Quote from: blur911 on April 18, 2018, 06:33:41 pmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY-0uBIYYKk&feature=push-lsb&attr_tag=uVNoQU6LU95Bz0x1-6 LiveSpaceX is targeting launch of NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) on Wednesday, April 18 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The 30-second launch window opens at 6:51 p.m. EDT, or 22:51 UTC. TESS will be deployed into a highly elliptical orbit approximately 48 minutes after launch.Following stage separation, SpaceX will attempt to land Falcon 9’s first stage on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.Only a 30 second launch window?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY-0uBIYYKk&feature=push-lsb&attr_tag=uVNoQU6LU95Bz0x1-6 LiveSpaceX is targeting launch of NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) on Wednesday, April 18 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The 30-second launch window opens at 6:51 p.m. EDT, or 22:51 UTC. TESS will be deployed into a highly elliptical orbit approximately 48 minutes after launch.Following stage separation, SpaceX will attempt to land Falcon 9’s first stage on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2RcEwms3GcCanadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques will blast off on his first mission to space on Monday when he heads to the International Space Station (ISS). This mission will be the first trip to the ISS since the failed Soyuz MS-10 launch in October.
"The launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy carrying the NROL-71 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office was scrubbed today due to an unexpected condition during terminal count at approximately 7.5 seconds before liftoff,"
DELTA IV HEAVY TO LAUNCH NROL-71• Rocket: Delta IV Heavy• Mission: NROL-71• Launch Date: Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018• Launch Time: 5:57 p.m. PST• Launch Broadcast: Live commentary will begin at 5:37 p.m. PST• Launch Location: Space Launch Complex 6, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California Mission Information: United Launch Alliance will use the Delta IV Heavy rocket to launch the NROL-71 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office..
Dec. 18Falcon 9 • GPS 3-01Launch window: 1411-1435 GMT (9:11-9:35 a.m. EST)Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FloridaA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the U.S. Air Force’s first third-generation navigation satellite for the Global Positioning System. Delayed from May 3 and late 2017. Switched from a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket. The second GPS 3-series satellite will now launch on a Delta 4. Delayed from September and October. Delayed from Dec. 15. [Nov. 21]Dec. 18Soyuz • CSO 1Launch time: 1637:14 GMT (11:37:14 a.m. EST)Launch site: ELS, Sinnamary, French GuianaAn Arianespace Soyuz rocket, designated VS20, will launch on a mission from the Guiana Space Center in South America. The Soyuz will carry into polar orbit the first Composante Spatiale Optique military reconnaissance satellite for CNES and DGA, the French defense procurement agency. The CSO 1 satellite is the first of three new-generation high-resolution optical imaging satellites for the French military, replacing the Helios 2 spy satellite series. The Soyuz 2-1b (Soyuz ST-B) rocket will use a Fregat upper stage. [Dec. 13]
On Friday, Oct. 18 starting at about 7:50 a.m. EDT, NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir will venture outside the International Space Station for a spacewalk. The duo will exit the station’s Quest airlock in their U.S. spacesuits to replace a power controller that failed over the weekend.
