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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Today, at 17:17 UTC, a Long March 3B lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center. It delivered the #TJS-15 satellite into a geostationary transfer orbit. The official purpose for this satellite will be verification of a multi-band, high-speed satellite communication technology. (Photo: #CASC)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

In today's morning, at 02:24 UTC, a Falcon 9 launched #Starlink Group 12-20 to deliver 24 Starlinks into low-Earth orbit. The launch occurred from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This was the 5th flight for the 1st stage booster B1086. (Photo: #SpaceX)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

A #Soyuz 2.1b rocket lifted off yesterday evening, at 22:22 UTC, from Cosmodrome Plesetsk to deliver the navigation system satellite #Glonass-K2 14L into a medium-Earth orbit. (Archive photo: TASS)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Yesterday, at ~10:00 UTC, was also a launch attempt with a #Kuaizhou 1A by #ExPace from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. But there are rumors that the rocket exploded on its mobile Transporter Erector Launcher. But there is still no confirmation, photo or video yet. (Archive photo: ExPace)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Today, at 07:08 UTC, #CASC successfully launched the Long March 2C from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center to deliver the two earth observation satellites Siwei Gaojing-1 03 & 04 into a Sun-synchronous low-Earth orbit. The cameras should achieve a resolution of up to 0.5 m. #LM2C (Photos: CASC)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Today, at 03:34 UTC, another Falcon 9 lifted off with #Starlink Group 12-13 mission from Cape Canaveral SFS to deliver 21 Starlinks, including 13 direct-to-Cell sats, to low-earth orbit. It was the first flight for 1st stage B1092. #Falcon9 (Photo: #SpaceX)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

The #Soyuz 2.1a rocket with the cargo spacecraft Progress MS-30 arrived at Pad 31 in the Cosmodrome Baikonur. The launch is scheduled for 27th February at 21:24 UTC. The spacecraft will deliver 2,5 t of cargo, including equipment like a new EVA suit, fuel, water & nitrogen. (Photos: #Roscosmos)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Today, at 15:50 UTC, Blue Origin launched the #NS-30 mission with 5 tourists and an flight engineer onboard. The capsule reached an altitude of around 105 km above ground. The 10th crewed flight of New Shepard lasted 10 minutes 11 seconds. #NewShepard (Photo: #BlueOrigin)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

On Saturday, at 22:38 UTC, a Falcon 9 launched 22 Starlinks as #Starlink Group 15-1 mission to low-Earth orbit from Vandenberg SFB. This was the 11th flight for the 1st stage booster B1082. #Falcon9 (Photo: #SpaceX)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Today noon at 12:11 UTC, a Long March 3B lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China. The rocket delivered the Communication satellite #Chinasat (Chinese: Zhongxing) 10R as replacement for Chinasat 10 into a geostationary transfer orbit. #LongMarch3B (Photo: #CASC)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Today SpaceX accomplished its 450th Falcon family mission. A Falcon 9 delivered 23 Starlinks, including 13 with direct-to-cell feature, into a low-Earth orbit. Launch occured from Cape Canaveral SFS at 15:19 UTC. It was the 21st flight for 1st stage B1076. (Photo: #SpaceX)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Yesterday at 23:21 UTC, a Falcon 9 launched from Cape Canaveral SFS with #Starlink Group 10-12 mission to launch 23 Starlinks into low-earth orbit. The 16th flight of the 1st stage B1080 was also the 1st time that a 1st stage landed in another country: off the coast of the Bahamas. (Photo: #SpaceX)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Rocket Lab is preparing its next mission called "Fasten Your Space Belts". A Electron will launch the 1st 3rd generation #BlackSky satellite into a low-earth. Integration, rollout and wet dress rehearsal is already done. Liftoff is planned for today's late evening at 23:15 UTC. (Photos: #RocketLab)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

SpaceX has further extended its record of reuse. Today, at 6:14 UTC, the #Falcon9 1st stage B1067 launched for the 26th time. It supported the #Starlink Group 12-8 mission to bring 21 Starlinks, including 13 satellites with direct-to-cell functionality, into a low-earth orbit. (Photo: #SpaceX)

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 14/02/2025

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Association of Space Explorers @aseastronauts.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Today, we remember ASE Founding Member Sigmund Jähn on his #birthday. Jähn flew to space in 1978 aboard Soyuz 31 as part of a trip to the Salyut 6 space station. ✨ Pic: Reinhard Ferdinand, creativecommons.org/...

