Three rockets launched this week, despite stormy weather causing scrubs and delays. SpaceX succeeded in launching a mission for Amazon’s Project Kuiper missions, but United Launch Alliance’s launch of a navigation technology demonstrator and a classified Space Force payload atop the most powerful configuration of the company’s new Vulcan rocket to date has now been delayed until next week.
Internationally, in New Zealand, Rocket Lab continued its rapid launch cadence with the launch of an Electron carrying an Earth observation satellite. China has launched a Jielong-3 mission from its coastal waters.