Landing
Dec. 1, 2020, 5 a.m.
Hayabusa-2 Sample Returns to Earth
Earth
When Hayabusa-2 flies past Earth in December 2020, it will release the capsule spinning at one revolution per three seconds. The capsule will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere at 12 km/s and it will deploy a radar-reflective parachute at an altitude of about 10 km, and eject its heat-shield, while transmitting a position beacon signal. The sample capsule will land at the Woomera Test Range in Australia.
Long March 2D
Gaofen-9-02
Unknown Pad - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaGaofen is a series of civilian Earth observation satellites developed and launched for the China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS), ...
Falcon 9 Block 5
SpX-DM2 (Demonstration Mission 2)
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAA new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as American astronauts once again launch on an American rocket from American soil. The Demo-2 missio...
Long March 11
XJS-G & XJS-H
Unknown - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaXJS-G and XJS-H are experimental small satellites which will be used for Earth observation.
LauncherOne
Launch Demo
Mojave Air and Space Port - Air launch to orbitPayload-free test flight of the LauncherOne vehicle.
Soyuz 2.1B
EKS 4 (Tundra 4) (Kosmos 2546)
43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationThe Tundra or EKS (meaning Unified Space System) series of satellites is the next generation of Russian early warning satellites.
H-IIB
Kounotori 9 (HTV-9)
Osaki Y LP2 - Tanegashima, JapanThe last H-II Transfer Vehicle "Kounotori" will be launched on an H-IIB 304 launch vehicle, carrying 6,200 kg (13,669 lbs) of supplies and science ...
Atlas V 501
OTV-6 (X-37B) (USSF-7)
Space Launch Complex 41 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAIt is the sixth flight of the X-37B program. United States Air Force Orbital Test Vehicle is built by Boeing. It's an unmanned 5000 kg, 8.8 m-long ...
Kuaizhou
Xingyun-2 01, 02
Launch Area 4? - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaXingyun-2 01 and 02 are the first two satellites of the planned low Earth orbit constellation being built by Xingyun Satellite company, whichi is a...
Long March 5B
Maiden Flight
Wenchang - Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThis is the maiden flight of Long March 5B rocket, which is to be used for delivering modules for China's new space station. This launch is also th...
Soyuz 2.1A
Progress MS-14 (75P)
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanThe Progress resupply vehicle is an automated, unpiloted version of the Soyuz spacecraft that is used to bring supplies and fuel to the Internation...
