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Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | Glonass-K1 No. 16 (Kosmos 2557)
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 7, 2022, 9:18 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Glonass-K are the third 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 935 kg, and has an operational lifetime of 10 years.
Medium Earth Orbit
Black Brant IX | SISTINE
Magellan Aerospace Corporation | CanadaArnhem Space Centre
July 6, 2022, 1:54 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Suborbital Imaging Spectrograph for Transition region Irradiance from Nearby Exoplanet host stars (SISTINE) is a payload from the University of Colorado. Its objective is to study how light from stars affects the atmospheres of the planets around them, including the gases thought to be signs of life. For this flight, it will measure the ultraviolet light output from α Centauri A and B, two stars of the three-star α Centauri system that are the closest stars to our Sun.
Suborbital
LauncherOne | Straight Up
Virgin Orbit | United States of AmericaAir launch to orbit
July 2, 2022, 6:53 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Launch contracted by the U.S. Space Force for the Rocket Systems Launch Program (RSLP), with payloads provided by the DoD Space Test Program (STP) as part of the Space Force’s STP-28A mission. It will carry seven satellites from multiple government agencies that are experiments intended to demonstrate novel modular satellite bus, space domain awareness, and adaptive radio frequency technologies. The target orbit is approximately 500 km above the Earth’s surface at 45 degrees inclination.
Low Earth Orbit
Atlas V 541 | USSF-12
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral, FL, USA
July 1, 2022, 11:15 p.m.
PSLV-CA | DS-EO & others
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
June 30, 2022, 12:32 p.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SES-22
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral, FL, USA
June 29, 2022, 9:04 p.m.
Electron | CAPSTONE
Rocket Lab | United States of AmericaOnenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
June 28, 2022, 9:55 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
CAPSTONE (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment) is a 12-U cubesat mission to test operations in near rectiliniar halo orbit around the Moon, which is to be used for the Lunar Gateway space station. Mission will verify the near rectilinear halo orbit characteristics, spacecraft-to-spacecraft navigation services in that orbit, and provide valuable experience of small sat launch to the Moon.
Lunar Orbit 27 - Maiden Flight South Pacific
Long March 4C | Gaofen-12-03
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
June 27, 2022, 3:46 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Gaofen is a series of civilian Earth observation satellites developed and launched for the China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS), a state-sponsored programme aimed to develop a near-real time, all-weather, global surveillance network consisting of satellite, near-space (stratosphere) airships, and aerial observation platforms.
Sun-Synchronous OrbitBlack Brant IX | XQC
Magellan Aerospace Corporation | CanadaArnhem Space Centre
June 26, 2022, 2:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The X-ray Quantum Calorimeter Experiment (XQC) is a payload from the University of Wisconsin. Its objective is to measure X-rays with unprecedented precision to better understand the interstellar medium and its influence on the structure and evolution of galaxies and stars.
Suborbital
Long March 2D | Yaogan 35 Group 02
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
June 23, 2022, 2:22 a.m.
