Next Upcoming Launch
GSLV Mk II | IRNSS-1J (NVS-01)
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May 29, 2023, 5:12 a.m.
Navigation
This is a replacement satellite for the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System. The constellation will provide India with an alternative to GPS and will be used for military and civilian use. Located at a geosynchronous orbit, the system will be operated by the Indian government.
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Jun 04, 2023
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-4
Low Earth Orbit Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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Jun 08, 2023
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 8 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Sun-Synchronous Orbit Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Transporter 8 mission is a dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
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Upcoming Events
Farewell Ceremony
May 29, 2023
AX-2 Farewell Ceremony
ISSBefore the AX-2 crew returns to Earth, Axiom will livestream their farewell remarks onboard the International Space Station.
Spacecraft Event
May 30, 2023
SpaceX AX-2 Crew Hatch Close
ISSThe AX-2 Crew will close Dragons hatch in preparation for undocking two hours later.
Spacecraft Undocking
May 30, 2023
SpaceX AX-2 Crew Dragon Undocking
International Space StationThe AX-2 Crew Dragon will undock from the International Space Station, carrying Axiom Space Mission 1 commander Peggy Whitson and three passengers. It will then reenter the Earth's atmosphere and splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean.
Press Event
May 30, 2023
SpaceX CRS-28 Science Highlights Media Teleconference
NASA and SpaceX will hold a teleconference about scientific payloads that will be launched to the International Space Station onboard the SpaceX CRS-28 mission.
Falcon 9
BADR-8
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAGeostationary communications satellite built by Airbus Defense and Space and based on the Eurostar Neo platform for Arabsat.
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M
Kondor-FKA No.1
Cosmodrome Site 1S - Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian FederationThe Kondor-FKA is a small civilian radar Earth observation satellite designed by NPO Mashinostroyeniya as a civilian counterpart to the Kondor-E sate…
Electron
TROPICS-3
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B - Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandLast two operational (TROPICS-06 & TROPICS-07) satellites for NASA's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a…
SpaceShipTwo
VSS Unity 25
Spaceport America - Air launch to Suborbital flightVirgin Galactic return to space mission ahead of the first commercial flight.
Nuri
NEXTSat-2 & SNIPE
LC-2 - Naro Space Center, South KoreaThird flight of the KSLV-II "Nuri" launch vehicle, carrying NEXTSat-2 as well as SNIPE A through D.
Soyuz 2.1a
Progress MS-23 (84P)
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanProgress resupply mission to the International Space Station.
Falcon 9
Axiom Space Mission 2
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAThis is a Crew Dragon flight for a private company Axiom Space. The mission will carry a professionally trained commander alongside three private ast…
Long March 2
MUST-1A/B & Luojia-2 01
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaMacau Science Satellite-1 (MUST-1A/B) are 2 magnetosphere research satellites from the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) aiming to st…
Falcon 9
Iridium-9 & OneWeb 19
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA5 spare satellites for the Iridium NEXT constellation and 16 satellites for the OneWeb constellation (15 of current generation and 1 demonstration sa…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-3
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAA batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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NASA to Discuss Conclusions of Psyche Mission Independent Review…
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European Spaceflight
ESA Awards Contracts to Define Future European Launch Systems
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