The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is the space agency of the Government of India headquartered in the city of Bangalore. Its vision is to "harness space technology for national development while pursuing space science research and planetary exploration."

Indian Space Research Organization

The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III is a three-stage medium-lift launch vehicle developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It is designed to launch satellites into geostationary orbit, and is intended as a launch vehicle for crewed missions under the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme.

GSLV Mk III

A batch of 36 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet broadband service for individual consumers. The constellation is planned to have around 648 microsatellites (of which 60 are spares), around 150 kg each, operating in Ku-band from low Earth orbit.

OneWeb 1B

Polar Orbit

GSLV Mk III | OneWeb 18

Sriharikota, Republic of India

Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Launch Successful

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-22

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-3

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Türksat 5B

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-4

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-25

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-34

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Hotbird 13G

Falcon 9 Block 5 | O3b mPower 1 & 2

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 5-2

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 5-5

A Shortfall of Gravitas

Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., better known as SpaceX is an American aerospace company providing cheap and reliable launch services as well as ferrying crew and cargo to and from the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew and Commercial Resupply Services program.

SpaceX

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

Merlin 1D

Merlin 1D Vacuum

Falcon 9 Block 5

A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Starlink Group 5-5

Low Earth Orbit

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Space Launch Complex 40

Rocket Lab is an American aerospace manufacturer with a wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary. The company develops lightweight, cost-effective commercial rocket launch services. The Electron Program was founded on the premise that small payloads such as CubeSats require dedicated small launch vehicles and flexibility not currently offered by traditional rocket systems. Its rocket, the Electron, is a light-weight rocket and is now operating commercially. Electron currently launches from only  Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand however they are currently looking into developing a facility in the US.

Rocket Lab Ltd

<p><span style="color: rgb(245, 245, 245)">Electron is a two-stage orbital expendable launch vehicle (with an optional third stage) developed by the American aerospace company Rocket Lab. Electron is a small-lift launch vehicle designed to launch small satellites and cubesats to sun-synchronous orbit and low earth orbit. The Electron is the first orbital class rocket to use electric-pump-fed engines, powered by the 9 Rutherford engines on the first stage.</span></p>

Rutherford

Rutherford Vacuum

Electron

Payload consists of 2 second generation Earth-imaging satellites for BlackSky.

They are part of a constellation of 60 Low Earth Orbit Earth imaging satellites adding capacity to the company’s real-time geospatial intelligence and monitoring capabilities.

The Beat Goes On

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Electron | The Beat Goes On

Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B

The Russian Space Forces are a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces, that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and protection for Russia. Having been reestablished following August 1, 2015 merger between the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces after a 2011 dissolving of the branch. The Russian Space Forces were originally formed on August 10, 1992 and the creation of the Russian Armed Forces.

Russian Space Forces

The Soyuz 2.1A converted the flight control system from analog to digital, which allowed launch from fixed platforms. It also allowed big fairings and payloads.

NPO Energomash "V.P. Glushko" is a major Russian rocket engine manufacturer, The company primarily develops and produces liquid propellant rocket engines.

NPO Energomash

RD-107A

RD-108A

Unknown

RD-0110

Progress Rocket Space Center

Soyuz 2.1a

Bars-M is the second incarnation of the Bars project, which was started in the mid 1990ies to develop a successor for the Komtea class of area surveillance satellites. The original Bars project was halted in the early 2000s. In 2007, TsSKB-Progress was contracted for Bars-M, for which reportedly the Yantar-based service module was replaced by a new developed advanced service module.

The Bars-M satellites feature an electro-optical camera system called Karat, which is developed and built by the Leningrad Optical Mechanical Association (LOMO), and a dual laser altimeter instrument to deliver topographic imagery, stereo images, altimeter data and high-resolution images with a ground resolution around 1 meter.

Bars-M No. 4

Soyuz 2.1a | Kosmos 2567 (Bars-M No. 4)

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

43/3 (43L)

Relativity Space

The Terran 1 is an expendable launch vehicle under development that will consist of two stages. The first stage will use 9 Aeon 1 engines, while the second stage will use a single Aeon 1 engine.

