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Brightness of first Chinese broadband constellation satellites alarms astronomers (spacenews.com)
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ULA’s second Vulcan rocket lost part of its booster and kept going (arstechnica.com)
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Vega C ready for return to flight after second motor test (spacenews.com)
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[Scott Manley] How Did The Vulcan Rocket Survive This Booster Failure? (www.youtube.com)
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Here's the requisite Manley analysis of the GEM 63XL SRB anomaly on today's Vulcan certification flight.

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ULA Vulcan Cert-2 launch thread! (sh.itjust.works)
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Time for the second launch of Vulcan!

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-10-04 11:25 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-10-04 07:25 (EST) | | Launch site | SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida. | | Launch provider | United Launch Alliance (ULA) | | Launch vehicle | Vulcan Centaur (VC2S configuration*) | | Mission success criteria | Successful launch and deployment of payloads into desired orbit |

VC2S configuration breakdown:

  • V: Vulcan first stage
  • C: Centaur V upper stage
  • 2: Two GEM 63XL solid rocket boosters on the first stage
  • S: Standard size fairing, 15.5 m in length

Livestreams

| Stream | Link | |

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| | ULA | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAUatH8O6Ng | | NASASpaceFlight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPztD5zwgYY | | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec_4DHUylEg | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yTZpKycf-w | | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lIdTeAs5As |

Stats

☑️ 2nd Vulcan mission of 2024

☑️ 2nd Vulcan mission overall

☑️ 5th ULA mission of 2024

☑️ 163rd ULA mission overall

Payload info

Certification Flight 2

Replacement Vulcan test launch with inert payload, experiments, and demonstrations for certification with the USSF after delays caused by payload testing of the Sierra Space Dreamchaser CRS SNC-1 mission, the original planned payload.

| Target orbit | Heliocentric Orbit | |

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| | Payloads | 1 | | Total Mass | 1,500 kg |

Previous ULA launch: USSF-51

Next ULA launch: [TBD]

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ULA hasn’t given up on developing a long-lived cryogenic space tug (arstechnica.com)
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NASA is working on a plan to replace its space station, but time is running out (arstechnica.com)
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Sierra Space Ghost: Revolutionizing Global Logistics (www.sierraspace.com)
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ULA set for second Vulcan launch (spacenews.com)
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ESA continues Hera launch preparations amid Falcon 9 grounding (spacenews.com)
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Companies seek more opportunities to send private astronaut missions to ISS (spacenews.com)
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ESA’s Hera mission progresses towards launch pending Falcon 9 readiness (spaceflightnow.com)
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The politically incorrect guide to saving NASA’s floundering Artemis Program (arstechnica.com)
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China launches reusable Shijian-19 satellite for space breeding and technology tests (spacenews.com)
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China unveils lunar spacesuit for crewed moon mission (spacenews.com)
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NASA cites progress in reducing ISS air leak (spacenews.com)
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Launch Roundup: Vulcan ready for second flight; Hera mission set to study asteroid - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
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They're Building an Actual Space Gun | Longshot Space (www.youtube.com)
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ULA rolls its Vulcan rocket to the launch pad ahead of second test flight – Spaceflight Now (spaceflightnow.com)
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SpaceX launches mission to bring Starliner astronauts back to Earth (arstechnica.com)
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Firefly offers insight on MLV testing, reusability plans - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
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Rocket Report: SpaceX salvages Starship wreckage; pessimism for Virgin Galactic (arstechnica.com)
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Two-man crew bound for space station will give Starliner astronauts a ride home in February – Spaceflight Now (spaceflightnow.com)
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NASA confirms space station cracking a “highest” risk and consequence problem (arstechnica.com)
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University researchers flag cislunar space debris concerns (spacenews.com)
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