Space launches

🇨🇳 Pallas-1 – Demo Flight – Galactic Energy (Commercial) — Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) — Test Flight

Pallas-1 Launch Pad — Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

First test launch of Galactic Energy’s Pallas-1 rocket, with a dummy payload on board.

🇳🇴 Spectrum – Onward and Upward – Isar Aerospace (Private) — Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) — Test Flight

Orbital Launch Pad — Andøya Spaceport

Second test flight of the Isar Spectrum launch vehicle. This launch will carry 5 cubesats and 1 non-separable experiment as part of European Space Agency (ESA)'s “Boost!” program:

* CyBEEsat (TU Berlin)

* TriSat-S (University of Maribor)

* Platform 6 (EnduroSat)

* FramSat-1 (NTNU)

* SpaceTeamSat1 (TU Wien Space Team)

* Let It Go (Dcubed, non-separable experiment)

🇬🇫 Vega-C – Sentinel-3C & FLEX – Avio S.p.A (Commercial) — Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) — Earth Science

Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) — Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

European Space Agency 🇪🇺 (Multinational)

Sentinel-3C is the third satellite in the Sentinel-3 constellation, which provides high-accuracy optical, radar and altimetry data for marine and land services.

The Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX) satellite is a part of ESA's Earth Explorer program. The satellite will map vegetation fluorescence to quantify photosynthetic activity.

🇰🇷 KSLV-2 Nuri – NeonSat-2 to 6 – Korea Aerospace Research Institute (Government) — Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) — Earth Science

LC-2 — Naro Space Center, South Korea

NeonSat-2 to 6 are part of the South Korean government's Earth observation micro-satellite constellation NeonSat (New-space Earth Observation Satellite). The NeonSat constellation is the first satellite system developed by the government using a mass-production approach for precise monitoring of the Korean Peninsula.

🇳🇿 Electron – StriX Launch 12 – Rocket Lab (Commercial) — Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) — Earth Science

Unknown Pad — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Synspective 🇯🇵 (Private)

Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.

🇺🇸 Falcon 9 Block 5 – Transporter 18 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) – SpaceX (Commercial) — Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) — Dedicated Rideshare

Space Launch Complex 4E — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

SpaceX 🇺🇸 (Commercial)

Dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.

🇷🇺 Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M – MKA Kinosputnik, KOEN and others – ROSCOSMOS (Government) — Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) — Technology

Cosmodrome Site 1S — Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation

Share-ride of multiple satellites, including dual-use optical Earth observation satellites and drone-guiding satellites:

* MKA Kinosputnik

* KOEN, KA MT-LAB

* NPO Kaisant 6U cubesat with a Germes modem

* NPO Kaisant 16U cubesat with Gonets modems

🇬🇫 Ariane 62 – Metop-SG B1 – Arianespace (Commercial) — Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) — Earth Science

Ariane Launch Area 4 — Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Second of EUMETSAT's second generation of Metop weather satellites.

🇳🇿 Electron – StriX Launch 13 – Rocket Lab (Commercial) — Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) — Earth Science

Unknown Pad — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Synspective 🇯🇵 (Private)

Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.

🇳🇴 Spectrum – 1 x Pelican satellite – Isar Aerospace (Private) — Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) — Earth Science

Orbital Launch Pad — Andøya Spaceport

Planet Labs 🇺🇸 (Commercial)

Payload consists of a single Pelican high-resolution imaging satellite for Planet Labs Germany.

🇳🇴 Spectrum – AT-Astra and Others (Spectrum Flight 3) – Isar Aerospace (Private) — Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) — Technology

Orbital Launch Pad — Andøya Spaceport

Third test flight of the Isar Spectrum launch vehicle. This launch will carry various satellites including R-Space’s AT-Astra/IOD-01, which will perform in-orbit demonstrations for ENPULSION, SUNBOOSTER GmbH, and Synopsis Planet.

🇯🇵 Epsilon S – JV-LOTUSat-1 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Government) — Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) — Earth Science

Mu Center — Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

Vietnamese Synthetic Aperture Radar Earth observation satellite build by NEC Corporation of Japan, based on Japan's ASNARO 2 satellite and the NEXTAR NX-300L satellite bus. The satellite will contribute to measures against natural disasters and climate change in Vietnam.

🇺🇸 Firefly Alpha Block 2 – QuickSounder – Firefly Aerospace (Commercial) — Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) — Earth Science

Space Launch Complex 2W — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 🇺🇸 (Government)

QuickSounder is the first satellite mission of the Near Earth Orbit Network (NEON) program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which aims to replace the current Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) series of polar orbit weather satellites. This pathfinder mission will demonstrate NOAA's ability to launch a small satellite within 3 years, flying a refurbished Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) instrument to polar orbit.