Atlas V, Falcon 9 Launches Rescheduled
The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft launches from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41, Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA’s Mars-bound spacecraft, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, is the first spacecraft devoted to exploring and understanding the Martian upper atmosphere. (Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Atlas V and Falcon 9 launches delayed by a problem on the Eastern Range have been rescheduled for April 10 and 14, respectively.
ULA’s Atlas V will launch NROL-67 — a National Reconnaissance Office payload — from Cape Canaveral on Thursday at 1:45 p.m. EDT. The launch window extends to 2:26 p.m. EDT. The company usually streams launched at www.ulalaunch.com.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will launch a Dragon freighter to the International Space Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 4:58 p.m. EDT. The company typically streams its launches at www.spacex.com.
The launches were delayed because of a fire that knocked out a crucial radar unit the U.S. Air Force uses to track launches. Florida Today has a story about the problems on the Eastern Range, which include aging technology and budget cutbacks.
Below is a list of upcoming launches worldwide.
| Date | Launch Vehicle | Payload(s) | Launch Site | Nation |
| 04/09/14 | Soyuz | Progress 55P | Baikonur | Russia |
| 04/10/14 | Atlas V | NROL-67 | CCAFS | USA |
| 04/14/14 | Falcon 9 | CRS 3 | CCAFS | USA |
| 04/16/14 | Soyuz | EgyptSat 2 | Baikonur | Russia |
| 04/27/14 | Proton | Luch 5V & Kazsat 3 | Baikonur | Russia |
| 04/28/14 | Vega | DZZ-HR | Kourou | Europe |
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A SpaceX success or two would be very timely right about now.
A successful launch/ISS rendezvous plus some progress on Falcon 9R recovery, and then a Grasshopper II flight in the next few weeks could be some nice ammunition in the ol’ Commercial Crew vs. SLS firefight.
There shouldn’t be any firefight. Commercial crew is aimed squarely at leo whilst the SLS / MPCV program is beo. Only Congress conflates the two.
And it doesn’t matter whether or not SpaceX is planning to use DragonCrew for beo, they’re being paid to develop it for leo only SFAICT.
FWIW SpaceX’s next engine Raptor and their MCT is what will ‘compete’ with SLS and even then they don’t need to since numerous studies have demonstrated that a SLS sized lifter is not required for exploration. The existing EELVs can do the job together with depots and additional hardware. SLS needs these anyway but what will kill SLS is cost. This is a thowaway vehicle as is MPCV.