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Launched:[/size]

№ – Дата, Время (GMT)– КА – РКН/РБ – Космодром
Date, Time (GMT) - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site
20 January, 21:10:30 - NRO L-49 - Delta IV-H - Vandenberg SLC-6

Scheduled:[/size]

2011:
Дата, Время (GMT)– КА – РКН/РБ – Космодром
Date, Time (GMT) - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site

6 February - NRO L-66 - Minotaur 1-Vandenberg
23 February, 10:09:43 - Glory/Kysat/Hermes/Explorer-1' - Taurus-XL 3110 - Vandenberg LC-576E
24 February, 21:50 - STS-133/Leonardo - Discovery - Kennedy LC-39A
4 March - X-37B OTV-2 FLT-1 - Atlas V 501 - Canaveral SLC-41
11 March - NRO L-27 - Delta IV-M+(4,2) - Canaveral SLC-37B
31 March - NRO L-34 - Atlas V 511 - Vandenberg SLC-3E
6 April - ORS-1 - Minotaur I - MARS LP-0B
19 April, 23:48 - STS-134/ELC-3/AMS - Endeavour - Kennedy LC-39A
30 April - SBIRS-GEO 1 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
Early May - TacSat-4 - Minotaur IV - Kodiak LP-1
9 June - SAC-D - Delta II 7320 - Vandenberg SLC-2W
23 June - GPS IIF-5 - Delta IV-M+(4,2) - Canaveral SLC-37B
28 June, 20:48 - STS-135/Rafaelo/LMC - Atlantis - Kennedy LC-39A
15 July - Dragon C2/Orbcomm 2G (x2) - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
5 August, 16:10-17:40 - Juno - Atlas V 551 - Canaveral SLC-41
8 September, 12:35:52/13:14:35 - GRAIL - Delta II 7920H - Canaveral SLC-17B
8 October - Dragon C3 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 - may be cancelled
25 October, 09:47:35-09:57:35 - NPP-Bridge - Delta II 7920 - Vandenberg SLC-2W
25 November, 14:21 - MSL - Atlas V 541 - Canaveral SLC-41
November - February 2012 - WGS-4 - Delta IV-M+(5,4) - Canaveral SLC-37B
6 December - NRO L-15 - Delta IV-H - Canaveral SLC-37B
7 December - Dragon CRS1 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
14 December - Cygnus Demo - Taurus II - MARS LP-0A
TBD - MDA payload - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - Colony-1 (x8 )/TBD - Falcon 1e - Omelek
TBD - Orbcomm 2G - Falcon 1e - Omelek

2012:
Дата, Время (GMT)– КА – РКН/РБ – Космодром
Date, Time (GMT) - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site

30 January - AEHF-2 - Atlas V 531 - Canaveral SLC-41
3 February - NuSTAR - Pegasus-XL - Kwajalein
February - GPS IIF-4 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
1-st quarter - Cygnus CRS1 - Taurus II - MARS LP-0A
13 April - TDRS-K - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
31 May - RBSP (x2) - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
NLT Summer - AEHF-3 - Atlas V 531 - Canaveral SLC-41
September - SET-1 - TBD - TBD
October - MUOS-1 - Atlas V 551 - Canaveral SLC-41
October - LADEE - Minotaur V - MARS LP-0B
1 December - IRIS - Pegasus XL - Vandenberg
NET December - Landsat DCM - Atlas V 401 - Vandenberg SLC-3E
4Q? - GeoEye-2/TBD? - Atlas V 401 - Vandenberg SLC-3E
TBD - GPS IIF-2 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD? - WGS-5 - EELV - Canaveral
TBD - WGS-6 - EELV - Canaveral
TBD - Geospace ITSP - Taurus - Vandenberg LC-576E - ??
TBD - NRO L-45 - Atlas V - Vandenberg SLC-3E
TBD - NRO L-36 - EELV - TBD
TBD - Dragon CRS2 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - Dragon CRS3 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - Dragon CRS4 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - SAOCOM-1A - Falcon 9 - Vandenberg SLC-4 - or Omelek
TBD - DragonLab-1 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - Cassiope - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - AMOS-4 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 - or Omelek
TBD - DMSP-5D3 F19 - EELV - Vandenberg
TBD - NRO L-25 - Delta IV-M+(5,2) - Vandenberg SLC-6
TBD - SBIRS-GEO 2 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - GPS IIF-3 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41

Other
Дата, Время (GMT)– КА – РКН/РБ – Космодром
Date, Time (GMT) - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site

23 February 2013 - TDRS-L - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
18 November 2013 - MAVEN - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral
December 2013 - Astrobotic Lunar Mission - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2013 - NRO L-35 - EELV - TBD
2013 - Dragon CRS5 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2013 - Dragon CRS6 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2013 - Dragon CRS7 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2013 - SAOCOM-1B - Falcon 9 - Vandenberg SLC-4 (TBC) - or Omelek
2013 - DragonLab-2 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2013 - NRO L-39 - Atlas V 501 - Vandenberg SLC-3E
2013 - FORMOSAT 5 - Falcon 1e - Omelek

May 2014 - GEMS - TBD - TBD
14 August 2014 - MMS - Atlas V 421 - Canaveral SLC-41
1 December 2014 - GPM - Taurus-XL - Vandenberg LC-576E - or November - multiple launches?
3-rd quarter 2014 - Formosat-7 (6 sat) - Minotaur-4 - Vandenberg
November 2014 - SMAP - TBD - TBD
2014 - GPS IIIA-1 - EELV - Canaveral
2014 - NRO L-55 - EELV - TBD
2014 - DMSP-5D3 F20 - EELV - Vandenberg
2014 - Dragon CRS8 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2014 - Dragon CRS9 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2014 - Dragon CRS10 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2014 - Sundancer - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2014 - Orbcomm 2G (x3?) - Falcon 1e - Omelek
2014 - Space Systems/Loral payload - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 or Omelek
2014 - Astrium payload - Falcon 1e - Omelek

