Consisting of three solid-fueled stages and a liquid-fueled upper stage, the SSLV is a new Indian launch vehicle designed to carry small satellites into low Earth orbit. Delayed from September, October, and Nov. 3. Delayed from December 2018, 2nd Quarter 2019 and late 2019. The largest of the Delta 4 family, the Heavy version features three Common Booster Cores mounted together to form a triple-body rocket. The agency is also providing the ground systems supporting the science instruments operations and giving support for the international Ocean Surface Topography Science Team. **Delayed from October 15, 2019 and March 1, 2020** Launch Site: Cape … Delayed from September, December and January. The rocket will fly in a vehicle configuration with two solid rocket boosters and a dual-engine Centaur upper stage. Jilin-1 Gaofen-03-1. Copyright © 2020 AmericaSpace, LLC - All Rights Reserved. The STP-3 rideshare mission will launch the STPSat 6 satellite and several small satellites. The rocket will fly in the Soyuz-2.1a configuration. The launch customer is the U.S. Air Force, and the mission will launch an experimental mission for the Space Test Program called Monolith with a space weather instrument. The rideshare mission for BlackSky is being arranged by Spaceflight. Delayed from June and Aug. 26. The rocket will fly in the Soyuz-2.1b configuration with a Fregat upper stage. Built by Airbus Defense and Space with significant Turkish contributions, the Turkish 5A satellite will provide Ku-band television broadcast services over Turkey, the Middle East, Europe and Africa. Delayed from August and 1st Quarter of 2020. Delayed from Aug. 5, Oct. 30, Nov. 15 and Nov. 22. The mission is known as NG-15. The mission is expected to deploy two undisclosed payloads into geosynchronous orbit. [Aug. 28], Indian PSLV deploys 10 satellites in first launch since start of pandemic, Atlas 5 takes shelter from Tropical Depression Eta, Ten Satellogic Earth-imaging satellites successfully launched, Crew Dragon “Resilience” meets Falcon 9 rocket at Florida spaceport, SpaceX launches GPS navigation satellite from Cape Canaveral, Atlas 5 • CST-100 Starliner Orbital Flight Test 2, Ariane 5 • Star One D2 & Eutelsat Quantum, Atlas 5 • CST-100 Starliner Crew Flight Test. The CSO 2 satellite is the second of three new-generation high-resolution optical imaging satellites for the French military, replacing the Helios 2 spy satellite series. Delayed from Oct. 25. Delayed from December. “NET” stands for no earlier than. All Rights Reserved. Jilin 1-02C. [Oct. 6], A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the USSF 44 mission for the U.S. Air Force. The rocket will fly in a vehicle configuration with two solid rocket boosters and a dual-engine Centaur upper stage.
The largest of the Delta 4 family, the Heavy version features three Common Booster Cores mounted together to form a triple-body rocket. See what's happening at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Demo Flight. [, A Chinese Long March 5 rocket will launch the Chang’e 5 mission to return samples from the moon. “Researchers must account for these variations to ensure that their results are truly representative of the phenomena they’re looking at.”, Continuity is key to the dataset’s success, which is why each of the previous satellites all launched into the same orbits, and before the older one was decommissioned. The flight will be conducted under contract to NASA’s Venture Class Launch Services Program, carrying 14 CubeSats to orbit for NASA field centers, U.S. educational institutions and laboratories on the ELaNa-20 rideshare mission. NASA and ESA’s next Earth Observing science mission aims to better understand sea level rise and how it changes over time, as coastal communities around the world see more and more the affects of the Earth’s global climate warming. The flight is the 22nd mission by SpaceX conducted under a Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. [Jan. 13], A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft on its second operational flight with astronauts on-board to the International Space Station. 2 (GSLV Mk.2), designated GSLV-F10, will launch India’s first GEO Imaging Satellite, or GISAT 1. Come face-to-face with space during special events at Kennedy Space Center. Aborted on Sept. 30 at T-minus 7 seconds. Rocket Launch: November 14, 2020 7:49 PM ET | Commercial Crew SpaceX Falcon 9 Crew-1 Nov 14, 2020 07:49 PM Launch Complex 39A Witness the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station, marking the beginning of a new era of space exploration. Delayed from NET Nov. 11. NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker, and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi will launch on the Crew Dragon spacecraft. This will mark the inaugural flight of Europe’s new Vega C rocket, featuring a more powerful first stage motor, an enlarged second stage, an improved liquid-fueled upper stage, and a new payload fairing design. Delayed from August 2020 and September 2020. Being inclined to the equator will allow Sentinel-6 to cover 2/3 of the entire planet every 10 days. [, A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch 30 small satellites and payloads for a range of customers, including TriSept, Unseenlabs, Swarm Technologies, Te Pūnaha Ātea – Auckland Space Institute, and Gabe Newell, co-founder of global gaming software company Valve.