Photo of Sigmund Jähn. Pic: Reinhard Ferdinand, CC BY-SA 4.0

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

The 3rd & last launch for today was the #Starlink Group 12-18 mission. A Falcon 9 lifted off at 18:53 UTC from Cape Canaveral SFS to deliver 21 Starlinks, including 13 with direct-to-cell service, into a low-earth orbit. It was the 18th flight of 1st stage B1077. Good night! 🥱 (Photo: #SpaceX)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Today, at 09:30 UTC the Long March 8A built by CALT lifted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site and made its first successfull maiden flight. It delivered the second batch of satellites for the #Guowang (SatNet) broadband megaconstellation into a low-earth orbit. #LongMarch8A (Photo: SpaceLens)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

In the last minutes of yesterday's evening, at 23:41 UTC, a Falcon lifted off with Starlink Group 11-10 mission from Vandenberg SFB to deliver 23 Starlink satellites into a low-earth orbit. It was the 23rd flight of Falcon 9 first stage B1071. #Falcon9 (Photo: #SpaceX)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

The preparation of #ITF-8 is under way. The Super Heavy booster 15 was moved to the launch pad at #Starbase the weekend and performed a successfull static fire test. The #Starship 34 is at Massey's test site to perform it's static fire test soon. Launch NET 24th February. (Photos: #SpaceX)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Today, at 19:18 UTC, a Falcon 9 lifted off with Starlink Group 12-9 mission from Cape Canaveral SFS to deliver 21 Starlinks, including 13 direct-to-Cell sats, to low-earth orbit. This was the 17th flight for the 1st stage B1078. #Falcon9 (Photo: #SpaceX)

A Falcon 9 lifted off from SLC-40 in Cape Canaveral SFS in Florida, USA.

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Today, in the morning a #Soyuz 2.1v was launched from the Cosmodrome Plesetsk in Russia. It delivered multiple payloads (Cosmos 2581, 2582 & 2583) for the Russian Ministry of Defense into a polar low-earth orbit. (Photo: TASS)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Yesterday late evening at 23:13 UTC a Falcon 9 launched #Maxar-3 mission from Kennedy Space Center in Florida to deliver the two earth-observation satellites WorldView Legion 5 and 6 into a low-earth orbit. It was the 4th flight for the 1st stage B1086. #Falcon9 (Photos: #Maxar / #SpaceX)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

New Shepard #NS-29 lifted off at 16:00 UTC on the 2nd attempt. The apogee of the flight, to simulate Moon’s gravity for 29 out of 30 experiments, was around 104 km. The parameters in the livestream & a late opening of a main parachute were just tiny little glitches. (Photos: #BlueOrgin Livestream)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Today a Falcon 9 delivered at 10:15 UTC during #Starlink Group 12-3 mission 21 Starlinks, including 13 direct-to-cell sats, from Cape Canaveral SFB into a low-earth orbit. It was the 21st launch of the 1st stage B1069. #Falcon9 (Photo: #SpaceX)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Japan launched today at 8:30 UTC it's first rocket for 2025 into space. The H3-22S rocket delivered from the Tanegashima Space Center the navigation satellite #QZS-6 (Michibiki-6) into a geostationary transfer orbit. It was the 5th flight of a #H3 rocket. (Photos: IHI / Mitsubishi)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Yesterday, late evening at 23:10 UTC, a Falcon 9 lifted off in the strong fog of Vandenberg SFB for #Starlink Group 11-4 mission. 22 Starlinks were delivered into low-earth orbit. It was the 17th flight of the 1st stage B1075. #Falcon9 (Photo: #SpaceX)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

On this day, 22 years ago the Space Shuttle #Columbia break apart during reentry over Texas, USA. The heat shield was damaged during launch before. Today, we remember these seven astronauts. 😥 (Photos: #NASA)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Today, at 01:34 UTC in the morning, the communication satellite #SpainSat NG-I was launched on a Falcon 9 from Kennedy Space Center. The satellite was delivered into a geosynchronous transfer orbit. It was the 21th and final flight of 1st stage B1073. #Falcon9 (Photo: #SpaceX)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

On this afternoon, 39 years ago the Space Shuttle #Challenger exploded just seconds after launch from Kennedy Space Center, USA. We remember these seven astronauts. 😥 (Photos: #NASA)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Summer vacation time in New Zealand is coming to an end and Rocket Lab wants to launch again. The payload for the company's 1st #Electron launch in 2025 which will NET 4th February will be 5 Kinéis satellites. It will be the 4 of 5 launches for #Kinéis sat constellation. (Photo/Batch: #RocketLab)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Today, at 22:05 UTC the #Starlink Group 12-7 mission with 21 Starlink, including 13 with direct-to-Cell capabilities, was launched on a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral SFS. The satellites were delivered into a low-earth orbit. It was the 20th flight of 1st stage B1076. #Falcon9 (Photo: #SpaceX)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

