Launch

Will take crew to the International Space Station: cosmonauts Commander Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, Sergey Mikayev and Oleg Platonov, and NASA Astronaut Christopher Williams (a medical physicist on his 1st...

Earth observation satellite to SSO for Korea Ministry of Science, and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry. In time zone UTC+9, launch is planned for window 12:54-13:14...

Launch window open 18:59-22:59 Pacific Time (16:59-20:59 Hawaii Time)

Scheduled for 14:21 in French Guiana (UTC-3) (Hawaii Time 07:21, UTC-10), KOMPSAT-7 is for South Korea, the follow-up to KOMPSAT-3A, for Earth observation.

Launch window 15:11-19:11 Eastern Time (10:11-14-11 Hawaii Time)

Uncrewed 1st test flight for Gaganyaan orbital mission scheduled to occur before end of year, will carry fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster); Re-entering capsule will slow to 8m...

Satellites for space-based Internet. Launch window 10:56-14:56 Pacific Time (UTC-8).

Scheduled for 13:59-17:59 to send 29 satellites to LEO for Internet system.

Navigation system satellite intended to assist in urban canyons and mountainous areas because of inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbit. "22" designation on H3 rocket indicates 2 engines on...

Scheduled for 14:16 UTC-5. First stage B1096 will attempt to land back at the launch site at Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2) after its 4th flight.

Scheduled for 23:10-23:57 UTC+8, this is 3rd of 3 launches today in China, each from a different launch center. The 3B/E transports heavy communications satellites into geostationary...

Scheduled for 11:40-11:56 UTC+8 from ~41°N via 2-stage orbital carrier rocket used mainly for LEO and SSO insertion, this will be launch 97 and will be either...

Scheduled for Noon-12:15 UTC+8 on Kinetica 1 solid-propellant 4-stage light launch vehicle, 30m tall with fairing diameter 3.35m, able to send 4,000kg to LEO or 3,000kg to...

Scheduled for 00:54-04:54 Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8), sending 27 satellites for internet service,

Scheduled for 17:00-18:00 UTC+3, Obzor-R is BRLK X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar for Earth observation and is designed by TsSKB-Progress for ground resolution of 500m. Since Kazakhstan charges...

Scheduled for 07:00-07:21 UTC+8, the launch from "China's Hawai`i" is of a medium-lift rocket using kerosene and liquid oxygen propellant; the Long March 12 is capable of...

Scheduled for 21:34 (with window open until 01:34), 27 satellites are headed to LEO for internet system. Booster Core B1093 will attempt its 9th landing, on barge...

Scheduled for 03:35 UTC-5, United Launch Alliance (ULA) rocket will take next batch of Amazon Leo (new name) satellites for internet system managed by Amazon subsidiary Kuiper...

Scheduled for 17:20 Kazakhstan Time. Meteorological satellites developed by NPO Lavochkin. Launch cost estimated at US$65M. Built at Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, Moscow, with...

Scheduled for 11:15 China Time. 3-stage, non-reusable orbital carrier rocket, also designated Chang Zheng 4C. This will be 60th launch attempt with 57 successful previously.

Innospace of Korea to use 1st launch of HANBIT-Nano to send to SSO 5 satellites from Brazil space agency AEB / Brazil university / Grahaa Space of...

1st launch of Galileo on Ariane 6, 5th launch of Ariane 6, scheduled for 05:01 UTC (French Guiana Time 02:01). These 2 satellites will join 27 others...

Launch window 10:00-12:14 China Time. 1st stage will attempt vertical landing using engines at location 300km from launch site, Minqin County, Gansu Province.

STP-S30 mission for USA DoD includes research experiments and technology demonstrations includes primary payload, DISKSat.

08:30-16:30 CST; 16th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and 37th in New Shepard program; crew is: aerospace engineer Michaela (Michi) Benthaus, physicist/investor Joey Hyde, former...

NET Dec 23, launch of Earth science satellite to Sun-Synchronous Orbit for Russia.

India Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3), also called Bahubali, to launch 6,500-kg Bluebird 6 for AST SpaceMobile; launch was coordinated by New Space India Limited (NSIL), commercial arm...

Earth science satellite to Geostationary Transfer Orbit for China's meteorological satellite program FY-4 (Feng Yun 4).

CSG-3 Earth observation satellite to Sun-Synchronous Orbit for Italian Space Agency (ASI), part of a reconnaissance constellation using synthetic aperture radars operating in the X-band.

Another batch of 29 satellites to LEO for Starlink mega-constellation.

NET Dec 28 launch of dual optical Earth observation satellites with 20 small ride-share payloads to Sun-Synchronous Orbit.

05:00-07:50 CST launch window [11:00-13:50 HST]

Launch Long March 10A / First Test Flight: First flight of China Long March 10A rocket, precursor to Long March 10 intended to support crewed / cargo missions...

NET Q1 — Launch Martian Moons eXploration (MMX): Japan planning to launch its first Mars mission consisting of sample return probe; to conduct observations of Mars, Phobos...

