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Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-25 (86P)
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 1, 2023, 9:25 a.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | 425 Project Flight 1 and others
SpaceX | USAVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
December 01, 2023
Status: To Be Confirmed
Mission:
Note: Name of payload is provisional. First launch of an ultimately 5 reconnaissance satellites for the South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), with 1 satellite featuring an electro-optical infrared (EO/IR) telescope. The other 4 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites are to be launched at a later date. They will be launched to low Earth orbit between 600 and 700 km by 2025, enabling South Korea’s military to observe the nuclear-armed neighbor’s key military facilities every two hours with 30-50 centimeters resolution imagery, according to a 2019 report produced by the Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning. The project is lead by the Korean Agency for Defense Development (ADD) and Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), with input from Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), Hanwha Systems and Thales Alenia Space. ESA's EIRSAT-1 is also onboard as a rideshare passenger. This 2U cubesat carries three experiments, including a novel gamma ray detector to study some of the most luminous explosions in the universe.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit Unknown F9 - Maiden Flight Landing Zone 4
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-31
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
December 02, 2023
Long March 2C | Unknown Payload
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 3, 2023, 4:10 a.m.
Ceres-1 | Unknown Payload
Galactic Energy | CHNJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 4, 2023, 11:45 p.m.
Smart Dragon 3 | Unknown Payload
China Rocket Co. Ltd. | CHNSea Launch
Dec. 5, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-32
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
December 06, 2023
Zhuque-2 | Flight 3
LandSpace | CHNJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
December 06, 2023
Falcon Heavy | OTV-7 (X-37B) (USSF-52)
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD December, 2023
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
It is the seventh flight of the X-37B program. United States Air Force Orbital Test Vehicle is built by Boeing. It's an uncrewed 5000 kg, 8.8 m-long reusable mini-spaceplane capable of autonomous re-entry and landing.
Unknown B1065 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 2 B1064 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 1 B1084 - Maiden Flight Atlantic Ocean
Electron | The Moon God Awakens (QPS-SAR-5)
Rocket Lab | USAOnenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Dec. 13, 2023, 4 a.m.
Status: Go for Launch
Mission:
QPS-SAR-5 is a synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite that will join a constellation after QPS-SAR-6 already in orbit. iQPS’s satellites are small, high-performance SAR satellites that use a lightweight, large, stowable antenna to collect high resolution images of Earth, even through clouds and adverse weather conditions.
Low Earth OrbitFalcon 9
Starlink Group 6-30
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAA batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Soyuz 2.1b
Razdan No. 1?
43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationNote: Payload identity and Cosmos series number uncertain. The Razdan satellite is reportedly a new electro-optical reconnaissance satellite desi…
Long March 2D/YZ-3
3 x SatNet test satellites
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaOfficially described as "Satellite-Internet Technology Demonstration Satellite(s)" built by Chinese Academy of Sciences. Probable 3 (?) test satellit…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-29
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAA batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Chollima-1
Malligyong-1c
Malligyong-1 Pad - Sohae Satellite Launching Station, Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, Democratic People's Republic of KoreaMalligyong-1c (meaning "Telescope-1") is the third attempt by North Korea to launch a satellite officially declared to be for military reconnaissance…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 7-7
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Starship
Integrated Flight Test 2
Orbital Launch Mount A - SpaceX Starbase, TX, USASecond test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. The booster is expected to separate 170 seconds into flight and return to land approxima…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-28
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAA batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Long March 2C/YZ-1S
Haiyang 3-01
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaNext generation Chinese ocean color measurements satellite to study ocean ecology and effects on biological cycles and the climate.
Falcon 9
O3b mPower 5 & 6
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAFifth and sixth of a constellation of eleven high-throughput communications satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) built by Boeing and operated by SE…
