Launch Calendar
Locations
Upcoming Missions This Year
Dec 19 | OneWeb-2 | |||||||
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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 | |||||||
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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. |
Missions No Earlier Than 2020
NET2020 | Chang’e 5 | |||||||
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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. |