OK SINCE 2019 LAUNCH PAGES WERE A SUCCESS WERE GONNA DO LAUNCHES FOR 2020 There Will Also be a Seperate Time Line Page Created to View the Launch Reports from Test Firing to Deployment of Cargo
Those Pages Will Also Have the What Launch it is and a Link to the Live Video Feed of the Launch with Playback
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http://www.shtfli.com/shtfliforum/index.php?board=34.0 SO SIT BACK & ENJOY THE RIDE OF THE 2020 LAUNCHESLets Talk Rockets and Launches--Im Located in Florida and 84.88 Air Miles to the North of Me is Cape Canaveral where i Can See the Rocket Launches Very Well--More the Flame Trail than the Actual Rocket Itself Without Binoculars
There was 1 Night Not Long Ago in 2019 I Had Dan 974 on the Radio *(He was in NY)* and I Let Him Know What was Going On and Told Him to Look Down South and Look for the Streak of Light from the Rocket Being Launched and Long & Behold He Actually saw
the Flame Trail from the Rocket *(941 Air Miles)* and He Tweeted the Results of Success
So What I am Getting at is If He Can See It You Should be Able to Also--My Next Experiment is to See if I Can See any Launches Coming from the West Out of California Across to the East
Below i Will be Listing the LAUNCH --> Dates / Times / Locations of Launches / Cargo of LaunchMost of these Launches are Televised on the Web and Sometimes there is a Camera Mounted on the Craft Thru-Out the Process of Deployment of Sats **(Really Cool to Watch)* along with Speeds and Distance Gauges Embedded in the Video
*(JANUARY LAUNCHES)*
2020
Jan. 6
Falcon 9 • Starlink 2
Launch time: Approx.(9:20 p.m. EST on 6th)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to launch the third batch of approximately 60 satellites for
SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink 2.
Delayed from Dec.21 / Dec.30 / Dec.31 / Jan.3 2019
Jan. 18
The Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon ABORT TEST LAUNCH
Launch time: Approx. (8:00 a.m. EST)
Launch site: SLC-39A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
SCRUBBED-->NEW DATE / TIME--> JAN.19TH with a 6 Hour Window Starting at 8:00 a.m.
The Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon will roll back out to pad 39A, where teams will run through final launch preparations ahead of a planned liftoff next Saturday, Jan. 18, during a four-hour window opening at 8 a.m. EST (1300 GMT).
The high-altitude abort demonstration will be the final major test flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft before it is cleared to fly astronauts. A two-man team of veteran NASA shuttle astronauts is assigned to the Crew Dragon’s first piloted flight, designated Demo-2, later this year.
Jan,24
Falcon 9 • Starlink 3
Launch time:(10:54 a.m. EST)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
THIS LAUNCH WAS SCRUBBED DUE TO WEATHER
Another Launch Opportunity is Wednesday, January 29 at 9:06 a.m. EST (14:06 GMT)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to launch the fourth batch of approximately 60 satellites for
SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink 3.
Delayed from--Dec.12 2019--Jan 14-17-20-21-24-27-28,2020
*(FEBRUARY LAUNCHES)*
2020
Feb. 9/10
Atlas 5 • Solar Orbiter
Launch time: (11:03 p.m.-1:03 a.m. EST on 7th/8th)
Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, designated AV-087, will launch the Solar Orbiter spacecraft for NASA and the European
Space Agency. Built by Airbus Defense and Space, Solar Orbiter, or SolO, will travel inside the orbit of Mercury to study how the
sun creates and controls the heliosphere, the vast bubble of charged particles blown by the solar wind into the interstellar medium.
The rocket will fly in the 411 vehicle configuration with a four-meter fairing, one solid rocket booster and a single-engine Centaur
upper stage.
Delayed from--Nov.19 2019--Jan 26--Feb 5 & 7,2020
Feb.15
Antares • NG-13
Launch Time:(3:21 p.m. EST)
Launch site: Pad 0A, Wallops Island, Virginia
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket will launch the 14th Cygnus cargo freighter on the 13th operational cargo delivery flight to the International Space Station. The mission is known as NG-13. The rocket will fly in the Antares 230 configuration, with two RD-181
first stage engines and a Castor 30XL second stage.
