Day: November 13, 2023

Djibouti Launches First Satellite, Djibouti 1A

The Republic of Djibouti has launched its first satellite, Djibouti 1A, today, from the Vandenberg Space Force Base onboard the SpaceX Transporter-9 dedicated SSO rideshare mission. Developed through a joint capacity-building programme between Djibouti and its technical partner, the Centre Spatial Universitaire de Montpellier (CSUM), Djiboutian engineers and technicians in France designed, constructed and tested …

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SpaceX Launches O3b mPOWER Communication Satellites on its 84th Mission of 2023

SpaceX launched the SES O3b mPOWER mission on Sunday (Nov. 12), a flight that placed two communication satellites into medium Earth orbit (MEO). The Falcon 9 rocket ferrying these satellites lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 4:08 p.m. EST (2108 GMT). The Falcon 9’s first stage came back to Earth …

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