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Ceres-1S | Unknown Payload
Galactic Energy | ChinaSea Launch
Dec. 19, 2024, 10:20 a.m.
Electron | Owl The Way Up (StriX Launch 6)
Rocket Lab | United States of AmericaRocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Dec. 19, 2024, 2 p.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 2 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)
SpaceX | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
December 20, 2024
Status: To Be Confirmed
Mission:
Dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers. Payloads include the South Korean government's 425 Project Flight 3.
Low Earth Orbit Unknown F9 - Maiden Flight Landing Zone 4
Long March 3B/E | Unknown Payload
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 20, 2024, 3:10 p.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | 4x Astranis MicroGEO
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
December 21, 2024
Long March 8 | G60 Group TBD
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaWenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
December 23, 2024
Status: To Be Confirmed
Mission:
Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology (SSST) with funding backed by the Shanghai local government. Initial constellation will consist of 1296 satellites by 2027 with long term plans to expand it to 12000 satellites. First launch from the Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site's LC-1.
Polar Orbit
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-2
SpaceX | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
December 23, 2024
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-3
SpaceX | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
December 24, 2024
Soyuz 2.1b | Resurs-P No.5
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 25, 2024, 7:45 a.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Thuraya 4-NGS
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
December 27, 2024
Status: To Be Confirmed
Mission:
Thuraya 4-NGS is a communication satellite being built by Airbus Defense and Space for the UAE based Yahsat. Based on the all-electric Airbus Eurostar-Neo Platform, Thuraya 4-NGS will incorporate a large 12-meter L-band antenna and a payload with on-board processing providing advanced routing flexibility of up to 3200 channels with dynamic power allocation over a large number of spot beams.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit Unknown F9 - Maiden Flight UnknownKAIROS
Flight 2
Space One Launch Pad - Spaceport Kii, JapanSecond flight of the KAIROS launch vehicle. 5 satellites for testing various technologies will be on board: * TATARA-1 * PARUS-T1A * SC-Sat1…
Falcon 9
O3b mPower 7 & 8
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USASeventh and eighth of a constellation of eleven high-throughput communications satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) built by Boeing and operated by…
Falcon 9
NROL-149
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USASixth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to…
Falcon 9
GPS III SV07 (RRT-1)
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAGPS-III (Global Positioning System) is the first evolution stage of the third generation of the GPS satellites. It consists of the first ten (known a…
Long March 2D
PIESAT-2 09-12
Launch Complex 9 - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China4 X-band synthetic-aperture radar Earth observation satellites for the Chinese Earth observation satellite company PIESAT.
Long March 5B/YZ-2
SatNet LEO Group 01
101 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of ChinaA batch of 10 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group…
Electron
Stonehenge
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C) - Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USASub-orbital launch of the Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program for a confidential customer.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 11-2
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Long March 2D/YZ-3
High Speed Laser Diamond Constellation Test System
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China5 prototype satellites for Low Earth Orbit communications satellite constellation testing, in 3 different orbits.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 12-5
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
