D-Orbit launches ION's first mission into a midinclination orbit

D-Orbit launches ION's first mission into a midinclination orbit

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Fino Mornasco, Italy (SPX) Feb 01, 2023

Space logistics and orbital transportation company D-Orbit launched Starfield, the eighth commercial mission of their proprietary orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) ION Satellite Carrier (ION), and the first one in a midinclination orbit. The OTV lifted off January 31st, 2023, at 8:15 a.m. PT (16:15 UTC) aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from the Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space

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