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class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Manufacturer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Satellite_Development_Center" title="Boeing Satellite Development Center">Boeing</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch mass</th><td class="infobox-data">5,271 kg (11,621 lb)</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">4 March 2016, 23:35 <a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rocket</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Falcon_9_Full_Thrust" title="Falcon 9 Full Thrust">Falcon 9 Full Thrust</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch site</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Space_Force_Station" title="Cape Canaveral Space Force Station">Cape Canaveral</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Space_Launch_Complex_40" title="Cape Canaveral 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 orbit</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 orbit</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Longitude</th><td class="infobox-data">108.2° East</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">33 <a href="/wiki/Ku_band" title="Ku band">Ku-band</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bandwidth</th><td class="infobox-data">36 <a href="/wiki/Hertz" title="Hertz">Mhz</a>, 54 MHz</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coverage area</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Asia" title="Northeast Asia">Northeast Asia</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><div class="" style="width:100%; text-align:center; border-top:1px #aaa solid"><a href="/wiki/SES_Americom" title="SES Americom">SES constellation</a></div><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/SES-8" title="SES-8">SES-8</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/SES-10" title="SES-10">SES-10</a> →</div></div><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>SES-9</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Geostationary_orbit" title="Geostationary orbit">geostationary</a> <a href="/wiki/Communications_satellite" title="Communications satellite">communications satellite</a> operated by <a href="/wiki/SES_(company)" title="SES (company)">SES</a> It was launched from <a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Space_Force_Station" title="Cape Canaveral Space Force Station">Cape Canaveral</a> <a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Space_Launch_Complex_40" title="Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40">SLC-40</a> by a <a href="/wiki/Falcon_9_Full_Thrust" title="Falcon 9 Full Thrust">Falcon 9 Full Thrust</a> <a href="/wiki/Launch_vehicle" title="Launch vehicle">launch vehicle</a> on 4 March 2016. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Satellite_description">Satellite description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SES-9&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Satellite description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>SES-9 is a large <a href="/wiki/Communications_satellite" title="Communications satellite">communications satellite</a> operating in geostationary orbit at the 108.2° East, providing communications services to <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Asia" title="Northeast Asia">Northeast Asia</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>, maritime communications for <a href="/wiki/Ships" class="mw-redirect" title="Ships">vessels</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-ses20160223_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ses20160223-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and mobility beams for "seamless <a href="/wiki/In-flight_connectivity" class="mw-redirect" title="In-flight connectivity">in-flight connectivity</a>" for domestic Asian <a href="/wiki/Airline" title="Airline">airlines</a> of Indonesia and the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sxPressKit20160223_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sxPressKit20160223-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The satellite was built by <a href="/wiki/Boeing_Satellite_Development_Center" title="Boeing Satellite Development Center">Boeing</a>, using a model <a href="/wiki/Boeing_702" title="Boeing 702">BSS-702HP</a> <a href="/wiki/Satellite_bus" title="Satellite bus">satellite bus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nsf20160222_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nsf20160222-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>SES-9 had a mass of 5,271 kg (11,621 lb) at launch,<sup id="cite_ref-sfn20160224_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sfn20160224-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the largest Falcon 9 payload yet to a highly-<a href="/wiki/Delta-v" title="Delta-v">energetic</a> <a href="/wiki/Geostationary_transfer_orbit" title="Geostationary transfer orbit">geosynchronous transfer orbit</a> (GTO).<sup id="cite_ref-sxPressKit20160223_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sxPressKit20160223-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/SES_(company)" title="SES (company)">SES</a> used the spacecraft's own propulsion capabilities to circularize the trajectory to a <a href="/wiki/Geostationary_orbit" title="Geostationary orbit">geostationary orbit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sn20160304_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sn20160304-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Market_and_coverage">Market and coverage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SES-9&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Market and coverage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>SES-9 has 57 high-power Ku-band transponders, equivalent to 81 transponders of 36 <a href="/wiki/Hertz" title="Hertz">MHz</a> bandwidth and, co-located at 108.2°E alongside SES-7, it provides additional and replacement capacity for <a href="/wiki/Satellite_television" title="Satellite television">DTH broadcasting</a> and data in <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Asia" title="Northeast Asia">Northeast Asia</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>, and maritime communications for the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a>. Broadcasts are on six Ku-band coverage beams:<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> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asia</a> beam. Centred on India with a 55 dBW signal (40 cm dish) and taking in <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>, and parts of <a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Myanmar</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Asia" title="Northeast Asia">Northeast Asia</a> beam. Centred on the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> with a 55 <a href="/wiki/Decibel_watt" title="Decibel watt">dBW</a> signal (40 cm dish) and taking in the eastern seaboard of China and parts of <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a> beam. Centred on Indonesia with a 54dBW signal (45 cm dish) and taking in Malaysia, Singapore, and parts of Papua New Guinea.