1-st quarter 2015 - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
October 2015 - GOES-R - TBD - Canaveral
October 2015 - ICESat-II - TBD - TBD
December 2015 - TDRS-M - EELV - Canaveral
2015 - SIM-Lite - Atlas V 431? - Canaveral SLC-41 - or equivalent rocket
2015 - NRO L-37 - Delta IV-H - TBD
2015 - Dragon CRS11 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2015 - Dragon CRS12 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2015 - JPSS-1 - TBD - TBD

3-rd quarter 2016 - Formosat-7 (7 sat) - Minotaur-4 - Vandenberg
December 2016 - TDRS-N - EELV - Canaveral
January 2016 - ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter/EDM lander - Atlas V 421 - Canaveral SLC-41
2016 - Discovery 12 - TBD - TBD
2016 - EX-1 - TBD - TBD
2016 - Grace-FO - TBD - TBD

February 2017 - GOES-S - TBD - Canaveral
2017 - EX-2 - TBD - TBD
2017 -DESDynl-L - TBD - TBD
2017 - CLARREO-1 - TBD - TBD
2017 - AEHF-4 - Atlas V 531 - Canaveral SLC-41

August 2018 - Solar Probe Plus - TBD - TBD
2018 - Discovery 13 - TBD - TBD
2018 - PACE - TBD - TBD
2018 - ExoMars rover - Atlas V - Canaveral

April 2019 - GOES-T - TBD - Canaveral
2019 - ASCENDS - TBD - TBD
2019 - EX-3 - TBD - TBD
2019 - JPSS-2 - TBD - TBD

September 2020 - ITSP - TBD - TBD
2020 - LISA - TBD - TBD
2020 - IXO - TBD - TBD
2020 - CLARREO-2 - TBD - TBD
2020 - EX-4 - TBD - TBD
2020 - STP-5 - TBD - TBD
2020 - SWOT - TBD - TBD

2021 - GEC - TBD - TBD - ??

January 2022 - Solar Sentinals - TBD - TBD

April 2024 - GOES-U - EELV - Canaveral

TBD - GPS IIF-6 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - GPS IIF-7 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - GPS IIF-8 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - GPS IIF-9 - Delta IV-M+(4,2) - Canaveral SLC-37B
TBD - GPS IIF-10 - Delta IV-M+(4,2) - Canaveral SLC-37B
TBD - GPS IIF-11 - EELV - Canaveral - ??
TBD - GPS IIF-12 - EELV - Canaveral - ??
TBD - SBIRS-GEO 3 - Delta IV-M+(4,2) - Canaveral SLC-37B
TBD - MUOS-2 - Atlas V 551? - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - NRO L-38 - EELV - TBD
TBD - Orbcomm 2G (x3?) - Falcon 1e - Omelek
TBD - Orbcomm 2G (x3?) - Falcon 1e - Omelek
TBD - Orbcomm (x3?) - Falcon 1e - Omelek
TBD - Orbcomm (x3?) - Falcon 1e - Omelek
2015-2017 TBD - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2015-2017 TBD - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2015-2017 TBD - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2015-2017 TBD - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2015-2017 TBD - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2015-2017 TBD - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2015-2017 TBD - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - SBSS-2 - Minotaur IV - Vandenberg SLC-8
TBD - SBSS-3 - Minotaur IV - Vandenberg SLC-8
TBD - SBSS-4 - Minotaur IV - Vandenberg SLC-8
TBD - SBSS-5 - Minotaur IV - Vandenberg SLC-8


Probably cancelled
Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (GMT)
TBD - NRO L-29 (Imp. Onyx?) - Atlas V 501 - Vandenberg
TBD - AFSPC-2 - Atlas V 541 - Canaveral SLC-41 - ??

** - range conflict

Сокращения:
TBD - подлежит определению;
NET - не ранее чем;
NLT - не позднее чем.

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http://space.flatoday.net/2011/01/atlantis-officially-designated-final.html

Thursday, January 20, 2011
Atlantis officially named final shuttle mission[/size]

Atlantis is now officially designated to fly the year's third and final shuttle mission before the fleet is retired.

In a weekly program meeting today, shuttle managers changed the flight's numeric designation from STS-335 to STS-135, signifying a shift from a potential "launch on need" mission to one formally on the manifest.

It is targeted for launch to the International Space Station at 3:48 p.m. EST June 28, though station managers would like to see the mission flown later in the summer to best serve the outpost's long-tern supply needs.

The mission has been anticipated since it was requested in the NASA authorization bill signed into law in October.

But funding has remained uncertain with NASA operating under a budget held at 2010 levels through at least March 4.

Today's change directs training and other preparations to proceed despite that ongoing uncertainty. A crew of four led by Chris Ferguson has already been named to fly the mission, which would launch with the Italian-built cargo module nicknamed Raffaello.

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http://www.spacenews.com/satellite_telecom/110127-orbital-lands-iridium-contract.html

Seventy-two Iridium Next satellites are scheduled to be launched between 2015 and 2017 aboard Falcon 9 rockets operated by Space Exploration Technologies of Hawthorne, Calif. The nine remaining spacecraft will be ground spares.

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http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=space&id=news/asd/2011/02/02/02.xml&headline=Lockheed%20Examining%20Sats%20For%20Contamination

AEHF-2 is slated for launch Jan. 30, 2012.

