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Atlas V 511 | USSF-8
United Launch Alliance | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Jan. 21, 2022, 7 p.m.
Status: Go for Launch
Mission: Government/Top Secret
USSF-8 will launch two identical Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites GSSAP-5 and GSSAP-6 directly to a near-geosynchronous orbit approximately 36,000 km above the equator. Data from the GSSAP will uniquely contribute to timely and accurate orbital predictions, further enabling space flight safety including satellite collision avoidance. Unique to this mission is the first and only planned flight of the Atlas V 511 configuration.
Geosynchronous Orbit
Astra Rocket 3 | VCLS Demo 2
Astra Space | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Jan. 23, 2022, 6 p.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | CSG-2
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Jan. 27, 2022, 11:11 p.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-7
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Jan. 29, 2022, midnight
Kuaizhou 1A | CentiSpace-1 S3 (?)
ExPace | CHNJiuquan, People's Republic of China
Jan. 31, 2022, midnight
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
CentiSpace-1 S3 is a Chinese commercial small satellite by Beijing-based company Future Navigation, which is to test GNSS augumentation techniques, among them a laser inter-satellite communication link. It was built by CAS Microspace based on their WN-100 bus.
Low Earth Orbit
Angara 1.2 | MKA-R
International Launch Services | USAPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 31, 2022, midnight
Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-87
SpaceX | USAVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 2, 2022, 4:37 p.m.
PSLV | EOS-4 (RISAT-1A)
Indian Space Research Organization | INDSriharikota, Republic of India
Feb. 4, 2022, midnight
Electron | Without Mission A Beat
Rocket Lab Ltd | USAOnenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Feb. 4, 2022, 5:25 a.m.
Soyuz STB/Fregat | OneWeb 13
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSKourou, French Guiana
Feb. 10, 2022, midnight
Status: To Be Determined
Mission: Communications
A batch of 34 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 OrbitFalcon 9
Starlink Group 4-6
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAA batch of 49 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Long March 2D
Shiyan 13
Launch Complex 9 - Taiyuan, People's Republic of ChinaChinese satellite declared for technological demonstration purposes, details TBD.
LauncherOne
Above the Clouds
Mojave Air and Space Port - Air launch to orbitMission to a 500 km circular orbit inclined at 45 degrees carrying eight R&D satellites from US government agencies with communications and navigatio…
Falcon 9
Transporter 3 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USATransporter 3 mission is a dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commerci…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 4-5
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAA batch of 49 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Simorgh
3 unknown payloads
Imam Khomeini Spaceport - Semnan Space Center, Islamic Republic of IranThree unknown research payloads are reported to have been sent into space, according to the Iranian Ministry of Defense. However, no new objects are …
Long March 3
TJSW-9
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaChinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known.
Long March 2D
Tianhui 4
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaChinese cartography satellite, details TBD.
Angara A5/Persey
Dummy payload
35/1 - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationThis is the third test flight of Angara A5 launch vehicle and its first flight with Persey upper stage. Since it's a test flight, the rocket carries …
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
OneWeb 12
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanA batch of 36 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet broadband service for individual consum…
