BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//chikkutakku.com//RDFCal 1.0//EN X-WR-CALDESC:GoogleカレンダーやiCalendar形式情報を共有シェ アしましょう。近所のイベントから全国のイベントま で今日のイベント検索やスケジュールを決めるならち っくたっく X-WR-CALNAME:ちっくたっく X-WR-TIMEZONE:UTC BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Falcon 9 B5 • Starlink 10576–10603 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251207T175800Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251207T175800Z UID:336303853784 DESCRIPTION:A SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket will launch a batch of 28 Sta rlink v2 Mini Optimized satellites into low Earth orbit. This flight is in ternally known as Starlink Group 11-15 and the booster is designated as B1 088.12 for this mission\, flying with a reused fairing.\n-\nStarlink v2 Mi ni Optimized satellites are built by SpaceX and have a reported launch mas s of 575kg. The mass-produced spacecraft carry a communications payload us ing the Ku and Ka frequency bands\, plus E-band for backhaul\, which will allow Starlink to provide ~4x more capacity per satellite than earlier ite rations. They also employ optical inter-satellite links\, phased array bea m forming and digital processing technologies. On the v2 sats the Krypton thrusters are replaced with new and more powerful Argon Hall thrusters. Th e Optimized chassis features upgrades\, such as a new backhaul antenna wit h a SpaceX-designed and built dual-band chip and improved avionics\, propu lsion and power systems. Starlink sats are able to track on-orbit debris a nd capable of autonomous collision avoidance. All satellites will be equip ped with anti-reflective coatings.\nThe updated Starlink network architect ure has 1584 satellites at 550km altitude and an inclination of 53 degrees \, 1584 satellites at 540km and an inclination of 53.2 degrees\, 720 satel lites at 570km and an inclination of 70 degrees\, and 520 satellites at 56 0km and an inclination of 97.6 degrees. The initial FCC application covere d 4408 Starlink satellites. Eventually SpaceX will launch and operate a fo llow-on network of 7518 additional Starlink satellites transmitting in V-b and frequencies. In the final deployment stage an additional 30000 Starlin k satellites might get orbited.\n-\nDelayed from Nov. 22 and Dec. 5.\n\nWe bcast: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1ZkKzZdoeddKv\nhttps://www.spacex.com/l aunches/sl-11-15\nhttps://youtu.be/bjMWs_W_WKM\nhttps://spaceflightnow.com /2025/12/07/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-28-starlink-satellites-on-falco n-9-rocket-from-vandenberg-sfb-6/\nhttps://www.youtube.com/live/heuGPaydIP Q\nhttps://www.youtube.com/live/5h-_lj_pdlw\nhttps://www.youtube.com/live/ KAzshN6XgTo\nhttps://x.com/i/broadcasts/1yoKMPVrPaWxQ LOCATION:Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4\, Lompoc\, Kalifornien 9343 6\, Vereinigte Staaten END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Falcon 9 B5 • Starlink 10604–10632 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251207T214000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251207T214000Z UID:141272331637 DESCRIPTION:A SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket will launch a batch of 29 Sta rlink v2 Mini Optimized satellites into low Earth orbit. This flight is in ternally known as Starlink Group 6-92 and the booster is designated as B10 67.32 for this mission\, flying with a reused fairing.\n\nLive pad view: https://www.youtube.com/live/thfYPsRqxmw\n-\nStarlink v2 Mini Optimized sa tellites are built by SpaceX and have a reported launch mass of 575kg. The mass-produced spacecraft carry a communications payload using the Ku and Ka frequency bands\, plus E-band for backhaul\, which will allow Starlink to provide ~4x more capacity per satellite than earlier iterations. They a lso employ optical inter-satellite links\, phased array beam forming and d igital processing technologies. On the v2 sats the Krypton thrusters are r eplaced with new and more powerful Argon Hall thrusters. The Optimized cha ssis features upgrades\, such as a new backhaul antenna with a SpaceX-desi gned and built dual-band chip and improved avionics\, propulsion and power systems. Starlink sats are able to track on-orbit debris and capable of a utonomous collision avoidance. All satellites will be equipped with anti-r eflective coatings.\nThe updated Starlink network architecture has 1584 sa tellites at 550km altitude and an inclination of 53 degrees\, 1584 satelli tes at 540km and an inclination of 53.2 degrees\, 720 satellites at 570km and an inclination of 70 degrees\, and 520 satellites at 560km and an incl ination of 97.6 degrees. The initial FCC application covered 4408 Starlink satellites. Eventually SpaceX will launch and operate a follow-on network of 7518 additional Starlink satellites transmitting in V-band frequencies . In the final deployment stage an additional 30000 Starlink satellites mi ght get orbited.\n\nWebcast: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1YqGolaBAzyJv\nht tps://www.spacex.com/launches/sl-6-92\nhttps://youtu.be/n-YgvC2QoK4\nhttps ://spaceflightnow.com/\nhttps://www.youtube.com/live/sOCnytxilOg\nhttps:// www.youtube.com/live/4HaUZ_7Bn5s\nhttps://www.youtube.com/live/h0g6plzMKkU \nhttps://www.youtube.com/live/fMKYMhqzPfI LOCATION:SpaceX LC-39A\, Florida\, Vereinigte Staaten END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Long March CZ-6A • Guowang DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251208T221200Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251208T221200Z UID:154359609289 DESCRIPTION:A Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) Long Marc h (Chang Zheng) CZ-6A rocket will launch a batch of 5 Hulianwang Digui sat ellites for the China SatNet Guowang internet constellation into orbit. Th is mission is known as SatNet LEO Group 15 and the satellites are designat ed as Hulianwang Digui 15A/B/C/D/E.\n-\nThe Guowang satellite program can carry a variety of payloads\, including broadband communication payloads\, laser communication payloads\, synthetic aperture radar payloads\, optica l remote sensing payloads\, and others\, to meet the needs of different us ers and scenarios. It offers comprehensive technical support across numero us fields such as maritime and aviation operations\, information security\ , navigation and positioning\, and meteorological research\, while also en abling expansion into the global satellite internet access market. The eve ntual constellation is expected to grow to 12992 satellites. This will be made up of 6080 in the low orbit GW-A59 sub-constellation at altitudes bel ow 500km\, offering initial broadband coverage. The rest will orbit in the higher GW-A2 sub-constellation at 1145 km\, providing a more global reach .\n\nWebcast: https://www.youtube.com/live/KUN9VWfrgbE LOCATION:Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center https://goo.g l/maps/K35kt5KCe1sToeii9 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Electron • RAISE 4 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251209T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251209T030000Z UID:208120341892 DESCRIPTION:A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch RAISE 4 for JAXA. The RAISE 4 (RApid Innovative payload demonstration SatellitE 4) is a platfor m for developing small 100kg-class satellites equipped with standard compo nents and equipment. It is a single satellite with eight tech demonstratio ns by companies\, universities\, and research institutions throughout Japa n. The mission was switched from Epsilon S to Electron in 2025. Rocket Lab 's mission will be named "RAISE And Shine".\n-\nDelayed from Nov. 5 and 7. LOCATION:LC-1B\, PVQ8+R3\, Māhia 4198\, Neuseeland END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Long March CZ-2D • TBD DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251209T034100Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251209T034100Z UID:618597316835 DESCRIPTION:A Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) Long Marc h (Chang Zheng) CZ-2D rocket will launch an unknown payload into orbit. LOCATION:LC-43/94 (Pad 601 / South Launch Site 2) - Jiuquan Satellite Laun ch Center https://goo.gl/maps/CfKcRo56gcVCiLtL9 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Falcon 9 B5 • NROL-77 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251209T191600Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251209T191600Z UID:606904291685 DESCRIPTION:A SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket will launch the classified NR OL-77 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office. The booster is desig nated B1096.4 for this mission and will perform a RTLS landing at LZ-2.\n \nWebcast: \nhttps://www.spacex.com/launches/nrol-77\n\nhttps://spacefligh tnow.com/ LOCATION:Space Launch Complex 40\, Cape Canaveral\, FL\, Vereinigte Staate n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Long March CZ-3B/E • TJS 22 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251209 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251210 UID:235455672909 DESCRIPTION:A China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) Lo ng March (Chang Zheng) CZ-3B/E rocket will launch the Communications Engin eering Test Satellite 22 (TJS 22 or TXJSSY 22 for Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 22\ , 通信技术试验二十二号)\, a spacecraft in a series of Chinese de monstration missions into a Molniya orbit. According to official reports i t was built by SAST and will be mainly used for satellite communications\, radio and television\, data transmission and other services\, and to carr y out related technical tests and verifications. But it is suspected to be for a missile early warning system. The launcher will fly as CZ-3C/G2 va riant with a 4m fairing. LOCATION:Launch Complex 2 - Xichang Satellite Launch Center https://goo.gl /maps/jPMuSVHbzmWEYCp38 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) H3-22S • QZSS 7 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251210T023000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251210T033000Z UID:115696976679 DESCRIPTION:A Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H3 rocket will launch the sevent h Michibiki (みちびき 5\, QZS 5) navigation satellite for JAXA into ge ostationary orbit. The mission is designated as H3F8. Michibiki 5 is buil t on Mitsubishi Electric's DS2000 bus and has a launch mass of ~4.2 tonnes \, a power generation of 2.7kW and a design life of more than 15 years. T he H3 launcher will fly as 22S variant with two main engines\, two SRB-3 s olid strap-on boosters and a short fairing.\n-\nDelayed from Dec. 7. LOCATION:Yoshinobu Launch Complex 2 - Tanegashima Space Center\, Japan\, 〒891-3703 Kagoshima\, Kumage District\, Minamitane\, Kukinaga\, 麻津 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kinetica 1 • TBD DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251210T040300Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251210T040300Z UID:406291097558 DESCRIPTION:A CAS Space Kinetica 1 (Lijian 1) rocket will launch an unknow n payload into orbit. LOCATION:LC-43/130 - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center https://goo.gl/maps/w gnZZd2mnu5jbriLA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Falcon 9 B5 • Starlink DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251210T085400Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251210T085400Z UID:204818735409 DESCRIPTION:A SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket will launch a batch of 27 Sta rlink v2 Mini Optimized satellites into low Earth orbit. This flight is in ternally known as Starlink Group 15-11 and the booster is designated as B1 082.18 for this mission\, flying with a reused fairing.