Launch schedule for the current six months, plus on-orbit and re-entry or landing events of satellites and spacecraft.
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2013 May 19 | 03:12 | Bion M-1 Landing |
Followed 30 days in orbit. The cabin landed 55 km WNW of Orenburg, Russia at 51 ° 53 'north, 54 ° 20' east. The location was about 85 kilometers short of the pre-announced target near Bulanovo, but just within the 180 x 20 km target ellipse.
Retro-fire occurred at 02:26 UTC with the thruster firing for 381 seconds. The descent cabin separated at an altitude of 555 km and re-entry occurred 02:56 UTC at 110 km. The parachute opened at 03:01 UTC, 9 km above the Earth.
The timings and measurements are slightly different from the ones announced before the event. Notes: http://www.zarya.info/blog/?p=1034
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2013 May 20 | | FASTSAT-HSV01 - Switch-off on orbit |
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2013 May 23 | 00:26 | WGS-5 Launch Delta 4 Medium+, CCAFS |
Military communications satellite for geosynchronous orbit.
Time is the opening of a 33 minute launch window.
WGS stands for Wideband Global SATCOM (an acronym of an acronym!). Block II WGS satellite, providing communications links for troops in the field. A major improvent in the Block II satellites is transmission of airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance imagery at approximately three times the data rate available through the Block I satellites.
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2013 May 28 | 20:31 | Soyuz TMA-09M Launch Soyuz-FG, Baikonur SC |
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2013 May 29 | 02:17 | Soyuz TMA-09M Docking ISS |
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2013 May 30 | | Shenzhou 10 - Rollout to Launch Pad |
Based on June 7 Launch
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2013 Jun 2 | | Iran - orbital launch Safir?, Semnan SC |
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2013 Jun 3 | 09:18 | SES 6 Launch Proton-M/Briz-M, Baikonur SC |
Launch to geosynchronous transfer orbit of satellite to cover North America, Latin America, Europe and Atlantic Ocean the Atlantic Ocean region. It will provide direct-tohome broadcasts and VSat terminal services from 40°.5 west.
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2013 Jun 5 | 21:36 | ATV 4 (Albert Einstein) Launch Ariane 5ES (VA-213), Centre Spatiale Guyanaise |
Supplies to ISS
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2013 Jun 7 | 11:30 | CZ-2FT1, Jiuquan SC |
Piloted mission aimed at docking with Tiangong 1. Mission will run for fifteen days and the crew will probably consist of two male, and one female astronaut.
Date is the first day of a seven-day-long window. The launch time is an estimate for that day only and is ±2 minutes.
As of mid-May, preparations seemed to be running slightly behind schedule for a June 7 launch. Alternatives based on standard practice: May 9 at 10:34 UTC and May 11 at 09:39 UTC.
Frequency: 2224.065 MHz.
Background notes:
http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/China/Shenzhou/10/Shenzhou10.php
Launch campaign:
http://www.zarya.info/blog/?p=852
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2013 Jun 9 | 07:01 | Shenzhou 10 Docking Tiangong 1 |
The date is based on a June 7 launch.
Time is estimated and is ±10 minutes - based on June 7 launch..
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2013 Jun 11 | | Progress M-19M Undocking ISS |
Followed by destructive re-entry.
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2013 Jun 11 | 19:31 | IRNSS 1A Launch PSLV-XL (PSLV-C22) Satish Dhawan (Sriharikota) SC |
Satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System, first of three satellites aimed at geosynchronous orbit for India's national system.
A further four satellites will be placed in highly elliptical orbit at 29° inclination to provide a constellation for complete regional coverage.
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2013 Jun 15 | | ATV 4 (Albert Einstein) Docking on orbit |
Docking with aft port of Zvezda.
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2013 Jun 15 | | Meteor M-2 Launch Soyuz-2-1b, Baikonur SC |
Meteorological satellite, launcher may carry several secondary paylods.
Approximate date.
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2013 Jun 21 | 02:00 | Shenzhou 10 Undocking on orbit |
From Tiangong 1. The time is approximate.
