ANNOUNCEMENT!
We are thrilled to finally announce that Rocket Launches Today has been acquired by The Launch Pad (@TLPN_Official) and after months of work we are thrilled to make todays big announcement!
Welcome to The Launch Pad Network!
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🚀Launch Update: After completing wet dress last week, we conducted a successful static fire today. Our launch is now scheduled for September 11th. Alpha Flight 2 is ready and headed #ToTheBlack. Stay tuned for more updates.
🚀 Announcement: Exciting news today! Northrop Grumman and Firefly have joined forces to provide an American-built first-stage upgrade for the Antares rocket and a new medium launch vehicle to serve commercial, civil and national security missions. https://t.co/yYTaX56Ov4
⚠️📈 Yesterday August 4, 2022 was officially the day (UTC) in history with the most orbital launch attempts. 🎉
The record was previously held for 60 years, 3 months and 9 days by April 26th, 1962. 🗓️
How long until it gets broken again? 🧐 Hopefully not 60 years! 🚀
Four down, two to go!!
To recap, so far today we have had:
- Long March 4B | TECIS
- Electron | NROL-199
- Atlas V 421 | SBIRS GEO-6
- New Shepard | NS-22
Upcoming:
- Long March 2F | Chinese Reusable Space Vehicle (spaceplane)
- Falcon 9 - KPLO (Korean Lunar Pathfinder)
First of 6 launches of the day complete!
#China successfully launched a Long March 4B (#CZ4B) rocket carrying a satellite to conduct earth science from LEO.
#Space#LongMarch
Our latest prediction for #CZ5B rocket body reentry is:
🚀30 Jul 2022 17:24 UTC ± 1 hour
Reentry will be along one of the ground tracks shown here. It is still too early to determine a meaningful debris footprint. Follow this page for updates: https://t.co/SxrMtcrMrs
Deep throttling, fine-tuned, and rapid response engines are key to reusability. #BE4 steadily ran for over 256 seconds in this transient power level demo test across varying mixture ratios and power levels between 45% and 100%. The exhaust plume length adjusts with power level.