Posted on 07/24/2018 5:47:36 PM PDT by BenLurkin
An Arianespace launch is scheduled for 7:25 a.m. EDT (1125 GMT), and a SpaceX launch is scheduled for 7:39 a.m. EDT (1139 GMT), according to Spaceflight Now. You can watch both launches here on Space.com, courtesy of Arianespace and SpaceX.
The Arianespace launch, using an Ariane 5 rocket, will be the company's fourth of the year and will carry four Galileo satellites for Europe, according to a company statement. The Galileo satellites provide global-positioning services across Europe, and Wednesday's launch should complete the network.
The Arianespace launch will take place at Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.
The SpaceX launch, using a Falcon 9 rocket, will be the company's second of the week, after a launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Sunday, July 22. The company is planning to launch 10 additional Iridium satellites in this constellation, and this is the seventh launch of the series, according to a statement from the company.
The launch is scheduled for Wednesday at 7:39 a.m. EDT (1139 GMT, 4:39 a.m. local time) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
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There’s a good chance SpaceX will make a successful “catch” of one of the faring halves for the first time.
I never get tired of watching Space-X boosters land perfectly on their targets.
I kinda hope you’re right, but it seems like a long shot to me.
But somehow Musk is a fraud based on some of the things I read.
They’ve quadrupled the size of the net, and they came very close last time with the smaller net.
We are going up to ridge line at Mt. Rose, around 9,000 feet to see if we might catch it on the horizon. About 325 mile, so it will be a stretch, plus smoke and all. Optimistic.
Thanks!
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