14 launches in June 2021 — sortable by date with provider, vehicle, pad, and outcome.
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| Date (UTC) | Mission | Provider | Vehicle | Status | Pad | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 02, 16:17 UTC | Long March 3B | Fengyun-4B | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | Long March 3B | Success | Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) | — |
| Jun 03, 17:29 UTC | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-22 | SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Success | Launch Complex 39A | — |
| Jun 06, 04:26 UTC | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sirius SXM-8 | SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Success | Space Launch Complex 40 | — |
| Jun 11, 03:03 UTC | Long March 2D | Beijing-3 | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | Long March 2D | Success | Launch Complex 9 | — |
| Jun 12, 00:00 UTC | Simorgh | Unknown | Iranian Space Agency | Simorgh | Failure | Imam Khomeini Spaceport | — |
| Jun 13, 08:11 UTC | Pegasus XL | Odyssey (TacRL-2) | Northrop Grumman Space Systems | Pegasus XL | Success | Vandenberg Space Force Base | — |
| Jun 15, 13:35 UTC | Minotaur I | NROL-111 | Northrop Grumman Space Systems | Minotaur I | Success | Launch Area 0 B | — |
| Jun 17, 01:22 UTC | Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou 12 | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | Long March 2F/G | Success | Launch Area 91 (SLS-1 / 921) | — |
| Jun 17, 16:09 UTC | Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV05 | SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Success | Space Launch Complex 40 | — |
| Jun 18, 06:30 UTC | Long March 2C | Yaogan-30-09 | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | Long March 2C | Success | Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) | — |
| Jun 25, 19:50 UTC | Soyuz 2.1b | Pion-NKS No. 1 (Kosmos 2550) | Russian Space Forces | Soyuz 2.1b | Success | 43/4 (43R) | — |
| Jun 29, 23:27 UTC | Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-17 (78P) | Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Soyuz 2.1a | Success | 31/6 | — |
| Jun 30, 14:47 UTC | LauncherOne | Tubular Bells, Part One | Virgin Orbit | LauncherOne | Success | Mojave Air and Space Port | — |
| Jun 30, 19:31 UTC | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 2 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) | SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Success | Space Launch Complex 40 | — |
China's geostationary meteorological satellite program FY-4 (Feng Yun 4) is the second generation of chinese geostationary meteorological satellites.
SpaceX will launch the second cargo variant of its Dragon 2 spacecraft on their 22nd commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Dragon will be filled with supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.
SXM-8 is a large high power broadcasting satellite for SiriusXM's digital audio radio service (DARS). Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) got in July 2016 the contract to build the two satellites based on their SSL-1300 bus - SXM-7 and SXM-8. Satellite design operates in the S-band spectrum. Each satellite will generate more than 20-kW of power and will have a large unfurlable antenna reflector, which enables broadcast to radios without the need for large dish-type antennas on the ground. SXM-8 is meant to replace the XM-4 satellite. SXM-7 was meant to replace the XM-3, but suffered a failure in orbit 6 weeks after its launch.
0.5 m resolution Earth observation satellite for Twenty First Century Aerospace Technology Company Ltd.
According to U.S. Space Command, Iran suffered a rocket launch failure early on June 12th. While there are no details available as to which rocket was used, what the payload was or how exactly the launch had failed, OSINT efforts suggest that the launcher used was the Simorgh rocket. This makes it a fourth consecutive failure of the Simorgh launch vehicle.
Payload for the US Space Force’s Tactically Responsive Launch program. It is a space domain awareness satellite that was procured under the Space Force's responsive launch program. The spacecraft was built in under a year and the launch provider was given three weeks of notice for the launch.
Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
First crewed flight to the Chinese large modular space station.
GPS-IIIA (Global Positioning System) is the first evolution stage of the third generation of the GPS satellites. It consists of the first ten (known as "tranche") of GPS III satellites.
The Yaogan-30 is a series of military remote sensing satellites which are launched in triplets. The satellites are spaced by 120° in their orbit.
The Russian Pion-NKS (14F139) satellites are the naval component of the next generation ELINT satellite system Liana. As a replacement for both the passive ELINT US-PM and the active radar US-A, they carry both ELINT sensors as well as an active radar.
The Progress MS-17 spacecraft will resupply the International Space Station.
The mission includes three cubesats for US Department of Defense which are launched as a part of the DoS Space Test Program (STP); the Netherland's first military satellite, a cubesat called BRIK II; and two optical satellites, STORK-4 and STORK-5, for SatRevolution's STORK constellation. The mission name, "Tubular Bells, Part One", references the first music album released by Virgin Records label in the 1970s. The label was established by Virgin Orbit CEO Richard Branson.
Transporter 2 mission is a dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.