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Ariane 5 ES | Galileo L9 (FOC FM15-FM18)
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Dec. 12, 2017, 6:36 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Galileo constellation is ESA's satellite navigation system and is expected to be completed by 2020. Galileo will provide Europe with an alternative to the American GPS and Russian GLONASS constellations, but will be interoperable with both systems.
Medium Earth Orbit
New Shepard | NS-7
Blue Origin | United States of AmericaCorn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
Dec. 12, 2017, 4:59 p.m.
Long March 3B/E | Alcomsat-1
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 10, 2017, 4:40 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Alcomsat-1 is the first Algerian telecommunications satellite. It is expected to operate in geostationary orbit for 15 years. Satellite carries Ku-band and Ka-band transponders for civil applications and X-band, UHF and EHF for the needs of the military and strategic state sectors.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Long March 2D | LKW-1 (Land Survey Satellite-1)
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 3, 2017, 4:11 a.m.
Soyuz-2.1b | Lotos-S1 (Kosmos-2524)
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 2, 2017, 10:43 a.m.
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | Meteor-M No.2-1 & rideshare payloads
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaVostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
Nov. 28, 2017, 5:41 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:
This is the third spacecraft in the Russian Meteor-M series of remote sensing satellites. Weighing about 2750 kg, it is intended to gather hydrometeorological data from sun-synchronous orbit. This includes monitoring ozone layer and radiation levels in the near-Earth space, as well as monitoring ocean surface temperatures and ice conditions.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Long March 2C | 3 x Yaogan-30
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Nov. 24, 2017, 6:10 p.m.
Long March 6 | Jilin-1-04, Jilin-1-05 & Jilin-1-06
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaTaiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Nov. 21, 2017, 4:50 a.m.
Delta II 7920-10 | JPSS 1 (Joint Polar Satellite System spacecraft No. 1)
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 18, 2017, 9:47 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
From a 512-mile orbit, tilted 98.7 degrees to the equator and traveling pole-to-pole, the craft will provide imagery, atmospheric temperature and humidity profiles, and land and ocean surface temperature observations, all of which are key ingredients for weather forecasting. In addition, the satellite will measure ozone levels and reflected solar radiation from the planet.JPSS 1 will survey the entire globe twice per day with five sensor packages.The satellite will replace the existing Suomi NPP spacecraft that launched in 2011 for a five-year mission as a gapfiller between NOAA’s legacy weather satellite constellation and the new JPSS generation.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Long March 4C | Fengyun-3D
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaTaiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Nov. 14, 2017, 6:35 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Fengyun-3D (also known as FY-3D) is a polar orbiting meteorological satellite. It is tasked with ocean and ice monitoring, as well as studying atmospheric chemistry and space weather. The satellite is expected to operate for 5 years.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
