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Long March 8A | SatNet LEO Group 17
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Dec. 25, 2025, 11:26 p.m.
Communications
A batch of 9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group. The constellation will eventually consists of 13000 satellites.
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Dec 28, 2025
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | AIST-2T 01 & 02
Sun-Synchronous Orbit Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
A pair of Russian optical Earth observation satellites built by the Progress Rocket Space Centre for obtaining stereo images of the Earth's surface, with maximum resolution of 1.2 m in panchromatic mode and a swath width of 32 km. 50 small satellites will also be launched as ride-share payloads, including …
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Dec 29, 2025
Smart Dragon 3 | Unknown Payload
Unknown Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
Possibly an Earth observation satellite for the Pakistan government's SUPARCO, details TBD.
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Spacecraft Release
January 30, 2026
HTV-X1 Release & Reentry
International Space StationThe JAXA HTV-X1 will be unberthed from the ISS before initiating a destructive reentry into the Earth's atmosphere taking waste along with it.
Flyby
July 31, 2026
Hayabusa2 S-Type Asteroid (98943) Torifune Flyby
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Flyby
September 30, 2026
Juice Earth Flyby
EarthThird flyby of ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission on its way to the Jovian system.
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November 30, 2026
BepiColombo Mercury Orbit Insertion
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Obzor-R No.1
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BlueBird Block 2 #1
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Demo Flight
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Spaceward
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H3-22
Michibiki 5 (QZS-5)
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The Wisdom God Guides (iQPS Launch 6)
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NS-37
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TJSW-23
101 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of ChinaChinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known.
Electron
Don't Be Such A Square (STP-S30)
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