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Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | CAS500-1 & rideshare
Russian Space Forces | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 20, 2021, midnight
Status: To Be Determined
Mission: Earth Science
CAS500-1 is the first of two South Korean Earth observation satellites. These spacecraft feature the AEISS-C imaging system with a ground resolution of 0.5 m in panchromatic mode and 2 m in color mode. More than a dozen other satellites are included as secondary payloads, among them being the first spacecraft by the Catalan Space Agency.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | OneWeb 5
Russian Space Forces | RUSVostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
March 25, 2021, midnight
Status: To Be Determined
Mission: Communications
A batch of 36 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Interned broadband service for individual consumers. The constellation is planned to have around 648 microsatellites (of which 60 are spares), around 150 kg each, operating in Ku-band from low Earth orbit.
Polar Orbit
Soyuz 2.1a | Bars-M No. 3
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 31, 2021, midnight
Status: To Be Determined
Mission: Government/Top Secret
Bars-M is the second incarnation of the Bars project, which was started in the mid 1990ies to develop a successor for the Komtea class of area surveillance satellites. The original Bars project was halted in the early 2000s. In 2007, TsSKB-Progress was contracted for Bars-M, for which reportedly the Yantar-based service module was replaced by a new developed advanced service module. The Bars-M satellites feature an electro-optical camera system called Karat, which is developed and built by the Leningrad Optical Mechanical Association (LOMO), and a dual laser altimeter instrument to deliver topographic imagery, stereo images, altimeter data and high-resolution images with a ground resolution around 1 meter.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | Glonass-K1
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 31, 2021, midnight
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | Glonass-K2
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 31, 2021, midnight
Soyuz 2.1b | Resurs-P No.4
Russian Space Forces | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 1, 2021, midnight
Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-18
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 1, 2021, midnight
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | OneWeb 6
Russian Space Forces | RUSVostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
April 1, 2021, midnight
Soyuz 2.1b | Uzlovoy Module (UM) "Prichal"
Russian Space Forces | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 1, 2021, midnight
Status: To Be Determined
Mission: Human Exploration
The UM (Uzlovoy Module) or NM (Node Module) is a node to be added to the Russian part of the ISS complex. It is also named Prichal. UM will be delivered by a modified Progress space tug, called Progress-M-UM. The UM will be docked to the nadir port of the MLM (Nauka) module, providing four ports to mount additional modules and one docking port for cargo and crew spacecrafts.
Low Earth OrbitSoyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | OneWeb 7
Russian Space Forces | RUSVostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
May 1, 2021, midnight
Falcon 9 Block 5
Starlink 17
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.
Starship Prototype
10 km Flight
Launch Pad A - SpaceX Space Launch Facility, TX, USAThe SN10 Starship performed a test flight similar to SN8 and SN9. It launched up to an altitude of 10 km or 33,000 ft, did a belly flop maneuver foll…
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
Arktika-M No.1
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanArktika-M ("Arctic-M") is a series of Earh observation satellites which will gather meteorological and hydrological data on polar region. Arktika-M s…
PSLV-DL
Amazonia & 18 others
Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad - Sriharikota, Republic of IndiaAmazonia 1 is a Brazilian optical Earth observation satellite of the National Institute for Space Research (INPE). This satellite will further streng…
Long March 4C
Long March 4C
Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaAntares 230+
Cygnus CRS-2 NG-15 (S.S. Katherine Johnson)
Launch Area 0 A - Wallops Island, Virginia, USAThis is the 15th planned flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 14th flight to the International Space Station under…
Falcon 9 Block 5
Starlink 19
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.
Soyuz 2.1a
Progress MS-16
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanThe Progress MS-16 Spacecraft will resupply the International Space Station.
Long March 3
TJSW-6
Launch Complex 3 ( LC-3 ) ( LA-1 ) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaAlleged Chinese classified geosynchronous satellite. Payload identity uncertain.
Falcon 9 Block 5
Starlink 18
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.
