Tag: USA

United Launch Alliance | Atlas V 551 | Project Kuiper (Atlas V #4)

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…
SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | 4x Astranis MicroGEO

Four Astranis MicroGEO communications satellite inserted in a custom geostationary orbit, from where they conduct on-orbit maneuvers to reach their individual slots.
SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Nusantara Lima

Nusantara Lima is an Indonesian geostationary communications satellite with a capacity of more than 160 Gbps.
United Launch Alliance | Atlas V 551 | USSF-51

Classified payload for the US Space Force.
SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Polaris Dawn

First mission of the privately funded Polaris program. The goal of this mission, lasting up to five days in orbit, is to fly higher than previous Dragon missions, perform the first-ever commercial EVA with SpaceX-designed spacesuits, orbit through portions of the Van Allen radiation belt, conduct medical research, and test laser-based Starlink communications in space.
United Launch Alliance | Vulcan VC4L | Dream Chaser CRS 2 Flight 1

First flight of the Dream Chaser Spaceplane to the ISS.
Rocket Lab | Electron | 6x HawkEye 360

HawkEye 360 is a a space-based civil global intelligence satellite network using radio frequency (RF) technology to help monitor transportation across air, land and sea and assist with emergencies, and to provide civil SIGINT (Signal Intelligence) mission. The constellation of small satellites (named Hawk ) will collect information on specific radio signals worldwide to…
SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | GSAT-20

GSAT-20 is an Indian geostationary Ka-band high-throughput communications satellite. GSAT 20 is reportedly built on the I-6K unified modular bus and features a Ka-band high-throughput communications payload with 70 Gbps throughput utilizing multiple spot beams providing broadband services across the Indian region. It will be the first fully Electric Propulsion/EP enabled satellite which…
United Launch Alliance | Atlas V 551 | Project Kuiper (Atlas V #3)

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…