{"id":17363,"date":"2018-12-19T10:43:53","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T15:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17363"},"modified":"2018-12-19T20:44:31","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T01:44:31","slug":"rockets-falcon-9-new-shepard-delayed-indias-gslv-launch-watch-soyuz-and-ula-delta-4-launches-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17363","title":{"rendered":"Rockets: Falcon 9 &#038; New Shepard delayed + India&#8217;s GSLV launch + Watch Soyuz and ULA Delta-4 launches today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ <strong>Update 3<\/strong>: And now ULA scrubs the Delta-IV Heavy launch due to a hydrogen leak problem:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Launch Alert: we have declared a scrub for today&#8217;s launch of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DeltaIVHeavy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DeltaIVHeavy<\/a>. We will set up for a 24 hour recycle and the next launch attempt will be 12\/20 at 5:31pm PST.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ULA (@ulalaunch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ulalaunch\/status\/1075566652492734466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 2<\/strong>: Blue decides to postpone the New Shepard flight till after the New Year:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Through fixing the ground infrastructure issue, we have determined additional systems need to be addressed. We have changed our target to early 2019 for next launch attempt. Stay tuned for updates <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NS10?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NS10<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Blue Origin (@blueorigin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blueorigin\/status\/1075555843016400896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>: Here is a video of the today&#8217;s Arianespace Soyuz launch:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_3owr43yJgQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\">SpaceX<\/a> continues to investigate an anomalous fuel temperature reading that occurred during Tuesday&#8217;s preparations for the launch of a Falcon 9 with a USAF next-gen GPS satellite on board. The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceX\/status\/1075353149219717120\">company said Wednesday morning<\/a> that a new target launch date has not yet been set. See updates at <a title=\"Live coverage: SpaceX launch on hold at Cape Canaveral \u2013 Spaceflight Now\" href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/2018\/12\/18\/falcon-9-gps-3-sv01-mission-status-center\/\">Live coverage: SpaceX launch on hold at Cape Canaveral \u2013 Spaceflight Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\">Blue Origin<\/a> has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blueorigin\/status\/1075180175585755136\">posted that a problem<\/a> in the ground support system that caused Tuesday&#8217;s scrub of a suborbital flight of a reusable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\/new-shepard\">New Shepard<\/a> vehicle should be fixed in time for a launch on Friday. The New Shepard will carry nine NASA R&amp;D <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\/new-shepard\/payloads\">experimental payloads that will take advantage<\/a> of &#8220;about 4 minutes of high-quality microgravity&#8221; after the capsule separates from the booster and coasts up to and down from 100+ kilometers in altitude.<\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>Today the Indian space agency ISRO successfully launched their most powerful rocket, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isro.gov.in\/launchers\/gslv\">GSLV Mk.2<\/a>, from the Satish Dhawan Space Center and put the GSAT 7A military communications satellite into a supersynchronous transfer orbit:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ik-NI0eu_q0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>More at<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"GSLV-F11 successfully launches GSAT-7A - ISRO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.isro.gov.in\/update\/19-dec-2018\/gslv-f11-successfully-launches-gsat-7a\">GSLV-F11 successfully launches GSAT-7A &#8211; ISRO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Indian space program closes out year with launch of upgraded GSLV \u2013 Spaceflight Now\" href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/2018\/12\/19\/indian-space-program-closes-out-year-with-launch-of-upgraded-gslv\/\">Indian space program closes out year with launch of upgraded GSLV \u2013 Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"GSLV lofts GSAT-7A for India \u2013 NASASpaceFlight.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2018\/12\/gslv-lofts-gsat-7a-india\/\">GSLV lofts GSAT-7A for India \u2013 NASASpaceFlight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"Soyuz Flight VS20 \u2013 Arianespace\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arianespace.com\/mission\/ariane-flight-vs20\/\">Arianespace\/Soyuz Flight VS20<\/a> is set to launch this morning at 11:37 am EST (16:37:14 UTC) from French Guiana. The payload is the French government&#8217;s CSO-1 Earth observation satellite. There will be a live webcast at <a href=\"http:\/\/Arianespace.com\">Arianespace.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulalaunch.com\">United Launch Alliance<\/a> (ULA) plans to launch this evening a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ulalaunch.com\/rockets\/delta-iv\">Delta 4 Heavy rocket<\/a> with the <a title=\"Delta IV NROL-71\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ulalaunch.com\/missions\/delta-iv-nrol-71\">NROL-71<\/a> US spy satellite for the\u00a0National Reconnaissance Office. Liftoff from Vandenberg AFB in California is set for 5:44 p.m. PST , 8:44 p.m. EST; (0144 UTC on 20th). The launch will be webcast:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cwb0leeydEs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" \/> <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><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ Update 3: And now ULA scrubs the Delta-IV Heavy launch due to a hydrogen leak problem: Launch Alert: we have declared a scrub for today&#8217;s launch of the #DeltaIVHeavy. We will set up for a 24 hour recycle and the next launch attempt will be 12\/20 at 5:31pm PST. \u2014 ULA (@ulalaunch) December 20, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17363\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rockets: Falcon 9 &#038; New Shepard delayed + India&#8217;s GSLV launch + Watch Soyuz and ULA Delta-4 launches today<\/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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rockets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4w3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17589,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17589","url_meta":{"origin":17363,"position":0},"title":"Space access roundup &#8211; June.21.2019","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 21, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A sampling of news about rocket launches: [ Update: Another delay: More heavy winds in the forecast for tomorrow, so we are now targeting Wednesday 1\/23 for the #NewShepard #NS10 launch. \u2014 Blue Origin (@blueorigin) January 21, 2019 ] ** Blue Origin has postponed the 10th New Shepard test flight\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Rockets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Rockets","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=5"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/QlBhV0HgqYA\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":17550,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17550","url_meta":{"origin":17363,"position":1},"title":"Space access: Stratolaunch high-speed taxi test + ULA Delta 4 Heavy launch + SpaceX update","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 16, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Stratolaunch is moving closer to getting the company's giant rocket-carrier aircraft off the ground: https:\/\/youtu.be\/Xsee1sZv6SA The vehicle will eventually become an air launch platform for a === After several weeks of delays due to technical problems, United Launch Alliance has now set Saturday, Jan. 19th at\u00a011:05 a.m. PST for the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Rockets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Rockets","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=5"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/launch_family-1024x5771-1024x577.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":16558,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16558","url_meta":{"origin":17363,"position":2},"title":"Videos: ULA Delta IV rocket launches NASA&#8217;s Parker Solar Probe","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 12, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Early this morning, a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket successfully launched NASA's Parker Solar Probe\u00a0from Cape Canaveral on a unique mission to study the Sun's corona up close\u00a0NASA,\u00a0ULA\u00a0Launch Parker Solar Probe on Historic Journey to Touch Sun | NASA https:\/\/youtu.be\/AlyuSwRSVHU Few get to see a spacecraft named after\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Rockets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Rockets","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=5"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/psplaunch-11-895x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14535,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14535","url_meta":{"origin":17363,"position":3},"title":"Spaceport America Cup results + ULA Interns launch &#8220;Future Heavy&#8221;","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 25, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0Spaceport America Cup\u00a0college student rocket competition took place last week at the New Mexico spaceport. \u00a0(See earlier preview posting here.) 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