During this active week of launches, SpaceX launched Falcon 9 three times, and New Shepard carried the first all-woman crew above the Kármán line.
On April 10, China successfully launched a Cheng Zhang 3B/E rocket into geostationary transfer orbit. SpaceX launched NROL-192 and Starlink Group 12-17 on April 12, followed by an expected launch of Starlink Group 6-73 on April 14. Then, Blue Origin concluded the week by launching New Shepard on the NS-31 mission on April 14. United Launch Alliance had been scheduled to kick off the week by launching its Atlas V 551 rocket as early as April 9, sending the first operational Kuiper mission into orbit. However, the launch has now been moved to no earlier than April 28.