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Electron | They Go Up So Fast (Rideshare)
Rocket Lab | United States of AmericaRocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
March 22, 2021, 10:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Electron rocket will carry seven satellites to low Earth orbit: one Earth-observation satellite for BlackSky, two Internet-Of-Things (IoT) nanosatellites for companies Fleet Space and Myriota, a technology demonstration satellite for the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra Space, a weather satellite pathfinder technology demonstration from Care Weather technologies, a technology demonstrator for the U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command as well as Rocket Lab’s in-house designed and built Photon Pathstone spacecraft which will operate on orbit as a risk reduction demonstration to build spacecraft heritage ahead of Rocket Lab’s mission to the Moon for NASA later this year.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | CAS500-1 & rideshare
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 22, 2021, 6:07 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
CAS500-1 is the first of two South Korean Earth observation satellites. These spacecraft feature the AEISS-C imaging system with a ground resolution of 0.5 m in panchromatic mode and 2 m in color mode. More than a dozen other satellites are included as secondary payloads, among them being the first spacecraft by the Catalan Space Agency.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 21
SpaceX | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
March 14, 2021, 10:01 a.m.
Long March 4C | Yaogan-31-04
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
March 13, 2021, 2:19 a.m.
Long March 7A | Shiyan 9 (XJY-6-02)
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaWenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
March 11, 2021, 5:51 p.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 20
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 11, 2021, 8:13 a.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 17
SpaceX | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
March 4, 2021, 8:24 a.m.
Starship SN10 | 10 km Flight
SpaceX | United States of AmericaSpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
March 3, 2021, 11:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The SN10 Starship performed a test flight similar to SN8 and SN9. It launched up to an altitude of 10 km or 33,000 ft, did a belly flop maneuver followed by a controlled descent to the landing pad. Despite successfully performing the landing flip maneuver with its three Raptor engines, its vertical velocity was too high on landing, damaging its structure and resulting in an explosive destruction a few minutes after touchdown.
Suborbital SN10 - Maiden Flight SpaceX Starship Landing Pad
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Arktika-M No.1
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 28, 2021, 6:55 a.m.
PSLV-DL | Amazonia 1 & 18 others
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Feb. 28, 2021, 4:54 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Amazonia 1 is a Brazilian optical Earth observation satellite of the National Institute for Space Research (INPE). This satellite will further strengthen the existing structure by providing remote sensing data to users for monitoring deforestation in the Amazon region and analysis of diversified agriculture across the Brazilian territory. The 18 co-passenger satellites include four from IN-SPACe (three UNITYsats from consortium of three Indian academic institutes and One Satish Dhawan Sat from Space Kidz India) and 14 from NSIL.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
