Uncrewed 1st test flight for Gaganyaan orbital mission scheduled to occur before end of year, will carry fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster); Re-entering capsule will slow to 8m / sec before landing.
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Satellites for space-based Internet. Launch window 10:56-14:56 Pacific Time (UTC-8). |
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Scheduled for 13:59-17:59 to send 29 satellites to LEO for Internet system. |
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Navigation system satellite intended to assist in urban canyons and mountainous areas because of inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbit. "22" designation on H3 rocket indicates 2 engines on main stage and 2 boosters. |
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Scheduled for 14:16 UTC-5. First stage B1096 will attempt to land back at the launch site at Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2) after its 4th flight. Scheduled for 11:40-11:56 UTC+8 from ~41°N via 2-stage orbital carrier rocket used mainly for LEO and SSO insertion, this will be launch 97 and will be either success 96, or 2nd failure for Long March 2D. Scheduled for 23:10-23:57 UTC+8, this is 3rd of 3 launches today in China, each from a different launch center. The 3B/E transports heavy communications satellites into geostationary transfer orbit. |
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Scheduled for 00:54-04:54 Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8), sending 27 satellites for internet service, Scheduled for Noon-12:15 UTC+8 on Kinetica 1 solid-propellant 4-stage light launch vehicle, 30m tall with fairing diameter 3.35m, able to send 4,000kg to LEO or 3,000kg to SSO. |
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Scheduled for 17:00-18:00 UTC+3, Obzor-R is BRLK X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar for Earth observation and is designed by TsSKB-Progress for ground resolution of 500m. Since Kazakhstan charges US$115M annually for Baikonur, Plesetsk has become much busier, its high latitude especially suitable for Molniya orbits. |
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Scheduled for 07:00-07:21 UTC+8, the launch from "China's Hawai`i" is of a medium-lift rocket using kerosene and liquid oxygen propellant; the Long March 12 is capable of placing 20,000+kg into LEO or 12,000+kg into SSO. Scheduled for 21:34 (with window open until 01:34), 27 satellites are headed to LEO for internet system. Booster Core B1093 will attempt its 9th landing, on barge (Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship-ASDS) OCISLY (Of Course I Still Love You). |
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Scheduled for 17:20 Kazakhstan Time. Meteorological satellites developed by NPO Lavochkin. Launch cost estimated at US$65M. Built at Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, Moscow, with 43,000+ employees. Scheduled for 03:35 UTC-5, United Launch Alliance (ULA) rocket will take next batch of Amazon Leo (new name) satellites for internet system managed by Amazon subsidiary Kuiper Systems. ULA is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. |
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Scheduled for 11:15 China Time. 3-stage, non-reusable orbital carrier rocket, also designated Chang Zheng 4C. This will be 60th launch attempt with 57 successful previously. |
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Launch window 10:00-12:14 China Time. 1st stage will attempt vertical landing using engines at location 300km from launch site, Minqin County, Gansu Province. Innospace of Korea to use 1st launch of HANBIT-Nano to send to SSO 5 satellites from Brazil space agency AEB / Brazil university / Grahaa Space of India, 3 payloads from AEB / Brazil company that will remain attached to rocket, and empty aluminum beverage can from Brewguru of Korea. 1st launch of Galileo on Ariane 6, 5th launch of Ariane 6, scheduled for 05:01 UTC (French Guiana Time 02:01). These 2 satellites will join 27 others active in orbit. Galileo is called the world's most precise satellite navigation system, has served 5Billion+ smartphone uses since 2016, is managed / […] STP-S30 mission for USA DoD includes research experiments and technology demonstrations includes primary payload, DISKSat. |
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08:30-16:30 CST; 16th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and 37th in New Shepard program; crew is: aerospace engineer Michaela (Michi) Benthaus, physicist/investor Joey Hyde, former SpaceX engineer Hans Koenigsmann, entrepreneur Neal Milch, investor Adonis Pouroulis, and adventurer Jason Stansell. |
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Resupply mission to the International Space Station from spaceport operated by Russia within Kazakhstan. |
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NET Dec 23, launch of Earth science satellite to Sun-Synchronous Orbit for Russia. |
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India Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3), also called Bahubali, to launch 6,500-kg Bluebird 6 for AST SpaceMobile; launch was coordinated by New Space India Limited (NSIL), commercial arm of ISRO. |
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Earth science satellite to Geostationary Transfer Orbit for China's meteorological satellite program FY-4 (Feng Yun 4). |
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Another batch of 29 satellites to LEO for Starlink mega-constellation. CSG-3 Earth observation satellite to Sun-Synchronous Orbit for Italian Space Agency (ASI), part of a reconnaissance constellation using synthetic aperture radars operating in the X-band. |
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NET Dec 28 launch of dual optical Earth observation satellites with 20 small ride-share payloads to Sun-Synchronous Orbit. |
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NET Q1 — Launch Martian Moons eXploration (MMX): Japan planning to launch its first Mars mission consisting of sample return probe; to conduct observations of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, collect Phobos sample, return to Earth. India planning for 2nd uncrewed flight of Gaganyaan to LEO ~400 km. Launch Long March 10A / First Test Flight: First flight of China Long March 10A rocket, precursor to Long March 10 intended to support crewed / cargo missions to the Moon with 2 launches, one for crew spacecraft Mengzhou and one for lander Lanyue that will rendezvous in lunar orbit; developed […] |
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Another batch of 29 satellites for Starlink space-based Internet communication mega-constellation. |
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