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Falcon 9 Block 5 | OneWeb 20
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Oct. 20, 2024, 1:13 a.m.
Communications
A batch of 20 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet broadband service for individual consumers. The constellation is planned to have around 648 microsatellites (of which 60 are spares), around 150 kg each, operating in Ku-band from low Earth orbit.
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Unknown Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Details TBD.
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New Shepard | NS-27
Suborbital Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
Twenty-seventh flight of New Shepard,flying unmanned as a test for the newest booster.
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Rollout
October 22, 2024
Booster 13 Rollout
Starbase TexasBooster 13 is rolling out to the launch site at Starbase ahead of testing.
Spacecraft Undocking
October 22, 2024
SpaceX Crew-8 Crew Dragon Undocking
International Space StationThe Crew-8 Crew Dragon will undock from the International Space Station, carrying four astronauts. It will then reenter the Earth's atmosphere and splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean/Gulf of Mexico.
Spacecraft Landing
October 30, 2024
SpaceX Crew-8 Crew Dragon Splashdown
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Flyby
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BepiColombo Mercury Flyby
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Falcon 9
OneWeb 20
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 20 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet broadband service for individual consum…
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Starlink Group 8-19
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