Flyby
BepiColombo Venus Flyby
Venus Ariane 5 ECA | BepiColombo
The ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission made a close approach of Venus on 15 October at 03:58 UTC at a distance of approximately 10 720 km. Gravity assist flybys are needed to set the spacecraft on course for Mercury orbit.
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Ariane 5 ECA | BepiColombo
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Oct. 20, 2018, 1:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
BepiColombo is a joint mission of the ESA and the JAXA to the planet Mercury. The mission comprises two satellites to be launched together: the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO). The mission will perform a comprehensive study of Mercury, including its magnetic field, magnetosphere, interior structure and surface.
Heliocentric N/A #BepiColomboElectron
Symphony In The Stars
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand'Symphony In The Stars' is the first of two dedicated missions on Electron to deploy a single spacecraft to a 650km circular Earth orbit for a confid…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 10-34
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Electron
Get The Hawk Outta Here (4x HawkEye 360)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandHawkEye 360 is a a space-based civil global intelligence satellite network using radio frequency (RF) technology to help monitor transportation acros…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 10-16
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
Axiom Space Mission 4
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAThis is a Crew Dragon flight for a private company Axiom Space. The mission will carry a professionally trained commander alongside three private ast…
Falcon 9
Transporter 14 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USADedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
Atlas V 551
Project Kuiper (KA-02)
Space Launch Complex 41 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAProject Kuiper is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 10-23
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Long March 3
ChinaSat 9C
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaKu- and Ka-band geostationary communication satellite for China Satcom at 92.2° East, replacing ChinaSat 9.
Angara A5/Briz-M
Kosmos 2589
35/1 - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationUnidentified payload for the Russian military.
