{"id":21703,"date":"2024-05-07T21:57:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T13:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/this-week-in-launch-boeings-week-is-finally-here-starliner-cft\/"},"modified":"2024-05-07T21:57:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T13:57:48","slug":"this-week-in-launch-boeings-week-is-finally-here-starliner-cft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/this-week-in-launch-boeings-week-is-finally-here-starliner-cft\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Launch: Boeing\u2019s week is finally here, Starliner CFT"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After a long road of delays, technical failures, and two inflight tests, Boeing\u2018s Starliner is finally at the pad and ready to launch later today. The mission will be a major milestone for Boeing, who is desperate for a win right now, but it might show that the world has moved on from legacy providers.<\/p>\n

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This week\u2019s launches:<\/h2>\n
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  • May 6 (Monday)\n
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    • SpaceX | Falcon 9 | Starlink Group 6-57 | 2:14 P.M. ET\n
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      • SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • ULA | Atlas V N22 | Boeing Starliner CFT | 10:34 P.M. ET\n
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        • SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • CASC | Long March 6 | Unknown Payload | 11:30 P.M. ET\n
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          • LC-9A, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
          • May 7 (Tuesday)\n
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            • SpaceX | Falcon 9 | Starlink Group 6-56 | 12:06 P.M. ET\n
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              • LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
              • SpaceX | Falcon 9 | Starlink Group 8-2 | 7:48 P.M. PT\n
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                • SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Station, California<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                • May 8 (Wednesday)\n
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                  • CASC | Long March 3B | Unknown Payload | 9:50 P.M. ET\n
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                    • LC-2, Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                    • May 12 (Sunday)\n
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                      • SpaceX | Falcon 9 | Starlink Group 6-58 | TBD\n
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                        • TBD, Florida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                          Boeing Starliner is at the pad and ready to fly<\/h2>\n

                          Over the weekend ULA rolled its specialized Atlas V rocket out from the vertical integration facility and to SLC-41 to prepare it for launch later tonight. The evening lift off will carry Boeing\u2019s Starliner spacecraft, with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams inside, to the International Space Station.<\/p>\n

                          The long time co-awardee of NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Program was expected to leave SpaceX in the dust. However, various funding shortages (which delayed both companies) and technical delays on the first uncrewed flight test and before the second one, means SpaceX has already flown nine crewed flights to the ISS for NASA.<\/p>\n

                          Boeing is so far delayed that it has even missed out on any extra missions within the ISS\u2019s lifespan, all of those going to SpaceX. However, details on the decommissioning of the ISS after 2030 have yet to be finalized so in theory there could be more flights given to Boeing but that is still unknown.<\/p>\n

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