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Vega | Mohammed VI-B

Avio S.p.A | Italy
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Nov. 21, 2018, 1:42 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A second Earth observation satellite for the Kingdom of Morocco. It was developed by Thales Alenia Space and Airbus. Satellite will be in particular used for mapping and land surveying activities, regional development, agricultural monitoring, the prevention and management of natural disasters, monitoring changes in the environment and desertification, as well as border and coastal surveillance.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Long March 2D | Shiyan 6, Jiading-1 (OKW-1) & others

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Nov. 19, 2018, 11:40 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Shiyan 6 is the main payload of the launch and is reported to be used for "space environment measurements and related technical tests". It was launched along with 4 small satellites, among which are a China's first privately designed low Earth orbit communications satellite Jiading-1 and China's first software-based satellite Tianzhi-1.

Low Earth Orbit
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Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M17 & M18

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Nov. 18, 2018, 6:07 p.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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Antares 230 | Cygnus CRS NG-10 (S.S. John Young)

Northrop Grumman Space Systems | United States of America
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Nov. 17, 2018, 9:01 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

This is the eleventh planned flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its tenth flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz-FG | Progress MS-10 (71P)

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 16, 2018, 6:14 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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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Es'hail 2

SpaceX | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Nov. 15, 2018, 8:46 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Es'hail 2 is a communications satellite operated by a Quatar based company. The satellite will operate at 26 degrees East longitude along a geostationary orbit to provide direct-to-home television services in the Middle East and North Africa region.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit #EsHail2 B1047 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
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LVM-3 | GSAT-29

Indian Space Research Organization | India
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Nov. 14, 2018, 11:38 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

GSAT-29 is a geostationary communications satellite developed by ISRO. GSAT-29 carries Ka x Ku multi-beam and optical communication payloads.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Electron | It's Business Time (Rideshare)

Rocket Lab | United States of America
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Nov. 11, 2018, 3:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Electron's first commercial launch will feature two Lemur-2 cubesats for Spire Global, a single cubesat for GeoOptics, a NABEO drag sail demonstrator for High Performance Space Structure Systems, an IRVINE01 cubesat from the Irvine CubeSat STEM Program, and two Proxima cubesats from Fleet Space Technologies.

Low Earth Orbit #ItsBusinessTime
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Soyuz STB/Fregat-MT | MetOp-C

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Nov. 7, 2018, 12:47 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

MetOp is a series of three polar orbiting meteorological satellites developed by the European Space Agency (ESA).

Sun-Synchronous Orbit #MetOpC
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Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Glonass-M No. 57 (Kosmos 2529)

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 3, 2018, 8:17 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Glonass-M, also known as Uragan-M, are the second generation of Uragan satellite design used for GLONASS satellite navigation system. GLONASS is a Russian space-based navigation system comparable to the similar GPS and Galileo systems. This generation improves on accuracy, power consumption and design life. Each satellite weighs 1415 kg, is equipped with 12 L-band antennas, and has an operational lifetime of 7 years.

Medium Earth Orbit
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