Mission coverage
Watch
Northrop Grumman Space Systems
BOLE DM-1 Static Fire Test
Published coverage links
Playing a video connects to YouTube. Coverage may be scheduled, live or recorded. If a player is unavailable, use “Open source”.
Mission brief
The flight at a glance.
Northrop Grumman will static fire the first Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) solid rocket booster, slated for use on the Block 2 variant of the Space Launch System (SLS). Featuring several improvements including a denser solid propellant mix, lighter composite cases and optimized thrust trace, the BOLE boosters are planned to be used from the launch of Artemis IX onward.
Open the full mission →Published flight sequence
Know what comes next.
Planned timings relative to the target. These steps do not indicate live progress.
A flight sequence has not been published for this mission.