Upcoming Spaceflight Launches
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Glonass-M No. 58
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 27, 2019, 6 a.m.
Status: Go
Mission: Navigation
Glonass-M, also known as Uragan-M, are the second generation of Uragan satellite design used for GLONASS satellite navigation system. GLONASS is a Russian space-based navigation system comparable to the similar GPS and Galileo systems. This generation improves on accuracy, power consumption and design life. Each satellite weighs 1415 kg, is equipped with 12 L-band antennas, and has an operational lifetime of 7 years.
Medium Earth Orbit
Proton-M/Briz-M | Yamal-601
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 30, 2019, 5:42 p.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon In-Flight Abort Test
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
June 1, 2019, midnight
Status: TBD
Mission: Test Flight
A Falcon 9 will launch carrying a Dragon capsule and will simulate a failure whilst flying through max-q to demonstrate the dragons ability to escape in the event of a catostrophic failure of the launch vehicle. The crew dragon previously flew DM-1 and the booster has flown three times before.
Sub-Orbital
Kuaizhou-11 | Maiden Flight
ExPace | CHNJiuquan, People's Republic of China
June 1, 2019, midnight
Long March 11 | Jilin-1
China National Space Administration | CHNSea Launch
June 5, 2019, midnight
Hyperbola-1 | 7 unknown payloads
iSpace | CHNJiuquan, People's Republic of China
June 10, 2019, 2 a.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | RADARSAT Constellation
SpaceX | USAVandenberg AFB, CA, USA
June 15, 2019, midnight
Status: TBD
Mission: Earth Science
The Radarsat Constellation Mission is a follow-on project to RADARSAT-2 currently developed by MDA. The constellation will consist of a fleet of three spacecraft, and be both complementary and a follow-on to the upcoming deployment of the RADARSAT-2 mission. The primary purpose of the RCM is to provide C-Band data continuity for RADARSAT-2 users, as well as adding a new series of applications enabled through the constellation approach. The main uses of RCM are expected to be in the areas of: maritime surveillance (ship detection, ice monitoring, and oil spill detection), disaster management, ecosystem monitoring. The primary areas of interest are the landmass of Canada and its surrounding Arctic, Pacific and Atlantic maritime areas. The images and derived information are required to be provided to Canadian government users at frequent area coverage rates. Contrary to the earlier RadarSat missions, the imagery will not be available commercially. The spacecraft Payload will consist of a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) sensor integrated with an Automated Identification System (AIS). The SAR Payload concept is a 2-panel deployable SAR antenna of length approximately 7 meters.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Ariane 5 ECA | Eutelsat 7C & DirecTV 16
Arianespace | FRAKourou, French Guiana
June 20, 2019, 9:41 p.m.
Proton-M/Blok DM-03 | Spektr-RG
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 21, 2019, 1:44 p.m.
Falcon Heavy | STP-2
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
June 22, 2019, midnight
Status: TBD
Mission: Dedicated Rideshare
The STP-2 payload is composed of 25 small spacecraft. Included is COSMIC-2 constellation to provide radio occultation data, along with 8 cubesat nanosatellites. Other payloads include LightSail carried by the Prox-1 nanosatellite, Oculus-ASR nanosatellite, GPIM and the Deep Space Atomic Clock.
Low Earth Orbit
Electron | "Make It Rain"
Rocket Lab Ltd | NZLOnenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
June 25, 2019, midnight
Status: TBD
Mission: Dedicated Rideshare
Rideshare mission for Spaceflight. The mission is named ‘Make it Rain’ in a nod to the high volume of rainfall in Seattle, where Spaceflight is headquartered, as well in New Zealand where Launch Complex 1 is located. Among the satellites on the mission for Spaceflight are BlackSky’s Global-4, two U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Prometheus and Melbourne Space Program’s ACRUX-1.
Smart Dragon 1 | Maiden Flight
Chinarocket Co., Ltd. | CHNJiuquan, People's Republic of China
June 25, 2019, midnight
Atlas V 551 | AEHF-5
United Launch Alliance | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
June 27, 2019, 10 a.m.
Status: TBD
Mission: Communications
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 global, survivable, protected communications capabilities for strategic command and tactical warfighters operating on ground, sea and air platforms.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Rokot / Briz-KM | Gonets-M24, Gonets-M25, Gonets-M26 & 2 x Blits-M
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 30, 2019, midnight
Status: TBD
Mission: Communications
Gonets-M are an upgraded version of Gonets satellites, derived from military communications system Strela-3. Gonets-M constellation is tasked with monitoring ecological and industrial objects, providing communication and data transmission services, covering also the remote areas like the Far North region. Gonets-M satellites share the ride with the Blits-M microsatellite, which is a geodesic satellite tasked with determining precise orbit parameters for GLONASS satellites.
Low Earth Orbit
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat | Meridian-M 18
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 30, 2019, midnight
Status: TBD
Mission: Communications
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 component of the Parus. They are launched into highly eccentric Molniya-orbits. Meridian is the highly eccentric orbit (HEO) component of the Integrated Satellite Communications System (ISSS), where they work in conjunction with the geostationary Raduga-1M (Globus-M) satellites. The bus structure is reportedly pressurized, possibly based on the Uragan-M bus. Meridian satellites carry three transponders operating in different frequency bands.
Falcon 9 Block 5
Starlink - Success
A batch of 60 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Long March 4
Yaogan-33 - Failure
Yaogan is a series of Chinese reconnaissance satellites.
PSLV
RISAT-2B - Success
Satellite imaging mission of ISRO using an active SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) imager to provide continuity of service for RISAT-2.
Long March 3
Beidou-2 G8 - Success
Navigation satellite for China's BeiDou navigation satellite constellation.
Electron
STP-27RD - Success
The mission has been procured by the DoD Space Test Program in partnership with Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) as part of its Rapid Agile Launch Initiative .The payload consists of three satellites,...
Falcon 9 Block 5
SpX CRS-17 - Success
SpaceX will launch the Dragon spacecraft on their 15th operational cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station. The flight is being conducted under the Commercial Resupply Services co...
New Shepard
NS-11 - Success
New Shepard flight 11 will fly 38 microgravity research payloads to space.
Long March 4
Tianhui-2-01 - Success
At 22:52 UTC on April 29, 2019, China used a Long March 4B rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center to successfully launch two Tianhui-2-01 satellites. The satellites will be used for scient...
Long March 3
Beidou-3 IGSO-1 - Success
The satellite is a part of the Chinese Beidou (Compass) satellite navigation system.
Antares
Cygnus CRS NG-11 (S.S. Roger Chaffee) - Success
This is the 12th planned flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 11th flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with ...
