2023 launch schedule :Amazon’s broadband satellites, Elon Musk’s starship & more:!
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Not only does Amazon deliver your modem to your house, but it also delivers its broadband
connection to space!
And did you know 2023 will see the first-ever commercial launch from the UK, by Virgin Orbit?
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========== JANUARY
Transporter-6.
Where: Cape Canaveral, Florida 2023 began with such a bang: for the 5th time,
Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully launched the Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, on
Jan 3rd.
This launch is really important because the rocket put Transporter-6 into orbit.
The transporter-6 mission will launch an agriculture-focused satellite for the company EOSDA, a company
that provides fast and actionable data to drive business and at the same time, preserve
our Planet.
Transporter.6 will put EOS SAT-1 into orbit, which will be the last of the 144 - 144!
- satellites to deploy the Transporter-6 mission.
RS1.
Where: Pacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska ABL Space Systems is a California-based startup.
It tried to launch its RS1 rocket multiple times from the Pacific Spaceport Complex,
Alaska, in the very last months, with no success.
Every time, another technical issue.
Story of my life.
But the team doesn’t despair, and they will try again on Jan 9, 2023.
The rocket will try to deliver to orbit 2 CubeSats to test marine data communications
operations.
Good Luck again, RS1!
By the end of January: Gsat-7C Where: Sriharikota, India & Virgin Orbit.
Where: Spaceport Cornwall, UK By the end of January we will probably have
other fantastic launches: first of all, the Indian space research organization, ISRO,
is expected to launch GSAT 7c. India was the seventh country to be capable of undertaking
orbital launches, and we are sure the launch another piece of the GSAT-7 mission, will
be more than successful.
GSAT-7 is an advanced communication satellite built by ISRO to provide communication capabilities
to users over a wide oceanic region, including the Indian land mass.
Virgin orbit is also supposed to launch by the end of the month.
People in the UK are impatiently waiting for this moment to come because this will be the
first Space launched from Cornwall.
Everyone is excited, except for the fact that, as usually happens with rockets, the launch
from Cornwall is facing delays.
There will be a Boing 747, nicknamed Cosmic Girl, that will carry a rocket under its left
wing to an altitude of about 35.000 ft (10 km) where it drops the liquid-fuelled booster
into a freefall.
Roughly four seconds into that fall, the rocket, known as launcher one, will ignite its first-stage
engine and begin its climb to orbit.
The overall mission, called “Start me up”, will be a launch of many firsts: the first
orbital launch ever from the United Kingdom, the first international launch for Virgin
Orbit, and the first commercial launch from Western Europe.
======================= FEBRUARY
Progress 83p.
Where: Baikonur spaceport, Kazakhstan The departure of the Russian cargo shuttle,
called Progress 83p, towards the ISS will probably take place on Feb 16, 2023.
But in addition to this, February should the orbital launch of Starship, from the Boca
Chica base.
Starship test flight.
Where: Boca Chica Base, United States Starship will be put into orbit thanks to
a Super Heavy vector of SpaceX.
As this is a test program, however, any dates and times are simply an estimate, based on
publicly known information.
This will be an important test because a modified version of the vehicle, called Moonship, is
expected to act as a lander in the Artemis III mission, the one destined in 2025 or 2026
to bring the first woman and the next man to the Moon.
Crew 6 mission.
Where: Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The take-off of the Crew 6 mission will probably take place in February as well, as 4 astronauts
are going for a long stay on the ISS.
Kuipersat 1 and 2.
Where.
Cape Canaveral, Florida Amazon, the big company led by Jeff Bezos,
created Project Kuiper because it wants to deliver fast and affordable broadband to unserved
and underserved communities around the world.
Kuipersat 1 and 2 are only the first two of the whole satellite constellation of amazon:
overall, the United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) new Vulcan Centaur Rocket is scheduled to
provide 47 launches!
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MARCH Close to the Dubai SpaceOps23, the 17th edition
of the International Conference on Space Operations, Polaris Dawn, the first space mission of the
commercial Polaris program, will also start.
Polaris Dawn.
Where: Kennedy Space Center, Florida The launch, to be the first of its kind for
a commercial crew mission, will utilize the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft to transport
its payload.
The mission is expected to bring dramatic advances focusing on breakthroughs in space
exploration, technology, and communications.
It will be equipped with cutting-edge equipment and technology, as well as advanced communication
capabilities.
It will also offer new insights into Earth's climate, as well as facilitate research into
observational astronomy.
The mission will be powered by renewable energy, aiming to reduce reliance on conventional
fuel sources.
The six team members aboard the mission are highly experienced, and the mission is expected
to be highly successful.
The Polaris program launch will be a major milestone in space exploration, and many are
looking forward to the results of the mission.
But this is not the end of it: the ISRO will try to launch the first orbital vehicle for
human transport!
Its name is Gagaanyan!
Gagaanyan.
Where: Sriharikota, India About 16 minutes after liftoff from the Satish
Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), Sriharikota, the rocket will inject the spacecraft into an
orbit 300–400 km (190–250 mi) above Earth.
