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Starlink 16 | Falcon 9 Block 5
SpaceX successfully launched their Starlink V1.0 L16, also known as Starlink 17, mission. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), at Kennedy Space Center, in Florida with 60 Starlink satellites on board.
Another One Leaves The Crust | Electron
Another One Leaves The Crust marked Rocket Lab's 18th launch of an Electron. They carried a communication satellite for OHB Group.
Launch Demo 2 | LauncherOne
Virgin Orbit successfully launch their LauncherOne as part of their Launch Demo 2 test flight. It carried 10 CubeSats as part of NASA's VCLS program into LEO.
NS-14 | New Shepard
Blue Origin successfully launched their New Shepard rocket for the 14th time on the NS-14 mission, from Launch Site One, Corn Ranch, Texas.
CRS-21 | Falcon 9 Block 5
SpaceX successfually launched and splashed down Cargo Dragon 2 on the CRS-21 mission for NASA. This was the first Cargo Dragon 2 launch.
Türksat 5A | Falcon 9 Block 5
SpaceX launched the Türksat 5A communication satellite atop their Falcon 9 Block 5 B1060-4 into a 32 degree Geostationry Transfer Orbit.
Chang’e 5 | Long March 5
China sent a sample return mission to the Moon and back! Chang'e 5 was sent to the Moon on the top of a Long March 5 rocket.
CSO 2 | Soyuz STA/Fregat
Arianespace successfully launched the CSO 2 satellite on top of a Soyuz STA taking off from Soyuz Launch Complex, Kourou, French Guiana.
Starship SN8 | 12.5-Kilometer Hop | Post Launch Review
SpaceX's Starship SN8 successfully lifted off from its launch stand in Boca Chica, Texas, and conducted a 12.5km test flight.
Soyuz MS-17 | Soyuz 2.1a
Cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins are launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. They are traveling to Low Earth Orbit for rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS). This crew will form Expedition 64 on the ISS and will be joined two weeks later by SpaceX' Crew 1 flight raising the crew complement to 7.