The first week of September will see only four orbital launches and a single sub-orbital crewed launch. SpaceX started the week off with its Starlink Group 6-12 mission and ended it with the 6-14 launch. China will then launch two back-to-back missions with the Ceres-1S and Chang Zheng 4C. Virgin Galactic will then launch its fourth crewed mission of four months with Galactic-03. Finally, China will end the week with a Chang Zheng 6A launch.
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With help from NEOWISE, astronomers observe giant star destroying planet for the first time
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SpaceX conducts doubleheader with Starlink mission followed by launch for SES
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SpaceX’s Starship program has reached a major milestone ahead of its historic launch with a…
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China launches rideshare mission, develops new engine, and loses contact with Mars rover
by Adrian BeilIn what will probably be the last Chang Zheng launch before the Chinese new year,…
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SpaceX carried out the first Starlink launch of 2023 with a mission placed 51 satellites…
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched the joint NASA/CNES Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite mission from…
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Falcon 9 B1051 makes final flight on Galaxy-31 & 32 mission
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Hubble and VLT discover spiraling structure of young stars, hints at star formation in early universe
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NASA and SLS program managers have developed part of a forward plan for addressing the…
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Repaired SpaceX booster returns to action on Starlink Group 4-23
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China launches 16 more Jilin-1 satellites atop Chang Zheng 6
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United Launch Alliance has deployed a pair of Space Force technology demonstration payloads into geostationary…
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Germany’s SARah-1 military radar Earth observation satellite launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from…
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SpaceX’s Starbase is heading into its latest phase of milestones for Starship, with the high…
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SpaceX launched its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket with the Nilesat-301 satellite into a geostationary transfer…
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SpaceX launched its third back-to-back Starlink mission in barely a fortnight Friday. Falcon 9 lifted…
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Hubble discovers exoplanet unconventionally forming at an extreme distance, NASA confirms 5,000 discovered exoplanets
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