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SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-31

31st commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Cargo Dragon 2 brings supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.
SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Astra 1P/SES-24

ASTRA 1P, a classic wide-beam satellite, will support SES’s prime TV neighbourhood and enable content owners, private and public broadcasters across Germany, France and Spain to continue broadcasting satellite TV channels in the highest-picture quality in the most cost-efficient manner. It will be based on the full electric and powerful Spacebus NEO platform developed by…
SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A

First of six missions launched by the Space Development Agency for the Tranche 1 Transport Layer.
SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | BlueBird Block 1

First five satellites for SpaceMobile’s cellphone-compatible broadband constellation.
SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Galileo L13 (FOC FM26 & FM28)

Two satellites for Europe’s Galileo navigation system. Originally planned for launch on Soyuz-ST and then Ariane 6 but both were unavailable. Galileo provides Europe with an alternative to the American GPS and Russian GLONASS constellations, but will be interoperable with both systems.
United Launch Alliance | Vulcan VC4L | Dream Chaser CRS 2 Flight 1

First flight of the Dream Chaser Spaceplane to the ISS.
SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Hera

Hera is a space mission in development at the European Space Agency in its Space Safety program. Its primary objective is to study the Didymos binary asteroid system that was impacted by DART and contribute to validation of the kinetic impact method to deviate a near-Earth asteroid in a colliding trajectory with Earth. It will…
SpaceX | Falcon Heavy | Europa Clipper

Europa Clipper is the first dedicated mission to study Jupiter’s moon Europa. Mission is developed by NASA and comprises of an orbiter spacecraft, which, while in orbit around Jupiter, will perform numerous flybys over Europa. Europa Clipper payload suit included high-resolution cameras and spectrometers for imaging Europa’s surface and thin atmosphere, an ice-penetrating radar to…
SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 12 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)

Dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.