CAS Space

Share-ride of 5 satellites to sun-synchronous orbit:

* Taijing-3-05A/B
* Tianyi-50
* Tianyan-27
* Jilin-1 HR-03D-55

Kinetica 1 | 5 satellites

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center

Launch Area 130

Kinetica 1

SpaceX

Landing Zone 40

34th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.

Cargo Dragon 2 brings supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.

SpX-34

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-34

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Space Launch Complex 40

Cargo Dragon 2

Falcon 9 Block 5

Watch as the 34th SpaceX commercial resupply mission launches to the International Space Station. About 6,500 pounds of cargo are set to lift off at 6:05 p.m. EDT (2205 UTC) on May 15 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida atop a Falcon 9 rocket. Teams stood down from the previous launch opportunity on May 13 due to inclement weather.

In addition to cargo for the crew aboard the space station, Dragon will deliver several new experiments, instruments and science investigations. These include a bone scaffold made from wood that could produce new treatments for fragile bone conditions like osteoporosis, a new instrument to study charged particles around Earth that can impact power grids and satellites, and an investigation that could provide a fund...

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NASA's SpaceX 34th Commercial Resupply Services Launch

Official Webcast

CRS-34 Mission

Coverage of NASA’s SpaceX 34th Commercial Resupply Services Launch.

NASA’s SpaceX 34th Commercial Resupply Services Launch

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with a Cargo Dragon on a space station resupply mission for NASA. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for Friday, May 15, at 6:05 p.m. EDT (2205 UTC). The first-stage booster, which is making its sixth flight, will return to land at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at SpaceX's LZ-40, adjacent to the launch pad, less than eight minutes into flight.

The mission, designated CRS-34,  will carry cargo to the International Space Station for NASA. The Falcon 9 will head away from Florida's Space Coast on a north-easterly trajectory.

Commentary will be provided by Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith, starting approximately on hour prior to liftoff.

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Falcon to Starship - The Flame Trench

Of Course I Still Love You

A batch of 24 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 17-37

Vandenberg SFB

Space Launch Complex 4E

Starlink Mission

CASC

Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies 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.

Long March 8 | SpaceSail Polar Group TBD

Wenchang Space Launch Site

Commercial LC-1

Long March 8

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-42

Avio S.p.A

Joint mission between the European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences to investigate the interaction between Earth’s protective shield – the magnetosphere – and the supersonic solar wind.

Smile Patch

Vega-C | Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE)

Guiana Space Centre

Ariane Launch Area 1

Vega-C

Join us live on 9 April, as we broadcast the launch of the European-Chinese Smile mission.
 
Smile will head to space on a Vega-C rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.
 
This stream will include live launch footage from the launchpad and control room, as well as real-time interviews with people involved in the mission and its launch.
 
For the first time, Smile is going to reveal what really happens when charged particles from the Sun crash into Earth's magnetic shield.
 
It carries an X-ray camera to make the first X-ray observations of how exactly this shield responds to the solar wind, and an ultraviolet camera to watch the resulting northern lights for 45 hours at a time.
 
Find out more at esa.int/smile

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Gulf of Mexico

12th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. Maiden Flight of Starship V3.

The flight test’s primary goal will be to demonstrate each of these new pieces in the flight environment for the first time, with each element of the Starship architecture featuring significant redesigns to enable full and rapid reuse that incorporate learnings from years of development and test.

The Starship upper stage will target multiple in-space and reentry objectives, including the deployment of 22 Starlink simulators, similar in size to next-generation Starlink satellites. The last two satellites deployed will scan Starship’s heat shield and transmit imagery down to operators to test methods of analyzing Starship’s heat shield readiness for return to launch site on future missions. Several tiles on Starship have been painted white to simulate missing tiles and serve as imaging targets in the test. The Starlink simulators will be on the same suborbital trajectory as Starship. A relight of a single Raptor engine while in space is also planned.

For Starship entry, a single heat shield tile has been intentionally removed to measure the aerodynamic load differences on adjacent tiles when there is a tile missing. Finally, the ship will perform experimental actions tested on previous flight tests, including a maneuver to intentionally stress the structural limits of the vehicle’s rear flaps and a dynamic banking maneuver to mimic the trajectory that future missions returning to Starbase will fly.

Starship IFT patch

Starship | Flight 12

Starbase

Orbital Launch Pad 2

Starship V3

Agency for Defense Development

Note: Launch vehicle name is provisional.

First orbital full version 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, and 1 orbital test flight without the 2nd stage on 4 December 2023. Details TBD.

South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV | Demo Flight

Jeju Island

ADD Offshore launch platform

South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV

A Shortfall of Gravitas

The Globalstar global mobile communications network offers global, digital real time voice, data and fax services via its Low Earth Orbit satellite constellation. The constellation operates in a 1410 km orbit inclined at 52 degrees.

In early 2022, Globalstar contracted with MDA for the construction of 17 new 2nd generation refresh satellites to replenish the existing constellation. Rocket Lab is sub-contracted to build the satellites' buses and the launch dispensers.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Globalstar 2-R Mission 1 (x 9)

Globalstar 2-R Launch 1 Mission

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-31

Rocket Lab

Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.

