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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
Delta IV Heavy | Parker Solar Probe
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape 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
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Merah Putih (Telkom-4)
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 7, 2018, 5:18 a.m.
Long March 4B | Gaofen-11
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaTaiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
July 31, 2018, 3 a.m.
Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M5 & M6
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
July 29, 2018, 1:48 a.m.
SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity PF03
Virgin Galactic | United States of AmericaAir launch to Suborbital flight
July 26, 2018, noon
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Iridium-7
SpaceX | United States of AmericaVandenberg 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