</li> <li>West Indian Ocean beam. Centred on the Gulf of Oman with a 53 dBW signal (50 cm dish) and taking in the Arabian Peninsula, East Africa, and the western coast of India and Pakistan.</li> <li>East Indian Ocean beam. Centred on the Bay of Bengal with a 54 dBW signal (45 cm dish) and taking in southern and eastern India, Sri Lanka, and parts of Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia.</li> <li>Australia Beam. Centred on <a href="/wiki/Adelaide" title="Adelaide">Adelaide</a> in Australia with a 55 dBW signal (40 cm dish) and taking in <a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a> and parts of <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a> (including <a href="/wiki/Alice_Springs" title="Alice Springs">Alice Springs</a>), <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a> and <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Launch_operations">Launch operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SES-9&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Launch operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contract_and_scheduling">Contract and scheduling</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SES-9&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Contract and scheduling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to the earlier <a href="/wiki/SES-8" title="SES-8">SES-8</a> mission ordered in 2011 and launched in 2013, SES contracted SpaceX for three additional launches starting with SES-9, originally planned for 2015. The deal was announced on 12 September 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-sxpr-20120912_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sxpr-20120912-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In early 2015, <a href="/wiki/SES_(company)" title="SES (company)">SES</a> announced <sup id="cite_ref-sfn20150220_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sfn20150220-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that it would be the launch customer of the next rocket evolution by SpaceX: <a href="/wiki/Falcon_9_Full_Thrust" title="Falcon 9 Full Thrust">Falcon 9 v1.1 Full Thrust</a> (also called <a href="/wiki/Falcon_9_Full_Thrust" title="Falcon 9 Full Thrust">Falcon 9 v1.2</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-aw20150317_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aw20150317-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and later, just <a href="/wiki/Falcon_9_Full_Thrust" title="Falcon 9 Full Thrust">Falcon 9 Full Thrust</a>). At the time, SES expected SES-9 to be launched by September 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-sn20151016_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sn20151016-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the failure of the <a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-7" title="SpaceX CRS-7">CRS-7 mission</a> in June 2015, SES re-confirmed in September 2015 their decision to provide the first payload for the new rocket variant; however the launch was postponed until late 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-sn20150915_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sn20150915-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Eventually, after considering all options, SpaceX announced a change on 16 October 2015: <a href="/wiki/Orbcomm" title="Orbcomm">Orbcomm</a>'s 11 <a href="/wiki/Orbcomm_(satellite)" title="Orbcomm (satellite)">Orbcomm-OG2</a> satellites would be the payload on the return-to-flight mission of the redesigned rocket instead of SES-9.<sup id="cite_ref-sn20151016_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sn20151016-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Orbcomm payload with its <a href="/wiki/Low_Earth_orbit" title="Low Earth orbit">lower orbit</a> would allow SpaceX to test relighting the second-stage engine, a capability required to successfully put the heavier SES-9 on a <a href="/wiki/Geostationary_orbit" title="Geostationary orbit">geostationary orbit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sn20151016_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sn20151016-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Orbcomm mission was subsequently delayed to mid-December 2015, while SES-9 was scheduled to follow "within a few weeks".<sup id="cite_ref-sn20151016_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sn20151016-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Finally, Falcon 9 Full Thrust performed its <a href="/wiki/Falcon_9_Flight_20" class="mw-redirect" title="Falcon 9 Flight 20">maiden launch</a> on 22 December 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Falcon_9_Flight_21" class="mw-redirect" title="Falcon 9 Flight 21">final launch of the Falcon 9 v1.1 variant</a> followed in January 2016, with SES-9 moving to February 2016. Consequently, this was the second launch of the Full Thrust variant.<sup id="cite_ref-nsf20160222_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nsf20160222-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Launch_attempts">Launch attempts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SES-9&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Launch attempts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A successful <a href="/wiki/Static_fire" class="mw-redirect" title="Static fire">static fire</a> test of the rocket was completed on 22 February 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-nsf20160222_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nsf20160222-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SES-9_(25168697841).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/SES-9_%2825168697841%29.jpg/220px-SES-9_%2825168697841%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/SES-9_%2825168697841%29.jpg/330px-SES-9_%2825168697841%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/SES-9_%2825168697841%29.jpg/440px-SES-9_%2825168697841%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Flight 22 on 24 February 2016 launch attempt, which was scrubbed prior to loading propellants.