Aeon 1

Aeon 1 Vacuum

Terran 1

Maiden launch of the Terran 1 rocket developed by Relativity Space. If succesful this launch would be the first time a methane fuelled rocket has ever reached orbit. The fairing on this flight is replaced by a nosecone that doesn't separate.

Good Luck, Have Fun

Terran 1 | Good Luck, Have Fun (Maiden Flight)

Launch Complex 16

Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.

Launch Failure

ExPace is a Chinese space rocket company based in Wuhan, Hubei, China. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of missileer China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), a Chinese state-owned company, and serves as its commercial rocket division. ExPace is focused on small satellite launchers to low Earth orbit.

ExPace

Kuaizhou is a family of Chinese "quick-reaction" orbital launch vehicles. Flying since 2013, Kuaizhou 1 and 1A consist of three solid-fueled rocket stages, with a liquid-fueled fourth stage as part of the satellite system.

Kuaizhou-1A

Kuaizhou-1A | Tianmu-1 03-06

Jiuquan, People's Republic of China

Unknown Pad

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-24

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-23

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Hotbird 13F

Falcon 9 Block 5 | OneWeb 15

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 5-3

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SES-18 & SES-19

Just Read the Instructions

SES-18 & SES-19 are two communications satellites built by Northrop Grumman.

SES-18 & SES-19

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-87

Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-85

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SARah 1

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 3-2

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-29

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SWOT

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 2-6 & ION SCV009

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 2-8

Of Course I Still Love You

Starlink Group 2-8

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Space Launch Complex 4E

The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

The Long March 3B / E (G2) (CZ-3B / E) is one of the most successful medium-range launchers and the strongest variant of the CZ-3 series.
It was specially developed for the transport of heavy communications satellites into a geostationary transfer orbit.

The additional designation "E" stands for a higher payload fairing, stretched boosters and extended fuel tanks at the first stage, over the CZ-3B.

Academy of Aerospace liquid Propulsion Technology (AALPT) is a conglomerate of Chinese state-owned enterprises that develops liquid-propellant rocket engines and guidance systems for China's space launchers.

Academy of Aerospace Liquid Propulsion Technology

YF-25

YF-21C

YF-24E

YF-75 

Long March 3B/E

Geostationary communication satellite in the C- and Ku-bands for China SatCom, based on the DFH-4E satellite bus. Satellite will replace ChinaSat 6B launched in 2007.

ChinaSat 6E

Long March 3B/E | Gaofen 13-02

Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)

Payload consists of 2 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites for Capella Space.

These 100-kg class satellites will expand Capella’s existing SAR constellation, increasing imaging capacity to meet growing customer demand.

Stronger Together

Electron | Stronger Together

Wallops Island, Virginia, USA

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)

Long March 11

Long March 11 | Shiyan 19

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-15

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SES-22

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-26

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-35

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Hakuto-R M1 & Lunar Flashlight

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Amazonas Nexus

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-27

27th 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.

CRS-27

Soaking up Carbon Dioxide

A Helping Hand for Hearts

Student Innovation for Stable Images

Banishing Biofilms

Life in Space

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Launch Complex 39A

Cargo Dragon 2

Cargo Dragon C209

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center is a Moscow-based producer of spacecraft and space-launch systems, including the Proton and Rokot rockets and is currently developing the Angara rocket family. The Proton launch vehicle launches from Baikonur and Rokot launches from Baikonur and Plesetsk. Angara will launch from Plesetsk and Vostochny.

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Proton-M Briz-M

Secretive payload, reportedly known as Olymp-K or Luch, is a geostationary satellite built and launched for the Russian Ministry of defence and the Russian Intelligence agency FSB.

