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Electron | A Data With Destiny (BlackSky 14-15)

Rocket Lab | United States of America
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Dec. 9, 2021, 12:02 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Payload consists of two BlackSky Gen-2 high-resolution multi-spectral Earth observation satellites.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-20

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 8, 2021, 7:38 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz MS-20 will carry Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Misurkin as well as two tourists, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his assistant Yozo Hirano, to the International Space Station.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas V 551 | STP-3

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 7, 2021, 10:19 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Rideshare mission with the STPSat-6 satellite and six secondary payloads for the US Air Force. STPSat-6 carries the NNSA's Space and Atmospheric Burst Reporting System-3 (SABRS-3) payload and NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) experiment.

Geostationary Orbit
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Ceres-1 | Golden Bauhinia 1-03 & others

Galactic Energy | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 7, 2021, 4:12 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

This mission carried five commercial small satellites into orbit. These include: a remote sensing satellite Tianjin University-1, two remote sensing satellites for Golden Bauhinia 1 (also known as Jinzijing 1) constellation; and experimental satellites Lize-1 and Baoyun.

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz STB/Fregat | Galileo L11 (FOC FM23-FM24)

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Dec. 5, 2021, 12:19 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Two satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system. Galileo provides Europe with an alternative to the American GPS and Russian GLONASS constellations, but will be interoperable with both systems.

Medium Earth Orbit
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-3

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 2, 2021, 11:12 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A batch of 48 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system - as well as 2 BlackSky Earth observation satellites as rideshare payloads.

Low Earth Orbit B1060 - Flight Proven ( ) A Shortfall of Gravitas
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Long March 3B | ChinaSat 1D

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Nov. 26, 2021, 4:40 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The FH 2 (Feng Huo 2) series are reportedly the second generation of chinese military comsats and data relay satellites. They provide both C-band and UHF communications. China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. manufactured the satellites based on the DFH-4 Bus. FH-2D is also known as Chinasat-1D.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | EKS 5 (Tundra 5) (Kosmos 2552)

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 25, 2021, 1:09 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Tundra or EKS (meaning Unified Space System) series of satellites is the next generation of Russian early warning satellites.

Elliptical Orbit
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Kuaizhou-1A | Shiyan 11

ExPace | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Nov. 24, 2021, 11:41 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Unknown Chinese satellite reported for technology development purposes.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Soyuz 2.1b | Uzlovoy Module (UM) "Prichal"

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 24, 2021, 1:06 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The UM (Uzlovoy Module) or NM (Node Module) is a node to be added to the Russian part of the ISS complex. It is also named Prichal. UM will be delivered by a modified Progress space tug, called Progress-M-UM. The UM will be docked to the nadir port of the MLM (Nauka) module, providing four ports to mount additional modules and one docking port for cargo and crew spacecrafts.

Low Earth Orbit
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