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Mar 1 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
Everything go for the Atlas 5 launch of GOES-T at 4:38 pm EST. NASA TV coverage:
Go to proceed into the terminal count for launch.
Liftoff of the Atlas 5 carrying GOES-T.
Stage separation, and the Centaur upper stage has ignited for the first of three burns before payload deployment.
First burn in the books. Coasting for about 11 minutes before a second burn. #GOEST
And that second burn is underway. #GOEST
Second burn is done. And now a three-hour coast, a three-hour coast…

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Mar 1
NASA Admin. Bill Nelson at start of the NAC meeting: despite the challenges here on Earth, committed to the 7 astronauts and cosmonauts on ISS. Continuing working relationship with international partners.
Nelson is giving us the highlights of the last year for the committee: Perseverance/Ingenuity, DART, Lucy and JWST.
Nelson promises three NAC meetings this year. The last NAC meeting before this was in late 2019, when Nelson himself was one of the council’s newest members.
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Mar 1
Starting momentarily is a House space subcommittee hearing on NASA’s Artemis program. Webcast, in all its 480p glory:
Subcommittee chair Rep. Beyer (D-Va.): Artemis is facing serious challenges: delays, cost growth and a “confusing mishmash” of contract types.
Subcommittee ranking member Rep. Babin (R-Texas): we have the correct goal and the right path, but waiting on the right plan.
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Feb 28
Beck says Rocket Lab, with MDA, beat out many other major companies in a “highly competitive” bid process for the Globalstar satellite contract announced last week. Notes these are not cubesats but “large, complex” satellites weighing 500 kg.
Rocket Lab projects $42-47M in revenue, including from two launches (one of which just took place). Adjusted EBITDA loss of $3-5M.
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Feb 28
Rocket Lab is starting the webcast for its Electron launch of Synspective’s StriX Beta satellite.
Liftoff of the Electron.
Stage separation. Second stage now powering the payload to orbit.
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Feb 28
NASA’s Kathy Lueders says at the briefing for Ax-1 that ISS operations are normal for now, but continuing to monitor the situation. That includes having Mark Vande Hei come back on a Soyuz in a month.
SpaceX’s Benji Reed says there’s margin in the schedules of both Ax-1 (launching March 30) and Crew-4 (mid-April), so even if Ax-1 were to slip a few days it shouldn’t be a problem. Ax-1 will fly the Crew Dragon Endeavour, while Crew-4 will use a new Crew Dragon.
Lueders reiterates that ISS operations remain normal, just like three weeks ago. Would be a “sad day” if could not peacefully cooperate in space.
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Virgin Galactic CEO Michael Colglazier says the company expects VSS Unity to begin commercial flights in the 4th quarter, flying monthly. VSS Imagine will begin testing in the fall and revenue flights in 1Q/23, initially with research payloads. It will fly twice a month.
Colglazier says the company plans to have 1,000 customers (“future astronauts”) signed up when commercial flights begin late this year. About 250 seats remaining. Once full, VG will build a “highly qualified reservation pipeline.”
Colglazier: will work with “tier one” suppliers to provide major subassemblies for future Delta-class spaceships and new mothership. Plan to have new final assembly facility operational by late 2023, capable of producing six spaceships a year.
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