March 2015 – Page 5 – Spaceflight Now

OTD…March 22 and STS-3 and STS-76

March 22, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD in 1982 the 3rd launch of the space shuttle and in 1996 the 3rd Mir docking missioN

Arianespace to launch satellites for Earth imaging, data relay

March 21, 2015 Stephen Clark

Arianespace announced four launch orders this week to deploy spacecraft in orbit for Google, the United Arab Emirates and Europe’s new laser data relay satellite network.

SpaceX swaps order of next two Falcon 9 launches

March 21, 2015 Stephen Clark

Confronted with pesky problems in the Falcon 9 rocket’s helium pressurization system, SpaceX has shuffled the order of the next two launches, choosing to go ahead with the liftoff of a Dragon supply ship on a cargo delivery flight to the International Space Station around April 10.

Sierra Nevada proposes all-in-one solution for ISS resupply

March 20, 2015 Stephen Clark

Leveraging progress made to build a human-rated space plane for NASA’s commercial crew program, Sierra Nevada Corp. said this week it has offered a cargo-carrying version of the Dream Chaser spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station beginning in 2018.

Proton rocket launches with Russian telecom satellite

March 19, 2015 Stephen Clark

A Proton rocket and Breeze M upper stage deployed a Russian communications satellite in orbit Thursday after liftoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Stats: Atlas 5 history and backlog

March 19, 2015 Justin Ray

Here’s a look by the numbers of the previous Atlas 5 flight history and the current backlog and manifest for the rocket.

Delta 4-Heavy selected for launch of solar probe

March 18, 2015 Stephen Clark

A NASA spacecraft that will fly closer to the sun than any mission before will launch on a Delta 4-Heavy rocket in 2018, requiring a boost from the largest active launcher in the U.S. inventory and repeated flybys around Venus to reach an operating post inside the solar atmosphere.

Stats: Delta 4 history and manifest

March 18, 2015 Justin Ray

Here’s a look by the numbers of the previous Delta 4 flight history and the remaining flights of the rocket named Delta.

Photos: Next GPS satellite readied for launch

March 18, 2015 Justin Ray

The U.S. Air Force’s ninth Global Positioning System (GPS) 2F satellite, GPS 2F-9, is encapsulated in the Delta 4 rocket’s four-meter-diameter nose cone at a processing facility and then moved to the launch pad at Complex 37 for mating to its booster inside the mobile service tower.

Photos: Atlas 5/MMS launch gallery

March 17, 2015 Justin Ray

A photo gallery shows Thursday night’s successful Atlas 5 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral.