A Long March 2D/2 (CZ-2D/2) rocket, built by SAST, carried 41 Jilin-1 satellites into LEO from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China, after lifting off at 0530 GMT on 15 June. The event marked the most satellites launched at one time by a Chinese rocket. Onboard...
The multi-satellite ride mission Transporter-8 with 72 spacecraft aboard was successfully delivered into orbit from SLC-4E at Vandenberg, California, USA, at 2135 GMT on 12 June 2023. A full list of the cubesats – carried were is on the Seradata Launch and...
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from the SLC-40 pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 0710 GMT on 12 June 2023. The vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 5-11, a total of 52 of the smaller v1.5 Starlink satellites. Starlink Group 5-11 is...
The US Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has allocated twelve FY23 National Security Space (NSS) launch bookings under the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 Launch Service Procurement contract to SpaceX and to the United Launch Alliance. Six...
At 0410 GMT on 7 June 2023, the second launch of the Lijian-1 (Kinetica-1) rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Inner Mongolia, China reportedly put 26 satellites into orbit. This rocket built by CAS Space (partially owned by the Chinese Academy of...
The SpaceX operated Dragon CRS-28 cargo ship on behalf of NASA was launched by a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket at 1547 GMT on 5 June 2023 on its way to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch took place from the Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 39A. ...
