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Object of the day · October 27Chang'e Program
China's Moon program went first to the far side and came home with samples twice.
China's Chang'e program, named for the Moon goddess, went from first orbiter (2007) to feats no one else has managed: Chang'e 4 made history's first far-side landing in 2019, its Yutu-2 rover trundling for years; Chang'e 5 returned fresh lunar samples in 2020…
Explore Chang'e Program →Photograph: CSNA/Siyu Zhang/ Kevin M. Gill · CC BY 2.0
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18
Oct 30, 04:02 UTC
GSLV Mk II | IRNSS-1L (NVS-03)
Oct 30, 18:21 UTC
Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-432
Nov 02, 01:56 UTC
Electron | The Sea God Surveys (iQPS Launch 9)
Nov 03, 00:00 UTC
Sky notes
Falcon 9 Starlink Group 15-21 set for November 5A Falcon 9 Block 5 carrying the Starlink Group 15-21 batch is scheduled to open its launch window on November 5 at 05:14 UTC. The mission continues…
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Falcon 9 to launch USSF-432 mission on November 2A Falcon 9 Block 5 carrying the USSF-432 payload for the U.S. Space Force is scheduled to open its window on November 2 at 01:56 UTC. No further…
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India's GSLV Mk II targets launch on October 30India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk II is scheduled to open its window on October 30 at 18:21 UTC, carrying the IRNSS-1L (NVS-03)…
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