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6 феврвля, 2011 - Astrobotic Technology Inc. подписала контракт со SpaceX на запуск автоматической лунной станции на носителе Falcon 9. Миссия предназначенная для поисков воды, доставки ПН и передачи 3D-видео состоится не ранее декабря 2013.

http://astrobotic.net/2011/02/06/astrobotic-technology-announces-lunar-mission-on-spacex-falcon-9/

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http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html

April 12     Atlas 5  •  NROL-34
Launch window: TBD
Launch site: SLC-3E, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket (AV-027) will launch a classified spacecraft payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. 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 March 31. [Feb. 6]

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Launched:

№ – Дата, Время (GMT)– КА – РКН/РБ – Космодром
Date, Time (GMT) - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site

1 - 20 January, 21:10:30 - NRO L-49 - Delta IV-H - Vandenberg SLC-6
2 - 6 February, 12:26 - NRO L-66 - Minotaur 1-Vandenberg
3 - 24 February, 21:53:24 - STS-133/Leonardo - Discovery - Kennedy LC-39A
4 - 4 March, 10:09:43 - Glory/Kysat/Hermes/Explorer-1' - Taurus-XL 3110 - Vandenberg LC-576E - LAUNCH FAILURE

Scheduled:

2011:
Дата, Время (GMT)– КА – РКН/РБ – Космодром
Date, Time (GMT) - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site

5 March, 21:09 - X-37B OTV-2 FLT-1 - Atlas V 501 - Canaveral SLC-41
11 March - NRO L-27 - Delta IV-M+(4,2) - Canaveral SLC-37B
12 April - NRO L-34 - Atlas V 411 - Vandenberg SLC-3E
19 April, 23:48 - STS-134/ELC-3/AMS - Endeavour - Kennedy LC-39A
4 May - SBIRS-GEO 1 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
5 May - TacSat-4 - Minotaur IV - Kodiak LP-1
NET 20 May - ORS-1 - Minotaur I - MARS LP-0B
9 June - SAC-D - Delta II 7320 - Vandenberg SLC-2W
23 June - GPS IIF-5 - Delta IV-M+(4,2) - Canaveral SLC-37B
28 June, 20:48 - STS-135/Rafaelo/LMC - Atlantis - Kennedy LC-39A
15 July - Dragon C2/Orbcomm 2G (x2) - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
5 August, 16:10-17:40 - Juno - Atlas V 551 - Canaveral SLC-41
August - Risk reduction test flight - Taurus II - MARS
8 September, 12:35:52/13:14:35 - GRAIL - Delta II 7920H - Canaveral SLC-17B
8 October - Dragon C3 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 - may be cancelled
25 October, 09:47:35-09:57:35 - NPP-Bridge - Delta II 7920 - Vandenberg SLC-2W
25 November, 14:21 - MSL - Atlas V 541 - Canaveral SLC-41
November - February 2012 - WGS-4 - Delta IV-M+(5,4) - Canaveral SLC-37B
6 December - NRO L-15 - Delta IV-H - Canaveral SLC-37B
7 December - Dragon CRS1 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
mid November - December - Cygnus Demo - Taurus II - MARS LP-0A
TBD - MDA payload - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - Colony-1 (x8 )/TBD - Falcon 1e - Omelek
TBD - Orbcomm 2G - Falcon 1e - Omelek

2012:
Дата, Время (GMT)– КА – РКН/РБ – Космодром
Date, Time (GMT) - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site

30 January - AEHF-2 - Atlas V 531 - Canaveral SLC-41
3 February - NuSTAR - Pegasus-XL - Kwajalein
February - GPS IIF-4 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
1-st quarter - Cygnus CRS1 - Taurus II - MARS LP-0A
13 April - TDRS-K - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
31 May - RBSP (x2) - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
NLT Summer - AEHF-3 - Atlas V 531 - Canaveral SLC-41
September - SET-1 - TBD - TBD
October - MUOS-1 - Atlas V 551 - Canaveral SLC-41
October - LADEE - Minotaur V - MARS LP-0B
1 December - IRIS - Pegasus XL - Vandenberg
NET December - Landsat DCM - Atlas V 401 - Vandenberg SLC-3E
4Q? - GeoEye-2/TBD? - Atlas V 401 - Vandenberg SLC-3E
TBD - GPS IIF-2 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD? - WGS-5 - EELV - Canaveral
TBD - WGS-6 - EELV - Canaveral
TBD - Geospace ITSP - Taurus - Vandenberg LC-576E - ??
TBD - NRO L-45 - Atlas V - Vandenberg SLC-3E
TBD - NRO L-36 - EELV - TBD
TBD - Dragon CRS2 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - Dragon CRS3 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - Dragon CRS4 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - SAOCOM-1A - Falcon 9 - Vandenberg SLC-4 - or Omelek
TBD - DragonLab-1 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - Cassiope - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - AMOS-4 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 - or Omelek
TBD - DMSP-5D3 F19 - EELV - Vandenberg
TBD - NRO L-25 - Delta IV-M+(5,2) - Vandenberg SLC-6
TBD - SBIRS-GEO 2 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - GPS IIF-3 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41

Other
Дата, Время (GMT)– КА – РКН/РБ – Космодром
Date, Time (GMT) - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site

8 February 2013 - OCO-2 - Taurus XL - Vandenberg
23 February 2013 - TDRS-L - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
18 November 2013 - MAVEN - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral
December 2013 - Astrobotic Lunar Mission - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2013 - NRO L-35 - EELV - TBD
2013 - Dragon CRS5 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2013 - Dragon CRS6 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2013 - Dragon CRS7 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2013 - SAOCOM-1B - Falcon 9 - Vandenberg SLC-4 (TBC) - or Omelek
2013 - DragonLab-2 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2013 - NRO L-39 - Atlas V 501 - Vandenberg SLC-3E

