{"id":21699,"date":"2024-05-13T21:12:34","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T13:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/this-week-in-launch-take-two-for-boeing-starliners-cft-mission\/"},"modified":"2024-05-13T21:12:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T13:12:34","slug":"this-week-in-launch-take-two-for-boeing-starliners-cft-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/this-week-in-launch-take-two-for-boeing-starliners-cft-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Launch: Take two for Boeing Starliner\u2019s CFT mission"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Once again the big story this week will be the reattempt of Boeing\u2019s CFT mission to the International Space Station. After a week of analysis, ULA is changing out a valve on the rockets upper stage which is what caused the abort last week.<\/p>\n

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This week\u2019s launches:<\/h2>\n
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  • May 14 (Tuesday)\n
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    • SpaceX | Falcon 9 | Starlink Group 8-7 | 9:29 A.M. PT\n
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      • SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • May 16 (Thursday)\n
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        • VKS RF | Soyuz 2.1b | Unknown Payload | 4:00 P.M. ET\n
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          • Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
          • May 17 (Friday)\n
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            • ULA | Atlas V N22 | Starliner CFT | 6:16 P.M. ET\n
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              • SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
              • SpaceX | Falcon 9 | Starlink Group 6-59 | 9:22 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 19 (Sunday)\n
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                  • SpaceX | Falcon 9 | NROL-146 | TBD\n
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                    • SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Station, California<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                      ULA changes valve on Atlas V ahead of CFT launch attempt<\/h2>\n

                      Last week Monday Boeing and ULA attempted its first crewed flight of the Starliner spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. However, the launch ended in a scrub a few hours before launch due to an oscillating valve on Atlas V\u2018s Centaur upper stage.<\/p>\n

                      Specifically, the valve is a liquid oxygen relief valve that helps regulate the pressure inside the stage.<\/p>\n

                      ULA teams took time to study the valve and after a repeat issue during detanking operations, they determined the valve exceeded its designed life span. Last week Thursday, ULA rolled its Atlas V rocket back to the Vertical Integration Facility to replace the valve in the Centaur.<\/p>\n

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