Next Launch
USSF-259
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USSF-259 is a classified mission for the United States Space Force. It is possibly a batch of classified LEO satellites based on SpaceX’s Starshield satellite bus, based on locations of ascent rocket stage drop zones being fits with previous SDA Transport Layer launches.
Window
Wed, Sep 16, 01:00 AM UTC
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E
Booster
B1097 · F12
Orbit
PO
Weather
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Go %
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Upcoming
Starlink Group 15-27
Sun, Sep 20, 01:47 AM UTC · Space Launch Complex 4E
Booster B1093 · F16
Flight 14
Tue, Sep 22, 12:15 PM UTC · Orbital Launch Pad 2
Booster Booster 21
Crew-13
Wed, Sep 30, 12:00 AM UTC · Space Launch Complex 40
Booster B1101 · F2
SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A
Wed, Sep 30, 12:00 AM UTC · Space Launch Complex 4E
Booster Unknown F9
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Desk brief
NASASpaceflight · 13 hours ago · Starship
Ship 42 wraps chopsticks tests, Flight 14 moves to NET Sept. 22
SpaceX has completed multi-day catch-related testing with unflown Ship 42 at Pad 2, then rolled… The post Ship 42 wraps chopsticks tests, Flight 14 moves to NET Sept. 22 appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
Spaceflight Now · 2 days ago · Fleet
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch final 3 O3b mPOWER satellites for SES
The launch marks the 400th orbital flight from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff is scheduled during an 87-minute window that opens at 2:49 p.m. EDT (1849 UTC).
NASA · 4 days ago · Crew
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 to Discuss Station Mission, Upcoming Return
Media are invited to hear from NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 astronauts during a news conference beginning at 2:45 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Sept. 16, from the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev will discuss their upcoming return to Earth. Learn where […]
NASASpaceflight · 4 days ago · NASA
Roman telescope deploys solar array and communication systems, powers on Coronagraph Instrument
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope successfully launched on Sunday, Aug. 30, atop a SpaceX… The post Roman telescope deploys solar array and communication systems, powers on Coronagraph Instrument appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
Spaceflight Now · 5 days ago · Fleet
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch classified payload for the U.S. Space Force
The mission, dubbed USSF-153 mission, will launch an undisclosed number of satellites for the U.S. Space Force. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled during a three-hour window that opens at 8:37 a.m. PDT (1137 a.m. EDT / 1537 UTC).
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First principles
Physics first
Start with mass, energy, and the rocket equation. Heritage is a suggestion, not a constraint.
The best part is no part
Delete before you optimize. A deleted part cannot fail, cannot delay, cannot cost.
Fly it
Hardware in the gulf teaches faster than slides. The test is the design review.
Make it useful
Starlink pays for the factory. The factory pays for Mars. A rocket without a payload is a statue.