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2013 Jun 22 | 01:50 | Shenzhou 10 Landing Mongolia |
Preceded by retro-fire and re-entry.
Date is based on June 7 launch. The time is estimated and is ±15 minutes.
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2013 Jun 23 | | Sirius FM-6 Launch Proton-M/Briz-M, Baikonur |
Digital radio broadcasting satellite for geosynchronous transfer orbit. Intended location 115° west longitude.
Estimated date. Delayed from 2012 January then pushed back because of the Proton/SES-4 delays. Delayed further because of a problem deploying the SES 4 solar array that might have affected Sirius. Further affected by issues with the Briz-M rocket stage from 2012.
Frequencies: 1018.5 MHz, 1020.5 MHz (Briz-M rocket stage).
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2013 Jun 23 | 17:38 | Resurs P Launch Soyuz 2-1b, Baikonur SC |
Russian remote sensing satellite. Also carrying instruments for measuring cosmic rays, and to monitor electromagnetic field variations as the precursors of earthquakes.
Sun synchronous orbit - 475km, 97.3 deg.
Postponed from 2012 Nov 30 for extended tests on the satellite's star sensors which are a new design. Launch was expected 2013 mid-February.
2013 Jan 17 - indefinite postponement was announced, apparently due to a dispute between Russia and Kazakhstan concering the ground track.
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2013 Jun 24 | | O3b (4 satellites) Launch Soyuz-ST (VS-05), CSG EL-S |
Quartet of communications satellite aimed at 8063 km, 288 minutes period equatorial orbit to provide links between ground stations lying in the range ±45° latitude. First of three launches.
Orbiting at one quarter the altitude of geosynchronous satellites, O3b aims to reduce the delays (latency) in transmission introduced the lengths of radio links. Notes on the choice of orbit: http://www.o3bnetworks.com/welcome-to-o3b/faqs
Date subject to confirmation.
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2013 Jun 26 | | ISS EVA - Russian Segment ISS |
33rd Russian EVA from ISS - Yurchukin and Misurkin will use the Pirs hatch.
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2013 Jun 27 | 02:27 | IRIS (Interface Region Imaging Spectrometer) Launch L-1011/Pegasus XL, Vandenberg AFB |
NASA satellite - IRIS is equipped with an ultraviolet telescope and spectrograph to make detailed measurements of the flow of energy and plasma through the sun’s corona and the heliosphere.
Time is the opening of a five minute window and is the release time of Pegaus from the L-1011. Location approx 160 km NW of Vandenberg AFB, off Big Sur, California.
The date has slipped several times from 2012 December..
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2013 Jul 1 | | GLONASS-M Launch Proton-M/Briz-M, Baikonur SC |
Three GLONASS-M navigation satellites. WIll be given numbers in the Cosmos series once in orbit.
Date subject to confirmation.
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2013 Jul 9 | 00:00 | ISS EVA - US Segment ISS |
22nd US EVA from ISS. Cassidy and Parmitano will use the Quest airlock.
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2013 Jul 9 | 09:00 | Cassiope Launch Falcon 9, LC-43E Vandenberg AFB |
Satellite from the Canadian Space Agency - hybrid science/application payload. The science package will study solar-wind-driven plasma, radio and magnetic events in the lower ionosphere. Cassiope also carries a store and forward comms package specifically to move large digital data files around the world.
Launch window runs to 11:00 UTC.
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2013 Jul 14 | | Fengyun 3C Launch CZ-4C, Taiyuan SC |
Second generation meteorological satellite for sun-synchronous orbit. Fengyun-3C will be capable of producing three-dimensional analyses of weather systems.
The date is very approximate.
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2013 Jul 15 | | Astra 2E Launch Proton-M/Briz-M, Baikonur SC |
Launch to geosynchronous transfer orbit of satellite to provide broadcast, VSat and broadband services to Europe. Location: 28°.2 east.
Approximate date.
