Tuesday, April 14, 2015

SpaceX "coming attractions" - what's next? [Updated]

The next mission kicks off in just 10 days, followed by a packed launch manifest for the remainder of the year and beyond.  Here is the schedule as it stands now.

April 27th [Updated]
TürkmenÄlem, the first telecommunications satellite for Turkmenistan
May TBD
Dragon V2 (manned spacecraft) pad abort test - while not actually a "flight" is worth noting (NASA)
June TBD
Second launch of Orbcomm satellites to complete the OG2 constellation
June 19
ISS resupply mission CRS-7 (NASA)
July TBD
SES-9 geo-transfer orbit (GTO) mission, with the SES-9 spacecraft joining the previously launched SES-8 in geosynchronous orbit
July 22
Jason 3 Earth observation satellite for monitoring and measuring the world’s oceans (NOAA)
Sept 2
ISS resupply mission CRS-8, Bigelow Aerospace's Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) - an expandable (as in inflatable) compartment (NASA)
Sept TBD
The second dual-GTO mission for the Eutelsat 117W B and ABS-2A satellites
Dec 9
ISS resupply mission CRS-9 (NASA)
Mar TBD (2016)
Falcon Heavy Test Flight!
TBD
AMOS-6 satellite
JCSat 14 satellite
SAOCOM 1A and 1B Earth observation satellites (separate launches).

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