CAS Space | Kinetica 2 | Qingzhou Spacecraft Demo Flight Rocket Launch
First test launch and mission of CAS Space’s Kinetica-2 rocket and Qingzhou cargo resupply spacecraft for future cargo transport to the Chinese Tiangong Space Station under a commercial contract from the CMSEO.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SLS Block 1 | Artemis II Rocket Launch
Artemis II is the first crewed mission as part of the Artemis program. Artemis II will send a crew of 4 – 3 Americans and 1 Canadian around the moon and return them back to Earth.
The mission will test the core systems of NASA’s Orion spacecraft including the critical life support system, among other systems which could not be tested during Artemis I due to the lack of crew onboard.
SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-58 Rocket Launch
A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation – SpaceX’s project for space-based Internet communication system.
Space Pioneer | Tianlong-3 | Demo Flight Rocket Launch
First test launch of Space Pioneer’s Tianlong-3 rocket. Reports indicate this launch may carry a batch of satellites for the SpaceSail/G60/Qianfan LEO communication satellites constellation.
RKK Energiya | Soyuz-5 | Demo Flight Rocket Launch
Demonstration Flight for Russia’s new Soyuz-5 launch vehicle, with a mass simulator on board. Details TBD.
United Launch Alliance | Atlas V 551 | Amazon Leo (LA-05) Rocket Launch
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.
SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-35 Rocket Launch
A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation – SpaceX’s project for space-based Internet communication system.
Northrop Grumman Space Systems | Minotaur IV | STP-S29A Rocket Launch
STP-S29A is a mission under the U.S. Department of Defense’s Space Test Program (STP) that will deliver technology demonstrations to orbit and contribute to future space system development, with this launch delivering up to 200 kg of STP cubesats to Low Earth Orbit.
The main payload will be STPSat-7, an ESPA class satellite based on the Aegis Aerospace M-1 satellite bus used on the STPSat-4 mission for hosting research and technology demonstration payloads for the Department of Defense (DoD). One of the payload is U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Lightsheet Anomaly Resolution and Debris Observation (LARADO) instrument, used to detect and characterize lethal non-trackable orbital debris with lasers in orbit.
