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I have takeoff of White Knight 2 at 1429:45 UTC (in agreement with their 8.30 am MDT) but landing of SS2 at 1532:48 UTC (9.32 am MDT). Release time 1517:10 UTC and SS2 free flight time 15:38 with apogee 88.5 km" ( Tweet) – via Twitter. ^ "Türkiye launches its first domestic probe rocket". 14 August 2023.
The year 2023 saw rapid growth and significant technical achievements in spaceflight. For the third year in a row, new world records were set for both orbital launch attempts (223) and successful orbital launches (211). The growth in orbital launch cadence can in large part be attributed to SpaceX, as they increased their number of launches ...
Maiden flight of Space Pioneer's Tianlong-2 launch vehicle. First successful launch of a Chinese privately funded, liquid fueled kerolox rocket. Space Pioneer became the first private company to successfully launch a liquid fueled rocket to orbit on its first attempt. 2 April 14:29 [98] Falcon 9 Block 5: F9-215 Vandenberg SLC-4E: SpaceX
29 June 2023 Galactic 01. Reached an altitude of 85.1 km (52.9 mi), crossing the U.S. definition of space. — Frederick Sturckow Kelly Latimer Beth Moses Jon Goodwin Keisha Schahaff Anastatia Mayers: 10 August 2023 Galactic 02. Reached an altitude of 88.5 km (55.0 mi), crossing the U.S. definition of space. 353 Jasmin Moghbeli Andreas Mogensen ...
SpaceX Starship. A Starship prototype in launch configuration: Starship spacecraft S24 stacked on Super Heavy B7. Starship is a two-stage fully reusable super heavy-lift launch vehicle under development by SpaceX. As of July 2024, it is the most massive and powerful vehicle ever to fly. [ 4] SpaceX has developed Starship with the intention of ...
Rockets from the Falcon 9 family have been launched 375 times over 14 years, resulting in 372 full successes (99.2%), two in-flight failures (SpaceX CRS-7 and Starlink Group 9-3), and one partial success (SpaceX CRS-1, which delivered its cargo to the International Space Station (ISS), but a secondary payload was stranded in a lower-than-planned orbit).
On June 7, 2023, United Launch Alliance (ULA) performed a Flight Readiness Firing of the Vulcan Centaur rocket at launch pad 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States. The two BE-4 rocket engines worked as expected. [21] In 2024, the company won its first NSSL contract. The vehicle to be used on the ...
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Skid Strip ( ICAO: KXMR, FAA LID: XMR) is a military airport at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) northeast of Cocoa Beach, Florida. It has an asphalt -paved runway designated 13/31 and measuring 10,000 by 200 ft (3,048 by 61 m). The facility is owned by the United ...