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The Launch Library:

Upcoming Launches You Don't Want to Miss

Bandwagon 4 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)

Bandwagon 4 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare), SpaceX, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Launch Date:
11/2/2025, 5:09:59 AM

Launch Vehicle:
Falcon 9,
SpaceX

Location:
Space Launch Complex 40,
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Overview:
Dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.

CMS-03 (GSAT-7R)

CMS-03 (GSAT-7R), Indian Space Research Organization, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Launch Date:
11/2/2025, 11:56:00 AM

Launch Vehicle:
LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III),
Indian Space Research Organization

Location:
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad,
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Overview:
Communications Satellite for the Indian Navy, replacing GSAT-7 for secure real-time links between Indian warships, submarines, aircraft, and shore-based command centers across the Indian Ocean.

Unknown Payload

Unknown Payload, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

Launch Date:
11/3/2025, 3:45:00 AM

Launch Vehicle:
Long March 7A,
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Location:
201,
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

Overview:
Details TBD.

Sentinel-1D

Sentinel-1D, Arianespace, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Launch Date:
11/4/2025, 9:03:00 PM

Launch Vehicle:
Ariane 62,
Arianespace

Location:
Ariane Launch Area 4,
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Overview:
Sentinel-1D carries an advanced radar technology to provide an all-weather, day-and-night supply of imagery of Earth’s surface as part of the Sentinel-1 constellation.

The Nation God Navigates (iQPS Launch 5)

The Nation God Navigates (iQPS Launch 5), Rocket Lab, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Launch Date:
11/5/2025, 7:45:00 PM

Launch Vehicle:
Electron,
Rocket Lab

Location:
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B,
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Overview:
Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.

Bandwagon 4 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)

Bandwagon 4 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare), SpaceX, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Launch Date:
11/2/2025, 5:09:59 AM

Launch Vehicle:
Falcon 9,
SpaceX

Location:
Space Launch Complex 40,
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Overview:
Dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.

CMS-03 (GSAT-7R)

CMS-03 (GSAT-7R), Indian Space Research Organization, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Launch Date:
11/2/2025, 11:56:00 AM

Launch Vehicle:
LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III),
Indian Space Research Organization

Location:
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad,
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Overview:
Communications Satellite for the Indian Navy, replacing GSAT-7 for secure real-time links between Indian warships, submarines, aircraft, and shore-based command centers across the Indian Ocean.

Unknown Payload

Unknown Payload, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

Launch Date:
11/3/2025, 3:45:00 AM

Launch Vehicle:
Long March 7A,
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Location:
201,
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

Overview:
Details TBD.

Sentinel-1D

Sentinel-1D, Arianespace, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Launch Date:
11/4/2025, 9:03:00 PM

Launch Vehicle:
Ariane 62,
Arianespace

Location:
Ariane Launch Area 4,
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Overview:
Sentinel-1D carries an advanced radar technology to provide an all-weather, day-and-night supply of imagery of Earth’s surface as part of the Sentinel-1 constellation.

The Nation God Navigates (iQPS Launch 5)

The Nation God Navigates (iQPS Launch 5), Rocket Lab, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Launch Date:
11/5/2025, 7:45:00 PM

Launch Vehicle:
Electron,
Rocket Lab

Location:
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B,
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Overview:
Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.

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Space Industry & Godot (2022):

Help wanted: LunCo Space

External link to undefinedSpace Industry & Godot - Help wanted: LunCo Space

Recently, I was invited to join the team at LunCo where we plan to create a space simulation game that features industry real world applications. While similar to games like Kerbal Space and No Man's Sky, LunCo will be feature two game styles - digital twin mode for engineers, and story mode for casual enthusiasts. We also plan to allow user generated content (space crafts, trajectories, factories, etc.) and integration with professional tools like CAD, FEA, MBSE, and more.

For story mode, you are playing as a CEO & Founder of a Lunar exploration company in the near future. You will collect resources, build factories, and manufacture robots to create a sustainable lunar base. From there, it's up to you to turn the Moon into a stepping stone and launch past the stars!

Rocket Lab Special Event (2021):

Rocket Lab ($RKLB) goes public

External link to undefinedRocket Lab Special Event - Rocket Lab ($RKLB) goes public

On Wednesday, August 25th of 2021, Rocket Lab began trading on the Nasdaq, becoming the latest space company to close a merger with a special purpose acquisition company and go public. They closed the first day down slightly at $10.45 per share, under the ticker $RKLB.

“We are super excited to bring a high-quality space asset to the market” Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck told CNBC. “I don’t think it will take long for investors to differentiate between the company that’s consistently delivering and the ones that have aspirations to deliver sometime in the future” he later added.

Astra Special Event (2021):

Astra ($ASTR) goes public

External link to undefinedAstra Special Event - Astra ($ASTR) goes public

On Wednesday, June 30th of 2021, Astra became the first launch company to be traded publicly on NASDAQ. Trading under the ticker $ASTR, with shares previously listed under the special purpose acquisition company Holicity, the announcement expects to bring in around $500 million in proceeds. Astra's idea is to use the funding to continue to develop their rockets - with a goal of launching as many of it's 40ft tall rockets as it can, aiming to launch one per day by 2025.

“Now we have a space company that everyone can invest in on the public markets,” Astra CEO Chris Kemp told CNBC. “The same kinds of things you do to make a rocket great are the same behaviors that you have to invest in to make a company great. You don’t want any inefficiencies.”

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