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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 20
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
March 10, 2021, 2:58 a.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 21
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
March 13, 2021, 10:06 a.m.
Firefly Alpha | Maiden Flight
Firefly Aerospace | USAVandenberg AFB, CA, USA
March 14, 2021, midnight
GSLV Mk II | EOS-03 (GISAT-1)
Indian Space Research Organization | INDSriharikota, Republic of India
March 15, 2021, midnight
Status: To Be Determined
Mission: Earth Science
GISAT-1 is an Indian earth observation satellite to be launched in geostationary orbit. It is tasked with continuous observation of Indian sub-continent and quick monitoring of natural hazards and disaster. GISAT carries an imaging payload consisting of of multi-spectral, multi-resolution from 50 m to 1.5 km. It will provide pictures of the area of interest on near real time basis including border areas.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | CAS500-1 & rideshare
Russian Space Forces | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 20, 2021, midnight
Status: To Be Determined
Mission: Earth Science
CAS500-1 is the first of two South Korean Earth observation satellites. These spacecraft feature the AEISS-C imaging system with a ground resolution of 0.5 m in panchromatic mode and 2 m in color mode. More than a dozen other satellites are included as secondary payloads, among them being the first spacecraft by the Catalan Space Agency.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Electron | They Go Up So Fast
Rocket Lab Ltd | USAOnenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
March 20, 2021, 11 p.m.
Status: To Be Determined
Mission: Dedicated Rideshare
The Electron rocket will carry seven satellites to low Earth orbit: one Earth-observation satellite for BlackSky, two Internet-Of-Things (IoT) nanosatellites for companies Fleet Space and Myriota, a technology demonstration satellite for the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra Space, a weather satellite pathfinder technology demonstration from Care Weather technologies, a technology demonstrator for the U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command as well as Rocket Lab’s in-house designed and built Photon Pathstone spacecraft which will operate on orbit as a risk reduction demonstration to build spacecraft heritage ahead of Rocket Lab’s mission to the Moon for NASA later this year.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | OneWeb 5
Russian Space Forces | RUSVostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
March 25, 2021, midnight
Status: To Be Determined
Mission: Communications
A batch of 36 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Interned 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 Orbit
Kuaizhou-1A | Jilin-1-02F
ExPace | CHNJiuquan, People's Republic of China
March 31, 2021, midnight
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | Glonass-K1
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 31, 2021, midnight
Kuaizhou-1A | Jilin-1-02D
ExPace | CHNJiuquan, People's Republic of China
March 31, 2021, midnight
Falcon 9 Block 5
Starlink 17
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.
Starship Prototype
10 km Flight
Launch Pad A - SpaceX Space Launch Facility, TX, USAThe SN10 Starship performed a test flight similar to SN8 and SN9. It launched up to an altitude of 10 km or 33,000 ft, did a belly flop maneuver foll…
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
Arktika-M No.1
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanArktika-M ("Arctic-M") is a series of Earh observation satellites which will gather meteorological and hydrological data on polar region. Arktika-M s…
PSLV-DL
Amazonia & 18 others
Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad - Sriharikota, Republic of IndiaAmazonia 1 is a Brazilian optical Earth observation satellite of the National Institute for Space Research (INPE). This satellite will further streng…
Long March 4C
Long March 4C
Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaAntares 230+
Cygnus CRS-2 NG-15 (S.S. Katherine Johnson)
Launch Area 0 A - Wallops Island, Virginia, USAThis is the 15th planned flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 14th flight to the International Space Station under…
Falcon 9 Block 5
Starlink 19
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAA batch of 60 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Soyuz 2.1a
Progress MS-16
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanThe Progress MS-16 Spacecraft will resupply the International Space Station.
Long March 3
TJSW-6
Launch Complex 3 ( LC-3 ) ( LA-1 ) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaAlleged Chinese classified geosynchronous satellite. Payload identity uncertain.
Falcon 9 Block 5
Starlink 18
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAA batch of 60 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