\n-\nStarlink v2 Mi ni Optimized satellites are built by SpaceX and have a reported launch mas s of 575kg. The mass-produced spacecraft carry a communications payload us ing the Ku and Ka frequency bands\, plus E-band for backhaul\, which will allow Starlink to provide ~4x more capacity per satellite than earlier ite rations. They also employ optical inter-satellite links\, phased array bea m forming and digital processing technologies. On the v2 sats the Krypton thrusters are replaced with new and more powerful Argon Hall thrusters. Th e Optimized chassis features upgrades\, such as a new backhaul antenna wit h a SpaceX-designed and built dual-band chip and improved avionics\, propu lsion and power systems. Starlink sats are able to track on-orbit debris a nd capable of autonomous collision avoidance. All satellites will be equip ped with anti-reflective coatings.\nThe updated Starlink network architect ure has 1584 satellites at 550km altitude and an inclination of 53 degrees \, 1584 satellites at 540km and an inclination of 53.2 degrees\, 720 satel lites at 570km and an inclination of 70 degrees\, and 520 satellites at 56 0km and an inclination of 97.6 degrees. The initial FCC application covere d 4408 Starlink satellites. Eventually SpaceX will launch and operate a fo llow-on network of 7518 additional Starlink satellites transmitting in V-b and frequencies. In the final deployment stage an additional 30000 Starlin k satellites might get orbited.\n\nWebcast: \nhttps://www.spacex.com/laun ches/sl-15-11\n\nhttps://spaceflightnow.com/ LOCATION:Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4\, Lompoc\, Kalifornien 9343 6\, Vereinigte Staaten END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) New Shepard • Mission NS-37 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251210 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251211 UID:235753174809 DESCRIPTION:Blue Origin will launch its New Shepard suborbital rocket (boo ster designation Tail 5 or NS5) on a crewed mission named NS-37. Michaela Benthaus\, Hans Königsmann\, Joey Hyde\, Hans Koenigsmann\, Neal Milch\, Adonis Pouroulis\, and Jason Stansell will be part of the crew. The capsu le used for this flight is CC 2.0-3 RSS Kármán line. LOCATION:Blue Origin Launch Site One\, Culberson County\, Texas\, Vereinig te Staaten END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Pallas 1 • Test Flight DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251210 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251211 UID:199643976890 DESCRIPTION:A Galactic Energy Pallas 1 (Zhishenxing 1\, 智神星一号\, ZX-1) rocket will launch on its maiden flight to orbit. The two-stage rock et uses seven Welkin (CQ-50) keroLOX engines on the first stage and one We lkin Vac engine on the second stage. The first stage will be developed int o a reusable booster equipped with grid-fins and landing legs. Galactic En ergy (aka Xinghe Power (星河动力) or Beijing Xinghe Dongli Space Techn ology Co. Ltd.) is a Chinese launcher startup.\n-\nDelayed from November 2 024\, August and October. LOCATION:Pad 2 - Hainan Commercial Launch Site https://maps.app.goo.gl/nGf kosKTdhF5khDg8 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Gravity YL-1 • TBD DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251210 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251211 UID:295960032945 DESCRIPTION:An Orienspace Gravity 1 rocket will perform its third flight c arrying satellites into orbit. The rocket will perform a sea launch from the dedicated launch vessel Dongfang Hangtiangang in the Yellow Sea near H aiyang. Gravity 1 (引力一号 or Yinli 1) is an all solid rocket with fo ur boosters\, which will be capable of land and sea launches. For liftoff only the boosters ignite\, with the core stage getting lit shortly before booster separation.\n-\nDelayed from November 2024. LOCATION:Gelbes Meer END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Falcon 9 B5 • PWSA DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251210 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251211 UID:778764040919 DESCRIPTION:A SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket will launch 21 operational s atellites for the U.S. military’s Space Development Agency PWSA (Prolife rated Warfighter Space Architecture) constellation. The Tranche 1 satellit es (codenamed ?) on this flight are for the Transport Layer and were built by ?. The mission is designated as SDA-T1TL-A and the Falcon 9 booster is B10XX.X for this flight. The 2nd stage is equipped with a Mission Extensi on Kit. Comprising a gray band on the RP-1 tank\, extra helium bottles & b atteries\, this kit extends the life of the stage in-orbit\, allowing it t o deploy the payload directly into its operational orbit.\n-\nOnce fully o perational\, the SDA Transport Layer will consist of a proliferated hetero geneous constellation of data relay space vehicles (SVs) that provide pers istent global coverage through a mesh network comprised of communication s atellites that connect to one another and to other space vehicles and grou nd stations via optical intersatellite links (OISLs). By nature of the mes h network spanning the globe\, the Transport satellites will also be able to transmit precise position\, navigation and timing (PNT) data to enhance GPS. A-class satellites have at least four optical cross-links\, that is so they can talk to satellites that are in plane with one another as they' re traveling and they also can talk to satellites that are cross-plane or in completely different orbits. So they can maintain those four lines of c ommunication simultaneously. The B-class satellites will connect directly to the warfighters via the Link-16 military communications system. They ha ve two optical cross-links each\, so that allows them to maintain constant communication with the other transport satellites in plane. The two other nodes will be Link-16 transmitters. Link-16 is an existing tactical commu nication system used across the services primarily for air and ground syst ems to share low latency data.The first phase of SDA’s Proliferated Warf ighter Space Architecture consists of 28 satellites (Tranche 0 including 2 0 communications payloads made by Lockheed Martin and York Space\, and eig ht missile-tracking infrared sensor satellites made by SpaceX and Leidos) as a proof of concept for the missile tracking and data relay network\, fo llowed by more than 150 additional satellites to provide an initial operat ional capability. In total\, Tranche 1 will consist of 154 operational sat ellites: 126 in the transport layer developed by York\, Northrop Grumman\, and Lockheed Martin\, and 28 focused on missile warning and tracking deve loped by Northrop Grumman and L3Harris. Combining conventional tactical ra dio links\, laser inter-satellite communications\, and wide-view infrared sensors\, hundreds more SDA spacecraft could launch later as the Pentagon ramps up efforts and integrates new capabilities.\n-\nDelayed from Septemb er\, December\, Q2\, October and November.\n\nWebcast:\nhttps://www.spacex .com/launches\nhttps://spaceflightnow.com LOCATION:Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4\, Lompoc\, Kalifornien 9343 6\, USA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Hyperbola SQX-3 • Test Flight DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251210 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251211 UID:263494510022 DESCRIPTION:An iSpace (Beijing Interstellar Glory Ltd.) Hyperbola (Shuangq uxian\, Shian Quxian) SQX-3 rocket will launch on its first test flight. H yperbola 3 is a two-stage\, liquid-fueled\, partially reusable rocket po wered by Focus-1 restartable methaLOX engines. The first stage of the roc ket is expected to land vertically using landing legs. LOCATION:Hainan Commercial Launch Site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Soyuz 2.1a • Obzor-R 1 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251211T140000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251211T140000Z UID:266989213516 DESCRIPTION:A Roscosmos Soyuz 2.1a rocket will launch a semi-civilian X-ba nd radar Earth observation satellite\, designated Obzor-R №1 \, into orb it.\n-\nObzor-R is was designed by TsSKB-Progress. In 2012\, the developm ent of the Arkon-2M radar satellite was stopped and instead the developmen t of the Obzor-R was initiated. The satellite features the BRLK X-band Syn thetic Aperture Radar as imaging instrument with a ground resolution of 50 0m and has a designed service life of 5 years.\n-\nDelayed from late Decem ber 2023\, May and July 2024 and Q3. LOCATION:Pad 43/3 - Plesetsk Cosmodrome https://goo.gl/maps/GX9Jpfr5hGdhG2 t8A END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Falcon 9 B5 • Starlink DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251211T185900Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251211T185900Z UID:603393930144 DESCRIPTION:A SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket will launch a batch of 29 Sta rlink v2 Mini Optimized satellites into low Earth orbit. This flight is in ternally known as Starlink Group 6-90 and the booster is designated as B10 83.16 for this mission\, flying with a reused fairing.\n-\nStarlink v2 Mi ni Optimized satellites are built by SpaceX and have a reported launch mas s of 575kg. The mass-produced spacecraft carry a communications payload us ing the Ku and Ka frequency bands\, plus E-band for backhaul\, which will allow Starlink to provide ~4x more capacity per satellite than earlier ite rations. They also employ optical inter-satellite links\, phased array bea m forming and digital processing technologies. On the v2 sats the Krypton thrusters are replaced with new and more powerful Argon Hall thrusters. Th e Optimized chassis features upgrades\, such as a new backhaul antenna wit h a SpaceX-designed and built dual-band chip and improved avionics\, propu lsion and power systems. Starlink sats are able to track on-orbit debris a nd capable of autonomous collision avoidance. All satellites will be equip ped with anti-reflective coatings.\nThe updated Starlink network architect ure has 1584 satellites at 550km altitude and an inclination of 53 degrees \, 1584 satellites at 540km and an inclination of 53.2 degrees\, 720 satel lites at 570km and an inclination of 70 degrees\, and 520 satellites at 56 0km and an inclination of 97.6 degrees. The initial FCC application covere d 4408 Starlink satellites. Eventually SpaceX will launch and operate a fo llow-on network of 7518 additional Starlink satellites transmitting in V-b and frequencies. In the final deployment stage an additional 30000 Starlin k satellites might get orbited.\n\nWebcast: \nhttps://www.spacex.com/laun ches/sl-6-90\n\nhttps://spaceflightnow.com/ LOCATION:Space Launch Complex 40\, Cape Canaveral\, FL\, Vereinigte Staate n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Long March CZ-12 • Guowang DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251211T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251211T230000Z UID:210466885931 DESCRIPTION:A Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) Long Marc h (Chang Zheng) CZ-12 rocket will launch a batch of 9 Hulianwang Digui sat ellites for the China SatNet Guowang internet constellation into orbit. Th is mission is known as SatNet LEO Group 16 (卫星互联网低轨16组) an d the satellites are designated as Hulianwang Digui 16A/B/C/D/E/F/G/H/I.