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Nov 20

Cartosat 3

Vehicle	PSLV-XL
Location	Satish Dhawan Space Centre FLP
Time	5:30 AM IST / 2019-11-20 00:00:00Z

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is currently planning to launch the PSLV-47 mission from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad in late November of 2019. Besides the Cartosat 3 spacecraft, the payload for this rocket will also include the Meshbed and Super Doves x 12 (Flock 4p) spacecraft.

Nov 22

TIBA 1 & Inmarsat 5 F5

Vehicle	Ariane 5 ECA
Location	Guiana Space Centre ELA-3
Time	6:08 PM GFT / 2019-11-22 21:08:00Z

Launch of the TIBA 1 and Inmarsat 5 F5 communications satellites. TIBA 1 is being launched for the Egyptian government and Inmarsat 5 F5 will be the fourth satellite in Inmarsat’s Global Xpress network.

Nov 29

Gonets-M

Vehicle	Rokot
Location	Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 133
Time	3:00 AM MSK / 2019-11-29 00:00:00Z

The Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos is working to launch a Rokot booster from the Plesetsk Cosmodrone's Site 133 with three Gonets-M satellites. The rocket will use a Breeze-KM upper stage. Rokot is a derivative of the UR-100N intercontinental ballistic missile.

NETNov

Shijian 20

Vehicle	Long March 5
Location	Wenchang Space Center LA-1
Time	TBD

A Chinese Long March 5 rocket will launch the Shijian 20 communications satellite which will replace the Shijian 18 satellite lost in a launch failure in 2017.

Dec 1

Progress 74P / MS-13

Vehicle	Soyuz-2
Location	Baikonur Cosmodrome LC-31
Time	6:29 PM ALMT / 2019-12-01 12:29:00Z

The Russian Federal Space Agency will use one of its venerable Soyuz (2.1a) rockets to launch a Progress cargo freighter to the International Space Station. This launch is the third, and final, Progress mission scheduled under the 2019 launch manifest.

Dec 4

CRS-19

Vehicle	Falcon 9 v1.2
Location	Kennedy Space Center LC-39A
Time	7:48 AM EST / 2019-12-04 12:48:00Z

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled launch the 21st Dragon cargo spacecraft mission on its 19th operational cargo delivery flight to the International Space Station. This flight will get underway from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 40 and is part of the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.

Dec 15

JCSAT 18 - Kacific 1

Vehicle	Falcon 9 v1.2
Location	Cape Canaveral AFS SLC-40
Time	8:38 PM EST / 2019-12-16 01:38:00Z

The JCSAT 18 / Kacific 1 communications satellite is being prepared to launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida. JCSAT 18/Kacific 1 was built by Boeing, but is owned by both SKY Perfect JSAT Corp. and Kacific Broadband Satellites and is designed to provide broadband services across Asia.

NETDec 17

Starliner CST-100 OFT-1

Vehicle	Atlas V 401
Location	Cape Canaveral AFS SLC-41
Time	TBD

Boeing's Starliner CST-100 Orbital Flight Test-1 (OFT-1) is the first test flight (uncrewed) of the new commercial spacecraft. Starliner is designed to fly on an Atlas-V N22 booster to carry astronauts to the International Space Station. The version of the Atlas V tasked with sending the space "taxi" to the ISS is different from other iterations of the rocket in that it has two engines in the Centaur second stage.

Apr 2019: Boeing’s first crewed test flight gains extension

NETDec 17

CSG 1 & CHEOPS

Vehicle	Soyuz-2 (Arianespace)
Location	Guiana Space Centre ELS
Time	TBD

An Arianespace Soyuz rocket will carry the first COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG 1) radar surveillance satellite for ASI, the Italian space agency. The European Space Agency’s Characterizing Exoplanet Satellite, or CHEOPS, will fly as a secondary payload on the mission. Built by Airbus Defense and Space in Spain with a Swiss-developed science instrument, CHEOPS will observe transits of planets around other stars to measure their radii.

Dec 19

OneWeb-2

Vehicle	Soyuz-2
Location	Baikonur Cosmodrome LC-31
Time	6:00 AM ALMT / 2019-12-19 00:00:00Z

A Russian Federal Space Agency Soyuz-2.1b (which uses a Fregat upper stage) rocket has been selected to launch the OneWeb-2 satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrone in Kazakhstan. Like SpaceX, OneWeb is also working to field a constellation of satellites meant to provide broadband internet services.

Dec 24

Elektro-L 3

Vehicle	Proton-M
Location	Baikonur Cosmodrome LC-81
Time	6:00 AM ALMT / 2019-12-24 00:00:00Z

The Russian Federal Space Agency plans to launch the Elektro-L 3 geostationary weather satellite atop a Proton-M (which utilizes a Block DM upper stage) rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrone's LC-81.

NETDec

GPS 3-03

Vehicle	Falcon 9 v1.2
Location	Kennedy Space Center LC-39A
Time	TBD

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the U.S. Air Force’s third third-generation navigation satellite for the Global Positioning System. The satellite is built by Lockheed Martin.

Missions No Earlier Than 2019

NET2019

SSMS POC

Vehicle	Vega
Location	Guiana Space Centre ELV
Time	TBD

This Vega rocket flight will launch several smaal satellites into orbit. among its payload are: Esail, Athena, Astrocast 1 (?10), GHGSat-C1, Lemur-2y (x TBD), PICASSO, SIMBA, DIDO-3, Royal Thai Air Force cubesat, NEMO-HD, TRISAT, FSSCat A, FSSCat B, IGOSat, PINO, QARMAN, Casaa-Sat.

NET2019

Crew Dragon Demo 2

Vehicle	Falcon 9 (Crew Dragon)
Location	Kennedy Space Center LC-39A
Time	TBD

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft on its first crewed test flight. NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken will fly on the Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station. The Crew Dragon spacecraft will return to a splashdown at sea.

Missions No Earlier Than 2020

Feb 5

Solar Orbiter

Vehicle	Atlas V 411
Location	Cape Canaveral AFS SLC-41
Time	6:15 AM EST / 2020-02-05 11:15:00Z

Solar Orbiter, a joint NASA/ESA (European Space Agency) mission, is designed to answer questions concerning the Sun. The spacecraft is slated to launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 411 rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral. NASA’s Launch Services Program will manage the launch.

NET2020

Chang’e 5

Vehicle	Long March 5
Location	Wenchang Space Center LA-1
Time	TBD

Chang'e 5 is a Chinese robotic mission to collect at least 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) of lunar soil and rock samples from Earth's moon and return them to Earth. This would be the first lunar sample return mission attempted by any nation since 1976.

NET2020

SAOCOM 1B

Vehicle	Falcon 9 v1.2
Location	Vandenberg AFB SLC-4
Time	TBD

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the SAOCOM 1B satellite for CONAE, Argentina’s space agency. SAOCOM 1B is the second of two SAOCOM 1-series Earth observation satellites designed to provide radar imagery to help emergency responders and monitor the environment, including the collection of soil moisture measurements.