Tag: Launch Timeline

  • Falcon 9 flight timeline for the Zuma mission

    EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Jan. 7 for new launch date and launch pad. SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 booster is being readied for liftoff from Cape Canaveral, but most of the launcher’s ascent into orbit will be under a news blackout at the request of the U.S. government customer that owns the top secret Zuma payload fastened…

  • Delta 2 launch timeline with JPSS 1

    EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 9 a.m. EST (1400 GMT) on Nov. 14 after launch scrub and on Nov. 17 in advance of third launch attempt. A Delta 2 rocket boosted by nine strap-on motors and two liquid-fueled stages will launch NOAA’s JPSS 1 weather satellite into a 511-mile-high (822-kilometer) orbit following liftoff from Vandenberg Air…

  • Delta 2 launch timeline with JPSS 1

    EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 9 a.m. EST (1400 GMT) on Nov. 14 after launch scrub and on Nov. 17 in advance of third launch attempt. A Delta 2 rocket boosted by nine strap-on motors and two liquid-fueled stages will launch NOAA’s JPSS 1 weather satellite into a 511-mile-high (822-kilometer) orbit following liftoff from Vandenberg Air…

  • Timeline of Minotaur-C launch with SkySats and Doves

    Credit: Orbital ATK Orbital ATK’s Minotaur-C rocket will deliver 10 commercial Earth observations satellites into a 310-mile-high (500-kilometer) orbit for Planet during a 20-minute flight sequence. The four-stage rocket, formerly known as the Taurus, is standing on a launch pad overlooking the rugged Pacific coastline, ready for its trip into orbit set to begin at…

  • Falcon 9 launch timeline with Koreasat 5A

    SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Monday, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the Koreasat 5A communications satellite into orbit around 36 minutes later. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is poised for launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 3:34 p.m. EDT…

  • Timeline for Falcon 9’s second launch of Iridium satellites

    Follow the key events of the Falcon 9 rocket’s ascent to orbit with the second set of 10 next-generation satellites for Iridium’s voice and data relay fleet. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket will lift off Saturday at 1:25:14 p.m. PDT (4:25:14 p.m. EDT; 2025:14 GMT) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Data source: SpaceX T-0:00:00:…

  • Timeline of SpaceX’s 35th Falcon 9 launch

    Updated for second launch attempt. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will go from Cape Canaveral to low Earth orbit in 10 minutes Saturday with a Dragon capsule heading for the International Space Station carrying nearly 6,000 pounds of supplies and experiments. Liftoff is set for 2107 GMT (5:07 p.m. EDT) Thursday from the Kennedy Space Center’s…

  • Timeline for the Falcon 9 rocket’s 23rd flight

    SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will go from Cape Canaveral to low Earth orbit in 10 minutes Friday with a Dragon capsule heading for the International Space Station carrying nearly 7,000 pounds of supplies and experiments. Liftoff is set for 2043:32 GMT (4:43:32 p.m. EDT) Thursday from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad. It will be…

  • Flight timeline for Falcon 9’s launch of SES 9

    Updated after scrubs. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Friday evening, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the SES 9 television broadcast satellite into orbit 31 minutes later. The 229-foot-tall rocket is poised for launch from Complex 40 at 6:35 p.m. EST (2335 GMT) Friday at…