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Long March 4B | Tianhui-2-02
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaTaiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Aug. 18, 2021, 10:32 p.m.
Vega | Pléiades Neo 4
Avio S.p.A | ItalyGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Aug. 17, 2021, 1:47 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Pléiades Neo is a constellation of four optical high-resolution Earth observation satellites built and operated by Airbus. It is a dual purpose constellation, serving both civilian and military purposes. Pléiades Neo 4 is the second satellite in the constellation which is to deliver imagery with spatial resolution of 30 cm. It is launched along with several rideshare payloads.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
GSLV Mk II | EOS-03 (GISAT-1)
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Aug. 12, 2021, 12:13 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:
GISAT-1 is an Indian earth observation satellite to be launched in geostationary orbit. It is tasked with continuous observation of Indian sub-continent and quick monitoring of natural hazards and disaster. GISAT carries an imaging payload consisting of of multi-spectral, multi-resolution from 50 m to 1.5 km. It will provide pictures of the area of interest on near real time basis including border areas.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Antares 230+ | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-16 (S.S. Ellison Onizuka)
Northrop Grumman Space Systems | United States of AmericaWallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Aug. 10, 2021, 10:01 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
This is the 16th planned flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 15th flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. This Cygnus spacecraft is named after American astronaut Ellison Onizuka who died in the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
Low Earth Orbit
Long March 3B | Zhongxing 2E (Chinasat 2E)
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Aug. 5, 2021, 4:30 p.m.
Long March 6 | KL-Beta
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaTaiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Aug. 4, 2021, 11:01 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The KL-Beta A and B, satellites are test satellites for a global multimedia satellite system for the German company KLEO Connect and the Chinese company Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology. The satellites were built by CAS Microspace and feature a Ka-band communications payload. The prototype system also includes another satellite “GMS-T” built by OHB System of Germany.
Polar Orbit
Hyperbola-1 | Jilin-1 Mofang-01A (?)
iSpace | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Aug. 3, 2021, 7:39 a.m.
MOMO | Flight 6
Interstellar Technologies | JapanHokkaido Spaceport, Japan
July 31, 2021, 8 a.m.
Ariane 5 ECA+ | Star One D2 & Eutelsat Quantum
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
July 30, 2021, 9 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Star One D2 is a 6.2 tons satellite built by Space Systems Loral for operator Star One, subsidiary of Brazilian Embratel. Its architecture is based on a SSL-1300 platform and equipped with C, X, Ku and Ka-band transceivers. It will provide communications services to Latin America for at least 15 years. Eutelsat Quantum is an experimental communications satellite carrying a payload able to be reconfigured by software. It is developed by ESA, Eutelsat and Airbus Defence and Space.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit VA254
Electron | It’s a Little Chile Up Here (STP-27RM)
Rocket Lab | United States of AmericaRocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
July 29, 2021, 6 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
A U.S. Air Force experimental spacecraft. It will demonstrate the use of a deployable sensor, where the sensor’s mass is a substantial fraction of the total mass of the spacecraft and provide a platform to test future space protection capabilities.
Low Earth Orbit