\n -\nThe Guowang satellite program can carry a variety of payloads\, includi ng broadband communication payloads\, laser communication payloads\, synth etic aperture radar payloads\, optical remote sensing payloads\, and other s\, to meet the needs of different users and scenarios. It offers comprehe nsive technical support across numerous fields such as maritime and aviati on operations\, information security\, navigation and positioning\, and me teorological research\, while also enabling expansion into the global sate llite internet access market. The eventual constellation is expected to gr ow to 12992 satellites. This will be made up of 6080 in the low orbit GW-A 59 sub-constellation at altitudes below 500km\, offering initial broadband coverage. The rest will orbit in the higher GW-A2 sub-constellation at 11 45 km\, providing a more global reach. LOCATION:Pad 2 - Hainan Commercial Launch Site https://maps.app.goo.gl/nGf kosKTdhF5khDg8 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Long March CZ-12A • Test Flight DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251212 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251213 UID:238410158275 DESCRIPTION:A Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) Long Marc h (Chang Zheng) CZ-12A rocket will launch on its first flight. The two sta ge CZ-12A rocket is powered by either 7 Longyun methaLOX engines or 9 YF-1 02R keroLOX engines on the first stage while its second stage is propelled by two YF-115 keroLOX engines. The first stage is built to be reusable a nd features recovery hardware like gridfins and landing legs. LOCATION:Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Falcon 9 B5 • Starlink DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251213T053400Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251213T053400Z UID:106422055426 DESCRIPTION:A SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket will launch a batch of 27 Sta rlink v2 Mini Optimized satellites into low Earth orbit. This flight is in ternally known as Starlink Group 15-12 and the booster is designated as B1 093.9 for this mission\, flying with a reused fairing.\n-\nStarlink v2 Min i Optimized satellites are built by SpaceX and have a reported launch mass of 575kg. The mass-produced spacecraft carry a communications payload usi ng the Ku and Ka frequency bands\, plus E-band for backhaul\, which will a llow Starlink to provide ~4x more capacity per satellite than earlier iter ations. They also employ optical inter-satellite links\, phased array beam forming and digital processing technologies. On the v2 sats the Krypton t hrusters are replaced with new and more powerful Argon Hall thrusters. The Optimized chassis features upgrades\, such as a new backhaul antenna with a SpaceX-designed and built dual-band chip and improved avionics\, propul sion and power systems. Starlink sats are able to track on-orbit debris an d capable of autonomous collision avoidance. All satellites will be equipp ed with anti-reflective coatings.\nThe updated Starlink network architectu re has 1584 satellites at 550km altitude and an inclination of 53 degrees\ , 1584 satellites at 540km and an inclination of 53.2 degrees\, 720 satell ites at 570km and an inclination of 70 degrees\, and 520 satellites at 560 km and an inclination of 97.6 degrees. The initial FCC application covered 4408 Starlink satellites. Eventually SpaceX will launch and operate a fol low-on network of 7518 additional Starlink satellites transmitting in V-ba nd frequencies. In the final deployment stage an additional 30000 Starlink satellites might get orbited.\n\nWebcast: \nhttps://www.spacex.com/launc hes/sl-15-12\n\nhttps://spaceflightnow.com/ LOCATION:Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4\, Lompoc\, Kalifornien 9343 6\, Vereinigte Staaten END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Falcon 9 B5 • Starlink DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251214T133700Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251214T133700Z UID:251550900378 DESCRIPTION:A SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket will launch a batch of 29 Sta rlink v2 Mini Optimized satellites into low Earth orbit. This flight is in ternally known as Starlink Group 6-99 and the booster is designated as B10 94.6 for this mission\, flying with a reused fairing.\n-\nStarlink v2 Min i Optimized satellites are built by SpaceX and have a reported launch mass of 575kg. The mass-produced spacecraft carry a communications payload usi ng the Ku and Ka frequency bands\, plus E-band for backhaul\, which will a llow Starlink to provide ~4x more capacity per satellite than earlier iter ations. They also employ optical inter-satellite links\, phased array beam forming and digital processing technologies. On the v2 sats the Krypton t hrusters are replaced with new and more powerful Argon Hall thrusters. The Optimized chassis features upgrades\, such as a new backhaul antenna with a SpaceX-designed and built dual-band chip and improved avionics\, propul sion and power systems. Starlink sats are able to track on-orbit debris an d capable of autonomous collision avoidance. All satellites will be equipp ed with anti-reflective coatings.\nThe updated Starlink network architectu re has 1584 satellites at 550km altitude and an inclination of 53 degrees\ , 1584 satellites at 540km and an inclination of 53.2 degrees\, 720 satell ites at 570km and an inclination of 70 degrees\, and 520 satellites at 560 km and an inclination of 97.6 degrees. The initial FCC application covered 4408 Starlink satellites. Eventually SpaceX will launch and operate a fol low-on network of 7518 additional Starlink satellites transmitting in V-ba nd frequencies. In the final deployment stage an additional 30000 Starlink satellites might get orbited.\n\nWebcast: \nhttps://www.spacex.com/launc hes/sl-6-99\n\nhttps://spaceflightnow.com/ LOCATION:SpaceX LC-39A\, Florida\, Vereinigte Staaten END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Falcon 9 B5 • Starlink DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251215T024300Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251215T024300Z UID:978602046024 DESCRIPTION:A SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket will launch a batch of 29 Sta rlink v2 Mini Optimized satellites into low Earth orbit. This flight is in ternally known as Starlink Group 6-90 and the booster is designated as B10 92.9 for this mission\, flying with a reused fairing.\n-\nStarlink v2 Min i Optimized satellites are built by SpaceX and have a reported launch mass of 575kg. The mass-produced spacecraft carry a communications payload usi ng the Ku and Ka frequency bands\, plus E-band for backhaul\, which will a llow Starlink to provide ~4x more capacity per satellite than earlier iter ations. They also employ optical inter-satellite links\, phased array beam forming and digital processing technologies. On the v2 sats the Krypton t hrusters are replaced with new and more powerful Argon Hall thrusters. The Optimized chassis features upgrades\, such as a new backhaul antenna with a SpaceX-designed and built dual-band chip and improved avionics\, propul sion and power systems. Starlink sats are able to track on-orbit debris an d capable of autonomous collision avoidance. All satellites will be equipp ed with anti-reflective coatings.\nThe updated Starlink network architectu re has 1584 satellites at 550km altitude and an inclination of 53 degrees\ , 1584 satellites at 540km and an inclination of 53.2 degrees\, 720 satell ites at 570km and an inclination of 70 degrees\, and 520 satellites at 560 km and an inclination of 97.6 degrees. The initial FCC application covered 4408 Starlink satellites. Eventually SpaceX will launch and operate a fol low-on network of 7518 additional Starlink satellites transmitting in V-ba nd frequencies. In the final deployment stage an additional 30000 Starlink satellites might get orbited.\n\nWebcast: \nhttps://www.spacex.com/launc hes/sl-6-82\n\nhttps://spaceflightnow.com/ LOCATION:Space Launch Complex 40\, Cape Canaveral\, FL\, Vereinigte Staate n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LVM3 • SpaceMobile 6 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251215T061500Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251215T061500Z UID:186909147472 DESCRIPTION:ISRO’s LVM3 rocket (formerly GSLV Mk.III)\, flying on the LV M3-M6 mission\, will launch the first BlueBird Block 2 satellite for AST S paceMobile. The satellite is designated as FM1 and has a launch mass of 58 50kg. The satellites use AST & Science's patented technologies for connect ing to cellphones in a space environment for their SpaceMobile constellati on.\n-\nThe BlueBird Block 2 satellites are twice as large and have 10 tim es the capacity of the Block 1 sats and the BlueWalker 3 prototype. The company needs between 45 and 60 BlueBirds for continuous coverage in the U nited States\, supporting text\, voice and data services.\n-\nDelayed from May and July. LOCATION:Second Launch Complex\, Nellore Dist\, P69J+W5X\, Sriharikota\, A ndhra Pradesh 524124\, Indien END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Atlas V 551 • Amazon Leo DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251215T083500Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251215T083500Z UID:182493762404 DESCRIPTION:A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket\, designated AV-10?\, will launch a batch of 27 operational satellites for the Amazon Leo conste llation. The mission is known as Leo 4 by ULA and LA-04? by Amazon. Total payload mass will be 15422kg. Atlas will deploy the satellites in an initi al orbit of 450km altitude\, the satellites will then use their electric p ropulsion systems to settle into their assigned final orbits. The Amazon L eo constellation will enable Internet service for customers between 56 deg rees north and south latitude. Atlas will fly in the 551 vehicle configura tion with a five-meter medium length fairing\, five GEM-63 solid rocket bo osters and a single-engine Centaur upper stage.\n\nMission profile video: https://youtu.be/ZATwTLIbQu8\n-\nOperational satellites of the Amazon Leo constellation (formerly known as Project Kuiper) are a significant upgrade from the two prototype satellites of the Kuiper Protoflight mission. The ~572kg satellites are equipped with Hall-effect thruster technology for pr opulsion. They feature improved systems and sub-systems on board\, includi ng phased array antennas\, processors\, solar arrays\, propulsion systems\ , and optical inter-satellite links. In addition\, the satellites are coat ed in a dielectric mirror film unique to Amazon Leo that scatters reflecte d sunlight to help make them less visible to ground-based astronomers. Ama zon Leo is planned to work in concert with Amazon's network of 12 satellit e ground station facilities. In addition to connecting to ground stations\ , satellites will interconnect via optical infrared laser connections. Ama zon refers to this technology as OISL (optical inter-satellite link).\nThe Amazon Leo constellation is planned to consist of 3236 satellites operati ng in 98 orbital planes in three orbital shells\, one each at 590km\, 6 10km and 630km orbital altitude. Kuiper satellites will fly in mid-inclina tion orbits\, enabling Internet service for customers between 56 degrees n orth and south latitude. Phase 1 of deployment will be 578 satellites at 6 30km altitude and an orbital inclination of 51.9 degrees. A total of five phases of constellation development are planned.