Na enkele weken vakantie werd het hoog tijd voor een nieuwe NUDR. De vorige dateert immers alweer van eind juli. De voorbije maand waren er heel wat lanceringen en bij deze krijg je dan ook een uitgebreid overzicht. Een update van het (inter)planetaire ruimtevaartnieuws, de gebeurtenissen aan boord van het ISS en ander ruimtevaartnieuwtjes komt vanaf volgende week.

Tiende succesvolle lancering voor Europese Vega-raket.
ESA: Vega lofts two satellites on second launch this year.
NasaSpaceFlight: Vega successfully launches VENµS and OPTSAT 3000.
SpaceFlight101: Vega Rocket Successfully Lifts Israeli-Built Earth-Watching Satellites for Science & Reconnaissance.

De filmpjes:
Arianespace: Perfect 10: the lightweight Vega orbits OPTSAT-3000 and Venµs on a milestone success.
De volledige uitzending kan je hier bekijken.
Verschillende camerastandpunten v/d lancering vind je in dit filmpje.

Tweede testlancering voor Vector-R.
Space News: Vector performs second test flight of smallsat launch vehicle.
The Verge: Private spaceflight startup Vector pulls off second test of its micro-rocket.

Een filmpje:
Go To Space: Vector-R Rocket Launch (Drone Footage) + Interviews.

Algemene repetitie voor eerste testvlucht mét motor voor SpaceShipTwo.
SpaceCom: Virgin Galactic Carries Out "Dry Run" for Powered SpaceShipTwo Flights.
Geek Wire: Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo plane glides through a ‘dry run’ for blastoff.

Falcon 9 lanceert nieuwe ISS-bevoorrading.
NASA: NASA Cargo Launches to Space Station Aboard SpaceX Resupply Mission.
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX Falcon 9 launches CRS-12 Dragon mission to the ISS.
NasaSpaceFlight: Falcon 9 Block 4 debut a success, Dragon arrives for Station berthing.
SpaceFlight101: Science-Laden Dragon Arrives at Space Station after Flawless Two-Day Rendezvous.
NanoRacks: NanoRacks Brings Over 30 Payloads to ISS, Including Landmark Kaber Satellite and First-Ever Boy Scouts of America Experiment.

De filmpjes:
America Space: SpaceX Falcon-9 Test Fire Aug 10 for CRS-12 Launch (no audio).
SpaceX: CRS-12 Launch Webcast.
Wie enkel de lancering eens wil herbeleven kan hier terecht.
De terugkeer van de eerste trap kan je hier nog eens zien. 
NASA: SpaceX/Dragon CRS-12 What's on Board Science Briefing.
NASA: Post-Launch Status of Next Space Station Supply Mission.

NASA: U.S. Commercial Cargo Craft Arrives at the International Space Station.

Proton-M lanceert Russische militaire comsat.
ILS: Khrunichev Space Center: The 100th Launch Of The Proton M Was Sccessfully Completed.
SpaceFlight101: Proton-M Successfully Launches Blagovest High-Capacity Military Communications Satellite.

De lancering kan je hier herbekijken.

Atlas V brengt nieuwe TDRS in de ruimte.
ULA: United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches NASA’s TDRS-M Satellite.
Meer info over de lancering vind je in deze Mission Overview (PDF). 
NASA: NASA Successfully Launches Latest Communications Satellite.
SpaceFlight101: NASA’s Newest Tracking & Data Relay Satellite Sails into Orbit aboard ULA Atlas V Rocket.
NasaSpaceFlight: ULA Atlas V launches TDRS-M out of Cape Canaveral.
Space News: TDRS launch marks end of an era.

NASA: TDRS: An Era of Continuous Space Communications

De filmpjes:
ULA: Atlas V TDRS-M Launch Highlights.
ULA: Atlas V TDRS-M Mission Profile.
ULA: Atlas V TDRS-M Rocket Cam.
ULA: Aerial Views of Atlas V TDRS-M.
NASA: NASA News Briefing Previews Launch of TDRS-M Communications Satellite.
NASA KSC: TDRS-M Post-Launch Inteview with Launch Director Tim Dunn.

NASA Goddard: TDRS-M: Getting Ready for Launch.
NASA Goddard: TDRS Continuing the Fleet.
NASA Goddard: TDRS Network 360.

Na enig uitstel lanceert Japanse H-IIA de derde Quasi-Zenith Satellite.
Japan Today: Japan launches 3rd satellite of new GPS constellation.
SpaceFlight101: Technical Issues Scrub H-IIA Launch with QZS-3 Satellite.
SpaceFlight101: H-IIA Rocket Returns to Tanegashima Launch Pad for Second QZS-3 Launch Attempt.
SpaceFlight101: H-IIA Rocket Deploys Japan’s Third Quasi-Zenith Navigation Augmentation Satellite.
NasaSpaceFlight: Japanese H-IIA launches with QZS-3.
GPS World: QZS-2 signal analysis, QZS-3 launched.

Meer info over QZS vind je o.a. hier.

De lancering kan je hier nog eens bekijken.

SpaceX lanceert FormoSat-5 voor Taiwan.
SpaceFlight101: SpaceX Conducts Static Fire Test for Long-Delayed Falcon 9 Launch with Taiwan’s FormoSat-5.
NasaSpaceFlight: Falcon 9 successfully launches Taiwan’s Formosat-5.
SpaceFlight101: Falcon 9’s Light-Lift Mission Places Taiwan’s FormoSat-5 into Orbit, 1st Stage Recovered at Sea.
Space News: SpaceX notches 15th landing after launching overdue Formosat-5.
SpaceRef: Yet Another Falcon 9 First Stage Recovered.

De filmpjes:
SciNews: SpaceX FORMOSAT-5 mission: Falcon 9 static fire test.
SciNews: SpaceX FORMOSAT-5 mission: Falcon 9 launch & landing, satellite deployment.

Eerste Minotaur IV-lancering van op het KSC.
NasaSpaceFlight: Minotaur IV debuts from the Cape with ORS-5 launch.
SpaceFlight101: Minotaur IV Blasts into Orbit from Cape Canaveral with ORS-5 Space Situational Awareness Satellite.
Space News: Minotaur launches amid rekindled debate over surplus ICBM motors.

De filmpjes:
SpaceFlight Insider: SFI Live: Orbital ATK ORS-5 (Minotaur IV).
Een kortere versie van het lanceringsfilmpje vind je hier. 
SciNews: Minotaur IV launches ORS-5 Satellite.

En nog dit:
Nasa Watch: GAO Report On ICBM Motors For Commercial Launchers.

En nog dit: “Cosmic Girl” en Virgin Orbit.
Parabolic Arc: Virgin Orbit 747 Arrives in Mojave.
Aviation Week: Virgin Orbit Readies For Boeing 747 'Cosmic Girl' Flight Test Build-Up.
SpaceCom: Virgin Orbit's Rocket-Launching Plane 'Cosmic Girl' Comes Home to Long Beach.

Een filmpje vind je hier. 

ASI: Virgin Orbit to launch SITAEL satellite.

Veel lees- en kijkplezier,

Koen