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Kuaizhou-11 | Maiden Flight
ExPace | CHNJiuquan, People's Republic of China
April 30, 2020, midnight
Long March 5B | Maiden Flight
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNWenchang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
April 30, 2020, midnight
Long March 3B | Nusantara Dua
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
May 1, 2020, midnight
Long March 3B | Beidou-3 G3
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
May 1, 2020, midnight
Status: TBD
Mission: Navigation
This satellite is a part of the geostationary component of the 3rd phase of the Chinese Beidou (Compass) satellite navigation system. It features a phased array antenna for navigation signals and a laser retroreflector and additionally deployable S/L-band and C-band antennas.
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 OrbitLong March 3B | Fengyun-4B
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
June 30, 2020, midnight
Long March 6 | Satellogic x 13
China Great Wall Industry Corporation | CHNTaiyuan, People's Republic of China
July 1, 2020, midnight
Long March 5 | Huoxing-1 (Mars Global Remote Sensing Orbiter and Small Rover)
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNWenchang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
July 1, 2020, midnight
Status: TBD
Mission: Robotic Exploration
This will be China's first mission to Mars. The rover will have 13 instruments detecting things such as topography, soil, environment, atmosphere, studying the distribution of water ice on Mars, physical field and internal structure. Currently with no mission name, the agency has also opened a public competition for name and logo.
Heliocentric N/A
Long March 4C | Fengyun-3E
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNTaiyuan, People's Republic of China
Oct. 1, 2020, midnight
Long March 5 | Chang'e 5
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNWenchang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Nov. 1, 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 OrbitAtlas V 551
AEHF-6
Space Launch Complex 41 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAThis is the sixth and final satellite in the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) system, which is a series of communications satellites operat...
Long March 2
Yaogan-30-06
Launch Complex 3 ( LC-3 ) ( LA-1 ) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThe Yaogan 30-01-01 to 30-01-03 (Remote Sensing Satellite-30-01-01 to 30-01-03) satellites, were launched by CZ-2C rocket from China's Xichang spac...
Soyuz 2.1B
OneWeb 3
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanA batch of 34 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Interned broadband service for individual cons...
Falcon 9 Block 5
Starlink 5
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 2.1B
Glonass-M No. 60
43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationGlonass-M, also known as Uragan-M, are the second generation of Uragan satellite design used for GLONASS satellite navigation system. GLONASS is a ...
Long March 7A
Maiden Flight
Wenchang - Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThis is the first flight of the Long March 7A which is a new configuration of the Long March 7 launch vehicle. The difference is that 7A variant in...
Long March 3
Beidou-3 G2
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThis satellite is a part of the geostationary component of the 3rd phase of the Chinese Beidou (Compass) satellite navigation system. It features a...
Falcon 9 Block 5
SpX CRS-20
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USASpaceX will launch the Dragon spacecraft on their 20th operational cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station. The flight is being c...
Soyuz 2.1A Fregat-M
Meridian-M No.19L
43/3 (43L) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationMeridian is a series of communications satellite for military and civilian use.
Long March 2D
XJS-C, XJS-D, XJS-E, XJS-F
Launch Complex 3 ( LC-3 ) ( LA-1 ) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThese are four experimental satellites which will be used mainly to test some Earth observation technologies.
