Upcoming Spaceflight Launches
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Ariane 5 ECA+ | JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer)
ArianeGroup | FRAKourou, French Guiana
TBD April, 2023
Ariane 5 ECA+ | Syracuse 4B & Heinrich Hertz (H2Sat)
ArianeGroup | FRAKourou, French Guiana
TBD June, 2023
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
Syracuse 4B is a French military communications satellite built by Thales Alenia Space. Heinrich Hertz (H2Sat) is a small geostationary communications satellite built by OHB System and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) to explore and test new broadband communications technologies.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Ariane 62 | CSO-3
ArianeGroup | FRAKourou, French Guiana
TBD December, 2023
Ariane 64 | Project Kuiper (Ariane 6 #1)
ArianeGroup | FRAKourou, French Guiana
TBD December, 2023
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
Project Kuiper is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude. 35-40 satellites will be carried on each Ariane 6 launch.
Low Earth OrbitAriane 62 | Maiden Flight
ArianeGroup | FRAKourou, French Guiana
TBD December, 2023
Ariane 64 | GO-1
ArianeGroup | FRAKourou, French Guiana
TBD December, 2023
Ariane 64 | Optus-11
ArianeGroup | FRAKourou, French Guiana
TBD December, 2023
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
Optus-11 is a Ku-band communications satellite with a coverage zone encompassing Australia and New Zealand. Optus-11 incorporates a number of advanced technologies, especially the latest developments in digital processing, plus active antennas enabling the creation of several thousand beams.
Geostationary Transfer OrbitAriane 64 | ViaSat-3 Asia-Pacific
ArianeGroup | FRAKourou, French Guiana
TBD December, 2023
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
The ViaSat-3 is a series of three Ka-band satellites is expected to provide vastly superior capabilities in terms of service speed and flexibility for a satellite platform. Each ViaSat-3 class satellite is expected to deliver more than 1-Terabit per second of network capacity, and to leverage high levels of flexibility to dynamically direct capacity to where customers are located.
Geostationary Transfer OrbitAriane 62 | 2 x Galileo
ArianeGroup | FRAKourou, French Guiana
TBD December, 2023
Ariane 62 | 2 x Galileo
ArianeGroup | FRAKourou, French Guiana
TBD December, 2023
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 5-3
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAA batch of 53 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 2-6 & ION SCV009
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 49 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. This launch carries…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 5-2
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAA batch of 56 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
H-IIA 202
IGS Radar-7
Yoshinobu Launch Complex - Tanegashima, JapanThe IGS-Radar 7 is a Japanese radar reconnaissance satellite. The satellite is operated by the Cabinet Satellite Information Center. The satellite se…
Electron
Virginia is for Launch Lovers
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C) - Wallops Island, Virginia, USARideshare mission with 3 HawkEye 360 satellites and other payloads.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 2-4
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
GPS III SV06
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAGPS-IIIA (Global Positioning System) is the first evolution stage of the third generation of the GPS satellites. It consists of the first ten (known …
Falcon Heavy
USSF-67
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAUSSF-67 is a mission for the United States Space Force with two satellites, including the LDPE-3A rapid prototype platform hosting 5 USSF payloads.
Long March 2D
6 x Jilin-1, Qilu-2/3 and others
Launch Complex 9 - Taiyuan, People's Republic of ChinaThis launch carries multiple payloads, including 6 new satellites for the Jilin-1 commercial Earth observation satellite constellation and Qilu-2/3, …
Long March 2D
Yaogan 37 & Shiyan 22A/B
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaYaogan 37 is a Chinese military reconnaissance satellite. Shiyan 22A/B are 2 small Earth observation satellites built by SAST (SY-22A) & CAS (SY-22B).
