SpaceX plans four Falcon 9 launches this week
- June 4, 2023
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This week has been pretty busy with rocket launches, and SpaceX accounts for the bulk of the Falcon 9 launches. Perhaps the most exciting launch of Falcon 9
This week has been pretty busy with rocket launches, and SpaceX accounts for the bulk of the Falcon 9 launches. Perhaps the most exciting launch of Falcon 9
This week has been pretty busy with rocket launches, and SpaceX accounts for the bulk of the Falcon 9 launches. Perhaps the most exciting launch of Falcon 9 will take place on Sunday, when the rocket will launch the Dragon 2 spacecraft into orbit earlier. departure. to the ISS to replenish the crew.
There will be two launches on Sunday, both from SpaceX and from Florida. The Falcon 9 rocket carries 22 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit on its first launch. Departure is scheduled for 09:56 and the event will be posted on SpaceX’s website.
In a few hours, another Falcon 9 will take off with the Dragon 2 spacecraft. Dragon 2 will fulfill its mission to deliver cargo to the ISS. You will also be able to follow this launch on the SpaceX website. Launch scheduled for 16:12
Next up is CAS Space’s Kinetica 1 rocket. This is its second launch and will orbit 26 satellites, including Fucheng 1. This mission will take off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 4:11 am. Given that the launch is being held from China, it is unlikely that the event will be broadcast live.
Another Falcon 9 launch will take place on Thursday, but this time the Transporter-8 will carry the transport mission. In terms of payload, this mission will carry dozens of small micro-satellites and nano-satellites for commercial and government customers. There is no scheduled time for this launch, but it will take off from Florida and will be posted on SpaceX’s website.
The fourth and final mission is another Falcon 9 rocket carrying two O3b mPOWER broadband Internet satellites into mid-Earth orbit for SES. Like other Falcon 9 launches, this one will take off from Cape Canaveral at 7:15 PM and will be viewable on SpaceX’s website.
The first launch last week was India’s GLSV Mk II rocket, which launched the NVS-01 navigation satellite into orbit. The satellite will be part of NavIC, India’s satellite navigation system operating in the subcontinent.
Later this week, China launched a Long-Range rocket carrying three astronauts to the Chinese space station at Shenzhou-16. These astronauts were in space temporarily before the crew of Shenzhou-15 returned to Earth. As many as 17 people were in space for a short time last week – much more than usual.
Source: Port Altele
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