NASA and SpaceX’s launch of the Crew-9 mission took center stage this week. The launch of two new International Space Station crew members took place on Saturday from the recently crew-certified Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).
Meanwhile, in California, another Falcon 9 lifted the only scheduled Starlink mission for this week from Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) on Wednesday. In Asia, an H-IIA rocket has launched a government reconnaissance satellite from Japan, and China has launched a further three missions this week.