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Long March 3B | Zhongxing 2E (Chinasat 2E)
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Aug. 5, 2021, 4:30 p.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 2-1
SpaceX | USAVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 10, 2021, midnight
Antares 230+ | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-16 (S.S. Ellison Onizuka)
Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems | USAWallops Island, Virginia, USA
Aug. 10, 2021, 9:56 p.m.
Status: Go for Launch
Mission: Resupply
This is the 16th planned flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 15th flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. This Cygnus spacecraft is named after American astronaut Ellison Onizuka who died in the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
Low Earth Orbit
GSLV Mk II | EOS-03 (GISAT-1)
Indian Space Research Organization | INDSriharikota, Republic of India
Aug. 12, 2021, 12:13 a.m.
Status: To Be Confirmed
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 2.1v | EMKA
Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 15, 2021, midnight
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 30
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Aug. 15, 2021, midnight
Atlas V N22 | CST-100 Starliner Orbital Flight Test 2 (Uncrewed)
United Launch Alliance | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Aug. 15, 2021, midnight
Status: To Be Determined
Mission: Test Flight
This is the second uncrewed test flight for the Starliner spacecraft. Reflight of the OFT mission will allow Boeing to demonstrate readiness of the spacecraft and implement corrections to the problems which were found during the first OFT flight.
Low Earth Orbit
Vega | Pléiades Neo 4
Arianespace | FRAKourou, French Guiana
Aug. 16, 2021, 1:50 a.m.
Status: Go for Launch
Mission:
Pléiades Neo is a constellation of four optical high-resolution Earth observation satellites built and operated by Airbus. It is a dual purpose constellation, serving both civilian and military purposes. Pléiades Neo 4 is the second satellite in the constellation which is to deliver imagery with spatial resolution of 30 cm. It is launched along with several rideshare payloads.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | OneWeb 9
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 20, 2021, midnight
Status: To Be Determined
Mission: Communications
A batch of 34 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet 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
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-23
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Aug. 29, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Status: To Be Determined
Mission: Resupply
SpaceX will launch the cargo variant of its Dragon 2 spacecraft on their 23rd 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 science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.
Low Earth OrbitLong March 6
KL-Beta
Launch Complex 16 - Taiyuan, People's Republic of ChinaThe KL-Beta A and B, satellites are test satellites for a global multimedia satellite system for the German company KLEO Connect and the Chinese comp…
Hyperbola-1
Jilin-1 Mofang-01A (?)
Unknown Pad - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaNew generation experimental Earth imaging satellite for the Jilin-1 constellation. NOTE: Payload identity unconfirmed.
MOMO v1
Flight 6
Taiki-cho, Hokkaido, Japan - Taiki-cho, Hokkaido, JapanDespite the MOMO unit's number, this is the seventh flight of the sounding rocket. Company aims to reach space for the third time.
Ariane 5 ECA
Star One D2 & Eutelsat Quantum
Ariane Launch Area 3 - Kourou, French GuianaStar One D2 is a 6.2 tons satellite built by Space Systems Loral for operator Star One, subsidiary of Brazilian Embratel. Its architecture is based o…
Electron
STP-27RM (It’s a Little Chile Up Here)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandA U.S. Air Force experimental spacecraft. It will demonstrate the use of a deployable sensor, where the sensor’s mass is a substantial fraction of th…
Long March 2D
Tianhui-1-04
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaTH 1 (Tianhui-1 = "Sky drawing") is a Chinese stereo-topographic mapping satellite operated by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). The satellites …
Proton-M
MLM Nauka
200/39 (200L) - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanNauka (which means "Science" in Russian), also known as Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM), is a new module of the russian segment of the ISS. It w…
New Shepard
NS-16
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch - Corn Ranch, USAFirst crewed flight of Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket.
Long March 2
Yaogan-30-10
Launch Complex 3 ( LC-3 ) ( LA-1 ) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaNOTE: Payload identity not confirmed. The Yaogan-30 is a series of military remote sensing satellites which are launched in triplets. The satellit…
SpaceShipTwo
VSS Unity 22
Spaceport America - Air launch to Suborbital flightPowered flight of VSS Unity on the first fully crewed flight. Including the founder Sir Richard Branson.
