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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-77
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Nov. 7, 2024, 12:39 a.m.
Communications
A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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Kinetica 1 | Unknown Payload
Unknown Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-10
Low Earth Orbit Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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Press Event
November 08, 2024
SpaceX Crew-8 Post-Flight News Conference
Johnson Space Center, HoustonAfter spending 235 days in space, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts will discuss their science mission aboard the International Space Station during a post-flight news conference, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA astronauts Michael Barratt, Matthew Dominick, and Jeanette Epps will answer questions about their mission. The three crew members, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, returned to Earth on Oct. 25. Grebenkin will not participate because of his travel schedule.
Docking
November 23, 2024
Progress MS-29 Docking
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Flyby
December 02, 2024
BepiColombo Mercury Flyby
MercuryFifth of six Mercury flybys of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission before entering orbit around its destination planet in 2025.
Flyby
December 12, 2024
Lucy Earth Flyby
EarthSecond of three Earth flybys of NASA's Lucy mission to the Trojan asteroids.
Electron
Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes
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Dragon CRS-2 SpX-31
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA31st commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commer…
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Ionosfera-M 1 & 2
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H3-22
DSN 3 (Kirameki 3)
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Kosmos 2579 (Bars-M No. 6)
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Starlink Group 10-13
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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Starlink Group 9-9
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 20 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Long March 2
Shenzhou 19
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Starlink Group 10-8
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NROL-167
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