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SpaceX flies three orbital missions across two coasts in under 13 hours
On Oct 1, SpaceX flew three orbital missions in under 13 hours, launching Crew-13 and Transporter-18 on Falcon 9 rockets alongside NROL-97 on Falcon Heavy. The flights lifted off from Florida and California and featured four booster landings.
How we got here
- Falcon 9 launched the Transporter-18 rideshare mission from Vandenberg. Spacex
- A report was published detailing SpaceX completing the triple-header. Arstechnica
- SpaceX targeted a Falcon 9 launch of the SDA’s fourth Tranche 1 data-transport mission from Vandenberg. Spacex
- A Falcon 9 launch of Starlink 15-25 from Vandenberg was planned with the launch time to be determined. Spaceflightnow
What's likely next
- Spaceflight Now listed SpaceX’s Starlink 15-25 launch from Vandenberg; launch time was TBD.
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The coverage
- Rocket Report: SpaceX completes launch triple-headerArstechnica · Oct 2
- NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 launches as astronaut brings 100-year-old heirloom on tripABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos · Oct 1
- Launch preview: More than 100 spacecraft hitch a ride to orbit on SpaceX’s Transporter-18Spaceflight Now · Oct 1
- SpaceX launches 13th long-duration astronaut crew to International Space StationReuters · Oct 1
- NASA Sets Crew-13 Launch, Docking CoverageNASA (.gov) · Sep 29
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