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Dec 12, 2024

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-2

SpaceX

Low Earth Orbit Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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Dec 13, 2024

Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV10

SpaceX

Medium Earth Orbit Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

GPS-IIIA (Global Positioning System) is the first evolution stage of the third generation of the GPS satellites. It consists of the first ten (known as "tranche") of GPS III satellites.
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Lucy Earth Flyby

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Second of three Earth flybys of NASA's Lucy mission to the Trojan asteroids.

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NASA CLPS Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 Teleconference

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Falcon 9
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Mobile Launcher Pad - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Synthetic-aperture radar Earth observation satellite from the Chinese Academy of Sciences to observe dynamics properties of oceans.


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