SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg, USA at 1819 GMT on 01 December 2023. The vehicle was carrying Korea 425 Project EO/IR Sat for South Korea. There were 25 spacecraft on the flight in all. There were a total of 25 spacecraft on board this mission, including Space BD’s ISL48, SITAEL’s microHETSat, D-Orbit’s ION SCV Daring Diego, York Space Systems’ Bane, and PlanetIQ’s GNOMES-4. and EIRSAT. The B1061 first stage, on its 17th fight, landed back at Vandenberg on Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4).
Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 Launch of the Korea 425 flight carrying 25 spacecraft. Courtesy: SpaceX
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 0400 GMT on 3 December 2023. The vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 6-31, a total of 23 v2 Mini Starlink satellites for the second-generation constellation. The reusable B1078 first stage, on its sixth flight, landed on the drone barge A Shortfall of Gravitas located down range in the Atlantic.