When ready to land, its service module and solar panels will be disposed of before reentry.
The capsule would return for a parachute splashdown in the Bay of Bengal.
========== APRIL
April will be a… juicy month!
Finally, the European Space Agency (ESA) will have the chance to launch one of its most
awaited and important scientific missions: the Jupiter Ciy Moons Explorer, also known
as JUICE!
Juice will start with the launch of an Ariane 5 from the Kourou base, in French Guyana.
JUICE mission.
Where: Kourou base, French Guiana.
This amazing mission will be headed to Jupiter and its moons, arriving in July 2031.
It will be an important step toward the understanding of the icy moons such as Ganymede, Europa,
and Callisto, and it will probably give us unique insights into the possibility of life
as we know it.
Who knows, maybe some small organisms hide under the icy crust of such incredible worlds.
In fact, scientists are pretty sure an ocean of liquid water hides under the ice.
In April, the first manned flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is expected to
launch.
Starliner.
Where: Cape Canaveral, Florida This mission will bring veterans of the shuttle
missions Barry Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams into orbit.
Moreover, Starliner will be one of the means of transport to and from the International
Space Station!
I’m so excited, what about you?
================= MAY
Do you know what a taikonaut is?
It is a Chinese astronaut.
Shenzou spacecraft to Tiangong.
Where: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gobi Desert
The launch date has not been made public, but a trio of taikonauts will be sent to Tiangong
in May.
Tiangong is not a city, guys!!
It is the Chinese modular space station!
A Shenzou spacecraft will do the job.
There will probably be space for Sentinel 1C, a satellite of the Copernicus constellation,
to be launched.
Sentinel 1C.
Where: Kourou, French Guiana Copernicus is the most ambitious Earth observation
program to date.
It provides accurate, timely, and easily accessible information to improve the management of the
environment, understand and mitigate the effects of climate change and ensure civil security.
========= JUNE
Chandrayaan-3.
Where: Sriharikota, India India will be in the game again in June: the
Chandrayaan-3 mission should take off by the end of the month.
Indians are now determined to bring a rover and a lander to the lunar surface, having
missed the opportunity in 2019, when the spacecraft crashed in September.
Go, ISRO!
====== JULY
Luna 25.
Where: Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia In July, we will have the opportunity to dream
about the moon again.
The Luna 25 mission of Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, is expected to bring a lander
close to the lunar south pole.
In its current form, Luna 25 is a lander with the primary mission of proving the landing
technology, but the mission will also carry scientific instruments, including a robotic
arm for soil samples and drilling hardware.
And while Russia will be going to the moon, ESA will explore the so-called Dark universe.
Euclid.
Where: Cape Canaveral, Florida In July, the launch window for the Euclid
satellite will finally open.
The satellite will map the universe and will observe billions of galaxies distant up to
10 billion light-years from Earth.
========= August
The hot summer won't be able to stop space activities in New Zealand: in August, the
Kinéis 11-15 mission is expected to take off.
Kinéis mission.
Where: New Zealand It will bring the third batch of 5 satellites
for the French Kinéis IoT constellation.
This constellation of satellites allows any object equipped with a compatible transceiver,
to be located across the world and to transmit data collected from its measurement sensors.
It also provides a special type of connectivity, called IoT, which is available everywhere,
especially in remote areas where no other network is available!
Crew 7.
Where: Cape Canaveral, Florida Then, the grand finale!
The Crew 7 mission to the international space station will also take place.
Operated by SpaceX, the expedition will see the return to orbit of Andreas Mogensen, Danish
ESA astronaut.
===== September
Psyche.
Where: Florida In September, Falcon Heavy will once again
be on the ramp to take off with an interplanetary mission called Psyche.
Psyche will provide us with precious insights from the main belt asteroid 16 Psych, which
will be reached in 4 years.
Scientists speculate 16 Psyche is a remnant of the core of an early planet.
Studying these kinds of objects, will offer us clues as to how the Solar System formed,
and later, evolved.
===== October
No missions are apparently scheduled for October, but from 2 to 6, in Azerbaijan, the 74th edition
of the International Astronautical Congress will take place.
Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, will host the IAC again 50 years after it did so for
the first time, in 1974.
===== November and December
Ariane 6.
Where: Europe’s Spaceport, French Guiana The end of 2023 will be spectacular and crucial,
especially for European Space.
Finally, the new launcher Ariane 6 will take off.
Ariane 6 already has 18 launches planned with Amazon’s Kuiper satellites, but it could
also house Susie, a European vehicle that could transport humans into space.
========== This period will be a turning point for the
world’s improvement.
Thanks to data collected on Earth, for example, better methods of managing resources will
be developed and shared between countries.
In addition, space will no longer be the domain of large countries and organizations but will
become more accessible to the private sector, providing new opportunities for innovation.
2023 will be a great year for space exploration and the world’s future.
Many incredible new projects and ideas will be brought to life and we will be able to
see the results of our current and future efforts to promote a better and more sustainable
world.
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