May 2014 - GEMS - TBD - TBD
14 August 2014 - MMS - Atlas V 421 - Canaveral SLC-41
1 December 2014 - GPM - Taurus-XL - Vandenberg LC-576E - or November - multiple launches?
3-rd quarter 2014 - Formosat-7 (6 sat) - Minotaur-4 - Vandenberg
November 2014 - SMAP - TBD - TBD
2014 - GPS IIIA-1 - EELV - Canaveral
2014 - NRO L-55 - EELV - TBD
2014 - DMSP-5D3 F20 - EELV - Vandenberg
2014 - Dragon CRS8 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2014 - Dragon CRS9 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2014 - Dragon CRS10 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2014 - Sundancer - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2014 - Orbcomm 2G (x3?) - Falcon 1e - Omelek
2014 - Space Systems/Loral payload - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 or Omelek
2014 - Astrium payload - Falcon 1e - Omelek
Late 2014 - FORMOSAT 5 - Falcon 1e - Omelek

1-st quarter 2015 - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
October 2015 - GOES-R - TBD - Canaveral
December 2015 - TDRS-M - EELV - Canaveral
2015 - SIM-Lite - Atlas V 431? - Canaveral SLC-41 - or equivalent rocket
2015 - NRO L-37 - Delta IV-H - TBD
2015 - Dragon CRS11 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2015 - Dragon CRS12 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2015 - JPSS-1 - TBD - TBD

January 2016 - ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter/EDM lander - Atlas V 421 - Canaveral SLC-41
3-rd quarter 2016 - Formosat-7 (7 sat) - Minotaur-4 - Vandenberg
December 2016 - TDRS-N - EELV - Canaveral
2016 - ICESat-II - TBD - TBD
2016 - Discovery 12 - TBD - TBD
2016 - EX-1 - TBD - TBD
2016 - Grace-FO - TBD - TBD

February 2017 - GOES-S - TBD - Canaveral
2017 - EX-2 - TBD - TBD
2017 - AEHF-4 - Atlas V 531 - Canaveral SLC-41

August 2018 - Solar Probe Plus - TBD - TBD
2018 - Discovery 13 - TBD - TBD
2018 - PACE - TBD - TBD
2018 - ExoMars rover - Atlas V - Canaveral

April 2019 - GOES-T - TBD - Canaveral
2019 - ASCENDS - TBD - TBD
2019 - EX-3 - TBD - TBD
2019 - JPSS-2 - TBD - TBD

September 2020 - ITSP - TBD - TBD
2020 - LISA - TBD - TBD
2020 - IXO - TBD - TBD
2020 - EX-4 - TBD - TBD
2020 - STP-5 - TBD - TBD
2020 - SWOT - TBD - TBD

2021 - GEC - TBD - TBD - ??

January 2022 - Solar Sentinals - TBD - TBD

April 2024 - GOES-U - EELV - Canaveral

TBD - GPS IIF-6 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - GPS IIF-7 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - GPS IIF-8 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - GPS IIF-9 - Delta IV-M+(4,2) - Canaveral SLC-37B
TBD - GPS IIF-10 - Delta IV-M+(4,2) - Canaveral SLC-37B
TBD - GPS IIF-11 - EELV - Canaveral - ??
TBD - GPS IIF-12 - EELV - Canaveral - ??
TBD - SBIRS-GEO 3 - Delta IV-M+(4,2) - Canaveral SLC-37B
TBD - MUOS-2 - Atlas V 551? - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - MUOS-3 - Atlas V 551? - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - MUOS-4 - Atlas V 551? - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - MUOS-5 - Atlas V 551? - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - NRO L-38 - EELV - TBD
TBD - Orbcomm 2G (x3?) - Falcon 1e - Omelek
TBD - Orbcomm 2G (x3?) - Falcon 1e - Omelek
TBD - Orbcomm (x3?) - Falcon 1e - Omelek
TBD - Orbcomm (x3?) - Falcon 1e - Omelek
2015-2017 TBD - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2015-2017 TBD - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2015-2017 TBD - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2015-2017 TBD - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2015-2017 TBD - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2015-2017 TBD - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2015-2017 TBD - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - SBSS-2 - Minotaur IV - Vandenberg SLC-8
TBD - SBSS-3 - Minotaur IV - Vandenberg SLC-8
TBD - SBSS-4 - Minotaur IV - Vandenberg SLC-8
TBD - SBSS-5 - Minotaur IV - Vandenberg SLC-8


Probably cancelled
Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (GMT)
TBD - NRO L-29 (Imp. Onyx?) - Atlas V 501 - Vandenberg
TBD - AFSPC-2 - Atlas V 541 - Canaveral SLC-41 - ??
2017 -DESDynl-L - TBD - TBD
2017 - CLARREO-1 - TBD - TBD
2020 - CLARREO-2 - TBD - TBD

** - range conflict

Сокращения:
TBD - подлежит определению;
NET - не ранее чем;
NLT - не позднее чем.


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http://www.spacenews.com/military/110209-lockheed-contract-5th-muos.html

Wed, 9 February, 2011
Lockheed Gets Contract for 5th MUOS Satellite[/size]
By Turner Brinton

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin Space Systems of Sunnyvale, Calif., a $339.6 million contract to build a fifth ultrahigh frequency mobile communications satellite, the company announced Feb. 7.

As Lockheed Martin begins production of the fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) spacecraft, it is working through a series of environmental tests on the first spacecraft in the series, which is scheduled to be delivered in the middle of the year, the press release said. The first satellite is some 21 months behind schedule as Lockheed Martin encountered difficulties in mating a payload with the spacecraft platform.

The MUOS constellation will provide narrowband coverage to U.S. military users around the world and Australian defense forces as the result of a 2010 agreement between the nations to share ultrahigh frequency capacity. The system will replace the Navy's aging Ultra High Frequency Follow-On (UFO) constellation. The new spacecraft will feature Boeing-built payloads similar to those UFO satellites, plus new payloads designed by Lockheed Martin that will dramatically increase throughput. Much of the program's delay has been attributed to integration problems with the legacy payload, Navy officials have said.

