Two very cool space launches are scheduled for Wednesday December 7, 2022
First is Hakuto-R, Japan's first Lunar lander from Japanese "new space" company i-Space. "Hakuto" is the white rabbit that lives on the Moon according to Japanese folklore.
https://ispace-inc.com/missions
https://ispace-inc.com/hakuto-r/eng/about/
Hakuto-R is set to launch at 12:04 AM PST/3:04 AM EST early Wednesday morning.
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6939
Hakuto-R will be launched by SpaceX on a Falcon 9 from SLC 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The booster will be B1073.5 on its fifth flight. The thing that will make it spectacular is that it's a RTLS (Return to Launch Site) landing at landing pad LZ-1 at Cape Canaveral. It should look spectacular coming in to land at night.
Hakuto-R (I-Space graphic)
The second exciting event of the day will be a second RTLS landing at Cape Canaveral! This is OneWeb launch #15. This launch will be 40 additional satellites for the growing OneWeb constellation (which is partly owned by the British government). They plan to start offering their Starlink-like service some time next year in 2023. These latest satellites will be launched by SpaceX on B1069.4 on its fourth flight, from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center. And this one will also be RTLS as B1069 returns to land at the Cape!
It's scheduled to go at 2:37 PM PST/5:37 PM EST
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/2959
First is Hakuto-R, Japan's first Lunar lander from Japanese "new space" company i-Space. "Hakuto" is the white rabbit that lives on the Moon according to Japanese folklore.
https://ispace-inc.com/missions
https://ispace-inc.com/hakuto-r/eng/about/
Hakuto-R is set to launch at 12:04 AM PST/3:04 AM EST early Wednesday morning.
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6939
Hakuto-R will be launched by SpaceX on a Falcon 9 from SLC 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The booster will be B1073.5 on its fifth flight. The thing that will make it spectacular is that it's a RTLS (Return to Launch Site) landing at landing pad LZ-1 at Cape Canaveral. It should look spectacular coming in to land at night.
Hakuto-R (I-Space graphic)
The second exciting event of the day will be a second RTLS landing at Cape Canaveral! This is OneWeb launch #15. This launch will be 40 additional satellites for the growing OneWeb constellation (which is partly owned by the British government). They plan to start offering their Starlink-like service some time next year in 2023. These latest satellites will be launched by SpaceX on B1069.4 on its fourth flight, from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center. And this one will also be RTLS as B1069 returns to land at the Cape!
It's scheduled to go at 2:37 PM PST/5:37 PM EST
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/2959