In the upcoming week, SpaceX, ULA, and Blue Origin are expected to launch missions. The latter will get its first repeat customer, Evan Dick, taking a go on the New Shepard launch vehicle again.
At the time of writing, there are three rocket launches due for take-off in the week ahead. One of the more interesting launches, a crewed Blue Origin New Shepard mission, will see the company launch its first repeat customer, Evan Dick. He first went to space on New Shepard on December 11 as part of the Blue Origin NS-19 and not having had enough, is back for another go. The first launch of the week comes from SpaceX, it will be launching a Falcon 9 B5 rocket carrying 53 Starlink satellites into a low Earth orbit where they will beam internet back to the planet. Those being launched from Florida this week at 9 a.m. UTC will internally be known as Starlink Group 4-18 and will appear under this title on some apps such as ISS Detector to help you spot them at night. As always, this event will be streamed on the SpaceX website as well as the company’s YouTube channel.
