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Hotbird 13G | Falcon 9 Block 5
SpaceX will be launching the second of two telecommunications satellites for Eutelsat. Hotbird 13G will be placed into a geostationary orbit.
Mengtian | Long March 5B
The Mengtian module will be launched atop a Long March 5B rocket from Wenchang, to dock to the Tianhe module at the Chinese Space Station.
EKS 6 (Tundra 6) | Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat
ROSCOSMOS will launch the EKS 6 (Tundra 6), an early-warning satellite, for the Russian Ministry of Defense atop a Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat rocket.
Starlink Group 4-31 | Falcon 9 Block 5
SpaceX will launch 53 Starlink internet communication satellites to low-Earth orbit on their Starlink Group 4-31 mission.
Progress MS-21 (82P) | Soyuz 2.1a
ROSCOSMOS will be launching their Progress MS atop a Soyuz 2.1a rocket to the ISS on the Progress MS-21 (82P) cargo resupply mission.
Starlink Group 4-36 | Falcon 9 Block 5
SpaceX will launch 54 Starlink internet communication satellites to low-Earth orbit on their Starlink Group 4-36 mission.
OneWeb 14 | GSLV Mk III
The OneWeb 14 mission will launch 36 OneWeb internet communication satellites to low-Earth Orbit from the second launch pad, in India.
EMKA-3 (Kosmos 2560)| Angara 1.2
Russia is launching a small military satellite, known as EMKA-3, to a Sun-Synchronous Orbit onboard the second orbital launch of an Angara 1.2 rocket.
Hotbird 13F | Falcon 9 Block 5
SpaceX will be launching the first of two telecommunications satellites for Eutelsat. Hotbird 13F will be placed into a geostationary orbit.
Gonets-M33, Gonets-M34, Gonets-M35 & Skif-D | Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
Roscosmos is launching several Goniets-M communications satellites to a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) along with a Skif-D satellite to a Medium Earth Orbit (MEO), on a Soyuz 2.1b rocket featuring the optional Fregat-M final stage. It will launch from Vostochny Cosmodrome, in Far East Russia.
This particular Soyuz rocket is using a relatively new fuel type on all of its booster stages. Instead of the conventional RP-1 kerosene-based fuel, it will use "naphthyl", also known as RG-1. This is a move that is currently only planned for launches from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.