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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Two Private Moon Landers at Once

The New York Times reports, “A space twofer took place early Wednesday morning — two lunar missions for the price of one rocket launch. A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 1:11 a.m. Eastern time, carrying the Blue Ghost lander built by Firefly Aerospace of Austin, Texas, and the Resilience lander from Ispace of Japan.”
Full Story (The New York Times – Subscription Publication)

 

 

 

 

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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Firefly Blue Ghost & HAKUTO-R M2 “Resilience”  (Launch at 00:56:42 mark)
(NASASpaceflight; YouTube)

SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches 23 Starlink Satellites from California

Spaceflight Now reports, “SpaceX launched its latest batch of Starlink satellites from California during a Falcon 9 flight Friday morning. Liftoff of the Starlink 11-6 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) happened at 6:07 a.m. PST (9:07 a.m. EST, 1407 UTC).”
Full Story (Spaceflight Now)

 

 

 

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg  (Launch at 18:59 mark)
(NASASpaceflight; YouTube)