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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity VF-01

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
Feb. 22, 2019, 4:57 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Powered test flight of VSS Unity. Carried a third crew member in the passenger cabin for the first time.

Suborbital
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Nusantara Satu & GTO-1 (Beresheet, S5)

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 22, 2019, 1:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Spaceflight’s first mission beyond Lower Earth Orbit (LEO) and its first combined launch with SSL. Consists out lunar lander called Beresheet (Hebrew for in the beginning) and AFRL’s S5 satellite.

Lunar Orbit B1048 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
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Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | EgyptSat-A

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 21, 2019, 4:47 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

EgyptSat-A (MisrSat A) is Egypt's third Earth remote-sounding satellite. The satellite is jointly built by Egypt's National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences together with RKK Energiya in Russia. The imaging payload was developed by OAO Peleng and NIRUP Geoinformatsionnye Sistemy in Belarus. The satellite is an improved version of EgyptSat 2 and is also based on RKK Energiya's 559GK bus, which inherits technologies from their USP platform. The satellite features SPD-70 electric engines using Xenon. It features an improved opto-electronic system and onboard control system, high-speed on-board radio link and solar cells with increased efficiency.

Low Earth Orbit
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Ariane 5 ECA | Saudi Geostationary Satellite 1/Hellas Sat 4 & GSAT-31

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Feb. 5, 2019, 9:01 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Hellas Sat 4/SaudiGeoSat 1 is a geostationary communications satellite to be used jointly by Hellas Sat and KACST. It will provide advanced telecommunications capabilities, including television, internet, telephone and secure military communications to customers in the Middle East, Africa and Europe. Another passenger of the launch is an Indian communications satellite GSAT-31.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Safir 1B | Doosti

Iranian Space Agency | Iran
Semnan Space Center, Islamic Republic of Iran
Feb. 5, 2019, midnight
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Doosti (farsi for "friendship") is a microsatellite developed and built by the Remote Sensing Laboratory of Iranian Space Agency.

Low Earth Orbit
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PSLV-DL | Microsat-R

Indian Space Research Organization | India
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Jan. 24, 2019, 6:07 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Microsat-R is a remote sensing satellite . This launch will also test the use of the fourth stage (PS4) as an orbital platform for carrying out experiments. It will carry a student payload Kalamsat.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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New Shepard | NS-10

Blue Origin | United States of America
Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
Jan. 23, 2019, 3:05 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

New Shepard flight 10 will feature 9 NASA-sponsored payloads via the NASA Flight opportunity program.

Suborbital NS10 NS-3 - Flight Proven ( ) Corn Ranch Landing Pad, West Texas
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Long March 11 | Jilin-1 Hyperspectral 01, 02, Xiaoxiang-1-03, Lingque-1A

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Jan. 21, 2019, 5:42 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Launch carried four remote sensing satellites for Chinese private companies.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Delta IV Heavy | NROL-71

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 19, 2019, 7:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.

Low Earth Orbit #NROL71
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Epsilon | RAPIS-1 & others

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency | Japan
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Jan. 18, 2019, 12:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A rideshare mission to launch experimental microsats and cubesats. Main payload is RAPIS-1 (RAPid Innovative payload demonstration Satellite 1), which will test several new technologies in space.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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