{"id":21692,"date":"2024-05-20T22:35:16","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T14:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/this-week-in-launch-third-weeks-the-charm-for-starliner-cft\/"},"modified":"2024-05-20T22:35:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T14:35:16","slug":"this-week-in-launch-third-weeks-the-charm-for-starliner-cft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/this-week-in-launch-third-weeks-the-charm-for-starliner-cft\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Launch: Third week\u2019s the charm for Starliner CFT?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week will be the third week in a row the headline launch is supposed to be Boeing\u2019s Starliner Crewed Flight Test. SpaceX is also planning another banger of a week with three launches and Rocket Lab shows up again.<\/p>\n

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This week\u2019s launches:<\/h2>\n
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  • May 21 (Tuesday)\n
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    • ExPace | Kuaizhou 11 | Unknown Payload | 12:10 A.M. ET\n
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      • Site 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • May 22 (Wednesday)\n
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        • Rocket Lab | Electron | Ready, Aim, PREFIRE | 3:15 A.M. ET\n
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          • LC-1B, M\u0101hia Peninsula, New Zealand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
          • SpaceX | Falcon 9 | NROL-146 | 1:00 A.M. PT\n
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            • SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
            • SpaceX | Falcon 9 | Starlink Group 6-62 | 10:33 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
              • May 23 (Thursday)\n
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                • SpaceX | Falcon 9 | Starlink Group 6-63 | 6:45 P.M. ET\n
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                  • LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                  • May 25 (Saturday)\n
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                    • ULA | Atlas V N22 | Boeing Starliner CFT | 3:09 P.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<\/ul>\n

                        Starliner continued delays<\/h2>\n

                        Originally delayed for a faulty valve on the Atlas V\u2019s Centaur upper stage, the issue is now with Starliner\u2019s service module. Discovered during data review of the scrubbed launch attempt on May 6, a helium leak was found in the service module resulting in work needing to be done before another launch attempt.<\/p>\n

                        The crew of CFT, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, remain in quarantine but returned to Houston after the scrub.<\/p>\n

                        The last update didn\u2019t give any concrete answers as to what Boeing plans to do but the company was still reviewing data to better understand what is causing the leak. Usually that isn\u2019t a good sign for a reliable new launch date but the Starliner remains stacked on the Atlas V rocket so unless that changes, Saturday\u2019s launch data is still in play.<\/p>\n

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