Galactic Energy

Ceres-1 | Unknown Payload

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center

Launch Area 95A

Ceres-1

SpaceX

Of Course I Still Love You

A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Space X Starlink Mission Patch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-2

Vandenberg SFB

Space Launch Complex 4E

Falcon 9 Block 5

GPS-IIIA (Global Positioning System) is the first evolution stage of the third generation of the GPS satellites. It consists of the first ten (known as "tranche") of GPS III satellites.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV10

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Space Launch Complex 40

Space One

Second flight of the KAIROS launch vehicle. 

5 satellites for testing various technologies will be on board:

* TATARA-1
* PARUS-T1A
* SC-Sat1
* ISHIKI

KAIROS | Flight 2

Space Port Kii, Japan

Space One Launch Pad

Kii-based Advanced & Instant ROcket System

CASC

Possibly CZ-2D launch with PIESAT-2 05-08; details TBD.

Long March 2D | Unknown Payload

Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center

Launch Complex 9

Long March 2D

A batch of Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.

The constellation will eventually consists of 13000 satellites.

Long March 5B/YZ-2 | SatNet LEO Group 01

Wenchang Space Launch Site

Long March 5B/YZ-2

Unknown

Seventh and eighth of a constellation of eleven high-throughput communications satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) built by Boeing and operated by SES.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | O3b mPower 7 & 8

Kennedy Space Center

Launch Complex 39A

Sixth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-149

Rocket Lab

Synthetic aperture radar satellites for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.

Owl the way up

Electron | Owl The Way Up (StriX Launch 6)

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1

Electron

Four Astranis MicroGEO communications satellite inserted in a custom geostationary orbit, from where they conduct on-orbit maneuvers to reach their individual slots.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | 4x Astranis MicroGEO

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.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Thuraya 4-NGS

ISRO

SPADEX (Space Docking Experiment) is an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) technology mission to demonstrate autonomous docking between 2 spacecraft in orbit.

The mission will involve two spacecraft (Chaser and Target) rendezvous and docking together, plus testing attitude control of the combined spacecraft under docked conditions. The Chaser and Target spacecraft will then be separated for operating other payload. The mission is critical to develop rendezvous and docking abilities for ISRO’s future human spaceflight and lunar sample return missions.

PSLV | SPADEX (Space Docking Experiment)

Satish Dhawan Space Centre

Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad

PSLV

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.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 2 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)

ABL Space Systems

This is the second launch of RS1 launch vehicle developed and built by ABL Space Systems. Payload onboard is TBD.

RS1 | Flight 2

Pacific Spaceport Complex - Alaska

Launch Pad 3C

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.

Long March 8 | G60 Group TBD

Commercial LC-1

Long March 8

Fourth batch of five satellites for the French Kinéis IoT constellation designed to operate with 25 nanosatellites of 30 kg each.

Kinéis Patch

Electron | Kinéis 16-20

Unknown Pad

Note: Name of payload is provisional.

Third launch of an ultimately 5 reconnaissance satellites for the South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), with 1 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite on this launch.

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.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | 425 Project Flight 3

The second inflight abort test of the Gaganyaan program.

Gaganyaan Abort Test Booster | TV-D2

Gaganyaan Abort Test Booster

Sub-orbital launch of the Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program for a confidential customer.

HASTE | Unknown Payload

Wallops Island

Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)

Arianespace

Vega-C | Ital-GovSatCom

Guiana Space Centre

Ariane Launch Area 1

Vega-C

Nusantara Lima is an Indonesian geostationary communications satellite with a capacity of more than 160 Gbps.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Nusantara Lima

Blue Origin

Jacklyn

Maiden flight of the New Glenn launch vehicle. Will carry the prototype Blue Ring payload tug and payload hoisting platform, consisting of communications array, power systems, and a flight computer affixed to a secondary payload adapter ring, remaining attached to the 2nd stage. This launch will serve as New Glenn's first National Security Space Launch certification flight.

New Glenn | Maiden Flight

Launch Complex 36A

New Glenn

Electron | BlackSky Gen-3 1

HASTE | Leidos-3

OSAM-2 is a mission to demonstrate the ability of small spacecraft to manufacture and assemble spacecraft components in low-Earth orbit. Once itâ€™s positioned in low-Earth orbit, the spacecraft will 3D-print two beams that extend 32 feet (10 meters) out from each side of the spacecraft. As manufacturing progresses, each beam will unfurl two solar arrays that generate as much as five times more power than traditional solar panels on spacecraft of similar size.

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