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Chris Bergin - NSF@NASASpaceflightLAUNCH! Japan's HII-A rocket launches the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) X-ray telescope and Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) lander.Overview:https://nasaspaceflight.com/2023/09/xrism-slim/JAXA livestream:https://youtube.com/watch?v=RV59wO
All kinds of speculation on wen-flight ranging from within a week to by the end of the month.Haven't seen any word on FAA approval yet.
Starship and Super Heavy successfully lifted off for the first time on April 20, 2023 at 8:33 a.m. CT (13:33:09 UTC) from the orbital launch pad at Starbase in Texas. Starship climbed to a maximum altitude of ~39 km (24 mi) over the Gulf of Mexico. During ascent, the vehicle sustained fires from leaking propellant in the aft end of the Super Heavy booster, which eventually severed connection with the vehicle’s primary flight computer. This led to a loss of communications to the majority of booster engines and, ultimately, control of the vehicle. SpaceX has since implemented leak mitigations and improved testing on both engine and booster hardware. As an additional corrective action, SpaceX has significantly expanded Super Heavy’s pre-existing fire suppression system in order to mitigate against future engine bay fires.The Autonomous Flight Safety System (AFSS) automatically issued a destruct command, which fired all detonators as expected, after the vehicle deviated from the expected trajectory, lost altitude and began to tumble. After an unexpected delay following AFSS activation, Starship ultimately broke up 237.474 seconds after engine ignition. SpaceX has enhanced and requalified the AFSS to improve system reliability.SpaceX is also implementing a full suite of system performance upgrades unrelated to any issues observed during the first flight test. For example, SpaceX has built and tested a hot-stage separation system, in which Starship’s second stage engines will ignite to push the ship away from the booster. Additionally, SpaceX has engineered a new electronic Thrust Vector Control (TVC) system for Super Heavy Raptor engines. Using fully electric motors, the new system has fewer potential points of failure and is significantly more energy efficient than traditional hydraulic systems.
September 8 at 7:15 PMSpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-14 MissionNASASpaceflight814K subscribers192 waiting Scheduled for Sep 8, 2023 CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATIONA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to lift the next batch of 22 Starlink v2 Mini satellites into orbit at a 43 degree inclination on a southeastern trajectory from SLC-40. The window opens September 8 at 7:32 PM EDT (23:32 UTC) and closes September 9 at 12:02 AM EDT (04:02 UTC).
Chris Bergin - NSF repostedTyler Gray 🚀@TylerG1998Due to weather in the area, #SpaceX is now working towards a T0 of 11:12 PM EDT (03:12 UTC) for tonight’s launch of #Falcon9 B1076.7 with another batch of #Starlinks.Attempting a landing on ASOG — PGO ranges from 60-85%.NSF will cover it live 👉 https://youtube.com/live/MWL0BvwlD
Marcus House@MarcusHousePeople seem to be taking this as negative news. This is a good thing. SpaceX has been addressing the issues the entire time. The mishap investigation is now closed and the next step toward the flight licence application can take place. Getting close I feel.
The FAA ✈️@FAANews·22hWe have closed the @SpaceX Super Heavy mishap investigation. The final report cites multiple root causes of the April 20 mishap and 63 corrective actions SpaceX must take. This does not signal resumption of Starship launches at Boca Chica. Full statement: http://bit.ly/45JNMRF.
Elon Musk@elonmusk·11hMaybe it’s in the mail or something. I don’t know what these actions items are.
Elon Musk@elonmusk·11hIn fairness to the FAA, it is rare for them to cause significant delays in launch. Overwhelmingly, the responsibility is ours.
QuoteChris Bergin - NSF repostedTyler Gray 🚀@TylerG1998Due to weather in the area, #SpaceX is now working towards a T0 of 11:12 PM EDT (03:12 UTC) for tonight’s launch of #Falcon9 B1076.7 with another batch of #Starlinks.Attempting a landing on ASOG — PGO ranges from 60-85%.NSF will cover it live 👉 https://youtube.com/live/MWL0BvwlD
Chris Bergin - NSF repostedSquare profile pictureULA@ulalaunchThe launch of a ULA #AtlasV 551 rocket carrying the #SILENTBARKER/#NROL107 mission, a joint @NatReconOfc and @SpaceForceDOD mission has been scrubbed due to an issue found during a prelaunch ordnance circuit continuity check.
ULA@ulalaunch·5hThe launch is now planned for Sun., Sept. 10 at 8:47 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. http://bit.ly/av_SILENTBARKER
ULA Atlas V 551 Launches NROL-107 SILENTBARKER MissionNASASpaceflight815K subscribers1,282 watching now Started streaming less than 1 minute ago CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATIONULA Atlas V 551 rocket is set to liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station with the NROL-107 SILENTBARKER mission from SLC-41. The window opens on September 10 at 8:47 AM EDT (12:47 UTC) and closes at 10:35 AM EDT (14:35 UTC).
Soyuz MS-24 is a planned Roscosmos, and NASA crewed Soyuz spaceflight to launch from Baikonur in September 2023 to the International Space Station.The original three-Russian member crew for this scenario was named in May 2021. American astronaut Loral O'Hara replaced Andrey Fedyaev as part of the Soyuz-Dragon crew swap system of keeping at least one NASA astronaut and one Roscosmos cosmonaut on each crew rotation mission. This ensures both countries have a presence on the station and can maintain their separate systems if either Soyuz or commercial crew vehicles are grounded for an extended period. These flights differ from those before, as NASA has to pay for the transportation of NASA, ESA, JAXA, and CSA agency astronauts. They were initially assigned to the Soyuz MS-23 mission but were moved to MS-24 due to the Soyuz MS-22 coolant leak accident that required MS-23 to be launched uncrewed as its replacement. The crew consists of three crew members:Soyuz Commander: Oleg Kononenko, RoscosmosFlight Engineer 1: Nicolai Chub, RoscosmosFlight Engineer 2: Loral O'Hara, NASAThe lift-off is planned from Launch Site 31/6 (LS-31/6) of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, currently scheduled for September 15, 2023, 15:44 UTC/GMT, 17:44 CEST, 21:44 Baikonur Local Time.It is to be expected that the crew will be delivered in a short trek flight in 3 hours to the International Space Station ISS. By docking, the Soyuz crew belongs to the Expedition 69 crew currently onboard the ISS. By undocking Soyuz MS-23, planned for the end of September, all crew members are assigned to ISS Expedition 70 Crew. The Soyuz MS-24 crew is planned to stay onboard the ISS until March 2024.
Chris Bergin - NSF repostedTyler Gray 🚀@TylerG1998Wen hop? Now hop for #Stoke. 🔥The company says that their Hopper2 test article successfully took itself up to an altitude of 30 feet, with the flight as a whole lasting 15 seconds. ⬆️⬇️
May want to keep an eye on these guys. Stoke Spacehttps://twitter.com/TylerG1998/status/1703573267838038157Company websitehttps://www.stokespace.com/ Stoke Space flies reusable upper stage prototype https://spacenews.com/stoke-space-flies-reusable-upper-stage-prototype/
