Mission Flight 3 Type: Earth Science Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit Carries 5 Earth and spatial observation satellites manufactured by MINOSPACE; details TBD: * Taijing-1-03 * Taijing-2-02 * Taijing-2-04 * Taijing-3-02 * Taijing-4-03 Location Launch Area 130 Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China Launch Area 130 has witnessed the launch of 4 rockets, including […]
Mission Soraya Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Satellite of unknown purposes for the Iranian Space Organization, orbiting in an 750 km high LEO. Location Launch Platform Shahrud Missile Test Site, Islamic Republic of Iran Launch Platform has witnessed the launch of 6 rockets, including 6 orbital launch attempts, while Shahrud Missile Test Site, […]
Weather Forecast During Launch According to weather officials, there’s a 80% chance of favorable weather conditions at the time of the launch. Crew Michael López-Alegría Birthday: 05/30/1958 Role: Commander Nationality: American First Flight: 10/20/1995 Last Flight: 01/18/2024 Michael López-Alegría is a Spanish-American astronaut; a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions and one International Space Station […]
Mission Tianzhou 7 Type: Resupply Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Sixth cargo delivery mission to the Chinese space station. Location 201 Wenchang Space Launch Site, People’s Republic of China 201 has witnessed the launch of 19 rockets, including 19 orbital launch attempts, while Wenchang Space Launch Site, People’s Republic of China, has been the site for […]
Weather Forecast During Launch According to weather officials, there’s a 85% chance of favorable weather conditions at the time of the launch. Trajectory View comprehensive details including the rocket’s trajectory, velocity, altitude, thrust, and more at FlightClub.io. Mission Starlink Group 6-37 Type: Communications Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Launch Cost: $52,000,000 A batch of 23 satellites […]
Trajectory View comprehensive details including the rocket’s trajectory, velocity, altitude, thrust, and more at FlightClub.io. Mission Starlink Group 7-10 Type: Communications Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Launch Cost: $52,000,000 A batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation – SpaceX’s project for space-based Internet communication system. Location Space Launch Complex 4E Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA Space […]
Mission IGS Optical 8 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit Launch Cost: $90,000,000 The IGS Optical 8 (Intelligence Gathering Satellite) is a Japanese optical reconnaissance satellite. The satellite is operated by the Cabinet Satellite Information Center. The satellite serves both Japan’s national defense and civil natural disaster monitoring. Location Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 Tanegashima Space […]
Mission Maiden flight Type: Earth Science Orbit: Low Earth Orbit First launch of Chinese private company OrienSpace’s Gravity-1 launch vehicle from an ocean-going launch platform. Payload is Yunyao-1 18-20, 3 weather satellites performing atmospheric measurements using GNSS Radio Occultation for a Tianjin based company. Constellation is planned to have an eventual 90 satellites. Location Haiyang […]
Mission Tianxing-1-02 Type: Technology Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit Satellite reported as for “spatial environment measurement” purposes. Actual usage TBD. Location Launch Area 95A Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China Launch Area 95A has witnessed the launch of 55 rockets, including 55 orbital launch attempts, while Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China, has […]
Mission Einstein Probe Type: Astrophysics Orbit: Low Earth Orbit The Einstein Probe (EP) is a Chinese Wide-Field X-ray astronomy observatory for detecting high energy flashes of cataclysmic cosmic events. These includes tidal disruption events (stars pulled apart by supermassive black holes), supernovae, and high-energy, electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational wave events. The spacecraft, weighing ~1400 […]
Weather Forecast During Launch According to weather officials, there’s a 85% chance of favorable weather conditions at the time of the launch. Trajectory View comprehensive details including the rocket’s trajectory, velocity, altitude, thrust, and more at FlightClub.io. Mission Peregrine lunar lander (Maiden flight) Type: Lunar Exploration Orbit: Lunar Orbit Maiden flight of ULA’s Vulcan launch […]
Weather Forecast During Launch According to weather officials, there’s a 95% chance of favorable weather conditions at the time of the launch. Trajectory View comprehensive details including the rocket’s trajectory, velocity, altitude, thrust, and more at FlightClub.io. Mission Starlink Group 6-35 Type: Communications Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Launch Cost: $52,000,000 A batch of satellites for […]
Mission Tianmu-1 15-18 Type: Earth Science Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit Small meteorology research satellites using GNSS radio occultation by CASIC subsidiary Xiyong Microelectronics Park. Location Launch Area 95A Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China Launch Area 95A has witnessed the launch of 55 rockets, including 55 orbital launch attempts, while Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, […]
Weather Forecast During Launch According to weather officials, there’s a 90% chance of favorable weather conditions at the time of the launch. Trajectory View comprehensive details including the rocket’s trajectory, velocity, altitude, thrust, and more at FlightClub.io. Mission Ovzon-3 Type: Communications Orbit: Geostationary Transfer Orbit Launch Cost: $52,000,000 Ovzon 3 is a planned small communications […]
Weather Forecast During Launch According to weather officials, there’s a 70% chance of favorable weather conditions at the time of the launch. Trajectory View comprehensive details including the rocket’s trajectory, velocity, altitude, thrust, and more at FlightClub.io. Mission Starlink Group 7-9 Type: Communications Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Launch Cost: $52,000,000 A batch of 21 satellites […]
