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Long March 2C | Unknown Payload
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 3, 2023, 4:10 a.m.
Ceres-1 | Unknown Payload
Galactic Energy | CHNJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 4, 2023, 11:45 p.m.
Smart Dragon 3 | Unknown Payload
China Rocket Co. Ltd. | CHNSea Launch
Dec. 5, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Zhuque-2 | Flight 3
LandSpace | CHNJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
December 06, 2023
Long March 3B/E | Fengyun-4C
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
TBD January, 2024
Long March 7 | Tianzhou 7
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNWenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
TBD January, 2024
Long March 8 | Queqiao-2
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNWenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
TBD March, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
Queqiao-2 is a Chinese artificial satellite to serve as a communications relay for future Chinese lunar far side missions that cannot communicate directly with the Earth, beginning with the Chang'e 6 lunar sample return mission in 2024. It will operate from a Distant Retrograde Orbit (DRO) of the Moon.
Lunar Orbit
Long March 5 | Chang'e 6
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNWenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
TBD May, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
Chang'e 6/CE-6 is scheduled to launch in 2024 to return samples from the Far Side of the Moon (near southern edge of the Apollo Basin) for the first time. International science instruments from France, Italy, Sweden and Pakistan will also be on board.
Lunar Orbit
Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou 18
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
TBD June, 2024
Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou 19
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
TBD December, 2024
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-30
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAA batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Soyuz 2.1b
Razdan No. 1?
43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationNote: Payload identity and Cosmos series number uncertain. The Razdan satellite is reportedly a new electro-optical reconnaissance satellite desi…
Long March 2D/YZ-3
3 x SatNet test satellites
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaOfficially described as "Satellite-Internet Technology Demonstration Satellite(s)" built by Chinese Academy of Sciences. Probable 3 (?) test satellit…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-29
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAA batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Chollima-1
Malligyong-1c
Malligyong-1 Pad - Sohae Satellite Launching Station, Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, Democratic People's Republic of KoreaMalligyong-1c (meaning "Telescope-1") is the third attempt by North Korea to launch a satellite officially declared to be for military reconnaissance…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 7-7
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Starship
Integrated Flight Test 2
Orbital Launch Mount A - SpaceX Starbase, TX, USASecond test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. The booster is expected to separate 170 seconds into flight and return to land approxima…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-28
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAA batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Long March 2C/YZ-1S
Haiyang 3-01
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaNext generation Chinese ocean color measurements satellite to study ocean ecology and effects on biological cycles and the climate.
Falcon 9
O3b mPower 5 & 6
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAFifth and sixth of a constellation of eleven high-throughput communications satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) built by Boeing and operated by SE…
