On May 16, 2017, several mini-satellites were launched from the “Kibo” module of the International Space Station. At 08:24 UTC the following satellites were launched: the German “SOMP-2” (Student's Oxygen Measurement Project-2); the Turkish “HAVELSAT”; the American “QBUS-4”. At 11:54 UTC the following American satellites were launched: CXBN-2 (Cosmic X-Ray Background-2); KySat-3 (SGSat); IceCube (Earth-1). All satellites were delivered to the ISS by the “Cygnus CRS-7 (John Glenn)” unmanned supply spacecraft in April 2017.

On May 15, 2017 at 23:21 UTC, the “Falcon-9FT” rocket-carrier was launched from Kennedy Space Center (LC39A), Florida, USA. The launch was performed by the "SpaceX” private company supported by the 45th Space Wing of US Air Force. The rocket orbited the “Inmarsat-5 F4” telecommunications satellite. A Boeing-built satellite will join Inmarsat’s globe-spanning network geared to beam Internet and data transmission capacity to airline passengers, maritime crews and military personnel.