</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Attempt</th> <th>Planned</th> <th>Result</th> <th>Turnaround</th> <th>Reason</th> <th>Decision point</th> <th>Weather go (%)</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td><span data-sort-value="24 February 2016, 23:46:00 UTC !">24 Feb 2016, 11:46:00 pm</span></td> <td>Delayed <sup id="cite_ref-spaceflightnow3_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spaceflightnow3-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>—</td> <td>Issue loading cryogenic liquid oxygen</td> <td></td> <td>60%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td><span data-sort-value="25 February 2016, 23:47:00 UTC !">25 Feb 2016, 11:47:00 pm</span></td> <td>Aborted <sup id="cite_ref-spaceflightnow_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spaceflightnow-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>1 day 0 hours 1 minute</td> <td>Issue loading cryogenic liquid oxygen</td> <td> (T-00:01:41)</td> <td>80%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td><span data-sort-value="28 February 2016, 23:47:00 UTC !">28 Feb 2016, 11:47:00 pm</span></td> <td>Aborted <sup id="cite_ref-spaceflightnow2_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spaceflightnow2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>3 days 0 hours 0 minutes</td> <td>Fouled Range</td> <td></td> <td>95%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td><span data-sort-value="29 February 2016, 00:21:00 UTC !">29 Feb 2016, 12:21:00 am</span></td> <td>Aborted <sup id="cite_ref-spaceflightnow2_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spaceflightnow2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>0 days 0 hours 34 minutes</td> <td>Low thrust alarm due to rising oxygen temps</td> <td></td> <td>95%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td><span data-sort-value="4 March 2016, 23:35:00 UTC !">4 Mar 2016, 11:35:00 pm</span></td> <td>Successful launch <sup id="cite_ref-liftofftweet_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-liftofftweet-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>4 days 23 hours 14 minutes</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>90%</td> <td>Launch window: 23:35 to 01:06 UTC </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The launch was initially scheduled for 24 February 2016 at 23:46 UTC, with a backup launch window the next day at the same time.<sup id="cite_ref-sxPressKit20160223_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sxPressKit20160223-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Neither day produced a launch however as both attempts were scrubbed: on 24 February 2016, prior to <a href="/wiki/Propellant" title="Propellant">propellant</a> loading "out of an abundance of caution, in order to get the rocket's liquid oxygen propellant as cold as possible"; and on 25 February 2016, just two minutes prior to launch "citing a last-minute problem with propellant loading".<sup id="cite_ref-sn20160225_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sn20160225-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Subsequently, the launch was rescheduled for the evening of 28 February 2016 at 23:47 UTC, with a fallback slot same time next day.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 28 February 2016, launch attempt was aborted less than two minutes before scheduled liftoff due to a tugboat entering the area of the offshore safety zone.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A second attempt on 28 February 2016 was made about 35 minutes later, after the downrange zone had been cleared, however, the rocket shut-down a moment after ignition due to low thrust flag from one engine. Rising oxygen temperature due to the hold for the tugboat to clear and a suspected helium bubble, the two are related: the helium bubble in the warmer LOX was affected by the earlier launch attempt, when the stage was pressurized (with helium) for some time, increasing the saturation of helium gas into the liquid oxygen, which could then bubble out when the turbopumps began rapidly drawing oxidizer from the tank for the launch (and lowering tank pressure in the zone around the turbopump inlet), were suggested by Elon Musk as the likely reasons for the alarm being triggered.<sup id="cite_ref-MuskTweet-20160228_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MuskTweet-20160228-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next launch attempt on 1 March 2016 was postponed to 4 March 2016 due to high winds.<sup id="cite_ref-MuskTweet-20160301_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MuskTweet-20160301-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SES-9_launch_(24886272753).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/SES-9_launch_%2824886272753%29.jpg/220px-SES-9_launch_%2824886272753%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/SES-9_launch_%2824886272753%29.jpg/330px-SES-9_launch_%2824886272753%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/SES-9_launch_%2824886272753%29.jpg/440px-SES-9_launch_%2824886272753%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Falcon 9 Flight 22 launching on 4 March 2016, carrying SES-9.</figcaption></figure> <p>The launch was finally attempted, and succeeded, on 4 March 2016 at 23:35:00 UTC.<sup id="cite_ref-sn20160304_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sn20160304-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Orbit_adjustment">Orbit adjustment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SES-9&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Orbit adjustment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The original <a href="/wiki/Apsis" title="Apsis">apogee</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Geosynchronous_transfer_orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Geosynchronous transfer orbit">transfer orbit</a> contracted by SpaceX was 26,000 km (16,000 mi), a <a href="/wiki/Subsynchronous_orbit" title="Subsynchronous orbit">subsynchronous</a> <a href="/wiki/Elliptical_orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Elliptical orbit">highly-elliptical orbit</a> that SES would then <a href="/wiki/Circular_orbit" title="Circular orbit">circularize</a> and <a href="/wiki/Orbit_raising" class="mw-redirect" title="Orbit raising">raise</a> over several months before the satellite would be ready for <a href="/wiki/Geosynchronous_orbit" title="Geosynchronous