India is gearing up for its 1st launch in 2025. A GSLV MK II carrying the navigation satellite #NVS-02 (IRNSS-1K) has already been rolled to the launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. The rocket is scheduled to launch on 29th January at NET 00:53 UTC. #GSLV-MKII (Photos: #ISRO)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Two robotic moon landers are on the way to the moon. And a 3rd one - Athena built by Intuitive Machines (IM) - will be launched in February on a Falcon 9 together with Lunar Trailblazer & #Odin. Athena will try to drill for water ice during #IM2 at Moons's Shackleton crater. (Photos: IM & NASA)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

And today at 14:07 UTC a Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base to perform the Starlink Group 11-6 mission to deliver 23 Starlink satellites to a low-earth orbit. It was the 23rd flight for the 1st stage B1063. #Falcon9 (Photo: #SpaceX Livestream)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Yesterday, China launched a 2nd rocket: At 15:32 UTC a Long March 3B lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center to deliver the military technology test satellite #TJS-14 into a geosynchronous transfer orbit. This is already China's 6th orbital launch for 2025. #LongMarch3B (Photo: CCTV News)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

This morning at 05:13 UTC, a Long March 6A was launched from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in China to place another batch for the #Qianfan (SpaceSail) internet satellite constellation into low-earth polar orbit. The batch Group-06 consists of 18 satellites. #LongMarch6A (Photo: CCTV News)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

A interesting commercial mission to have an eye on is AstroForge's #Odin. The satellite will launch in Mid-February together with #IM-2 & Lunar Trailblazer on a Falcon 9. Odin will, as the 1st commercial mission in Deep Space, do a flyby on an near-earth asteroid & mapping it. (Photo: #AstroForge)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

And in the afternoon another Falcon 9 launched at 15:45 UTC from Vandenberg SFB the #Starlink Group 11-8 mission. It delivered 27 Starlink satellites into a low-earth orbit. It was the 10th flight of 1st stage B1082 and the 400th landing of a SpaceX rocket. (Photo: #SpaceX) #Falcon9

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

This morning a Falcon 9 launched at 05:24 UTC from Kennedy Space Center the #Starlink Group 13-1 mission. It delivered 21 Starlink satellites into a low-earth orbit. It was the 8th flight of 1st stage B1083. (Photo: #SpaceX) #Falcon9

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

New week, new launch: Galactic Energy's #Ceres-1 lifted of at 10:11 UTC from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. During China's 1st commerical rocket launch of 2025 five satellites (Yunyao-1 37 till 40 and JTX A-05 satellites) were delivered into a low-earth sun-synchronous orbit. (Photo: Wang Heng)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

It's wonderful to see the launch preparations of #Arianespace 's 2nd Ariane 6 rocket in #Kourou. The intended payload, the French military satellite #CSO-3, has arrived in French Guiana and will soon disappear into the fairing to be connected to the top of the rocket. #VA263 #A6 (Photos: #ESA)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

A Long March 2D rocket was launched this morning at 04:07 UTC from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China. This launch successfully delivered the Pakistani satellite PRSC-EO1 and the two Chinese satellites Tianlu-1 and Lantan-1 into a sun-synchronous low-earth orbit. (Photos: CASC)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

This evening, at 19:09 UTC a Falcon 9 delivered successfully the #Transporter-12 mission from Vandenberg SFB into space. The rideshare mission deployed over 131 payloads on a sun-synchronous low-earth orbit. It was the 2nd flight of 1st stage B1088. (Photos: #SpaceX)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

The 2nd successful launch of the day took place at 16:47 UTC from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station: A #Falcon-9 delivered 21 Starlinks, including 13 with direct-to-cell capabilities, into low Earth orbit. It was the 15th flight of the 1st stage B1080. (Photo: #SpaceX)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Today at 03:00 UTC, Smart Dragon-3 (#Jielong-3) launched 10 CentiSpace-1 satellites into low Earth orbit from a carrier ship near the city of Haiyang (China), the heaviest payload for Smart Dragon-3 to date. (Photo: SpaceLens)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

And it's worth taking a look - and even getting inside - the capsule! (Photo: Me) At this point I would also like to recommend my followers/readers to follow Raketenpoeppel. A real space expert and author from Germany! He is very knowledgeable about Russian/Soviet & Chinese space travel.

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Today, at 17:45 UTC, the #ISS performed an orbit correction to prepare for the departure of Soyuz MS-26 and the arrival of Soyuz MS-27. The #Progress MS-28 docked to the space station fired with its engines for 1155 seconds, raising the station's orbit by 3.2 km. (Photo: NASA)

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The Spaceflight Geek @thespaceflightgeek.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Hello Slovenia 🇸🇮 as 23rd member of ESA. Godspeed! 🚀

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