Starship flight test by SpaceX rescheduled for August 25, Monday
SpaceX and Other Providers Dominate Global Launch Schedule
SpaceX has been at the forefront of the global launch schedule, with multiple missions planned over the coming days and weeks. The company's Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch on several occasions, carrying various payloads, including Starlink satellites and the Nusantara Lima communications satellite.
The Nusantara Lima communications satellite is scheduled to launch on September 8, with the liftoff taking place at 9:56 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. This launch was initially planned for September 11, but was postponed multiple times due to weather conditions. The launch was eventually successful on the rescheduled date.
Another Falcon 9 is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station with the Starlink Group 10-56 satellites at 6:53 a.m. EDT on Wednesday. The week's launch activity concludes Saturday morning with the fourth SpaceX Starlink mission of the week, launching the Starlink Group 10-14 batch from Cape Canaveral at 7:38 a.m. EDT.
SpaceX also launched the CRS SpX-33 cargo resupply mission to the ISS early on August 24, and the Starlink Group 17-5 mission on August 25. The Starlink Group 17-7 mission is scheduled to launch from Vandenberg at 10:05 p.m. EDT on Friday evening.
Other providers are also contributing to the busy launch schedule. Blue Origin's New Shepard NS-35 mission was scrubbed due to an avionics issue, but a new launch date has not yet been announced. Rocket Lab is scheduled for a suborbital launch of its Electron rocket from Virginia carrying the JAKE 4 payload, though a firm date in August has not yet been set.
China is also participating in the global launch activity, with a CASC Long March 8A rocket scheduled to launch an unknown payload from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in China at 3:05 p.m. EDT on Monday. Another CASC Long March 8A launch is scheduled, but the date is not specified.
Russia has also been active, with a Soyuz 2.1b rocket launching the Bion-M n°2 biosatellite on August 24 from Kazakhstan. The USSF-36 (OTV-8) mission with the X-37B spaceplane was launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 on August 26.
Last week saw eight launches around the globe, including multiple SpaceX Falcon 9 missions, a Chinese CAS Space Kinetica 1 launch, a Russian Soyuz 2.1b launch, a Russian Angara 1.2 launch, and a Rocket Lab Electron launch.
SpaceX's Starship tenth flight test was scrubbed due to a ground system issue on August 24, with a rescheduled launch attempt planned for August 25. The NAOS (LUXEOSys) Earth observation satellite for Luxembourg will be launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Tuesday at 2:53 p.m. EDT.
The launch schedule is a testament to the ongoing advancements in space technology and the increasing number of countries and providers participating in space missions. Stay tuned for updates on these and future launches.
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