Arabsat’s next satellite, its BADR-8 craft, is likely to be launched by SpaceX in May. But between now and then, SpaceX has an extremely full manifest of launches with satellites for OneWeb, SES, O3b, Intelsat, Viasat, EchoStar, Türksat as well as a NASA crew launch and its own Starlink satellites.

It has a Starlink launch scheduled for February 22nd, subject to the usual weather considerations, from Cape Canaveral (Starlink mission 6-1).

Meanwhile, the outline schedule for the next few weeks is:

• February 26th will see NASA’s Crew Dragon flight with a manifest of four crew aboard.
• February 27th is scheduled for another Starlink (2-7)
• March 1st will see OneWeb’s Flight 17 take place with 40 satellites from California
• March 8th/9th will see SpaceX lift two SES craft (SES-18 and 19) into orbit
• March 10th/11th is another NASA mission (cargo re-supply)
• March (date TBA) will see Starlink mission 5-5 scheduled
• March (date TBA) will also see two O3b mPOWER satellites launched
• March (date TBA) is likely for a US military client (Space development Agency)
• March (date TBA) is slated for two WorldView (1 and 2) observation satellites for MAXAR
• April 7th is currently scheduled to carry Intelsat 40/Epic into orbit
• April 8th should see ViaSat-3/Americas launched

All dates are subject to weather and last-minute changes.

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