Watch: SpaceX Expands Starlink Constellation With 21st Launch of 2023. SpaceX launched 56 Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit on Wednesday, March 29, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The launch marked the company’s 21st mission of the year and the 17th from Florida’s Space Coast.
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Relativity Space, a startup that aims to revolutionize the space industry with 3D-printed rockets, suffered a partial setback on Wednesday night when its first orbital launch attempt ended short of achieving all mission goals.
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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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