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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