With 11 launches scheduled worldwide, this week\u2019s launch roundup is among the busiest of 2025 so far. SpaceX is expected to conduct four missions with the workhorse Falcon 9, including the crewed Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station.<\/p>\n
Blue Origin\u2019s New Shepard took six humans to suborbital space this week. Internationally, the first-ever domestically built Australian rocket launched unsuccessfully, while four launches from China are scheduled to take place. Then, a joint science mission between NASA and ISRO launched from India.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Shuangquxian 1 | Kunpeng-03<\/p>\n
iSpace\u2019s Shuangquxian 1 rocket launched on its eighth flight on July 29 after a year-long hiatus following a failure on its seventh mission. The four-stage, approximately 21 m tall rocket will liftoff from Site 95A at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China. The launch window opens at 4:03 UTC and closes at 5:00 UTC, with liftoff expected at 4:10 UTC.<\/p>\n
The payload for this mission was initially unknown, but it was later revealed to be Kunpeng-03. This satellite is a commercial Earth observation satellite capable of capturing images with a resolution of under 1 meter. With four failures out of its seven flights, iSpace hopes the upgrades over the last year will restore the rocket\u2019s reliability and bring its success rate back up to 50%.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n