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Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-69
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March 24, 2025, 5:48 p.m.
Government/Top Secret
Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office
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Mar 26, 2025
Electron | Finding Hot Wildfires Near You (OroraTech OTC-P1)
Low Earth Orbit Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
8 satellites for a constellation of satellites developed by Orora Technologies (OroraTech) of Germany, with thermal infrared cameras that can provide 24/7 monitoring of wildfires globally, supporting better and faster wildfire response to protect forests, people, and infrastructure worldwide. The company plans to expand their constellation with up to 100 …
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Mar 26, 2025
Long March 3B/E | Unknown Payload
Unknown Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Details TBD.
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NG-21 Cygnus Release
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Falcon 9
NROL-69
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAClassified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office
Ceres-1
Yunyao-1 43-48
Launch Area 95A - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China6 weather satellites performing atmospheric measurements using GNSS Radio Occultation for a Tianjin based company. Constellation is planned to have a…
Falcon 9
NROL-57
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Starlink Group 12-25
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Electron
High Five (Kinéis 21-25)
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8 satellites
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Angara 1.2
3 x Rodnik (Kosmos 2585, 2586, 2587)
35/1 - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationNote: Payload identity and Cosmos series numbering not confirmed. The Strela (Russian: Стрела) are Soviet, then Russian, military space telecommun…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 12-16
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Transporter 13 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
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SuperView Neo 3-02
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