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Electron | Coming To A Storm Near You (TROPICS-3)
Rocket Lab | United States of AmericaOnenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
May 26, 2023, 3:46 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Last two operational (TROPICS-06 & TROPICS-07) satellites for NASA's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats (TROPICS) mission. The CubeSats are designed to provide rapid-refresh microwave measurements that can be used to determine temperature, pressure, and humidity inside hurricanes as they form and evolve.
Low Earth Orbit 37 - Maiden Flight South Pacific
SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity 25
Virgin Galactic | United States of AmericaAir launch to Suborbital flight
May 25, 2023, 4:23 p.m.
Nuri | NEXTSat-2 & SNIPE
Korea Aerospace Research Institute | South KoreaNaro Space Center, South Korea
May 25, 2023, 9:24 a.m.
Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-23 (84P)
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 24, 2023, 12:56 p.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Axiom Space Mission 2
SpaceX | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
May 21, 2023, 9:37 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
This is a Crew Dragon flight for a private company Axiom Space. The mission will carry a professionally trained commander alongside three private astronauts to and from the International Space Station. This crew will stay aboard space station for at least eight days.
Low Earth Orbit B1080 - Maiden Flight Landing Zone 1
Long March 2C | MUST-1A/B & Luojia-2 01
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
May 21, 2023, 8 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Macau Science Satellite-1 (MUST-1A/B) are 2 magnetosphere research satellites from the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) aiming to study the different layers of the Earth’s magnetosphere system, particularly in the South Atlantic Anomaly by studying the origin and evolution of the geomagnetic field and the geomagnetic inversion mechanism, and draw a high-precision and high-resolution lithospheric geomagnetic map. Luojia-2 01 is a 0.5 m resolution Earth observation Synthetic-aperture radar satellite from Wuhan University.
Low Earth Orbit
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Iridium-9 & OneWeb 19
SpaceX | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 20, 2023, 1:16 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
5 spare satellites for the Iridium NEXT constellation and 16 satellites for the OneWeb constellation (15 of current generation and 1 demonstration satellite for the next generation) on a share-ride.
Polar Orbit B1063 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-3
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral, FL, USA
May 19, 2023, 6:19 a.m.
Long March 3B/E | Beidou-3 G4
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
May 17, 2023, 2:49 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
This satellite is a part of the geostationary component of the 3rd phase of the Chinese Beidou (Compass) satellite navigation system. It features a phased array antenna for navigation signals and a laser retroreflector and additionally deployable S/L-band and C-band antennas.
Geostationary Transfer OrbitFalcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 5-9
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral, FL, USA
May 14, 2023, 5:03 a.m.
