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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)

Looks like #Athena landed on the moon but the main engine burned longer then expected. Intuitive Machines is trying to understand the situation and confirm a successful moon landing. Fingers crossed. 🤞 #IM2

(Screenshot: Intuitive Machines Livestream)

The 2nd ignition of the Vinci engine was successful and the satellite #CSO-3 was successfully separated after the 2nd burn. A complete success for this 2nd Ariane 6 flight! Congratulations to #ArianeSpace! A great step for Europe! #Ariane6 #VA263

(Screenshot: ArianeSpace Livestream)

The 2nd Ariane 6 launched successfully with its 1st commercial payload #CSO-3. The Vulcain 2.1 engine and boosters worked well. The 1st ignition of the upper stage was also successful. Now waiting for 2nd ignition of Vinci engine at ~17:20 UTC. #VA263 #Ariane6

(Screenshot: #ArianeSpace Livestream)

Flight VA263 | CSO-3 | Ariane 6 | First Commercial Flight I Arianespace YouTube video by arianespace

Livestream of #Arianespace for the 2nd Ariane 6 flight with the 1st commercial payload #CSO-3 will start in around 10 minutes. Liftoff is scheduled for 16:24 UTC. #VA263

Livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvvU...

Intuitive Machines IM-2 Mission Landing Live Stream YouTube video by Intuitive Machines

This morning at 10:33 UTC the #Athena lander performed successfully its Descent Orbit Insertion. So there is no way back and Intuitive Machines is attempting to land today at 17:30 UTC on the Moon for the 2nd time.

Livestream is starting in around an hour: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGf4... #IM-2

Second launch attempt of #SpaceX for #IFT-8 with #Starship 34 is currently NET 6th March at 23:30 UTC.

Although the first stage successfully landed on the drone ship JRTI in the Atlantic, it was lost due to a subsequent fire on the rocket.

The next launch attempt for 2nd Ariane 6 flight with #CSO-3 is now on Thursday, 6th of March. Again at 16:24 UTC. #Ariane6

(Photo: #Arianespace)

#SpaceX wants to try the second launch attempt for #IFT-8 with #Starship 34 NET 5th March at 23:30 UTC.

(Photo: SpaceX)

Scrub of #IFT-8 launch with #Starship 34 and Super Heavy Booster B15. New launch date will be announced later.

And Intuitive Machines released the first photos made by #Athena from the moon after entering a moon orbit. #IM-2

🚀 SpaceX Launches Starship Flight 8 and Attempts to Catch Another Booster! YouTube video by NASASpaceflight

We are just less than one hour away from #IFT-8 with #Starship 34 and Super Heavy Booster B15. Enjoy the launch at the NSF Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/live/nAlPb6N...

The #Athena moon lander completed today it's Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) successfully and arrived in an orbit around the moon. Landing on the moon is planned for the 6th of March. #IM-2

(Photo: Intuitive Machines)

The launch of Ariane 6 with #CSO-3 was scrubbed for today. During pre-launch procedure an issue in the ground infrastructure was detected. New launch date will be announced when the issue is fixed. #Ariane6

(Photo: #Arianespace)

#Starship 34 was delivered to the launch pad and was stacked on top of Super Heavy booster B15. Launch still NET 23:30 UTC this upcoming night. #IFT-8

(Photo: #SpaceX)

Flight VA263 | CSO-3 | Ariane 6 | First Commercial Flight I Arianespace YouTube video by arianespace

The 2nd launch of a Ariane 6 is still scheduled for today at 16:24 UTC. The rocket built by #Arianespace will deliver #CSO-3 into a Sun-synchronous low-Earth orbit.

You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/live/K2VwcNC...

#VA263 #Ariane6

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)

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)

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)

Yesterday, at 23:04 UTC, the #Progress MS-30 docked automatically with the aft port of the ISS's Zvezda module of the International Space Station #ISS.

(Photo: Alexander Gorbunov, Roskosmos)

And commercial moon lander Blue Ghost 1 landed successfully softly and in an upright position on the Moon. That's a big success for #Firefly to do it in the first try. Congratulations! 🥳💐 #BG1

One of the 1st photos shows the shadow of Blue Ghost and the Earth as a small blue dot.

(Photo: #Firefly)

Yesterday, at 21:24 UTC, the #Soyuz 2.1a rocket lifted off with #Progress MS-30 from Cosmodrome Baikonur. The cargo spacecraft will dock on 1st March at 23:04 UTC.

(Photo: Natalia Berezhnaya/ #Roscosmos)

And we have already a first image from Intuitive Machines #Athena commercial moon lander with a look down to our blue planet Earth. #IM-2

(Photo: Intuitive Machines)

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)

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)

The #Athena moon lander from Intuitive Machines, #NASA 's Lunar Trailblazer, Epic Aerospace's Chimera GEO-1 & #AstroForge 's #Odin are in space. A Falcon 9 delivered them today at 00:16 UTC from Kennedy Space Center into a a lunar transfer orbit. 9th flight of 1st stage B1083.

(Photo: #SpaceX)

Launch for the next #Starship now NET 3rd March at 23:30 UTC. Looks like #SpaceX has some issues with the Hot Staging ring. Also the Starship is still at the production site. #IFT-8

(Photo: SpaceX)

The ground equipment is ready and the #CSO-3 satellite is sitting on top of the rocket behind the fairing.

So the countdown to the second flight of Ariane 6 can continue smoothly. The launch is now NET 3rd March 2025 at 16:24 UTC. #VA263 #Ariane6

(Photo & Patch: #Arianespace)