India planning for 2nd uncrewed flight of Gaganyaan to LEO ~400 km.

Another batch of 29 satellites for Starlink space-based Internet communication mega-constellation.

NET Jan 5 - early morning launch of PSLV with small Earth observation satellite from NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) and 18 additional ride-share payloads.

NET Jan 5 - Astrophysics satellite Pandora for NASA to Sun-Synchronous Orbit, and 'Twilight' satellites from Spire Global and Kepler Communications.

12:42-16:42 EST launch window [07:42-11:42 HST] for 29 satellites of Internet system. 1st stage B1078 to land on ASDS JRTI after this 25th flight.

23:45 Jan 13 - 01:03 Jan 14 Launch Window [05:45 - 06:03 Jan 13 HST]

Midnight - 03:00 CST launch window [06:00 - 09:00 Jan 15 HST]

03:30 - 07:00 CST launch window [09:30 - 13:00 Jan 15 HST]

20:18 - 20:53 PST launch window [18:18 - 18:53 HST]. Satellites built by Northrop Grumman / SpaceX for constellation of NRO.

15:00 - 19:00 CST launch window [21:00 Jan 18 - 01:00 Jan 19 HST]

Launch window 07:30-15:30 CST (03:30-11:30 HT).

Launch window 18:43-22:43 PST (16:43-20:43 HT) for 24 internet satellites.

Launch window 14:30-18:00 UTC+8 (08:30-12:00 HT January 24) for ocean-observing ("Haiyang") satellite.

Launch window 07:17-11:17 PST (05:17-09:17 HT) for 24 internet satellites.

Launch window opens 23:55 Beijing Time.

Launch window open 23:42-23:57 EST (18:42-18:57 HT); 9th of 10 navigation satellites to MEO; 1st stage B1096 planned to make 5th landing on ASDA ASOG.

Launch window 11:45-15:00 New Zealand Daylight Time (12:45-16:00 January 26 Hawai'i Time); high-resolution optical camera for South Korea. The NeonSat constellation is the first satellite system developed...

Launch window open 07:17-11:17 PST (05:17-09:17 HT)

Launch window open 23:00 Jan 29 - 03:00 Jan 30 EST (18:00-22:00 Jan 29 HT)

Launch window open 18:04-22:04 EST (13:04-17:04 HT)

Launch window 17:12-21:12 EST (12:12-16:12 HT) for 29 satellites; this 10 flight of Booster B1090 expects a landing on the ASOG ASDS barge in the Atlantic Ocean.

Launch window 13:00-17:00 PST (11:00-15:00 HT) for 25 internet satellites; 1st stage Booster B1097 expected to land on ASDS barge OCISLY in the Pacific Ocean after this...

Launch window open 09:05-13:05 PST (07:05-11:05 HT) for 25 satellites; first stage Booster B1088 is expected to land for 13th time on OCISLY ASDS barge in Pacific...

Launch window 04:41-08:41 EST (23:41 Feb 6 - 03:41 Feb 7 HT) for 29 satellites; first stage Booster B1077 is expected to make 26th landing on JRTI...

Launch window 06:00-10:00 PST (04:00-08:00 HT) for 25 satellites; first stage Booster B1081 expected to land for 22nd time on OCISLY ASDS barge in Pacific Ocean.

2 identical satellites, GSSAP-7 and GSSAP-8 (Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program) to near-geosynchronous orbit ~36,000km above Earth equator, contributing to timely and accurate orbital predictions, further enabling...

To carry 32 satellites to ~600 km altitude LEO for broadband internet, part of projected 3,276 satellites

Launching 13:56 UTC+5 (22:56 on February 11 HT) for meteorological satellites to capture images of clouds and underlying Earth surface, and to collect and measure heliogeophysical and...

Launching NET 05:15 EST (00:15 HT); SpaceX Crew-12 is the 12th crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of...

Launch window midnight - 04:00 PST (22:00 Feb 13 - 04:00 Feb 14 HT) for 25 satellites; first-stage Booster B1100 expected to make 3rd landing on OCISLY...

Launch window 02:05-06:05 EST (21:05 Feb 15 - 01:05 Feb 16 HT) for 29 satellites. Booster B1077 expected to make 26th landing on JRTI ASDS barge in...

Launch window 17:00-21:00 EST (12:00-16:00 HT) for 29 satellites. Booster B1092, after this 10th reuse, expected land on JRTI ASDS in the Atlantic Ocean.

Launch window 12:00-16:00 PST for 25 satellites; 1st stage Booster B1063 expected to land after this 31st flight on ASDS OCISLY.

Launch window 12:00-16:00 PST for 25 satellites; 1st stage Booster B1093 expected to make landing on ASDS OCISLY after this 11th flight.

Launch window 21:04 Feb 21 - 01:04 Feb 22 EST (16:04-20:04 HT) for 29 satellites; newly commissioned Landing Zone 40, where the 1st stage booster for Dragon...

Launch window open 15:00-19:45 EST (10:00-14:25 HT) for scramjet-powered hypersonic vehicle developed by Hypersonix of Australia launching on 2-stage orbital expendable orbital launch vehicle with electric-pump-fed engines.

