On October 15, 2021 at 16:23 UTC the "Shenzhou-13” (神舟十三号) manned spacecraft was launched from Chinese Jiuquan Cosmodrome in Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province. The space vehicle was orbited by the Chinese "Chang Zheng-2F” (Long March 2F 长征二号F运载火箭) rocket-carrier.

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On October 14, 2021 at 09:40 UTC the "Soyuz-2.1b” rocket-carrier was launched from Russian Vostochny Cosmodrome, in the Amur Oblast, in the Russian Far East. The rocket equipped with the “Fregat-M” upper stage orbited 36 satellites for OneWeb’s broadband internet network. London-based OneWeb’s broadband relay network is designed to beam high-speed internet signals around the world.

On October 14, 2021 at 10:51 UTC the “Long March – 2D” (“Changzheng-2D”) rocket-carrier was launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province. The rocket orbited the CHASE (Chinese H-Alpha Solar Explorer) satellite. It also has a Chinese name, Xihe, which is the name of the sun goddess in ancient Chinese mythology. The satellite is equipped with China's first solar telescope in space and will observe the deep-red H-Alpha line of the solar spectrum, enabling scientists to study solar flares. The rocket also carried two microsatellites from the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization and another eight micro satellites for commercial use.