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Long March 2D | Unknown Payload
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNTaiyuan, People's Republic of China
Dec. 8, 2022, 6:45 p.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | OneWeb 15
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Dec. 8, 2022, 10:27 p.m.
Status: Go for Launch
Mission: Communications
A batch of 40 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet broadband service for individual consumers. The constellation is planned to have around 648 microsatellites (of which 60 are spares), around 150 kg each, operating in Ku-band from low Earth orbit.
Polar Orbit B1069 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 1
Smart Dragon 3 | Maiden Flight
China Rocket Co. Ltd. | CHNSea Launch
Dec. 9, 2022, 6:45 a.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Hakuto-R M1 & Lunar Flashlight
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Dec. 11, 2022, 7:38 a.m.
Status: Go for Launch
Mission:
First mission of the Hakuto-R commercial lunar lander developed by private Japanese company ispace. Rideshare includes Lunar Flashlight, NASA's cubesat that will search for water ice at the Moon’s South Pole.
Lunar Orbit B1073 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 2
Long March 4C | Unknown Payload
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNJiuquan, People's Republic of China
Dec. 12, 2022, 8:25 a.m.
Ariane 5 ECA+ | Galaxy 35 & 36, MTG-I1
ArianeGroup | FRAKourou, French Guiana
Dec. 13, 2022, 8:30 p.m.
Electron | Virginia is for Launch Lovers
Rocket Lab Ltd | USAWallops Island, Virginia, USA
Dec. 13, 2022, 11 p.m.
Zhuque-2 | Maiden Flight
LandSpace | CHNJiuquan, People's Republic of China
Dec. 14, 2022, 9:30 a.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SWOT - Surface Water and Ocean Topography
SpaceX | USAVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 15, 2022, 11:46 a.m.
Status: Go for Launch
Mission:
Satellite altimeter jointly developed by NASA and CNES, the French space agency, in partnership with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and UK Space Agency (UKSA) designed to make the first global survey of the Earth's surface water, to observe the fine details of the ocean surface topography, and to measure how terrestrial surface water bodies change over time.
Low Earth Orbit Unknown F9 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 4
Vega-C | Pléiades Neo 5 & 6
Avio S.p.A | ITAKourou, French Guiana
Dec. 21, 2022, 1:47 a.m.
Kuaizhou-11
Xingyun VDES
Unknown Pad - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaTest satellite for CASIC's own Xingyun Low Earth Orbit communication satellite constellation, with a VHF Data Exchange System payload for maritime tr…
Soyuz 2.1b
Kosmos 2565 (Lotos-S1 #7)
43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationNote: Payload identity uncertain. Multiple other military payloads that are not identified may be on board. Lotos-S1 spacecraft is a part of the L…
Long March 2
Shenzhou 15
Launch Area 4 (SLS-1 / 921) - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaFourth crewed flight to the Chinese large modular space station.
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
Glonass-M No. 61 (Kosmos 2564)
43/3 (43L) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationGlonass-M, also known as Uragan-M, are the second generation of Uragan satellite design used for GLONASS satellite navigation system. GLONASS is a Ru…
Long March 2D
Yaogan 36 Group 03
Launch Complex 3 ( LC-3 ) ( LA-1 ) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China3 Chinese military reconnaissance satellites.
Falcon 9
Dragon CRS-2 SpX-26
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA26th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commer…
PSLV-XL
EOS-6 (Oceansat-3) & rideshare
Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad - Sriharikota, Republic of IndiaOceansat-3 is a part of ISRO's Oceansat program. Its main purpose is ocean observation, which includes gathering ocean color data, sea surface temper…
Falcon 9
Eutelsat 10B
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAEutelsat 10B is an all-electric geostationary communications satellite equipped with two multi-beam HTS Ku-band payloads able to provide a throughput…
Space Launch System (SLS)
Artemis I
Launch Complex 39B - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAArtemis I (previously Exploration Mission 1) is the first flight on Space Launch System and the second flight of Orion crew spacecraft. Mission is pl…
Ceres-1
Jilin-1 High Resolution 03D-08, 51 to 54
Unknown Pad - Jiuquan, People's Republic of China5 new Earth observation satellites for the Jilin-1 commercial Earth observation satellites constellation.
