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Falcon 9 Block 5 | X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)
SpaceX | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Dec. 9, 2021, 6 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is a space observatory tasked with measuring the polarization of cosmic X-rays. This data will help to learn more about objects that emit these X-rays, such as black holes and neutron stars.
Low Earth Orbit B1061 - Flight Proven ( ) Just Read the Instructions
Electron | A Data With Destiny (BlackSky 14-15)
Rocket Lab | United States of AmericaRocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Dec. 9, 2021, 12:02 a.m.
Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-20
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 8, 2021, 7:38 a.m.
Atlas V 551 | STP-3
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 7, 2021, 10:19 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Rideshare mission with the STPSat-6 satellite and six secondary payloads for the US Air Force. STPSat-6 carries the NNSA's Space and Atmospheric Burst Reporting System-3 (SABRS-3) payload and NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) experiment.
Geostationary Orbit
Ceres-1 | Golden Bauhinia 1-03 & others
Galactic Energy | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 7, 2021, 4:12 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
This mission carried five commercial small satellites into orbit. These include: a remote sensing satellite Tianjin University-1, two remote sensing satellites for Golden Bauhinia 1 (also known as Jinzijing 1) constellation; and experimental satellites Lize-1 and Baoyun.
Low Earth Orbit
Soyuz STB/Fregat | Galileo L11 (FOC FM23-FM24)
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Dec. 5, 2021, 12:19 a.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-3
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 2, 2021, 11:12 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
A batch of 48 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system - as well as 2 BlackSky Earth observation satellites as rideshare payloads.
Low Earth Orbit B1060 - Flight Proven ( ) A Shortfall of Gravitas
Long March 3B | ChinaSat 1D
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Nov. 26, 2021, 4:40 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The FH 2 (Feng Huo 2) series are reportedly the second generation of chinese military comsats and data relay satellites. They provide both C-band and UHF communications. China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. manufactured the satellites based on the DFH-4 Bus. FH-2D is also known as Chinasat-1D.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | EKS 5 (Tundra 5) (Kosmos 2552)
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 25, 2021, 1:09 a.m.
Kuaizhou-1A | Shiyan 11
ExPace | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Nov. 24, 2021, 11:41 p.m.
