{"id":17050,"date":"2018-11-10T14:40:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T19:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17050"},"modified":"2018-11-10T14:40:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T19:40:32","slug":"lots-of-rocket-launches-planned-for-next-10-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17050","title":{"rendered":"Lots of rocket launches planned for next 10 days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several rocket launches around the world are scheduled for the next couple of weeks. Most of these will be webcast.<\/p>\n<p>** <strong>Rocket Lab Electron<\/strong> &#8211; Nov.10\/11, 10 p.m.-2 a.m. EST (0300-0700 GMT on 11th)<span class=\"strong\"> &#8211; Rocket Lab is ready to put several commercial smallsats into low earth orbit on the third Electron launch from New Zealand (see <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17044\">earlier posting<\/a>).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Live coverage: Rocket Lab ready for first commercial satellite launch \u2013 Spaceflight Now\" href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/2018\/11\/10\/rocket-lab-its-business-time-mission-status-center\/\">Live coverage: Rocket Lab ready for first commercial satellite launch \u2013 Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) | Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rocketlab\">Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) | Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Launch Complex 1 | Rocket Lab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketlabusa.com\/\">Launch Complex 1 | Rocket Lab<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Rocket Lab enters high frequency launch operations | Rocket Lab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketlabusa.com\/\">Rocket Lab enters high frequency launch operations | Rocket Lab<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Rocket Lab ready for latest attempt at first operational Electron launch \u2013 NASASpaceFlight.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2018\/11\/rocketlab-operational-electron-launch-five-payload\/\">Rocket Lab ready for latest attempt at first operational Electron launch \u2013 NASASpaceFlight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>** <strong>Northrop Grumman Antares<\/strong> &#8211; Nov.15 &#8211; Thursday &#8211; 4:49 a.m. EST (0949 GMT) Wallops Island, Virginia. The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket will send a <a title=\"Cygnus (spacecraft) - Wikipedia\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cygnus_(spacecraft)\">Cygnus spacecraft<\/a> with cargo to the ISS.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"NASA TV Coverage Set for Nov. 15 Cygnus Launch to Space Station | NASA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-tv-coverage-set-for-nov-15-cygnus-launch-to-international-space-station\">NASA TV Coverage Set for Nov. 15 Cygnus Launch to Space Station | NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"NASA Television | NASA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/multimedia\/nasatv\/#public\">NASA Television | NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>** <strong>SpaceX Falcon 9<\/strong> &#8211; Nov. 15, 3:46-5:29 p.m. EST (2046-2229 GMT Kennedy Space Center. The F9 will send the Es\u2019hail 2 communications satellite into geostationary transfer orbit for Es\u2019hailSat of Qatar.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"SpaceX set to return to launch action amid LSP status upgrade \u2013 NASASpaceFlight.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2018\/11\/spacex-return-action-lsp-status-upgrade\/\">SpaceX set to return to launch action amid LSP status upgrade \u2013 NASASpaceFlight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/webcast\">SpaceX Webcast<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>** <strong>Russian Soyuz<\/strong> &#8211; Nov.16, 1:14 p.m. EST (1814 GMT)<span class=\"strong\"> &#8211; The Soyuz rocket will send a Progress cargo spacecraft to the ISS.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"NASA Television | NASA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/multimedia\/nasatv\/#public\">NASA Television | NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>** <strong>SpaceX Falcon 9<\/strong> &#8211; Nov.19, 1:32 p.m. EST; 10:32 a.m. PST (1832 GMT) Vandenberg AFB, California. The F9 will put over 70 satellites from 50+ customers into low earth orbit on the SSO-A mission organized by <a href=\"http:\/\/spaceflight.com\">Spaceflight Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"SSO-A Customer Integration is Wrapping Up! - Spaceflight\" href=\"http:\/\/spaceflight.com\/sso-a-customer-integration-is-wrapping-up\/\">SSO-A Customer Integration is Wrapping Up! &#8211; Spaceflight<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Spaceflight Prepares Historic Launch of More Than 70 Spacecraft Aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 - Spaceflight\" href=\"http:\/\/spaceflight.com\/spaceflight-prepares-historic-launch-of-more-than-70-spacecraft-aboard-spacex-falcon-9\/\">Spaceflight Prepares Historic Launch of More Than 70 Spacecraft Aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 &#8211; Spaceflight<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/webcast\">SpaceX Webcast<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other launches coming up but no times fixed yet:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk. 3<\/strong> (GSLV Mk.3-D2) &#8211; Nov.14? Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota &#8211; India&#8217;s biggest rocket is to launch the GSAT 29 communications from .<\/li>\n<li><strong> Chinese Long March 3B<\/strong> &#8211; Nov.19? Xichang, China &#8211; The LM-3B is to put 2 Beidou navigation satellites into medium earth orbit.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL<\/strong> air launch out of Kennedy Space Center. An attempt to launch the ICON spacecraft to study the\u00a0Earth\u2019s Ionosphere was scrubbed last week and no new target date is set yet.\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"NASA\u2019s ICON mission on Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket scrubbed \u2013 NASASpaceFlight.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2018\/11\/nasas-icon-launch-ngis-pegasus-xl-rocket\/\">NASA\u2019s ICON mission on Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket scrubbed \u2013 NASASpaceFlight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"NASA Television | NASA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/multimedia\/nasatv\/#public\">NASA Television | NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b?_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;linkId=9ad77237101a529e858b08c724b1d0e6&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;node=499320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telescopes and Binoculars at Amazon<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several rocket launches around the world are scheduled for the next couple of weeks. Most of these will be webcast. ** Rocket Lab Electron &#8211; Nov.10\/11, 10 p.m.-2 a.m. EST (0300-0700 GMT on 11th) &#8211; Rocket Lab is ready to put several commercial smallsats into low earth orbit on the third Electron launch from New &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17050\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lots of rocket launches planned for next 10 days<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[37,5,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-rockets","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4r0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17320,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17320","url_meta":{"origin":17050,"position":0},"title":"Videos: Rocket Lab launches Electron rocket with NASA sponsored CubeSats","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Rocket Lab today successfully launched an Electron rocket from the Launch Complex 1 on Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. The vehicle reached low earth orbit and its kick stage later circularized its orbit and then deployed 13 small satellites sponsored by NASA, including several university built CubeSats: https:\/\/youtu.be\/KZwLJMPuos8 Here is a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Amateur\/Student Satellite&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Amateur\/Student Satellite","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Trevor-Launch-71-1024x683.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":17053,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17053","url_meta":{"origin":17050,"position":1},"title":"Videos: Rocket Lab successfully launches Electron rocket with commercial payloads","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 11, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Rocket Lab successfully launched an Electron rocket last night (US time) and put 7 small satellites into low earth orbit (see also earlier posting): Rocket Lab reaches orbit again, deploys more satellites | Rocket Lab - https:\/\/youtu.be\/QfBCuK6wEYA The satellites included: 2 Lemur-2 satellites join a constellation of several dozen Spire\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Amateur\/Student Satellite&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Amateur\/Student Satellite","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&l=ur2&o=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":16274,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16274","url_meta":{"origin":17050,"position":2},"title":"Rocket Lab to launch an Electron with 5 payloads including Irvine CubeSat built by high schoolers","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"This evening US time and Saturday afternoon New Zealand time, Rocket Lab will attempt to launch the third Electron rocket\u00a0into orbit. The rocket is to lift off from the Mahia Peninsula on the\u00a0east coast of\u00a0New Zealand's\u00a0North Island. You can watch the launch via the rocketlabusa.com\/live-stream webcast. The vehicle is carrying\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Education&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Education","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=22"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/OnPad-June19-2018-1024x683.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":16234,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16234","url_meta":{"origin":17050,"position":3},"title":"Video: Rocket Lab prepares for 3rd Electron launch from New Zealand","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 18, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The company Rocket Lab plans to launch an Electron rocket\u00a0from the Mahia Peninsula\u00a0on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island during a two week long launch window that opens on\u00a0June 23rd. 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