Moved Forward from April 20 2020
Delayed from Sept 11 & Feb 7 2019--Jan.10 / Feb. 7-14,2020
February 17
Falcon 9 • Starlink 4
Launch time:(10:04 a.m. EST)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to launch the fifth batch of approximately 60 satellites for
SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink 4.
Delayed from--Sept.11 2019--Jan 21--Feb,14-15-16,2020
*(MARCH LAUNCHES)*
2020
Mar. 6
Falcon 9 • SpaceX CRS 20
Launch window:(11:50:30 p.m. EST )
Launch site: SLC 40 Cape Canaveral, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 22nd Dragon spacecraft mission on its 20th operational cargo delivery flight to the
International Space Station. The flight is being conducted under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.
Delayed from Oct.15--June 4 2019--Jan 27--March 1 & 2,2020
March 18
Falcon 9 • Starlink 5
Launch time: Approx.(8:16 a.m. EDT)
Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to launch the sixth batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network,
A mission designated Starlink 5.
Delayed from Jan.21--Feb 14--Mar.2-4 & 11
March 26
Atlas 5 • AEHF 6
Launch window:(2:57-4:57 p.m. EDT)
Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will launch the sixth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite. Built by
Lockheed Martin, this U.S. military spacecraft will provide highly-secure communications. The rocket will fly in the 551 vehicle configuration with a five-meter fairing, five solid rocket boosters and a single-engine Centaur upper stage.
Delayed from--Aug.12 2019--January 22--Feb.13--Mar.13 & 19,2020
*(APRIL LAUNCHES)*
2020
April 22
Falcon 9 • Starlink 6
Launch time: (3:37 p.m. EDT)
Launch site: SLC-39-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to launch the seventh batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink 6.
Delayed from--April 8 & 16,2020
Moved from April 23,2020
*(MAY LAUNCHES)*
2020
May 16-->SCRUBBED--MOVED TO 5/17
Atlas 5 • USSF 7/OTV-6
New Launch Window: (9:41 a.m. EDT)
Launch Site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will launch the USSF 7 mission, formerly known as AFSPC 7, for the U.S. Space Force. The mission’s primary payload is the X-37B, a spaceplane also called the Orbital Test Vehicle, on the program’s sixth mission. The rocket will fly in the 501 vehicle configuration with a five-meter fairing, no solid rocket boosters and a single-engine Centaur upper stage.
Delayed from December.
Moved forward from May 20.
Launch window estimate is based on airspace warning notices.
SCRUBBED on 5/16-Moved to 5/17
May 19 *(CANCELLED DUE TO TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR--WILL BE HELD IN JUNE)*
Falcon 9 • Starlink 7
Launch window:
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to launch the eighth batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink 7.
Delayed from May 7.
Updated to clarify the possibility of launching May 17, assuming range availability.
Moved to 5/18
Moved to 5/19
May 30
Falcon 9 • Crew Dragon Demo 2
Launch time: 19:22:45 GMT (3:22:45 p.m. EDT)
Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft on its first test flight with astronauts on-board to the International Space Station under the auspices of NASA’s commercial crew program. NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken will fly on the Demo-2 mission. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea.
Delayed from June, July 25, Sept. 21, February, April and May 7.
Scrubbed on May 27 due to bad weather
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2020
June 13
Falcon 9 • Starlink 8/SkySats 16-18
Launch time: 0921 GMT (5:21 a.m. EDT)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to launch the ninth batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink 8. Three SkySat Earth-imaging satellites for Planet will launch as rideshare payloads on this mission.
Delayed from late May in ripple effect from Starlink 7 delays.
Delayed from June 12
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June 22Falcon 9 • Starlink 9/BlackSky Global 5 & 6
Launch time: 22:20 GMT (
6:20 p.m. EDT)
Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to launch the tenth batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink 9. Two Earth observation microsatellites for BlackSky Global, a Seattle-based company, will launch as rideshare payloads on this mission.
Moved forward from June 24.
