January Launch Schedule 2023 - Woking Planetarium

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Here is your one-stop shop for space launches with our January launch schedule. This month sees 318 satellites launched and 1 test flight. Read on to find out more!

Last updated: October 19th 2023

Satellite Launches

LAUNCH SUCCESS 3^rd Transporter 6 : 114 microsatellites and nanosatellites launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, known as the Transporter 6 mission. It will launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida at 14:56 GMT. Delayed from October, November, December and January 2^nd.

LAUNCH SUCCESS 8^th Shijian 23 : The Shijian 23 satellite is launched aboard a Chinese Long March rocket. It will launch from Wenchang, China at 22:00 GMT.

LAUNCH SUCCESS 10^th OneWeb 16 : 40 OneWeb satellites launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 04:50 GMT. It will launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Delayed from January 8^th.

LAUNCH SUCCESS 15^th USSF 67 : From the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, the USSF 67 mission launches for the U.S. Space Force at 22:56 GMT. It will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket and contains the 2^nd Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM (CBAS 2) military communications satellite and the Long Duration Propulsive ESPA 3A (LDPE 3A) satellite. Delayed from 2022 and January 10^th, 12^th, 13^th and 14^th.

LAUNCH SUCCESS 18^th GPS 3 SV06 : The 6^th 3rd-generation navigation satellite will launch for the Global Positioning System at 12:24 GMT. Built by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Space Force, it will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Delayed from late 2022.

LAUNCH SUCCESS 19^th Starlink 2-4 : 51 Starlink satellites launch from the Vandenberg Space Force Base, California at 15:43 GMT. They will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Delayed from January 10^th.

LAUNCH SUCCESS 24^th “Virginia is for Launch Lovers” : Launching aboard a Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle, 3 satellites make their way to space for HawkEye 360. They will launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Wallops Island, Virginia at 23:00 GMT. Delayed from December 7^th, 9^th, 13^th, 15^th, 16^th, 18^th and January 23^rd.

LAUNCH SUCCESS 26th IGS Radar 7 : A Japanese H-2A rocket with designation H-2A F46 will launch the IGS Radar 7 satellite from the Tanegashima Space Centre, Japan. Launching at 01:50 GMT, it is being launched on behalf of the Japanese government’s Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Centre. Delayed from January 24^th.

LAUNCH SUCCESS 26^th Starlink 5-2 : SpaceX launch the next batch of 56 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. They will launch aboard a Spacex Falcon 9 rocket at 09:32 GMT. Delayed from January 24^th.

LAUNCH SUCCESS 31^st Starlink 2-6 : Using a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, SpaceX launch another batch of 49 Starlink satellites from the Vandenberg Space Force Base, California at 16:15 GMT. Delayed from January 29^th and 30^th.

Test Flights

LAUNCH FAILURE 10^th Flight 1 : 2 CubeSats launch for OmniTeq aboard an ABL RS-1 rocket. They launch from Pacific Spaceport Complex, Kodiak Island, Alaska at 23:27 GMT. Delayed from November and December 7^th.