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Ariane 5 ECA+ | Galaxy 30, MEV-2 & BSAT-4B
Arianespace | FRAKourou, French Guiana
Aug. 14, 2020, 9:33 p.m.
Status: TBD
Mission: Communications
Galaxy-30 is a geostationary communications satellite for Intelsat. Satellite is built by Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (NGIS) and is planned to provide video distribution and broadcast services to customers in North America. Galaxy 30 satellite is launched in tandem with MEV-2 vehicle. MEV-2, which stands for Mission Extension Vehicle-2, is the second servicing mission by NGIS. MEV-2 will rendezvous and dock with the Intelsat 1002 satellite in early 2021. Then, MEV-2 will use its own thrusters and fuel supply to control the satellite’s orbit, thereby extending its useful lifetime. Another passenger of the flight is the BSAT-4b satellite for the Japanese operator BSAT. BSAT-4b will serve as a back-up for BSAT-4a satellite, launched in 2017. BSAT-4b will provide Direct-to-Home television services and is expected to operate for at least 15 years.
MOMO | Flight 7
Interstellar Technologies | JPNTaiki-cho, Hokkaido, Japan
Aug. 15, 2020, midnight
Vega | SSMS POC
Arianespace | FRAKourou, French Guiana
Aug. 17, 2020, 1:51 a.m.
Status: TBD
Mission: Dedicated Rideshare
The Vega POC (Proof Of Concept) flight will be the first mission of the SSMS (Small Spacecraft Mission Service), a modular carbon fiber dispenser, a program initiated by ESA in 2016, with the contribution of the European Commission. For all the European partners involved, its purpose is to address the burgeoning institutional and commercial small spacecraft market with a new rideshare concept. Payload includes dozens of satellites: Athena, ION CubeSat Carrier, ESAIL, NEMO-HD, GHGSat C1, six Flock-v cubesats, several Lemur-2 cubesats, twelve SpaceBEE nanosats, FSSCat A & B, RTAF-Sat, DIDO 3, IGOSat, PICASSO, PINO, PIXL, QARMAN, SIMBA, TRISAT, Casaa-Sat, TTÜ100, and more.
Delta IV Heavy | NROL-44
Boeing | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Aug. 26, 2020, 5:50 a.m.
Electron | STP-27RM
Rocket Lab Ltd | USAWallops Island, Virginia, USA
Aug. 31, 2020, midnight
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sirius SXM-7
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Aug. 31, 2020, midnight
Status: TBD
Mission: Communications
SXM-7 is a large high power broadcasting satellite for SiriusXM's digital audio radio service (DARS). Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) got in July 2016 the contract to build the two satellites based on their SSL-1300 bus - SXM-7 and SXM-8. Both operate in the S-band spectrum. Each satellite will generate more than 20-kW of power and will have a large unfurlable antenna reflector, which enables broadcast to radios without the need for large dish-type antennas on the ground. SXM-7 is meant to replace the XM-3 satellite.
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | Glonass-K1
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 31, 2020, midnight
Astra Rocket 3.1 | Maiden Flight
Astra Space | USAKodiak Launch Complex, Alaska, USA
Aug. 31, 2020, midnight
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SAOCOM 1B
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Aug. 31, 2020, midnight
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.
Soyuz 2.1a | Bars-M No. 3
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 31, 2020, midnight
Status: TBD
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 OrbitFalcon 9 Block 5
Starlink 9
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAA batch of 57 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. This launch will also ca...
Long March 2D
Gaofen-9-04
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - 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), ...
Starship SN5
Starship SN5 150m Hop
SpaceX South Texas Launch Site - SpaceX Space Launch Facility, TX, USAThe Starship SN5 first flight was a 150m 'hop' from SpaceX's South Texas Launch Site in Boca Chica Village.
Proton-M Briz-M
Ekspress-80 & Ekspress-103
200/39 (200L) - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanEkspress-80 and Ekspress 103 are communications satellites for Russian domestic communication services owned by RSCC (Kosmicheskiya Svyaz). Expres...
Atlas V 541
Mars 2020 (Perseverance rover & Ingenuity helicopter)
Space Launch Complex 41 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAAtop this ULA Atlas V rocket will be Perseverance, a car-sized rover which will explore an ancient river delta on Mars. Armed with a suite of six s...
Long March 4
Ziyuan-3-03
Launch Complex 9 - Taiyuan, People's Republic of ChinaZiyuan is a series of remote sensing satellites in Sun-synchronous orbit around Earth. Ziyuan 3-02 is a Chinese Earth observation satellite, a high...
Soyuz 2.1A
Progress MS-15 (76P)
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanThe Progress resupply vehicle is an automated, unpiloted version of the Soyuz spacecraft that is used to bring supplies and fuel to the Internation...
Long March 5
Tianwen-1 (Mars Global Remote Sensing Orbiter and Small Rover)
Wenchang - Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaTianwen-1 ("questions to heaven") Mars mission includes a Martian orbiter and a lander/rover duo. This will be China's first mission to Mars. The...
Falcon 9 Block 5
ANASIS-II
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAANASIS-II is South Korea's first dedicated military satellite.
H-IIA 202
Hope (Emirates Mars Mission)
Osaki Y LP1 - Tanegashima, JapanHope Mars Mission, also known as Al-Amal, is UAE's first interplanetary space probe. It's an orbiter which will study Martian atmosphere and climat...
