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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-2
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May 10, 2024, 4:30 a.m.
Communications
A batch of 20 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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May 13, 2024
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-58
Low Earth Orbit Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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May 14, 2024
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-7
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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Upcoming Events
Docking
May 18, 2024
Boeing Starliner CFT Docking
International Space StationThe Boeing CST-100 Starliner will dock with the International Space Station as part of its crewed test flight.
EVA
May 31, 2024
US EVA-90
International Space StationAstronauts will exit the station’s Quest airlock to collect microorganism samples and install a new high definition camera on the ISS truss.
Spacecraft Undocking
May 31, 2024
Boeing Starliner CFT Undocking
International Space StationThe Boeing CST-100 Starliner will undock from the International Space Station and conduct a deorbit burn as part of its crewed test flight. Following the deorbit burn the capsule will renter the Earth's atmosphere and land at the 'White Sands Missile Range' using its parachutes.
Spacecraft Landing
May 31, 2024
Boeing Starliner CFT Landing
White Sands Missile RangeFollowing its deorbit burn, the Boeing CST-100 Starliner will reenter the Earth's atmosphere and land at the White Sands Missile Range using its parachutes.
Long March 3
ZHTW 1-01
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaZhihui Tianwang 1-01 are 2 experimental Medium Earth Orbit communication satellites in a collaboration between Tsinghua University, SAST and the Shan…
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Starlink Group 6-56
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAA batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Long March 6C
Maiden Flight
Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaCarried 4 Earth observation satellites to orbit: * Haiwangxing-01, 239 kg X-band SAR satellite built by SAST for Zhihui Space Tech * Zhixing-1C, X-…
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Starlink Group 6-57
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAA batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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Chang'e 6
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Starlink Group 6-55
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