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GSLV Mk II | IRNSS-1J (NVS-01)
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
May 29, 2023, 5:12 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
This is a replacement satellite for the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System. The constellation will provide India with an alternative to GPS and will be used for military and civilian use. Located at a geosynchronous orbit, the system will be operated by the Indian government.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Falcon 9 Block 5 | BADR-8
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 27, 2023, 4:30 a.m.
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | Kondor-FKA No.1
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaVostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
May 26, 2023, 9:14 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Kondor-FKA is a small civilian radar Earth observation satellite designed by NPO Mashinostroyeniya as a civilian counterpart to the Kondor-E satellite. The Kondor satellite features a S-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR), which can conduct both continous swath surweys or detailed spot surveys. The swath width is 10 km. Ground resolution is 1 to 2 m in spotlight mode, 1 to 3 m in stripmap mode and 5 to 30 m in ScanSAR mode.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Electron | Coming To A Storm Near You (TROPICS-3)
Rocket Lab | United States of AmericaRocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
May 26, 2023, 3:46 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Last two operational (TROPICS-06 & TROPICS-07) satellites for NASA's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats (TROPICS) mission. The CubeSats are designed to provide rapid-refresh microwave measurements that can be used to determine temperature, pressure, and humidity inside hurricanes as they form and evolve.
Low Earth Orbit 37 - Maiden Flight South Pacific
SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity 25
Virgin Galactic | United States of AmericaAir launch to Suborbital flight
May 25, 2023, 4:23 p.m.
Nuri | NEXTSat-2 & SNIPE
Korea Aerospace Research Institute | South KoreaNaro Space Center, South Korea
May 25, 2023, 9:24 a.m.
Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-23 (84P)
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 24, 2023, 12:56 p.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Axiom Space Mission 2
SpaceX | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
May 21, 2023, 9:37 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
This is a Crew Dragon flight for a private company Axiom Space. The mission will carry a professionally trained commander alongside three private astronauts to and from the International Space Station. This crew will stay aboard space station for at least eight days.
Low Earth Orbit B1080 - Maiden Flight Landing Zone 1
Long March 2C | MUST-1A/B & Luojia-2 01
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
May 21, 2023, 8 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Macau Science Satellite-1 (MUST-1A/B) are 2 magnetosphere research satellites from the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) aiming to study the different layers of the Earth’s magnetosphere system, particularly in the South Atlantic Anomaly by studying the origin and evolution of the geomagnetic field and the geomagnetic inversion mechanism, and draw a high-precision and high-resolution lithospheric geomagnetic map. Luojia-2 01 is a 0.5 m resolution Earth observation Synthetic-aperture radar satellite from Wuhan University.
Low Earth Orbit
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Iridium-9 & OneWeb 19
SpaceX | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 20, 2023, 1:16 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
5 spare satellites for the Iridium NEXT constellation and 16 satellites for the OneWeb constellation (15 of current generation and 1 demonstration satellite for the next generation) on a share-ride.
Polar Orbit B1063 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
