Three rockets are now scheduled to launch from the U.S. this week. SpaceX is planning to launch a plethora of internet satellites, with two Starlink missions and one mission for Amazon’s Project Kuiper on the company’s launch manifest. United Launch Alliance was also expected to launch a navigation technology demonstrator and a classified Space Force payload atop the most powerful configuration of the company’s new Vulcan rocket to date, but this 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 now has a Jielong-3 launch scheduled for Friday.