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Long March 3B | Shijian-13/Chinasat-16
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
April 12, 2017, 11:04 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
This is a Chinese experimental geostationary communications satellite. Besides testing the electric propulsion, the satellite is also reported to carry Chinas first high-throughput satellite payload (HTS), with a capacity of 20 GB per second. The satellite is aiming to provide Ka-band satellite broadband and multimedia services. Additionally it is also to conduct space-to-ground laser communications experiments.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Falcon 9 Full Thrust | SES-10
SpaceX | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
March 30, 2017, 10:27 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
SES-10 is a 5300 kg geostationary communications satellite, which will replace AMC 2 and AMC 3 satellites. It will provide coverage over Mexico, Central and South Americas, and the Caribbean. The SES-10 mission will mark a historic milestone on the road to full and rapid reusability as the world’s first reflight of an orbital class rocket. Falcon 9’s first stage for the SES-10 mission previously supported the successful CRS-8 mission in April 2016.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit B1021 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
Delta IV M+(5,4) | WGS-9 (USA-275)
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 19, 2017, 12:18 a.m.
H-IIA 202 | IGS Radar 5
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | JapanTanegashima Space Center, Japan
March 17, 2017, 1:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
IGS Radar is a family of Japanese radar reconnaissance satellites that serve both Japan's national defense and civil natural disaster monitoring. IGS Radar 5 is the fifth generation of satellites. Equipped with synthetic aperture radar, it is able to image targets even in darkness and bad weather.
Sun-Synchronous OrbitFalcon 9 Full Thrust | Echostar 23
SpaceX | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
March 16, 2017, 6 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Echostar 23 is a geostationary communications satellite, which will provide direct-to-home television broadcast services over Brazil. Being a flexible Ku-band satellite, it is capable of providing service from any of eight different orbital slots.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit B1030 - Maiden Flight Atlantic Ocean
Vega | Sentinel-2B
Avio S.p.A | ItalyGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
March 7, 2017, 1:49 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Sentinel-2 is the second mission for Europe’s Copernicus environment monitoring programme. It's a satellite constellation of two identical spacecrafts, Sentinel-2A and -2B. Both carry an innovative wide swath high-resolution multispectral imager with 13 spectral bands for a new perspective of our land and vegetation.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Kaituozhe-2 | Tiankun-1
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
March 2, 2017, 11:53 p.m.
Atlas V 401 | NROL-79
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 1, 2017, 5:49 p.m.
SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity GF03
Virgin Galactic | United States of AmericaAir launch to Suborbital flight
Feb. 24, 2017, noon
Soyuz-U | Progress MS-05 (66P)
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 22, 2017, 5:58 a.m.
