The current regulatory system is broken,” Musk said. “There is simply no way that humanity can become a spacefaring civilization without major regulatory reform. SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk was critical of launch restrictions after the scrub. The launch was scrubbed a day earlier at just 11 seconds before liftoff because a private aircraft entered the restricted airspace. In addition, Maverick Space Systems and D-Orbit also deployed customer satellites. Other customers on the mission included Capella Space, NASA, Tyvak, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and the Space Development Agency (SDA). Customers included Satellogic, Iceye, NanoAvionics, and TU Berlin. German rideshare provider Exolaunch organized the ride for 29 spacecraft, using 10 of its CarboNIX separation systems. Spaceflight deployed the satellites using two of its orbital transportation vehicles, Sherpa-FX, and the industry’s first electric propulsion vehicle, Sherpa-LTE1. ![]() Spaceflight managed the launch for 36 payloads for 14 organizations: Aerospacelab, Astrocast, HawkEye 360, In-Space Missions, Kleos Space, Loft Orbital, Lynk Global, NearSpace Launch, OQ Technology, Orbit Fab, Orbital Sidekick, Spire Global, Swarm Technologies, and an undisclosed spacecraft. Artistic rendition of Kleos Space’ Polar Vigilance Mission smallsats on-orbit. The list of customers is like a roll call for New Space players. Kleos Space S.A (ASX:KSS, Frankfurt:KS1, Kleosor Company) successfully launched their second satellite cluster, the Polar Vigilance Mission (KSF1), on J(UTC), aboard the Spaceflight SXRS-5/SpaceX Transporter-2 Mission. Although there were fewer satellites on this mission than the record-setting 143-satellite Transporter-1, SpaceX said this launch carried more mass to orbit. The Wednesday SpaceX mission included 85 commercial and government spacecraft including cubesats, microsats, and orbital transfer vehicles, and three Starlink. Wednesday was a big day for smallsat launch, as Virgin Orbit successfully deployed 7 satellites for three customers in its first commercial mission earlier in the day. Deployment sequences ended about 1 hour and 30 minutes into the mission when three Starlink satellites on board were deployed. The satellites began to deploy over a series of deployments about an hour into the mission. ![]() This mission marked SpaceX’s second launch to polar orbit from Florida.
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