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Future Timeline

Planned Real World Events

  • 2021: Lucy space probe (NASA) launches

  • 2022, Nov: Artemis 1 spacecraft (NASA) uncrewed lunar orbit and return

  • 2023: Psyche space probe (NASA) launches

  • 2024: Hera space probe (ESA) launches
  • 2024: DESTINY+ space probe (JAXA) launches
  • 2024: Europa Clipper space probe (NASA) launches
  • 2024, Mar: [[Starship]] vehicle (SpaceX) test flight 3.
  • 2024, Jun: [[Starship]] vehicle (SpaceX) test flight 4
  • 2024, July: Gaganyaan crew capsule (ISRO) launches unmanned test flight
  • 2024, Nov: VIPER rover (NASA) lands on the Moon
  • 2024, Dec: Gaganyaan crew capsule (ISRO) launches unmanned test flight

  • 2025: Tianwen-2 space probe (CNSA) launches
  • 2025, Sept: Artemis 2 spacecraft (NASA) 4 person lunar flyby
  • 2025, Dec: BepiColombo space probe (ESA) inserts into Mercury orbit





Proposed Events

Space Based Solar Power

  • JAXA OHISAMA
    • Planned GW scale system in 2040s
  • China
    • Planned MW demonstrator in 2030s
  • UK Space Energy Initiative
    • 40MW demonstrator in LEO 2027-2030
    • 500MW demonstrator in operational orbit 2032-2035
    • 2GW production system in operational orbit 2036-2039
  • Overview Energy
    • Demonstrator in 2028
    • 1GW commercial power delivery in 2030
  • ESA
    • Solaris program performed feasibility studies in 2022, with final results presented in 2025
    • Program seems to have been killed, can't find any further news about continued funding past 2025. Project homepage is a 404.

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