\n\n\nWebcast: \nhttps:// www.ulalaunch.com/missions/next-launch\n\nhttps://spaceflightnow.com/ LOCATION:Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 41\, Titan III Rd\, Titusville\ , FL 32780\, USA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Proton M • Elektro-L 5 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251215T115200Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251215T115200Z UID:219604344167 DESCRIPTION:A Khrunichev Proton M rocket topped with a Blok DM-03 upper s tage will launch the fifth Elektro-L new generation weather satellite for Roscosmos into geostationary orbit. The Lavochkin designed satellite resem bles the second generation of Russian geostationary meteorological satelli tes\, called Elektro-L (also designated GOMS (Geostationary operational me teorological satellite). It also features receivers for the SARSAT-COSPAS emergency call system. Each satellite has a mass of around 1620kg and a de sign life of 10 years.\n-\nDelayed from Oct. 22. Moved forward from Dec. 2 2.\n\nWebcast: https://www.youtube.com/live/zzce8cZqtxw LOCATION:Pad 81/24\, Kasachstan END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Ceres 2 • Zidingxiang 3 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251215 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251216 UID:106276793633 DESCRIPTION:A Galactic Energy Ceres 2 (Gushenxing 2\, GX-2) rocket will la unch on its first flight\, with six commercial satellites and two insepara ble payloads\, totaling over one ton. Part of the manifest will be Zidingx iang 3 (紫丁香三号\, Lilac 3\, also known as Space Chain 1)\, which i s an ultra-flat disk satellite. Zidingxiang 3 will carry out a number of n ew technology tests including ultra-flat thermal and mechanical integrated configuration\, new attitude control\, and atmospheric drag orbit control . The mission is named "Yueyunjin". The three stage solid-fueled Ceres 2 r ocket is topped with a liquid-fueled upper stage.\n-\nDelayed from June\, August and September. LOCATION:LC-43/95A - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center https://goo.gl/maps/p bNBUb1duneU9V2n6 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Electron • Celeste 1–2 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251215 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251216 UID:709845770934 DESCRIPTION:A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch a pair of Celeste LEO -PNT (Low Earth Orbit Positioning\, Navigation and Timing) Pathfinder A sa tellites for ESA into a 510km low Earth orbit. Provided by European satell ite prime contractors Thales Alenia Space and GMV they will test a new app roach of providing location\, direction\, and timing services from satelli tes in low orbit and its contribution to a multi-layer navigation system. ESA's LEO-PNT demonstration mission is part of the FutureNAV program and w ill assess how a low Earth orbit fleet of satellites can work in combinati on with the Galileo and EGNOS constellations in higher orbits that provide Europe's own global navigation system. Rocket Lab's mission will be named "?".\n-\nThe two Pathfinder A satellites are large CubeSats (12U and 16U) the size of a suitcase weighing around 20kg and 30kg with payloads to bro adcast in L- and S- bands. They will validate the system definition and ea rly signal broadcast\, de-risk and demonstrate technology for the core ele ments for succeeding LEO-PNT satellites. They will operate after in-orbit commissioning for at least six months. Pathfinder B satellites are larger and more complex and will build on the knowledge acquired during the desig n\, development and integration of Pathfinder A satellites. They will carr y additional payloads to test innovative signals across frequency bands an d demonstrate the provision of additional services.\nThe Celeste 10-satell ite constellation (plus two spares) will fly in low Earth orbit to test in novative signals across various frequency bands. It is being developed und er two parallel contracts with GMV (Spain) and Thales Alenia Space (France ) as prime contractors. LOCATION:Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1\, Māhia 4198\, Neuseeland END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Falcon 9 B5 • CSG 3 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251215 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251216 UID:264560531740 DESCRIPTION:A SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket will launch the COSMO-SkyMed Seconda Generazione 3\, or CSG 3\, radar surveillance satellite for ASI\, the Italian space agency. The mission was switched from Vega C to Falcon 9 in 2025.\n-\nCSG 3 is the third satellite of the COSMO-SkyMed second gene ration (Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin observat ion) or CSG Earth observation program of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to replace the first generation COSMO-SkyMed system. The 2205kg satellites a re improved versions of the original design and utilize an enhanced versio n of the Prima Bus. The CSG-SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) is a new versio n of the first generation X-band SAR system. The satellites will operate i n the same circular sun-synchronous dawn-dusk orbit and plane as the first generation satellites with a nominal altitude of 619km and an inclination of 97.86°.\n-\nMoved forward from 2026.\n\nWebcast:\nhttps://www.spacex. com/launches\nhttps://spaceflightnow.com LOCATION:Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4\, Lompoc\, Kalifornien 9343 6\, USA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Ariane 62 • Galileo 33–34 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251217T050100Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251217T050100Z UID:850063331132 DESCRIPTION:Arianespace will launch an Ariane 6 rocket on a mission design ated VA266 (Galileo L14)\, to carry two Galileo-FOC satellites\, designat ed FM33 & FM34\, for Europe’s Galileo navigation constellation into Medi um Earth Orbit (MEO). They might be the first 2nd gen sats for Galileo\, w hich feature a number of upgrades\, including electric propulsion\, fully digital navigation payloads\, inter-satellite links\, more powerful naviga tion antennas\, and an advanced atomic clock configuration. Each satellite weighs up to 2.4 tonnes\, significantly more than the 700kg 1st gen satel lites. Ariane 6 will fly in the Ariane 62 configuration\, using 2 solid ro cket boosters.\n-\nA consortium consisting of OHB-System GmbH and SSTL bui lds the Galileo-FOC (Galileo-Full Operational Capability) satellites. OHB- System acts as prime contractor and builds the busses while SSTL provides the payloads. The satellites have a launch mass of 733kg each and carry a navigation payload consisting of two rubidium and two hydrogen maser atomi c clocks. The navigation signals are broadcast on L-band. An additional pa yload is the MEO SAR search and rescue transponder payload. The planned se rvice life of each satellite is 12 years or more.\nThe Galileo satellite n avigation system will consist of a total of 30 spacecraft in three planes in medium Earth orbit\, which will each be occupied by nine satellites\, a nd with three spares distributed on the three orbital planes. At an altitu de of 23\,616km and an inclination of 56 degrees\, the system will provide accurate positioning data to users as far north as 75 degrees longitude. In contrast to the American GPS system and the Russian GLONASS navigation network\, Galileo-FOC will be under the control of civilian organisations. Galileo is the first joint program to be shared between the European Spac e Agency and the European Union.\n\nWebcast:\nhttps://www.arianespace.com/ road-to-space/ LOCATION:ELA4 (l'Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 6) - Centre Spatial Guyanais \, 7675+V4M\, Sinnamary 97310\, Französisch-Guyana END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Hanbit-Nano LiMER • FloripaSat 2A/B & Jussara-K DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251217T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251217T180000Z UID:146044860137 DESCRIPTION:An Innospace Hanbit-Nano (한빛-나노) rocket will launch on its first orbital test flight\, after a Hanbit-TLV first stage performed a successful suborbital test flight with a dummy second stage in 2023. It will carry the FloripaSat 2A and FloripaSat 2B (GOLDS-UFSC EQM) CubeSats p lus Jussara-K\, Pion-BR2 and Solaras S2. Under contracts signed with five customers from Brazil\, India\, and South Korea\, the launcher will delive r a total of eight registered payloads (small satellites and non-separatin g experimental payloads) along with one symbolic branding item (Brewguru b eer can) as a non-registered payload. The five small satellites are for pr actical purposes such as climate and environmental data collection\, techn ology development\, and education\, as well as three non-separating experi mental payloads for technology verification and data acquisition in space. The mission will be named "SPACEWARD". The Korean Hanbit-Nano launcher is equipped with an electric turbopump powered hybrid-engine\, that uses a s olid fuel (paraffin based) and liquid oxygen on the first stage\, and eith er a LiMER methaLOX engine or a Hyper hybrid-engine on the second stage.\n \nMission profile video: https://youtu.be/fB5W7WjkVrM\n-\nFloripaSat 2B is a 2U CubeSat built as engineering model (EQM) of the initially manifested GOLDS-UFSC CubeSat. Since the orbit was reduced from 500km to 300km on sh ort notice it was decided to replace the flight model (FM) with its EQM.\n -\nFloripaSat 2A is a quick replacement of the 1U CubeSat initially manife sted by INPE (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais) which fits in the same 3U deployer as FloripaSat 2B. Due to the orbit altitude reduction of the launch the original INPE CubeSat was replaced by FloripaSat 2A.\n-\nJ ussara-K is a 1U CubeSat which will use onboard AI for tests. Developed at the Laboratory of Electronics and Embedded Space Systems (Labesee) at UFM A. Its main mission is to collect environmental data from ground-based pla tforms equipped with sensors in areas such as lagoons\, forests and cultiv ated regions. The satellite will be able to capture information such as te mperature\, humidity\, and carbon monoxide levels\, which are useful for i dentifying fire outbreaks. \n-\nThe Pion-BR2 1U CubeSat will carry messa ges from children into space and will send signals that can be received by telemetry stations in various parts of the world. In addition to its educ ational mission\, the satellite will also be used for technological testin g and validation\, including energy management and solar panel performance \, testing and qualification of the communication module and antenna\, as well as testing and qualification of the flight computer.\n-\nSolaras S2 i s an Indian 1U CubeSat which will observe solar radiation and transmit dat a along with a beacon signal. It is for purely for non-commerical purposes as a technology demonstration mission. The satellite will serve as an edu cational tool\, offering opportunities for amateur operators to engage wit h space technology and contribute to real-time mission monitoring and data analysis.\n-\nDelayed from March\, July\, September and Nov. 22.\n\nWebca st: https://youtube.com/@innospace\nhttps://www.youtube.com/live/oAfcedDh0 R0 LOCATION:Alcântara Rocket Launch Pad A1\, Alcântara - Maranhão\, 65250- 000\, Brasilien END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Electron • STP-S30 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251218T004500Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251218T054500Z UID:131311819250 DESCRIPTION:A Rocket Lab Electron rocket topped with a Curie upper stage w ill launch the STP-S30 mission for the US Space Force into orbit. It will carry a batch of four DISKSat prototypes\, based on a new disk shaped flat -bed satellite form factor developed by The Aerospace Corporation. Rocket Lab has named the mission "?".\n-\nMoved forward from April.