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H-IIA 202 | Hope (Emirates Mars Mission)
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | JPNTanegashima, Japan
July 14, 2020, 8:51 p.m.
Status: Go
Mission: Planetary Science
Hope Mars Mission, also known as Al-Amal, is UAE's first interplanetary space probe. It's an orbiter which will study Martian atmosphere and climate with the help of 3 science instruments: Emirates Exploration imager (EXI), Emirates Mars Ultraviolet Spectrometer (EMUS), and Emirates Mars Infrared Spectrometer (EMIR). These instruments were designed and built in collaboration with University of Colorado, University of California and Arizona State University. Hope is planned to arrive to Mars in February 2021 and has an expected lifetime of 2 years.
Heliocentric N/A
Falcon 9 Block 5 | ANASIS-II
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
July 15, 2020, midnight
Minotaur IV | NROL-129
Orbital ATK | USAWallops Island, Virginia, USA
July 15, 2020, 1 p.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 9
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
July 16, 2020, midnight
Status: TBD
Mission: Communications
A batch of 57 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. This launch will also carry two BlackSky Earth-imaging satellites as a rideshare.
Low Earth Orbit B1051 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
MOMO | Flight 7
Interstellar Technologies | JPNTaiki-cho, Hokkaido, Japan
July 18, 2020, 2 a.m.
Astra Rocket 3.0 | One of Three
Astra Space | USAKodiak Launch Complex, Alaska, USA
July 20, 2020, midnight
Starship SN5 | 150m Hop
SpaceX | USASpaceX Space Launch Facility, TX, USA
July 20, 2020, 1 p.m.
Long March 5 | Tianwen-1 (Mars Global Remote Sensing Orbiter and Small Rover)
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNWenchang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
July 23, 2020, midnight
Status: TBD
Mission: Robotic Exploration
This will be China's first mission to Mars. The rover will have 13 instruments detecting things such as topography, soil, environment, atmosphere, studying the distribution of water ice on Mars, physical field and internal structure.
Heliocentric N/A
Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-15 (76P)
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 23, 2020, 2:26 p.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SAOCOM 1B
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
July 25, 2020, 11:19 p.m.
Status: TBD
Mission: Communications
The SAOCOM 1B spacecraft is the second of the two SAOCOM constellation satellites. It is tasked with hydrology and land observaion, and will also operate jointly with the Italian COSMO-SkyMed constellation in X-band to provide frequent information relevant for emergency management.
Kuaizhou-11
Maiden Flight
Unknown Pad - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaFirst flight of the new solid launcher developed by ExPace, subsidiary of CASIC. It will carry 2 communication satellites on this launch.
Long March 3
APStar-6D
Launch Complex 3 ( LC-3 ) ( LA-1 ) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaAPStar-6D is a commercial communications satellite for APT Satellite Company Ltd under an end-to-end contract signed with China Great Wall Industry...
Shavit-2
Ofek-16
Unknown - Palmachim Airbase, State of IsraelOfek is a series of Israeli reconnaissance satellites.
Long March 2D
Chuangxin 3A (02)
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaChuangxin is a series of experimental small satellites developed by China Academy of Science.
Electron
Pics Or It Didn’t Happen
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand‘Pics Or It Didn’t Happen’ is the 13th mission for Rocket Lab. It was planned to deploy seven imaging small satellites to a 500km circular low Eart...
Long March 4
Gaofen Multimode
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), ...
Falcon 9 Block 5
GPS III SV03 "Columbus"
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAGPS-IIIA (Global Positioning System) is the first evolution stage of the third generation of the GPS satellites. It consists of the first ten (know...
Long March 3
Beidou-3 G3
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThis satellite is a part of the geostationary component of the 3rd phase of the Chinese Beidou (Compass) satellite navigation system. It features a...
Long March 2D
Gaofen-9-03
Unknown Pad - Jiuquan, 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), ...
MOMO
Flight 5
Taiki-cho, Hokkaido, Japan - Taiki-cho, Hokkaido, JapanInterstellar Technologies will launch the 'MOMO' observation rocket on its fifth mission.
