Rocket Launch notification thread

[MartG]

Baron Greenback said:

Sorry if already linked, looked back a few!

Skyrora conducts the first space rocket test in Britain for 50 years

https://newatlas.com/space/skyrora-first-space-roc...

https://youtu.be/loCFTpyvKjw

The Skylark L is a suborbital rocket designed to deliver 60 kg (132 lb) payloads to an altitude of about 100 km (62 mi) as part of Skyrora's development of its larger Skyrora XL, which will carry satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO).

I wonder what, if any, relationship it has with the old Skylark sounding rocket - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylark_(rocket)

[MartG]

Three years of Electron...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oa6lxKZu9w&fe...

[MartG]

Virgin Orbit launch attempt on Sunday was scrubbed due to a faulty sensor. Virgin Orbit did not immediately announce a new target launch date.

[MartG]

Rocket Lab launch scrubbed this morning

Ironically the mission named 'Don't stop me now' was stopped by wind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zzu7hI0ESM&fe...

[Beati Dogu]

They were kinda asking for it with a name like that.


Latest from Rocket Lab:

More high winds are headed towards LC-1 tomorrow, so we’re going to wait for them to clear before we get back on the pad for the #DontStopMeNow mission.

Launch is now targeted for no earlier than 04:43, 13 June UTC.

NZT: 16:43 (13 June)
ET: 00:43 (13 June)
PT: 21:43 (12 June)

https://twitter.com/RocketLab

[MartG]

Article with cutaway for next week's Vega launch with 50+ satellites

http://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transpor...

[Flooble]

Seems like a very empty fairing!

[MartG]

Electron launched earlier this morning - skip to 13:30 for launch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRfm6RGVHf8

[Beati Dogu]

Trying to keep the weight as far back as they can I guess. It’s not often that you see payloads impinge on the pointy part of the fairing.


I see the Electron rocket went off ok. All satellites dropped off in good order.

SpaceX up next shortly

[Flooble]

And that's another landing for SpaceX. Another launch next week?

[Beati Dogu]

There's a couple of Chinese launches, but they generally don't livestream these because losing face is unacceptable if they fail.

There's also the Arianespace Vega launch mentioned above on June 18/19.

Then on June 22nd there's another Falcon 9 mission = Starlink 9 (with rideshare: BlackSky Global 5 & 6 - earth observation sats)

[RobDickinson]

Flooble said:

And that's another landing for SpaceX. Another launch next week?

9 days plus another for USA Air force end of the month

[Beati Dogu]

Next SpaceX launch (Starlink-9) now due on Tuesday, June 23.at 10:58 pm. This one is from Pad 39A.

[MartG]

Vega delayed to Sunday:

"New launch date due to unfavourable weather at altitude above Europe's Spaceport.

Tune in to ESA Web TV on Sunday 21 June from 02:36 BST"

[MartG]

Vega delayed again due to wind

https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/06/18/vega-rockets...

[Beati Dogu]

SpaceX launch also put back to Thursday, June 25, 4:39 pm EDT (20:39 UTC)

[MartG]

"As high-altitude winds above the Guiana Space Center remain unfavorable, Arianespace has taken the decision not to initiate the final chronology operations for Flight VV16 on Saturday, June 27, 2020."

[Beati Dogu]

What a poncey French way of putting it.


Up next: Tuesday, June 30th.

GPS III Space Vehicle 03 (for the US Air Force) from Space Launch Complex 40

Launch window: 8.55 pm - 9.10 pm UK time (3:55-4:10 p.m. EDT)

This is a new booster (B1060). Landing to follow this time (last time, 2 years ago, a new booster was expended)

[MartG]

Kind of ironic, given the mission name 'Pics or it didn't happen', that tonight's Electron launch lost video feed during the 2nd stage burn

[Beati Dogu]

Yeah, not looking good on their 13th flight.

Update from Peter Beck via Twitter:

"We lost the flight late into the mission. I am incredibly sorry that we failed to deliver our customers satellites today. Rest assured we will find the issue, correct it and be back on the pad soon."

Edited by Beati Dogu on Saturday 4th July 22:50