Launch window 16:50-20:58 PST (14:50-18:58 HST) for test flight of 2-stage orbital expendable launch vehicle by Austin TX, USA company Firefly Aerospace.

Launch window 11:00-11:20 UTC+9 (16:00-16:20 Mar 3 HT) for 4 satellites to Sun-Synchronous Orbit, TATARA-1R, SC-Sat1a, HErO and AETS-1, launching on a 4-stage all-solid-fuel small-satellite vehicle Space...

Launch window 01:58-05:58 EST (20:58 Mar 3 - 00:58 Mar 4 HST) for 29 internet satellites; 1st stage Booster B1080 expected to land on ASDS ASOG after...

Launch window 13:00-17:00 PST (11:00-15:00 HST) for 25 internet satellites; booster B1097 expected to land after this 7th re-use on ASDS barge OCISLY.

Launch window 02:59-06:58 PST (00:59-04:58 HST) for 25 internet satellites; after this 7th re-use, booster B1097 expected to land on ASDS barge OCISLY in the Pacific Ocean.

1st test flight of vertical-takeoff-and-vertical-landing RV-X small rocket (6.76 m tall, 1.83 m dia., 3,138 kg); 2nd test flight planned for March 14. RV-X is the first...

Launch window 03:58-07:58 PDT (00:58-04:58 HST) for 25 internet satellites; booster B1071 after this 32nd re-use is expected to land on ASDS OCISLY.

Launch window EDT 23:14 Mar 9 - 01:43 Mar 10 (17:14-19:43 Mar 9 HST); going to GTO, EchoStar 25 is a direct broadcast satellite for the DISH...

Launch window open 17:50-19:50 PDT (14:50-16:50 HST) for test flight of multiple Block II systems including avionics and thermals although the last flight in the current configuration,...

Launch window 03:58-07:58 PDT (00:58-04:58 HST) for 25 internet satellites; after this 32nd re-use, booster B1071 expected to land on ASDS barge OCISLY in the Pacific Ocean.

Launch window 06:00-10:00 EDT (00:00-04:00 HST) for 29 internet satellites; after this 6th re-use, booster B1095 expected to land on ASDS barge JRTI.

Launch window 19:37-23:37 PDT (16:37-20:37 HST) for 25 internet satellites; after this 14th re-use, booster B1088 expected to land on ASDS barge OCISLY in the Pacific Ocean.

Launch window 07:11-11:11 EDT (01:11-05:11 HST) for 29 internet satellites; after this 11th re-use booster B1090 expected to land on ASDS barge ASOG in the Atlantic Ocean.

Launch window 17:00-18:00 GFT (10:00-11:00 HST) for 2nd test flight of Isar Spectrum launch vehicle, to carry 5 cubesats to SSO, and ESA "Boost!" experiment: * CyBEEsat...

Ahead of crew launch NET April 1, this 3rd wet dress rehearsal follows repairs and will need to complete successfully before formal crew launch date is set....

16:59 UTC+5 (01:59 HST) to launch resupply mission to the International Space Station that was delayed from December 2025 after November launchpad damage at spaceport operated by...

To include 10 ESA PNT satellites to work with Galileo and EGNOS constellations, 2 ESA demo satellites for Celeste planned constellation, and 2 Thales Alenia Space /...

Launch for dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers to sun-synchronous orbit

Earth-observing satellite to geostationary orbit above India. Expected to be 5th successful launch of GSLV Mk II.

12th flight overall of the two-stage Starship vehicle, but first of bigger / more-powerful Version 3 / V3; best-guess on launch date, with 13th flight following soon.

Launch window 18:24-20:24 EDT (12:24-14:24 HST) for crew of 4 in Orion spacecraft on Moon flight to last 10-14 days; 3 USA and 1 Canada Astronaut: Commander...

NET Apr — Launch Atlas V / Starliner: Next launch of Starliner crew vehicle set to occur "early 2026", unknown whether craft will carry crew on this...

2nd orbital launch, attempt for booster recovery, by commercial launch firm Landspace of China; follows successful 1st orbital launch of Zhuque-3 stainless steel methalox rocket

Set for 11:00 EDT (05:00 HST), 24th flight of uncrewed supply craft and 23rd to ISS under Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA; booster will attempt return...

Resupply mission to ISS set for 05:21 UTC+5 (12:21 Apr 25 Hawaii Time).

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

Launch Electron / Venus probe: Independent mission to Venus developed by Rocket Lab and MIT to send tiny probe flying in atmosphere for 5 minutes at altitude 48-60...

Mission to save NASA Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory for another ~22 years by Katalyst LINK craft boosting Swift orbit from ~400 km to ~600 km. L-1011 Stargazer...

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.

NET July 14 - Crewed mission to International Space Station: Roscosmos Cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov, Anna Kikina, and NASA Astronaut Anil Menon. The trio will spend ~8 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...

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 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...

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...

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.

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 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...

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....

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

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...

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 — 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.

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...

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.