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Ariane 5 ECA | Azerspace-2/Intelsat-38 & Horizons 3e
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Sept. 25, 2018, 10:38 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Azercosmos-2/Intelsat-38 is a geostationary telecommunications satellite. As the name suggests, satellite will be used jointly by Azercosmos and Intelsat. Horizons-3e, also known as IS-H3e, is a high throughput geostationary communications satellite ordered by Horizons Satellite, a joint venture of Intelsat and SKY Perfect JSAT Group. The spacecraft is designed and manufactured by Boeing on the Boeing-702MP platform.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit #VA243
H-IIB 304 | Kounotori 7 (HTV-7)
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | JapanTanegashima Space Center, Japan
Sept. 22, 2018, 5:52 p.m.
Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M13 & M14
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Sept. 19, 2018, 2:07 p.m.
PSLV-CA | SSTL-S1 & NovaSAR-S
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Sept. 16, 2018, 4:38 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The NovaSAR-S spacecraft carries a radar imaging instrument, and the mission was developed in partnership between the British government and the British satellite manufacturer SSTL. The SSTL-S1 satellite, also built by SSTL, is a high-resolution optical Earth observation satellite identical to three DMC3/TripleSat reconnaissance craft launched in 2015. Beijing-based 21AT will lease imaging capacity on the SSTL-S1 satellite. There are also several secondary payloads.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit #PSLVC42
Delta II 7420-10 | ICESat-2
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 15, 2018, 1:02 p.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Telstar 18 VANTAGE
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 10, 2018, 4:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Telstar 18 VANTAGE, or Telstar 18V, is a communications satellite built by Space Systems Loral for the canadian satellite operator Telesat. The satellite is to provide coverage to the Asia Pacific region.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit B1049 - Maiden Flight Of Course I Still Love You
Long March 2C | Haiyang 1C
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaTaiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Sept. 7, 2018, 3:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Haiyang is a series of Chinese marine remote sensing satellites. Haiyang 1C is the follow-up of the Haiyang 1A and 1B satellites. It is intended for ocean monitoring and will be providing data on the temperature and dynamics of coastal waters and global oceans in China.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
SARGE | Launch 1 - "Pathfinder"
EXOS Aerospace | United States of AmericaSpaceport America, NM, USA
Aug. 25, 2018, 6:15 p.m.
Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M11 & M12
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Aug. 24, 2018, 11:52 p.m.
Vega | ADM-Aeolus
Avio S.p.A | ItalyGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Aug. 22, 2018, 9:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
ADM-Aeolus was an Earth observation satellite built by Airbus Defense and Space for ESA. Its goal was to directly observe wind profiles from space on a global scale and provide data that could improve weather forecasting and advance understanding of atmospherics dynamics and climate. The Aeolus satellite weighed around 1366 kg and flew in a low sun-synchronous orbit at about 400 km altitude. It was desorbited and reentered the Earth's atmosphere on July 28, 2023 at approximately 19:00 UTC.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit #Aeolus
