With summer and winter for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres now in full swing, the halfway point of 2025 is fast approaching, and the worldwide launch manifest continues to be as busy as ever. SpaceX has launched four Falcon 9 missions this week, with a private crewed mission to the International Space Station and three Starlink missions.
Two Rocket Lab Electron flights from New Zealand were also on the cards, with a Blue Origin crewed suborbital launch and the swan song of the Japanese H-IIA following suit.