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href="#cite_note-n2yo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Satellite_Catalog_Number" title="Satellite Catalog Number">SATCAT <abbr title="number">no.</abbr></a></th><td class="infobox-data">40424<sup id="cite_ref-n2yo_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-n2yo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mission duration</th><td class="infobox-data">15 years (planned)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Spacecraft properties</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Satellite_bus" title="Satellite bus">Bus</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boeing_702" title="Boeing 702">Boeing 702SP</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Manufacturer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boeing" title="Boeing">Boeing</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch mass</th><td class="infobox-data">4,354 pounds (1,975 kg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dry mass</th><td class="infobox-data">3,759 pounds (1,705 kg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Power</th><td class="infobox-data">>10.9kW at 15 years</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Start of mission</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch date</th><td class="infobox-data">March 2, 2015, 03:50<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">2015-03-02UTC03:50Z</span>)</span> UTC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rocket</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Falcon_9_v1.1" title="Falcon 9 v1.1">Falcon 9 v1.1</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch site</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Canaveral Air Force Station">Cape Canaveral</a> <a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_40" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40">SLC-40</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Contractor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/SpaceX" title="SpaceX">SpaceX</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Orbital parameters</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reference system</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Geocentric_orbit" title="Geocentric orbit">Geocentric</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Regime</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Geostationary_orbit" title="Geostationary orbit">Geostationary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Longitude</th><td class="infobox-data">3° West</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Transponders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Band</th><td class="infobox-data">24 <a href="/wiki/Ku_band" title="Ku band">K<sub>u</sub> band</a>, 24 <a href="/wiki/C_band_(IEEE)" title="C band (IEEE)">C band</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Frequency</th><td class="infobox-data">13.750-14.750 / 10.700-11.200, 11.450-11.700, 12.500-12.750 (Ku band), 5.850-6.425/3.625-4.200 (C band)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bandwidth</th><td class="infobox-data">72 MHz (Ku band, C band)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">TWTA power</th><td class="infobox-data">150 watts (Ku band),70 watts (C band)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>ABS-3A</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Communications_satellite" title="Communications satellite">communications satellite</a> operated by <a href="/wiki/ABS_(satellite_operator)" title="ABS (satellite operator)">ABS</a> (formerly known as <a href="/wiki/Asia_Broadcast_Satellite" class="mw-redirect" title="Asia Broadcast Satellite">Asia Broadcast Satellite</a>), providing coverage in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-abs3a_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abs3a-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is positioned in geostationary orbit at 3° West, and offers C and Ku-band payload capacity to support video, data, mobility and government applications. The satellite is the first commercial communications satellite in orbit to use electric propulsion, providing a significant weight savings.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Manufacture_and_specifications">Manufacture and specifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ABS-3A&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Manufacture and specifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The satellite was designed and manufactured by <a href="/wiki/Boeing" title="Boeing">Boeing</a>, and is a <a href="/wiki/Boeing_702SP" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 702SP">Boeing 702SP</a> model communication satellite.<sup id="cite_ref-aw20140310_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aw20140310-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It will be located at 3 degrees West <a href="/wiki/Longitude" title="Longitude">longitude</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-abs3a_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abs3a-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was launched on board a <a href="/wiki/SpaceX" title="SpaceX">SpaceX</a> <a href="/wiki/Falcon_9_v1.1" title="Falcon 9 v1.1">Falcon 9</a> rocket on 2 March 2015 (UTC time). </p><p>The satellite is propelled solely by <a href="/wiki/Electrically_powered_spacecraft_propulsion" class="mw-redirect" title="Electrically powered spacecraft propulsion">electrically powered spacecraft propulsion</a>, with the on-board thrusters used for both <a href="/wiki/Geostationary_orbit" title="Geostationary orbit">geostationary orbit</a> insertion and <a href="/wiki/Orbital_station-keeping" title="Orbital station-keeping">station keeping</a>. </p><p>The satellite is based on the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_702" title="Boeing 702">Boeing 702</a> <a href="/wiki/Satellite_bus" title="Satellite bus">satellite bus</a>, and was launched along with <a href="/wiki/Eutelsat_115_West_B" title="Eutelsat 115 West B">Eutelsat 115 West B</a>, which is based on the same bus. The satellite had a launch mass of 4,354 pounds (1,975 kg).