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Ariane 5 ECA+ | Intelsat 39 & EDRS-C/HYLAS 3
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Aug. 6, 2019, 7:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
EDRS-C is one of the two EDRS (European Data Relay System) satellites. EDRS is the European constellation of two geostationary data relay satellites that will relay information and data between satellites, spacecraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, and ground stations. Broadband communications payload called HYLAS 3 is placed on EDRS-C satellite, and is to complement HYLAS 1 and HYLAS 2 satellites already in orbit.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Proton-M/Briz-M | Blagovest No.14L (Kosmos 2539)
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 5, 2019, 9:56 p.m.
Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-12 (73P)
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 31, 2019, 12:10 p.m.
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | Meridian-M No.18
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 30, 2019, 5:57 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Meridian series of communications satellites is reported to be the replacement for all the Molniya-1T, the Molniya-3 and Molniya-3K satellite series and possibly also for the communication component of the Parus. They are launched into highly eccentric Molniya-orbits. Meridian is the highly eccentric orbit (HEO) component of the Integrated Satellite Communications System (ISSS), where they work in conjunction with the geostationary Raduga-1M (Globus-M) satellites. The bus structure is reportedly pressurized, possibly based on the Uragan-M bus. Meridian satellites carry three transponders operating in different frequency bands.
Low Earth Orbit
MOMO | Flight 4
Interstellar Technologies | JapanHokkaido Spaceport, Japan
July 27, 2019, 7:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:
The Momo-4 rocket will carry a research device developed by Kochi University of Technology and release a paper plane in space as part of an experiment proposed by Castem Co., a precision parts manufacturer based in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, that provided some of the funding for the project.
Suborbital
Long March 2C | Yaogan-30-05
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
July 26, 2019, 3:57 a.m.
Starship Hopper | 20m Hop
SpaceX | United States of AmericaSpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
July 26, 2019, 3:45 a.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SpX CRS-18
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 25, 2019, 10:01 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
SpaceX launched the Dragon spacecraft on their 18th operational cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station. The flight was conducted under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.
Low Earth Orbit #CRS18 B1056 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 1
Hyperbola-1 | Maiden Flight
iSpace | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
July 25, 2019, 5 a.m.
LVM-3 | Chandrayaan-2
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
July 22, 2019, 9:13 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Chandrayaan-2 is India's second mission to the Moon. It consists of an orbiter, lander and rover. After reaching the 100 km lunar orbit, the lander housing the rover will separate from the orbiter. After a controlled descent, the lander will perform a soft landing on the lunar surface at a specified site and deploy the rover. Six-wheeled rover weighs around 20 kg and will operate on solar power. It will move around the landing site, performing lunar surface chemical analysis and relaying data back to Earth through the orbiter. The lander will be collecting data on Moon-quakes, thermal properties of the lunar surface, the density and variation of lunar surface plasma. The orbiter will be mapping lunar surface. Altogether, Chandrayaan-2 mission will collect scientific information on lunar topography, mineralogy, elemental abundance, lunar exosphere and signatures of hydroxyl and water-ice.
Lunar Orbit
