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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 ...
July. Launch vehicle changed from Soyuz ST-B due to the indefinite suspension of Soyuz launches from Kourou in February 2022. [ 1 ] Final Ariane 5 launch. Last launch of Starlink v1.5 satellites from Vandenberg. Last launch of Starlink Group 5 Satellites from Vandenberg. Second orbital flight attempt for Zhuque-2.
Fifth crewed flight to the Tiangong space station. 30 May 21:27 [179] Chŏllima 1: Sohae: NADA: Malligyong-1: KCST: Low Earth: Reconnaissance: 30 May 2023: Launch failure Maiden flight of the Chollima-1 launch vehicle. Launch failed after an abnormal ignition of the second stage. 31 May 06:02:30 [181] Falcon 9 Block 5: Starlink Group 2-10 ...
Video of the launch. Starship flight test 2 was the second flight test of the SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. SpaceX performed the flight test on November 18, 2023. [4] The mission's primary objectives were for the vehicle to hot stage—a new addition to Starship's flight profile—followed by the second stage attaining a near-orbital trajectory with a controlled reentry over the Pacific ...
Flight 2 →. Starship flight test 1 was the maiden flight of the integrated SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. SpaceX performed the flight test on April 20, 2023. [3] The prototype vehicle was destroyed less than four minutes after lifting off from the SpaceX Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. [4] The vehicle became the most powerful rocket ever ...
November 18, 2023 at 7:55 AM. After months of delays, SpaceX finally launched its massive Starship rocket as part of a major flight test of the Mars-bound craft – before losing it around 10 ...
Chinese Mars sample-return mission. Delivery of the Mengzhou next-generation crewed spacecraft for China's first crewed lunar landing. Delivery of the Lanyue crewed lunar lander for China's first crewed lunar landing. Maiden flight of Taiwan 's first orbital launch vehicle, Siraya (西拉雅).
Rockets from the Falcon 9 family have been launched 386 times over 14 years, resulting in 383 full successes (99.22%), 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).