Will Robinson-Smith
Space Reporter at Spaceflight Now
Storyteller, reporter for @SpaceflightNow, movie lover, and proud @MedillSchool (Northwestern) alum. Retweets are not endorsements.
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4 days ago |
spaceflightnow.com | Will Robinson-Smith
SpaceX is back at the launch pad for a midweek flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The Starlink 11-22 mission will the company’s 50th Starlink launch of the year. Launch teams are targeting a liftoff of their Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East at 4:28 p.m. PDT (7:28 p.m. EDT, 2338 UTC) on Wednesday. Spaceflight Now will have live coverage beginning about 30 minutes prior to liftoff.
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5 days ago |
spaceflightnow.com | Will Robinson-Smith
Rocket Lab is back at the pad in support of its customer, BlackSky, and the next launch for its Gen-3 satellite constellation. Teams are looking to launch the mission, dubbed ‘Full Stream Ahead,’ from Pad A at Rocket Lab’s launch complex in Mahia, New Zealand, at 11:57 a.m. NZT on June 3 (7:57 p.m. EDT, 2357 UTC on June 2). Rocket Lab will host a livestream of the mission beginning with the final 20 minutes of the countdown. Come back to this page later for the embedded video.
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5 days ago |
spaceflightnow.com | Will Robinson-Smith
SpaceX will make another attempt Tuesday to launch its latest batch of Starlink satellites following a scrub in the pre-dawn hours of Monday. Liftoff of the Starlink 12-19 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is currently targeted for 12:42 a.m. EDT (0442 UTC) on Tuesday, June 3. Spaceflight Now will have live coverage beginning about an hour prior to liftoff.
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6 days ago |
spaceflightnow.com | Will Robinson-Smith
SpaceX is watching an active period of solar activity as it hopes to launch 23 Starlink satellites in the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday morning. The launch team is gearing up for a liftoff of the Starlink 12-19 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 1:01 a.m. EDT (0501 UTC). Spaceflight Now will have live coverage beginning about an hour prior to liftoff. On Sunday, the 45th Weather Squadron forecast a 75 percent chance for favorable weather at liftoff.
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1 week ago |
spaceflightnow.com | Will Robinson-Smith
In an abrupt about-face on Saturday, President Donald Trump pulled the nomination of his pick for the next person to lead NASA. His nomination was days away from a vote in front of the full U.S. Senate. The withdrawal of Jared Isaacman, an entrepreneur and commercial astronaut, came less than a day after NASA published its proposed budget, which fleshes out the deep cuts forecast in the “skinny budget” previously released.
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