Viva La Strix Patch

Electron | Viva La StriX (StriX Launch 9)

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1

Unknown Pad

Electron

Amazon Leo, formerly known as Project Kuiper, is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude.

29 satellites are carried on this launch.

Atlas V 551 | Amazon Leo (LA-07)

Space Launch Complex 41

Atlas V 551

Long March 7A | Unknown Payload

Long March 7A

ISRO

GISAT-1A (GEO Imaging Satellite) is an Indian earth observing satellite operating from geostationary orbit to facilitate continuous observation of Indian sub-continent, quick monitoring of natural hazards and disaster.

GSLV Mk II | GISAT-1A (EOS-05)

Satish Dhawan Space Centre

Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad

GSLV Mk. II

ROSCOSMOS

Note: Payload identities uncertain.

Batch of 16 Rassvet-3 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Russian Byuro-1440 (Bureau 1440) constellation for broadband high-speed internet access in Russia.

Soyuz 2.1b | 16 x Rassvet-3

Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Soyuz 2.1b

Isar Aerospace

Second test flight of the Isar Spectrum launch vehicle. This launch will carry 5 cubesats and 1 non-separable experiment as part of European Space Agency (ESA)'s “Boost!” program:

* CyBEEsat (TU Berlin)
* TriSat-S (University of Maribor)
* Platform 6 (EnduroSat)
* FramSat-1 (NTNU)
* SpaceTeamSat1 (TU Wien Space Team)
* Let It Go (Dcubed, non-separable experiment)

Onward and Upward Patch

Spectrum | Onward and Upward

Andøya Spaceport

Orbital Launch Pad

Spectrum

Mission Name: 'Onward and Upward'

Launch Date: Updates via https://isaraerospace.com/mission-updates-overview

Launch site: Andøya Space

The second flight of our ‘Spectrum’ launch vehicle marks a significant milestone serving as both the vehicle’s qualification mission and its first flight carrying payload.

"Onward and Upward" symbolizes our relentless drive for progress and continuous improvement, reflecting our determination to build upon the successes and lessons learned from our inaugural test flight.

The livestream is produced in collaboration with the @NASASpaceflight team.

More information on the Mission ‘Onward and Upward’ here: https://isaraerospace.com/mission-2

"Onward and Upward" Mission of Isar Aerospace

Mission Name: 'Onward and Upward'

Launch Date: Updates via https://isaraerospace.com/mission-updates-overview

Launch site: Andøya Space

The second flight of Isar's ‘Spectrum’ launch vehicle marks a significant milestone serving as both the vehicle’s qualification mission and its first flight carrying payload.

"Onward and Upward" symbolizes Isar's relentless drive for progress and continuous improvement, reflecting their determination to build upon the successes and lessons learned from our inaugural test flight.

NSF/NASASpaceflight LLC is providing live stream production services for Isar Aerospace's second flight of Spectrum.

More information on the Mission ‘Onward and Upward’ here: https://isaraerospace.com/mission-2

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Isar Aerospace Launches the "Onward and Upward" Mission

First test launch of CASC’s Long March 10B rocket.

Long March 10B | Demo Flight

Commercial LC-2

Long March 10B

Arianespace

Amazon Leo, formerly known as Project Kuiper, is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude.

35-40 satellites will be carried on each Ariane 6 launch.

Ariane 64 Block 2 | Amazon Leo (LE-03)

Ariane Launch Area 4

Ariane 64 Block 2

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Test flight of the H3-30 variant of the H3 launch vehicle with 3 LE-9 engines in the first stage and no SRBs. The flight will carry a dummy main payload (Vehicle Evaluation Payload 5, VEP-5) and several hitchhiking small satellites:

* PETREL

* STARS-X

* BRO-22

* VERTECS

* HORN-L/R

H3-30 | H3-30 Test Flight

Tanegashima Space Center

Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2

H3-30

LOXSAT 1 is a demonstration satellite of a complete cryogenic oxygen fluid management system in orbit, developed by Eta Space and sponsored by NASA's Tipping Point program.

The system will be integrated on a Rocket Lab Photon-LEO satellite bus and collect critical cryogenic fluid management data in orbit for 9 months, demonstrating capabilities of in-space cryogenic storage and transferal. Eta Space plans to use technology developed for this mission to develop a truly commercial depot intended to serve multiple customers in the future.

Electron | LOXSAT 1

Rocket Factory Augsburg

First flight of the RFA One launch vehicle. Will carry 7 satellites for various companies and organizations coordinated by the German Aerospace Center (DLR).

* AllBertEinStein
* ARTICA
* Curium Two
* ERMINAZ
* PCIOD
* Separation Ring Mission
* SpaceDREAM

RFA One | Maiden Flight

SaxaVord Spaceport

Launch Pad Fredo

RFA One

Tranche 1 Tracking Layer A is one of five missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer constellation, which will provide global indications, warning, tracking, and targeting of advanced missile threats, including hypersonic missile systems.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer A

Tranche 1 Tracking Layer E is one of five missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer constellation, which will provide global indications, warning, tracking, and targeting of advanced missile threats, including hypersonic missile systems.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer E

Tranche 1 Tracking Layer C is one of five missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer constellation, which will provide global indications, warning, tracking, and targeting of advanced missile threats, including hypersonic missile systems.

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