This Week in Launch: Falcon Heavy and Firefly return to the launch pad
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This week, two rockets returning to the launch pad after over six months. First will be SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, launching NOAA’s GOES-U weather satellite, and Firefly’s Alpha, launching CatSat, and many others, a 6U CubeSat built by students from the University of Arizona.
An honorable mention, Japan’s H3 rocket will launch for the third time, its second of the year.
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