SPACEX LAUNCHES STARLINK 4-29 FROM VANDENBERG HOURS AFTER CREW MISSION - SpaceX’s Falcon 9 B1071-5 has launched 52 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, in California. The Starlink 4-29 mission was targeting launch on Monday, Oct. 3; however, the target was delayed 24 hours to Tuesday “to allow more time for pre-launch checkouts” and then to its final liftoff time on Wednesday at 4:10 PM PDT (23:10 UTC) to deconflict with the Crew-5 mission. More (Source: NASASpaceFlight.com - Oct 6)
IRELAND'S FIRST SATELLITE CLOSE TO LIFT OFF - It is hoped that Ireland's first-ever satellite will tell us more about how the universe is formed. The launch of the has moved a step closer following discussions at the cabinet on Tuesday. EIRSAT-1, was designed, developed, built and tested at University College Dublin (UCD). The launch window, from the European spaceport in French Guiana, is between mid-January and mid-February. More (Source: BBC News - Oct 6)
NEXT NOAA WEATHER SATELLITE LAUNCHING JUST IN TIME - The launch of the next U.S. weather satellite is coming just in time to ensure the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has two healthy spacecraft making observations from polar orbit. NOAA is preparing to launch the Joint Polar Satellite System-2 on Nov. 1 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The satellite, built and integrated by Northrop Grumman, will travel to low-Earth orbit on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 401 rocket. More (Source: SpaceNews - Oct 6)
RUSSIA LAUNCHES THE FIRST ARTIFICIAL EARTH SATELLITE – ARCHIVE 1957 - 5 October 1957 - The Tass agency announced last night that the first artificial Earth satellite was successfully launched in Russia yesterday. It is now circling the world 565 miles up once every 95 minutes and, according to the agency, can be observed in the rays of the rising and setting sun with ordinary binoculars or spy glasses. More (Source: The Guardian - Oct 6)
SPACEX TARGETS WEDNESDAY FOR STARLINK 4-29 LAUNCH FROM VANDENBERG - NASASpaceFlight.com Forums L2 Sign Up Artemis SpaceX Commercial ISS International Other Shop SpaceX targets Wednesday for Starlink 4-29 launch from Vandenberg written by Justin Davenport October 3, 2022 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 B1071-5 is ready to launch 52 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, in California. The Starlink 4-29 mission was targeting launch on Monday, Oct. 3; however, the target was delayed 24 hours to Tuesday “to allow more time for pre-launch checkouts” and then to Wednesday at 4:10 PM PDT (23:10 UTC) to deconflict with the Crew-5 mission. Starlink Group 4-29 will mark SpaceX’s 45th launch of 2022, coming just seven hours after the launch of Crew-5 from Florida. More (Source: NASASpaceFlight.com - Oct 5)
SPACEX LAUNCHES CREW-5 ASTRONAUTS ON HISTORIC FLIGHT TO SPACE STATION FOR NASA - SpaceX's groundbreaking Crew-5 mission is on its way to the International Space Station (ISS). A Dragon capsule carrying the four Crew-5 astronauts lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from historic Launch Pad 39A here at NASA's Kennedy Space Center today (Oct. 5) at noon EDT (1600 GMT), kicking off a roughly 29-hour journey to the orbiting lab. Those four spaceflyers are NASA's Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata and cosmonaut Anna Kikina. More (Source: Space.com - Oct 5)
SES CLOSER TO $4 BILLION PAYOUT AFTER ULA LAUNCH TO NEAR-GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT - United Launch Alliance launched a pair of satellites for SES Oct. 4 that are vital to the operator’s bid to claim nearly $4 billion in C-band clearing proceeds. SES-20 and SES-21 lifted off 5:36 p.m. Eastern from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, and separated from their Atlas 5 rocket around six hours later. The lengthy mission dropped the Boeing-built satellites off at 35,888 kilometers above the equator at 1.9 degrees of inclination, much closer than a typical launch of spacecraft to geostationary transfer orbit. More (Source: SpaceNews - Oct 5)
SPACEX DELAYS LAUNCH OF 52 STARLINK SATELLITES FROM VANDENBERG - NASASpaceFlight.com Forums L2 Sign Up Artemis SpaceX Commercial ISS International Other Shop SpaceX delays launch of 52 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg written by Justin Davenport October 3, 2022 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 B1071-5 is ready to launch 52 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, in California. The Starlink 4-29 mission was targeting launch on Monday, Oct. 3; however, a report from T.S. Kelso on Twitter, who provides prelaunch tracking information from SpaceX, indicates a 24-hour delay to the mission to Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 4:35 PM PDT (23:35 UTC). This will mark SpaceX’s 44th launch of 2022–a launch every 6.27 days. More (Source: NASASpaceFlight.com - Oct 4)
HOW TO WATCH SPACEX LAUNCH NASA ASTRONAUTS ON CREW-5 MISSION THIS WEEK - NASA and SpaceX are looking to get their next big mission off the ground in Florida as early as Wednesday. The Crew-5 mission will send NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada to the International Space Station aboard the Dragon Endurance capsule. They'll be joined by JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata and Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina. More (Source: CNET - Oct 3)
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