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Zhuque-2 | Flight 3
LandSpace | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 8, 2023, 11:39 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
First operational flight of LandSpace's Zhuque-2 rocket with 3 payloads: Tianyi-33 - 50 kg class satellite from TYSPACE & Hunan University of Science and Technology that tests various new technologies including a camera, new spacecraft thermal control, composite material for anti-radiation effects, high-output electric power supplies and payload control software using the Rust programming language; Honghu-1 & 2 - 50 kg class satellites for long term testing of Xenon & Krypton-based Hall-effect thrusters & Argon-based ion thrusters.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-8
SpaceX | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 8, 2023, 8:03 a.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-33
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 7, 2023, 5:07 a.m.
Smart Dragon 3 | SatNet test satellite
China Rocket Co. Ltd. | ChinaSea Launch
Dec. 5, 2023, 7:24 p.m.
Ceres-1 | Tianyan-16 & Starpool-01A
Galactic Energy | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 4, 2023, 11:33 p.m.
South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV (3 stage) | S-STEP
Agency for Defense Development | South KoreaSea Launch
Dec. 4, 2023, 5 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Note: Launch vehicle name is provisional. Prototype small synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite built by Hanhwa Aerospace on a planar satellite bus. First orbital test launch of the South Korean military small satellite launch vehicle after 2 sub-orbital tests of individual stages on 30 March and 30 December 2022. Does not include planned 2nd stage of the full LV.
Low Earth Orbit
Long March 2C | MisrSat-2
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 4, 2023, 4:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
MisrSat-2 is an Earth observation satellite for the Egyptian Space Agency built by China, with participation from Egyptian engineers and scientists offering opportunity to acquire on-the-project experience in satellite design and integration from China, using facilities available in Egypt. Also riding on this launch is Starpool-02A/B, multi-purpose communication, remote sensing and navigation enhancement satellites from Beijing based ELLIPSPACE.
Sun-Synchronous OrbitFalcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-31
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 3, 2023, 4 a.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | 425 Project Flight 1 & rideshare
SpaceX | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 1, 2023, 6:19 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Note: Name of payload is provisional. First launch of an ultimately 5 reconnaissance satellites for the South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), with 1 satellite featuring an electro-optical infrared (EO/IR) telescope. The other 4 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites are to be launched at a later date. They will be launched to low Earth orbit between 600 and 700 km by 2025, enabling South Korea’s military to observe the nuclear-armed neighbor’s key military facilities every two hours with 30-50 centimeters resolution imagery, according to a 2019 report produced by the Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning. The project is lead by the Korean Agency for Defense Development (ADD) and Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), with input from Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), Hanwha Systems and Thales Alenia Space. ESA's EIRSAT-1 is also onboard as a rideshare passenger. This 2U cubesat carries three experiments, including a novel gamma ray detector to study some of the most luminous explosions in the universe.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit B1061 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 4
Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-25 (86P)
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 1, 2023, 9:25 a.m.