\n\nWebcast:  \nrocketlabusa.com/live-stream\nhttps://spaceflightnow.com LOCATION:LC2\, 41 N Seawall Rd\, Wallops Island\, VA 23337\, Vereinigte St aaten END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Spectrum • Test Flight DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251219 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251220 UID:277796975540 DESCRIPTION:An Isar Aerospace Spectrum rocket will launch on its second te st flight to deploy 19 spacecraft from six institutional groups and four b usinesses across Austria\, Bulgaria\, Finland\, Germany\, Norway\, and Spa in. The mission will launch about 150kg of payload\, including satellites and their deployers\, into polar orbit. One of the payloads is FramSat 1. Spectrum is a two-stage launch vehicle propelled by liquid propane and LOX \, where stage 1 features a cluster of nine Aquila-SL engines and stage 2 one reignitable Aquila-Vac engine.\n-\nDelayed from 2021\, 2022\, 2023\, A ugust and late 2024. LOCATION:Andøya Spaceport\, Nordmelaveien\, Nordmela\, Norwegen END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Long March CZ-5 • TBD DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251220T120000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251220T120000Z UID:163213597588 DESCRIPTION:A Chinese Long March (Chang Zheng) CZ-5 rocket will launch an unknown payload into orbit. LOCATION:Pad 101 - Wenchang Satellite Launch Center https://goo.gl/maps/jm 9Q33at4Si9diZA9 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Irtysh • Test Flight DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251224 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251225 UID:977443127199 DESCRIPTION:A Roscosmos Irtysh rocket will lift off from Baikonur Cosmodro me on its first test flight. It will carry a mass-size evaluation model (G MM\, Gruzovo-Masovoy Maket\, Габаритно-массовый маке т) instead of a payload. The Irtysh rocket (aka. Soyuz 5 or Союз 5\, formerly codenamed Fenix or Sunkar) is intended as a replacement for the Zenit 2 launcher and equipped with an RD-171MV engine on the first stage and two RD-0124MS engines on the second stage\, with both stages using ke roLOX as propellant.\n-\nDelayed from 2024. LOCATION:Pad 45/1 - Baikonur Cosmodrome\, Kasachstan END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PSLV XL • EOS-N1 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251225T041500Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251225T041500Z UID:327863282439 DESCRIPTION:India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)\, flying on th e PSLV-C62 mission in the PSLV DL configuration with two boosters\, will l aunch the EOS-N1 (Anvesha) Earth observation satellite for the DRDO. Also aboard are 18 rideshare payloads\, including the KID capsule and the SOWA 1 CubeSat.\n-\nDelayed from August 2023\, Q2\, October 2024 and late 2025. LOCATION:First Launch Pad\, P6MM+8V Dhawan Space Centre\, Satish\, Mobile Structure Tower\, Sriharikota\, Andhra Pradesh 524124\, Indien END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Ceres 2 • Hongtu DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251225 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251226 UID:204575672400 DESCRIPTION:A Galactic Energy Ceres 2 (Gushenxing 2\, GX-2) rocket will la unch on its second? flight\, with ?. The three stage solid-fueled Ceres 2 rocket is topped with a liquid-fueled upper stage. LOCATION:LC-43/95A - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center https://goo.gl/maps/p bNBUb1duneU9V2n6 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Tianlong TL-3 • Qianfan DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251225 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251226 UID:158066246097 DESCRIPTION:A Space Pioneer Tianlong 3 rocket will launch on its maiden fl ight. It will carry 36 Qianfan satellites into orbit. The two stage launch er is powered by nine Tianhuo TH-12 keroLOX engines on the first stage and a staged combustion cycle keroLOX engine on the 2nd stage. Tianlong 3 is planned to feature a reusable first stage on later flights.\n-\nDelayed fr om June\, July\, September 2024\, June\, late July and September. LOCATION:Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Falcon 9 B5 • PWSA DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251225 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251226 UID:258613432929 DESCRIPTION:A SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket will launch 21 operational s atellites for the U.S. military’s Space Development Agency PWSA (Prolife rated Warfighter Space Architecture) constellation. The Tranche 1 satellit es (codenamed ?) on this flight are for the Transport Layer and were built by ?. The mission is designated as SDA-T1TL-D and the Falcon 9 booster is B10XX.X for this flight. The 2nd stage is equipped with a Mission Extensi on Kit. Comprising a gray band on the RP-1 tank\, extra helium bottles & b atteries\, this kit extends the life of the stage in-orbit\, allowing it t o deploy the payload directly into its operational orbit.\n-\nOnce fully o perational\, the SDA Transport Layer will consist of a proliferated hetero geneous constellation of data relay space vehicles (SVs) that provide pers istent global coverage through a mesh network comprised of communication s atellites that connect to one another and to other space vehicles and grou nd stations via optical intersatellite links (OISLs). By nature of the mes h network spanning the globe\, the Transport satellites will also be able to transmit precise position\, navigation and timing (PNT) data to enhance GPS. A-class satellites have at least four optical cross-links\, that is so they can talk to satellites that are in plane with one another as they' re traveling and they also can talk to satellites that are cross-plane or in completely different orbits. So they can maintain those four lines of c ommunication simultaneously. The B-class satellites will connect directly to the warfighters via the Link-16 military communications system. They ha ve two optical cross-links each\, so that allows them to maintain constant communication with the other transport satellites in plane. The two other nodes will be Link-16 transmitters. Link-16 is an existing tactical commu nication system used across the services primarily for air and ground syst ems to share low latency data. The first phase of SDA’s Proliferated War fighter Space Architecture consists of 28 satellites (Tranche 0 including 20 communications payloads made by Lockheed Martin and York Space\, and ei ght missile-tracking infrared sensor satellites made by SpaceX and Leidos) as a proof of concept for the missile tracking and data relay network\, f ollowed by more than 150 additional satellites to provide an initial opera tional capability. In total\, Tranche 1 will consist of 154 operational sa tellites: 126 in the transport layer developed by York\, Northrop Grumman\ , and Lockheed Martin\, and 28 focused on missile warning and tracking dev eloped by Northrop Grumman and L3Harris. Combining conventional tactical r adio links\, laser inter-satellite communications\, and wide-view infrared sensors\, hundreds more SDA spacecraft could launch later as the Pentagon ramps up efforts and integrates new capabilities.\n-\nDelayed from Q4\, Q 1 and Q3.\n\nWebcast:\nhttps://www.spacex.com/launches\nhttps://spacefligh tnow.com LOCATION:Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4\, Lompoc\, Kalifornien 9343 6\, USA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Kinetica 2 • TBD DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251225 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251226 UID:179410618567 DESCRIPTION:A CAS Space Kinetica 2 rocket will launch on its first flight. The Cargo Spaceship Qingzhou (轻舟一号) prototype was removed from th is mission. Kinetica 2 (Lijian 2) was developed by CAS Space (a.k.a. Beij ing Zhongke Aerospace Exploration Technology Co.)\, a spin-off of the Chin ese Academy of Sciences. It is equipped with 3 YF-102 keroLOX engines on i ts first stage and side boosters and will be developed into reusability.\n -\nDelayed from August\, September and November. LOCATION:LC-43/140 - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center https://maps.app.goo. gl/C5QccUL9HvRGr9629 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Long March CZ-3B/E • Fengyun 4C DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251227T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251227T150000Z UID:595626436435 DESCRIPTION:A China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) Lo ng March (Chang Zheng) CZ-3B/E rocket will launch the Fengyun 4C geostatio nary weather satellite for the China Meteorological Administration. It is designed to collect imagery of storm systems\, atmospheric sounding measur ements\, lightning maps and observations of space weather phenomena. The l auncher will flown as CZ-3B/G3 variant with a 4.2m diameter fairing.\n-\nF engyun 4C (FY-4C) is the third satellite of the second generation of Chine se geosynchronous meteorological satellites\, a follow-on to the FY-2 ser ies. It has a launch mass of 5.3 tonnes and is based on the SAST-5000 bus. The three-axis stabilized satellites feature one solar panel and suite of observation instruments.\n-\nDelayed from Dec. 9.\n\nWebcast: https://www .youtube.com/live/1mH8oNp3qWs LOCATION:Xichang Satellite Launch Center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(TBD) Long March CZ-2C • Guowang DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251231 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260101 UID:114809860863 DESCRIPTION:A China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) Long Marc h (Chang Zheng) CZ-2C rocket topped with a YZ-1S upper stage will probably launch four Internet Connectivity Test Satellites designated Hulianwang J ishu Shiyan 8A/B/C/D/E into orbit.\n-\nThe Guowang satellite program can c arry a variety of payloads\, including broadband communication payloads\, laser communication payloads\, synthetic aperture radar payloads\, optical remote sensing payloads\, and others\, to meet the needs of different use rs and scenarios. It offers comprehensive technical support across numerou s fields such as maritime and aviation operations\, information security\, navigation and positioning\, and meteorological research\, while also ena bling expansion into the global satellite internet access market. The even tual constellation is expected to grow to 12992 satellites. This will be m ade up of 6080 in the low orbit GW-A59 sub-constellation at altitudes belo w 500km\, offering initial broadband coverage. The rest will orbit in the higher GW-A2 sub-constellation at 1145 km\, providing a more global reach. LOCATION:LC-43/94 (Pad 601 / South Launch Site 2) - Jiuquan Satellite Laun ch Center https://goo.gl/maps/CfKcRo56gcVCiLtL9 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Busy DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251231 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260101 UID:301415416318 DESCRIPTION:Busy LOCATION: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) SSLV • TBD & CubeSat DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251231 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260101 UID:191943934557 DESCRIPTION:An NSIL SSLV rocket will launch on its first operational fligh t\, designated SSLV-L1\, to place an unknown payload into orbit. It will c arry an ISRO primary payload and the CubeSat PARIKSHIT.