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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-77
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Nov. 6, 2024, 7:39 p.m.
Communications
A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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Nov 06, 2024
Kinetica 1 | Unknown Payload
Unknown Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Details TBD.
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Nov 07, 2024
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-10
Low Earth Orbit Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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Upcoming Events
Press Event
November 08, 2024
SpaceX Crew-8 Post-Flight News Conference
Johnson Space Center, HoustonAfter spending 235 days in space, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts will discuss their science mission aboard the International Space Station during a post-flight news conference, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA astronauts Michael Barratt, Matthew Dominick, and Jeanette Epps will answer questions about their mission. The three crew members, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, returned to Earth on Oct. 25. Grebenkin will not participate because of his travel schedule.
Docking
November 23, 2024
Progress MS-29 Docking
International Space StationThe Progress MS-29 spacecraft is scheduled to autonomously dock to the Poisk module of the ISS.
Flyby
December 01, 2024
BepiColombo Mercury Flyby
MercuryFifth of six Mercury flybys of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission before entering orbit around its destination planet in 2025.
Flyby
December 11, 2024
Lucy Earth Flyby
EarthSecond of three Earth flybys of NASA's Lucy mission to the Trojan asteroids.
Electron
Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes
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Falcon 9
Dragon CRS-2 SpX-31
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA31st commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commer…
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
Ionosfera-M 1 & 2
Cosmodrome Site 1S - Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian FederationIonosfera is a constellation of four ionospheric and magnetospheric research satellites developed by for Roscosmos for the project Ionozond. The s…
H3-22
DSN 3 (Kirameki 3)
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 - Tanegashima Space Center, JapanDSN 3, also known as Kirameki 3, is a geostationary communications satellite to be used for military communications by the Japanese military.
Soyuz 2.1a
Kosmos 2579 (Bars-M No. 6)
43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationNote: Payload identity uncertain. Bars-M is the second incarnation of the Bars project, which was started in the mid 1990ies to develop a success…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 10-13
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 9-9
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 20 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Long March 2
Shenzhou 19
Launch Area 4 (SLS-1 / 921) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaEighth crewed flight to the Chinese space station.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 10-8
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
NROL-167
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAFourth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office t…
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