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Starship SN8 | 15 km Flight
SpaceX | USASpaceX Space Launch Facility, TX, USA
Dec. 4, 2020, 11 p.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-21
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Dec. 5, 2020, 4:39 p.m.
Status: Go for Launch
Mission: Resupply
SpaceX will launch the first cargo variant of its Dragon 2 spacecraft on their 21st commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Dragon will be filled with supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support more than 250 science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.
Low Earth Orbit B1058 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
Long March 3B/E | Gaofen 14
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 6, 2020, 3:55 a.m.
Status: Go for Launch
Mission:
Gaofen is a series of civilian Earth observation satellites developed and launched for the China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS), a state-sponsored programme aimed to develop a near-real time, all-weather, global surveillance network consisting of satellite, near-space (stratosphere) airships, and aerial observation platforms.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Astra Rocket 3.2 | Flight 2
Astra Space | USAKodiak Launch Complex, Alaska, USA
Dec. 7, 2020, 7 p.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sirius SXM-7
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Dec. 10, 2020, 4:19 p.m.
Status: To Be Confirmed
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.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit B1051 - Flight Proven ( ) Unknown
Angara A5/Briz-M | Dummy payload
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 11, 2020, midnight
Electron | StriX-α (The Owl's Night Begins)
Rocket Lab Ltd | USAOnenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Dec. 12, 2020, 10:09 a.m.
Status: To Be Confirmed
Mission:
StriX-α is a demonstration mission for Japanese company Synspective which plans to deploy a constellation of synthetic aperture radar satellites. For this mission, Rocket Lab will utilize a custom expanded fairing to encompass Synspective’s wide-body satellite – the first use of the expanded fairing options that Rocket Lab recently introduced.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
PSLV-XL | CMS-01 (GSAT-12R)
Indian Space Research Organization | INDSriharikota, Republic of India
Dec. 14, 2020, 9:30 a.m.
Delta IV Heavy | NROL-44
United Launch Alliance | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Dec. 15, 2020, midnight
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | OneWeb 4
Russian Space Forces | RUSVostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
Dec. 17, 2020, midnight
Soyuz 2.1B
Gonets-M30, Gonets-M31, Gonets-M32
43/3 (43L) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationGonets-M are an upgraded version of Gonets satellites, derived from military communications system Strela-3. Gonets-M constellation is tasked with...
Soyuz STA
Falcon Eye 2
Soyuz Launch Complex - Kourou, French GuianaFalcon Eye 2 is a high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite for the United Arab Emirates. Built by Airbus Defense and Space with an optical imaging p...
H-IIA
JDRS-1
Yoshinobu Launch Complex - Tanegashima, JapanJDRS-1 is a Japanese Data Relay Satellite.
Falcon 9 Block 5
Starlink 15
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.
Long March 5
Chang'e 5
Wenchang - Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaChang'e 5 is China's robotic lunar sample return mission, which is set to bring back at least 2 kg of lunar soils and rock samples. The probe will ...
Falcon 9 Block 5
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich (Sentinel-6A; Jason-CS)
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg AFB, CA, USAThe Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich and Sentinel-6B make up the Sentinel-6 mission, also known as Jason Continuity of Service (Jason-CS), which is a pa...
Electron
Return to Sender
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand"Return to Sender" will loft 30 satellites to a sun-synchronous orbit at 500 km altitude for a range of customers, including TriSept, Unseenlabs, S...
Vega
SEOSAT-Ingenio & Taranis
Ariane Launch Area 1 - Kourou, French GuianaSEOSAT-Ingenio is a high-resolution optical imaging mission of Spain - the flagship mission of the Spanish space strategic plan. Its mission is dev...
Falcon 9 Block 5
SpX USCV-1 (NASA Crew Flight 1)
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USASpaceX's first operational flight of manned Dragon 2 vehicle.
Atlas V 531
NROL-101
Space Launch Complex 41 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAClassified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
