Crew Michael Masucci Role: Commander Nationality: American First Flight: 12/11/2013 Last Flight: 11/02/2023 Mike “Sooch” Masucci was a former U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel and U2 test pilot. Frederick W. Sturckow Birthday: 08/11/1961 Role: Pilot Nationality: American First Flight: 12/04/1998 Last Flight: 01/26/2024 Frederick Wilford “Rick” Sturckow is an Engineer, retired United States Marine Corps […]
Mission NEXTSat-2 & SNIPE Type: Earth Science Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit Third flight of the KSLV-II “Nuri” launch vehicle, carrying NEXTSat-2 as well as SNIPE A through D. Location LC-2 Naro Space Center, South Korea LC-2 has witnessed the launch of 4 rockets, including 3 orbital launch attempts, while Naro Space Center, South Korea, has been […]
Mission Progress MS-23 (84P) Type: Resupply Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Launch Cost: $80,000,000 Progress resupply mission to the International Space Station. Location 31/6 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan 31/6 has witnessed the launch of 415 rockets, including 415 orbital launch attempts, while Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan, has been the site for 1548 rocket launches. […]
Weather Forecast During Launch According to weather officials, there’s a 60% chance of favorable weather conditions at the time of the launch. Crew Peggy Whitson Birthday: 02/09/1960 Role: Commander Nationality: American First Flight: 06/05/2002 Last Flight: 05/21/2023 Peggy Annette Whitson is an American biochemistry researcher, retired NASA astronaut, and former NASA Chief Astronaut. Her first […]
Mission MUST-1A/B & Luojia-2 01 Type: Earth Science Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Macau Science Satellite-1 (MUST-1A/B) are 2 magnetosphere research satellites from the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) aiming to study the different layers of the Earth’s magnetosphere system, particularly in the South Atlantic Anomaly by studying the origin and evolution of the […]
Trajectory View comprehensive details including the rocket’s trajectory, velocity, altitude, thrust, and more at FlightClub.io. Mission Iridium-9 & OneWeb 19 Type: Communications Orbit: Polar Orbit Launch Cost: $52,000,000 5 spare satellites for the Iridium NEXT constellation and 16 satellites for the OneWeb constellation (15 of current generation and 1 demonstration satellite for the next generation) […]
Weather Forecast During Launch According to weather officials, there’s a 60% chance of favorable weather conditions at the time of the launch. Trajectory View comprehensive details including the rocket’s trajectory, velocity, altitude, thrust, and more at FlightClub.io. Mission Starlink Group 6-3 Type: Communications Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Launch Cost: $52,000,000 A batch of satellites for […]
Mission Beidou-3 G4 Type: Navigation Orbit: Geostationary Transfer Orbit Launch Cost: $70,000,000 This satellite is a part of the geostationary component of the 3rd phase of the Chinese Beidou (Compass) satellite navigation system. It features a phased array antenna for navigation signals and a laser retroreflector and additionally deployable S/L-band and C-band antennas. Location Launch […]
Weather Forecast During Launch According to weather officials, there’s a 95% chance of favorable weather conditions at the time of the launch. Trajectory View comprehensive details including the rocket’s trajectory, velocity, altitude, thrust, and more at FlightClub.io. Mission Starlink Group 5-9 Type: Communications Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Launch Cost: $52,000,000 A batch of 56 satellites […]
Trajectory View comprehensive details including the rocket’s trajectory, velocity, altitude, thrust, and more at FlightClub.io. Mission Starlink Group 2-9 Type: Communications Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Launch Cost: $52,000,000 A batch of 51 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation – SpaceX’s project for space-based Internet communication system. Location Space Launch Complex 4E Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA Space […]
Mission Tianzhou-6 Type: Resupply Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Fifth cargo delivery mission to the Chinese space station. Location 201 Wenchang Space Launch Site, People’s Republic of China 201 has witnessed the launch of 17 rockets, including 17 orbital launch attempts, while Wenchang Space Launch Site, People’s Republic of China, has been the site for 28 […]
Mission TROPICS-2 Type: Earth Science Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Launch Cost: $6,000,000 Third and fourth operational (TROPICS-04 & TROPICS-05) satellites for NASA’s Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats (TROPICS) mission. The CubeSats are designed to provide rapid-refresh microwave measurements that can be used to determine temperature, pressure, […]
Weather Forecast During Launch According to weather officials, there’s a 95% chance of favorable weather conditions at the time of the launch. Trajectory View comprehensive details including the rocket’s trajectory, velocity, altitude, thrust, and more at FlightClub.io. Mission Starlink Group 5-6 Type: Communications Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Launch Cost: $52,000,000 A batch of 56 satellites […]
Weather Forecast During Launch According to weather officials, there’s a 95% chance of favorable weather conditions at the time of the launch. Trajectory View comprehensive details including the rocket’s trajectory, velocity, altitude, thrust, and more at FlightClub.io. Mission ViaSat-3 Americas & others Type: Communications Orbit: Geostationary Orbit Launch Cost: $90,000,000 The ViaSat-3 is a series […]
Weather Forecast During Launch According to weather officials, there’s a 70% chance of favorable weather conditions at the time of the launch. Trajectory View comprehensive details including the rocket’s trajectory, velocity, altitude, thrust, and more at FlightClub.io. Mission O3b mPower 3 & 4 Type: Communications Orbit: Medium Earth Orbit Launch Cost: $52,000,000 Third and fourth […]