The second MUOS satellite is now in production and engineers will soon mate the communications payloads with the satellite's propulsion core, the press release said. That satellite is now scheduled for delivery in 2012.

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http://www.spacenews.com/launch/110217-nasa-funds-taurus2-track.html

NASA Funds Keep August Debut of Orbital's Taurus 2 on Track[/size]
By Peter B. de Selding

    PARIS — Satellite and rocket manufacturer Orbital Sciences on Feb. 17 said it has begun receiving cash from NASA to prepare for an inaugural flight of the Taurus 2 rocket, now set for August, to prove the vehicle's operational status in advance of a flight carrying the company's Cygnus cargo capsule.

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Из интервью с Dale Nash, главой Alaska Aerospace Corp., оператора космопорта на острове Кодьяк:

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http://msdb.gsfc.nasa.gov/launches.php

NET 5/20/2011     ORS-1      Minotaur I

2/8/2013   OCO-2   Taurus XL

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http://www.spacenews.com/civil/110225-climate-missions-nasa-budget.html

Fri, 25 February, 2011
Two High-priority Climate Missions Dropped from NASA's Budget Plans[/size]
By Turner Brinton

    WASHINGTON — Even though NASA's Earth science budget is slated to rise next year, the U.S. space agency has been ordered by the White House to shelve a pair of big-ticket climate change missions that just last year were planned for launch by 2017.

    With U.S. President Barack Obama under pressure to rein in federal spending, the White House eliminated funding for the Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory (CLARREO) and Deformation, Ecosystem Structure and Dynamics of Ice (DESDynI) missions, Steve Volz, associate director for flight programs at NASA's Earth Science Division, said in a Feb. 24 interview.

    The multiyear budget plan NASA sent Congress a year ago called for spending $1.2 billion between 2012 and 2015 to develop CLARREO and DESDynI, two of the four top-tier missions recommended by the National Research Council's 2007 Earth Science decadal survey. But the White House Office of Management and Budget specifically removed these funds from the agency's  2012 budget request, Volz said in an interview.

    "Removal of these missions was not what we desired and not what the administration desired, but it was a clear recognition and acknowledgement of the budget issues we face as a nation," Volz said. "It's cleaner to be allowed to delete the scope that goes along with the dollars than to have to figure out how to do more with less."

    The other two top-tier Earth science missions — Soil Moisture Active-Passive and ICESat-2 — remain budgeted for launch in 2014 and 2016, respectively.

    While NASA's Earth Science Division fared better in the president's 2012 budget proposal than other parts of the agency, the division stands to receive some $1.7 billion less between 2010 and 2015 than forecast just last year.

    That spending plan, which called for giving Earth science a growing share of a NASA budget expected to surpass $20 billion within four years, included enough funding to build and launch all four top-tier decadal survey missions by the end of 2017.

    The NASA budget plan unveiled Feb. 14 puts last year's growth plans on hold. The agency's overall spending would be frozen at $18.7 billion, and Earth science, after receiving a $400 million boost for 2012, would remain flat at $1.8 billion through at least 2016.

    Adding to NASA's budget woes, the president's 2011 budget was never enacted, leaving the agency and the rest of the federal government funded at typically lower 2010 levels under stopgap spending measures, the latest of which expires March 4.

    Richard Anthes, president of the Boulder, Colo.-based University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and a co-chairman of the committee that produced the Earth science decadal survey, said he was disappointed to learn CLARREO and DESDynI have been indefinitely deferred.

    But he said tabling the two missions  is  preferable to requiring every Earth science mission to make due with less.

    "They've decided to basically reduce the funding greatly to these two missions and put them on the side of the road," Anthes said in a Feb. 25 interview. "I think that strategy at least makes sense. If you don't have enough money to do everything, cancel some of them or put some of them on indefinite hold and continue making good progress on the others."

    When NASA chose the Hampton, Va.-based Langley Research Center in late 2009 to manage CLARREO, agency officials tentatively estimated the cost of the mission at $600 million to $800 million. The four-satellite constellation, as envisioned, would collect extremely precise data on emitted and reflected energy in order to study long-term changes in the Earth's climate. The first two CLARREO satellites would launch aboard a single rocket in 2018 followed two years later by two more satellites, according to a Jan. 21 mission overview posted on Langley's website. Volz said that although NASA will not fund development of the satellites at least for the next five years, it will continue to study alternatives, such as international partnerships, for obtaining this data.

    "We were directed to not go into development or formulation for CLARREO and to eliminate from our developmental timeline the CLARREO mission," he said. "The guidelines are to continue to study the measurements but not the CLARREO mission."

    DESDynI, the Earth-imaging radar and lidar satellite mission assigned to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., was expected to cost $1.6 billion to build and operate, a cost deemed unaffordable given NASA's flat budget projections. NASA was told to go back to the drawing board to find a more affordable approach to the mission, one that would have NASA develop the radar element and another nation develop the lidar element, Volz said. But the start of a new development effort would have to be paid for with money now allocated for the other 14 Earth science missions NASA plans to launch by the end of the decade, he said.

    "We have on our own put in $2 million a year each for DESDyni and CLARREO to understand how to achieve the overall Earth system science objectives," Volz said. "Those funds will help us do those studies to determine an affordable option for another radar mission."

