Two more liftoffs occurred on Tuesday morning (April 29), neither of which carried internet satellites. At 5:15 a.m. EDT (0915 GMT), an Arianespace Vega-C rocket successfully launched the European Space Agency's Biomass forest-monitoring satellite to LEO from Kourou, French Guiana. It was the fourth-ever launch for the Vega-C, and its second since an anomaly caused a mission failure in December of 2022. Then, at 9:37 a.m. EDT (1337 GMT) on Tuesday, Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket took to the skies for the sixth time ever, rising off a pad at Vandenberg with a Lockheed Martin satellite technology demonstrator on board. But things didn't go as planned; a mishap occurred during the separation of Alpha's first and second stages, and the payload was lost. To sum up: We just saw six orbital launches in about 17.5 hours, five of them successful. That's some unprecedented action, but it may well be a taste of things to come: With SpaceX already launching multiple times per week and several other broadband megaconstellations under construction, we should expect the rockets to keep flying at a blistering pace. Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! And if you have a news tip, correction or comment, let us know at: community@space.com.