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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-5

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 8, 2024, 5:12 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Low Earth Orbit Unknown F9 - Maiden Flight A Shortfall of Gravitas
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Simorgh | Fakhr-1 & Saman-1

Iranian Space Agency | Iran
Semnan Space Center, Islamic Republic of Iran
Dec. 6, 2024, 3:14 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Fakhr-1 is a 3U size cubesat to test locally produced spacecraft components, a communication payload and launch vehicle's multi-payload carrying capability. Saman-1 is a prototype solid fuel kick stage with 3-axis control for sending payloads into higher orbits.

Low Earth Orbit
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Vega-C | Sentinel-1C

Avio S.p.A | Italy
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Dec. 5, 2024, 9:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Sentinel-1C carries an advanced radar technology to provide an all-weather, day-and-night supply of imagery of Earth’s surface. It is a replacement satellite to complete the Sentinel-1 duo after Sentinel-1B suffered a technical anomaly.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sirius SXM-9

SpaceX | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Dec. 5, 2024, 4:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

SXM-9 is the 10th high-powered, digital, audio radio satellite built by Maxar (SSL) for SiriusXM. The SXM-9 satellite will be based on Maxar’s proven 1300-class platform and built at the company’s manufacturing facility in Palo Alto, California. It is expected that SXM-9 will launch in 2024. SXM-9 has a large, mesh, unfurlable reflector almost 10 meters in diameter that allows SiriusXM programming to reach its radios, including those in moving vehicles.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit B1076 - Flight Proven ( ) Just Read the Instructions
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PSLV-XL | Proba-3

Indian Space Research Organization | India
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Dec. 5, 2024, 10:34 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Proba-3 (Project for On-Board Autonomy 3) is the first close formation flying mission for the European Space Agency (ESA). It consists of two independent, three-axis stabilised spacecraft flying 150 meters from one another with the ability to accurately control the attitude and separation of the two craft. Such formation flying will be maintained for 6 hours, creating ″artificial solar eclipse″ for the satellite below. The spacecraft pair will fly a highly elliptical orbit divided between periods of accurate formation flying around apogee, when payload operations will be possible, and periods of free flight.

Elliptical Orbit
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Long March 6A | G60 Polar Group 03

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 5, 2024, 4:41 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

18 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology (SSST) with funding backed by the Shanghai local government. Initial constellation will consist of 1296 satellites by 2027 with long term plans to expand it to 12000 satellites.

Polar Orbit
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-14

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 5, 2024, 3:05 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A batch of 20 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Low Earth Orbit B1081 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
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Soyuz 2.1b | Kosmos 2580 (Lotos-S1 #9)

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 4, 2024, 6:03 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Note: Payload identity uncertain. Multiple other military payloads that are not identified may be on board. Lotos-S1 spacecraft is a part of the Liana constellation, designed for orbital electronic intelligence.

Low Earth Orbit
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-70

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 4, 2024, 10:13 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Low Earth Orbit B1067 - Flight Proven ( ) A Shortfall of Gravitas
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Kuaizhou-1A | Haishao-1

ExPace | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:46 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Synthetic-aperture radar Earth observation satellite from the Chinese Academy of Sciences to observe dynamics properties of oceans.

Low Earth Orbit
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