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2013 Jul 16 | | ISS EVA - US Segment ISS |
23rd US EVA from ISS. Cassidy and Parmitano will use the Quest airlock.
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2013 Jul 17 | 16:19 | Soyuz-Apollo Docking (Anniversary) - 1975 |
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2013 Jul 19 | | MUOS 2 Launch Atlas V 551, CCAFS LC-41 |
MUOS (Mobile User Objective System) - narrowband tactical comsat for geosynchronous orbit. Eventual replacement for the UFO satellites, designed to work with highly portable receiver/transmitter equipment.
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2013 Jul 20 | | Alphasat I-XL Ariane 5ECA, CSG |
Carries a mobile communications payload in L-band that will augment Inmarsat’s Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service for communications across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. satellite has a 12-metre aperture aerial reflector. Alphasat I-XL also carries technology demonstration payloads for the European Space Agency.
Approximate date.
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2013 Jul 20 | 20:17 | Apollo 11, First Lunar Landing (Anniversary) - 1969 |
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon. Michael Collins remained in orbit.
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2013 Jul 23 | | Alphasat and Insat-3D Launch Ariane 5ECA (VA-214), Centre Spatiale Guyanaise |
Dual launch to geosynchronous transfer orbit.
Alphasat - high-power telecom satellite created through a public–private partnership between ESA and UK operator Inmarsat to cover Europe, the Middle-East and parts of Asia. Expected location - 25° east.
Insat-3D - meteorological satellite, is configured with advanced meteorological payloads - a 6 Channel Imager, 19 Channel Sounder along with Data Relay Transponder and Satellite Aided Search & Rescue payloads - developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation. Expected location - 82° east.
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2013 Jul 23 | | Progress M-18M Undocking ISS |
Followed by destructive re-entry.
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2013 Jul 25 | | Gonets-M (x3) Launch Rockot/Briz-KM, Plesetsk SC LC-133 |
Triplet of of store/dump message relay satellites for the civilian system.
Possible initial frequencies for the Gonetsall three satellites:
245.000 MHz & 388.6875 MHz
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2013 Jul 27 | | Progress M-20M Launch Soyuz-U, Baikonur SC |
Supplies to ISS. Will fly the six-hour fast track route.
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2013 Jul 31 | 00:00 | GSat 14 Launch GSLV MKII D-5, Sriharikota SC |
Indian comsat aimed at 74° east longitude. Replacement for GSat 3.
Approximate date,
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2013 Aug 1 | 00:00 | Chandrayaan-II Launch Sriharikota SC |
Lunar landing mission
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2013 Aug 4 | | HTV 4 (Kounotori 4) Launch H-IIB (F-3), Tanegashima SC |
Japanese supply vehicle to the ISS.
Kounotori translates to "white stork" (seen as a carrier of joyful things) in English.
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2013 Aug 9 | 00:00 | HTV 4 (Kounotori 4) Docking on orbit |
Capture using ISS remote manipulator and attachment to Harmony node.
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2013 Aug 15 | | ISS EVA - Russian Segment ISS |
34th Russian EVA from ISS - Yurchukin and Misurkin will use the Pirs hatch.
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2013 Aug 15 | | Sirius FM-6 Launch Proton-M/Briz-M, Baikonur SC |
Launch to geosynchronous transfer orbit of commercial comsat to provide the continental USA digital audio radio broadcast directly to cars, homes and portable radios. Planned location - 115°.2 west.
Approximate date.
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2013 Aug 15 | | WGS-6 Launch Delta 4 Medium+, CCAFS |
Military communications satellite for geosynchronous orbit.
WGS stands for Wideband Global SATCOM (an acronym of an acronym!). Block II WGS satellite, providing communications links for troops in the field. A major improvent in the Block II satellites is transmission of airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance imagery at approximately three times the data rate available through the Block I satellites.
Approximate date.
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2013 Aug 20 | | SPRINT-A Launch Epsilon LV #1, Uchinoura SC, Kagoshima |
Verification mission for new standard satellite design. Carries extreme ultraviolet telescope to observe the planets and measure their interaction with plasma generated bu Jupiters moon Io and investigate the mechanism of how the atmosphere of the terrestrial panets escapes into space.
