Next Upcoming Launch
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-21
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Dec. 5, 2020, 4:39 p.m.
Resupply
SpaceX will launch the first cargo variant of its Dragon 2 spacecraft on their 21st commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Dragon will be filled with supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support more than 250 science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.
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Dec 06, 2020
Long March 3B/E | Gaofen 14
Sun-Synchronous Orbit Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Gaofen is a series of civilian Earth observation satellites developed and launched for the China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS), a state-sponsored programme aimed to develop a near-real time, all-weather, global surveillance network consisting of satellite, near-space (stratosphere) airships, and aerial observation platforms.
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Dec 10, 2020
Astra Rocket 3.2 | Flight 2
Suborbital Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska, USA
Astra will attempt a second test flight of Rocket 3.0 following an unsuccessful first flight
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Upcoming Events
Landing
December 05, 2020
Hayabusa-2 Sample Returns to Earth
EarthWhen Hayabusa-2 flies past Earth in December 2020, it will release the capsule spinning at one revolution per three seconds. The capsule will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere at 12 km/s and it will deploy a radar-reflective parachute at an altitude of about 10 km, and eject its heat-shield, while transmitting a position beacon signal. The sample capsule will land at the Woomera Test Range in Australia.
Docking
December 06, 2020
CRS-21 Dragon Docking
International Space StationFollowing its launch atop a Falcon 9, the CRS-21 Dragon will autonomously dock to the ISS, bringing crew supplies as well as experiments.
Press Event
December 09, 2020
8th meeting of the National Space Council
Kennedy Space CenterUS Vice President Mike Pence will convene the 8th meeting of the National Space Council at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on December 9 at 12:30 p.m. ET. The meeting will be livestreamed on NASA TV.
Landing
December 15, 2020
Chang'e 5 Sample Returns to Earth
Dorbod Banner, Inner Mongolia, ChinaThe Chang'e 5 sample-return capsule will enter the Earth's atmosphere and land in Dorbod Banner, Inner Mongolia.
Soyuz 2.1B
Gonets-M30, Gonets-M31, Gonets-M32
43/3 (43L) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationGonets-M are an upgraded version of Gonets satellites, derived from military communications system Strela-3. Gonets-M constellation is tasked with...
Soyuz STA
Falcon Eye 2
Soyuz Launch Complex - Kourou, French GuianaFalcon Eye 2 is a high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite for the United Arab Emirates. Built by Airbus Defense and Space with an optical imaging p...
H-IIA
JDRS-1
Yoshinobu Launch Complex - Tanegashima, JapanJDRS-1 is a Japanese Data Relay Satellite.
Falcon 9 Block 5
Starlink 15
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAA batch of 60 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Long March 5
Chang'e 5
Wenchang - Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaChang'e 5 is China's robotic lunar sample return mission, which is set to bring back at least 2 kg of lunar soils and rock samples. The probe will ...
Falcon 9 Block 5
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich (Sentinel-6A; Jason-CS)
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg AFB, CA, USAThe Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich and Sentinel-6B make up the Sentinel-6 mission, also known as Jason Continuity of Service (Jason-CS), which is a pa...
Electron
Return to Sender
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand"Return to Sender" will loft 30 satellites to a sun-synchronous orbit at 500 km altitude for a range of customers, including TriSept, Unseenlabs, S...
Vega
SEOSAT-Ingenio & Taranis
Ariane Launch Area 1 - Kourou, French GuianaSEOSAT-Ingenio is a high-resolution optical imaging mission of Spain - the flagship mission of the Spanish space strategic plan. Its mission is dev...
Falcon 9 Block 5
SpX USCV-1 (NASA Crew Flight 1)
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USASpaceX's first operational flight of manned Dragon 2 vehicle.
Atlas V 531
NROL-101
Space Launch Complex 41 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAClassified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
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