October 19, 2023 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay.
- Suborbital Dutch rocket to be launched in 2024 from German ocean platform
The link is in German, requiring a translation tool. From Jay a translation of the lede: “In April 2024, a rocket from the Dutch company T-Minus will be launched for the first time as part of a demonstration mission from a mobile launch platform of the “German-Offshore Spaceport Alliance” (GOSA) in the North Sea.”
- Europe posts revised Ariane-6 test schedule
The schedule as now planned:
October: Combined test, launch rehearsal with ignition of the main stage, Kourou, French Guiana
November: Combined test, long-duration firing of the main stage with Vulcain 2.1 engine, Kourou, French Guiana
December: Upper stage firing test, Lampoldshausen, Germany
They then hope to be ready for a 2024 launch.
- ESA says next Vega launch will not use the deployer mechanism that failed to deploy 2 of 12 satellites on October 9th launch
No other details about the investigation into the failure were released.
- ISRO provides viewing details of Gaganyaan launch abort test on October 21, 2023
The live stream will be here.
- Rocket Lab begins integration and testing of its dual NASA ESCAPADE satellites to study Mars’s magnetosphere
The launch is scheduled for 2024.
- Long March 2F rocket carrying next manned Shenzhou manned capsule rolled to launchpad
The launch is targeting October 26, 2023.
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay.
- Suborbital Dutch rocket to be launched in 2024 from German ocean platform
The link is in German, requiring a translation tool. From Jay a translation of the lede: “In April 2024, a rocket from the Dutch company T-Minus will be launched for the first time as part of a demonstration mission from a mobile launch platform of the “German-Offshore Spaceport Alliance” (GOSA) in the North Sea.”
- Europe posts revised Ariane-6 test schedule
The schedule as now planned:
October: Combined test, launch rehearsal with ignition of the main stage, Kourou, French Guiana
November: Combined test, long-duration firing of the main stage with Vulcain 2.1 engine, Kourou, French Guiana
December: Upper stage firing test, Lampoldshausen, Germany
They then hope to be ready for a 2024 launch.
- ESA says next Vega launch will not use the deployer mechanism that failed to deploy 2 of 12 satellites on October 9th launch
No other details about the investigation into the failure were released.
- ISRO provides viewing details of Gaganyaan launch abort test on October 21, 2023
The live stream will be here.
- Rocket Lab begins integration and testing of its dual NASA ESCAPADE satellites to study Mars’s magnetosphere
The launch is scheduled for 2024.
- Long March 2F rocket carrying next manned Shenzhou manned capsule rolled to launchpad
The launch is targeting October 26, 2023.