orbit">operational service</a> at 36,000 km (22,000 mi). SES <a href="/wiki/Chief_technology_officer" title="Chief technology officer">CTO</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Martin_Halliwell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Martin Halliwell (page does not exist)">Martin Halliwell</a> indicated in February 2016 that SpaceX had agreed to add additional <a href="/wiki/Delta-v" title="Delta-v">energy</a> to the spacecraft with the launch vehicle and that a new apogee of approximately 39,000 km (24,000 mi) was the objective, in order to assist SES in the satellite becoming operational many weeks earlier than otherwise possible, </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-mission_landing_test">Post-mission landing test</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SES-9&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Post-mission landing test"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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class="infobox" style="width: 125px; clear: right; float:right;margin:0 0 1.5em 1.5em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:115%">External videos</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="video icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/16px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/24px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/32px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></span></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIkPP2LM8DU&start=1100">SES-9 Technical Webcast: Experimental Landing</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Following word from SES that SpaceX had allocated some of the normal propellant reserve margins for landing to placing the SES-9 satellite in a higher (and more <a href="/wiki/Delta-v" title="Delta-v">energetic</a>) orbit than originally planned,<sup id="cite_ref-verge20160223_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-verge20160223-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>SpaceX confirmed in February 2016 that they would still attempt a secondary goal of executing a controlled-descent and <a href="/wiki/VTVL" title="VTVL">vertical landing</a> <a href="/wiki/Flight_test" title="Flight test">flight test</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Falcon_9#First_stage" title="Falcon 9">first stage</a> on the SpaceX <a href="/wiki/East_coast_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="East coast of the United States">east-coast</a> <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_spaceport_drone_ship" title="Autonomous spaceport drone ship">Autonomous spaceport drone ship</a> (floating landing platform) named <i>Of Course I Still Love You</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-nsf20160222_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nsf20160222-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bi20160223_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bi20160223-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sxPressKit20160223_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sxPressKit20160223-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although SpaceX successfully <a href="/wiki/Falcon_9_first-stage_landing_tests" title="Falcon 9 first-stage landing tests">recovered a first booster</a> on land following the <a href="/wiki/Falcon_9_Flight_20" class="mw-redirect" title="Falcon 9 Flight 20">December launch</a> to a less-energetic orbital trajectory,<sup id="cite_ref-presskit201512_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-presskit201512-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nsf20151231_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nsf20151231-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> they had not yet succeeded in booster recovery from any of the previous attempts to land on a floating platform.<sup id="cite_ref-bi20160223_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bi20160223-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because the SES-9 satellite was very heavy and was going to such a high orbit, SpaceX indicated prior to launch that they did not expect this landing to succeed.<sup id="cite_ref-verge20160223_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-verge20160223-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As expected, booster recovery failed: the spent first stage "landed hard", damaging the drone ship,<sup id="cite_ref-musk-tweet-20160305_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-musk-tweet-20160305-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the controlled-descent and <a href="/wiki/Atmospheric_entry" title="Atmospheric entry">atmospheric re-entry</a>, as well as navigation to a point in the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a> over 600 km (370 mi) away <sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from the launch site, were successful and returned significant test data on bringing back a high-energy Falcon 9.<sup id="cite_ref-sn20160304_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sn20160304-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The controlled descent through the <a href="/wiki/Atmospheric_entry" title="Atmospheric entry">atmosphere</a> and landing attempt for each booster is an arrangement that is not used on other <a href="/wiki/Orbital_spaceflight" title="Orbital spaceflight">orbital</a> <a href="/wiki/Launch_vehicle" title="Launch vehicle">launch vehicles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ft20151201_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ft20151201-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> SES CTO Martin Halliwell had informed SpaceX that they were willing to use the same rocket twice to power another satellite to orbit.