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Ariane 5 ECA | SES-17 & Syracuse 4A
Arianespace | FRAKourou, French Guiana
Oct. 23, 2021, 1:01 a.m.
Status: Go for Launch
Mission: Communications
SES-17 is a Ka-band high-throughput geostationary communications satellite built by Thales Alenia Space designed to provide mobile internet services to airline passengers over the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean. Syracuse 4A is a French military communications satellite built by Thales Alenia Space.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
H-IIA 202 | QZS-1R
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | JPNTanegashima, Japan
Oct. 25, 2021, 2 a.m.
Status: Go for Launch
Mission:
The Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) is a three-satellite regional time transfer system and the satellite-based augmentation system for the GPS that would be receivable within Japan. The primary purpose of QZSS is to increase the availability of GPS in Japan's numerous urban canyons, where only satellites at very high elevation can be seen. A secondary function is performance enhancement, increasing the accuracy and reliability of GPS derived navigation solutions. QZS-1R is a replacement satellite for QZS-1 which was launched in 2010.
Geosynchronous Orbit
Astra Rocket 3 | STP-27AD2
Astra Space | USAKodiak Launch Complex, Alaska, USA
Oct. 27, 2021, midnight
Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-18 (79P)
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 28, 2021, midnight
Long March 2C/YZ-1S | Yaogan-32-02
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNJiuquan, People's Republic of China
Oct. 31, 2021, midnight
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 30
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Oct. 31, 2021, midnight
Kuaizhou-1A | Jilin-1-02F
ExPace | CHNJiuquan, People's Republic of China
Oct. 31, 2021, midnight
Epsilon | RAISE-2 & Others
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency | JPNUchinoura Space Center, Japan
Oct. 31, 2021, midnight
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 2-2
SpaceX | USAVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 31, 2021, midnight
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SpX USCV-3 (NASA Crew Flight 3)
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Oct. 31, 2021, 6:21 a.m.
Nuri
Flight Test
LC-2 - Naro Space Center, South KoreaMaiden flight of the KSLV-II "Nuri" launch vehicle, carrying a dummy Payload of 1500 kg to sun-synchronous orbit.
Atlas V 401
Lucy
Space Launch Complex 41 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USALucy is the first mission to explore and study Trojan asteroids. The Trojans are a type of asteroids that orbit the Sun in two groups, in front of an…
Long March 2
Shenzhou 13
Launch Area 4 (SLS-1 / 921) - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaSecond crewed flight to the Chinese Tiangong space station carrying Zhai Zhigang, commander, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu, operators, on their second, …
Long March 2D
Xihe (CHASE)
Launch Complex 9 - Taiyuan, People's Republic of ChinaXihe, also known as the Chinese Hα Solar Explorer (CHASE), is designed to test a newly developed satellite platform and conduct solar observations. T…
Soyuz 2.1b
OneWeb 11
Cosmodrome Site 1S - Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian FederationA batch of 36 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet broadband service for individual consum…
New Shepard
NS-18
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch - Corn Ranch, USANS-18 is the second crewed New Shepard flight, carrying 4 paying customers.
Soyuz 2.1a
Soyuz MS-19
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanSoyuz mission launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and carrying Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov as well as the Challenge movie c…
Atlas V 401
Landsat 9
Space Launch Complex 3E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USALandsat 9 is a partnership between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey to continue the Landsat program's critical role in monitoring, understanding a…
Long March 3
Shiyan 10
Launch Complex 3 ( LC-3 ) ( LA-1 ) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaClassified test satellite which suffered an anomaly during launch. The launch vehicle has not been confirmed to be responsible for the failure.
Kuaizhou
Jilin-1-02D
Unknown Pad - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaJilin-1 is a series of Chinese commercial remote sensing satellites.
