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Dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.

Last Update: Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started

Success

13 Jan, 4:47pm

A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Last Update: Launch success.

Success

13 Jan, 3:00am

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Chinese commercial small satellites by Beijing-based company Future Navigation for providing GNSS augmentation signals services from LEO. They are part of a planned 160 satellites constellation.

Last Update: Launch success.

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Success

10 Jan, 7:11pm

A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Last Update: Launch Successful.

Success

10 Jan, 3:53am

Seventh 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.

Last Update: Launch success.

Success

8 Jan, 3:27pm

A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Last Update: Launch success.

Success

6 Jan, 8:43pm

A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Last Update: Launch success.

Success

6 Jan, 8:00pm

Technological demonstration mission for spacecraft refueling and satellite life extension services.

Last Update: Launch success.

Success

4 Jan, 1:27am

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.

Last Update: Launch success.

Success

31 Dec 2024, 5:39am

A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Last Update: Launch success.

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.

Last Update: NET December.

OSAM-2 is a mission to demonstrate the ability of small spacecraft to manufacture and assemble spacecraft components in low-Earth orbit. Once it’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.

Last Update: NET 2024.

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

Last Update: Reverting to TBD 2024, following the loss of the launch vehicle in a static fire anomaly.

Success

30 Dec 2024, 4:30pm

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.

Last Update: Launch success.

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

Last Update: All 4 satellites now in contact.

Success

29 Dec 2024, 1:58am

A batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Last Update: Launch success.

Failure

27 Dec 2024, 1:03am

Launched 11 satellites including AZSPACE's DEAR-3 prototype recoverable science experiment spacecraft and the French CASAA-Sat cubesat from the Marseille Astrophysics Laboratory.

Last Update: Launch failure confirmed.

Success

25 Dec 2024, 7:45am

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Resurs-P is a series of Russian commercial Earth observation satellites capable of acquiring high-resolution imagery (resolution up to 1.0 m).

Last Update: Launch success.

Success

23 Dec 2024, 5:35am

A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Last Update: Launch success.

Success

21 Dec 2024, 2:17pm

Synthetic aperture radar satellites for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.

Last Update: Launch success.

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.

Last Update: Launch success.

Success

20 Dec 2024, 3:12pm

Chinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known.

Last Update: Launch success.

Success

19 Dec 2024, 10:18am

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4 small satellites for LEO Internet of Things (IoT) communication purposes.

Last Update: Launch success.

Failure

18 Dec 2024, 2:00am

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

Last Update: Launch failure; Vehicle apparently lost attitude control around the time of 1st stage separation.