Mission Test Flight Type: Test Flight Orbit: Suborbital The first Hapith I launch will be testing TiSPACE’s hybrid rocket engine technology in preparation for the future Hapith V launch vehicle. Targeting 250 km altitude, the test launch campaign will also support of the development of the Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex in South Australia, operated […]
Weather Forecast During Launch According to weather officials, there’s a 90% chance of favorable weather conditions at the time of the launch. Crew Jared Isaacman Birthday: 02/11/1983 Role: Commander Nationality: American First Flight: 09/16/2021 Last Flight: 09/16/2021 Jared Isaacman is an American businessman and pilot. He is the co-founder and CEO of Harbortouch, a payment […]
Mission OneWeb 10 Type: Communications Orbit: Polar Orbit Launch Cost: $48,500,000 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 […]
Mission Starlink Group 2-1 Type: Communications Orbit: Polar Orbit Launch Cost: $52,000,000 A batch of 51 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation – SpaceX’s project for space-based Internet communication system. Location Space Launch Complex 4E Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA Space Launch Complex 4E has witnessed the launch of 139 rockets, including 139 orbital launch attempts, while Vandenberg […]
Mission Razbeg 1 (Kosmos 2551) Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit The Russian Razbeg 1 is small military satellite optical reconnaissance satellite. It was built by NPP VNIIEM. It is likely the same satellite identified in earlier reports as Zvesda. The 250 kg satellite was reportedly inspired by the US American commercial Earth imaging […]
Mission ChinaSat 9B Type: Communications Orbit: Geostationary Transfer Orbit Launch Cost: $70,000,000 Zhongxing-9B (ChinaSat 9B) is a Chinese communications satellite, that will replace the Zhongxing-9A satellite in orbit. The latter was launched in 2017, but the CZ-3B launch vehicle suffered a partial failure, and the satellite had to burn a large amount of fuel to […]
Mission Gaofen-5-02 Type: Earth Science Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit Gaofen (GF) is a series of Chinese civilian remote sensing satellites for the state-sponsored program China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS). GF 5 is configured with six types of payloads, including visible and short-wave infra hyper-spectral camera, spectral imager, greenhouse gas detector, atmospheric environment infrared detector […]
Weather Forecast During Launch According to weather officials, there’s a 100% chance of favorable weather conditions at the time of the launch. Mission FLTA001 (Maiden Flight) Type: Test Flight Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Launch Cost: $15,000,000 First flight of the new Firefly Alpha small sat launcher developed by Firefly Aerospace. It will carry Firefly’s DREAM […]
Weather Forecast During Launch According to weather officials, there’s a 80% chance of favorable weather conditions at the time of the launch. Mission Dragon CRS-2 SpX-23 Type: Resupply Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Launch Cost: $52,000,000 SpaceX will launch the cargo variant of its Dragon 2 spacecraft on their 23rd commercial resupply services mission to the […]
Mission STP-27AD1 Type: Test Flight Orbit: Polar Orbit Launch Cost: $2,500,000 Space Force test payload contracted through the Defense Innovation Unit’s Other Transaction Agreement with Astra Space. Location Launch Pad 3B Pacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska, USA Launch Pad 3B has witnessed the launch of 5 rockets, including 5 orbital launch attempts, while Pacific Spaceport Complex, […]
Mission NS-17 Type: Suborbital Orbit: Suborbital Seventeenth flight of New Shepard. It will carry a second NASA lunar landing technology demonstration on the exterior of the booster, 18 commercial payloads inside the crew capsule, and an art installation on the exterior of the capsule. Location West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch Corn Ranch, Van […]
Mission TJSW-7 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Geostationary Transfer Orbit Launch Cost: $70,000,000 Alleged Chinese classified geosynchronous satellite. Payload identity uncertain but might be an early warning satellite. Location Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) has witnessed the launch of 89 rockets, including 89 orbital launch […]
Mission RSW-01 – 03 Type: Communications Orbit: Polar Orbit “Ronghe Shiyan Weixing” (RSW) = “Integrated Experimental Satellite” are test satellites that will be used to develop a state-owned Chinese low-earth orbit constellation, Xingwang, consisting of several thousand satellites. Location Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China Launch Area […]
Mission OneWeb 9 Type: Communications Orbit: Polar Orbit Launch Cost: $48,500,000 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 […]
Mission Tianhui-2-02 Type: Earth Science Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit TH 2 (Tianhui-2 = “Sky drawing”) is a pair of Chinese cartography and Earth observation satellites. Location Launch Complex 9 Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China Launch Complex 9 has witnessed the launch of 71 rockets, including 71 orbital launch attempts, while Taiyuan Satellite Launch […]
