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Minotaur IV | ORS-5
Orbital ATK | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 26, 2017, 6:04 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Also known as SensorSat, the Operationally Responsive Space 5 (ORS-5) will perform surveillance on geostationary (GEO) satellites. The craft will provide a stopgap for the existing space based surveillance system (SBSS), since full replacements are not expected until after 2020. With a mass of approximately 100kg the solar powered craft will operate in low earth orbit at an altitude of 600km.
Low Earth Orbit
Falcon 9 Full Thrust | Formosat 5
SpaceX | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 24, 2017, 6:51 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Formosat 5 is an Earth observation satellite developed by the Taiwan's National Space Organization (NSPO). Weighing about 475 kg, it will reside in a sun-synchronous orbit at 720-km altitude.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit B1038 - Maiden Flight Just Read the Instructions
H-IIA 204 | Michibiki 3 (QZS-3)
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | JapanTanegashima Space Center, Japan
Aug. 19, 2017, 5:29 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) is a three-satellite regional time transfer system and the satellite-based augmentation system for the GPS that would be receivable within Japan. The primary purpose of QZSS is to increase the availability of GPS in Japan's numerous urban canyons, where only satellites at very high elevation can be seen. A secondary function is performance enhancement, increasing the accuracy and reliability of GPS derived navigation solutions. A single satellite weighs about 4000 kg, has an expected lifetime of 15 years and is put in a elliptical, highly inclined geosynchronous orbit.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Atlas V 401 | TDRS-M
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 18, 2017, 12:29 p.m.
Proton-M/Briz-M | Blagovest No.11L (Kosmos 2520)
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 16, 2017, 10:07 p.m.
Falcon 9 Block 4 | SpX CRS-12
SpaceX | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Aug. 14, 2017, 4:31 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
SpaceX launched the Dragon spacecraft on their 12th operational cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station. The flight was conducted under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.
Low Earth Orbit B1039 - Maiden Flight Landing Zone 1
SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity GF06
Virgin Galactic | United States of AmericaAir launch to Suborbital flight
Aug. 4, 2017, noon
Vega | OptSat 3000 & VENµS (VENUS)
Avio S.p.A | ItalyGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Aug. 2, 2017, 1:58 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
OptSat 3000 is an Earth imaging satellite built by Israel Aerospace Industries for the Italian military. It will be placed in a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 600km. It will have a mission life of more than six years. Launched along with it is VENµS, Vegetation and Environment monitoring on a New Micro-Satellite. This is a near polar sun-synchronous orbit microsatellite jointly built by the Israeli Space Agency and CNES. Besides the scientific mission of terrestrial environment monitoring, the satellite is also tasked with verification and validation of the Hall Effect thruster in space.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
MOMO | 1st Test Flight
Interstellar Technologies | JapanHokkaido Spaceport, Japan
July 30, 2017, 7:30 a.m.
Soyuz-FG | Soyuz MS-05
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 28, 2017, 3:41 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Soyuz MS-05 begins expedition 52 by carrying NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryazansky to the International Space Station. After launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, they will rendezvous to the station where they will remain for their 6 month stay.
Low Earth Orbit