\n-\nDelayed from Q 4 2024. LOCATION:Satish Dhawan First Launch Pad\, Sriharikota\, Andhra Pradesh 524 124\, Indien END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(TBD) Electron • OTC-P2 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251231 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260101 UID:184833960468 DESCRIPTION:A Rocket Lab Electron rocket topped with a Curie upper stage w ill launch eight wildfire monitoring infrared satellites for OroraTech. Th ey are built to the 6U CubeSat form factor and based on the FOREST 3 proto type satellite. The mission will deliver the Constellation Phase 2 satelli tes to a 550km orbit to expand its constellation providing data from space to help tackle wildfire challenges globally. OroraTech wants to deploy a constellation of up to 100 satellites by 2028. Rocket Lab's mission will b e named "?".\n-\nDelayed from November.\n\nWebcast: \nhttps://www.rocketl abusa.com/live-stream\nhttps://spaceflightnow.com/ LOCATION:LC-1B\, PVQ8+R3\, Māhia 4198\, Neuseeland END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Electron • MACH-TB 4 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251231 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260101 UID:176301673836 DESCRIPTION:A Rocket Lab Electron rocket topped with a modified upper stag e will launch on a HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) suborbital mission for the US Department of Defense. The flight will put a Mach-TB payload (codenamed ?) from Leidos on a hypersonic test flight. T he Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed (MACH-TB) program aims to increase the speed of testing of all commercially available hyper sonic systems. The program also envisioned the creation of an experimental glide body (EGB) that will allow the team to collect data and validate th e performance of hypersonic glide body components. Rocket Lab's mission is named "?" and the launcher will fly with a fully extended fairing?.\n-\nD elayed from summer. LOCATION:LC2\, 41 N Seawall Rd\, Wallops Island\, VA 23337\, Vereinigte St aaten END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(TBD) Falcon 9 B5 • USSF-36 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251231 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260101 UID:333824801086 DESCRIPTION:A SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket will launch the USSF-36 missi on for the U.S. Space Force.\n-\nDelayed from 2024. LOCATION:Space Launch Complex 40\, Cape Canaveral\, FL\, USA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Miura 5 • Test Flight DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102 UID:155952849558 DESCRIPTION:An PLD Space Miura 5 rocket will launch on its first test flig ht after suborbital flights of the Miura 1 rocket. Miura 5 is a two-stage launch vehicle propelled by keroLOX and uses 5 TEPREL-C engines on the fi rst stage and one vacuum-optimized TEPREL-C engine on the second stage. On later flights the first stage will be recovered by parachute-assisted spl ashdown in the ocean.\n-\nDelayed from late 2024. Moved forward from late 2025. Delayed from June. LOCATION:ELD - Ensemble de Lancement Diamant\, Kourou\, 97310\, Kourou 973 10\, Französisch-Guyana END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Maia • Test Flight DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102 UID:299935566621 DESCRIPTION:MaiaSpace\, a subsidiary of ArianeGroup\, will launch a Maia r ocket on its maiden flight. The Maia microlauncher is partially reusable a nd is equipped with grid fins\, landing legs\, three Prometheus methaLOX e ngines on the first stage and a vacuum-optimized Prometheus engine for it s second stage. The standard two-stage configuration of the Maia vehicle will be capable of deploying 1.5 tonnes into Low Earth Orbit when the firs t stage is expended and 500kg when it is being recovered. With the additio n of the Colibri kickstage\, the vehicle’s performance will increase to 2.5 tonnes to LEO when the first stage is expended.\n-\nMoved forward from 2026. Delayed from late 2025. LOCATION:ELS\, 8538+69C\, Sinnamary 97315\, Französisch-Guyana END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Electron • TacRS-4 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102 UID:131721419939 DESCRIPTION:A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch the Victus Haze missi on for the US Space Force. It is a technology demonstration satellite for the US Space Force's tactically responsive launch program TacRS (formerly TacRL)\, which is intended to conduct rendezvous proximity operations wit h True Anomaly's Jackal autonomous orbital vehicle. Rocket Lab will config ure a Pioneer class spacecraft bus to meet the unique requirements of the Victus Haze mission and launch the spacecraft on Electron from either Laun ch Complex 1 in Mahia\, NZ or Launch Complex 2 in Wallops\, VA.\n-\nDelaye d from Q4?. LOCATION:Onenui Station\, Māhia 4198\, Neuseeland END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Falcon 9 B5 • Outernet 1–24 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102 UID:103069335463 DESCRIPTION:A SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket will launch the first batch o f 24? test satellites for Rivada Space Networks.\n-\nDelayed from April. LOCATION:Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4\, Lompoc\, CA 93436\, USA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Falcon 9 B5 • PWSA DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102 UID:149791945421 DESCRIPTION:A SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket will launch 21 operational s atellites for the U.S. military’s Space Development Agency PWSA (Prolife rated Warfighter Space Architecture) constellation. The Tranche 1 satellit es (codenamed ?) on this flight are for the Transport Layer and were built by ?. The mission is designated as SDA-T1TL-E and the Falcon 9 booster is B10XX.X for this flight. The 2nd stage is equipped with a Mission Extensi on Kit. Comprising a gray band on the RP-1 tank\, extra helium bottles & b atteries\, this kit extends the life of the stage in-orbit\, allowing it t o deploy the payload directly into its operational orbit.\n-\nOnce fully o perational\, the SDA Transport Layer will consist of a proliferated hetero geneous constellation of data relay space vehicles (SVs) that provide pers istent global coverage through a mesh network comprised of communication s atellites that connect to one another and to other space vehicles and grou nd stations via optical intersatellite links (OISLs). By nature of the mes h network spanning the globe\, the Transport satellites will also be able to transmit precise position\, navigation and timing (PNT) data to enhance GPS. A-class satellites have at least four optical cross-links\, that is so they can talk to satellites that are in plane with one another as they' re traveling and they also can talk to satellites that are cross-plane or in completely different orbits. So they can maintain those four lines of c ommunication simultaneously. The B-class satellites will connect directly to the warfighters via the Link-16 military communications system. They ha ve two optical cross-links each\, so that allows them to maintain constant communication with the other transport satellites in plane. The two other nodes will be Link-16 transmitters. Link-16 is an existing tactical commu nication system used across the services primarily for air and ground syst ems to share low latency data. The first phase of SDA’s Proliferated War fighter Space Architecture consists of 28 satellites (Tranche 0 including 20 communications payloads made by Lockheed Martin and York Space\, and ei ght missile-tracking infrared sensor satellites made by SpaceX and Leidos) as a proof of concept for the missile tracking and data relay network\, f ollowed by more than 150 additional satellites to provide an initial opera tional capability. In total\, Tranche 1 will consist of 154 operational sa tellites: 126 in the transport layer developed by York\, Northrop Grumman\ , and Lockheed Martin\, and 28 focused on missile warning and tracking dev eloped by Northrop Grumman and L3Harris. Combining conventional tactical r adio links\, laser inter-satellite communications\, and wide-view infrared sensors\, hundreds more SDA spacecraft could launch later as the Pentagon ramps up efforts and integrates new capabilities.-\nDelayed from Q1 2024\ , Q2 and Q4.\n\nWebcast:\nhttps://www.spacex.com/launches\nhttps://spacefl ightnow.com LOCATION:Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4\, Lompoc\, Kalifornien 9343 6\, USA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Vulcan VC4S • USSF-87 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102 UID:841232031782 DESCRIPTION:A United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket\, designated ?\, will l aunch the USSF-87 mission for the US Space Force. It will carry GSSAP 7 an d 8 directly into a geosynchronous orbit. This identical pair of Geosynchr onous Space Situational Awareness satellites will form part of the USSF’ s Space Base Situational Awareness (SBSS) constellation\, which tracks spa ce traffic and debris in orbit. Vulcan will fly in the VC4S vehicle config uration with a double-engine Centaur upper stage\, four solid rocket boost ers and a standard fairing.\n-\nDelayed from late 2024\, Q1\, Q2\, August\ , September\, October and December. LOCATION:Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 41\, Titan III Rd\, Titusville\ , FL 32780\, USA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Soyuz 2.1a • Aist-2T 1–2 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102 UID:274110566454 DESCRIPTION:A Roscosmos Soyuz 2.1a rocket will launch two Aist-2T satellit es into orbit. Among the rideshare payloads are the Iranian Zafar 2 and To loo 3 satellites. The mission was switched from Angara 1.2 to Soyuz.\n-\nD elayed from Q4 2022\, Q4 2023\, December\, June 26\, July 31\, late August \, Oct. 20 and Dec. 28. LOCATION:Site 1S - Vostochny Cosmodrome https://goo.gl/maps/PxFba5r6WJ3bRT f98 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Prime • Test Flight DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102 UID:158668993217 DESCRIPTION:An Orbex Prime rocket will launch on its first test flight fro m the new Space Hub Sutherland on the Scottish A'Mhoine peninsula. It will be a dedicated launch for Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd\, to put an exp erimental payload into orbit. Also aboard is the Faraday 2b experiments pl atform of ~80kg of launch mass. Prime is a two stage rocket powered by six bio-propane fueled engines on the first stage and one vacuum-optimized en gine on the second stage.\n-\nDelayed from late 2022\, Q2\, late 2023\, la te 2024 and September. LOCATION:SaxaVord Spaceport\, Haroldswick\, Unst ZE2 9TJ\, Vereinigtes Kö nigreich END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) LVM3 • GSAT 22 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102 UID:239699642601 DESCRIPTION:ISRO’s LVM3 rocket (formerly GSLV Mk.III)\, flying on the LV M3-M? mission\, will launch the GSAT 22 communications satellite to geosyn chronous transfer orbit GTO.\n-\nDelayed from August 2024 and 2025. LOCATION:Second Launch Complex\, Nellore Dist\, P69J+W5X\, Sriharikota\, A ndhra Pradesh 524124\, Indien END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Nova • Test Flight DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102 UID:323924563720 DESCRIPTION:A Stoke Space Nova rocket will launch on its maiden flight. Th e LNG/hydroLOX fueled rocket will feature a reusable first stage powered b y seven Zenith Full Flow Staged Combustion Cycle LNG engines and a second stage propelled by a revolutionary hydroLOX ring aerospike engine.