cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/26366927

Well folks, time for another suborbital spaceflight from BO.

| Scheduled for UTC | 2024-10-07 13:00 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-10-07 08:00 (CDT) | | Launch site | Launch Site One, West Texas, Texas, USA | | Launch provider | Blue Origin | | Launch vehicle | New Shepard (NS5) | | Passengers | Uncrewed | | Mission success criteria | Successful launch and safe landing of booster and crew capsule |

Livestreams

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Blue Origin | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddSzonJ2W38 | | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIdt9EOclzI | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSYGscxljvM |

Stats

• 3rd launch for Blue Origin in 2024, 27th overall

https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7646

NS-27 is an uncrewed verification flight debuting Blue Origin's second human-rated vehicle to meet growing customer demand.

The new crew capsule is named RSS Kármán line. The vehicle features technology upgrades to improve the vehicle’s performance and reusability, an updated livery, and accommodations for payloads on the booster.

NS-27 will fly 12 payloads—five on the booster and seven inside the crew capsule.

Target orbit: N/A

Previous mission (NS-26) | Next mission (NS-28)

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Here's the requisite Manley analysis of the GEM 63XL SRB anomaly on today's Vulcan certification flight.

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]