WORLDTECHLaunch Preview: H3, Falcon 9, Electron, and others to launch during busy week
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Nine rockets are set to launch this week from California, Florida, New Zealand, Japan, and China. SpaceX is a space company based in Hawthorne, and its products and services include Falcon.
SpaceX is set to launch a trio of Falcon 9s this week, delivering two batches of satellites for their Starlink constellation and a rideshare mission. JAXA is set to debut a new variant of its H3 rocket on an interplanetary mission to Mars, and China is set to launch four payloads (what a rocket is carrying) to orbit.
Furthermore, Rocket Lab is set to launch their workhorse rocket, Electron, with a payload for HawkEye 360. Launch Preview: H3, Falcon 9, Electron, and others to launch during busy week by Joe Kangas October 20, 2026 written by Joe Kangas October 20, 2026 1 Nine rockets are set to launch this week from California, Florida, New Zealand, Japan, and China.
19, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission to Mars’ moons Phobos and Deimos aboard the maiden flight of H3-24L. H3-24L | Martian Moons eXploration On Monday, Oct.
MMX lifted off from pad LA-Y2 at the Tanagashima Space Center in Japan at 19:41 UTC. The H3 is a two-stage rocket built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, powered by two cryogenic stages burning liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen.
The first stage is powered by either two or three LE-9 engines, with zero, two, or four SRB-3 boosters for additional liftoff thrust. The second stage has a single LE-5B-3 engine with the payload mounted atop and enclosed by the payload fairing.