\n-\nDel ayed from 2025. LOCATION:Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 14\, Cape Canaveral\, Florida 3 2920\, Vereinigte Staaten END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) L40 • Gaganyaan TV-D2 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102 UID:222991044848 DESCRIPTION:An ISRO L40 rocket will launch an advanced prototype of the Ga ganyaan spacecraft on an uncrewed suborbital test flight for ISRO. Designa ted TV-D2 (Test Vehicle Demonstration 2) the mission will be a high altitu de abort test as part of the Gaganyaan program. The spacecraft will be lau nched to 11km above sea level at a speed of more than Mach 2\, where an in -flight abort scenario will be initiated and the capsule is expected to ri se to 15–16km apogee. The mission will test the separation from the rock et and its trajectory until a safe distance and parachute deployment. The capsule will have the same mass as the crewed version and will be the refu rbished Crew Module from TV-D1\, with added equipment. The capsule will in clude crew heat systems\, a post-splashdown CM uprighting system\, and eve n seats for the crew. The rocket is based on the L40 booster of the GSLV M k.II launcher.\n-\nDelayed from December 2023\, April 24\, late 2024\, May and Q4. LOCATION:First Launch Pad\, P6MM+8V Dhawan Space Centre\, Satish\, Mobile Structure Tower\, Sriharikota\, Andhra Pradesh 524124\, Indien END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Long March CZ-10A • Test Flight DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102 UID:140578189748 DESCRIPTION:A Chinese Long March (Chang Zheng) CZ-10A rocket will launch o n its inaugural flight as a pathfinder for the crewed CZ-10 rocket. It wil l also be used as a cargo variant of the launcher.\n-\nDelayed from late 2 025. LOCATION:Pad 301 - Wenchang Satellite Launch Center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Nebula 1 • Test Flight DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102 UID:541730748088 DESCRIPTION:A Deep Blue Aerospace Nebula 1 (Xingyun 1) rocket will launch on its maiden flight to orbit. The two-stage\, 3.35m diameter launcher wil l use nine variable thrust\, 3D-printed Thunder-R1 (Leiting-R) keroLOX eng ines on its first stage\, and a single engine on the second. The first st age will be a reusable booster equipped with grid-fins and landing legs.\n -\nDelayed from Q2 and mid-2025. LOCATION:Hainan Commercial Launch Site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) PSLV XL • Cartosat 3B DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102 UID:762335569458 DESCRIPTION:India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)\, flying on th e PSLV-C? mission in the PSLV XL configuration with stretched boosters\, w ill launch the first Cartosat 3B high-resolution Earth-imaging and mapping satellite for ISRO.\n-\nDelayed from March 2020\, 2022 and late 2024. LOCATION:Satish Dhawan Space Centre\, Sriharikota\, Andhra Pradesh 524124\ , Indien END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Falcon 9 B5 • IM-3 CLPS DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102 UID:240865691919 DESCRIPTION:A SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket will launch an Intuitive Mach ines' Nova-C lander on the IM-3 mission to the Moon. The mission will carr y four NASA science payloads\, two of them rovers. IM-3 will fly as a ride share mission with Vestri\, Astro Forge's mission to a Near Earth Asteroid and the first data relay satellite for NASA's Space Network Services (NSN S) lunar communications network. The NSNS system will feature five spacecr aft orbiting or in the vicinity of the moon to relay communications betwee n spacecraft at the Moon and the Earth. IM-3 will land in the Reiner Gamma region\, an area of the Moon with a magnetic anomaly.\n-\nIM-3 is Nova-C ’s third planned mission for NASA's CLPS program. The four investigation s that Intuitive Machines will deliver to Reiner Gamma are expected to wei gh approximately 92kg and include: Lunar Vertex (LVx)\, which is one of NA SA's Payloads and Research Investigations on the Moon's Surface (PRISM) se lections. It is a combination of stationary lander payloads and a rover th at will measure the magnetic field\, plasma environment\, and regolith pro perties in great detail. Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Explor ation (CADRE) is a team of mobile robots programmed to explore the lunar s urface\, collect data\, and map various areas of the Moon in 3D. ESA's Moo nLIGHT retroreflector is a laser retroreflector that reflects laser beams sent from Earth directly back to Earth. This allows for extremely accurate distance measurements between the reflector and the ground station. The L unar Space Environment Monitor (LUSEM) detects high-energy particles on th e lunar surface using a pair of apertures. LUSEM will track changes in the near-surface space environment when the Moon is inside and outside Earth' s magnetotail\, which is the trailing end of the magnetic fields that surr ound our planet and can act as a buffer for incoming radiation.\nThe Nova- C lander masses 1900kg and is a six-sided structure three meters high by t wo meters wide. 130kg is available for payloads\, and the spacecraft is eq uipped with six landing legs. Solar panels are mounted on two of the Nova- C’s sides as well as the top of the lander\, and fuel tanks are mounted on two other sides. The remaining pair of sides can be used to mount paylo ads. The lander is equipped with a methane and liquid oxygen (methalox) ma in engine used for all major maneuvers. The engine\, known as the VR-900\, is capable of producing 4000 N of thrust. Below the engine\, the Nova-C c an have a jettisonable ESPA ring that allows for up to 1 tonne of payloads that can fly to lunar orbit or elsewhere in the solar system.\n-\nDelayed from late Q2 2024\, early 2025 and Q4. LOCATION:SpaceX LC-39A\, Florida\, Vereinigte Staaten END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Proton M • Ekspress AMU4 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102 UID:299131304295 DESCRIPTION:A Khrunichev Proton M rocket\, topped with a Briz-M upper sta ge\, will launch the Ekspress AMU4 communications satellite. The launcher for Ekspress AMU4 was switched from Angara A5 to Proton in January 2020 du e to continuous delays with Angara.\n-\nDelayed from Q3 2020. LOCATION:Baikonur Cosmodrome\, Kazakhstan\, Kasachstan END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Falcon 9 B5 • O3b mPOWER 11–13 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102 UID:333630007049 DESCRIPTION:A SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket will launch the final theee O 3b mPOWER broadband internet satellites into Medium Earth Orbit for SES of Luxembourg. The satellites\, built by Boeing\, will provide internet serv ices over most of the populated world\, building on SES’s O3b network.\n -\nBuilt by Boeing the O3b mPower satellites are improved second generat ion satellites for the SES owned O3b Networks. Each satellite features ne wly redesigned power modules that address the previous electrical issues e xperienced by the first six O3b mPOWER satellites\, which will act as spar es. The ~2050kg second generation satellites are very high-throughput sate llites\, making it a terabit-per-second constellation. The constellation w ill have 30000 fully-shapeable and steerable beams that can be shifted and switched in real time to align with customers’ quickly changing growth opportunities. The satellites feature an all-electric propulsion system an d were built using electronics from Boeing's flight-proven BSS-702X sate llite platform customized to support the unique MEO environment for at lea st 10 years of service life. The second generation satellites will introd uce a second orbit of the same orbital height\, but at an inclination of 7 0° for near-global coverage. The equatorial constellation will feature up to 24 satellites and the inclined orbit constellation up to 16.\n\nWebcas t: https://www.spacex.com/launches LOCATION:Space Launch Complex 40\, Cape Canaveral\, FL\, Vereinigte Staate n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Electron • PRELUDE & OrigamiSat 2 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102 UID:166975884380 DESCRIPTION:A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch 8 CubeSats for JAXA w hich were originally planned to launch together with the RAISE 4 satellite on an Epsilon S rocket. The payloads are PRELUDE\, OrigamiSat 2\, Mono-Ni kko\, ARICA 2\, Kosen 2R\, Magnaro II\, FSI-SAT 2 and Waseda-SAT 0-II. The mission was switched from Epsilon S to Electron in 2025. Rocket Lab's mis sion will be named "Kakushin Rising".\n-\nMAGNARO II are two small satelli tes developed by the Nagoya University to demonstrate formation flying tec hniques. The purpose is to develop a method to achieve resource saving\, h igh accuracy\, and formation formation by rotating and separating connecte d micro-satellites to form a formation\, and achieve simultaneous multi-po int observation and continuous Earth observation with micro-satellites. MA GNARO is launched as a 3U CubeSat sized package of 4.4kg that splits into two satellites after deployment. One is 2U and the other is 1U in size. Th ey are connected by magnetism until their separation. After separating\, t hey will maintain formation flying between 2km to 500km distance from each other. Amateur radio operators will be able to use these satellites as re peaters for long-range communication.\n-\nKOSEN 2R is a 2U CubeSat satelli te developed by a partnership between the National Institute of Technology (KOSEN)\, Yonago College\, Gunma College\, and other educational bodies. This 2.7kg satellites features a deployable Yagi-style directional antenna which extends after deployment. It is designed to study deformation of th e Earth’s crust under the sea floor. It makes use of dual reaction wheel s to maintain attitude control. It takes observations using a combination of fish-eye camera lenses and magnetic sensors.\n-\nFSI-SAT 2 is a 1U Cube sat developed by the Future Science Institute as a low cost satellite feat uring a multi-spectral camera and on-board data processing system. It is d esigned to demonstrate that this technology can be deployed and operated a t this small scale and at low cost. The satellite has a mass of only 1.4kg .\n-\nWaseda-SAT 0-II is a 1U Cubesat developed by Waseda University as a technology demonstrator for 3D-printed satellites. Its aim is to have zero fixing screws\, zero mechanical parts to be assembled together\, and zero debris. This is achieved by 3D-printing the entire chassis as a single el ement. It will be used to conduct experiments regarding deployment of memb rane surfaces which might be used as solar panels for power generation or solar sail for propulsion. The total mass of the satellite is 1.2kg. LOCATION:Onenui Station\, Māhia 4198\, Neuseeland END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Agnibaan • Test Flight DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102 UID:277531079721 DESCRIPTION:An Agnikul Agnibaan rocket will launch on its first test fligh t from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota\, India. A suborbital demonstrator with only one engine\, designated SOrTeD\, launched earlier in 2024. The three stage Agnibaan rocket uses 7 electric-pump fed Agnilet keroLOX engines on the first stage\, and one vacuum-optimized Agnilet engi ne on each of the following stages.\n-\nDelayed from 2021\, 2022\, Q4 2024 and September. LOCATION:AgniKul Launch Pad - 1\, J6QP+3M\, Sriharikota\, Andhra Pradesh 5 24124\, Indien END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Electron • QPS-SAR 13 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102 UID:198112461912 DESCRIPTION:A Rocket Lab Electron rocket topped with a Curie upper stage w ill launch the QPS-SAR 13 satellite (named ?) for iQPS of Japan. Rocket L ab's mission will be named "?" and fly with an extended fairing.