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H3-22 | VEP 4, CE-SAT-1E & TIRSAT
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | JapanTanegashima Space Center, Japan
Feb. 17, 2024, 12:22 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
New test flight of the H3 ordered following the failure of the inaugural launch of H3 in March 2023 with ALOS-3. Main payload is VEP 4 (Vehicle Evaluation Payload 4), a 2.6 tonnes mass simulator payload that will be carried on the 2nd test flight of the H3 rocket, instead of the ALOS-4 Earth observation satellite as originally planned. It will be deployed after the 2nd de-orbit burn is completed to test the payload separation mechanism. 2 hitchhiking secondary payloads have been selected in June 2023: * CE-SAT-1E - 70 kilograms class optical Earth observation satellite from Canon Electronics Inc., similar to the previously launched CE-SAT-1. * TIRSAT - 3U cubesat by Japan Space Systems and other institutes to test an infrared sensor for Earth surface observation purposes.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-14
SpaceX | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 15, 2024, 9:34 p.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Nova-C IM-1
SpaceX | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Feb. 15, 2024, 6:05 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
This is the first flight of Nova-C lander which was developed by Intuitive Machines. This mission is a part of CLPS program and carries various NASA payloads in support of Artemis lunar program, as well as multiple commercial payloads.
Lunar Orbit B1060 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 1
Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-26 (87P)
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 15, 2024, 3:25 a.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-124
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 14, 2024, 10:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
2 satellites, one by L3Harris and the other by Northrop Grumman, will be launched as the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) mission for the US Missile Defense Agency. These satellites have improved sensitivity to detect and track hypersonic missiles with fainter signatures. 4 SDA Tranche 0 Tracking Layer missile warning satellites by L3Harris will also be on board.
Low Earth Orbit B1078 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 2Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-13
SpaceX | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 10, 2024, 12:34 a.m.
Soyuz 2.1v | Kosmos 2575
Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 9, 2024, 7:03 a.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem)
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 8, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) is a NASA Earth observation satellite mission. It will make global ocean color measurements to provide extended data records on ocean ecology and global biogeochemistry (e.g., carbon cycle) along with polarimetry measurements to provide extended data records on clouds and aerosols.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit B1081 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 1
Smart Dragon 3 | 9 satellites
China Rocket Co. Ltd. | ChinaSea Launch
Feb. 3, 2024, 3:06 a.m.
Long March 2C | Geely Constellation Group 02
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Feb. 2, 2024, 11:37 p.m.
