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Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-14 Uncrewed
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Aug. 22, 2019, 3:38 a.m.
Uncrewed Soyuz MS spacecraft to bring cargo to the space station. This demo flight tests a modified motion and navigation control system, as well as mating to Soyuz-2.1a rocket. The results will be used in development of an uncrewed cargo vehicle, based on Soyuz spacecraft.
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Aug 22, 2019
Delta IV M+(4,2) | GPS III SV02
Medium Earth Orbit Cape Canaveral, 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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Test Flight
August 23, 2019
Starship Hopper | 200m Hop
Boca Chica, TXSpaceX's latest prototype rocket design - Starhopper is preparing for its second hop following a successful 20m hop. On August 15th - Elon Musk tweeted that the FAA was requesting additional hazard analysis before the flight would be approved. All pending road closures have now been lifted - no new ETA has been presented.
Docking
August 24, 2019
Soyuz MS-14 Docking
International Space StationThe Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft will dock to the International Space Station on Saturday August 24. It will carry no crew members, as it is intended to test a modification of the launch abort system for integration with the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle.
Undocking
August 27, 2019
SpaceX CRS-18 Dragon Unberthing & Reentry
International Space StationThe SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will be unberthed and released from the International Space Station ahead of its reentry, splashdown and recovery.
Moon Landing
September 06, 2019
Chandrayaan-2 Lunar Landing
Lunar SurfaceChandrayaan-2 is India's second lunar exploration mission after Chandrayaan-1. Developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation, the mission was launched from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre on 22 July 2019 at 2.43 PM IST to the Moon by a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III
Electron
Look Ma, No Hands - Success
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Long March 3
Zhongxing-18 (Chinasat-18) - Success
Zhongxing-18 (Chinasat-18) is a Chinese communications satellite based upon a DFH-4E bus. The Chinasat-18 provides Ku commercial communications services with 30 Ku-band transponders, Ka broadband ...
Smart Dragon 1
Maiden Flight - Success
First launch of the new solid-fueled rocket by Chinarocket Co., Ltd., which is a commercial subsidiary of CASC. On this launch Smart Dragon 1 will also carry payloads for four private companies.
Atlas V 551
AEHF-5 - Success
This is the fifth satellite in the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) system, which is a series of communications satellites operated by the United States Air Force Space Command. It provides...
Falcon 9 Block 5
Amos-17 - Success
Amos-17 is a multi-band high-throughput satellite which will operate from 17°E, offering Ka-band, Ku-band, and C-Band services to users in Africa, the Middle East and Europe.
Ariane 5 ECA
EDRS-C & HYLAS 3 - Success
EDRS-C is one of the two EDRS (European Data Relay System) satellites. EDRS is the European constellation of two geostationary data relay satellites that will relay information and data between sat...
Proton-M Briz-M
Blagovest №14L (Kosmos 2539) - Success
The fourth and final of four Blagovest communication satellites. It is a high throughput communications satellite used for high speed internet services, TV, radio broadcasting and voice/video netwo...
Soyuz 2.1A
Progress MS-12 (73P) - Success
The Progress resupply vehicle is an automated, unpiloted version of the Soyuz spacecraft that is used to bring supplies and fuel to the International Space Station.
Soyuz 2.1A
Meridian-M №18 - Success
The Meridian series of communications satellites is reported to be the replacement for all the Molniya-1T, the Molniya-3 and Molniya-3K satellite series and possibly also for the communication comp...
MOMO
Flight 4 - Failure
The Momo-4 rocket will carry a research device developed by Kochi University of Technology and release a paper plane in space as part of an experiment proposed by Castem Co., a precision parts manu...
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