Launch

Launch window open 14:00-18:00 Korea Time | 05:00-09:00 UTC | HST is 19:00-23:00 on June 7; to LEO for first orbital full-version launch after 2 sub-orbital tests.

Launch window 06:07-10:07 EDT | 10:07-14:07 UTC | 00:07-04:07 HST for 29 internet satellites; 1st stage booster B1067 expected to land on ASDS ASOG in the Atlantic...

Launch set for 16:20 Beijing Time | 23:20 UTC | HST 16:20 June 8.

Launch window 09:53-11:52 Japan Standard Time | 00:53-02:52 UTC | HST 14:53-16:52 June 9, although Launch Reserve Period goes through June 30. On board are a dummy...

Launch window 14:00-18:00 Beijing Time | 06:00-10:00 UTC | HST 20:00 June 9 - 00:00 June 10 for liquid-fueled rocket able to take ~25,000 kg to LEO...

Launch window open 07:00-11:00 PDT | 14:00-18:00 UTC | 04:00-08:00 HST for 24 internet satellites; 1st stage booster B1071 expected to land on ASDS OCISLY in the...

Launch window 08:30-14:30 Beijing Time | HST 14:30-20:30 June 9. Smart Dragon-3 is a solid-fuel orbital rocket designed by a subsidiary of CASC for the commercial market.

Launch set for 00:00 EDT | 04:00 UTC | HST 18:00 June 10 for Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program.

Launch window 08:27-12:27 EDT | 12:27-16:27 UTC | 02:27-06:27 HST for 29 internet satellites; 1st stage booster B1080 expected to land on ASDS ASOG in the Atlantic...

Launch window 07:00-11:00 PDT | 14:00-18:00 UTC | 04:00-08:00 HST|for 24 internet satellites; 1st stage booster B1093 expected to land on ASDS OCISLY in the Pacific Ocean...

Launch window 16:00-20:00 Beijing Time | 08:00-12:00 UTC | HST 22:00 Jun 15 - 02:00 June 16.

Launch window 10:00-14:00 Beijing Time | 02:00-06:00 UTC | HST 16:00-20:00 June 16 for medium-lift rocket using kerosene and liquid oxygen able to take 20,000 kg to...

Astrobotic Griffin to attempt Nobile Crater / Moon South Pole landing with Astrolab FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform (FLIP) rover; originally slated to carry with NASA Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration...

NET Q3 — Under US$77.5M NASA CLPS contract, IM 3rd mission using Nova-C, to Reiner Gamma ‘lunar swirl’ 7.5°N, 59.0°W with 4 NASA payloads: Lunar Vertex, CADRE, MoonLIGHT retroreflector, LUSEM; various private payloads.

Launch set 19:43 Baikonur Time UTC+5 | 14:43 UTC | 04:43 HST for crewed mission to International Space Station: Roscosmos Cosmonauts Commander Pyotr Dubrov and Flight Engineer...

Planned demonstration of in-space cryogenic storage and transferal by Eta Space and funded by NASA Tipping Point. Expected to be in orbit for 9 months.

NET Aug — CNSA to launch CE-7 mission which is planned to land at Moon South Pole to survey environment and resources with Relay Satellite, Orbiter, Lander...

NASA astrophysics 9-month mission to gather ultraviolet light information for understanding origins of stars / planets / life.

Roman will be >12.7 meters long – about the length of a semi-truck trailer – and >4.4 meters wide when fully deployed. Its primary mirror is 2.4...

Launch to SSO for 3rd satellite in the Sentinel-3 constellation for optical, radar and altimetry data and for Fluorescence Explorer ("FLEX") of ESA Earth Explorer program to...

Resupply mission to ISS set for 21:10 UTC+5 | 16:10 UTC | 06:10 HST is 15:40.

NET Oct — Launch Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 2 & Elytra Dark orbital transfer vehicle, TBD: Firefly Aerospace second lunar lander mission under $112M NASA CLPS to land on lunar...

Mars launch window runs Late Oct through Dec 2026 for first Mars mission of JAXA, consisting of sample return probe; to conduct observations of Mars, Phobos and...

First launch of the Starliner crew vehicle to the International Space Station carrying only cargo for the orbital laboratory; will allow in-flight validation of the system upgrades...

SpaceX to launch Starship with Venturi Astrolab FLEX C rover from Starbase, Boca Chica TX. Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX-C) rover to launch to Moon South Pole...

Third uncrewed test flight for Gaganyaan orbital mission hoped to be launched before end of 2026.

Independent mission to Venus developed by Rocket Lab and MIT, NZSA Venus Mission is a small direct Venus entry probe with a single 1 kg low-mass, low-cost autofluorescing...

NET 2027 — Launch Falcon Heavy / Astrobotic Griffin Lander Mission 2: Astrobotic Griffin planned to carry satellites to cislunar space and take commercial payloads to landing...

NET Q1 2027 — First commercial space station, built by Vast Space, planned for insertion into LEO.

ESA plans to launch Ariane 6-2 with PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) spacecraft with array of 26 cameras to Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange Point to look for...

NET 2027 — Roscosmos State Corporation, Launch Luna-26, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia: Roscosmos hopes to launch the Luna-Resurs O (Luna-Resurs Orbiter) to Moon polar orbit with 14 instruments for...

NET 2027 — ISRO to launch its Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3) with Chandrayaan-4 lunar lander from Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India: Planned launch of Chandrayaan-4 mission for Moon...

NET 2027 — CNSA to launch Long March 5 with Xuntian space telescope from Wenchang Space Launch Center, Hainan Island, China (19° N), China: Launch of Xuntian (Space...

