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Ceres-1 | Unknown Payload
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Dec. 12, 2024, 2:20 a.m.
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Dec 12, 2024
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-2
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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Dec 13, 2024
Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV10
Medium Earth Orbit Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
GPS-IIIA (Global Positioning System) is the first evolution stage of the third generation of the GPS satellites. It consists of the first ten (known as "tranche") of GPS III satellites.
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Upcoming Events
Flyby
December 12, 2024
Lucy Earth Flyby
EarthSecond of three Earth flybys of NASA's Lucy mission to the Trojan asteroids.
Spacecraft Undocking
December 14, 2024
SpaceX CRS-31 Dragon Undocking
International Space StationThe SpaceX CRS-31 Dragon spacecraft will undock from the International Space Station ahead of its reentry, splashdown and recovery.
Press Event
December 17, 2024
NASA CLPS Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 Teleconference
OnlineNASA will host a media teleconference to discuss the agency science and technology flying aboard Firefly Aerospace’s first delivery to the Moon as part of the NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign. Briefing participants include Joel Kearns, deputy associate administrator for exploration, Science Mission Directorate, NASA …
EVA
December 19, 2024
Russian EVA-63
International Space StationRussian cosmonauts Ovchinin and Vagner will perform an EVA.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 12-5
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.
Simorgh
Fakhr-1 & Saman-1
Imam Khomeini Spaceport - Semnan Space Center, Islamic Republic of IranFakhr-1 is a 3U size cubesat to test locally produced spacecraft components, a communication payload and launch vehicle's multi-payload carrying capa…
Vega-C
Sentinel-1C
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) - Guiana Space Centre, French GuianaSentinel-1C carries an advanced radar technology to provide an all-weather, day-and-night supply of imagery of Earth’s surface. It is a replacement s…
Falcon 9
Sirius SXM-9
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USASXM-9 is the 10th high-powered, digital, audio radio satellite built by Maxar (SSL) for SiriusXM. The SXM-9 satellite will be based on Maxar’s proven…
PSLV-XL
Proba-3
Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad - Satish Dhawan Space Centre, IndiaProba-3 (Project for On-Board Autonomy 3) is the first close formation flying mission for the European Space Agency (ESA). It consists of two indepen…
Long March 6A
G60 Polar Group 03
Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China18 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technolo…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 9-14
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.
Soyuz 2.1b
Kosmos 2580 (Lotos-S1 #9)
43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationNote: Payload identity uncertain. Multiple other military payloads that are not identified may be on board. Lotos-S1 spacecraft is a part of the L…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-70
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Kuaizhou
Haishao-1
Mobile Launcher Pad - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaSynthetic-aperture radar Earth observation satellite from the Chinese Academy of Sciences to observe dynamics properties of oceans.
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