{"id":21685,"date":"2024-06-04T17:33:46","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T09:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/this-week-in-launch-starship-and-starliner-share-the-stage-virgin-galactic-reenters-chat\/"},"modified":"2024-06-04T17:33:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T09:33:46","slug":"this-week-in-launch-starship-and-starliner-share-the-stage-virgin-galactic-reenters-chat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/this-week-in-launch-starship-and-starliner-share-the-stage-virgin-galactic-reenters-chat\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Launch: Starship and Starliner share the stage, Virgin Galactic reenters chat?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Spoiler alert: This is looking to be a very busy week for rocket launches and not a single one is coming from a company outside the US (Rocket Lab is an exception). Starship, Starliner, and Virgin Galactic all have big missions this week.<\/p>\n

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This week\u2019s launches:<\/h2>\n
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  • June 4 (Tuesday)\n
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    • SpaceX | Falcon 9 | Starlink Group 8-9 | 8:04 P.M. ET\n
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      • SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • Rocket Lab | Electron | PREFIRE And Ice | 11:00 P.M. ET\n
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        • LC-1B, M\u0101hia Peninsula, New Zealand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • SpaceX | Falcon 9 | Starlink Group 8-8 | 1:12 A.M. 10:12 P.M. ET\n
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          • SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
          • June 5 (Wednesday)\n
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            • ULA | Atlas V N22 | Boeing Starliner CFT | 10:52 A.M. ET\n
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              • SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
              • June 6 (Thursday)\n
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                • SpaceX | Starship | Flight 4 | 7:00 A.M. CT\n
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                  • Pad A, Starbase, Texas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                  • June 7 (Friday)\n
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                    • SpaceX | Falcon 9 | Starlink Group 10-1 | 6:58 P.M. ET\n
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                      • SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                      • June 8 (Saturday)\n
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                        • Virgin Galactic | SpaceShipTwo | Galactic-07 | TBD\n
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                          • VMS Eve, Spaceport America, New Mexico<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                            Which will launch first, Starship or Starliner?<\/h2>\n

                            Starship and Starliner have launch dates currently one day a part from each other. Starliner will have a first go at with its third launch attempt on Wednesday. The Boeing spacecraft has had issues for over a month now in getting its first crewed mission off the ground, literally. Both launch day scrubs have not been because of Starliner, however, but because of its rocket, ULA\u2019s Atlas V.<\/p>\n

                            Like all crewed missions, flight rules for rocket\u2019s ability to launch are heightened so this leads to more scrubs than usual.<\/p>\n

                            Starship\u2019s launch date is still up in the air, currently it has the ability to launch with the FAA stating another launch would not pose a safety risk to the public. But SpaceX has yet to gain permission to launch with a new amendment to its license for another launch.<\/p>\n

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