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The satellite utilizes three <a href="/wiki/C_band_(IEEE)" title="C band (IEEE)">C-band</a> beams and four <a href="/wiki/Ku-band" class="mw-redirect" title="Ku-band">Ku-band</a> beams. The C-band beams cover the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Additionally, the C-band can be used globally. The Ku-band beams extend across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and South Africa, as well as providing further coverage of the Americas.<sup id="cite_ref-abs3a_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abs3a-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Launch">Launch</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ABS-3A&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Launch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Launch_of_Falcon_9_carrying_ABS-EUTELSAT_(16510241270).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Launch_of_Falcon_9_carrying_ABS-EUTELSAT_%2816510241270%29.jpg/250px-Launch_of_Falcon_9_carrying_ABS-EUTELSAT_%2816510241270%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Launch_of_Falcon_9_carrying_ABS-EUTELSAT_%2816510241270%29.jpg/330px-Launch_of_Falcon_9_carrying_ABS-EUTELSAT_%2816510241270%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Launch_of_Falcon_9_carrying_ABS-EUTELSAT_%2816510241270%29.jpg/500px-Launch_of_Falcon_9_carrying_ABS-EUTELSAT_%2816510241270%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>The launch of the Falcon 9 rocket carrying ABS-3A.</figcaption></figure> <p>The launch occurred on March 2, 2015 at 03:50 UTC and the satellite has been deployed in the planned <a href="/wiki/Supersynchronous_orbit" title="Supersynchronous orbit">supersynchronous</a> transfer orbit.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The launch is also notable for being the first flight of Boeing's stacked satellite configuration for the Boeing 702SP,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a configuration Boeing designed specifically to take advantage of the SpaceX <a href="/wiki/Falcon_9_v1.1" title="Falcon 9 v1.1">Falcon 9 v1.1</a> capabilities.<sup id="cite_ref-aw20140310_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aw20140310-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="On-orbit_operations">On-orbit operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ABS-3A&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: On-orbit operations"><span>edit</span></a><span 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<li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-29" title="SpaceX CRS-29">CRS-29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cygnus_NG-20" title="Cygnus NG-20">Cygnus NG-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-30" title="SpaceX CRS-30">CRS-30</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Cygnus_NG-21" title="Cygnus NG-21">Cygnus NG-21</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-31" title="SpaceX CRS-31">CRS-31</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-32" class="mw-redirect" title="SpaceX CRS-32">SpaceX CRS-32</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-33" title="SpaceX CRS-33">SpaceX CRS-33</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_Dragon_2#Cargo_Dragon_flights" title="SpaceX Dragon 2">SpaceX CRS-34–35</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cygnus_NG-22" class="mw-redirect" title="Cygnus NG-22">Cygnus NG-22</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Crewed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crew_Dragon_Demo-2" title="Crew Dragon Demo-2">Demo-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_Crew-1" title="SpaceX Crew-1">Crew-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_Crew-2" title="SpaceX Crew-2">Crew-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inspiration4" title="Inspiration4">Inspiration4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_Crew-3" title="SpaceX Crew-3">Crew-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Axiom_Mission_1" title="Axiom Mission 1">Axiom-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_Crew-4" title="SpaceX Crew-4">Crew-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_Crew-5" title="SpaceX Crew-5">Crew-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_Crew-6" title="SpaceX Crew-6">Crew-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Axiom_Mission_2" title="Axiom Mission 2">Axiom-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_Crew-7" title="SpaceX Crew-7">Crew-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Axiom_Mission_3" title="Axiom Mission 3">Axiom-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_Crew-8" title="SpaceX Crew-8">Crew-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polaris_Dawn" title="Polaris Dawn">Polaris Dawn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_Crew-9" title="SpaceX Crew-9">Crew-9</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_Crew-10" title="SpaceX Crew-10">Crew-10</a></u></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Fram2" title="Fram2">Fram2</a></u></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Axiom_Mission_4" title="Axiom Mission 4">Axiom-4</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_Dragon_2#Crew_Dragon_flights" title="SpaceX Dragon 2">Crew-11–14</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vast-1" title="Vast-1">Vast-1</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Polaris_program" title="Polaris program">Polaris-2</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Commercial<br />satellites</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SES-8" title="SES-8">SES-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thaicom_6" title="Thaicom 6">Thaicom 6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falcon_9_flight_10" title="Falcon 9 flight 10">Orbcomm OG2 × 6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AsiaSat_8" title="AsiaSat 8">AsiaSat 8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AsiaSat_6" title="AsiaSat 6">AsiaSat 6</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">ABS-3A</a> / <a href="/wiki/Eutelsat_115_West_B" title="Eutelsat 115 West B">Eutelsat 115 West B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C3%BCrkmen%C3%84lem_52%C2%B0E_/_MonacoSAT" title="TürkmenÄlem 52°E / MonacoSAT">TürkmenÄlem 52°E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falcon_9_flight_20" title="Falcon 9 flight 20">Orbcomm OG2 × 11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SES-9" title="SES-9">SES-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JCSAT-14" class="mw-redirect" title="JCSAT-14">JCSAT-14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thaicom_8" title="Thaicom 8">Thaicom 8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ABS-2A" title="ABS-2A">ABS-2A</a> / <a href="/wiki/Eutelsat_117_West_B" class="mw-redirect" title="Eutelsat 117 West B">Eutelsat 117 West B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JCSAT-16" title="JCSAT-16">JCSAT-16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMOS-6_(satellite)" title="AMOS-6 (satellite)">AMOS-6</a>†</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iridium_NEXT" class="mw-redirect" title="Iridium NEXT">Iridium NEXT</a> 1–10</li> <li><a href="/wiki/EchoStar_23" class="mw-redirect" title="EchoStar 23">EchoStar 23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SES-10" title="SES-10">SES-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inmarsat-5_F4" class="mw-redirect" title="Inmarsat-5 F4">Inmarsat-5 F4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BulgariaSat-1" title="BulgariaSat-1">BulgariaSat-1</a></li> <li>Iridium NEXT 11–20</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelsat_35e" title="Intelsat 35e">Intelsat 35e</a></li> <li>Iridium NEXT 21–30</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SES-11" title="SES-11">SES-11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koreasat_5A" title="Koreasat 5A">Koreasat 5A</a></li> <li>Iridium NEXT 31–40</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispasat_30W-6" title="Hispasat 30W-6">Hispasat 30W-6</a></li> <li>Iridium NEXT 41–50</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Satellite-1" title="Bangladesh Satellite-1">Bangladesh Satellite-1</a></li> <li>Iridium NEXT 51–55</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SES-12" title="SES-12">SES-12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telstar_19V" title="Telstar 19V">Telstar 19V</a></li> <li>Iridium NEXT 56–65</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telkom_4" class="mw-redirect" title="Telkom 4">Telkom 4</a> (Merah Putih)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telstar_18V" title="Telstar 18V">Telstar 18V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Es%27hail_2" title="Es'hail 2">Es'hail 2</a></li> <li>Iridium NEXT 66–75</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nusantara_Satu" title="Nusantara Satu">Nusantara Satu</a> / <a href="/wiki/Beresheet" title="Beresheet">Beresheet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amos_17" class="mw-redirect" title="Amos 17">Amos 17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JCSAT" class="mw-redirect" title="JCSAT">JCSAT</a>-18</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirius_XM_Holdings#Satellites" class="mw-redirect" title="Sirius XM Holdings">SXM</a> 7</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C3%BCrksat_5A" title="Türksat 5A">Türksat 5A</a></li> <li>SXM 8</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C3%BCrksat_5B" title="Türksat 5B">Türksat 5B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nilesat-301" class="mw-redirect" title="Nilesat-301">Nilesat-301</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_SES_satellites#SES_fleet" title="List of SES satellites">SES-22</a></li> <li>Galaxy <a href="/wiki/Galaxy_33" title="Galaxy 33">33</a>,<a href="/wiki/List_of_Intelsat_satellites#Galaxy_(Intelsat_Americas,_since_1992)" title="List of Intelsat satellites">34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hotbird_13F" class="mw-redirect" title="Hotbird 13F">Hotbird 13F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hotbird_13G" class="mw-redirect" title="Hotbird 13G">Hotbird 13G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Intelsat_satellites#Galaxy_(Intelsat_Americas,_since_1992)" title="List of Intelsat satellites">Galaxy 31,32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eutelsat" title="Eutelsat">Eutelsat</a> 10B</li> <li><a href="/wiki/OneWeb" class="mw-redirect" title="OneWeb">OneWeb</a> #15</li> <li><a href="/wiki/O3b_mPOWER" title="O3b mPOWER">O3b mPOWER</a> 1,2</li> <li>OneWeb #16</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispasat#Launched_satellites" title="Hispasat">Amazonas Nexus</a></li> <li>OneWeb #17</li> <li>SES 18,19</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelsat_40e" title="Intelsat 40e">Intelsat 40e</a></li> <li>O3b mPOWER 3,4</li> <li>Iridium NEXT 76-80 and OneWeb #19</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_Satellite_Communications_Organization#Arabsat-7" title="Arab Satellite Communications Organization">ArabSat 7B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PT_Pasifik_Satelit_Nusantara#SATRIA" title="PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara">SATRIA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Intelsat_satellites#Galaxy_(Intelsat_Americas,_since_1992)" title="List of Intelsat satellites">Galaxy 37</a></li> <li>O3b