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Soyuz STA/Fregat | Falcon Eye 2
Arianespace | FRAKourou, French Guiana
Dec. 2, 2020, 1:33 a.m.
Status: Go for Launch
Mission: Government/Top Secret
Falcon Eye 2 is a high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite for the United Arab Emirates. Built by Airbus Defense and Space with an optical imaging payload from Thales Alenia Space, Falcon Eye is the second of two surveillance satellites ordered by the UAE's military.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Starship SN8 | 15 km Flight
SpaceX | USASpaceX Space Launch Facility, TX, USA
Dec. 2, 2020, 11 p.m.
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Gonets-M30, Gonets-M31, Gonets-M32
Russian Space Forces | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 3, 2020, midnight
Status: To Be Confirmed
Mission: Communications
Gonets-M are an upgraded version of Gonets satellites, derived from military communications system Strela-3. Gonets-M constellation is tasked with monitoring ecological and industrial objects, providing communication and data transmission services, covering also the remote areas like the Far North region.
Low Earth Orbit
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 ( ) Unknown
Astra Rocket 3.2 | Flight 2
Astra Space | USAKodiak Launch Complex, Alaska, USA
Dec. 7, 2020, 7 p.m.
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.
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
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.
Long March 3
Tiantong-1-02
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaDesigned by the CAST Institute (China Academy of Space Technology), a subsidiary of the Chinese aerospace group CASC and specialized in spacecraft ...
PSLV-DL
EOS-01 (RISAT-2BR2)
Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad - Sriharikota, Republic of IndiaEOS-1 (previously known as RISAT-2BR2) is an imaging mission of ISRO using an active SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) imager to provide continuity of...
