NET August

According to several sources following troubles with the wes, Artemis I has a new launch window no earlier than (NET) August.

The first launch window for Artemis 1 is June 6-16; additional windows are open June 29-July 12 and July 26-August 9.

https://earthsky.org/space/sls-rehearsal-scrubbed-artemis-likely-delayed/

NASA’s official page has a bit more granularity.

  • July 26 – August 10: 13 launch opportunities barring August 1, 2, and 6
  • August 23 – September 6: 12 launch opportunities barring August 30, 31, and September 1
  • September 20 – October 4: 14 launch opportunities barring September 29
  • October 17 – October 31: 11 launch opportunities barring October 24, 25, 26, and 28
  • November 12 – November 27: 12 launch opportunities barring November 20, 21, and 26
  • December 9 – December 23: 11 launch opportunities barring December 10, 14, 18, and 23

And here are the launch windows for Artemis flights in 2023.

  • Jan. 7-20: 10 launch opportunities, excluding Jan. 10, 12, 13 and 14;
  • Feb. 3-17: 14 launch opportunities, excluding Feb. 10;
  • March: 19 launch opportunities between March 1-17 and March 29-31, excluding March 11 and March 18-28;
  • April: 14 launch opportunities between April 1-13 and April 26-30, excluding April 2, 3, 7, 9 and 14-25;
  • May: 14 launch opportunities between May 1-10 and May 26-31, excluding May 8 and May 11-25;
  • June:  13 launch opportunities from June 1-6, on June 20 and from June 24-30, excluding June 5, 7-19 and 21-23;

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/artemis-i-mission-availability

I’ve created a Google calendar to make it easier to overlay with my personal calendar. Some of the blocked dates make sense when you overlay it with the Worldwide Space Launch calendar.

SLS from Wikipedia
SLS on Launchpad from Wikipedia

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