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Ceres-1 | Golden Bauhinia 1-03 (?)
Galactic Energy | CHNJiuquan, People's Republic of China
Nov. 30, 2021, midnight
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 4-3
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Dec. 1, 2021, 11:20 p.m.
Soyuz STB/Fregat | 2 x Galileo
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSKourou, French Guiana
Dec. 2, 2021, 12:31 a.m.
LauncherOne | Above the Clouds
Virgin Orbit | USAAir launch to orbit
Dec. 2, 2021, 6 p.m.
Status: To Be Confirmed
Mission:
Mission to a 500 km circular orbit inclined at 45 degrees carrying eight R&D satellites from US government agencies with communications and navigation experiments as well as two Earth-observation nanosatellites from Polish company SatRevolution.
Low Earth Orbit
Atlas V 551 | STP-3
United Launch Alliance | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Dec. 5, 2021, 9:04 a.m.
Status: To Be Confirmed
Mission: Dedicated Rideshare
Rideshare mission with the STPSat-6 satellite and six secondary payloads for the US Air Force. STPSat-6 carries the NNSA's Space and Atmospheric Burst Reporting System-3 (SABRS-3) payload and NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) experiment.
Geostationary Orbit
Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-20
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 8, 2021, 7:38 a.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Dec. 9, 2021, 6 a.m.
New Shepard | NS-19
Blue Origin | USACorn Ranch, USA
Dec. 9, 2021, 3 p.m.
Proton-M/Briz-M | Ekspress-AMU3 & AMU7
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 12, 2021, 12:09 p.m.
Status: Go for Launch
Mission:
The Ekspress-AMU 3 and Ekspress-AMU 7 are two communications satellite for russian domestic communication services. While the spacecraft themselves are built by russian RSCC (Kosmicheskiya Svyaz), the communication payloads are built by Thales Alenia Space. Both satellites are based on the Ekspress-1000 bus and feature 16 Ku-, 1 L- and 20 C-band transponders. They will be located at 96.5° and 145° East respectively.
Geostationary OrbitFalcon 9 Block 5 | Türksat 5B
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Dec. 19, 2021, 3:58 a.m.
Long March 3
ChinaSat 1D
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThe FH 2 (Feng Huo 2) series are reportedly the second generation of chinese military comsats and data relay satellites. They provide both C-band and…
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat
Kosmos 2552 (EKS 5/Tundra 5)
43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationThe Tundra or EKS (meaning Unified Space System) series of satellites is the next generation of Russian early warning satellites.
Kuaizhou
Shiyan 11
Unknown Pad - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaUnknown Chinese satellite reported for technology development purposes.
Soyuz 2.1b
Uzlovoy Module (UM) "Prichal"
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanThe UM (Uzlovoy Module) or NM (Node Module) is a node to be added to the Russian part of the ISS complex. It is also named Prichal. UM will be deliv…
Falcon 9
Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USADouble Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is the first-ever mission to demonstrate the capability to deflect an asteroid by colliding a spacecr…
Long March 4C
Gaofen-3 02
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaGaofen (GF) is a series of Chinese civilian remote sensing satellites for the state-sponsored program China High-definition Earth Observation System …
Astra Rocket 3
STP-27AD2
Launch Pad 3B - Pacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska, USASpace Force test payload contracted through the Defense Innovation Unit’s Other Transaction Agreement with Astra Space.
Long March 4B
Gaofen-11-03
Launch Complex 9 - Taiyuan, People's Republic of ChinaGaofen is a series of civilian Earth observation satellites developed and launched for the China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS), a …
Electron
Love At First Insight
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandPayload consists of two BlackSky Gen-2 high-resolution multi-spectral Earth observation satellites.
Vega
CERES
Ariane Launch Area 1 - Kourou, French GuianaCERES (CapacitÉ de Renseignement Électromagnétique Spatiale) is a space-based signal intelligence (SIGNIT) system consisting of three satellites cons…
