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Delta IV Heavy | Parker Solar Probe

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 12, 2018, 7:31 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Flying into the Sun’s atmosphere (or corona) for the first time. Coming closer to the Sun than any previous spacecraft, Parker Solar Probe will employ a combination of in situ measurements and imaging to achieve the mission’s primary scientific goal: to understand how the Sun’s corona is heated and how the solar wind is accelerated.

Heliocentric N/A #SolarProbe
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Merah Putih (Telkom-4)

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 7, 2018, 5:18 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Telkom-4, also known as Merah Putih, is an Indonesian geostationary communications satellite. It will replace the aging Telkom-1 satellite.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit B1046 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
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Long March 4B | Gaofen-11

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
July 31, 2018, 3 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Gaofen-11 satellite is believed to be a Earth-imaging satellite that Chinese state media claims, "can be used for land survey, urban planning, road network design, agriculture, and disaster relief".

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M5 & M6

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
July 29, 2018, 1:48 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

These two satellites will be used to provide global navigation coverage as part of the Chinese Beidou (Compass) satellite navigation system.

Medium Earth Orbit
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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity PF03

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
July 26, 2018, noon
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Powered test flight of VSS Unity.

Suborbital
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Iridium-7

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 25, 2018, 11:39 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will deliver 10 satellites to low Earth orbit for Iridium, a global leader in mobile voice and data satellite communications. This is the seventh set of 10 satellites in a series of 75 total satellites that SpaceX will launch for Iridium’s next generation global satellite constellation, Iridium® NEXT.

Low Earth Orbit #Iridium7 B1048 - Maiden Flight Just Read the Instructions
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Ariane 5 ES | Galileo L10 (FOC FM19-FM22)

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
July 25, 2018, 11:25 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Galileo constellation is ESA's satellite navigation system and is expected to be completed by 2020. Galileo will provide Europe with an alternative to the American GPS and Russian GLONASS constellations, but will be interoperable with both systems.

Medium Earth Orbit #VA244
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Telstar 19 VANTAGE

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 22, 2018, 5:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Telstar 19 VANTAGE, or Telstar 19V, is a communications satellite built by Space Systems Loral for the canadian satellite operator Telesat. The satellite is to be placed into 63° West orbital slot, where it will provide coverage for North And South America.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit #Telstar19V B1047 - Maiden Flight Of Course I Still Love You
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New Shepard | NS-9

Blue Origin | United States of America
Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
July 18, 2018, 3 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The third commercial flight for Blue Origin. NS-9 carried various payloads on a sub-orbital flight. It also tested the capsule escape rockets at high altitude.

Suborbital NS9 NS-3 - Flight Proven ( ) Corn Ranch Landing Pad, West Texas
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Soyuz 2.1A | Progress MS-09 (70P)

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 9, 2018, 9:51 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Progress resupply vehicle is an automated, unpiloted version of the Soyuz spacecraft that is used to bring supplies and fuel to the International Space Station.

Low Earth Orbit
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