Mission Reports
Live coverage: Soyuz rocket launches more OneWeb satellites
Arianespace’s first mission of 2022 launched from French Guiana on Thursday with 34 more satellites for OneWeb’s global internet network. A Russian Soyuz rocket lifted off at 1:09 p.m. EST (1809 GMT; 3:09 p.m. French Guiana time), heading northbound over the Atlantic Ocean to a polar orbit with the Florida-built OneWeb satellites.
Live coverage: More Starlink satellites launch from Kennedy Space Center
SpaceX’s third Falcon 9 rocket launch of the week carried 49 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit Thursday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, continuing the rapid build-out of the company’s commercial broadband network. Liftoff from launch pad 39A occurred at 1:13:20 p.m. EST (1813:20 GMT), and the first stage landed on SpaceX’s offshore drone ship.