The week of July 24 through July 30 will end the month with at least four more launches, focused mostly on increasing the number of Earth-imaging satellites sent to space. Firstly, China launched Yaogn satellites atop the Chang Zheng 2D; SpaceX also launched a Starlink mission and Falcon Heavy launched the largest-ever geostationary (GEO) satellite into space, the EchoStar XXIV (Jupiter 3).<\/p>\n
The Earth-imaging satellites include the Singapore government\u2019s latest synthetic aperture radar (SAR) payload, which launched from India, and the first of Capella Space\u2019s Acadia satellites launching from New Zealand with Rocket Lab. The \u201cWe Love the Nightlife\u201d mission will mark Electron\u2019s 40th launch into space. These launches will mark the 111th through 115th orbital launches of 2023.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Long March 2D (CZ-2D) \u2013 Yaogan 36 Group 05<\/em><\/p>\n Kicking off the first event of the week is a Chang Zheng 2D (CZ-2D) rocket launch for the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, sending three Earth observation satellites to orbit.<\/p>\n The rocket lifted off on Wednesday, July 26 at 20:02 UTC. The rocket will launch from Launch Complex (LC) 3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC).<\/p>\n The launch will come only three days after the two-stage CZ-2D successfully sent four satellites into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on Sunday, July 23. The mission sent China\u2019s first communications satellite with flexible solar panels, called Lingxi-03, into low-Earth orbit (LEO).<\/p>\n Falcon 9 Block 5 \u2014 Group 6-7<\/em><\/p>\n NASA mission patches (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/p>\n Keeping up with the momentum, SpaceX launched its next batch of Starlink satellites into space, notching up the company\u2019s missions of 2023 to 50.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n