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Vega | THEOS-2, TRITON & others
Avio S.p.A | ITAKourou, French Guiana
Oct. 5, 2023, 1:36 a.m.
Status: Go for Launch
Mission:
THEOS-2 is Thailand’s first Earth observation satellite. Built by Airbus Defense and Space and based on the Astrobus-S platform, it is designed for optical measurements with a ground resolution of approximately 1 meter. TRITON or FORMOSAT-7R is an additional satellite by NSPO added to the joint Taiwanese-US FORMOSAT 7 / COSMIC-2 constellation for collecting atmospheric data for weather prediction and for ionosphere, climate and gravity research. Its GNSS Reflectometry payload can be used to calculate the wind speed over sea surfaces. PROBA-V-CC (Project for On-Board Autonomy - Vegetation - Companion CubeSat) is a mission that will fly a scaled-down version of the vegetation-monitoring instrument aboard the Earth-observing PROBA-V to conduct combined experimental observations with its predecessor.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Ariane 62 | Maiden Flight
ArianeGroup | FRAKourou, French Guiana
TBD January, 2024
Ariane 62 | 2 x Galileo
ArianeGroup | FRAKourou, French Guiana
TBD March, 2024
Ariane 62 | 2 x Galileo
ArianeGroup | FRAKourou, French Guiana
TBD March, 2024
Vega | Biomass
Avio S.p.A | ITAKourou, French Guiana
TBD April, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
Biomass is an Earth observation satellite launched as a part of ESA Earth Explorer program. It will be using a P-band synthetic aperture radar to collect data on the height of forests, allowing scientists to determine the amount of biomass and carbon stored there.
Sun-Synchronous OrbitAriane 62 | CSO-3
ArianeGroup | FRAKourou, French Guiana
TBD June, 2024
Vega-C | FLEX
Avio S.p.A | ITAKourou, French Guiana
TBD December, 2024
Ariane 64 | Project Kuiper (Ariane 6 #1)
ArianeGroup | FRAKourou, French Guiana
TBD December, 2024
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 OrbitVega-C | NAOS
Avio S.p.A | ITAKourou, French Guiana
TBD December, 2024
Vega-C | Ital-GovSatCom
Avio S.p.A | ITAKourou, French Guiana
TBD December, 2024
Soyuz 2.1a
Soyuz MS-24
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanSoyuz MS-24 carried two cosmonauts and one astronaut to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in K…
Firefly Alpha
FLTA003 (VICTUS NOX)
Space Launch Complex 2W - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAThird flight of the Firefly Alpha small sat launcher, carrying a payload for the US Department of Defense.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 7-2
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Atlas V 551
NROL-107 (Silent Barker)
Space Launch Complex 41 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAClassified space situational awareness (SSA) payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
Long March 6A
Yaogan 40
Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China3 Chinese reconnaissance satellites of unknown purposes, officially reported as for "Electromagnetic environment probing" purposes.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-14
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAA batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
SpaceShipTwo
Galactic 03
Spaceport America - Air launch to Suborbital flightThird commercial Virgin Galactic mission.
H-IIA 202
XRISM & SLIM
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 - Tanegashima Space Center, JapanX-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), formerly the X-Ray Astronomy Recovery Mission (XARM), is a replacement for the Hitomi satellite that …
Long March 4C
Yaogan 33-03
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThe Yaogan 33-03 is a Chinese military “remote sensing” satellite of unknown purpose.
Ceres-1S
4x Tianqi
DeFu-15002 mobile launch platform - Sea Launch4 small satellites for LEO Internet of Things (IoT) communication purposes.
