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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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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Rocket Lab has delivered two satellites for Capella Space, a U.S. company that provides high-resolution radar imagery of Earth, into orbit on 16 March 2023.
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Blue Origin’s New Shepard Mission NS-23 experienced a propulsion anomaly after launch 12 September 2022 shortly before reaching max q, leading to a mid-flight abort.
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Rocket Lab’s ‘Love at First Insight’ Launch & Recovery Test a Success [Video] | California-based Rocket Lab has successfully launched 2 satellites atop their Electron rocket from the company’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.
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