Rocket Launch Schedule

SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Rivada 1 Rocket Launch Details
CA Falcon 9 Heliophysics SpaceX USA Vandenberg SFB

SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | TRACERS Rocket Launch

NASA’s Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) mission, consisting of two identical satellites that will orbit Earth in tandem (one following the other), will help understand magnetic re-connection and its effects in Earth’s atmosphere. Magnetic re-connection occurs when activity from the Sun interacts with Earth’s magnetic field. By understanding this process, scientists will be able to better understand and prepare for impacts of solar activity on Earth.

United Launch Alliance | Vulcan VC6L | Project Kuiper (Vulcan #1) Rocket Launch Details
Cape Canaveral SFS Communications FL United Launch Alliance USA Vulcan VC6L

United Launch Alliance | Vulcan VC6L | Project Kuiper (Vulcan #1) Rocket Launch

Project Kuiper is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude.

45 satellites will be carried on each Vulcan launch.

SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Rivada 1 Rocket Launch Details
Astrophysics Cape Canaveral SFS Falcon 9 FL SpaceX USA

SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | TSIS-2 Rocket Launch

The Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor 2 (TSIS-2) is a satellite designed by NASA to measure the Sun’s energy input to Earth. TSIS-2 comprises two instruments, the Total Irradiance Monitor (TIM), and the spectral Irradiance Monitor (SIM). TIM measures total brightness and SIM measures spectral irradiance over a wavelength range that includes 96% of the energy in the solar spectrum. Both instruments are similar to those used for the TSIS-1 mission onboard the International Space Station.