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The Aerobee was an early sounding rocket that was essentially a larger, upgraded version of the WAC Corporal. It was one of two rockets developed by the United States Navy in the 1940s – the other being the Viking – to loft scientific instruments into the upper atmosphere.

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Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week

Cassiopeia, the queen

Space Launches For This Week

Space Coast Launches

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Space Flight Now Launch Schedule

Launch Schedule

November 27/28 Falcon 9 • Starlink 6-30

Launch time: 11 p.m. EST (0400 UTC)

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of 23 second-generation Starlink V2 Mini internet satellites. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster is to land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

Updated: November 25

NET November 28 Electron • ‘The Moon God Awakens’

Launch time: 0400-0600 UTC (5-7 p.m. NZDT)

Launch site: Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch the QPS-SAR-5, also known as ‘TSUKUYOMI-I’, for the Japan-based Earth-imaging company the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS). This will be the 42nd flight of the Electron rocket and the first since a launch failure in September. Rocket Lab has nicknamed the mission ‘The Moon God Awakens’.

Updated: November 25

November 29 Falcon 9 • 425 Project EO/IR satellite 1

Launch time: 10:04 a.m. PST (1:04 p.m. EST / 1804 UTC)

Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

A Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket will launch the 425 Project EO/IR satellite 1 reconnaissance satellite for South Korea. The satellite is the first of five missions planned by the country’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) for a program known as the ‘425 Project’. This first mission is an optical/infra-red imaging satellite. The four missions to follow will feature synthetic aperture radar (SAR). Also onboard is EIRSAT-1, Ireland’s first satellite, a 2U cubesat which was funded by the Education Office of the European Space Agency. The Falcon 9 first-stage booster is expected to return to Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg.

Updated: November 25

December 1 Soyuz • Progress MS-25 / 86P

Launch time: 0925 UTC (4:25 a.m. EST)

Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the 86th Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station. This mission will use a rocket in the Soyuz-2.1a configuration.

Updated: November 25

December Falcon Heavy • USSF 52

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the USSF 52 mission for the U.S. Space Force. The Falcon Heavy will launch an unspecified military payload on this mission. Delayed from October 2021 and 2nd Quarter 2022. Delayed from October 2022 and June 23, delayed from July 6 and Dec 7.

Updated: November 25

December Falcon 9 • Ovzon3

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Cape Canaveral

A Falcon 9 will launch a much delayed small geostationary satellite for the Swedish broadband internet provider Ovzon. Originally scheduled to launch on an Ariane 5, the satellite was moved to Falcon 9 due to delayed in manufacturing. Delayed from summer 2023.

Updated: November 08

December 24 Vulcan Centaur • Peregrine

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch on its inaugural flight with the Peregrine commercial lunar lander for Astrobotic. The Peregrine robotic lander will carry multiple experiments, scientific instruments, and tech demo payloads for NASA and other customers. The mission will also launch two prototype satellites for Amazon’s Kuiper broadband constellation. The Vulcan Centaur rocket will fly in the VC2S configuration with two GEM-63XL solid rocket boosters, a short-length payload fairing, and two RL10 engines on the Centaur upper stage. Delayed from mid-2022 and late 2022. Delayed from 1st Quarter 2023 and May 4.

Updated: October 24

TBD Falcon 9 • WorldView Legion 1 & 2

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the first pair of WorldView Legion Earth observation satellites for Maxar Technologies. Maxar plans to deploy six commercial WorldView Legion high-resolution remote sensing satellites into a mix of sun-synchronous and mid-inclination orbits on three SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets. The first stage of the Falcon 9 will return to Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg Space Force Base for landing. Delayed from April and June.

Updated: October 07

4th Quarter Falcon 9 • ASBM

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission, consisting of two satellites owned by Space Norway. The Falcon 9 will launch the two Northrop Grumman-built satellites into a highly elliptical orbit that lingers over the Arctic region. The satellites carry communications payloads for the Norwegian Ministry of Defense, the U.S. Space Force, and Inmarsat.

Updated: October 26

TBD Falcon 9 • USSF-124

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 will launch a mission for the U.S. Space Force and Missile Defense Agency.

Updated: October 09

TBD Falcon 9 • WorldView Legion 3 & 4

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, or Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the second pair of WorldView Legion Earth observation satellites for Maxar Technologies. Maxar plans to deploy six commercial WorldView Legion high-resolution remote sensing satellites into a mix of sun-synchronous and mid-inclination orbits on three SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets.

Updated: August 20

TBD Atlas 5 • USSF 51

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, designated AV-101, will launch the USSF 51 mission for the U.S. Space Force. This mission will launch an undisclosed payload for the military.