Space Calendar 2018: Launches, Sky Events & More
Space Calendar 2018: Launches, Sky Events & More
LAST UPDATED Nov. 28: These dates are subject to change, and will be updated throughout the year as firmer dates arise. Please DO NOT schedule travel based on a date you see here. Launch dates collected from NASA, ESA, Roscosmos, Spaceflight Now and others.
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November
Nov. 28: India will launch the Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite (HySIS) and some small secondary payloads from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India at approximately 11:28 p.m. EST (0428 GMT on Nov. 29).
Nov. 29: NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine will announce new moon exploration partnerships with American companies in a live televised press conference at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. starting at 2 p.m. EST (1900 GMT).[[Watch Live]
Nov. 29: Venus reaches its greatest brightness (magnitude -4.7) at 9:23 p.m. EST (0223 GMT). The "morning star" is best seen before sunrise. Although it will appear as a crescent, its close proximity to Earth will make it appear larger, and both of these factors account for its apparent brightness as seen from Earth.
Also slated to launch in November (from Spaceflight Now):
A Chinese Long March 5 rocket will launch the Shijian 20 communications satellite from Wenchang, China.
December
Dec. 1: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch Spaceflight's SSO-A rideshare mission from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California no earlier than Saturday, Dec. 1 at 1:32 p.m. EST (1832 GMT). The launch was delayed from Nov. 28 due to strong high-altitude winds.[[Watch Live]
Dec. 3: NASA astronaut Anne McClain, Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko will launch to the International Space Station aboard the Russian Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 6:31 a.m. EST (1131 GMT). They will dock at the space station approximately 6 hours later.[[Watch Live]
Dec. 3: NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission will arrive at asteroid Bennu. Live coverage will begin on NASA TV at 11:45 a.m. EST (1645 GMT).[[Watch Live]
Dec. 4: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Dragon cargo spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 1:38 p.m. EST (1838 GMT) for a cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station.[[Watch Live]
Dec. 4: An Ariane 5 ECA rocket will launch India's GSAT 11 communications satellite and GEO-Kompsat 2A, South Korea's first native geostationary weather satellite, from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.
Dec. 6: A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft will arrive at the International Space Station at approximately 6 a.m. EST (1100 GMT).[[Watch Live]
Dec. 7: A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket will launch a classified spy satellite (NROL-71) for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.[[Watch Live]
Dec. 8: A Chinese Long March 3B rocket will launch the Chang'e 4 mission to attempt the first robotic landing on the far side of the moon.
Dec. 10: Rocket Lab will launch an Electron rocket from the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand. The rocket will deploy 10 cubesats for NASA's Venture Class Launch Services Program.
Dec. 11: Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Oleg Kononenko will perform a 6-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station to investigate the cause of a leak that was discovered in the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft in August.
Dec. 13-14: The Geminid meteor shower peaks.
Dec. 14: Italy's first COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG 1) radar surveillance satellite and the European Space Agency's Characterizing Exoplanet Satellite (CHEOPS) will launch from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana on an Arianespace Soyuz rocket.
Dec. 16: Comet 46P/Wirtanen will make its closest approach to the sun, and it will be visible to the naked eye just after dusk.[[See Two Bright-Green Comets in 2018's Night Sky: How, Where and When to Look]
Dec. 18: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the U.S. Air Force's first third-generation navigation satellite for the Global Positioning System (GPS 3-01) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 9:24-9:50 a.m. EST (1424-1450 GMT).
Dec. 18: France's first Composante Spatiale Optique military reconnaissance satellite (CSO-1) will launch from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana on an Arianespace Soyuz rocket.
Dec. 19/20: NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor, European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst and Russian cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev are scheduled to undock their Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft from the International Space Station on Dec. 19 at 8:42 p.m. EST (0142 GMT on Dec. 20). They will land in Kazakhstan on Dec. 20 at 12:03 a.m. EST (0503 GMT).
Dec. 21: Winter solstice. Beginning at 5:09 p.m. EST (2209 GMT), it will officially be winter in the Northern Hemisphere and summer in the Southern Hemisphere. It will also be the shortest day of the year for the Northern Hemisphere and the longest day in the Southern Hemisphere.
Dec. 22: Full moon. The Cold Moon, also known as the Long Nights moon, will become full at 12:49 p.m. EST (1749 GMT).
Dec. 25: A Russian Proton rocket will launch the Blagovest No. 13L communications satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 6:12 p.m. EST (2212 GMT).
Dec. 25: A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch two Kanopus-V Earth observation satellites from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Siberia.
Dec. 27: A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch the EgyptSat-A Earth-observation satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Dec. 30: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 10 Iridium Next satellites (66-75) from Vandenberg Air Foce Base in California at 11:38 a.m. EDT (1638 GMT).
Also slated to launch in December (from Spaceflight Now):
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch on its fourth flight from the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand. It will loft into orbit 10 cubesats for NASA and other U.S. research institutions.
Also coming in 2018...
A Chinese Long March 2D rocket will launch two SaudiSat Earth observation satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
Coming in 2019...
Jan. 1: NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, which flew by Pluto in 2015, will reach its next target: Ultima Thule.
Jan. 7: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Crew Dragon spacecraft from Kennedy Space Center in Florida for an uncrewed test flight to the International Space Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 11:57 p.m. EST (0457 GMT on Jan. 8).
Jan. 30: India will launch the Chandrayaan-2 mission to the moon.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will launch Boeing's first CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on an unpiloted Orbital Test Flight to the International Space Station. The capsule will dock with the space station, then return to Earth. (This test flight was delayed from August 2018 to mid-2019.)
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the Arabsat 6A communications satellite from Kennedy Space Center's historic Pad 39A.
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the U.S. Air Force's Space Test Program-2 mission from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
China will launch the Chang'e 5 mission to return samples from the moon. It will be the first lunar sample return mission attempted since 1976.
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