\n-\nQ-shu Pioneers of Space – Synthetic Aperture Radar (QPS-SAR) are operational satellites in a series of small high-resolution SAR (synthetic aperture ra dar) Earth observation sats by the QPS Institute (iQPS). The 100kg satelli tes feature a 3.6m diameter antenna of only 10kg. It can distinguish objec ts 1 meter long and identify cars on the road. Compared to the prototypes (QPS-SAR 1\, 2)\, these satellites have increased power due to two deploya ble solar arrays and increased battery capacity. They also feature thruste rs for station keeping. The planned constellation will have 36 satellites. \n-\nDelayed from November.\n\nWebcast: \nhttps://rocketlabcorp.com/live- stream/ LOCATION:Onenui Station\, Māhia 4198\, Neuseeland END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) SL1 • Test Flight DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102 UID:246488116846 DESCRIPTION:A Hyimpulse SL1 rocket will launch on its maiden flight. The t hree stage launcher is fueled by paraffin and LOX and is powered by eight HyPLOX75 engines on the first stage\, four vaccuum-optimized HyPLOX75 engi nes on the second stage and four HyPLOX10 engines on the third stage.\n-\ nDelayed from late 2023\, 2024 and 2025. LOCATION:TBD END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) RFA One • Test Flight DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102 UID:260142447224 DESCRIPTION:Rocket Factory Augsburg will launch a RFA One rocket on its ma iden flight from the SaxaVord Spaceport on the Shetland Islands. It will f ly a research mission for Ukraine-based Lunar Research Service (LRS) and t he PocketQubes ERMINAZ 1U\, ERMINAZ 1V\, MARIA-G (HADES-F)\, QUBIK 5 and U NNE 1 (HADES-E). Seven companies had been selected by DLR to launch payloa ds aboard the maiden RFA flight\, totaling 136kg. The companies selected w ere TU Munich\, SPACEMIND\, Planetary Transportations Systems\, AMSAT-Deut schland\, DCUBED\, and Kinetik Space. The three stage launcher is powered by nine keroLOX Helix engines on the first stage and one Helix engine on t he second stage. The third stage (named RFA Redshift) is powered by a nitr omethane and N2O consuming Fenix engine\, and will also be used as OTV. Ev entually the first stage will be reused by parachute-assisted ocean recove ry on later flights.\n-\nDelayed from late 2022\, March\, July\, December 2023\, May\, August 2024\, summer and late 2025. LOCATION:SaxaVord Spaceport\, Unst\, Shetland ZE2 9EF\, Vereinigtes König reich END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) HLVM3 • Gaganyaan G1 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102 UID:129090640865 DESCRIPTION:An Indian HLVM3 rocket will launch the Gaganyaan spacecraft on its first uncrewed orbital test flight for ISRO\, designated G1. Vyomitra \, a humanoid robot\, will be aboard Gaganyaan. The mission will test the crew module in a 400km orbit\, orbital maneuvers and its reentry and recov ery. The HLVM3 is the human rated version of the LVM3\, which is equipped with a launch abort system (LAS) and will use the upgraded C32 cryo stage. \n-\nDelayed from December 2020\, Q1\, late 2021\, H2 2022\, late 2023\, D ecember\, February\, March\, June\, August and December. LOCATION:Second Launch Complex\, Nellore Dist\, Sriharikota\, Andhra Prade sh 524124\, Indien END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) PSLV XL • EOS 10 & IMJS DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102 UID:238689694715 DESCRIPTION:A NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicl e (PSLV)\, flying on the PSLV-N1 mission in the PSLV XL configuration with six boosters\, will launch the EOS 10 Earth observation satellite. Also a board will be the IMJS (India Mauritius Joint Satellite)\, which is based on the INS-2 bus.\n-\nEOS 10 (EOS-10\, formerly known as Oceansat 3A) is b ased on the IRS-1 bus and envisaged to provide service continuity for the operational users of OCM (Ocean Color Monitor) data from Oceansat 2 as wel l as to enhance the application potential in other areas. The prime object ive of EOS X is to ensure the data continuity with improved payload speci fication of Ocean colour and wind vector data to sustain the operational applications. This satellite is expected to improve the applications by pr oviding additional data such as Sea Surface Temperature (SST)\, with a hig her number of bands in the optical and infrared region for atmospheric cor rections. The 1117kg EOS X satellite is equipped with a scatterometer\, 13 band Ocean Color Monitor (OCM-3) with spectral bandwidth of 10-20nm and b etter SNR\, as well as a sea surface temperature monitor (SSTM-1). An ARGO S-4 payload of CNES will also fly on-board the satellite under internatio nal co-operation. The mission\, in tandem with Oceansat 2 (on availability )\, will improve the repetitivity of ocean colour measurements to every 24 hour and wind vector measurements to every 12 hour.\n-\nDelayed from Nove mber. LOCATION:First Launch Pad\, P6MM+8V Dhawan Space Centre\, Satish\, Mobile Structure Tower\, Sriharikota\, Andhra Pradesh 524124\, Indien END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Electron • StriX 8 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102 UID:493893011592 DESCRIPTION:A Rocket Lab Electron rocket topped with a Curie kickstage wil l launch the newest StriX satellite for Synspective\, its eighth sat after StriX α\, β\, 1\, 3\, 4\, 2 and 5. Rocket Lab's mission will be named " Owl New World" and will use a customized fairing.\n-\nStriX are Japanese s ynthetic aperture radar satellites built by Synspective for their planned 25 satellite constellation. They feature an X-band synthetic aperture rada r. The 100kg StriX operational satellites are more light weight than the 1 50kg StriX α and β prototypes. The satellites feature two deployable pan es\, one side carrying solar cells\, the other carrying the X-band radar a ntenna.\nSynspective is planning a constellation of 25 satellites that can target data with a ground resolution of 1-3m\, single polarized (VV)\, an d a swath width of more than 10-30km. The StriX observation modes are Stri pmap and Sliding Spotlight mode and each satellite has an SAR antenna that is 5 meters in length and stowed during launch. The simple design of the satellites allows for affordable development of the constellation.\n-\nDel ayed from Q4.\n\nWebcast: \nhttps://rocketlabcorp.com/live-stream/ LOCATION:LC-1A (Rocket Lab)\, PVQ8+93\, Māhia 4198\, Neuseeland END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Ariane 64 • Amazon Leo DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102 UID:636147209093 DESCRIPTION:Arianespace will launch an Ariane 6 rocket to put a batch of 3 5 operational satellites for Amazon's Kuiper constellation. The constellat ion will number 3236 satellites\, spread out in 98 orbital planes\, or pat hways\, crisscrossing the planet at an average altitude of about 610km. In its license application with the Federal Communications Commission\, Amaz on said the Kuiper satellites will fly in mid-inclination orbits\, enablin g Internet service for customers between 56 degrees north and south latitu de. Ariane 6 will fly in the Ariane 64 configuration\, using 4 solid rocke t boosters. This mission will be the inaugural launch for this variant.\n- \nDelayed from 2020\, June 2021\, June 2023\, 2024 and September 2025.\n\n Webcast:\nhttps://www.arianespace.com/road-to-space/ LOCATION:ELA4 (l'Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 6) - Centre Spatial Guyanais \, Französisch-Guyana END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) GSLV Mk.II • NavIC 12 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102 UID:161364380941 DESCRIPTION:India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV)\, fly ing on the GSLV-F1? mission\, will launch the NVS 3 navigation satellite f or ISRO. It is the third next generation satellite in the fleet and will r eplace the failed NVS 2 satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satell ite System NavIC\, which aims to improve positioning services over India a nd neighboring regions. It will be positioned at 111.75º East\, to replac e IRNSS 1E.\n-\nNVS 3 (NVS-03) is the twelfth satellite in the Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) and the third 2nd generation NavIC satel lite. This new series of satellites have a launch mass of 2250kg\, incorpo rate L1 band signals additionally to L5 and S-band and use indigenous atom ic clocks. The satellite is powered by two solar arrays\, which generate u p to 1660 Watts\, and has a lifetime of 12 years.\nThree of the satellites in the NavIC constellation are in GEO (Geostationary Orbit) at 32.5°\, 8 3° and 131.5° East\, while four satellites are in an inclined geosynchro nous orbit with an inclination of 29° with longitude crossing at 55° and 111.75° East. All satellites are inter-operable and compatible with GPS and Galileo.\n-\nDelayed from December. LOCATION:Second Launch Complex\, Nellore Dist\, Sriharikota\, Andhra Prade sh 524124\, Indien END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) GSLV Mk.II • EOS 5 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102 UID:150703033868 DESCRIPTION:India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV)\, fly ing on the GSLV-F18 mission\, will launch EOS 5 satellite for ISRO.\n-\nEO S 5 (EOS-05 formerly known as GISAT 1A for GEO Imaging Satellite) is an In dian earth observing satellite operating for quick monitoring of natural h azards and disaster. EOS 5 is built on a modified I-1K (I-1000) bus weighi ng in at 2268 kg. EOS 5 carries an imaging payload consisting of of multi- spectral (visible\, near infra-red and thermal)\, multi-resolution from 50 m to 1.5km. EOS 5 will provide near real time pictures of large areas of t he country\, under cloud free conditions\, at frequent intervals. The GISA T payload consists of a 700mm Ritchey-Chretien telescope based on the Cart osat 2 design and array detectors in VNIR\, SWIR and LWIR bands\, a camera electronics and data handling system and an electronically steerable tran smit antenna system. It will operate on an orbital slot around 93.5° East for a planned service life of 7 years.\n-\nDelayed from November 2019\, J uly 2020\, Q1 2023\, March\, June 2024 and 2025. LOCATION:Second Launch Complex\, Nellore Dist\, Sriharikota\, Andhra Prade sh 524124\, Indien END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Epsilon S • LOTUSat 1 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102 UID:339499188936 DESCRIPTION:An IHI Aerospace Epsilon S rocket will launch on its first fli ght\, and the seventh flight for the Epsilon launcher overall. Payload is LOTUSat 1.\n-\nDelayed from Q4 2024 and December. LOCATION:Epsilon Rocket Launch Site\, Minamikata\, Kimotsuki\, Kimotsuki B ezirk\, Präfektur Kagoshima 893-1402\, Japan END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(NET) Falcon 9 B5 • Pandora & SPARCS DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260105 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260106 UID:143853233399 DESCRIPTION:A SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket will launch the Pandora exopl anet observatory for NASA. Pandora is a 325kg satellite designed to charac terize exoplanet atmospheres and their host stars. It is slated to observe at least 20 different planets during its one year of science operations. Additional payloads will be SPARCS and others. LOCATION:Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4\, Lompoc\, CA 93436\, USA END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR