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Soyuz 2.1b | Pion-NKS No. 1
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 25, 2021, midnight
Status: To Be Confirmed
Mission:
The Russian Pion-NKS (14F139) satellites are the naval component of the next generation ELINT satellite system Liana. As a replacement for both the passive ELINT US-PM and the active radar US-A, they carry both ELINT sensors as well as an active radar.
Low Earth Orbit
Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-17 (78P)
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 29, 2021, 11:27 p.m.
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | Glonass-K1
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 30, 2021, midnight
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | OneWeb 8
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSVostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
July 1, 2021, 12:48 p.m.
Status: To Be Confirmed
Mission: Communications
A batch of 36 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet 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 OrbitSoyuz 2.1b/Fregat | Glonass-K2
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 31, 2021, midnight
Soyuz 2.1a | Bars-M No. 3
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 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 2.1a/Fregat-M | Meteor-M No.2-3
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSVostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
Aug. 1, 2021, midnight
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | OneWeb 9
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 2, 2021, midnight
Status: To Be Confirmed
Mission: Communications
A batch of 34 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet 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 2.1b/Fregat-M | OneWeb 10
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 26, 2021, midnight
Status: To Be Confirmed
Mission: Communications
A batch of 34 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet 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 2.1b/Fregat-M | OneWeb 11
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 18, 2021, midnight
Status: To Be Confirmed
Mission: Communications
A batch of 34 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet 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 OrbitLong March 2
Yaogan-30-09
Launch Complex 3 ( LC-3 ) ( LA-1 ) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThe Yaogan-30 is a series of military remote sensing satellites which are launched in triplets. The satellites are spaced by 120° in their orbit.
Falcon 9 Block 5
GPS III SV05
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 …
Long March 2F
Shenzhou 12
Launch Area 4 (SLS-1 / 921) - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaFirst crewed flight to the Chinese large modular space station.
Minotaur I
NROL-111
Launch Area 0 B - Wallops Island, Virginia, USAClassified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
Pegasus XL
Odyssey (TacRL-2)
Vandenberg Space Force Base - Air launch to orbitPayload for the US Space Force’s Tactically Responsive Launch program. It is a space domain awareness satellite that was procured under the Space For…
Long March 2D
Beijing-3
Launch Complex 9 - Taiyuan, People's Republic of China0.5 m resolution Earth observation satellite for Twenty First Century Aerospace Technology Company Ltd.
Falcon 9 Block 5
SXM-8
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USASXM-8 is a large high power broadcasting satellite for SiriusXM's digital audio radio service (DARS). Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) got in July 2016 …
Falcon 9 Block 5
Dragon CRS-2 SpX-22
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USASpaceX will launch the second cargo variant of its Dragon 2 spacecraft on their 22nd commercial resupply services mission to the International Space …
Long March 3
Fengyun-4B
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaChina's geostationary meteorological satellite program FY-4 (Feng Yun 4) is the second generation of chinese geostationary meteorological satellites.
Long March 7
Tianzhou-2
201 - Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaFirst cargo delivery mission to the Chinese large modular space station.