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June 30
Falcon 9 • GPS 3 SV03
Launch window: 1955-2010 GMT (3:55-4:10 p.m. EDT)
Launch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the U.S. Air Force’s third third-generation navigation satellite for the Global Positioning System. The satellite is built by Lockheed Martin. The Air Force previously planned to launch the second GPS 3-series satellite on this mission.
Delayed from October, December, January and March.
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2020
3rd Quarter
Electron • STP-27RM
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Launch Complex 2, Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Wallops Island, Virginia
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch on its first mission from a new launch pad at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Virginia. The launch customer is the U.S. Air Force, and the mission will launch an experimental mission for the Space Test Program called Monolith with a space weather instrument. The Monolith mission will demonstrate the ability of a small satellite to support large aperture payloads.
Delayed from 2nd Quarter of 2019.
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TBD
Falcon 9 • Anasis 2
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Anasis 2, or KMilSatCom 1, communications satellite for the South Korean military. The spacecraft was built by Airbus Defense and Space.
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July 15
Minotaur 4 • NROL-129
Launch window: TBD
Launch site: Pad 0B, Wallops Island, Virginia
A U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman Minotaur 4 rocket will launch a classified spy satellite cargo for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
Delayed from 4th Quarter 2019, Feb. 15 and March 31.
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July 20
Atlas 5 • Mars 2020
Launch window: 13:15-15:15 GMT (9:15-11:15 a.m. EDT)
Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will launch NASA’s Mars 2020 rover to the Red Planet. After landing in February 2021, the Mars 2020 rover, named Perseverance, will study Martian geology, search for organic compounds, demonstrate the ability to generate oxygen from atmospheric carbon dioxide, and collect rock samples for return to Earth by a future mission. The rocket will fly in the 541 vehicle configuration with a five-meter fairing, four solid rocket boosters and a single-engine Centaur upper stage.
Delayed from July 17.
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TBD
Falcon 9 • SAOCOM 1B
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the SAOCOM 1B satellite for CONAE, Argentina’s space agency. SAOCOM 1B is the second of two SAOCOM 1-series Earth observation satellites designed to provide radar imagery to help emergency responders and monitor the environment, including the collection of soil moisture measurements. Delayed from 4th Quarter of 2019, January and February. This mission was originally scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
Delayed from March 30 due to coronavirus pandemic.
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2020
Aug. 1
Falcon 9 • SXM 7
Launch window: 0427 GMT (12:27 a.m. EDT)
Launch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the SXM 7 satellite for SiriusXM. The satellite will replace the XM 3 satellite in SiriusXM’s fleet providing satellite radio programming to consumers across North America. SXM 7 was built by Maxar Technologies, and features a large unfurlable S-band reflector to broadcast radio signals to users on the ground.
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LauncherOne • ELaNa-20
Launch window: TBD
Launch site: Cosmic Girl (Boeing 747), Mojave Air and Space Port, California
A Virgin Orbit LauncherOne rocket will launch on its second flight after dropping from a modified Boeing 747 carrier jet. The flight will be conducted under contract to NASA’s Venture Class Launch Services Program, carrying 14 CubeSats to orbit for NASA field centers, U.S. educational institutions and laboratories on the ELaNa-20 rideshare mission.
Delayed from Aug.1, Sept.1, November, Dec.1,2019-- Mid-February and July 1.2020
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August
Falcon 9 • GPS 3 SV04
Launch window: TBD
Launch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the U.S. Air Force’s fourth third-generation navigation satellite for the Global Positioning System. The satellite is built by Lockheed Martin.
Delayed from October, December 2019-- May and July.2020
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Aug. 26
Delta 4-Heavy • NROL-44
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
A United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket will launch a classified spy satellite cargo for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The largest of the Delta 4 family, the Heavy version features three Common Booster Cores mounted together to form a triple-body rocket.
Delayed from June.
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Aug. 30
Falcon 9 • Crew 1
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft on its first operational flight with astronauts on-board to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker, and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi will launch on the Crew Dragon spacecraft.
The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea.