mPOWER 5,6</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ovzon" title="Ovzon">Ovzon</a>-3</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telkom_Indonesia" title="Telkom Indonesia">Merah Putih 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eutelsat#Satellites" title="Eutelsat">Eutelsat 36D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Galileo_satellites" title="List of Galileo satellites">Galileo FOC FM25,27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WorldView_Legion" title="WorldView Legion">WorldView Legion 1,2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_1P" title="Astra 1P">Astra 1P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C3%BCrksat_6A" title="Türksat 6A">Türksat 6A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arctic_Satellite_Broadband_Mission" class="mw-redirect" title="Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission">ASBM 1,2</a></li> <li>WorldView Legion 3,4</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AST_SpaceMobile#Deployment" title="AST SpaceMobile">BlueBird Block 1</a></li> <li>Galileo FOC FM26,32</li> <li>OneWeb #20</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koreasat" title="Koreasat">Koreasat</a> 6A</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Optus_(satellite)" title="Optus (satellite)">Optus-X</a>/TD7</li> <li><a href="/wiki/GSAT-20" title="GSAT-20">GSAT-20</a></li> <li>SXM 9</li> <li>O3b mPOWER 7,8</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astranis" title="Astranis">Astranis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thuraya#Satellites" title="Thuraya">Thuraya 4-NGS</a></li> <li>WorldView Legion 5,6</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Scientific<br />satellites</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CASSIOPE" title="CASSIOPE">CASSIOPE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_Space_Climate_Observatory" title="Deep Space Climate Observatory">DSCOVR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason-3" title="Jason-3">Jason-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Formosat-5" title="Formosat-5">Formosat-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transiting_Exoplanet_Survey_Satellite" title="Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite">TESS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GRACE-FO" class="mw-redirect" title="GRACE-FO">GRACE-FO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SAOCOM" title="SAOCOM">SAOCOM</a> 1A</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RADARSAT_Constellation" title="RADARSAT Constellation">RADARSAT Constellation</a></li> <li>SAOCOM 1B</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_Asteroid_Redirection_Test" title="Double Asteroid Redirection Test">DART</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imaging_X-ray_Polarimetry_Explorer" class="mw-redirect" title="Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer">IXPE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakuto" title="Hakuto">Hakuto</a>-R</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sentinel-6_Michael_Freilich" title="Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich">S6MF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korea_Pathfinder_Lunar_Orbiter" class="mw-redirect" title="Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter">KPLO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surface_Water_and_Ocean_Topography" title="Surface Water and Ocean Topography">SWOT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euclid_(spacecraft)" title="Euclid (spacecraft)">Euclid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plankton,_Aerosol,_Cloud,_ocean_Ecosystem" title="Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem">PACE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IM-1" title="IM-1">IM-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EarthCARE" title="EarthCARE">EarthCARE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hera_(space_mission)" title="Hera (space mission)">Hera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Ghost_Mission_1" title="Blue Ghost Mission 1">Blue Ghost 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakuto-R_Mission_2" title="Hakuto-R Mission 2">Hakuto-R 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IM-2" title="IM-2">IM-2</a>/<a href="/wiki/Lunar_Trailblazer" title="Lunar Trailblazer">Lunar Trailblazer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SPHEREx" title="SPHEREx">SPHEREx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PUNCH" class="mw-redirect" title="PUNCH">PUNCH</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Military<br />satellites</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NROL" class="mw-redirect" title="NROL">NROL</a>-76</li> <li><a href="/wiki/X-37B" class="mw-redirect" title="X-37B">X-37B</a> OTV-5</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zuma_(satellite)" title="Zuma (satellite)">Zuma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SES-16" title="SES-16">SES-16 / GovSat-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paz_(satellite)" title="Paz (satellite)">Paz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GPS_III" class="mw-redirect" title="GPS III">GPS III</a>-01</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ANASIS-II" title="ANASIS-II">ANASIS-II</a></li> <li>GPS III-03</li> <li>NROL-108</li> <li>GPS III-04</li> <li>GPS III-05</li> <li><a href="/wiki/COSMO-SkyMed#COSMO-SkyMed_second_generation_(CSG)" title="COSMO-SkyMed">COSMO-SkyMed CSG-2</a></li> <li>NROL-87</li> <li>NROL-85 (<a href="/wiki/Intruder_(satellite)" class="mw-redirect" title="Intruder (satellite)">Intruder</a> 13A/B)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SARah" class="mw-redirect" title="SARah">SARah</a> 1</li> <li><a href="/wiki/EROS_(satellite)#EROS_NG" title="EROS (satellite)">EROS-C3</a></li> <li>GPS