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Zhuque-3 | Honghu-03

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Communications

Note: Second test launch of LandSpace’s ZQ-3 rocket and first ever successful orbital launch vehicle booster recovery by a Chinese private launch service provider. Prototype LEO communication satellite for LandSpace's subsidiary Hongqing Technology.

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Upcoming Launches


Aug 24, 2026

Long March 5 | Chang'e 7

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Lunar Orbit Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

Chang'e 7/CE-7 is scheduled to launch in 2026, including an orbiter, a lander, a mini-hopping probe, and a rover. The mission will land in the South Pole regions of the Moon to study lunar surface environment around the South Pole, especially in looking for water ice in lunar soil.
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Aug 25, 2026

Long March 6C | Unknown Payload

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Unknown Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Details TBD.
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Upcoming Events


EVA
August 18, 2026

US EVA-97

International Space Station

NASA astronaut Anil Menon and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot will replace a Space-to-Ground antenna, a critical communication system NASA uses to transmit data and high‑speed communication between the Mission Control Center in Houston and the space station, on the orbital complex.

EVA
August 25, 2026

US EVA-98

International Space Station

NASA astronaut Anil Menon and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot will install a Space-to-Ground antenna on the orbital complex. The antenna is a critical communication system NASA uses to transmit data and high‑speed communication between the Mission Control Center in Houston and the space station. The astronauts also will replace a …

Flyby
September 30, 2026

Juice Earth Flyby

Earth

Third flyby of ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission on its way to the Jovian system.

Orbital Insertion
November 30, 2026

BepiColombo Mercury Orbit Insertion

Mercury

Orbital insertion around Mercury of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission.


Long March 2C
Success
4 days, 18 hours ago
Satellite for Earth Observation (SEO)
Launch Complex 9 - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Satellite for Earth Observation (SEO) is an Earth observation satellite project of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by the National Space Science and T…


Long March 12
Success
5 days, 17 hours ago
SatNet LEO Group 24
Commercial LC-2 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

A batch of 9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.…


Falcon 9
Success
5 days, 19 hours ago
USSF-366
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

USSF-366 is a classified mission for the United States Space Force. It is possibly a batch of classified LEO satellites for a US government entity ba…


Falcon 9
Success
5 days, 20 hours ago
Globalstar 2-R Mission 1 (x 8)
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

The Globalstar global mobile communications network offers global, digital real time voice, data and fax services via its Low Earth Orbit satellite c…


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 2 days ago
Starlink Group 17-49
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 3 days ago
Starlink Group 10-19
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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


H3-22
Success
1 week, 4 days ago
Michibiki 7 (QZS-7)
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 - Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

QZSS (Quasi Zenith Satellite System) is a Japanese satellite navigation system operating from inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits to achieve o…


Long March 7A
Failure
1 week, 4 days ago
ChinaSat 4B
201 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

Chinese communication geostationary satellite for unknown purposes.


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 6 days ago
Starlink Group 17-38
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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


Electron
Success
2 weeks, 1 day ago
The Grain Goddess Provides (iQPS Launch 7)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.


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