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H3-22 | ALOS-3 (Maiden flight)
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | JapanTanegashima Space Center, Japan
March 7, 2023, 1:37 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:
Maiden flight of the H3 launch vehicle, carrying the Advanced Land Observing Satellite-3 (ALOS-3). ALOS-3, also known as Advanced Optical Satellite is a successor of the optical mission of the Advanced Land Observation Satellite “DAICHI” (ALOS). The new satellite will achieve improved ground resolution (0.8 m) while observing a wide -swath (70 km) by a larger sensor with higher performance compared to DAICH, and continuously observe not only Japan but also global land areas to construct a system that can swiftly and timely acquire, process and distribute image data. Based on the accumulated data captured in pre- and post-disaster times, the satellite aims to become one of the imperative devices for disaster prevention and preparation activities of countries and municipal governments. Observation data acquired by the satellite is also expected to be useful in various fields such as contributing to the maintenance and updates of precise geospatial information in Japan as well as developing countries, and research and applications on coastal and land environmental monitoring by its observation capabilities.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Qaem 100 | Nahid-1
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force | IranShahrud Missile Test Site, Islamic Republic of Iran
March 4, 2023, midnight
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:
Note: Failure officially reported by Israel and not confirmed by Iranian sources. Nahid 1 (Venus 1) is an Iranian low-earth orbit communications microsatellite. The Iranian Space Agency (ISA) has endorsed a contract with the Iranian Space Research Center to build Nahid 1.
Low Earth Orbit
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 2-7
SpaceX | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 3, 2023, 6:38 p.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-6
SpaceX | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
March 2, 2023, 5:34 a.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-1
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 27, 2023, 11:13 p.m.
Long March 2C | Horus 1
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Feb. 24, 2023, 4:01 a.m.
Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-23
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 24, 2023, 12:24 a.m.
Long March 3B/E | ChinaSat 26
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Feb. 23, 2023, 11:49 a.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Inmarsat-6 F2
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 18, 2023, 3:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Inmarsat-6 is the sixth generation of satellites for the London-based global mobile satellite communications operator Inmarsat. It consists of a dual mission to augment both L-band and Ka-band Global Xpress services. Airbus Defence and Space has been awarded a contract by Inmarsat to design and develop the first two Inmarsat-6 (I-6) mobile communications satellites, creating the most versatile mobile services satellites in its fleet. The two I-6 satellites are based on Airbus Defence and Space's Eurostar platform in its E3000e variant, which exclusively uses electric propulsion for orbit raising. The satellites take advantage of the reduction in mass that this electric propulsion technology enables for a dual payload mission, with an exceptionally large next generation digitally processed payload. I-6 F1 and F2 both carry a large 9 m aperture L-band antenna and nine multibeam Ka-band antennas, and feature a high level of flexibility and connectivity. A new generation modular digital processor provides full routing flexibility over up to 8000 channels and dynamic power allocation to over 200 spot beams in L-band. Ka-band spot beams are steerable over the full Earth disk, with flexible channel to beam allocation.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit B1077 - Flight Proven ( ) Just Read the InstructionsFalcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 2-5
SpaceX | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 17, 2023, 7:12 p.m.
