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Vega | SSMS POC
Arianespace | FRAKourou, French Guiana
June 15, 2020, midnight
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.
Soyuz 2.1a | Bars-M No. 3
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 15, 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 Orbit
PSLV | RISAT-1A
Indian Space Research Organization | INDSriharikota, Republic of India
June 15, 2020, midnight
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink-8
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
June 15, 2020, midnight
Long March 3B/E | APStar-6D
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
June 16, 2020, midnight
Status: TBD
Mission: Communications
APStar-6D is a commercial communications satellite for APT Satellite Company Ltd under an end-to-end contract signed with China Great Wall Industry Corp. (CGWIC) for satellite production and launch services. It will deliver VSAT, video distribution, Direct-to-home television and cellular backhaul to the Asia-Pacific Region.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Long March 2D | Gaofen-9-03
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNJiuquan, People's Republic of China
June 17, 2020, 7:18 a.m.
SSLV | Demo 2 (4 x BlackSky Global satellites)
Indian Space Research Organization | INDSriharikota, Republic of India
June 30, 2020, midnight
GSLV Mk II | GSAT-7C
Indian Space Research Organization | INDSriharikota, Republic of India
June 30, 2020, midnight
Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV03
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
June 30, 2020, midnight
PSLV | Oceansat-3
Indian Space Research Organization | INDSriharikota, Republic of India
June 30, 2020, midnight
LauncherOne
Launch Demo
Mojave Air and Space Port - Air launch to orbitPayload-free test flight of the LauncherOne vehicle.
Soyuz 2.1B
EKS 4 (Tundra 4) (Kosmos 2546)
43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationThe Tundra or EKS (meaning Unified Space System) series of satellites is the next generation of Russian early warning satellites.
H-IIB
Kounotori 9 (HTV-9)
Osaki Y LP2 - Tanegashima, JapanThe last H-II Transfer Vehicle "Kounotori" will be launched on an H-IIB 304 launch vehicle, carrying 6,200 kg (13,669 lbs) of supplies and science ...
Atlas V 501
OTV-6 (X-37B) (USSF-7)
Space Launch Complex 41 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAIt is the sixth flight of the X-37B program. United States Air Force Orbital Test Vehicle is built by Boeing. It's an unmanned 5000 kg, 8.8 m-long ...
Kuaizhou
Xingyun-2 01, 02
Launch Area 4? - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaXingyun-2 01 and 02 are the first two satellites of the planned low Earth orbit constellation being built by Xingyun Satellite company, whichi is a...
Long March 5B
Maiden Flight
Wenchang - Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThis is the maiden flight of Long March 5B rocket, which is to be used for delivering modules for China's new space station. This launch is also th...
Soyuz 2.1A
Progress MS-14 (75P)
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...
Falcon 9 Block 5
Starlink 6
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.
Qased
Noor
Unknown Pad - Shahrud Missile Test Site, Islamic Republic of IranThis is the first launch of the Qased launch vehicle, which is reported to have placed a military satellite called Noor into 425-km orbit.
Long March 3
Nusantara Dua
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaNusantara Dua is a high throughput communications satellite built by CAST for Indonesian satellite operator PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara. It will r...
