Two Chinese rockets, a pair of Russian missions, a trio of Falcon 9 launches, a New Shepard, an Electron, and the long-awaited tenth flight of Starship were scheduled to fly this week. In Russia, a Soyuz rocket launched a modernized version of the Vostok capsule that flew crewed missions in the 1960s from Baikonur, while an Angara rocket took flight from the Russian military launch site in Plesetsk.
Before Starship Flight 10’s scrub, SpaceX flew one Starlink mission and a national security mission featuring the X-37B, and successfully launched a Cargo Dragon flight to the International Space Station. Both X-37 and Cargo Dragon were scheduled to launch from Florida, while Starlink Group 17-6 flew from California.
One Chinese rocket launched from Jiuquan and another flew from Wenchang, while New Shepard will launch from west Texas with a date to be determined after Saturday’s and Tuesday’s scrubs. Later on Saturday, an Electron launched from New Zealand.