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Angelo Landolfi

Italian - ( IAF)

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Italian Air Force physician selected to fly on the Virgin Galactic 01 mission.

SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 01

Virgin Galactic | USA
Air launch to Suborbital flight
June 29, 2023, 3:28 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission:

Research mission for the Italian Air Force, first commercial Virgin Galactic mission.

Suborbital
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The Italian Air Force is the air force of the Italian Republic. The Italian Air Force was founded as an independent service arm on 28 March 1923 by King Victor Emmanuel III as the Regia Aeronautica ("Royal Air Force"). After World War II, when Italy became a republic following a referendum, the Regia Aeronautica was given its current name.


Falcon 9
Success
1 day, 1 hour ago
Starlink Group 7-8
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Falcon 9
Success
2 days, 4 hours ago
Starlink Group 6-33
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.


Smart Dragon 3
Success
3 days, 13 hours ago
SatNet test satellite
Bo Run Jiu Zhou mobile launch platform - Sea Launch

Officially described as "Satellite-Internet Technology Demonstration Satellite(s)". Probable 1 (?) test satellite for the Chinese state-owned LEO com…


Ceres-1
Success
4 days, 9 hours ago
Tianyan-16 & Starpool-01A
Launch Area 95A - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

2 Earth observation and/or communication satellites for MinoSpace (Tianyan-16) & ELLISPACE (Starpool-01A).


South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV (3 stage)
Success
5 days, 4 hours ago
S-STEP
ADD Offshore launch platform - Jeju Island, South Korea

Note: Launch vehicle name is provisional. Prototype small synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite built by Hanhwa Aerospace on a planar satellite…