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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 1 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Jan. 24, 2021, 3 p.m.
Status: Go for Launch
Mission: Dedicated Rideshare
Transporter 1 mission is a dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit B1058 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
Starship SN9 | 10 km Flight
SpaceX | USASpaceX Space Launch Facility, TX, USA
Jan. 25, 2021, 2 p.m.
Status: To Be Confirmed
Mission: Suborbital
The SN9 Starship prototype will attempt a first flight similar to the one performed by SN8. It consists of a powered ascent to an altitude of 10 km or 32,800 ft, followed by a belly flop maneuver, controlled descent, landing flip maneuver and landing.
Suborbital SN9 - Maiden Flight SpaceX Starship Landing Pad
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 17
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Jan. 29, 2021, 12:30 p.m.
Soyuz 2.1a | Bars-M No. 3
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 31, 2021, midnight
Status: To Be Determined
Mission: Government/Top Secret
Bars-M is the second incarnation of the Bars project, which was started in the mid 1990ies to develop a successor for the Komtea class of area surveillance satellites. The original Bars project was halted in the early 2000s. In 2007, TsSKB-Progress was contracted for Bars-M, for which reportedly the Yantar-based service module was replaced by a new developed advanced service module. The Bars-M satellites feature an electro-optical camera system called Karat, which is developed and built by the Leningrad Optical Mechanical Association (LOMO), and a dual laser altimeter instrument to deliver topographic imagery, stereo images, altimeter data and high-resolution images with a ground resolution around 1 meter.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Kuaizhou-1A | Jilin-1-02D
ExPace | CHNJiuquan, People's Republic of China
Jan. 31, 2021, midnight
Kuaizhou-1A | Jilin-1-02F
ExPace | CHNJiuquan, People's Republic of China
Jan. 31, 2021, midnight
Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-16 (77P)
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 15, 2021, 4:45 a.m.
Antares 230+ | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-15
Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems | USAWallops Island, Virginia, USA
Feb. 20, 2021, 5:36 p.m.
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | OneWeb 5
Russian Space Forces | RUSVostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
Feb. 25, 2021, midnight
Atlas V 551 | STP-3
United Launch Alliance | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Feb. 26, 2021, midnight
Falcon 9 Block 5
Starlink 16
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAA batch of 60 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Electron
Another One Leaves The Crust
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandDedicated mission for a single communication microsatellite that will enable specific frequencies to support future services from orbit. The launch w…
Long March 3
Tiantong-1-03
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaTiantong-1-03 is the third satellite in a series of Chinese geostationary communication satellites.
LauncherOne
Launch Demo 2 (VCLS ELaNa XX)
Mojave Air and Space Port - Air launch to orbitThis is Virgin Orbit's second attempt to launch the LauncherOne rocket. It also carries cubesats which were contracted by NASA through Venture Class …
New Shepard
NS-14
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch - Corn Ranch, USAFor this mission, the New Shepard crew capsule will be outfitted with upgrades for the astronaut experience as the program nears human space flight. …
Falcon 9 Block 5
Türksat 5A
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USATürksat 5A is the first of two Turkish next generation communications satellites, which will be operated by Türksat for commercial and military purpo…
Soyuz STA
CSO-2
Soyuz Launch Complex - Kourou, French GuianaThe CSO-2 (Composante Spatiale Optique-2) satellite is the second of three new-generation high-resolution optical imaging satellites for the French m…
Long March 4C
Long March 4C
Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaLong March 8
XJY-7 & others
Wenchang - Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaXJY-7 is an undisclosed Chinese government payload for the first launch of Long March 8
Falcon 9 Block 5
NROL-108
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAClassified payload for NRO.
