{"id":23798,"date":"2025-06-16T20:53:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T12:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/launch-roundup-missions-launched-from-the-u-s-china-and-russia\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T20:53:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T12:53:52","slug":"launch-roundup-missions-launched-from-the-u-s-china-and-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/launch-roundup-missions-launched-from-the-u-s-china-and-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch Roundup: Missions launched from the U.S., China, and Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the heels of a busy launch week, this week saw a number of launches \u2013 and attempts \u2013  from around the globe. SpaceX was expected to launch five Falcon 9 missions, including a rideshare and the delayed Axiom-4 crewed mission. However, Axiom-4 was pushed back from June 22 for additional analysis and is now out of the week.<\/p>\n

The rarely-flown Angara A5 rocket from Russia launched a military payload. The last ever flight of the H-IIA, Japan\u2019s long-time medium-lift workhorse, was on the schedule, as was a Blue Origin crewed suborbital launch, now scrubbed twice. Both H-IIA and NS-33 launches are out of the week.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

A pair of Falcon 9 launches were scheduled from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, while two Falcon 9s were scheduled from Florida; all have flown now. The New Shepard NS-33 crewed launch was to fly from West Texas but was postponed to June 22. NS-33\u2019s Sunday attempt was scrubbed as well and the next launch opportunity is being evaluated.<\/p>\n

Angara flew an unknown payload from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in far northern Russia. Rocket Lab also announced an Electron launch from Mahia, New Zealand which was scrubbed on Friday, June 20, and subsequently pushed to Tuesday, June 24 and then scrubbed again, while the ULA KA-02 mission flew on Monday, June 23.<\/p>\n

Falcon 9 | Starlink Group 15-9<\/p>\n

The first Falcon 9 launch of the week from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) took place on Monday, June 16, at 8:36 PM PDT (03:36 UTC on Tuesday, June 17), within a four-hour window. The launch window ended at 9:51 PM PDT (04:51 UTC June 17).<\/p>\n

The booster, B1093-3, flew on a southeast trajectory and landed successfully on the Of Course I Still Love You<\/em> droneship in the Pacific. The second stage took a batch of 26 Starlink v2 Mini satellites into orbit; the launch was visible throughout Southern California and into Arizona.<\/p>\n

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This flight was the 74th Falcon 9 launch of 2025, as the company works toward flying its Falcon rocket family up to 170 times this year.<\/p>\n

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A stack of Starlink satellites, including a Direct-To-Cell satellite at the top. The deployable antenna and its hinge can clearly be seen in this image. (Credit: SpaceX)<\/p>\n

Falcon 9 | Starlink Group 10-18<\/p>\n

The next Starlink flight from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) launched on early Wednesday, June 18, at 1:38 AM EDT (05:38 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40). The four-hour launch window ended at 5:38 AM EDT (09:38 UTC).<\/p>\n

The booster, B1090-5, flew on a northeast trajectory from SLC-40, unlike most recent Starlink flights, which fly southeast trajectories. The booster landed safely on Just Read the Instructions <\/em>downrange in the Atlantic, while the second stage carried a batch of 28 Starlink v2 Mini satellites to orbit.<\/p>\n

This flight was the 75th Falcon 9 flight of 2025.<\/p>\n

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Angara A5 being processed for flight. (Credit: Russian Ministry of Defense)<\/p>\n

Angara A5\/Briz-M | Unknown Payload<\/p>\n

The Russian Armed Forces launched a secret spacecraft aboard an Angara rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia\u2019s far north. Launch happened Thursday, June 19, at 03:00 UTC from Site 35\/1 at Plesetsk, Russia\u2019s primary military spaceport.<\/p>\n

The Angara A5\/Briz-M is the replacement for the Proton heavy-lift vehicle that served the Soviet and Russian space efforts for decades. The rocket took an eastward trajectory, but little is known about the orbit or the payload. There has been speculation that the payload may go to geosynchronous orbit.<\/p>\n

This was the fifth overall flight of the Angara A5 and the first flight of 2025 for the rocket. Angara was designed as a modular family of rockets with different payload and orbit capabilities, and the A5 uses five core stages strapped together along with a second stage.<\/p>\n

For this flight, the Briz-M acted as the vehicle\u2019s third stage. The Briz-M is a liquid-fueled stage and uses storable but toxic hypergolic propellants. It is capable of up to eight restarts in flight, allowing for payload deployments in various orbits and higher orbital altitudes.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n