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FORMOSAT-5 летитв конце 2014 года:
http://crab0.astr.nthu.edu.tw/CMOS-workshop-2011/0105/0105_1420-1510_JLing_Applications-of-CMOS-Sensors-on-FORMOSAT5-RSI.pdf

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Launched:

2011:
№ – Дата, Время (GMT)– КА – РКН/РБ – Космодром
№ – Date, Time (GMT) - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site

1 - 20 January, 21:10:30 - NRO L-49 - Delta IV-H - Vandenberg SLC-6
2 - 6 February, 12:26 - NRO L-66 - Minotaur 1-Vandenberg
3 - 24 February, 21:53:24 - STS-133/Leonardo - Discovery - Kennedy LC-39A
4 - 4 March, 10:09:43 - Glory/Kysat/Hermes/Explorer-1' - Taurus-XL 3110 - Vandenberg LC-576E - LAUNCH FAILURE
5 - 5 March, 22:46 - X-37B OTV-2 FLT-1 - Atlas V 501 - Canaveral SLC-41
6 - 11 March, 23:38 - NRO L-27 - Delta IV-M+(4,2) - Canaveral SLC-37B


Scheduled:

2011:
Дата, Время (GMT)– КА – РКН/РБ – Космодром
Date, Time (GMT) - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site

12 April - NRO L-34 - Atlas V 411 - Vandenberg SLC-3E
19 April, 23:48 - STS-134/ELC-3/AMS - Endeavour - Kennedy LC-39A
4 May - SBIRS-GEO 1 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
5 May - TacSat-4 - Minotaur IV - Kodiak LP-1
NET 20 May - ORS-1 - Minotaur I - MARS LP-0B
9 June - SAC-D - Delta II 7320 - Vandenberg SLC-2W
23 June - GPS IIF-5 - Delta IV-M+(4,2) - Canaveral SLC-37B
28 June, 20:48 - STS-135/Rafaelo/LMC - Atlantis - Kennedy LC-39A
15 July - Dragon C2/Orbcomm 2G (x2) - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
5 August, 16:10-17:40 - Juno - Atlas V 551 - Canaveral SLC-41
August - Risk reduction test flight - Taurus II - MARS
8 September, 12:35:52/13:14:35 - GRAIL - Delta II 7920H - Canaveral SLC-17B
8 October - Dragon C3 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 - may be cancelled
25 October, 09:47:35-09:57:35 - NPP-Bridge - Delta II 7920 - Vandenberg SLC-2W
25 November, 14:21 - MSL - Atlas V 541 - Canaveral SLC-41
November - February 2012 - WGS-4 - Delta IV-M+(5,4) - Canaveral SLC-37B
6 December - NRO L-15 - Delta IV-H - Canaveral SLC-37B
7 December - Dragon CRS1 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
mid November - December - Cygnus Demo - Taurus II - MARS LP-0A
TBD - MDA payload - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - Colony-1 (x8 )/TBD - Falcon 1e - Omelek
TBD - Orbcomm 2G - Falcon 1e - Omelek

2012:
Дата, Время (GMT)– КА – РКН/РБ – Космодром
Date, Time (GMT) - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site

30 January - AEHF-2 - Atlas V 531 - Canaveral SLC-41
3 February - NuSTAR - Pegasus-XL - Kwajalein
February - GPS IIF-4 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
1-st quarter - Cygnus CRS1 - Taurus II - MARS LP-0A
13 April - TDRS-K - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
31 May - RBSP (x2) - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
NLT Summer - AEHF-3 - Atlas V 531 - Canaveral SLC-41
September - SET-1 - TBD - TBD
October - MUOS-1 - Atlas V 551 - Canaveral SLC-41
October - LADEE - Minotaur V - MARS LP-0B
1 December - IRIS - Pegasus XL - Vandenberg
NET December - Landsat DCM - Atlas V 401 - Vandenberg SLC-3E
4Q? - GeoEye-2/TBD? - Atlas V 401 - Vandenberg SLC-3E
TBD - GPS IIF-2 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD? - WGS-5 - EELV - Canaveral
TBD - WGS-6 - EELV - Canaveral
TBD - Geospace ITSP - Taurus - Vandenberg LC-576E - ??
TBD - NRO L-45 - Atlas V - Vandenberg SLC-3E
TBD - NRO L-36 - EELV - TBD
TBD - Dragon CRS2 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - Dragon CRS3 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - Dragon CRS4 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - SAOCOM-1A - Falcon 9 - Vandenberg SLC-4 - or Omelek
TBD - DragonLab-1 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - Cassiope - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - AMOS-4 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 - or Omelek
TBD - DMSP-5D3 F19 - EELV - Vandenberg
TBD - NRO L-25 - Delta IV-M+(5,2) - Vandenberg SLC-6
TBD - SBIRS-GEO 2 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - GPS IIF-3 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41

Other
Дата, Время (GMT)– КА – РКН/РБ – Космодром
Date, Time (GMT) - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site

8 February 2013 - OCO-2 - Taurus XL - Vandenberg
23 February 2013 - TDRS-L - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
1-st quarter 2013 - SES-8 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
18 November 2013 - MAVEN - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral
December 2013 - Moon Cruiser - Falcon 9/Lander/Rover - Canaveral SLC-40
2013 - NRO L-35 - EELV - TBD
2013 - Dragon CRS5 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2013 - Dragon CRS6 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2013 - Dragon CRS7 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2013 - SAOCOM-1B - Falcon 9 - Vandenberg SLC-4 (TBC) - or Omelek
2013 - DragonLab-2 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2013 - NRO L-39 - Atlas V 501 - Vandenberg SLC-3E

May 2014 - GEMS - TBD - TBD
14 August 2014 - MMS - Atlas V 421 - Canaveral SLC-41
1 December 2014 - GPM - Taurus-XL - Vandenberg LC-576E - or November - multiple launches?
3-rd quarter 2014 - Formosat-7 (6 sat) - Minotaur-4 - Vandenberg
November 2014 - SMAP - TBD - TBD
2014 - GPS IIIA-1 - EELV - Canaveral
2014 - NRO L-55 - EELV - TBD
2014 - DMSP-5D3 F20 - EELV - Vandenberg
2014 - Dragon CRS8 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2014 - Dragon CRS9 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2014 - Dragon CRS10 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2014 - Sundancer - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2014 - Orbcomm 2G (x3?) - Falcon 1e - Omelek
2014 - Space Systems/Loral payload - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 or Omelek
2014 - Astrium payload - Falcon 1e - Omelek
Late 2014 - FORMOSAT 5 - Falcon 1e - Omelek