Olymp-K #2

Luch 5X

Proton-M Briz-M | Olymp-K #2 (Luch 5X)

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

200/39 (200L)

The Long March 4C, also known as the Chang Zheng 4C, CZ-4C and LM-4C, previously designated Long March 4B-II, is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. It is launched from the Jiuquan, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre and Xichangs, and consists of 3 stages. Long March 4C vehicles have been used to launch the Yaogan-1, Yaogan-3 SAR satellites and the Fengyun-3A polar orbiting meteorological satellite. On December 15, 2009 a Long March 4C was used to launch Yaogan 8.

YF-40A (vac)

Long March 4C

Long March 4C | Tianhui-6 A/B

Taiyuan, People's Republic of China

Launch Complex 9

Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV04

Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV05

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Inspiration4

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-5

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Axiom Space Mission 1

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-16

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Nilesat-301

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-25

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-27

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-36

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 5-1

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 5-4

Falcon 9 Block 5 | OneWeb 17

Landing Zone 1

Return to Launch Site

A batch of 48 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet broadband service for individual consumers. The constellation is planned to have around 648 microsatellites (of which 60 are spares), around 150 kg each, operating in Ku-band from low Earth orbit.

OneWeb 17

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group.

MHI's products include aerospace components, air conditioners, aircraft, automotive components, forklift trucks, hydraulic equipment, machine tools, missiles, power generation equipment, printing machines, ships and space launch vehicles. Through its defense-related activities, it is the world's 23rd-largest defense contractor measured by 2011 defense revenues and the largest based in Japan.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

The H3 Launch Vehicle is an expendable launch system in development in Japan.
Each H3 booster configuration has a two-digit and a letter designation that indicates the features of that configuration. The first digit represents the number of LE-9 engines on the main stage, either "2" or "3". The second digit indicates the number of SRB-3 solid rocket boosters attached to the base of the rocket, and can be "0", "2" or "4". All layouts of solid boosters are symmetrical. The letter in the end shows the length of the payload fairing, either short "S" or long "L". For example, an H3-24L has two engines, four solid rocket boosters, and a long fairing, whereas an H3-30S has three engines, no solid rocket boosters, and a short fairing.

IHI Corporation

H-II SRB-A3

LE-9

LE-5B-3

H3-22

Maiden flight of the H-III launch vehicle, carrying the Advanced Land Observing Satellite-3 (ALOS-3).

Previous Launches

ON THIS DAY (UTC)

1962

P-21A

NASA

SCOUT X-2

Launch Area 3, Wallops Island, Virginia, USA

1977

OVAL

SOVIET SPACE PROGRAM

KOSMOS-3M

132/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

1984

US-KS 2

SOVIET SPACE PROGRAM

PROTON-K/DM

200/40, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

2002

JCSAT 2A

ARIANESPACE

ARIANE 44L

Ariane Launch Area 2, Kourou, French Guiana

2005

EKSPRESS AM-2

KhSC

PROTON-K/DM-2M

200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

2016

BEIDOU NO. 22

CASC

LONG MARCH 3A

Launch Complex 3 ( LC-3 ) ( LA-1 ), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

2018

GSAT-6A

ISRO

GSLV MK II

Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad, Sriharikota, Republic of India

2018

VNIIEM EMKA

RUSSIAN SPACE FORCES

SOYUZ 2.1V

43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

2018

BEIDOU-3 M9 & M10

CASC

LONG MARCH 3B / YZ-1

Unknown Pad, Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

2022

DEMO FLIGHT

CASC

LONG MARCH 6A

Launch Complex 9A, Taiyuan, People's Republic of China

Mar 26

ONEWEB 18

ISRO

GSLV MK III

Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad, Sriharikota, Republic of India

Mar 24

STARLINK 5-5

SPACEX

FALCON 9 BLOCK 5

Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Mar 24

THE BEAT GOES ON

ROCKET LAB LTD

ELECTRON

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Mar 23

KOSMOS 2567

RUSSIAN SPACE FORCES

SOYUZ 2.1A

43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Mar 23

GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN

RELATIVITY SPACE

TERRAN 1

Launch Complex 16, Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Mar 22

TIANMU-1 03-06

EXPACE

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