Smallsat Rideshare Missions

  • The information on this page is partially based on unofficial sources and educated guesses and is subject to change
  • Dates are in UTC
  • Clicking the date leads to the source of that information
  • This list might be incomplete

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Changelog:

  • Mar 20, 2023 – Several SatRev payloads to launch on Transporter-9
  • Mar 15, 2023 – IVO Quantum Drive to launch on Transporter-8
  • Mar 14, 2023 – MuSat-1 to launch on Transporter-8
  • Mar 11, 2023 – InspireSat 7 to launch on Transporter-7; Geometric-2 likely delayed to Transporter-8
  • Mar 9, 2023 – Veronika to launch on Transporter-9; CRYPTO3 to potentially launch on Transporter-8
  • Mar 7, 2023 – More Transporter-7 payloads: GHGSat-C6/C7/C8, FACSAT-2, HawkEye Cluster 7, Connecta T2.1
  • Mar 2, 2023 – Wyvern-1 to launch on Transporter-7
  • Mar 1, 2023 – Updated payloads flying with Launcher Orbiter SN3 on Transporter-8

Announced payloads or customers without an assigned mission

Delayed payloads from previous missions

Landmapper-Demo6+7, XVI, BHAARATHIYA-SAT, Hypernova, PyCubed-1, HERON MkII, KILI-1, GOSSAMER-PICARD, Gossamer Vendelinus, STORK 8, NUTSAT-3OSAM-2, Vision-1/FeatherEdge, WVSAT (4 sats), TagSat-3 (hosted), GENMAT-1, SEOPS, PredaSAR, Blackjack (4 sats), STORK 7, ORESAT0.5


Dedicated Missions

Date Mission Orbit
✅ January 24, 2021 SpaceX Transporter-1 (143 satellites) SSO
✅ June 30, 2021 SpaceX Transporter-2 (88 satellites) SSO
✅ January 13, 2022 SpaceX Transporter-3 (105 satellites) SSO
✅ April 1, 2022 SpaceX Transporter-4 (40 satellites) SSO
✅ May 25, 2022 SpaceX Transporter-5 (59 sats) SSO
✅ January 3, 2023 SpaceX Transporter-6 (114 sats) SSO
April 2023 SpaceX Transporter-7 SSO
June 2023 SpaceX Transporter-8 SSO
October 2023 SpaceX Transporter-9 SSO
January 2024 SpaceX Transporter-10 SSO
June 2024 SpaceX Transporter-11 SSO
Q4 2024 SpaceX Transporter-12 SSO

Other Shared Missions

Date Orbit Primary payload Secondary payload
✅ Jun 13, 2020 LEO, 53° Starlink v1-8 Skysat 16–18
✅ Aug 7, 2020 LEO, 53° Starlink v1-9 BlackSky Global (2 sats)
✅ Aug 18, 2020 LEO, 53° Starlink v1-10 Skysat 19–21
✅ Aug 31, 2020 SSO SAOCOM 1B GNOMES-1, Tyvak-0172
✅ May 15, 2021 LEO, 53° Starlink v1-26 Capella-6, Tyvak-0130
✅ Dec 2, 2021 LEO, 53.2° Starlink 4-3 BlackSky Global (2 sats)
✅ Sep 5, 2022 LEO, 53.2° Starlink 4-20 SHERPA-LTC2 + Varuna
✅ Sep 11, 2022 LEO, 53.2° Starlink 4-2 BlueWalker 3
✅ Jan 31, 2023 LEO, 70° Starlink 2-6 D-Orbit ION SCV009
TBD LEO, 53° Starlink? Lynk (6 sats)
Q1 2024 LEO, 53° Starlink? Launcher Orbiter SN5
2024 ? ? HAKUTO-R Mission 2

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Bob

Do you know approximate % capacity allotted, based on assigned satellites to a Transporter mission? For example, is there room still on Trans-2? Enough for SARah-1? Thanks

CatSE

How sure are you about Bluewalker 3 is on Transporter 5 mission in june?

Regards/ an AST SpaceMobile reddit moderator