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class="infobox-data">CarbonSat</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 scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mission type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Earth_observation_satellite" title="Earth observation satellite">Earth observation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Operator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Science_and_Technology_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China">MOST</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/International_Designator" title="International Designator">COSPAR ID</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2016-081A">2016-081A</a></span><span class="ib-edit-wd"> 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duration</th><td class="infobox-data">Planned: 3 years<sup id="cite_ref-eoportal_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eoportal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /> Elapsed: 7 years, 11 months, 1 day</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">Manufacturer</th><td class="infobox-data">SIMIT<sup id="cite_ref-eoportal_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eoportal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch mass</th><td class="infobox-data">620 kg (1,370 lb)<sup id="cite_ref-eoportal_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eoportal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dry mass</th><td class="infobox-data">610 kg (1,340 lb)<sup id="cite_ref-eoportal_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eoportal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dimensions</th><td class="infobox-data">150 × 180 × 185 cm (59 × 71 × 73 in)<sup id="cite_ref-eoportal_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eoportal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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">21 December 2016, 19:22<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">2016-12-21UTC19:22</span>)</span> UTC<sup id="cite_ref-xinhua20161222_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-xinhua20161222-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rocket</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Long_March_2D" title="Long March 2D">Long March 2D</a><sup id="cite_ref-nasasf20161221_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nasasf20161221-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch site</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jiuquan_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center">Jiuquan</a> <a href="/wiki/Jiuquan_Launch_Area_4" title="Jiuquan Launch Area 4">LC43/603</a><sup id="cite_ref-nasasf20161221_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nasasf20161221-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Contractor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/China_Aerospace_Science_and_Technology_Corporation" title="China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation">CASC</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/Low_Earth_orbit" title="Low Earth orbit">Low Earth</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Semi-major_axis" class="mw-redirect" title="Semi-major axis">Semi-major axis</a></th><td class="infobox-data">7,083 km (4,401 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_eccentricity" title="Orbital eccentricity">Eccentricity</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0.002272</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Apsis" title="Apsis">Perigee altitude</a></th><td class="infobox-data">688.9 km (428.1 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Apsis" title="Apsis">Apogee altitude</a></th><td class="infobox-data">721.1 km (448.1 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_inclination" title="Orbital inclination">Inclination</a></th><td class="infobox-data">98.16°</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_period" title="Orbital period">Period</a></th><td class="infobox-data">98.89 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Epoch_(astronomy)" title="Epoch (astronomy)">Epoch</a></th><td class="infobox-data">12 February 2017, 19:47:39 UTC<sup id="cite_ref-heavens-above_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heavens-above-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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"><table class="infobox-subbox collapsible collapsed"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:95%"><span style="font-size:105%;">Instruments</span></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">CDS</th><td class="infobox-data">Carbon Dioxide Spectrometer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">CAPI</th><td class="infobox-data">Cloud and Aerosol Polarimetry Imager</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>TanSat</b>, also known as <b>CarbonSat</b>, is a Chinese <a href="/wiki/Earth_observation_satellite" title="Earth observation satellite">Earth observation satellite</a> dedicated to monitoring <a href="/wiki/Carbon_dioxide_in_Earth%27s_atmosphere" title="Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere">carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere</a>. It is generally classified as a <a href="/wiki/Small_satellite#Small_satellites" title="Small satellite">minisatellite</a>, and is the first dedicated carbon mission of the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_space_program" title="Chinese space program">Chinese space program</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-eoportal_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eoportal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mission was formally proposed in 2010, and work began in January 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-nasasf20161221_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nasasf20161221-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is funded by the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Science_and_Technology_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China">Ministry of Science and Technology</a> (MOST) and was built by the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Academy_of_Sciences" title="Chinese Academy of Sciences">Shanghai Institute of Microsystem And Information Technology</a> (SIMIT).