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As many as four SpaceX Falcon 9 missions and the long-delayed inaugural flight of Ariane…
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Concluding a rare week that was void of any launches and riddled with scrubs, the…
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Following an extremely eventful week in Spaceflight, this coming week returns to “business as usual.”…
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The joint European-Japanese EarthCARE satellite has begun its mission to improve our understanding of Earth’s…
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As the month of May transitions into June, a European Space Agency (ESA) mission to…
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There are two launches from China to start this week, the first of which will…
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Boeing’s crewed Starliner spacecraft and China’s first Chang Zheng 6C rocket faced delays this week due to technical issues. The launch of Starliner, scheduled to be the first crewed launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station since the Apollo era, was delayed due to an issue with an oxygen relief valve. The launch is now expected to take place on May 17. On the other hand, the Chang Zheng 6C rocket successfully launched after Starliner’s originally scheduled time

SpaceX’s 300th booster landing, NASA’s solar sail testing, and China’s latest taikonaut missions are among the recent launches in the world of space exploration. SpaceX is scheduled to launch two Starlink missions and two Falcon 9 flights carrying customer satellites. Rocket Lab will launch its fifth Electron rocket of the year, carrying two demonstration missions into different orbits. China’s space program will send three taikonauts to the Tianhe core module of their Tiangong space station. SpaceX

The second week of April saw several notable launches in the world of space exploration. The highly anticipated final flight of the NROL-70 Delta IV Heavy rocket took place at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This marked the end of an era for the Delta IV Heavy rocket family, as it will be replaced by the Vulcan rocket in the future.

Russia also conducted a test flight of its Angara rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. After two failed attempts, the

SpaceX has successfully launched its Bandwagon-1 rideshare mission, marking the 35th Falcon mission of the year for the company. The mission carried 11 spacecraft for six customers, including a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite for South Korea. What makes this mission unique is that it is the first dedicated rideshare flight by SpaceX to a mid-inclination orbit of 45 degrees. Normally, SpaceX’s rideshare missions have focused on polar orbits for global coverage. However, this