1-st quarter 2015 - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
July 2015 - Polar Excavator (Moon) - Falcon 9/Lander/Rover - Canaveral SLC-40
October 2015 - GOES-R - TBD - Canaveral
December 2015 - TDRS-M - EELV - Canaveral
2015 - SIM-Lite - Atlas V 431? - Canaveral SLC-41 - or equivalent rocket
2015 - NRO L-37 - Delta IV-H - TBD
2015 - Dragon CRS11 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2015 - Dragon CRS12 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2015 - JPSS-1 - TBD - TBD

January 2016 - ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter/EDM lander - Atlas V 421 - Canaveral SLC-41
January 2016 - ICESat-II - TBD - TBD
3-rd quarter 2016 - Formosat-7 (7 sat) - Minotaur-4 - Vandenberg
3-rd quarter 2016 - Customer Driven (Moon) - Falcon 9/Lander/Rover - Canaveral SLC-40
December 2016 - TDRS-N - EELV - Canaveral
2016 - Discovery 12 - TBD - TBD
2016 - EX-1 - TBD - TBD
2016 - Grace-FO - TBD - TBD

February 2017 - GOES-S - TBD - Canaveral
2017 - EX-2 - TBD - TBD
2017 - AEHF-4 - Atlas V 531 - Canaveral SLC-41

August 2018 - Solar Probe Plus - TBD - TBD
2018 - Discovery 13 - TBD - TBD
2018 - PACE - TBD - TBD
2018 - ExoMars rover - Atlas V - Canaveral

April 2019 - GOES-T - TBD - Canaveral
2019 - ASCENDS - TBD - TBD
2019 - EX-3 - TBD - TBD
2019 - JPSS-2 - TBD - TBD

September 2020 - ITSP - TBD - TBD
2020 - LISA - TBD - TBD
2020 - IXO - TBD - TBD
2020 - EX-4 - TBD - TBD
2020 - STP-5 - TBD - TBD
2020 - SWOT - TBD - TBD

2021 - GEC - TBD - TBD - ??

January 2022 - Solar Sentinals - TBD - TBD

April 2024 - GOES-U - EELV - Canaveral

TBD - GPS IIF-6 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - GPS IIF-7 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - GPS IIF-8 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - GPS IIF-9 - Delta IV-M+(4,2) - Canaveral SLC-37B
TBD - GPS IIF-10 - Delta IV-M+(4,2) - Canaveral SLC-37B
TBD - GPS IIF-11 - EELV - Canaveral - ??
TBD - GPS IIF-12 - EELV - Canaveral - ??
TBD - SBIRS-GEO 3 - Delta IV-M+(4,2) - Canaveral SLC-37B
TBD - MUOS-2 - Atlas V 551? - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - MUOS-3 - Atlas V 551? - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - MUOS-4 - Atlas V 551? - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - MUOS-5 - Atlas V 551? - Canaveral SLC-41
TBD - NRO L-38 - EELV - TBD
TBD - Orbcomm 2G (x3?) - Falcon 1e - Omelek
TBD - Orbcomm 2G (x3?) - Falcon 1e - Omelek
TBD - Orbcomm (x3?) - Falcon 1e - Omelek
TBD - Orbcomm (x3?) - Falcon 1e - Omelek
2015-2017 TBD - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2015-2017 TBD - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2015-2017 TBD - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2015-2017 TBD - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2015-2017 TBD - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2015-2017 TBD - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
2015-2017 TBD - 9 Iridium Next - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40
TBD - SBSS-2 - Minotaur IV - Vandenberg SLC-8
TBD - SBSS-3 - Minotaur IV - Vandenberg SLC-8
TBD - SBSS-4 - Minotaur IV - Vandenberg SLC-8
TBD - SBSS-5 - Minotaur IV - Vandenberg SLC-8


Probably cancelled
Дата, Время (GMT)– КА – РКН/РБ – Космодром
Date, Time (GMT) - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site
TBD - NRO L-29 (Imp. Onyx?) - Atlas V 501 - Vandenberg
TBD - AFSPC-2 - Atlas V 541 - Canaveral SLC-41
2017 -DESDynl-L - TBD - TBD
2017 - CLARREO-1 - TBD - TBD
2020 - CLARREO-2 - TBD - TBD

** - range conflict

Сокращения:
TBD - подлежит определению;
NET - не ранее чем;
NLT - не позднее чем.

Изменения от 12 марта
Изменения от 14 марта

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X-37B в двух строках

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Спасибо! :wink:

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Ну, раз пошла такая пьянка (ажно до 2024!), режь последний огурец!

 

Lander & Rover Payload User's Guide

P.S. - а документ для чтения забавный:

AstroboticTM rovers will carry commercial, government and scientific payloads to the lunar surface.  The initial mission will have 110 kilograms (240 lbs) of mass available, split between the lander and the rover, as well as power and communications support.
The baseline price is $1.8 million per kilogram on the lander and $2 million per kilogram on the rover, with a $250,000 integration fee per payload regardless of mass.

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Paul Martin (генеральный инспектор NASA), настоятельно рекомендует использовать РН Minotaur IV для запуска миссии SMAP в ноябре 2014.

NASA OIG: Use More Minotaurs

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Two High-priority NASA Earth Science Missions Face 1-Year Slip[/size]

WASHINGTON — NASA could be forced to delay two approved, top-tier Earth science missions by up to one year due to congressional inaction on the president's 2011 spending request, which has U.S. federal agencies operating at their 2010 spending levels, according to sources and documents.

