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Atlas V N22 | CST-100 Starliner Orbital Flight Test 2 (OFT-2)
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May 19, 2022, 10:54 p.m.
Test Flight
This is the second uncrewed test flight for the Starliner spacecraft. Reflight of the OFT mission will allow Boeing to demonstrate readiness of the spacecraft and implement corrections to the problems which were found during the first OFT flight.
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May 25, 2022
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 5 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Sun-Synchronous Orbit Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Transporter 5 mission is a dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
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Upcoming Events
Press Event
May 20, 2022
Boeing Starliner OFT-2 Post-Launch News Conference
Kennedy Space CenterNASA and Boeing will conduct a post-launch news conference for the uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) of Boeing’s Starliner commercial crew spacecraft.
Docking
May 20, 2022
Boeing Starliner OFT-2 Docking
International Space StationThe Boeing CST-100 Starliner will dock with the International Space Station as part of its second uncrewed test flight.
Spacecraft Undocking
May 25, 2022
Boeing Starliner OFT-2 Undocking
International Space StationThe Boeing CST-100 Starliner will undock from the International Space Station and conduct a deorbit burn as part of its second uncrewed test flight. Following the deorbit burn the capsule will renter the Earth's atmosphere and land at the 'White Sands Missile Range' using its parachutes.
Spacecraft Landing
May 25, 2022
Boeing Starliner OFT-2 Landing
White Sands Missile RangeFollowing its deorbit burn, the Boeing CST-100 Starliner will reenter the Earth's atmosphere and land at the White Sands Missile Range using its parachutes.
Soyuz 2.1a
Kosmos 2556 (Bars-M No. 3)
43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationBars-M is the second incarnation of the Bars project, which was started in the mid 1990ies to develop a successor for the Komtea class of area survei…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 4-18
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAA batch of 53 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 4-15
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAA batch of satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 4-13
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 53 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Hyperbola-1
Jilin-1 Mofang-01A(R)
Unknown Pad - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaNew generation experimental Earth imaging satellite for the Jilin-1 constellation. NOTE: Payload identity unconfirmed.
Long March 7
Tianzhou-4
Wenchang - Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThird cargo delivery mission to the Chinese large modular space station.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 4-17
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAA batch of 53 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Long March 2D
Jilin-1 Wideband-01C & High Resolution 03D-27 to 33
Launch Complex 9 - Taiyuan, People's Republic of ChinaEarth observation satellites for the Jilin-1 commercial Earth observation satellites constellation.
Electron
There and Back Again
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandCommercial rideshare mission including payloads for Alba Orbital, Astrix Astronautics, Aurora Propulsion Technologies, E-Space, Spaceflight Inc, Swar…
Long March 11
Jilin-1 Gaofen 03D-04 to 07 & 04A
Mobile launch platform - Sea LaunchEarth observation satellites for the Jilin-1 commercial Earth observation satellites constellation.
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