Launch

Launch window 20:52-21:21 EDT | 14:52-15:21 HST | UTC April 28 00:52-01:21, for 29 satellites to Low Earth Orbit for Amazon Leo internet system. Constellation planned to be composed of ~7,236 satellites. ULA is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space and Boeing Defense, Space & Security.

Launch window 10:21-11:46 EDT | 04:21-05:46 HST | 14:21-15:46 UTC for first Falcon Heavy launch since 2024, sending to Geostationary Transfer Orbit 3 Ka-band satellites offering 1-terabit-per-second capability. Side Booster B1072 expected to land again, after this 2nd flight, on Landing Zone 40 (LZ-40), triggering a sonic boom. Falcon Heavy […]

Launch window 05:51-06:39 French Guiana Time | 08:51-09:39 UTC | HST April 17 22:51-23:39, to carry 32 satellites to Low Earth Orbit for broadband internet, part of projected 7,236 satellites.

Flight hazard notices were filed for a launch between April 28 and 30. This first Long March 10B vehicle has had a successful wet dress rehearsal and was rolled back to integration facilities, likely to integrate the payload. After launch, China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology will attempt recovery of […]

Launch window 19:00-23:00 PDT | 16:00-20:00 HST for 25 internet satellites to LEO. First stage booster B1071 expected to land on ASDS barge OCISLY in the Pacific Ocean after this 33rd use.

Launch window 13:33-17:33 PDT | 07:33-11:33 HST for 29 internet satellites to LEO. First stage B1069 expected to land on ASDS ASOG after this 31st flight.

Launch window 23:59 May 2 - 00:39 May 3 PDT | 01:59-02:39 CDT | 20:59-21:39 HST for ride-share of multiple satellites including first spacecraft of Wichita State University, Solar Neutrino Astro-Particle PhYsics (SNAPPY) 3U Cubesat, a test and background-measurement detector being put in polar orbit to explore the fusion core […]

Launch window 19:00-23:00 PDT | 16:00-20:00 HST for 24 internet satellites. Core booster B1081 expected to land on ASDS OCISLY after this 24th use. Its first use took Dragon Crew-7 to the ISS. OCISLY first use was to land the 1st stage for the flight of Dragon Crew-8.

Sport Launch, with FAA waiver to 7,000' AGL, 07:00-14:00 PDT, Lucerne Dry Lake Launch Site (34.496343, -116.958720), Cambria Road https://rocstock.org/lucerne-dry-lake-launch-site/. See organization knowledge base for instructions.

Launch window 07:00-11:00 PDT | 04:00-08:00 HST for 24 internet satellites. Booster B1103 expected to land on ASDS OCISLY after this 2nd flight.

Launch window 15:28-19:28 PDT | 12:28-16:28 HST for 13th batch of satellites built by Northrop Grumman and SpaceX for the National Reconnaissance Office.

Launch time set for 19:16 EDT | 13:16 HST | 23:16 UTC for 34th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station under the Second contract between SpaceX and NASA. First stage booster is expected to return to launch site, Landing Zone 40, after a sonic boom. Courtesy of […]

Launch window 19:55-20:09 China Time | 01:55-02:09 HST for the 24th launch from Launch Complex 9A, and 154th launch from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The Long March 6A has solid rocket boosters.

Launch window 11:00-13:08 China Time | HST 17:00-19:08 May 12, expected to be the 4th for the Zhuque-2E medium-sized LOX / methane rocket with capacity 6,000 kg to LEO / 4,000 kg to SSO at altitude 500 km, ~49m x ~3m. Expected  to be 7th launch from Area 96A and […]

Launch window 17:30-19:43 CDT | 12:30-14:43 HST | UTC 22:30 May 15 - 00:43 May 16 for 12th flight overall of 2-stage Starship vehicle and 1st of bigger / more-powerful Version 3 / V3, with higher thrust utilizing new Raptor 3 engines. Launch date subject to final final vehicle testing, […]

Launch window 07:00-11:00 PDT | 04:00-08:00 HST for 24 internet satellites. Booster B1097 expected to land on ASDS OCISLY after this 9th flight. These 24 will add to the 10,000+ Starlink satellites currently operational.

Launch window 08:50-09:04 EDT | 02:50-03:04 HST for mobile communications network satellites to LEO, replacing MDA existing ones with new ones built by Globalstar. Rocket Lab constructed the satellite buses and launch dispensers.

Launch window 19:11-23:11 PDT | 16:11-20:11 HST for 24 internet satellites. First stage Booster B1100 expected to land on ASDS OCISLY after this 6th flight. These satellites add to the existing 10,000+ operational Starlink satellites.

Set for 00:52 French Guiana Time UTC-3 | 17:52 HST May 18 to send astrophysics satellite to elliptical orbit. Joint mission between the European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences to investigate the interaction between Earth’s protective shield – the magnetosphere – and the supersonic solar wind.

South Korea's solid‑fuel space launch vehicle, commonly abbreviated GYŪB (Korean: Goche Yeonlyo Uju Balsache or 고체연료 우주발사체), is an orbital booster developed by the state-run Agency for Defense Development (ADD). It is based on solid propellant stages, with a liquid-fuel post‑boost stage (PBS), designed to deploy small satellites—particularly synthetic aperture […]

Launch window 08:45-12:45 India Time | HST 17:15-21:15 May 20 for Earth-observing satellite to geostationary orbit above India. Expected to be 5th successful launch of GSLV Mk II.

29 satellites for broadband internet going to LEO on this launch, part of planned 7,000+ to be in 98 orbital planes in three altitudes, 590 / 610 / 630 kilometers. Atlas V rocket first stage uses RD-180 engine built by Russia that burns kerosene / liquid oxygen, and RL10 engine […]

Launch set for 21:30 New Zealand Daylight Time | HST 23:30 May 21 for Earth-imaging synthetic aperture radar satellite built by Synspective of Japan.

Launch window open 17:30-19:00 CDT | 12:30-14:00 HST | 22:30 UTC for 12th flight overall of 2-stage Starship vehicle and 1st of bigger / more-powerful Version 3 / V3, with higher thrust utilizing new Raptor 3 engines. Launch date subject to final final vehicle testing, site readiness (including the new […]

Another batch of 24 satellites to launch as part of the Starlink space-based Internet communication mega-constellation.

Launch scheduled for 23:08 Beijing Time | 15:08 UTC | 05:08 HST of 3 Taikonauts to Tiangong Space Station - one member to stay aboard Tiangong for one year, allowing for Pakistani Astronaut visit around October / November.

Launch window open 07:41-11:41 EDT | 11:41-15:41 UTC | 01:41-05:41 HST for 29 internet satellites; 1st-stage booster B1078 expected to land on ASDS ASOG after this 28th use.

Launch window open 00:15-01:08 Beijing Time May 27 | 16:15-17:08 UTC May 26 | 06:15-07:08 HST May 26 for undisclosed payload on China's Long March 7A rocket from Hainan Island.

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 B1082 expected to land on ASDS OCISLY after this 22nd use.

Launch window open 07:52-11:52 EDT | 11:52-15:52 UTC | 01:52-05:52 HST for 29 internet satellites; 1st-stage booster B1085 expected to land on ASDS ASOG after this 16th use.

Launch window open 19:33-20:02 EDT | 13:33-14:02 HST | 23:33 May 29 - 00:02 May 30 UTC for 29 communications satellites to LEO for broadband internet service.

Launch window open 19:00-23:00 PDT | 16:00-20:00 HST | 02:00-06:00 June 1 UTC for 24 internet satellites; 1st-stage booster B1088 expected to land on ASDS OCISLY after this 16th use.