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\n\t\t\t\tHere’s what’s launching June 8\u201314: SpaceX has three Starlink missions on the schedule, China is flying four rockets, and Rocket Lab returns for a classified hypersonic test.\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on March 29, 2023, carrying 56 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit. SpaceX has launched more than 7,000 Starlink satellites since the constellation’s first deployment in 2019. Credit: SpaceX, CC BY-NC 2.0\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Rocket launches this week<\/strong><\/p>\n According to tracking from Next SpaceFlight, Chinese aerospace firm Landspace\u2019s ZhuQue-2E Block 2 is scheduled to lift off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China at 4:20 a.m. EST on Tuesday, June 9<\/strong>. The ZhuQue-2E is a medium-lift rocket powered by liquid oxygen and methane \u2014 the first methane-fueled vehicle to reach orbit. The payload for this flight has not been publicly disclosed.<\/p>\n On Wednesday, June 10<\/strong>, SpaceX will launch the Starlink Group 17-44 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. EST. The booster supporting this mission is flying for the 34th time, having previously launched a string of government and commercial payloads. Following separation, it will land on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You. Watch here.<\/a> <\/p>\n On Thursday, June 12,<\/strong> a launch window opens from midnight to 5:15 a.m. EST for Rocket Lab\u2019s \u201cCurveball\u201d mission from Launch Complex 2 at Wallops Flight Facility, a NASA-operated launch range on Virginia\u2019s Eastern Shore, with nightly backup windows continuing through June 17. Rocket Lab hasn\u2019t listed the mission publicly, but aggregators like Next Spaceflight have it on the manifest. Launch tracker EasternShoreSpaceflight spotted the vehicle vertical on the pad<\/a> June 6, calling it most likely a HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) hypersonic test flight.\u00a0<\/p>\n Also on Thursday, June 12<\/strong> at 3:30 a.m. EST, China\u2019s state-owned aerospace conglomerate China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) will launch a Long March 5 from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on Hainan Island according to tracking from Next Spaceflight. The Long March 5 is China\u2019s heaviest operational rocket, capable of lifting up to 55,000 lbs (25,000 kg) to low Earth orbit. The payload for this flight has not been publicly disclosed.<\/p>\n On Friday, June 13<\/strong> at 8:27 a.m. EST, SpaceX will launch Starlink Group 10-54 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The booster is expected to land on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean. Watch here.<\/a><\/p>\n On Sunday, June 14<\/strong>, SpaceX closes out the week with Starlink Group 17-54 from Vandenberg at 10:00 a.m. EST, with the booster targeting Of Course I Still Love You. Watch here.<\/a> Later that night at 11:40 p.m. EST, commercial Chinese firm CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences) Space will fly a Kinetica 1 solid-propellant rocket from Jiuquan according to tracking from Next Spaceflight. The payload has not been publicly disclosed.<\/p>\n RELATED:<\/strong> Starlink satellites are disrupting cosmic studies<\/a><\/p>\n