First flight for the Epsilon launch vehicle, aimed at 950 x 1150 km orbit at 31° inclination.
The date is very approximate.
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2013 Aug 21 | | ISS EVA - Russian Segment ISS |
35th Russian EVA from ISS - Yurchukin and Misurkin will use the Pirs hatch.
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2013 Aug 28 | | NRO L-65 Launch Delta 4 Heavy, Vandenberg AFB LC-6 |
Payload for the National Reconnaissance Office, probably a KH-11 reconsat to be placed in sun-synchronous orbit.
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2013 Sep 1 | | Gaia Launch Soyuz ST, CSG |
Objective is to chart a three-dimensional map of the Milky Way Galaxy and provide positional and radial velocity measurements of about one billion stars. Will also aim to include detection and orbital classification of extra-solar planetary systems.
Web site:
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=26
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2013 Sep 6 | | LADEE Launch Minotaur V, Wallops Island |
Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer - NASA lunar orbiting mission, to characterize the atmosphere and lunar dust environment. Orbit will be 50 km, circular, equatorial - fully retrograde (180° inclination). LADEE will take 30 days to reach the Moon.
The mission is set to last for 100 days: http://science.nasa.gov/missions/ladee/
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2013 Sep 8 | | HTV 4 (Kounotori 4) Undocking on orbit |
Undocking using ISS remote manipulator and then release into independent flight for later destructive re-entry above the southern Pacific Ocean.
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2013 Sep 11 | | Soyuz TMA-08M Return to Earth |
Carrying [Vinogradov, Misurkin and Cassidy. Will land in Khazakhstan.
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2013 Sep 13 | | AEHF F-3 Launch Atlas V (AV-019), CCAFS LC-41 |
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2013 Sep 15 | | Cygnus COTS Demo Launch Antares, Wallops Flight Facility LC-0A |
Demonstration and test flight of Cygnus advanced maneuvering spacecraft that will be used for cargo delivery services under a NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) agreement. Cygnus will carry a small payload and will rendezvous with the ISS. It will be docked with the ISS after being captured by the Remote Manipulator arm.
The pressurized cargo vessel is based the on the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) carried as Shuttle cargo and the avionics have been developed for other satellites.
Orbital Sciences Corporation plans to use Cygnus to perform ISS resupply flights under the Commercial Resupply Service (CRS) contract.
Date is approximate and subject to change dependent on the actual launch date of HTV-4 Japanese supply wehicle to ISS.
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2013 Sep 15 | | Orbcomm OG2 (x8) Launch Falcon 9 v1.1, CCAFS |
Cluster of second generation LEO store and forward messaging satellites that include an AIS (Automatic InformationSystem) receiver for collecting messages from shipping. AIS is an international standard system.
It will be the first launch of an upgraded (v1.1) version of Falcon 9.
Approximate date.
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2013 Sep 15 | | ORS-3 Launch Minotaur 1, Wallops Flight Facility LC-0B |
ORS-3 is a name of a mission to launch a large number of satellites simultaneously. It is described as an “Enabler” mission for the Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) Office of the Department of Defense. The orbit will be 500 km circular at 40°.5 inclination.
The date is approximate.
The largest payload is STPSat 3 which carries five separate packages of instruments and a retro-rocket that will drop it from orbit at the end ot its life (up to 25 years):
1 - iMESA-R (Integrated Miniaturized Electrostatic Analyzer Reflight), a U.S. Air Force Academy mission designed to measure plasma densities and energies,
2 - J-CORE (Joint Component Research), a space phenomenology mission sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) /EO Countermeasures Technology Branch (RYMW) & Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC),
3 - SSU (Strip Sensor Unit), an AFRL Directed Energy (RD) experiment to provide risk reduction through on-orbit testing and operation of a sensor assembly,
4 - SWATS (Small Wind and Temperature Spectrometer), a Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) mission to provide in-situ measurements of the neutral and plasma environment to characterize the Earth's ionosphere and thermosphere,
5 - TCTE (TSI Calibration Transfer Experiment) , a NASA/NOAA mission to collect high accuracy, high precision measurements of Total Solar Irradiance to monitor changes in solar irradiance incident at the top the Earth's atmosphere with TCTE instrument provided by the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics.
