Artemis Slipping

The most recent testing information says that the “agency will conduct the demonstration test no earlier than Wednesday, Sept. 21, and has updated its request for a launch opportunity Sept. 27, with a potential backup opportunity of Oct. 2 under review”.

Those two launch windows provide 70 and 109-minute windows, respectively. Failure to launch on one of those days will exhaust the range certification extension and require the walk of shame back to the VAB. I do not think the turn around time would allow for the (late) October windows so we’d be looking at November 12-27.

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