SpaceX to launch Falcon 9 with APEX 1.0 Lunar Lander Mission 1. Lunar lander built by ispace, Draper (mission lead) and Karman Space & Defense under $73M NASA...

First crewed test flight to an orbit of 400 km of the Gaganyaan programme, with launch planned for NET Q1 2027.

Crew of 4 to Low Earth Orbit to test docking of Orion craft with separately launched prototype lunar landing systems from SpaceX and / or Blue Origin....

NET Sep — NASA's Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope (NEO Surveyor), to help advance planetary defense efforts to discover and characterize most of the potentially hazardous asteroids...

NET Oct  — Under US$116.9M NASA CLPS award, Intuitive Machines 4th mission to deliver 6 NASA payloads totaling ~79 kg, including carry ESA Lunar ice drill ProSEED / PROSPECT sensor array, magnetometer,...

NET Oct 2027 — Second lunar lander from Blue Origin to launch to Moon South Pole region with payloads including NASA Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER)....

Second crewed test flight to LEO of the Gaganyaan programme, with launch planned for NET late 2027.

NET 2028 — China expects to launch Tianwen-3 Mars Sample Return Mission to Mars by this date, to deliver samples to Earth by 2031; focus is on...

NET 2028 — Tentative date for China's first crewed lunar flyby using super-heavy lift Long March 10 rocket and crew spacecraft Mengzhou, while continuing to develop the...

NET 2028 — Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 3 to launch (on vehicle TBD), under $179.6M NASA CLPS award, to take 6 payloads to Gruithuisen Domes, 36.3° N,...

NET 2028 — Roscosmos planning to launch Angara A5 with Luna-27 (Luna-Resurs 1) lander to Moon South Pole to target frozen volatiles in sub surface.

NET 2028 — Planned launch of first module for India's space station Bharatiya Antariksh Station, BAS-1, using LVM3 (Launch Vehicle Mark 3).

SpaceX to launch Starship with Venturi Astrolab FLEX LTV from Starbase, Boca Chica TX. Under NASA Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) Services contract, and carrying commercial payloads, Astrolab...

1st crewed lunar landing since 1972, landing 1st Woman & 1st Person of Color on the Moon, and 1st crew to Moon South Pole; 30-day mission to...

India planning to launch its first mission, Shukrayaan-1, to Venus to study the surface and atmosphere of Venus; planned to enter Venusian orbit 19 July 2028.

NET Q3 2028 — Chang'E-8 planned to land at Moon South Pole with 10 international projects to conduct in-situ resource utilization experiments; mission includes lander, Pakistan SUPARCO...

NASA Artemis 5th flight (4th crewed mission) lasting 30 days, planned to send 4 Astronauts to the Lunar Gateway to install the I-Hab module, and conduct a...

NET Dec — Planned launch of Chandrayaan-5 joint ISRO and JAXA mission to explore permanently shadowed regions near Moon South Pole, landing on elevated ridge of Shackleton Crater...

Mars launch window is open December 2028 into early 2029. Rosalind Franklin Rover will launch to search for life on Mars, NASA announced on 4.16.26. The Rosalind...

NET 2029 — Tentative date for China's crewed spaceflight program to have first of its multiple human Moon missions to the Moon South Pole region using 2 launches,...

NET 2029 — Roscosmos hoping to launch Launch Luna-28 (Luna-Resurs 2) to the Moon South Pole region for sample return mission.

NET 2029 — Japan plans to launch JAXA Astronauts to space this year on indigenous HTV Return Vehicle.

NET 2029 — China planning to launch its first probe to Jupiter this year with the Tianwen-3.

NET 2029 — Expected launch of CNSA Solar Polar Orbit Observatory spacecraft to enter a high-inclination orbit around the Sun to observe its poles, via a gravity-assist...

NET 2030 — Roscosmos hoping to launch Angara A5 with Luna-29 (Luna-Resurs 3) Moon South Pole lander and rover; mission goals / landing site TBD, will support...

NET 2030 — Russia hopes to launch Millimetron (Spektr-M) space observatory with a diameter of 10 meters to Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange Point to study black holes, formation...

NET 2030 — Projected date / decade for NASA to send Humans to Mars.

Roscosmos State Corporation planning to launch Launch Luna-30 lander to deliver a reusable cargo delivery spacecraft with supplies for human missions.

European Space Agency planning to launch the Argonaut Lunar Descent Element -- lunar lander built by Thales Alenia Space to the Moon.

South Korea planning to launch Moon lander & rover to look for signs of rare minerals on Moon surface.

Tentative date for China to test launch its next-gen rocket intended to carry people and cargo to the Moon.

Roscosmos hoping to launch lander to deliver a heavy lunar rover weighing up to 5,000 kg, capable of mining / extracting lunar resources.

Türkiye hopes to have space-launch capabilities and more than 20 operational satellites by this date.

Roscosmos hopes to launch Luna-32 to deliver heavy modules weighing up to 5,000 kg for the construction of the International Lunar Research Station by this date.

Roscosmos hopes to launch Luna-33 orbiter to be used for communication and navigation for Human Moon Missions and lunar base.

International Lunar Research Station ILRS-5 mission to occur by this date; final mission before human occupation of ILRS will include lunar-based astronomy and Earth observation capabilities.

India planning to launch Soorya for final module completing space station Bharatiya Antariksh in LEO.

NET 2035 — Potential date for India 1st crewed mission to cislunar space with using Soorya rocket.