Static Fire
Starship S20 Pre-burner Test
Boca Chica, Texas
SpaceX performed what seemed like a pre-burner test of the Starship S20 vehicle.
Updates
Nosu • Oct. 13, 2021, 4:28 p.m.
Road closure canceled for Wednesday, October 13. Next attempt Thursday, October 14 pending alert notice.
Nosu • Oct. 13, 2021, 3:42 p.m.
Possible Starship S20 static fire between 22:00 and 5:00 UTC (5pm - midnight CDT).
Long March 8
G60 Polar Group 05
Commercial LC-1 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, 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…
Long March 3
TJSW-15
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaChinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known.
Starship
Flight 8
Orbital Launch Mount A - SpaceX Starbase, TX, USAEighth test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.
Ariane 62
CSO-3
Ariane Launch Area 4 - Guiana Space Centre, French GuianaThe CSO-3 (Composante Spatiale Optique-3 satellite is the third of three new-generation high-resolution optical imaging satellites for the French mil…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 12-20
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
Glonass-K2 No. 14 (Kosmos 2584)
43/3 (43L) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationGlonass-K2 are the fourth generation of satellite design for GLONASS satellite navigation system. GLONASS is a Russian space-based navigation system …
Kuaizhou
Unknown Payload
Launch Area 95A - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaDetails TBD.
Soyuz 2.1a
Progress MS-30 (91P)
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanProgress resupply mission to the International Space Station.
Long March 2
SuperView Neo 1-03 & 04
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaCommercial Earth observation satellites (~540 kg each) built by CAST for China Siwei Survey and Mapping Technology Co. Ltd., with resolution down to …
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 12-13
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
