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Ariane 64 | Comet Interceptor
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
ESA's Comet Interceptor consists of three spacecraft which will be positioned at the Sun-Earth Lagrange point L2, where they will wait for a long-period comet or an interstellar object to come by. Once the desired target appears, the spacecraft will separate and perform a flyby of the target, compiling a detailed 3D profile of a comet.
Heliocentric N/AAriane 64 | Nyx ALADDIN
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
The Exploration Company's Nyx spacecraft, a reusable space vehicle designed to transport cargo to and from low Earth orbit, will fly its first demonstration mission for the European Space Agency (ESA) under the ALADDIN (Autonomous LEO Accelerated Demo Docking to ISS Node) initiative. The spacecraft will demonstrate European-based space station resupply capability by rendezvous and dock to the International Space Station (ISS), then undock and return to Earth.
Low Earth OrbitAriane 64 | IS-45
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
Intelsat 45 is a small geostationary communications satellite that will provide Ku-band fixed-satellite services enabling Intelsat to provide specialized and efficient service to Media and Network customers. IS-45 weighs about 1 metric ton at launch and is designed and built by SWISSto12, based on the company’s innovative HummingSat platform. HummingSats are just over one cubic meter in volume, one-tenth the size of conventional satellites placed in geostationary orbit. SWISSto12 is developing the satellites in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) through its public-private-partnership program, benefiting from unique and patented 3D printing technologies.
Geostationary Transfer OrbitAriane 64 | OneWeb L?
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
A batch of satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet broadband service for individual consumers. The constellation is planned to have around 648 microsatellites (of which 60 are spares), around 150 kg each, operating in Ku-band from low Earth orbit.
Polar OrbitAriane 64 | Koreasat 9
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
Koreasat 9 is a new geostationary telecommunications satellite designed and built by AscendArc to expand South Korea's KT SAT's capacity and support the growing demand for high-performance connectivity services. Once in its operational position in geostationary orbit, the satellite will provide hundreds of Gbps of Ka-band capacity, extending affordable broadband connectivity to underserved communities across the Asia-Pacific region.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Ariane 6 | COMSATBw 1B (SATCOMBw Stufe 3-1)
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
First of two satellites of Germany's next generation of secure military satellite system. For the Bundeswehr, Airbus is the prime contractor for the design, integration, test and in orbit delivery of two new military GEO telecommunications satellites which are the successor communications satellites to COMSATBw 1 and 2.
Geostationary Transfer OrbitAriane 64 | GO-1
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Ariane 6 | COMSATBw 2B (SATCOMBw Stufe 3-2)
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
Second of two satellites of Germany's next generation of secure military satellite system. For the Bundeswehr, Airbus is the prime contractor for the design, integration, test and in orbit delivery of two new military GEO telecommunications satellites which are the successor communications satellites to COMSATBw 1 and 2.
Geostationary Transfer OrbitAriane 6 | Galileo L17 (2 x Galileo Second Generation)
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Ariane 6 | Galileo L18 (2 x Galileo Second Generation)
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Long March 2D
CAS Pathfinder-1
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThe Chinese Academy of Science (CAS)' Pathfinder-1 satellites is built for in-orbit validation of critical technologies for the upcoming main mission…
Long March 12
SatNet LEO Group 29
Commercial LC-2 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of ChinaA batch of 9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.…
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
Glonass-K1? (Kosmos 2621?)
43/3 (43L) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationNote: Payload identity uncertain. Glonass-K are the third generation of satellite design for GLONASS satellite navigation system. GLONASS is a Rus…
Falcon 9
USSF-432
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA classified mission for the United States Space Force. It is possibly a batch of classified LEO satellites based on SpaceX’s Starshield satellite bu…
Ceres-2
4 satellites
Launch Area 95A - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaShare-ride of 4 commercial Earth observation and technology demonstration satellites to SSO, details TBD.
Long March 2C
Yaogan 51-07 to 09
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China3 Chinese military “remote sensing” satellite of unknown purposes.
Kinetica 2
SpaceSail Polar Group #17
Launch Area 140 - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China18 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies with…
Electron
The Sea God Surveys (iQPS Launch 9)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandSynthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 15-18
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
GSLV Mk II
IRNSS-1L (NVS-03)
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad - Satish Dhawan Space Centre, IndiaThis is a replacement satellite for the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System. The constellation will provide India with an alternative to GPS …
