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Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M3 & M4
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Feb. 12, 2018, 5:03 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) is a Chinese satellite navigation system. It consists of two separate satellite constellations – a limited test system that has been operating since 2000, and a full-scale global navigation system that is currently under construction. Beidou-3 are the third generation navigation satellites which are launched into medium Earth orbit.
Medium Earth Orbit
Falcon Heavy | Demo (Test Flight)
SpaceX | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Feb. 6, 2018, 8:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
This will be the inaugural flight of the Falcon Heavy. The test payload will be SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's midnight cherry Tesla Roadster playing Space Oddity. Destination: An elliptical, heliocentric orbit. Apoapsis: Around Mars' orbital distance.
Heliocentric N/A B1025 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 2 B1033 - Maiden Flight Of Course I Still Love You B1023 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 1
SS-520-5 | TRICOM-1R
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency | JapanUchinoura Space Center, Japan
Feb. 3, 2018, 5:03 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
TRICOM-1 is an experimental 3U cubsat build by University of Tokyo. It is equipped with 5 small cameras for Earth imaging purposes, and is also tasked with storing and transmitting data between ground terminals. TRICOM-1R is a replacement for the failed SS-520-4 launch of TRICOM-1.
Low Earth Orbit
Long March 2D | Zhangheng-1 (CSES)
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Feb. 2, 2018, 7:51 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Zhangheng-1, also known as CSES (China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite) is a scientific mission dedicated to studying the ionospheric precursors of earthquakes. Data collected by the mission will also allow studying solar-terrestrial interactions and phenomena of solar physics. This mission is a collaboration between China National Space Administration and the Italian Space Agency. CSES satellite weighs about 730 kg and it is to reside in a 98° sun-synchronous circular orbit at an altitude about 500 km, where it is expected to operate for 5 years.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | Kanopus-V No.3 & Kanopus-V No.4
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaVostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
Feb. 1, 2018, 2:07 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Kanopus-V is a series of small remote sensing satellites, dedicated to monitoring manmade and natural emergencies, detecting forest fires and major emissions of atmosphere pollutants. Its other uses are monitoring of agriculture, water and coastal resoures, land use. Each satellite weighs about 500 kg and is placed into sun-synchronous orbit, where it is planned to operate for about 5 years.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Falcon 9 Full Thrust | GovSat (SES-16)
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 31, 2018, 9:25 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
GovSat, also known as SES-16 is a communications satellite for LuxGovSat S.A., which is a public-private joint venture between the Luxembourg government and SES. Staying in 21.5° East orbital position, it is intended to operate for 15 years, using X-band and military Ka-band frequencies to support multiple missions.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit #GovSat1 B1032 - Flight Proven ( ) Atlantic Ocean
Ariane 5 ECA | Al Yah 3 & SES-14
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Jan. 25, 2018, 10:20 p.m.
Status: Launch was a Partial Failure
Mission:
Al Yah 3 is a geostationary communications satellite built by Orbital ATK for Yahsat. It weighs 3790 kg, carries 53 Ka-band user beams and 4 gateway beams, and is intended for 15 years of operation in orbit. Al Yah 3 will provide telecommunication services to Africa and Brazil. SES-14 is also a communications satellite to be placed in geostationary orbit, replacing NSS-806 satellite. SES-14 coverage includes the Americas and the North Atlantic Region. Spacecraft also carries a hosted payload for NASA, Global-Scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission, which will be imaging Earth's thermosphere and ionospehere for two years.
Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit #VA241
Long March 2C | 3 x Yaogan-30
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Jan. 25, 2018, 5:39 a.m.
Electron | Still Testing
Rocket Lab | United States of AmericaRocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Jan. 21, 2018, 1:43 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The second test flight of the Electron small satellite launch vehicle. It is also the first Electron flight to carry commercial payload. It includes a Dove cubesat for company Planet intended for Earth observation. And also two Lemur-2 cubesats for company Spire which carry payloads for meteorology and ship traffic tracking.
Low Earth Orbit #StillTesting
Atlas V 411 | SBIRS GEO Flight 4 (SBIRS GEO-3)
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 20, 2018, 12:48 a.m.