III-06</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Development_Agency#Launches" title="Space Development Agency">Transport and Tracking Layer (Tranche 0, Flight 1)</a></li> <li>Transport and Tracking Layer (Tranche 0, Flight 2)</li> <li>425 Project SAR Satellite</li> <li>SARah 2/3</li> <li>USSF-124</li> <li>425 Project SAR satellite flight 2</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weather_System_Follow-on_Microwave" title="Weather System Follow-on Microwave">Weather System Follow-on Microwave</a> 1</li> <li>NROL-146</li> <li>NROL-186</li> <li>NROL-113</li> <li>NROL-167</li> <li>NROL-126</li> <li>GPS III-07</li> <li>NROL-149</li> <li>425 Project SAR satellite flight 3</li> <li>NROL-153</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spainsat_NG" title="Spainsat NG">Spainsat NG</a> I</li> <li>NROL-57</li> <li>NROL-69</li> <li><i>425 Project SAR satellite flight 4</i></li> <li><i>SDA Tranche 1 Transport layer T1TL-B</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spainsat_NG" title="Spainsat NG">Spainsat NG</a> II</i></li> <li><i>SDA Tranche 1 Transport layer T1TL-C</i></li> <li><i>SDA Tranche 1 Transport layer T1TL-D</i></li> <li><i>SDA Tranche 1 Transport layer T1TL-E</i></li> <li><i>SDA Tranche 1 Tracking layer T1TR-C</i></li> <li><i>NROL-192</i></li> <li><i>USSF-36</i></li> <li><i>USSF-31</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Skynet_6" class="mw-redirect" title="Skynet 6">Skynet 6</a>A</i></li> <li><i>SDA Tranche 1 Transport layer T1TL-F</i></li> <li><i>SDA Tranche 1 Tracking layer T1TR-A</i></li> <li><i>SDA Tranche 1 Tracking layer T1TR-E</i></li> <li><i>SDA Tranche 2 Transport layer T2TL-A</i></li> <li><i>SDA Tranche 2 Transport layer T2TL-C</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Starlink" title="Starlink">Starlink</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Starlink_and_Starshield_launches" title="List of Starlink and Starshield launches">List of Starlink and Starshield launches</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rideshares</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2018 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SSO-A" class="mw-redirect" title="SSO-A">SSO-A</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transporter</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2021 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_January%E2%80%93June_2021#SpXTransporter1" title="List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2021">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_January%E2%80%93June_2021#SpXTransporter2" title="List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2021">2</a></li></ul></li> <li>2022 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_January%E2%80%93June_2022#SpXTransporter3" title="List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2022">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_January%E2%80%93June_2022#SpXTransporter4" title="List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2022">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_January%E2%80%93June_2022#SpXTransporter5" title="List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2022">5</a></li></ul></li> <li>2023 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_January%E2%80%93June_2023#SpXTransporter6" title="List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2023">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_January%E2%80%93June_2023#SpXTransporter7" title="List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2023">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_January%E2%80%93June_2023#SpXTransporter8" title="List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2023">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_July%E2%80%93December_2023#SpXTransporter9" title="List of spaceflight launches in July–December 2023">9</a></li></ul></li> <li>2024 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_January%E2%80%93June_2024#SpXTransporter10" title="List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2024">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_July%E2%80%93December_2024#SpXTransporter11" title="List of spaceflight launches in July–December 2024">11</a></li></ul></li> <li>2025 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_January%E2%80%93June_2025#SpXTransporter12" title="List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2025">12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_January%E2%80%93June_2025#SpXTransporter13" title="List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2025">13</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bandwagon</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2024 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_January%E2%80%93June_2024#SpXBandwagon1" title="List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2024">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_July%E2%80%93December_2024#SpXBandwagon2" title="List of spaceflight launches in July–December 2024">2</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Falcon_Heavy#Scheduled_launches_and_potential_payloads" title="Falcon Heavy">Falcon Heavy missions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Falcon_Heavy_test_flight" title="Falcon Heavy test flight">Test flight</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elon_Musk%27s_Tesla_Roadster" title="Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster">Tesla Roadster</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arabsat-6A" title="Arabsat-6A">Arabsat-6A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Test_Program" title="Space Test Program">USAF STP-2</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Demonstration_and_Science_Experiments" title="Demonstration and Science Experiments">DSX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COSMIC-2" title="COSMIC-2">FormoSat-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LightSail_2" class="mw-redirect" title="LightSail 