A fully stacked Starship stands beside its launch tower at Starbase, Texas, on Jan. 9, 2023. That stack, Ship 24 atop Booster 7, flew Starship’s first integrated test flight three months later. SpaceX is now preparing to catch both stages on Flight 15. Credit: SpaceX, via Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0

Rocket launches this week

On Monday, Nov. 9 , SpaceX is targeting 10:03 p.m. EST to launch USSF-627 on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The mission is a classified payload for the U.S. Space Force. The booster will aim for the droneship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean.

On Wednesday, Nov. 11 , the state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is targeting 6:40 a.m. EST for a Long March 2D launch from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, according to Next Spaceflight . The payload has not been disclosed.

On Thursday, Nov.…