<sup id="cite_ref-reuters20160223_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reuters20160223-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This idea became reality in March 2017 with the <a href="/wiki/SES-10" title="SES-10">SES-10</a> mission flying with the reused booster from <a href="/wiki/CRS-8" class="mw-redirect" title="CRS-8">CRS-8</a>. </p><p>By 21 March 2016, the hole in the deck of the drone ship had been nearly 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style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/SES_(company)" title="SES (company)">SES</a> fleet</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Active</i>: <a href="/wiki/SES-1" title="SES-1">SES-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SES-2" title="SES-2">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SES-3" title="SES-3">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SES-4" title="SES-4">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SES-5" title="SES-5">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SES-6" title="SES-6">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SES-7" title="SES-7">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SES-8" title="SES-8">8</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SES-10" title="SES-10">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SES-11" title="SES-11">11 (EchoStar 105)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SES-12" title="SES-12">12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SES-14" title="SES-14">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SES-15" title="SES-15">15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SES-16" title="SES-16">16 (GovSat-1)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SES-17" title="SES-17">17</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/SES_Americom" title="SES Americom">AMC</a> fleet</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Active</i>: <a href="/wiki/AMC-4" title="AMC-4">AMC-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMC-6" title="AMC-6">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMC-8" title="AMC-8">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMC-10_(satellite)" title="AMC-10 (satellite)">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMC-11" title="AMC-11">11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMC-15_(satellite)" title="AMC-15 (satellite)">15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMC-16" class="mw-redirect" title="AMC-16">16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMC-18" title="AMC-18">18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMC-21" title="AMC-21">21</a></li> <li><i>Backups</i>: <a href="/wiki/AMC-7" title="AMC-7">AMC-7</a></li> <li><i>Retired</i>: <a href="/wiki/AMC-1" title="AMC-1">AMC-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMC-2" title="AMC-2">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMC-3" title="AMC-3">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMC-5" title="AMC-5">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMC-9" title="AMC-9">9</a></li> <li><i>Failed launch</i>: <a href="/wiki/AMC-14" title="AMC-14">AMC-14</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/SES_New_Skies" class="mw-redirect" title="SES New Skies">NSS</a> fleet</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Active</i>: <a href="/wiki/NSS-6" title="NSS-6">NSS-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NSS-7" title="NSS-7">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NSS-9" title="NSS-9">9</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NSS-10&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NSS-10 (page does not exist)">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NSS-11" class="mw-redirect" title="NSS-11">11</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NSS-12&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NSS-12 (page does not exist)">12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NSS-806" title="NSS-806">806</a></li> <li><i>Retired</i>: <a href="/wiki/NSS-5" title="NSS-5">NSS-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NSS-513" class="mw-redirect" title="NSS-513">513</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NSS-703" title="NSS-703">703</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NSS-K&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NSS-K (page does not exist)">K</a></li> <li><i>Failed launch</i>: <a href="/wiki/NSS-8" title="NSS-8">NSS-8</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Astra_(satellite)" title="Astra (satellite)">Astra</a> fleet</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Active</i>: <a href="/wiki/Astra_1KR" title="Astra 1KR">Astra 1KR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_1L" title="Astra 1L">1L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_1M" title="Astra 1M">1M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_1N" title="Astra 1N">1N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_2E" title="Astra 2E">2E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_2F" title="Astra 2F">2F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_2G" title="Astra 2G">2G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_3B" title="Astra 3B">3B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_4A" title="Astra 4A">4A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_5B" title="Astra 5B">5B</a></li> <li><i>Backups</i>: <a href="/wiki/Astra_1D" title="Astra 1D">Astra 1D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_1F" title="Astra 1F">1F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_1G" title="Astra 1G">1G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_1H" title="Astra 1H">1H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_2A" title="Astra 2A">2A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_2B" title="Astra 2B">2B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_2C" title="Astra 2C">2C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_2D" title="Astra 2D">2D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_3A" title="Astra 3A">3A</a></li> <li><i>To be activated</i>: <a href="/wiki/Astra_1P" title="Astra 1P">Astra 1P</a></li> <li><i>Retired</i>: <a href="/wiki/Astra_1A" title="Astra 1A">Astra 1A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_1B" title="Astra 1B">1B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_1C" title="Astra 1C">1C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_1E" title="Astra 1E">1E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_5A" title="Astra 5A">5A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirius_3" class="mw-redirect" title="Sirius 3">Sirius 3</a></li> <li><i>Failed launch</i>: <a href="/wiki/Astra_1K" title="Astra 1K">Astra 1K</a></li> <li><i>Orbital positions</i>: <a href="/wiki/Astra_5%C2%B0E" title="Astra 5°E">5.0°E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_19.2%C2%B0E" title="Astra 19.2°E">19.2°E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_23.5%C2%B0E" title="Astra 23.5°E">23.5°E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_28.2%C2%B0E" title="Astra 28.2°E">28.2°E</a></li> 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<li><i><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_Starship" title="SpaceX