Launch Roundup: SpaceX to launch three Starlink missions; India to test crew abort system
Published by NASASpaceflight on 10/17/2023
Another busy period in spaceflight is underway with three Falcon 9 rockets with Starlink payloads and the first test flight of India’s Gaganyaan crew-capable spacecraft. Starlink 6-23 and 6-24 are set to fly from Space Launch Complex (SLC) 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) in Florida, while Starlink 7-5 is to fly out of SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) in California. These three missions together would carry 65 Starlink v2 Mini satellites to low-Earth orbit.