2">LightSail 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Propellant_Infusion_Mission" title="Green Propellant Infusion Mission">GPIM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_Space_Atomic_Clock" title="Deep Space Atomic Clock">DSAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Innovative_Space-based_Radar_Antenna_Technology" title="Innovative Space-based Radar Antenna Technology">ISAT</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">USSF</a>-44</li> <li>USSF-67</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ViaSat-3" title="ViaSat-3">ViaSat-3</a> Americas</li> <li>Jupiter-3</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psyche_(spacecraft)" title="Psyche (spacecraft)">Psyche</a></li> <li>USSF-52 (<a href="/wiki/X-37B" class="mw-redirect" title="X-37B">X-37B</a> OTV-7)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/GOES-U" class="mw-redirect" title="GOES-U">GOES-U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Europa_Clipper" title="Europa Clipper">Europa Clipper</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Starship_launches" title="List of Starship launches"><i>Starship</i> missions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Flight tests</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Starship_upper_stage_flight_tests" title="List of Starship upper stage flight tests">Suborbital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Starship_launches#2023" title="List of Starship launches">Orbital</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Starship_flight_test_1" title="Starship flight test 1">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starship_flight_test_2" title="Starship flight test 2">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starship_flight_test_3" title="Starship flight test 3">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starship_flight_test_4" title="Starship flight test 4">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starship_flight_test_5" title="Starship flight test 5">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starship_flight_test_6" title="Starship flight test 6">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starship_flight_test_7" title="Starship flight test 7">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starship_flight_test_8" title="Starship flight test 8">8</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Crewed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polaris_Program" class="mw-redirect" title="Polaris Program">Polaris-3</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Starship_HLS" title="Starship HLS">Starship HLS</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Commercial<br />satellites</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Superbird-9" title="Superbird-9">Superbird-9</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><u>Ongoing spaceflights</u> are underlined</li> <li><i>Future missions</i> and <i>vehicles under development</i> in italics</li> <li>Failed missions† are marked with <a href="/wiki/Dagger_(mark)" title="Dagger (mark)">dagger</a> †</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="/wiki/Flock-1" title="Flock-1">Flock-1d</a>' × 2, <a href="/wiki/AESP-14" title="AESP-14">AESP-14</a></small>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobile_User_Objective_System" title="Mobile User Objective System">MUOS-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soil_Moisture_Active_Passive" title="Soil Moisture Active Passive">SMAP</a>, <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/ExoCube_(CP-10)" title="ExoCube (CP-10)">ExoCube</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">February</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=IGS-Radar_Spare&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="IGS-Radar Spare (page does not exist)">IGS-Radar Spare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inmarsat#Satellites" title="Inmarsat">Inmarsat 5-F2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fajr_(satellite)" title="Fajr (satellite)">Fajr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_Space_Climate_Observatory" title="Deep Space Climate Observatory">DSCOVR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-26M" title="Progress M-26M">Progress M-26M</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2503&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2503 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2503</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bars-M&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bars-M (page does not exist)">Bars-M</a> No. 1</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">March</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">ABS-3A</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eutelsat_115_West_B" title="Eutelsat 115 West B">Eutelsat 115 West B</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=WADIS-2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WADIS-2 (page does not exist)">WADIS-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnetospheric_Multiscale_Mission" title="Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission">MMS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ekspress_AM7" class="mw-redirect" title="Ekspress AM7">Ekspress AM7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-260" title="USA-260">USA-260</a> / <a href="/wiki/GPS_IIF" class="mw-redirect" title="GPS IIF">GPS IIF</a><a href="/wiki/List_of_GPS_satellites" title="List of GPS satellites">-9</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=KOMPSat-3A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="KOMPSat-3A (page does not exist)">KOMPSat-3A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=IGS-Optical_5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="IGS-Optical 5 (page does not exist)">IGS-Optical 