{"id":18633,"date":"2019-05-01T12:48:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T16:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18633"},"modified":"2019-05-01T12:48:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T16:48:39","slug":"space-transport-roundup-may-1-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18633","title":{"rendered":"Space transport roundup &#8211; May.1.2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images dealing with space transport:<\/p>\n<p>** <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\/\">Blue Origin<\/a> plans to fly a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\/new-shepard\/\">New Shepard<\/a><\/strong> rocket vehicle on Thursday morning at the company&#8217;s facilities in West Texas. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\/\">website<\/a> will provide a webcast.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We are targeting the next launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NewShepard?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NewShepard<\/a> tomorrow May 2nd at 8:30 am CDT \/ 13:30 UTC. The mission will take 38 microgravity research payloads to space. Watch the launch live at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XNq9WB3aZ2\">https:\/\/t.co\/XNq9WB3aZ2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NS11?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NS11<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wVNRYgKsjY\">pic.twitter.com\/wVNRYgKsjY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Blue Origin (@blueorigin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blueorigin\/status\/1123615030098837505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The FAA window for the flight lasts till Sunday: <a href=\"https:\/\/tfr.faa.gov\/save_pages\/detail_9_0236.html\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">9\/0236 NOTAM Details<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*** <strong>A description of nine NASA sponsored payloads<\/strong> on the New Shepard including the <a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.nasa.gov\/technologies\/193\/\">Stratospheric and Suborbital Flight Experiments and Equipment<\/a> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/teachers-in-space.com\/\">Teachers in Space<\/a> program: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/spacetech\/feature\/NASA_and_Blue_Origin_Help_Classrooms_and_Researchers_Reach_Space\">NASA and Blue Origin Help Classrooms and Researchers Reach Space | NASA<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u201cWe are now on the verge of giving students and teachers the ability to build and fly affordable experiments in space. When teachers are this excited about putting experiments in space, their students can\u2019t help but get excited about space, too.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Elizabeth Kennick, president of Teachers in Space, does not take the opportunity to fly an experiment to space for granted. The nonprofit organization has worked with educators and engineers to design and test <a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.nasa.gov\/technologies\/193\/\">standard equipment<\/a> for classroom-developed experiments, including 3D-printed frames, customizable processors, power adaptors and more. The equipment first flew on high-altitude balloons and more recently on a stratospheric glider. Now, thanks to support from NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/spacetech\/flightopportunities\/index.html\">Flight Opportunities program<\/a>, the equipment will fly higher than ever before: to space on the next launch of Blue Origin\u2019s New Shepard rocket.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>** <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/main\/index.html\">The ISS<\/a> crew has made progress towards fixing the power fault<\/strong> that caused the delay of the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the CRS-17 Dragon Cargo vehicle. No word yet, though, if the mission will be allowed to take off early (3:11 am EDT) Friday morning.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/iss-power-glitch-delays-dragon-launch\/\">ISS power glitch delays Dragon launch &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2019\/04\/electrical-issue-station-dragon-crs-17\/\">Electrical issues being resolved to allow CRS-17 Dragon launch \u2013 NASASpaceFlight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/spacex-crs-17-nasa-launch-delay\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SpaceX set to launch reused Dragon on a new Falcon 9 as NASA requests delay &#8211; Teslarati<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>** <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketlabusa.com\">Rocket Lab<\/a> preparing for an Electron launch<\/strong> of three USAF satellites during a two week window that opens this Saturday: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketlabusa.com\/\">Next launch | Rocket Lab<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s beginning to feel like launch week! The payloads for the STP-27RD mission have been integrated onto Electron&#8217;s Kick Stage and fairing encapsulation is complete. The 14-day launch window window opens on 4 May UTC and yes, we will be live streaming launch. &#x1f680; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e1fagAFI88\">pic.twitter.com\/e1fagAFI88<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RocketLab\/status\/1123320853435797504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>** <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/virginorbit.com\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virgin Orbit<\/a> shows off &#8220;Cosmic Girl&#8221;, the company&#8217;s rocket carrier aircraft<\/strong> in this report from Loren Grush: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/4\/30\/18522513\/virgin-orbit-cosmic-girl-747-boeing-plane-kelly-latimer\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What it takes to fly Virgin Orbit\u2019s huge plane that launches rockets into space &#8211; The Verge<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Virgin Orbit has developed a small rocket called LauncherOne that can put satellites the size of washing machines into orbit. And its launchpad resides at 35,000 feet. Virgin Orbit owns a Boeing 747 airplane, called Cosmic Girl, which carries LauncherOne up into the sky. From there, the rocket will drop from underneath Cosmic Girl\u2019s left wing and then ignite, climbing the rest of the way to orbit.