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Atlas V 501 | OTV-6 (X-37B) (USSF-7)
United Launch Alliance | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
May 17, 2020, 1:14 p.m.
Atlas V 551 | AEHF-6
United Launch Alliance | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
March 26, 2020, 8:18 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Communications
This is the sixth and final satellite in the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) system, which is a series of communications satellites operated by the United States Air Force Space Command. It provides global, survivable, protected communications capabilities for strategic command and tactical warfighters operating on ground, sea and air platforms.
#AEHF6
Atlas V 411 | Solar Orbiter
United Launch Alliance | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Feb. 10, 2020, 4:03 a.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Heliophysics
Solar Orbiter is a joint ESA/NASA mission dedicated to solar and heliospheric physics. It will be used to examine how the Sun creates and controls the heliosphere, the vast bubble of charged particles blown by the solar wind into the interstellar medium. The spacecraft will combine in situ and remote sensing observations to gain new information about the solar wind, the heliospheric magnetic field, solar energetic particles, transient interplanetary disturbances and the Sun's magnetic field. Instruments include: * Solar Wind Analyser (SWA) * Energetic Particle Detector (EPD) * Magnetometer (MAG) * Radio and Plasma Wave analyser (RPW) * Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (PHI) * Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) * Spectral Imaging of the Coronal Environment (SPICE) * Spectrometer Telescope for Imaging X-rays (STIX) * Coronagraph (Metis) While mission is not intended to get as close to the Sun as Parker Solar Probe, it's designed to coordinate observations and has different set of instruments. Main mission starts after one and only Earth flyby in November 2021, and lasts until Dec 2026 when it enters extended phase. During the mission, Solar Orbiter will get through numerous Venus gravity assists, and its trajectory will be highly inclined allowing direct observations of Sun's poles.
Heliocentric N/A #SolO
Atlas V N22 | CST-100 Starliner Orbital Flight Test (Uncrewed)
United Launch Alliance | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Dec. 20, 2019, 11:36 a.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Test Flight
This is the first test flight of Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station. Although Atlas V and Centaur upper stage successfully put Starliner into planned trajectory, the spacecraft was unable to perform a nominal orbital insertion. Preliminary analysis indicate that Mission Elapsed Time (MET) system error led to Starliner burning more fuel than expected. Spacecraft is healthy and in stable orbit, but won't be able to reach and dock with ISS. Landing at White Sands Facility is planned on Dec 22.
Low Earth Orbit
Delta IV M+(4,2) | GPS III SV02
United Launch Alliance | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Aug. 22, 2019, 1:06 p.m.
Atlas V 551 | AEHF-5 (USA 292)
United Launch Alliance | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Aug. 8, 2019, 10:13 a.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Communications
This is the fifth satellite in the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) system, which is a series of communications satellites operated by the United States Air Force Space Command. It provides global, survivable, protected communications capabilities for strategic command and tactical warfighters operating on ground, sea and air platforms.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit #AEHF5
Delta IV M+(5,4) | WGS-10
United Launch Alliance | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
March 16, 2019, 12:26 a.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Communications
WGS-10 is the tenth and final satellite in Wideband Global Satcom constellation. These are high-capacity military communications satellites providing vital service for tactical forces who rely on WGS for connectivity to the Defence Information Systems Network (DISN).
Geostationary Transfer Orbit #WGS10Atlas V 551 | AEHF-4 (USA 288)
United Launch Alliance | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Oct. 17, 2018, 4:15 a.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Communications
This is the fourth satellite in the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) system, which is a series of communications satellites operated by the United States Air Force Space Command. It provides global, survivable, protected communications capabilities for strategic command and tactical warfighters operating on ground, sea and air platforms.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit #AEHF4
Delta II 7420-10 | ICESat-2
United Launch Alliance | USAVandenberg AFB, CA, USA
Sept. 15, 2018, 1:02 p.m.
Atlas V 401 | InSight, Mars Cube One 1 & Mars Cube One 2
United Launch Alliance | USAVandenberg AFB, CA, USA
May 5, 2018, 11:05 a.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Planetary Science
InSight is a robotic Mars lander designed to study the interior and subsurface of Mars, which would in turn help scientists to understand the Earth and Solar System history. Two 6U CubeSats will piggyback with the InSight mission to help relay communications during the probe's entry, descent, and landing (EDL) phase.
Heliocentric N/A #InSight
