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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-9

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Aug. 11, 2023, 5:17 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Low Earth Orbit B1069 - Flight Proven ( ) Just Read the Instructions
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Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Luna 25

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
Aug. 10, 2023, 11:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Luna 25 (ex-Luna-Glob) was a lunar lander mission by the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) that crashed into the lunar surface after an anomalous orbital maneuver placed it on a collision trajectory towards the Moon. It was scheduled to land near the lunar south pole at the Boguslavsky crater to prove lunar landing technology. The mission carried 30 kg of scientific instruments, including a robotic arm for soil samples and possible drilling hardware. It was planned to remain active for at least one year on the lunar surface.

Lunar Orbit
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SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 02

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
Aug. 10, 2023, 3:17 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second commercial Virgin Galactic mission.

Suborbital
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Ceres-1 | 7 satellites

Galactic Energy | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Aug. 10, 2023, 4:03 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Seventh launch of the Ceres-1 rocket, a share-ride mission with 7 satellites. This launch carried Xiguang-1 (01), Star Pool-1B satellite, GeoSat Intelligent Emergency-1, and the Xi’an Hangtou -88, -96, -104 and -112 satellites.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Long March 2C | 5 m S-SAR-02 (Huanjing-2F)

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Aug. 8, 2023, 10:53 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese S-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite with 5 m resolution.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-20

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 8, 2023, 3:57 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A batch of 15 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Low Earth Orbit B1075 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
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Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Glonass-K2 No. 13 (Kosmos 2569)

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 7, 2023, 1:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Glonass-K2 are the fourth generation of satellite design 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 is unpressurized and weighs 1645 kg, and has an operational lifetime of 10 years.

Medium Earth Orbit
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-8

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Aug. 7, 2023, 2:41 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Low Earth Orbit B1078 - Flight Proven ( ) A Shortfall of Gravitas
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Galaxy 37

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Aug. 3, 2023, 5 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Galaxy 37 is a geostationary communications satellite manufactured by Maxar and operated by Intelsat.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit B1077 - Flight Proven ( ) Just Read the Instructions
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Long March 4C | Fengyun-3F

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Aug. 3, 2023, 3:47 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The newer FY-3 series is an improved generation of polar-orbiting heliosynchronous weather satellites.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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