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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 3
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Jan. 21, 2020, 4:59 p.m.
Communications
A batch of 60 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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Jan 24, 2020
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | Meridian-M №19L
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Meridian is a series of communications satellite for military and civilian use.
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Jan 27, 2020
H-IIA 202 | IGS Optical 7
Tanegashima, Japan
Information Gathering Satellite (IGS) is a Japanese governmental spy satellite program. IGS Optical 7, as the name suggests, is an optical reconnaissance satellite.
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Upcoming Events
EVA
January 20, 2020
US EVA-63
International Space StationNASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch will perform a 6-hours long extravehicular activity (EVA) to complete replacement of batteries on the P6 truss. Meir and Koch are both aboard the International Space Station for the first time as Expedition 61 flight engineers, Koch since March 2019 and Meir since September 2019. The goal of this EVA is to complete the replacement of 12 old nickel-hydrogen batteries on the P6 truss with 6 brand new ...
EVA
January 25, 2020
US EVA-64
International Space StationAstronauts Drew Morgan (NASA) and Luca Parmitano (ESA) will perform an EVA to complete repairs to the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer 2 instrument.
Release
January 31, 2020
NG-12 Cygnus Release
International Space StationNASA TV will livestream the release of Northrop Grumman's NG-12 Cygnus cargo craft from the International Space Station.
Undocking
February 06, 2020
Soyuz MS-13 Undocking
International Space StationThe Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft will undock at approximately 05:49am UTC from the International Space Station. It will return to Earth with astronauts Aleksandr Skvortsov, Christina Koch and Luca Parmitano onboard. Landing will be at approximately 09:14am UTC.
Falcon 9 Block 5
Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort Test
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAWhen the Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket reaches Max-Q (maximum dynamic forces), the launch abort system of the Crew Dragon spacecraft will be triggered. ...
Ariane 5 ECA
Eutelsat Konnect & GSAT-30
Ariane Launch Area 3 - Kourou, French GuianaEutelsat Konnect is an all-electric, Ka-band geostationary communications satellite built by Thales Alenia Space for Eutelsat. It will provide broa...
Kuaizhou
Kuaizhou
Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaLong March 2D
Long March 2D
Taiyuan, People's Republic of ChinaLong March 3
TJS-5 (TJSW-5)
Unknown - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaTJS-5 is a geostationary communications satellite. It offers satellite communication, television and broadcasting services, while also verifying h...
Falcon 9 Block 5
Starlink 2
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
Shijian 20
Wenchang - Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaShijian 20 is an experimental geostationary communications satellite. This is also a return-to-flight launch for Long March 5 after a July 2017 fai...
Rokot / Briz-KM
Gonets-M24, Gonets-M25, Gonets-M26 & Blits-M
133/3 (133L) - 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...
Proton-M
Elektro-L No.3
81/24 (81P) - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanElektro-L is a series of meteorological satellites developed for the Russian Federal Space Agency by NPO Lavochkin. They are designed to capture re...
Atlas V N22
CST-100 Starliner Orbital Flight Test (Uncrewed)
Space Launch Complex 41 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAThis is the first test flight of Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station. Although Atlas V and Centaur upper stage successfully put...
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