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Falcon 9 Block 5 | SAOCOM 1A

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 8, 2018, 2:21 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The SAOCOM 1A spacecraft is the first of the two SAOCOM constellation satellites. It is tasked with hydrology and land observaion, and will also operate jointly with the Italian COSMO-SkyMed constellation in X-band to provide frequent information relevant for emergency management.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit #SAOCOM1A B1048 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 4
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Kuaizhou-1A | Centispace-1-S1

ExPace | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Sept. 29, 2018, 4:13 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

CentiSpace-1-S1 is an experimental satellite to test navigation and and positioning enhancement system being developed by Beijing Future Navigation Technology Co., Ltd.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Ariane 5 ECA | Azerspace-2/Intelsat-38 & Horizons 3e

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Sept. 25, 2018, 10:38 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Azercosmos-2/Intelsat-38 is a geostationary telecommunications satellite. As the name suggests, satellite will be used jointly by Azercosmos and Intelsat. Horizons-3e, also known as IS-H3e, is a high throughput geostationary communications satellite ordered by Horizons Satellite, a joint venture of Intelsat and SKY Perfect JSAT Group. The spacecraft is designed and manufactured by Boeing on the Boeing-702MP platform.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit #VA243
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H-IIB 304 | Kounotori 7 (HTV-7)

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Japan
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Sept. 22, 2018, 5:52 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Uncrewed cargo resupply mission to International Space Station.

Low Earth Orbit #HTV7
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Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M13 & M14

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Sept. 19, 2018, 2:07 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

These two satellites will be used to provide global navigation coverage as part of the Chinese Beidou (Compass) satellite navigation system.

Medium Earth Orbit
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PSLV-CA | SSTL-S1 & NovaSAR-S

Indian Space Research Organization | India
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Sept. 16, 2018, 4:38 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The NovaSAR-S spacecraft carries a radar imaging instrument, and the mission was developed in partnership between the British government and the British satellite manufacturer SSTL. The SSTL-S1 satellite, also built by SSTL, is a high-resolution optical Earth observation satellite identical to three DMC3/TripleSat reconnaissance craft launched in 2015. Beijing-based 21AT will lease imaging capacity on the SSTL-S1 satellite. There are also several secondary payloads.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit #PSLVC42
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Delta II 7420-10 | ICESat-2

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 15, 2018, 1:02 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite 2) is a NASA Earth observation mission for measuring ice sheet elevation and sea ice freeboard, as well as land topography and vegetation characteristics.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit #ICESat2
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Telstar 18 VANTAGE

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Sept. 10, 2018, 4:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Telstar 18 VANTAGE, or Telstar 18V, is a communications satellite built by Space Systems Loral for the canadian satellite operator Telesat. The satellite is to provide coverage to the Asia Pacific region.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit B1049 - Maiden Flight Of Course I Still Love You
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Long March 2C | Haiyang 1C

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Sept. 7, 2018, 3:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Haiyang is a series of Chinese marine remote sensing satellites. Haiyang 1C is the follow-up of the Haiyang 1A and 1B satellites. It is intended for ocean monitoring and will be providing data on the temperature and dynamics of coastal waters and global oceans in China.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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SARGE | Launch 1 - "Pathfinder"

EXOS Aerospace | United States of America
Spaceport America, NM, USA
Aug. 25, 2018, 6:15 p.m.
Status: Launch was a Partial Failure
Mission:

First test launch of the SARGE reusable sounding rocket.

Suborbital SARGE 1 - Maiden Flight Spaceport America
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