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The launch of this mission was originally planned with Roscosmos' Angara 1.2 rocket, but the South Korean Ministry of Science cancelled this contract due to sanctions against Russia and signed a launch contract with Arianespace. 2025 (TBD) [241] Vega-C: Kourou ELV: Arianespace: TBA: TBA: Low Earth TBA SSMS #6 rideshare mission.
For the purposes of this section, the yearly tally of orbital launches by country assigns each flight to the country of origin of the rocket, not to the launch services provider or the spaceport. For example, Electron rockets launched from the Māhia Peninsula in New Zealand are counted under the United States because Electron is an American ...
Launch failure Seventh Starship orbital test flight. Flight 7 featured the first flight of a Starship Block 2 Ship. The booster returned to the launch site and was captured by the tower, but the ship was lost on ascent. 17 January 04:07 [3] [35] Long March 2D: 2D-Y101 Jiuquan SLS-2 CASC: PRSC-EO1 (Kaukab EO-1) SUPARCO: Low Earth Earth ...
LauncherOne attempted its first launch on May 25, 2020; the launch was a failure. The first successful launch (second launch in total) took place on January 17, 2021. After the Virgin Orbit parent company declared bankruptcy in April 2023, this 747 was purchased on May 25, 2023 by Stratolaunch where the aircraft is undergoing modifications for ...
Maiden flight of Taiwan's first orbital launch vehicle, Siraya (西拉雅). [28] 2030 (TBD) [30] Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat: Vostochny Site 1S: Roscosmos: RBKA №2 Roscosmos / Belarus: Low Earth: Earth observation RBKA will follow in the footsteps of BKA (Belarusian Satellite) launched along with Kanopus-V 1 and several other satellites in July 2012 ...
Landsat 9 is an Earth observation satellite launched on 27 September 2021 from Space Launch Complex-3E at Vandenberg Space Force Base on an Atlas V 401 launch vehicle. [12] NASA is in charge of building, launching, and testing the satellite, while the United States Geological Survey (USGS) operates the satellite, and manages and distributes the data archive. [13]
First launch of the Qianfan (Thousand Sails) broadband megaconstellation, formerly known as G60 Starlink constellation. Chinese state media reported that the launch was a complete success, however, like previous Long March 6A flights, mission ended with hundreds of pieces of trackable debris. [51] 10 August 12:50 [53] Falcon 9 Block 5: Starlink ...
Configurations of the Space Launch System – Block 1 with the ICPS, Block 1B with the EUS, and Block 2 with upgraded boosters and larger payload fairing. As of January 2023 [update] , the Space Launch System (SLS) – a Shuttle-derived , super heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle – has conducted one successful launch, and a further four have ...