Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-35
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Launch Agency: SpaceX
Launch Date: Monday, Apr 6 - 11:03pm
Status: Go for Launch
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Payload: Starlink Group 17-35
Mission: A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Minotaur IV | STP-S29A
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Launch Agency: Northrop Grumman Space Systems
Launch Date: Tuesday, Apr 7 - 11:30am
Status: Go for Launch
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Payload: STP-S29A
Mission: STP-S29A is a mission under the U.S. Department of Defense's Space Test Program (STP) that will deliver technology demonstrations to orbit and contribute to future space system development, with this launch delivering up to 200 kg of STP cubesats to Low Earth Orbit. The main payload will be STPSat-7, an ESPA class satellite based on the Aegis Aerospace M-1 satellite bus used on the STPSat-4 mission for hosting research and technology demonstration payloads for the Department of Defense (DoD). One of the payload is U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL) Lightsheet Anomaly Resolution and Debris Observation (LARADO) instrument, used to detect and characterize lethal non-trackable orbital debris with lasers in orbit.
Long March 8 | Unknown Payload
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Launch Agency: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Launch Date: Tuesday, Apr 7 - 1:30pm
Status: Go for Launch
Location: Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Payload: Unknown Payload
Mission: Details TBD.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-24 (S.S. Steven R. Nagel)
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Launch Agency: SpaceX
Launch Date: Wednesday, Apr 8 - 12:51pm
Status: Go for Launch
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Payload: Cygnus CRS-2 NG-24 (S.S. Steven R. Nagel)
Mission: This is the 24th flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 23rd flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.
Long March 6A | Unknown Payload
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Launch Agency: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Launch Date: Wednesday, Apr 8 - 7:35pm
Status: Go for Launch
Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Payload: Unknown Payload
Mission: Details TBD.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-21
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Launch Agency: SpaceX
Launch Date: Friday, Apr 10 - 2:39am
Status: Go for Launch
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Payload: Starlink Group 17-21
Mission: A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Smart Dragon 3 | Unknown Payload
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Launch Agency: China Rocket Co. Ltd.
Launch Date: Friday, Apr 10 - 11:00am
Status: To Be Confirmed
Location: Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
Payload: Unknown Payload
Mission: Details TBD.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-24
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Launch Agency: SpaceX
Launch Date: Sunday, Apr 12 - 6:57am
Status: Go for Launch
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Payload: Starlink Group 10-24
Mission: A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-27
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Launch Agency: SpaceX
Launch Date: Tuesday, Apr 14 - 2:00am
Status: Go for Launch
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Payload: Starlink Group 17-27
Mission: A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
New Glenn | BlueBird Block 2 #2
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Launch Agency: Blue Origin
Launch Date: Tuesday, Apr 14 - 10:45am
Status: To Be Confirmed
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Payload: BlueBird Block 2 #2
Mission: AST SpaceMobile’s Block 2 BlueBird satellites are designed to deliver up to 10 times the bandwidth capacity of the BlueBird Block 1 satellites, required to achieve 24/7 continuous cellular broadband service coverage in the United States, with beams designed to support a capacity of up to 40 MHz, enabling peak data transmission speeds up to 120 Mbps, supporting voice, full data and video applications. The Block 2 BlueBirds, featuring as large as 2400 square foot communications arrays, will be the largest satellites ever commercially deployed in Low Earth orbit once launched. This launch will feature 1 satellite, BlueBird 7/BlueBird Block 2 FM2.