CHINA LAUNCHES INTERNET SATELLITE GROUP - China successfully sent a new group of low Earth orbit satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on Friday. The satellite group, the fourth of its kind that will constitute an internet constellation, was launched at 4:45 a.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket. The satellites entered the preset orbit successfully. The launch marked the 580th mission of the Long March series carrier rockets. More (Source: Global Times - Jun 7)
ATLAS V ROCKET TO LAUNCH AMAZON’S 2ND BATCH OF KUIPER INTERNET SATELLITES ON JUNE 13 - Amazon's second fleet of internet satellites now has a target launch date. The stack of 27 satellites, part of Amazon's Project Kuiper constellation, is scheduled to launch on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket next Friday (June 13). Liftoff of the mission, known as Kuiper 2, is set for 2:29 p.m. EDT (1829 GMT), from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, ULA announced. More (Source: Space.com - Jun 7)
ELON MUSK SAYS SPACEX WILL DECOMMISSION DRAGON SPACECRAFT AFTER TRUMP THREAT — OR NOT - Elon Musk on Thursday said his company SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft “immediately” because of threats by President Donald Trump to cancel government contracts with Musk’s businesses. But hours later, Musk said, “Ok, we won’t decommission Dragon,” after a X user urged him to “cool off and take a step back for a couple days.” More (Source: CNBC - Jun 7)
SPACEX LAUNCHES SXM-10 SATELLITE FOR SIRIUSXM ON FALCON 9 ROCKET FROM CAPE CANAVERAL - SpaceX launched its first customer mission of the month shortly after midnight on Saturday morning with a Falcon 9 flight heading to a geosynchronous transfer orbit. The late-night launch of the SXM-10 satellite for SiriusXM, a satellite radio company, lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 12:54 a.m. EDT (0454 UTC). More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jun 7)
NASA SETS COVERAGE FOR AXIOM MISSION 4 LAUNCH, ARRIVAL AT STATION - NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX are targeting 8:22 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 10, for launch of the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, Axiom Mission 4. The mission will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew will travel to the orbiting laboratory on a new SpaceX Dragon spacecraft after launching on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket. The targeted docking time is approximately 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 11. More (Source: NASA - Jun 6)
SPACEX LAUNCHES 500TH ORBITAL FALCON ROCKET ON 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALCON 9 - SpaceX was back at the launch pad for a midweek flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The Starlink 11-22 mission marked the company’s 500th orbital launch of a Falcon rocket, including Falcon 1, Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East occurred at 4:40 p.m. PDT (7:40 p.m. EDT, 2340 UTC) on Wednesday, which also happens to be the 15th anniversary of the first Falcon 9 rocket launch. More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jun 5)
SPACEX LAUNCHES MIDNIGHT HOUR STARLINK MISSION FROM FLORIDA - SpaceX managed to launch its latest batch of Starlink satellites Tuesday morning following a scrub in the pre-dawn hours of Monday. Liftoff of the Starlink 12-19 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 12:43 a.m. EDT (0443 UTC) on Tuesday, June 3, as thunderstorms pushed offshore. More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jun 4)
CREW PREPS FOR FOURTH AXIOM PRIVATE MISSION, KEEPS UP HUMAN RESEARCH - The Expedition 73 crew members are turning their attention to the upcoming fourth private mission from Axiom Space. While the International Space Station crewmates prepare for the Ax-4 quartet’s arrival aboard a SpaceX Dragon they also continued studying how their bodies are adapting to weightlessness in the midst of ongoing lab maintenance duties. More (Source: NASA - Jun 4)
ROCKET LAB LAUNCHES BLACKSKY’S NEXT GEN-3 SATELLITE ON ELECTRON ROCKET FROM NEW ZEALAND - Rocket Lab successfully launched its 65th Electron rocket to date on a mission in support of its customer, BlackSky, and the next launch for its Gen-3 satellite constellation. Teams launched the mission, dubbed ‘Full Stream Ahead,’ from Pad A at Rocket Lab’s launch complex in Mahia, New Zealand, at 11:57 a.m. NZT on June 3 (7:57 p.m. EDT, 2357 UTC on June 2). More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jun 3)
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