Starship">Starship</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Falcon_1#Launch_history" title="Falcon 1">Falcon 1 missions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Flight 1† (<a href="/wiki/FalconSAT-2" title="FalconSAT-2">FalconSAT-2</a>)</li> <li>Flight 2†</li> <li>Flight 3† <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trailblazer_(satellite)" title="Trailblazer (satellite)">Trailblazer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PRESat" title="PRESat">PRESat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NanoSail-D" title="NanoSail-D">NanoSail-D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celestis" title="Celestis">Explorers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratsat" class="mw-redirect" title="Ratsat">Ratsat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RazakSAT" title="RazakSAT">RazakSAT</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches" title="List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches">Falcon 9 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%">Demonstrations</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/SpaceX_Dragon_1" title="SpaceX Dragon 1">Dragon 1</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dragon_Spacecraft_Qualification_Unit" title="Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit">Qualification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_COTS_Demo_Flight_1" title="SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1">Demo-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_COTS_Demo_Flight_2" title="SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2">Demo-2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crew_Dragon" class="mw-redirect" title="Crew Dragon">Crew Dragon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crew_Dragon_Pad_Abort_Test" title="Crew Dragon Pad Abort Test">Pad Abort Test</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crew_Dragon_Demo-1" title="Crew Dragon Demo-1">Demo-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crew_Dragon_In-Flight_Abort_Test" title="Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort Test">In-Flight Abort Test</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crew_Dragon_Demo-2" title="Crew Dragon Demo-2">Demo-2</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/ISS" class="mw-redirect" title="ISS">ISS</a> logistics</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-1" title="SpaceX CRS-1">CRS-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-2" title="SpaceX CRS-2">CRS-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-3" title="SpaceX CRS-3">CRS-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-4" title="SpaceX CRS-4">CRS-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-5" title="SpaceX CRS-5">CRS-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-6" title="SpaceX CRS-6">CRS-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-7" title="SpaceX CRS-7">CRS-7</a>†</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-8" title="SpaceX CRS-8">CRS-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-9" title="SpaceX CRS-9">CRS-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-10" title="SpaceX CRS-10">CRS-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-11" title="SpaceX CRS-11">CRS-11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-12" title="SpaceX CRS-12">CRS-12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-13" title="SpaceX CRS-13">CRS-13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-14" title="SpaceX CRS-14">CRS-14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-15" title="SpaceX CRS-15">CRS-15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-16" title="SpaceX CRS-16">CRS-16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-17" title="SpaceX CRS-17">CRS-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-18" title="SpaceX CRS-18">CRS-18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-19" title="SpaceX CRS-19">CRS-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-20" title="SpaceX CRS-20">CRS-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-21" title="SpaceX CRS-21">CRS-21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-22" title="SpaceX CRS-22">CRS-22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-23" title="SpaceX CRS-23">CRS-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-24" title="SpaceX CRS-24">CRS-24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-25" title="SpaceX CRS-25">CRS-25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-26" title="SpaceX CRS-26">CRS-26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-27" title="SpaceX CRS-27">CRS-27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-28" title="SpaceX CRS-28">CRS-28</a></li> <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><u><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-31" title="SpaceX CRS-31">CRS-31</a></u></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-32#Cargo_Dragon_flights" class="mw-redirect" title="SpaceX CRS-32">CRS-32–35</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><u><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_Crew-9" title="SpaceX Crew-9">Crew-9</a></u></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_Crew-10" title="SpaceX Crew-10">Crew-10</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fram2" title="Fram2">Fram2</a></i></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 href="/wiki/ABS-3A" title="ABS-3A">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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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/Bangabandhu-1" title="Bangabandhu-1">Bangabandhu-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></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></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><i>NROL-69</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spainsat_NG" title="Spainsat NG">Spainsat NG</a> I</i></li> <li><i>SDA Tranche 1 Tracking layer T1TL-B</i></li> <li><i>SDA Tranche 1 Tracking layer T1TL-C</i></li> <li><i>SDA Tranche 1 Tracking layer T1TL-D</i></li> <li><i>425 Project SAR satellite flight 3</i></li> <li><i>SDA Tranche 1 Tracking layer T1TL-E</i></li> <li><i>SDA Tranche 1 Transport layer T1TR-C</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><a href="/wiki/Spainsat_NG" title="Spainsat NG">Spainsat NG</a> II</i></li> <li><i>SDA Tranche 1 Transport layer T1TL-F</i></li> <li><i>SDA Tranche 1 Transport layer T1TR-A</i></li> <li><i>SDA Tranche 1 Transport layer T1TR-E</i></li> <li><i>SDA Tranche 1 Transport layer