prop load but keeping an eye on winds, now targeting 8:25 a.m. CT for liftoff"

Pri: Thu Mar 14 at 12:00-13:50 UTC.

The launch period runs at least through Mon Mar 18. The launch window is shortened to ~12:00-12:30 UTC on Mar 16 and 17.

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #3
SH10/SS28 from Starbase TX

Propellant loading is in progress for both stages.

kenthebin, to space
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NASA/Boeing Starliner CFT Media Teleconference:

Wed Mar 29 at 18:00 UTC.

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-boeing-to-host-media-briefing-provide-starliner-update

#NASA #Boeing #Starliner #CFT

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Additional Backup Day added ...

ULA - Boeing Starliner CFT
Atlas V N22 from CCSFS LC-41

Pri: Wed Jun 05 at ~14:52 UTC.
Bk1: Thu Jun 06 at ~14:29 UTC.
Bk2: Sun Jun 09 at ~13:18 UTC.

ULA live updates:
https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/next-launch/atlas-v-starliner-cft

#LaunchSchedule #ULA #NASA #ISS #Boeing #Starliner #CFT

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ULA - Boeing Starliner CFT
Atlas V N22 from CCSFS LC-41

NASA webcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb3qcR2tUQs

NASASpaceflight.com webcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI1u80rw5LY

Everyday Astronaut webcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez3bQSz_rLM

ULA live updates:
https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/next-launch/atlas-v-starliner-cft

#LaunchInformation #ULA #NASA #ISS #Boeing #Starliner #CFT

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #4
SH11/SS29 from Starbase TX

SpaceX: "Full-duration static fire of all six Raptor engines on Flight 4 Starship"

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #4
SH11/SS29 from Starbase TX

FAA launch license revision 3 for IFT #4 has been issued.

View online:
https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/DRSDOCID173891218620231102140506.0001

Images of the important pages are attached. Vision-impaired persons who are unable to view the images, please use the above link.

Vision-impaired persons who are unable to view the images, please use the link in the body of the post.
Vision-impaired persons who are unable to view the images, please use the link in the body of the post.

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #4
SH11/SS29 from Starbase TX

NASASpaceflight.com webcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTkhv4fvOgA

Everyday Astronaut webcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VESowgMbjA

Space Affairs rebroadcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FkQAU5sLck

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SpaceX - IM-1 (Nova-C)
F9 from KSC LC-39A

Pri: Wed Feb 14 at ~05:57 UTC.
Bk1: Thu Feb 15 at ~06:05 UTC.
Bk2: Fri Feb 16 at ~06:12 UTC.

Lunar landing on Thu Feb 22 regardless of which day it launches.

Note: The booster will RTLS to LZ-1.

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Intuitive Machines IM-1 (Nova-C Odysseus)

Odysseus continues to be in excellent health. We expect to continue to provide mission updates at least once a day on X and the IM-1 Mission web page, where we intend to host a live stream for landing coverage.

3/3

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Intuitive Machines IM-1 (Nova-C Odysseus)

NASA and Intuitive Machines have a press conference planned for today (Fri Feb 23) at 22:00 UTC.

I don't see a dedicated webcast for it yet, but it should be available on NASA TV on YouTube at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lGlDOfg

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Intuitive Machines IM-1 (Nova-C Odysseus)

Intuitive Machines: "Odysseus passes over the near side of the Moon following lunar orbit insertion on 21FEB2024. The lander continues to be in excellent health in lunar orbit."

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Intuitive Machines IM-1 (Nova-C Odysseus)

Intuitive Machines: "We continue to learn more about the vehicle’s specific information (Lat/Lon), overall health, and attitude (orientation). Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus will participate in a press conference later today to discuss this historic moment. Press conference information will be coordinated with NASA and published shortly."

2/2

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Intuitive Machines IM-1 (Nova-C Odysseus)

Lunar landing now targeting Thu Feb 22 at 21:24 UTC.

Intuitive Machines: "Flight controllers commanded a lunar correction maneuver to raise Odysseus’ orbit overnight and updated the anticipated landing time to 1524 CST.
We expect the landing stream to start on the IM-1 web page and NASA TV at 1400 CST. The content on both streams is identical."

NASA webcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg2ffigGcYM

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ULA is targeting a Flight Readiness Firing (aka static fire) of their Vulcan rocket today.

They have a livestream scheduled to start at 22:00 UTC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhWc8-Oyug8

kenthebin,
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Update for Peregrine Mission One:

https://www.astrobotic.com/update-15-for-peregrine-mission-one/

Peregrine remains operational at about 238,000 miles from Earth, which means that we have reached lunar distance! As we posted in Update , the Moon is not where the spacecraft is now (see graphic). Our original trajectory had us arriving at the Moon on day 15 post launch. Our propellant estimates currently have us running out of fuel before this 15-day mark — however, our engineers are still optimistic about extending Peregrine's life expectancy. On Thursday, January 18, 2024, at NOON ET, Astrobotic is hosting a teleconference with NASA for major mission updates and will be streamed on select NASA channels. With Peregrine operating in a stable configuration and a teleconference imminent, we will post an update tomorrow, but will be slowing down our update cadence for now. Thank you again for the words of support we've received for our team.

kenthebin,
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Update #9 for Peregrine Mission One:

https://www.astrobotic.com/update-9-for-peregrine-mission-one/

We received another beautiful image from Peregrine’s journey! Is that sliver in the upper right corner Earth or a lens flare? The camera that took this image is located on the bottom of one of Peregrine’s payload decks. Just left of center in the image is the DHL MoonBox payload covered in MLI, which contains hundreds of thousands of messages from the people of Earth. Visible to the right of MoonBox and near the bottom center of the photo is Astroscale’s Pocari Sweat Lunar Dream Time Capsule — this was the first payload under contract with Astrobotic and contains messages from children around the world. The bottom center right of the image shows one of Peregrine’s landing legs obscured by the electrical interface where we were connected with the launch vehicle.

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Update for Peregrine Mission One:

https://www.astrobotic.com/update-11-for-peregrine-mission-one/

See the alt text of the first image.

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