<\/em><\/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\/cBP4sXT-TO0?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>** <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vector-launch.com\/\">Vector Launch<\/a> moves towards test flights<\/strong> this year:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Lots of progress the past few weeks <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vectorspacesys?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@vectorspacesys<\/a> with our 1001 vehicle shipping out to the Arizona Test Site where it\u2019s undergoing stage level testing. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zfCWHfZh0G\">pic.twitter.com\/zfCWHfZh0G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Cantrell (@jamesncantrell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamesncantrell\/status\/1123157701746278401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>** <strong>UK startup <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyrora.com\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Skyrora<\/a> looking for a launch site<\/strong> for the company&#8217;s rockets, starting with the suborbital <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyrora.com\/skyrora1\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SKYRORA 1<\/a> rocket: <a href=\"https:\/\/spacewatch.global\/2019\/05\/uks-skyrora-in-hunt-for-british-launch-sites-for-upcoming-rocket-tests\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UK&#8217;s Skyrora In Hunt For British Launch Sites For Upcoming Rocket Tests &#8211; SpaceWatch.Global<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Skyrora will make three test launches over the next 12 months, the first expected to take place over the next few months, as part of its effort to certify its Skyrora XL satellite launch vehicle that will be 10 metres tall and will be able to loft a 100 kilogram payload into low-Earth orbit. The company conducted one of its first tests near Evanton, Scotland, in August 2018 when it launched its SkyLark Nano sounding rocket to an altitude of 6 kilometres, reaching a speed of Mach 1.45.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Among the launch tests planned for the coming year is one aiming to breach the so-called K\u00e1rm\u00e1n line, the altitude at which atmospheric flight ends and orbital dynamics begin \u2013 100km.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>** <strong>The X-37B launched on a Falcon 9 in September 2017<\/strong> remains in orbit after 600 days: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/x-37b-military-space-plane-otv5-600-days.html?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dlvr.it\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">X-37B Military Space Plane&#8217;s Latest Mystery Mission Passes 600 Days | Space.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>It&#8217;s unclear what exactly the spacecraft is doing up there. X-37B missions are classified, and Air Force officials tend to speak of project goals in general terms, as this excerpt from the <a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/104539\/x-37b-orbital-test-vehicle\/\" data-track-type=\"click\" data-index=\"5\" data-component=\"Inline links\" data-count=\"14\"><u>X-37B fact sheet<\/u><\/a> shows: &#8220;The primary objectives of the X-37B are twofold: reusable spacecraft technologies for America&#8217;s future in space and operating experiments which can be returned to, and examined, on Earth.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Still, the Air Force does divulge some payloads flying on X-37B missions. For example, we know that OTV-5 includes the Advanced Structurally Embedded Thermal Spreader experiment (ASETS-II), which is measuring the performance of electronics and oscillating heat pipes in the space environment.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1524742414\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1524742414&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=079d0abd89e653831609367e775bdb25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Delta-v<\/strong><\/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=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1524742414\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=1524742414&amp;asins=1524742414&amp;linkId=044d01889d5c6fded3f9c6e28680f86a&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images dealing with space transport: ** Blue Origin plans to fly a New Shepard rocket vehicle on Thursday morning at the company&#8217;s facilities in West Texas. The website will provide a webcast. We are targeting the next launch of #NewShepard tomorrow May 2nd at 8:30 am CDT \/ &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18633\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space transport roundup &#8211; May.1.2019<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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-18633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rockets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4Qx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18660,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18660","url_meta":{"origin":18633,"position":0},"title":"Space transport roundup &#8211; May.3.2019","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 3, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images dealing with space transport: ** SpaceX to try again to launch a Falcon 9 early Saturday morning with the Cargo Dragon for mission CRS-17 to the ISS. 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