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Launch Vehicle Avionics Systems Design and Applications – Online Short Course

Online

George N. Andrew, with 46+ years of experience relating to launch vehicle, spacecraft / instrument avionics architecture, design, manufacturing, integration / testing / program management, convenes this course Tuesdays / Thursdays through April 30 at 13:00–15:30 EDT | 17:00-19:30 UTC | 09:00-11:30 HST (6 Classes, 15 Total Hours). All sessions […]

US$495 – US$1095

Launch South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV / Demo Flight

Sea Launch

Launch window open 14:00-18:00 Korea Time | 05:00-09:00 UTC | HST is 19:00-23:00 on Apr 24; to LEO for first orbital full-version launch after 2 sub-orbital tests of individual stages, and 1 orbital test flight without the 2nd stage.

Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-16

SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

Launch window 07:00-11:00 PDT | 04:00-08:00 HST for 25 internet satellites to LEO. First stage B1088 planned to land on ASDS OCISLY after this 15th flight.

NET Late April – Vulcan Rocket Static Fire Testing

SLC-41 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

First test after ULA Vulcan rocket launching from Florida on February 12, 2026, took a spacecraft to GSO but suffered an anomaly in one of the four solid rocket motors. NASA announcement week of March 11, 2026, said United Launch Alliance (ULA) Centaur V upper stage will be used for […]

21st Annual AIAA Southern California Aerospace Systems & Technology (ASAT) Conference

Irvine CA, USA

To bring together seasoned and new engineers, researchers, leaders, managers, academia and students, to exchange ideas, review achievements and plan new directions. At University of California, Irvine (UCI), Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building, 08:00-18:15 PDT. Co-sponsored by AIAA Orange County and San Gabriel Valley Sections.

US$40 – US$99

The Drive to Fly: Finalists Award Ceremony

Daytona Beach FL, USA

Art competition to encourage future STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) leaders, judged by Astronaut Nicole Stott and others, has been on display and judged, and awardees will be celebrated. RSVP to support Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. At Starry Night Gallery, 230 S Beach St, 18:30-20:00 EDT.