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.
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.
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.
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.
What is the Lilium Jet Electric Jet Flying Car? German company Lilium is flight testing their Lilium Jet, an all-electric vertical take-off and landing.
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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.
The Cessna SkyCourier twin-engine turboprop is now a type-certificated aircraft. Textron Aviation announced the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued the approval on 14 March 2022. The milestone is a key hurdle on the way to commercial operations of the new design.
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