United Launch Alliance
Vulcan VC4L | Dream Chaser CRS 2 Flight 1
Rocket
Vulcan VC4L
Location
Space Launch Complex 41
Launch Time
Thursday, December 31, 2026 at 12:00 AM GMT+0
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Countdown to Launch
Mission Details
First flight of the Dream Chaser Spaceplane, on a free-flying mission in Low Earth Orbit.
Launch Viewing Conditions
Weather Conditions
Launch Viewing Score
5.5/10
Fair
Temp
83°F
Clouds
100%
Wind
10 mph
Visibility
60 km
Related News
NASA to Stream SpaceX Crew-12 Return, Splashdown Live
NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 8:05 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, Oct. 7, for the undocking of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission from the International Space Station, pending weather conditions. An Oct. 7 undock puts NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev […]
Launch Preview: Flights from South Korea, China, USA planned for this week
On the heels of an impactful few days of launches from SpaceX, this week shapes… The post Launch Preview: Flights from South Korea, China, USA planned for this week appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
Resource competition intensifies with surge in megaconstellations
Amazon wants more than 5,000 satellites in orbit. Blue Origin has proposed another 5,400. Chinese companies have filed plans encompassing vastly more. Elon Musk has talked about a constellation numbering […] The post Resource competition intensifies with surge in megaconstellations appeared first on SpaceNews.