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Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: 50 Starlink satellites; Date: 25 February 2022, 1712 UTC; Launch site: Vandenberg Space Force Base, USA.

Rocket: Chang Zheng 4C; Payload: L-SAR 01B; Date: 26 February 2022, 2344 UTC; Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. The satellite was deployed into a 595 km × 601 km × 97.81 degrees Sun-synchronous orbit.

Rocket: Chang Zheng 8; Payload: 22 smallsats; Date: 27 February 2022, 2344 UTC; Launch site: Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site, China. The spacecraft were deployed into approx. 525 km × 574 km × 97.52 degrees Sun-synchronous orbit.

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket is in final preparations to launch the GOES-T mission for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA. The launch, managed by NASA’s Launch Services Program (LSP) based at Kennedy Space Center, is on track for 1 March from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Launch is planned for 2138 UTC.

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: 46 Starlink satellites; Date: 21 February 2022, 1444 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, USA. The satellites were released in a single batch about an hour after launch.

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s SpaceLogistics announced a launch agreement for its Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) spacecraft, and the sale of its first Mission Extension Pod (MEP).

Rocket: Antares; Payload: Cygnus-17; Date: 19 February 2022, 1740 UTC; Launch site: Wallops Flight Facility, USA. The Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at the ISS at around 0935 UTC on 21 February.

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NOAA’s GOES-T, the third in the GOES-R Series of advanced weather observing and environmental monitoring satellites, is scheduled to launch aboard an Atlas V 541 rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida on 1 March 2022 between 2138 and 2338 UTC, joining its sister satellite, GOES-16.

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