SpaceX, China, and Roscosmos Prepare for a Week of Intense Space Missions

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23/02/2024 16h30

In the upcoming week, SpaceX is set to launch multiple Starlink missions, with Starlink Group 6-39 scheduled to lift off on February 24 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This mission will see 24 Starlink v2 Mini satellites propelled to low-Earth orbit.

Meanwhile, China has been active in space exploration, launching the CZ-5 rocket carrying the Tongxin Jishu Shiyan-11 military satellite program to geostationary orbit on February 23. Following this, another launch by Chang Zheng 3B/E with an unconfirmed payload is expected to take place on February 29.

Roscosmos will also join the space action with a Soyuz 2.1b rocket planned for lift-off on February 29 from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia. This mission will carry a Meteor-M satellite and 17 cubesats to a Sun-synchronous orbit for meteorological observations.

These ambitious space missions showcase a busy and exciting week ahead for spaceflight enthusiasts worldwide as various entities continue to advance their presence and technologies beyond our planet's boundaries.

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