6/24/2023 0 Comments Ftm 2017 upgrade release![]() The number of small satellites launched exceeded even the most optimistic forecasts. 289 of all satellites weighted less than 10 kg. Ī record number of 466 satellites were attempted to be launched thanks to an increase in the number of small satellites. On 30 March, the SES-10 mission was launched with a previously flown Falcon 9 first stage, achieving a key milestone in the SpaceX reusable launch system development program several other Falcon 9 first-stage boosters were re-used since then.Īfter a record-breaking 13-year mission observing Saturn, its rings and moons, the Cassini space probe was deliberately destroyed by plunging into Saturn's atmosphere, on 15 September 2017. The venerable Russian Soyuz-U workhorse was retired after its 786th mission on 22 February. If successful, it would have become the smallest and lightest vehicle to ever put an object in orbit. The Japanese SS-520, a suborbital sounding rocket modified for orbital flight, failed to reach orbit in January. China launched its new missile-derived Kaituozhe-2 variant on 2 March.
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