NASA had hoped to spend about $5 billion on Earth- and space-science missions in 2011, but the funding available under the current stopgap spending measure, or continuing resolution, falls $450 million short of that total, the documents show. U.S. President Barack Obama requested $19 billion for NASA in 2011, but the agency currently is constrained to spending rates commensurate with the $18.72 billion appropriated for 2010.

According to a March 9 laundry list detailing potential program impacts to NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD), the shortfall could delay the Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite 2 (ICESat-2) and Soil Moisture Active and Passive (SMAP) missions while increasing their cost. A copy of the list was obtained by Space News.

Although NASA requested $75 million and $132 million this year for ICESat-2 and SMAP, respectively, SMD could be forced to reduce planned spending on ICESat-2 by $22 million in order to stay within the $1.4 billion spending ceiling Congress appropriated for Earth science initiatives last year. SMAP funding would have to be reduced by $30 million, according to the document.

Both missions topped the National Research Council's list of large-scale climate-monitoring priorities in its 2007 Earth science decadal survey. ICESat-2, led by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., is a follow-on mission to the ICESat spacecraft currently in orbit. It is designed to continue measurements of changes in polar ice-sheet mass to anticipate changes to global sea levels.

Although NASA does not expect to nail down a cost estimate for ICESat-2 until it undergoes a key design review in November, budget documents show the agency projects spending $500 million-$600 million between 2008 and 2016. NASA is budgeting roughly $100 million for ICESat-2's launch but has yet to settle on a rocket to send it into a 450 kilometer polar orbit in January 2016. The one-year launch delay could eliminate a potential dual-launch opportunity, adding to the overall cost of the mission, according to the document.

SMAP, designed to improve weather forecasts and flood and drought predictions, is expected to cost between $780 million and $900 million. Led by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., it is slated for launch in November 2014.

Budget woes have already forced NASA to shelve a pair of big-ticket environmental monitoring missions — the Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory and the Deformation, Ecosystem Structure and Dynamics of Ice satellite — that just last year were planned for launch 2017. The president's latest budget request includes future-year funding projections that are considerably lower than those released last year.

Another mission likely to be affected by the continuing resolution is the Global Precipitation Measurement satellite, a rain- and snow-monitoring mission NASA is developing with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency. The mission's planned July 2013 launch could be delayed if NASA is forced to trim its budget by $15 million, the March 9 document shows.

NASA has already scaled back the precipitation measuring mission by abandoning plans to fly a carbon copy of its microwave-imaging instrument aboard a spacecraft operating in a low-inclination orbit to focus on the Earth's equatorial regions.

Meanwhile, House and Senate lawmakers are continuing to negotiate a continuing resolution that would fund the federal government for the remainder of the current fiscal year. The current stopgap funding measure expires March 18.

The House in February passed a measure that provides just $18.1 billion for NASA. Companion legislation introduced by the Senate's Democratic majority would have provided $18.5 billion for NASA, but that measure was defeated in a floor vote.

The House bill, which likewise failed to pass the Senate during a March 9 floor vote, would leave NASA's Science Mission Directorate funded at the $4.4 billion Congress appropriated last year. The Senate bill would have increased that by roughly $350 million.

Although lawmakers are unlikely to reach agreement before the current continuing resolution expires, congressional aides said they expect House and Senate leaders to approve yet another short-term continuing resolution that will keep the government running for an additional three weeks.

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14.03.2011
SpaceX and SES Announce Satellite Launch Agreement
Falcon 9 booster to launch SES-8 to GTO in 2013

Hawthorne, CA / Luxembourg - March 14, 2011 - As the Satellite 2011 conference kicked off in Washington, D.C., Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and SES (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) today announced an agreement to launch an SES satellite using the Falcon 9 rocket.

SES is one of the largest satellite operators in the world, and the deal marks what will be the first geostationary satellite launch using SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. The firm launch agreement with SpaceX also includes an option for a second SES launch. It supplements SES' existing multi-launch agreements with its traditional launch providers Arianespace and ILS.

"As a world-leading telecommunications satellite operator, SES is in a position to choose the very best.  SES is known for their low tolerance to risk and cautious approach in evaluating suppliers," said Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO and Chief Technical Officer.  "SpaceX has focused on building the most reliable, safe and affordable launch vehicles in the market today.  The SES deal shows that even the most conservative commercial or government customers can have confidence flying their satellites on the Falcon 9 rocket."

States Romain Bausch, President and CEO of SES: "Access to space is of utmost importance to SES, as we embark on our most ambitious fleet expansion programme yet. After extensive due diligence of SpaceX's technical and operational expertise, we feel comfortable entrusting SpaceX with one of our satellites, thereby encouraging diversity in the launch vehicle sector and fostering entrepreneurial spirit in the space industry. Falcon 9 ideally complements our roster of Ariane 5 and Proton boosters, as well as our framework launch understanding with Sea Launch. We look forward to a successful collaboration with SpaceX on the SES-8 mission and beyond."

The SES-8 satellite is scheduled to launch in the first quarter of 2013 from SpaceX's Launch Complex 40 at the Air Force Station at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

About SES-8

SES is launching SES-8 into the orbital position of 95 degrees East to respond to the strong demand for additional direct to home (DTH) capacity in Asia. SES-8, currently under construction with Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB), is a medium-sized communications satellite focused on South Asia (India) and Indo-China (Thailand, Vietnam, Laos) to support existing DTH customers with back-up and growth transponder capacity. SES-8 will be co-positioned with NSS-6 at the orbital slot of 95 degrees East, which is a cornerstone of the SES strategy in Asia and also supports key customers in the Middle East, Afghanistan, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Korea.

http://www.ses.com/ses/siteSections/newsroom/Latest_News/index.php?pressRelease=/pressReleases/pressReleaseList/11-03-14/index.php