As NASA’s Artemis II mission reaches its halfway point, the launch manifest on Earth continues to stay busy, with eight launches scheduled for the week of April 6th. SpaceX is expected to launch four Falcon 9s this week, including three Starlink missions and the NG-24 mission to the International Space Station. A Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV is also scheduled to launch from California on Tuesday morning.
Internationally, three Chinese rockets are set to launch from three different Chinese launch sites. A Chang Zheng 8 and Chang Zheng 6A are expected to launch from Wenchang and Taiyuan, respectively, while a Jielong 3 will launch from a platform in the South China Sea.