SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that some of the company’s new Starlink V2 Mini satellites are experiencing problems and will have to be deorbited. He made the announcement on Twitter on March 22, responding to questions from satellite observers who noticed unusual orbital behavior of the spacecraft.
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The Leonardo AW09 helicopter, formerly known as the Kopter SH-09, has completed its first flight with the Safran Helicopter Engines Arriel 2K engine on March 17, 2023. The flight took place at Kopter’s facility in Mollis, Switzerland.
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The Boeing Company has restarted deliveries of its widebody 787 Dreamliner jet after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved its data analysis related to a production issue.
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SpaceX launched two communication satellites for SES, a Luxembourg-based satellite operator, on a Falcon 9 rocket on Friday, March 17, 2023. Earlier they launched a mission that deployed 52 Starlink internet satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
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China has launched a new Earth observation satellite into geostationary orbit on March 17, 2023. The satellite, named Gaofen-13-02, was carried by a Long March 3B rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province at 08:33 UTC.
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On March 14, 2023, a Russian Su-27 fighter jet collided with an unarmed U.S. MQ-9 Reaper reconnaissance drone over the Black Sea. The mid-air collision resulted in the loss of the drone.
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