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The rocket carried a total of 26 satellites, of which 20 remain currently undisclosed, setting a new record for Chinese launch vehicles. Despite the lack of an explicit acknowledgment, Chang Guang Satellite Technology 's claim to have launched 68 satellites in the first half of the year would leave a 21 satellites gap closely matching the ...
Features a calendar (and/or email notifications) generated for your location including information on aurora, comets, tides, solar and lunar eclipses, planets, bright satellite passes (ISS, HST, etc.), occultations, transits, Iridium flares, and decaying satellites that may be visible. [7] Retired, October 2020, then continued [8]
The penultimate Iridium NEXT launch occurred on July 25, 2018, launching another 10 Iridium NEXT satellites. [42] The final ten NEXT satellites launched on January 11, 2019. Of the six additional spare satellites five have been launched on 20 May 2023 while the last one, Iridium 101, is still on the ground.
This article lists orbital and suborbital launches planned for the second half of the year 2025, including launches planned for 2025 without a specific launch date. For all other spaceflight activities, see 2025 in spaceflight. For launches in the first half of 2025, see List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2025.
Date and time Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP; Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome Remarks 2034 (TBD) [58] Long March TBD Wenchang: CASC: Tianwen-5: CNSA: Heliocentric: Callisto Orbiter Q3 2034 [2] TBA: TBA: TBA: Sentinel-3 NG OPT A ESA: Low Earth Earth observation Sentinel-3 Next Generation Optical ...
[49] [50] On January 14, 2017, SpaceX launched 10 of the new Iridium satellites into orbit. [51] The second launch of Iridium NEXT satellites took place on June 25, 2017 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket out of Vandenberg Air Force Base. This was the second of eight scheduled launches. [52] The third launch of 10 NEXT satellites took place on October ...
SpaceX had to cut off the Iridium Next mission's live feed early, and it might be because its Tesla launch got a bit too much attention. The private space giant raised questions (and may have ...
This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the year 2026. NASA plans to launch the Artemis 2 mission on the Space Launch System , sending astronauts around the Moon on a ten-day lunar flyby.