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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-44

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March 16, 2024, 12:21 a.m.


Communications

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

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Upcoming Launches


Mar 21, 2024

Long March 2D/YZ-3 | Unknown Payload

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Unknown Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Details TBD.
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Mar 21, 2024

Electron | Live and Let Fly (NROL-123)

Rocket Lab

Unknown Wallops Island, Virginia, USA

Mission for the National Reconnaissance Office.
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Upcoming Events


Press Event
March 19, 2024

SpaceX CRS-30 Prelaunch media teleconference

Online

Prelaunch media teleconference with the following participants: - Kristi Duplichen, deputy manager, NASA’s International Space Station Transportation Integration Office - Heidi Parris, associate program scientist, NASA’s International Space Station Program Research Office - Sarah Walker, director, SpaceX Dragon mission management - Melody Lovin, launch weather officer, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s 45th Weather Squadron

Docking
March 21, 2024

Soyuz MS-25 Docking

International Space Station

The Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft will autonomously dock to the International Space Station.

Hatch Opening
March 21, 2024

Soyuz MS-25 Hatch Opening

International Space Station

Coverage of the hatch opening and welcoming remarks by the Soyuz MS-25 crew on the International Space Station as they join the Expedition 70 crew

Press Event
March 22, 2024

Starliner CFT Program Overview News Conference

Johnson Space Center

Briefing regarding the Starliner Crewed Flight Test mission, with the following participants: - NASA Administrator Bill Nelson - Steve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program, NASA - Dana Weigel, deputy manager, International Space Station Program, NASA - Mark Nappi, vice president and program manager, Boeing Starliner Program


Falcon 9
Success
3 days, 11 hours ago
Starlink Group 6-44
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Starship
Success
4 days, 22 hours ago
Integrated Flight Test 3
Orbital Launch Mount A - SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA

Third test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.


Long March 2C/YZ-1S
Partial Failure
5 days, 22 hours ago
DRO-A/B
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Two spacecraft by the Chinese Academy of Sciences designed to perform communication and navigation testing from a Distant Retrograde Orbit (DRO) arou…


KAIROS
Failure
6 days, 9 hours ago
Maiden Flight
Space One Launch Pad - Space Port Kii, Japan

Carried a prototype "quick response" satellite for the Japanese government Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center, operator of the IGS series of Japan…


Electron
Success
6 days, 20 hours ago
Owl Night Long
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B - Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

StriX-3 is a synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective. It can gather high resolution Earth observation data …


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 1 day ago
Starlink Group 7-17
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 1 day ago
Starlink Group 6-43
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Falcon 9
Success
2 weeks ago
Starlink Group 6-41
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Falcon 9
Success
2 weeks ago
Transporter 10 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Transporter 10 mission is a dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commerc…


Falcon 9
Success
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Crew-8
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

SpaceX Crew-8 is the eighth crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Cre…


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