5</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-16M" title="Soyuz TMA-16M">Soyuz TMA-16M</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galileo_(satellite_navigation)" title="Galileo (satellite navigation)">Galileo</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Galileo_satellites" title="List of Galileo satellites">FOC-3, FOC-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRNSS-1D" title="IRNSS-1D">IRNSS-1D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BeiDou" title="BeiDou">BeiDou</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_BeiDou_satellites" title="List of BeiDou satellites">I1-S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gonets-M" class="mw-redirect" title="Gonets-M">Gonets-M</a> 11, 12, 13, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2504&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2504 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2504</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">April</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-6" title="SpaceX CRS-6">SpaceX CRS-6</a> (<span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Arkyd-3R" class="mw-redirect" title="Arkyd-3R">Arkyd-3R</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Flock_(satellite)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flock (satellite)">Flock-1e</a> × 14</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor_(satellite)" title="Thor (satellite)">Thor 7</a>, <a href="/wiki/Syracuse_(satellite)" title="Syracuse (satellite)">SICRAL-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C3%BCrkmen%C3%84lem_52%C2%B0E_/_MonacoSAT" title="TürkmenÄlem 52°E / MonacoSAT">TürkmenÄlem 52°E / MonacoSAT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-27M" title="Progress M-27M">Progress M-27M</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">May</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mexican_Satellite_System" title="Mexican Satellite System">Mexsat-1</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-261" class="mw-redirect" title="USA-261">USA-261</a> / <a href="/wiki/Boeing_X-37" title="Boeing X-37">X-37 OTV-4</a>, <a href="/wiki/LightSail" title="LightSail">LightSail-1</a>, <small><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Langley_(satellite)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USS Langley (satellite) (page does not exist)">USS Langley</a>, <a href="/wiki/BRICSat-P" title="BRICSat-P">BRICSat-P</a>, <a href="/wiki/ParkinsonSat" class="mw-redirect" title="ParkinsonSat">ParkinsonSat</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=GEARRS-2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="GEARRS-2 (page does not exist)">GEARRS-2</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=AeroCube&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AeroCube (page does not exist)">AeroCube</a> 8A, 8B, <a href="/w/index.php?title=OptiCube&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OptiCube (page does not exist)">OptiCube</a> 1, 2, 3</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DirecTV_satellite_fleet" title="DirecTV satellite fleet">DirecTV-15</a>, <a href="/wiki/SKY_M%C3%A9xico" class="mw-redirect" title="SKY México">SKY México</a>-1</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">June</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Kosmos_satellites_(2501%E2%80%932750)" title="List of Kosmos satellites (2501–2750)">Kosmos 2505</a> / <a href="/wiki/Yantar-4K2M" title="Yantar-4K2M">Kobalt-M №10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sentinel-2A" title="Sentinel-2A">Sentinel-2A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Kosmos_satellites_(2501%E2%80%932750)" title="List of Kosmos satellites (2501–2750)">Kosmos 2506</a> / <a href="/wiki/Persona_(satellite)" title="Persona (satellite)">Persona №3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaofen" title="Gaofen">Gaofen 8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-7" title="SpaceX CRS-7">SpaceX CRS-7</a>† (<small><a href="/wiki/Flock-1" title="Flock-1">Flock-1f</a> × 8†</small>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">July</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-28M" title="Progress M-28M">Progress M-28M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK-DMC_3" title="UK-DMC 3">UK-DMC 3</a> × 3, <a href="/w/index.php?title=CBNT-1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="CBNT-1 (page does not exist)">CBNT-1</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=DeOrbitSail&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="DeOrbitSail (page does not exist)">DeOrbitSail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-262" title="USA-262">USA-262</a> / <a href="/wiki/GPS_IIF" class="mw-redirect" title="GPS IIF">GPS IIF</a><a href="/wiki/List_of_GPS_satellites" title="List of GPS satellites">-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_One_C4" title="Star One C4">Star One C4</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meteosat#Second_Generation" title="Meteosat">MSG-4</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-17M" title="Soyuz TMA-17M">Soyuz TMA-17M</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-263" title="USA-263">USA-263</a> / <a href="/wiki/Wideband_Global_SATCOM" title="Wideband Global SATCOM">WGS-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BeiDou" title="BeiDou">BeiDou</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_BeiDou_satellites" title="List of BeiDou satellites">M1-S, M2-S</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">August</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kounotori_5" title="Kounotori 5">HTV-5 / Kounotori 5</a> (<span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Flock_(satellite)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flock (satellite)">Flock-2b</a> × 14</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eutelsat_8_West_B" title="Eutelsat 