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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 3 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 13, 2022, 3:25 p.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-5
SpaceX | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Jan. 6, 2022, 9:49 p.m.
Simorgh | 3 unknown payloads
Iranian Space Agency | IranSemnan Space Center, Islamic Republic of Iran
Dec. 30, 2021, 3:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:
Three unknown research payloads are reported to have been sent into space, according to the Iranian Ministry of Defense. However, no new objects are being tracked in the orbit after this launch attempt so it is considered a failure despite Iran's reports of success.
Low Earth Orbit
Long March 3B | TJSW-9
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 29, 2021, 4:43 p.m.
Long March 2D | Tianhui 4
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 29, 2021, 11:13 a.m.
Angara A5/Blok DM-03 | Dummy payload
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 27, 2021, 7 p.m.
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | OneWeb 12
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 27, 2021, 1:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
A batch of 36 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet broadband service for individual consumers. The constellation is planned to have around 648 microsatellites (of which 60 are spares), around 150 kg each, operating in Ku-band from low Earth orbit.
Polar Orbit
Long March 4C | Ziyuan 1-02E & CAS-9
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaTaiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 26, 2021, 3:11 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
ZY-1 02E is a Chinese Earth observation satellite. The primary objective is to acquire high-resolution (5 meter) panchromatic and multispectral imagery for land resource surveys, disaster monitoring, forestry and ecological monitoring.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Ariane 5 ECA+ | James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Dec. 25, 2021, 12:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The James Webb Space Telescope is a space telescope developed by NASA, ESA and CSA to succeed the Hubble Space Telescope as NASA's flagship astrophysics mission. Its primary mirror, the Optical Telescope Element, is composed of 18 hexagonal mirror segments which combine to create a 6.5 m diameter mirror, considerably larger than Hubble's 2.4 m mirror. This will allow JWST to provide improved infrared resolution and sensitivity over Hubble, and will enable a broad range of investigations across the fields of astronomy and cosmology, including observing some of the most distant events and objects in the universe, such as the formation of the first galaxies.
Sun-Earth L2
Long March 7A | Shiyan 12-01 & 02
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaWenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Dec. 23, 2021, 10:12 a.m.