Also carried will be NASA's ELaNa (Educational Launch of Nanosatellites) IV package and further cubesats to a total of 19 satellites. The ELaNa payloads are:
Lunar Orbiter/Lander CubeSat - 1U cubesat, testing software and an imager for an eventual lunar orbiter/lander cubesat that will be sent to the Moon via a launch to geosynchronous orbit, from Vermont Technical College and the University of Vermont,
Black Knight 1 - 1U cubesat from West Point Military Academy under the Space Test Program,
SPA-1 Trailblazer - 1U cubesat to provide proof-of-concept for an Air Force Sponsored bus technology called Space Plug-and-play Architecture (SPA) from University of New Mexico,
TetherSat - a pair of 1.5U cubesats built by the Naval Postgraduate School under the Space Test Program - a tether between them will carry a Direct Current and use interaction with the local magnetic field to provide propulsion in order to raise the orbit by 500 kilometres,
TJ3Sat - 1U cubesat from Thomas Jefferson High School of Alexandria, Virginia that will be used as a broadcast satellite at amateur frequencies, using a phonetic voice synthesizer that converts strings of text to voice,
DragonSat-1 - 1U cubesat from Drexel Space Systems Laboratory of Drexel University carrying a camera, a magnetometer, an accelerometer and seven temperature sensors,
Copper-Cube (Close Orbit Propulsion Plume and Elemental Recognition - Cube) - 1U cubesat from Parks College of Engineering, Aviation & Technology of St Louis University, to be used for infrared imaging.
Details of the remaining payloads to follow:
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2013 Sep 25 | 20:30 | Soyuz TMA-10M Launch Soyuz-FG, Baikonur SC |
Crew to ISS - Oleg Kotov (Roscosmos), Sergei Ryazansky (Roscosmos), Michael Hopkins (NASA).
Aimed to follow the 'fast track', 6 hour route to the ISS.
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2013 Oct 1 | | MisrSat 2 (EgyptSat2) Launch Soyuz U, Baikonur SC |
Egyptian remote sensing satellite for sun-synchronous orbit. Launch was put on hold 2011 following all contact being lost with EgyptSat 1.
Date is approximate and may change significantly.
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2013 Oct 1 | | O3b (4 satellites) Launch Soyuz-ST, CSG EL-S |
Quartet of communications satellite aimed at 8063 km, 288 minutes period equatorial orbit to provide links between ground stations lying in the range ±45° latitude. Second of three launches.
Orbiting at one quarter the altitude of geosynchronous satellites, O3b aims to reduce the delays (latency) in transmission introduced the lengths of radio links. Notes on the choice of orbit: http://www.o3bnetworks.com/welcome-to-o3b/faqs
Date is very approximate.
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2013 Oct 4 | | Swarm Launch Rockot, Plesetsk |
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2013 Oct 4 | 10:30 | Chang'e 3 Launch CZ-3B, Xichang LC |
Chinese lunar lander including a small roving vehicle.
Approximate date, representing the opening of a two week window The launch time is an estimate and is ±30 min.
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2013 Oct 4 | 19:28 | Sputnik Anniversary - 1957 |
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2013 Oct 7 | | Navstar GPS IIF-05 Delta-4, CCAFS LC-37B |
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2013 Oct 11 | | ATV 4 (Albert Einstein) Undocking on orbit |
Followed by four days of free flight.
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2013 Oct 15 | | ATV 4 (Albert Einstein) Re-entry on orbit |
Follows retro-fire. Any surviving fragments will fall in the southern Pacific Ocean.
