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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 5-5
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 24, 2023, 3:43 p.m.
Electron | The Beat Goes On (BlackSky 18-19)
Rocket Lab | United States of AmericaRocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
March 24, 2023, 9:14 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Payload consists of 2 second generation Earth-imaging satellites for BlackSky. They are part of a constellation of 60 Low Earth Orbit Earth imaging satellites adding capacity to the company’s real-time geospatial intelligence and monitoring capabilities.
Low Earth Orbit 35 - Maiden Flight South Pacific
Soyuz 2.1a | Kosmos 2567 (Bars-M No. 4)
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 23, 2023, 6:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Note: Payload identity uncertain. Bars-M is the second incarnation of the Bars project, which was started in the mid 1990ies to develop a successor for the Komtea class of area surveillance satellites. The original Bars project was halted in the early 2000s. In 2007, TsSKB-Progress was contracted for Bars-M, for which reportedly the Yantar-based service module was replaced by a new developed advanced service module. The Bars-M satellites feature an electro-optical camera system called Karat, which is developed and built by the Leningrad Optical Mechanical Association (LOMO), and a dual laser altimeter instrument to deliver topographic imagery, stereo images, altimeter data and high-resolution images with a ground resolution around 1 meter.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Terran 1 | Good Luck, Have Fun (Maiden Flight)
Relativity Space | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 23, 2023, 3:25 a.m.
Kuaizhou-1A | Tianmu-1 03-06
ExPace | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
March 22, 2023, 9:09 a.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SES-18 & SES-19
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 17, 2023, 11:38 p.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 2-8
SpaceX | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 17, 2023, 7:26 p.m.
Long March 3B/E | Gaofen 13-02
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
March 17, 2023, 8:33 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Gaofen is a series of civilian Earth observation satellites developed and launched for the China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS), a state-sponsored programme aimed to develop a near-real time, all-weather, global surveillance network consisting of satellite, near-space (stratosphere) airships, and aerial observation platforms. Gaofen 13 is a series of geostationary Earth orbit Earth observation satellites with resolution reported in the 15 m range.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Electron | Stronger Together (Capella 9-10)
Rocket Lab | United States of AmericaWallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
March 16, 2023, 10:38 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Payload consists of 2 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites for Capella Space. These 100-kg class satellites will expand Capella’s existing SAR constellation, increasing imaging capacity to meet growing customer demand.
Low Earth Orbit 34 - Maiden Flight Atlantic Ocean
Long March 11 | Shiyan 19
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
March 15, 2023, 11:41 a.m.
