This week’s manifest includes the delayed launches of a Falcon 9 with Galileo global positioning satellites and an Electron with a second batch of satellites for Kinéis. SpaceX also launched a batch of 20 Starlink satellites from California as the constellation increases to 6,000 operational satellites.
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IndianInternationalOtherRussian
Launch Roundup: Progress MS-28, Indian SSLV, Chinese CZ-4B, and Falcon 9 flights scheduled
The second full week of August is another busy one, with five flights scheduled including…
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CommercialISSNorthrop GrummanOtherSpaceX
Science and supplies fly on Falcon 9, Cygnus NG-21
by Tyler GrayFor the second time in 2024, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft delivered a bounty of science…
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CommercialOtherSpaceXUncrewed
Launch Roundup: Atlas V, Electron, CZ-3B/E, and Falcon 9 missions flying this week
As July turns into August, launch activity will pick up after Falcon 9’s return to…
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CommercialSpaceX
Falcon 9’s return to flight reminds spaceflight industry of past anomalies
by Aaron McCreaNearly every rocket that has flown has had an anomaly. With thousands of components that…
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ChineseInternationalSpaceX
Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 returns to flight, China launches Earth observation satellites
by Martin SmithThe launch schedule in the past few weeks had been notably quieter than usual. Last…
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ChineseCommercialEuropeanInternationalOtherScienceSpaceX
Launch Roundup: Electron launches for the 50th time; Falcon 9 returns to normal operations
by Aaron McCreaConcluding a rare week that was void of any launches and riddled with scrubs, the…
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Following an extremely eventful week in Spaceflight, this week was expected to be a return…
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ISSSpaceX
Launch Roundup: Starliner delayed further; 21st flight for Falcon 9 booster; New Shepard returns to crewed missions
by Martin SmithSpaceX reached another milestone when booster B1062 became the first in its fleet to fly…
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ChineseCommercialInternationalSpaceX
Launch Roundup: SpaceX reaches its 40th Falcon 9 flight of 2024
by Martin SmithWith seven Falcon 9 launches flown this month already, SpaceX’s rapid pace continues with another…
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CommercialInternationalOtherRussianSpaceX
Launch Roundup: Delta IV swan song, Angara test flight from Russia, and three Falcon 9 flights
The second week of April not only has a long-awaited total solar eclipse but also…
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ChineseCommercialRussianSpaceXUncrewed
Launch Roundup: Delta IV Heavy swan song, Falcon 9 and Soyuz launches on tap for last week of March
A trio of Falcon 9 Starlink launches, a Falcon 9 non-Starlink launch involving an Eutelsat…
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Three missions have now launched this week, starting with Crew-8, which is sending a new…
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CommercialInternationalISSJapanRussianSpaceX
Launch Roundup: Falcon 9’s 300th Flight and SpaceX to launch lunar lander
by Aaron McCreaOn the week of the sixth anniversary of the first flight of Falcon Heavy, SpaceX…
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After a record-setting month featuring 10 launches, SpaceX is gearing up for a busy February.…
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The NG-20 mission has flown the Cygnus spacecraft S.S. Patricia Hilliard Robertson to a path…
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ChineseCommercialInternationalNorthrop GrummanSpaceX
Launch Roundup: Northrop Grumman prepare the first Cygnus to fly on Falcon 9
by Martin SmithRecent challenges with weather concerns and the movement of key flights such as USSF-52 and…
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While the spaceflight world waited for the Starship Integrated Flight Test-2 (IFT-2) launch that happened…
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SpaceX finally launched the Arabsat 7B satellite to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) for Arabsat atop…
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On the two main coasts of the United States, SpaceX launched a number of low…