8 West B">Eutelsat 8 West B</a>, <a href="/wiki/Intelsat_34" title="Intelsat 34">Intelsat 34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaogan" title="Yaogan">Yaogan 27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INSAT-4E" title="INSAT-4E">GSAT-6 / INSAT-4E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inmarsat#Satellites" title="Inmarsat">Inmarsat 5-F3</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">September</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-18M" title="Soyuz TMA-18M">Soyuz TMA-18M</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobile_User_Objective_System" title="Mobile User Objective System">MUOS-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galileo_(satellite_navigation)" title="Galileo (satellite navigation)">Galileo</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Galileo_satellites" title="List of Galileo satellites">FOC-5</a>, <a href="/wiki/Galileo_(satellite_navigation)" title="Galileo (satellite navigation)">Galileo</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Galileo_satellites" title="List of Galileo satellites">FOC-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tongxin_Jishu_Shiyan" title="Tongxin Jishu Shiyan">TJS-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaofen" title="Gaofen">Gaofen 9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ekspress_AM8" title="Ekspress AM8">Ekspress AM8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Kosmos_satellites_(2501%E2%80%932750)" title="List of Kosmos satellites (2501–2750)">Kosmos 2507</a> / <a href="/wiki/Strela_(satellite)" title="Strela (satellite)">Strela-3M 13</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Kosmos_satellites_(2501%E2%80%932750)" title="List of Kosmos satellites (2501–2750)">Kosmos 2508</a> / <a href="/wiki/Strela_(satellite)" title="Strela (satellite)">Strela-3M 14</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Kosmos_satellites_(2501%E2%80%932750)" title="List of Kosmos satellites (2501–2750)">Kosmos 2509</a> / <a href="/wiki/Strela_(satellite)" title="Strela (satellite)">Strela-3M 15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pujiang-1" title="Pujiang-1">Pujiang-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astrosat" class="mw-redirect" title="Astrosat">Astrosat</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Aeronautics_and_Space#LAPAN-A2" title="National Institute of Aeronautics and Space">LAPAN-A2</a>, <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Lemur-2" class="mw-redirect" title="Lemur-2">Lemur-2</a> × 4</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BeiDou" title="BeiDou">BeiDou</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_BeiDou_satellites" title="List of BeiDou satellites">I2-S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Muster" title="Sky Muster">NBN-Co 1A</a>, <a href="/wiki/ARSAT-2" title="ARSAT-2">ARSAT-2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">October</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-29M" title="Progress M-29M">Progress M-29M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_Satellite_System" title="Mexican Satellite System">Mexsat-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jilin-1#Other_satellites" title="Jilin-1">Jilin-1 Smart Verification Satellite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jilin-1#Other_satellites" title="Jilin-1">Jilin-1 Optical-A</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jilin-1#Video_satellites" title="Jilin-1">Jilin-1 Video-01</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jilin-1#Video_satellites" title="Jilin-1">Jilin-1 Video-02</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_USA_satellites" class="mw-redirect" title="List of USA satellites">USA-264</a> / <a href="/wiki/Naval_Ocean_Surveillance_System" title="Naval Ocean Surveillance System">NOSS Intruder</a> × 2, <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/AMSAT" title="AMSAT">AMSAT Fox-1</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/APT_Satellite_Holdings#List_of_satellites" title="APT Satellite Holdings">APStar-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C3%BCrksat_4B" title="Türksat 4B">Türksat 4B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-265" title="USA-265">USA-265</a> / <a href="/wiki/GPS_IIF" class="mw-redirect" title="GPS IIF">GPS IIF</a><a href="/wiki/List_of_GPS_satellites" title="List of GPS satellites">-11</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">November</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chinasat_2C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chinasat 2C (page does not exist)">Chinasat 2C</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=HiakaSat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HiakaSat (page does not exist)">HiakaSat</a></i>, <small><i><a href="/wiki/Edison_Demonstration_of_Smallsat_Networks" title="Edison Demonstration of Smallsat Networks">EDSN</a> × 8, <a href="/w/index.php?title=PrintSat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="PrintSat (page does not exist)">PrintSat</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Argus_(spacecraft)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Argus (spacecraft) (page does not exist)">Argus</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=STACEM&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="STACEM (page does not exist)">STACEM</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Supernova-Beta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Supernova-Beta (page does not exist)">Supernova-Beta</a></i></small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaogan" title="Yaogan">Yaogan 28</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arabsat_6B&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arabsat 6B (page does not exist)">Arabsat 6B</a>, 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