T2TL-A</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> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_July%E2%80%93December_2024#SpXTransporter12" title="List of spaceflight launches in July–December 2024"><i>12</i></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"><i>2</i></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><i><a href="/wiki/Starship_flight_test_6" title="Starship flight test 6">6</a></i></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> 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href="/wiki/Kosmos_2514" title="Kosmos 2514">Kosmos 2514</a> / <a href="/wiki/GLONASS-M" title="GLONASS-M">GLONASS-M</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_GLONASS_satellites" title="List of GLONASS satellites">751</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwangmy%C5%8Fngs%C5%8Fng-4" title="Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4">Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_USA_satellites" title="List of USA satellites">USA-267</a> / <a href="/wiki/Future_Imagery_Architecture" title="Future Imagery Architecture">Topaz-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sentinel-3A" title="Sentinel-3A">Sentinel-3A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitomi_(satellite)" title="Hitomi (satellite)">ASTRO-H / Hitomi</a></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">SES-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eutelsat#Satellites" title="Eutelsat">Eutelsat 65 West A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRNSS-1F" title="IRNSS-1F">IRNSS-1F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resurs-P" title="Resurs-P">Resurs-P №3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ExoMars_Trace_Gas_Orbiter" class="mw-redirect" title="ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter">ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Schiaparelli_EDM" title="Schiaparelli EDM">Schiaparelli EDM</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-20M" title="Soyuz TMA-20M">Soyuz TMA-20M</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cygnus_CRS_OA-6" class="mw-redirect" title="Cygnus CRS OA-6">Cygnus CRS OA-6</a> (<a href="/wiki/Diwata-1" title="Diwata-1">Diwata-1</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Flock_(satellite)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flock (satellite)">Flock-2e'</a> × 20</span> , <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Lemur-2" class="mw-redirect" title="Lemur-2">Lemur-2</a> × 9</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Kosmos_satellites_(2501%E2%80%932750)" title="List of Kosmos satellites (2501–2750)">Kosmos 2515</a> / Bars-M 2L</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BeiDou" title="BeiDou">BeiDou</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_BeiDou_satellites" title="List of BeiDou satellites">IGSO-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_MS-02" title="Progress MS-02">Progress MS-02</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/Shijian" title="Shijian">Shijian-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-8" title="SpaceX CRS-8">Dragon CRS-8</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bigelow_Expandable_Activity_Module" title="Bigelow Expandable Activity Module">BEAM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sentinel-1B" title="Sentinel-1B">Sentinel-1B</a>, <a href="/wiki/MICROSCOPE" title="MICROSCOPE">MICROSCOPE</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/E-st@r-II" title="E-st@r-II">e-st@r-II</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikhailo_Lomonosov_(satellite)" title="Mikhailo Lomonosov (satellite)">Mikhailo Lomonosov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRNSS-1G" title="IRNSS-1G">IRNSS-1G</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><a href="/wiki/JCSAT-2B" title="JCSAT-2B">JCSAT-14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaogan" title="Yaogan">Yaogan 30</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-10, FOC-11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thaicom_8" title="Thaicom 8">Thaicom 8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2516" title="Kosmos 2516">Kosmos 2516</a> / <a href="/wiki/GLONASS-M" title="GLONASS-M">GLONASS-M</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_GLONASS_satellites" title="List of GLONASS satellites">753</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ziyuan_(satellite)" title="Ziyuan (satellite)">Ziyuan III-02</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C3%91uSat" title="ÑuSat">ÑuSat</a> 1, 2</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 2517</a> / <a href="/wiki/Geo-IK-2" title="Geo-IK-2">Geo-IK-2 №12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Intelsat_satellites" title="List of Intelsat satellites">Intelsat 31</a> / DLA-2</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-268" title="USA-268">USA-268</a> / <a href="/wiki/Orion_(satellite)" title="Orion (satellite)">Orion 9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BeiDou" title="BeiDou">BeiDou</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_BeiDou_satellites" title="List of BeiDou satellites">G7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eutelsat#Satellites" title="Eutelsat">Eutelsat 117 West B</a>, <a href="/wiki/ABS-2A" title="ABS-2A">ABS-2A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cartosat-2C" title="Cartosat-2C">Cartosat-2C</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maritime_Monitoring_and_Messaging_Microsatellite" title="Maritime Monitoring and Messaging Microsatellite">M3MSat</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Flock_(satellite)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flock (satellite)">Flock-2p</a> × 12</span>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/SathyabamaSat" title="SathyabamaSat">SathyabamaSat</a></span>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Swayam" title="Swayam">Swayam</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobile_User_Objective_System" title="Mobile User Objective System">MUOS-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Next-generation_crewed_spacecraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Next-generation crewed spacecraft">Chinese next-generation crew capsule scale model</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shijian" title="Shijian">Shijian 16-02</a></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><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-01" title="Soyuz MS-01">Soyuz MS-01</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_MS-03" title="Progress MS-03">Progress