<sup id="cite_ref-nasasf20161221_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nasasf20161221-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>TanSat carries two instruments: the Carbon Dioxide Spectrometer and the Cloud and Aerosol Polarimetry Imager. The Carbon Dioxide Spectrometer (CDS), also called CarbonSpec, is a high-resolution <a href="/wiki/Diffraction_grating" title="Diffraction grating">grating</a> <a href="/wiki/Spectrometer" title="Spectrometer">spectrometer</a> which measures <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1123817410">.mw-parser-output .template-chem2-su{display:inline-block;font-size:80%;line-height:1;vertical-align:-0.35em}.mw-parser-output .template-chem2-su>span{display:block;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output sub.template-chem2-sub{font-size:80%;vertical-align:-0.35em}.mw-parser-output sup.template-chem2-sup{font-size:80%;vertical-align:0.65em}</style><span class="chemf nowrap">CO<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub></span> <a href="/wiki/Absorption_(electromagnetic_radiation)" title="Absorption (electromagnetic radiation)">absorption</a> at 1.61 <a href="/wiki/Micrometre" title="Micrometre">μm</a> and 2.06 μm, and <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">O<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub></span> absorption in reflected sunlight at 0.76 μm. 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<li><a href="/wiki/Fengyun" title="Fengyun">Fengyun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaofen" title="Gaofen">Gaofen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fanhui_Shi_Weixing" title="Fanhui Shi Weixing">FSW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huanjing_(satellite)" title="Huanjing (satellite)">Huanjing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HY_(satellite)" class="mw-redirect" title="HY (satellite)">HY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jilin-1" title="Jilin-1">Jilin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiyan_(satellite)" title="Shiyan (satellite)">Shiyan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMMS&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SMMS (page does not exist)">SMMS</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">TanSat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiyan_(satellite)" title="Shiyan (satellite)">Tansuo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tianhui_1B" title="Tianhui 1B">Tianhui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaogan" title="Yaogan">Yaogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ziyuan_(satellite)" title="Ziyuan (satellite)">Ziyuan</a></li></ul> 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title="Kuafu project">Kuafu</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longjiang-2" class="mw-redirect" title="Longjiang-2">Longjiang-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queqiao_relay_satellite" class="mw-redirect" title="Queqiao relay satellite">Queqiao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lobster_Eye_Imager_for_Astronomy" title="Lobster Eye Imager for Astronomy">Lobster Eye Imager for Astronomy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Einstein_Probe" title="Einstein Probe">Einstein Probe</a> (joint with ESA)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Solar_Telescope" title="Space Solar Telescope">SST</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Variable_Objects_Monitor" title="Space Variable Objects Monitor">SVOM</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Xuntian" title="Xuntian">Xuntian</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/SMILE_(spacecraft)" title="SMILE (spacecraft)">SMILE</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lunar exploration</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/Chinese_Lunar_Exploration_Program" title="Chinese Lunar Exploration Program">Chinese Lunar Exploration Program</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chang%27e_1" title="Chang'e 1">Chang'e 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chang%27e_2" title="Chang'e 2">Chang'e 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chang%27e_3" title="Chang'e 3">Chang'e 3</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yutu_(rover)" title="Yutu (rover)">Yutu</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chang%27e_5-T1" title="Chang'e 5-T1">Chang'e 5-T1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chang%27e_4" title="Chang'e 4">Chang'e 4</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yutu-2" title="Yutu-2">Yutu-2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chang%27e_5" title="Chang'e 5">Chang'e 5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chang%27e_6" title="Chang'e 6">Chang'e 6</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chang%27e_7" title="Chang'e 7">Chang'e 7</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chang%27e_8" title="Chang'e 8">Chang'e 8</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Planetary exploration</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/Yinghuo-1" title="Yinghuo-1">Yinghuo-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chang%27e_2" title="Chang'e 2">Chang'e 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tianwen-1" title="Tianwen-1">Tianwen-1</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zhurong_(rover)" title="Zhurong (rover)">Zhurong</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shensuo_(spacecraft)" title="Shensuo (spacecraft)">Shensuo</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tianwen-2" title="Tianwen-2">Tianwen-2</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tianwen-3" title="Tianwen-3">Tianwen-3</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tianwen-4" title="Tianwen-4">Tianwen-4</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Microsatellites</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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href="/wiki/2016_in_spaceflight" title="2016 in spaceflight"><span class="vevent"><span class="summary">Orbital launches in <span class="dtstart">2016</span></span></span></a><div style="float: right;"><a href="/wiki/2017_in_spaceflight" title="2017 in spaceflight">2017 →</a></div></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">January</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/Belintersat-1" title="Belintersat-1">Belintersat-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason-3" title="Jason-3">Jason-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRNSS-1E" title="IRNSS-1E">IRNSS-1E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelsat_29e" title="Intelsat 29e">Intelsat 29e</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eutelsat#Satellites" title="Eutelsat">Eutelsat 9B</a></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="/wiki/BeiDou" title="BeiDou">BeiDou</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_BeiDou_satellites" title="List of BeiDou satellites">M3-S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-266" title="USA-266">USA-266</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">-12</a></li> <li><a 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 href="/wiki/SES-9" title="SES-9">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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 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