Launch Preview: Falcon 9 to dominate another busy week of missions

Eight launches are scheduled worldwide this week, with Falcon 9 again dominating the launch schedule. SpaceX is set to launch a communications satellite and Starlink satellites this week from its Florida and California launch facilities. Meanwhile, Firefly Aerospace was set to launch its Alpha rocket from California on Tuesday, before scrubbing.

Internationally, China is scheduled to launch three rockets from three different Chinese launch sites toward the end of the week. All payloads being launched by these rockets are currently unknown, but more information may be made available following the launches.

After delays due to high upper-level winds, Firefly Aerospace's Alpha return to flight mission, FLTA007 "Stairway to Seven," was scheduled to launch on Monday, March 9, at 5:50 PM PDT (00:50 UTC, March 10) from Space Launch Complex 2W (SLC-2W) at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) in California. The launch was ultimately scrubbed due to a sensor issue, before Firefly announced another attempt would take place on Tuesday, before they scrubbed again due to "off-nominal readings during fluids loading".