MS-03</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-9" title="SpaceX CRS-9">Dragon CRS-9</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-269&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-269 (page does not exist)">USA-269</a> / <a href="/wiki/NROL" class="mw-redirect" title="NROL">NROL</a>-61</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/Tiantong-1" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiantong-1">Tiantong-1</a> 01</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaofen" title="Gaofen">Gaofen-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JCSAT-16" title="JCSAT-16">JCSAT-16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quantum_Experiments_at_Space_Scale" title="Quantum Experiments at Space Scale">QUESS / Mozi / Micius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_USA_satellites" title="List of USA satellites">USA-270</a> / <a href="/wiki/GSSAP" class="mw-redirect" title="GSSAP">GSSAP-3</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_USA_satellites" title="List of USA satellites">USA-271</a> / <a href="/wiki/GSSAP" class="mw-redirect" title="GSSAP">GSSAP-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelsat_33e" title="Intelsat 33e">Intelsat 33e</a>, <a href="/wiki/Intelsat_36" title="Intelsat 36">Intelsat 36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaofen" title="Gaofen">Gaofen-10</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><a href="/wiki/AMOS-6_(satellite)" title="AMOS-6 (satellite)">AMOS-6</a>†</li> <li><a href="/wiki/INSAT-3DR" title="INSAT-3DR">INSAT-3DR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OSIRIS-REx" title="OSIRIS-REx">OSIRIS-REx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ofek-11" class="mw-redirect" title="Ofek-11">Ofek-11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiangong-2" title="Tiangong-2">Tiangong-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SkySat" title="SkySat">SkySat</a> × 4</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ScatSat-1" title="ScatSat-1">ScatSat-1</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alsat-1B" title="Alsat-1B">Alsat-1B</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alsat-2B" class="mw-redirect" title="Alsat-2B">Alsat-2B</a>, <a href="/wiki/BlackSky_Pathfinder-1" title="BlackSky Pathfinder-1">BlackSky Pathfinder-1</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pratham_(satellite)" title="Pratham (satellite)">Pratham</a>, <small><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Advanced_Nanospace_eXperiment_Program" title="Canadian Advanced Nanospace eXperiment Program">CanX-7</a>, <a href="/wiki/PISat" title="PISat">PISat</a></small></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/Sky_Muster_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky Muster II">Sky Muster II</a>, <a href="/wiki/GSAT-18" title="GSAT-18">GSAT-18</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Shenzhou_11" title="Shenzhou 11">Shenzhou 11</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cygnus_CRS_OA-5" class="mw-redirect" title="Cygnus CRS OA-5">Cygnus CRS OA-5</a> (<small><a href="/wiki/Lemur-2" class="mw-redirect" title="Lemur-2">Lemur-2</a> × 4</small>)</li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-02" title="Soyuz MS-02">Soyuz MS-02</a></u></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="/wiki/Himawari_9" title="Himawari 9">Himawari 9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shijian" title="Shijian">Shijian-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XPNAV_1" class="mw-redirect" title="XPNAV 1">XPNAV 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WorldView-4" title="WorldView-4">WorldView-4</a>, <small>CELTEE 1, Prometheus-2 × 2, AeroCube 8 × 2, U2U, RAVAN</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yunhai-1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yunhai-1 (page does not exist)">Yunhai-1</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 7, 12, 13, 14</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-03" title="Soyuz MS-03">Soyuz MS-03</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GOES_16" class="mw-redirect" title="GOES 16">GOES-R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tianlian_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Tianlian I">Tianlian I</a>-04</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">December</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/Progress_MS-04" title="Progress MS-04">Progress MS-04</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6kt%C3%BCrk-1" title="Göktürk-1">Göktürk-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resourcesat-2A" title="Resourcesat-2A">Resourcesat-2A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGS-8" class="mw-redirect" title="WGS-8">WGS-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HTV-6" class="mw-redirect" title="HTV-6">HTV-6</a> / <a href="/wiki/Kounotori_6" title="Kounotori 6">Kounotori 6</a>, (<small>EGG, TuPOD, UBAKUSAT, AOBA-VELOX, STARS, FREEDOM, ITF, Waseda-SAT, OSNSAT, <a href="/wiki/Tancredo-1" title="Tancredo-1">Tancredo-1</a>, TechEDSat, <a href="/wiki/Lemur-2" class="mw-redirect" title="Lemur-2">Lemur-2</a> × 4</small>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fengyun" title="Fengyun">Fengyun 4A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Global_Navigation_Satellite_System" title="Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System">CYGNSS</a> × 8</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=EchoStar_19&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EchoStar 19 (page does not exist)">EchoStar 19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arase_(satellite)" title="Arase (satellite)">Arase</a> / ERG</li> <li><a href="/wiki/TanSat" title="TanSat">TanSat</a>, <small><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spark_(satellite)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Spark (satellite) (page does not exist)">Spark</a> × 2</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_One_D1" title="Star One D1">Star One D1</a>, <a href="/wiki/JCSAT-15" title="JCSAT-15">JCSAT-15</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SuperView&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SuperView (page does not exist)">SuperView</a> / Gaojing-1 01, 02, <small><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bayi_Kepu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bayi Kepu (page does not exist)">Bayi Kepu</a> 1</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ).<br 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