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2013 Oct 15 | | Galileo Full Operational Capability (FOC) x2 Launch Soyuz ST, GSG |
First pair, of four satellites, as the start of an operational navigation satellite system similar to GPS, Beidou and GLONASS.
The date is approximate.
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2013 Oct 15 | | ISS EVA - Russian Segment ISS |
36th Russian EVA from ISS - Yurchikhin and Ryazanskiy will use the Pirs hatch.
Approximate date and event is awaiting confirmation.
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2013 Oct 15 | 03:20 | CBERS 3 Launch CZ-4B, Taiyuan SC |
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2013 Oct 20 | 19:40 | HawaiiSat 1 (HiakaSat 1) & multiple cubesats Launch Super Strypi, Pacific Missile Range - Kokole Point, Kauai, Hawaii |
Student built multi-spectral imaging satellite from the University of Hawaii. Aimed at orbit 450 x 525 km, 97°.6 inclination, sun-synchronous with descending node near 09:00 local time.
The launch will also carry a 'swarm' of cubesats including eight 1.5U payloads under NASA's Edison Demonstration of Smallsat Networks (EDSN) - a demonstrator of formation flying in orbit. This batch will carry radiation sensors.
More satellites will fill a further 9U of cubesat space.
Approximate date, the time is an estimate and is ±30 minutes..
First mission for Super Strypi, known also as Spaceborne Payload Assist Rocket - Kauai (SPARK). The rocket was developed under the Low Earth Orbiting Nanosatellite Integrated Defense Autonomous System (LEONIDAS) programme, funded by the Operationally Responsive Space Office (ORS) of the United States Department of Defense.
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2013 Nov 1 | | Chinasat M launch CZ-3(B?), Xichang SC |
Communications including maritime services, covering Asia, Australia, the China Sea and the Indian Ocean. Location 125° east?
Date is very approximate and launch may be delayed into 2014.
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2013 Nov 7 | | Soyuz TMA-11M Launch Soyuz-FG, Baikonur SC |
Crew to ISS - Mikhail Tyurin (Roscosmos), Richard Mastracchio (NASA), Koichi Wakata (JAXA).
Aimed to follow the 'fast track', 6 hour route to the ISS.
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2013 Nov 11 | | Dragon CRS/SpaceX-03 & multiple cubesats Launch Falcon 9, CCAFS LC-39 |
Will carry a cargo under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract, and make an approach to the International Space Station for capture and docking using the Space Station Remote Manipulator System.
The launch will also carry several cubesats.
The date is approximate, delayed from spring 2013, may slip further.
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2013 Nov 13 | | Dragon CRS/SpaceX-03 Capture and Docking ISS |
Capture by the ISS manipulator arm to be berthed with the lower docking unit of the Harmony node of the ISS.
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2013 Nov 15 | | Cygnus COTS CRS 1 Launch Antares, Wallops Flight Facility LC-0A |
Cargo delivery mission under the NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) agreement.
The pressurized cargo vessel is based the on the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) carried as Shuttle cargo, and the avionics have been developed for other satellites.
Approximate date.
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2013 Nov 18 | 18:28 | MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) Launch Atlas V 401, CCAFS |
NASA Mars orbiter for atmosphere studies, specifically to determine the role that loss of atmospheric gas to space has played in changing the Martian climate through time.
The time shown is for this day only. The launch window extends to December 7.
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2013 Nov 21 | | Navstar GPS IIF-05 Delta-4, CCAFS LC-37B |
Fifth Block 2F, Generation 2 GPS Navsat.
Approximate date.
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2013 Nov 21 | | Progress M-21M Launch Soyuz-U, Baikonur SC |
Supplies to ISS. Will fly the six-hour fast track route.
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2013 Nov 25 | | Indian Mars Orbiter Launch PSLV-XL (PSLV-C25), Satish Dhawan SC |
Demonstration vehicle to develop the technologies required for design, planning, management and operations of an interplanetary mission.
Objective at Mars is to look for signs that life might have existed there and to research how Mars might have lost its liquid water.
Informal name - Mangalyaan 1.
Mars arrival due 2014 September.
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