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2020
Sept. 7
Antares • NG-14
Launch window: TBD
Launch site: Pad 0A, Wallops Island, Virginia
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket will launch the 15th Cygnus cargo freighter on the 14th operational cargo delivery flight to the International Space Station. The mission is known as NG-14. The rocket will fly in the Antares 230 configuration, with two RD-181 first stage engines and a Castor 30XL second stage.
Moved forward from October.
Delayed from Aug. 31. 2020[May 9]
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September
Atlas 5 • NROL-101
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will launch a classified spacecraft payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The rocket will fly in the 531 vehicle configuration with a five-meter fairing, three solid rocket boosters and a single-engine Centaur upper stage. The mission was changed from an earlier planned “551” configuration.
This will be the first launch of an Atlas 5 rocket with new Northrop Grumman-built GEM-63 solid rocket motors, replacing the Aerojet Rocketdyne AJ-60A solid rocket motors used on previous Atlas 5s. [Jan. 21]
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3rd Quarter
Atlas 5 • CST-100 Starliner Orbital Flight Test 2
Launch window: TBD
Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, designated AV-082, will launch Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on second unpiloted test flight to the International Space Station. This mission was added after Boeing’s decision to refly the Starliner’s Orbital Flight Test before proceeding with the Crew Flight Test.
The rocket will fly in a vehicle configuration with two solid rocket boosters and a dual-engine Centaur upper stage. [April 13]
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2020
4th Quarter
Delta 4-Heavy • NROL-82
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: SLC-6, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
A United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket will launch a classified spy satellite cargo for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The largest of the Delta 4 family, the Heavy version features three Common Booster Cores mounted together to form a triple-body rocket.
Delayed from September.2020 [Jan. 13]
4th Quarter
Falcon 9 • Turksat 5A
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Turksat 5A communications satellite for Turksat, a Turkish satellite operator. Built by Airbus Defense and Space with significant Turkish contributions, the Turkish 5A satellite will provide Ku-band television broadcast services
over Turkey, the Middle East, Europe and Africa. [June 5]
Oct. 30
Falcon 9 • SpaceX CRS 21
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Dragon 2 spacecraft on its first cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. The flight is the 21st mission by SpaceX conducted under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.
Delayed from Aug. 5. [March 5]
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2020
November
Falcon 9 • Sentinel 6A
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Sentinel 6A, or Jason-CS A, satellite. The Sentinel 6A satellite is a joint mission between the European Space Agency, NASA, NOAA, CNES and Eumetsat to continue the sea level data record previously collected by the Jason
series of satellites. Sentinel 6A, built by Airbus Defense and Space and Thales Alenia Space in Europe, will also join the European Commission’s Copernicus Earth observation satellite network. [Dec. 30]
Late 2020
Falcon Heavy • USSF 44
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the USSF 44 mission for the U.S. Air Force. The mission is expected to deploy two
undisclosed payloads into geosynchronous orbit. [Dec. 30]
4th Quarter
Atlas 5 • USSF 8 (GSSAP 5 & 6)
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will launch the USSF 8 mission with the fifth and sixth satellites for the Space Force’s Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program, or GSSAP, designed to help the military track and observe objects in geosynchronous orbit.
The rocket will fly in the 511 vehicle configuration with a five-meter fairing, one solid rocket booster and a single-engine Centaur
upper stage. [Jan. 13]
4th Quarter
Minotaur 1 • NROL-111
Launch window: TBD
Launch site: Pad 0B, Wallops Island, Virginia
A U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman Minotaur 1 rocket will launch a classified spy satellite cargo for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
Delayed from December 2018, 2nd Quarter 2019 and late 2019. [Jan. 13]
NET Late 2020
Atlas 5 • CST-100 Starliner Crew Flight Test
Launch window: TBD
Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will launch Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on its first mission with astronauts, known as the Crew Test Flight, to the International Space Station. The capsule will dock with the space station, then return to Earth to landing in the Western United States. Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson and NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann will fly on the Crew Flight Test. The rocket will fly in a vehicle configuration with two solid rocket boosters and a dual-engine Centaur upper stage. Delayed from August and 1st Quarter of 2020.
Delayed from mid-2020 after Boeing decision to refly the Orbital Flight Test. [April 13]
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