Weekly Update March 29th - April 4th
We’re back! Last week our team was busy traveling for a certain important launch that we’ll cover in just a second…
Xinhua News
Kinetica 2 Prototype Demo Flight - Monday March 30th
CAS Space launched the Kinetica 2 Spacecraft for the first time into a polar orbit. The mission was a success.
SpaceX
Transporter 16 - Monday March 30th
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rideshare mission into a polar orbit, carrying a record 119 payloads. The mission from Vandenberg SFB, California was a success. B1093 landed on Of Course I Still Love You after it’s 12th flight.
SpaceX
Starlink Group 10-44 - Monday March 30th
Launched from SLC-40. B1067 landed on Just Read the Instructions after it’s 34th flight. It is currently the Falcon 9 fleet leader, dubbed The King.
Artemis II - Wednesday April 1st
This was the BIG one folks! NASA’s first time attempting to launch a crewed SLS was successful! The four astronauts are currently enroute to the Moon.
Liftoff occurred at 6:35pm EDT from Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center.
SpaceX
Starlink Group 10-58 - Thursday April 2nd
Following up Artemis II is a tough one. SpaceX launched B1085 for the 15th time from SLC-40, landing on A Shortfall of Gravitas shortly after.
Tianlong 3 Demo Flight - Friday April 3rd
Space Pioneer attempted to launch Tianlong 3 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China and it resulted in failure.
Meridian-M n°21L - Friday April 3rd
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M launched from Russia deploying 2 civilian/military satellites.
Amazon Leo (LA-05)
An Atlas V 551 launched from SLC-41 at CCSFS deploying 29 Amazon Leo satellites into orbit. Our team was onsite to capture this historied rocket.
