Rocket Launch notification thread

[MartG]

Not a launch per se, but ATK will be carrying out a ground test of a revised SRB for the SLS programme next Wednesday

"The largest, most powerful booster ever built for NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), will fire up for a ground test at 11:30 a.m. EDT ( 16:30 GMT ) Wednesday, March 11, at Orbital ATK Propulsion Systems’ test facilities in Promontory, Utah."

It will be shown on NASA TV

http://www.nasa.gov/press/2015/march/nasa-televisi...

[MartG]

ULA Atlas V due to launch next Friday ( UK time ) had passed readiness review

http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/03/06/flight-readin...

[MartG]

SRB test went well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPY-gMSXRBA

[MartG]

Atlas V still on track for launch 03:44 tomorrow morning

http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/03/12/mms-mission-s...

[MartG]

Correction - 02:44 ( forgot the US went onto Summer time last weekend )

[MartG]

[MartG]

Saturday's SpaceX launch delayed until at least March 28th

http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/03/17/spacex-puts-o...

[MartG]

SpaceX launch now delayed until late April - but the one supposed to be after it will keep the original date of April the 10th, essentially swapping them in order

http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/03/21/spacex-swaps-...

Sources said the launch date and time could be adjusted in the next few weeks, but is currently scheduled for 2142 GMT on April 10.

[MartG]

Two Soyuz launches this Friday

One from Baikonur at 19:42 GMT launching a new crew to the ISS

The second at 21:46 from Kourou carrying a Galileo satellite

http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/03/23/soyuz-launch-...

[MartG]

Delta 4 video will be here http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/03/24/live-coverage... ( though NASA TV may be more reliable )

Launch window is due from 18:34 GMT tomorrow

Dnepr is at 22:08 but no live video link so far

Edited by MartG on Wednesday 25th March 10:57

[MartG]

A couple more

A Japanese H-2A rocket will launch an Information Gathering Satellite with an optical reconnaissance payload for the Japanese government. Launch window: 0121-0134 GMT on 26th from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan


India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), flying on the PSLV-C27 mission, will launch the IRNSS 1D navigation satellite. The payload is the fourth spacecraft in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System, which aims to improve positioning services over India and neighboring regions. Delayed from December, January and March 9. Launch time: 1149 GMT on the 28th from Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India

[MartG]

One down, one to go

http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/03/27/vs11-mission-...

[MartG]

SpaceX targeting Monday 13th for next launch

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/04/01/spa...

[MartG]

Tomorrow's Ariane V launch delayed

http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/04/14/ariane-5-laun...

[MartG]

Next SpaceX launch targeted for next Friday - no landing planned this time though due to fuel requirements ( and I suspect the barge will need a few repairs too )

http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/04/16/no-time-waste...

[MartG]

Tonight's Ariane V postponed while a component on the launcher is replaced

[MartG]

callmedave said:

When has it been re-scheduled for?

Not announced yet

[MartG]

Falcon 9 on Monday

Launch window: 2214-2344 GMT (6:14-7:44 p.m. EDT)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSat 1 communications satellite for Thales Alenia Space and the government of Turkmenistan. The spacecraft is Turkmenistan’s first national satellite and will support communications over Central Asia. Delayed from March 21 and April 24

[MartG]

callmedave said:

MartG said:

Tonight's Ariane V postponed while a component on the launcher is replaced

When has it been re-scheduled for?

Tomorrow, 20:37

http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/04/25/commercial-ar...

[MartG]

Link for Araine V launch

http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/04/24/va222-mission...