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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 24, 2021, 6:21 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is the first-ever mission to demonstrate the capability to deflect an asteroid by colliding a spacecraft with it at high speed, a technique known as a kinetic impactor. DART is a planetary defense-driven test of one of the technologies for preventing the Earth impact of a hazardous asteroid: the kinetic impactor. DART's primary objective is to demonstrate a kinetic impact on a small asteroid. The binary near-Earth asteroid (65803) Didymos is the target for DART. While Didymos' primary body is approximately 800 meters across, its secondary body has a 150-meter size, which is more typical of the size of asteroids that could pose a more common hazard to Earth. The DART spacecraft will achieve the kinetic impact by deliberately crashing itself into the moonlet at a speed of approximately 6 km/s, with the aid of an onboard camera and sophisticated autonomous navigation software. The collision will change the speed of the moonlet in its orbit around the main body by a fraction of one percent, enough to be measured using telescopes on Earth.

Heliocentric N/A B1063 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
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Long March 4C | Gaofen-3 02

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Nov. 22, 2021, 11:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Gaofen (GF) is a series of Chinese civilian remote sensing satellites for the state-sponsored program China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS). GF 3 features a multi-polarized C-band SAR at meter-level resolution, with designed lifespan of 8 years. The satellite is based on the CS-L3000B bus.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Astra Rocket 3 | STP-27AD2

Astra Space | United States of America
Pacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska, USA
Nov. 20, 2021, 6:16 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Space Force test payload contracted through the Defense Innovation Unit’s Other Transaction Agreement with Astra Space.

Polar Orbit
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Long March 4B | Gaofen-11-03

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Nov. 20, 2021, 1:51 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Gaofen is a series of civilian Earth observation satellites developed and launched for the China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS), a state-sponsored programme aimed to develop a near-real time, all-weather, global surveillance network consisting of satellite, near-space (stratosphere) airships, and aerial observation platforms.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Electron | Love At First Insight (BlackSky 10-11)

Rocket Lab | United States of America
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Nov. 18, 2021, 1:38 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Sun-Synchronous Orbit 22 - Maiden Flight South Pacific
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Vega | CERES

Avio S.p.A | Italy
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Nov. 16, 2021, 9:27 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

CERES (CapacitÉ de Renseignement Électromagnétique Spatiale) is a space-based signal intelligence (SIGNIT) system consisting of three satellites constellation.

Low Earth Orbit
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-1

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Nov. 13, 2021, 12:18 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A batch of 53 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Low Earth Orbit B1058 - Flight Proven ( ) Just Read the Instructions
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-3

SpaceX | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Nov. 11, 2021, 2:03 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

SpaceX Crew-3 is the third crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

Low Earth Orbit B1067 - Flight Proven ( ) A Shortfall of Gravitas
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Epsilon | RAISE-2 & others

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency | Japan
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Nov. 9, 2021, 12:55 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

8 payloads will fly on this mission : "RApid Innovative payload demonstration SatellitE-2" (RAISE-2), DRUMS (Debris Removal Unprecedented Micro-Satellite), Hibari, Z-Sat, and four CubeSat (ASTERISC, ARICA, NANODRAGON, KOSEN-1).

Low Earth Orbit
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Long March 2D | Yaogan 35 A/B/C

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Nov. 6, 2021, 3 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

3 Chinese reconnaissance satellites.

Low Earth Orbit
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