12 launches in May 2022 — sortable by date with provider, vehicle, pad, and outcome.
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| Date (UTC) | Mission | Provider | Vehicle | Status | Pad | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 02, 22:49 UTC | Electron | There and Back Again (Rideshare) | Rocket Lab | Electron | Success | Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A | — |
| May 05, 02:38 UTC | Long March 2D | Jilin-1 Wideband-01C & High Resolution 03D-27 to 33 | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | Long March 2D | Success | Launch Complex 9 | — |
| May 06, 09:42 UTC | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-17 | SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Success | Launch Complex 39A | — |
| May 09, 17:56 UTC | Long March 7 | Tianzhou-4 | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | Long March 7 | Success | 201 | — |
| May 13, 07:09 UTC | Hyperbola-1 | Jilin-1 Mofang-01A(R) | i-Space | Hyperbola-1 | Failure | Launch Area 95A | — |
| May 13, 22:07 UTC | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-13 | SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Success | Space Launch Complex 4E | — |
| May 14, 20:40 UTC | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-15 | SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Success | Space Launch Complex 40 | — |
| May 18, 10:59 UTC | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-18 | SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Success | Launch Complex 39A | — |
| May 19, 08:03 UTC | Soyuz 2.1a | Kosmos 2556 (Bars-M No. 3) | Russian Space Forces | Soyuz 2.1a | Success | 43/4 (43R) | — |
| May 19, 22:54 UTC | Atlas V N22 | CST-100 Starliner Orbital Flight Test 2 (OFT-2) | United Launch Alliance | Atlas V N22 | Success | Space Launch Complex 41 | — |
| May 20, 10:30 UTC | Long March 2C/YZ-1S | RSW-04 - 06 | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | Long March 2C/YZ-1S | Success | Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603) | — |
| May 25, 18:35 UTC | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 5 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) | SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Success | Space Launch Complex 40 | — |
Commercial rideshare mission including payloads for Alba Orbital, Astrix Astronautics, Aurora Propulsion Technologies, E-Space, Spaceflight Inc, Swarm Technologies and UNSEENLABS.
Earth observation satellites for the Jilin-1 commercial Earth observation satellites constellation.
A batch of 53 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Third cargo delivery mission to the Chinese large modular space station.
New generation experimental Earth imaging satellite for the Jilin-1 constellation. NOTE: Payload identity unconfirmed.
A batch of 53 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
A batch of satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
A batch of 53 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Bars-M is the second incarnation of the Bars project, which was started in the mid 1990ies to develop a successor for the Komtea class of area surveillance satellites. The original Bars project was halted in the early 2000s. In 2007, TsSKB-Progress was contracted for Bars-M, for which reportedly the Yantar-based service module was replaced by a new developed advanced service module. The Bars-M satellites feature an electro-optical camera system called Karat, which is developed and built by the Leningrad Optical Mechanical Association (LOMO), and a dual laser altimeter instrument to deliver topographic imagery, stereo images, altimeter data and high-resolution images with a ground resolution around 1 meter.
This is the second uncrewed test flight for the Starliner spacecraft. Reflight of the OFT mission will allow Boeing to demonstrate readiness of the spacecraft and implement corrections to the problems which were found during the first OFT flight.
"Ronghe Shiyan Weixing" (RSW) = "Integrated Experimental Satellite" are test satellites that will be used to develop a state-owned Chinese low-earth orbit constellation, Xingwang, consisting of several thousand satellites.
Transporter 5 mission is a dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with 59 cubeSats, microsats, non-deploying hosted payloads, and orbital transfer vehicles for commercial and government customers.