The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) recent decision to clear SpaceX’s Falcon 9 for a return to all flights paved the way for a busy week of launches. Before Falcon 9 returned to flying regular Starlink missions, though, a Falcon Heavy launch with NASA’s Europa Clipper mission started the week off.
Following Europa Clipper’s launch, SpaceX resumed its regular Starlink launches early on Tuesday, Oct. 15, with two additional Starlink launches scheduled for the week. Both missions successfully launched, while a third Starlink mission moved to next week. Over in China, a pair of Chang Zheng launches happened on Tuesday.
An additional non-Starlink Falcon 9 mission launched toward the end of this week, while an Electron launch from New Zealand has now been pushed outside this week.