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Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Gonets-M30, Gonets-M31, Gonets-M32
Russian Space Forces | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 16, 2020, midnight
Firefly Alpha | Maiden Flight
Firefly Aerospace | USAVandenberg AFB, CA, USA
Nov. 21, 2020, midnight
Angara A5/Briz-M | Dummy payload
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 24, 2020, midnight
Long March 5 | Chang'e 5
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNWenchang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Nov. 24, 2020, midnight
Status: TBD
Mission: Robotic Exploration
Chang'e 5 is China's robotic sample return mission, which is set to bring back at lest 2 kg of lunar soils and rock samples. The probe will perform a soft landing on the Moon, then rendezvous and dock with the return module in lunar orbit and fly back to the Earth.
Lunar Orbit
H-IIA | JDRS-1
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | JPNTanegashima, Japan
Nov. 29, 2020, midnight
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Türksat 5A
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Nov. 30, 2020, midnight
Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV04
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Nov. 30, 2020, 1:39 a.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sirius SXM-8
SpaceX | USAUnknown Location
Dec. 1, 2020, midnight
Status: TBD
Mission: Communications
SXM-8 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-8 is meant to replace the XM-4 satellite.
SSLV | Demo 2 (4 x BlackSky Global satellites)
Indian Space Research Organization | INDSriharikota, Republic of India
Dec. 1, 2020, midnight
Zhuque-2 | Maiden Flight
LandSpace | CHNJiuquan, People's Republic of China
Dec. 1, 2020, midnight
Falcon 9 Block 5
Starlink 13
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.
Soyuz 2.1A
Soyuz MS-17
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanSoyuz MS-17 begins expedition 63 by carrying Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov, Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins to the I...
New Shepard
NS-13
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch - Corn Ranch, USAThis will be the 13th New Shepard mission and the 7th consecutive flight for this particular vehicle (a record), demonstrating its operational reus...
Long March 3
Gaofen 13
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, 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), ...
Falcon 9 Block 5
Starlink 12
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.
Antares 230+
Cygnus CRS-2 NG-14 (S.S. Kalpana Chawla)
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 und...
Soyuz 2.1B
Gonets-M27, Gonets-M28, Gonets-M29 and others
43/4 (43R) - 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...
Long March 4
Huanjing 2A, 2B
Launch Complex 9 - Taiyuan, People's Republic of ChinaHuanjing (abbreviated as HJ) is a constellation of environmental monitoring satellites. The HJ-2A and HJ-2B are 16-meter optical satellites which w...
Long March 4
Haiyang 2C
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaHaiyang (Chinese: "Ocean"), abbreviated HY, is a marine remote sensing satellite series planned by China.
Long March 11
Gaofen-03-1
Mobile launch platform - Sea LaunchGaofen is a series of civilian Earth observation satellites developed and launched for the China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS), ...
