• Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 6-90

    SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

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

  • Launch H3-22 / Michibiki 5 (QZS-5)

    Tanegashima Space Center, ~30°N, Japan

    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 main stage and 2 boosters.

  • Launch Falcon 9 / NROL-77

    SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    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.

  • Launch Long March 3B/E / Unknown Payload

    Xichang Satellite Launch Center, ~28°N, Sichuan, China

    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 transfer orbit.

  • Launch Long March 2D / Unknown Payload

    Jiuquan Space Launch Center, ~41°N, Gansu, China

    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 success 96, or 2nd failure for Long March 2D.

  • Launch Soyuz 2.1a / Obsor-R No.1

    Plesetsk Cosmodrome, ~63°N, Mirny, Russia

    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 US$115M annually for Baikonur, Plesetsk has become much busier, its high latitude especially suitable for Molniya orbits.

  • Launch Long March 12 / Unknown Payload

    Wenchang Space Launch Center, ~19°N, Hainan Island, China

    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 placing 20,000+kg into LEO or 12,000+kg into SSO.

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 15-12

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    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 (Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship-ASDS) OCISLY (Of Course I Still Love You).

  • Launch Atlas V 551 / Amazon Leo (LA-04)

    SLC-41 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    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 Systems. ULA is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space and Boeing Defense, Space & Security.

  • Launch Proton-M / Blok DM-03 / Elektro-L No.5

    Baikonur Cosmodrome, ~46°N, Kazakhstan

    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 43,000+ employees.

  • Launch Long March 4C / Unknown Payload

    Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC), ~39°N, Shanxi, China

    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.

  • Launch HANBIT-Nano / Spaceward

    Alcântara Space Center, ~2°S, Brazil

    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 India, 3 payloads from AEB / Brazil company that will remain attached to rocket, and empty aluminum beverage can from Brewguru of Korea.

  • Launch Ariane 6 / Galileo Launch 14, SATs 33 + 34

    Guiana Space Centre Kourou, French Guiana

    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 active in orbit.  Galileo is called the world's most precise satellite navigation system, has served 5Billion+ smartphone uses since 2016, is managed / […]

  • Launch Long March 12A / First Test Flight

    Jiuquan Space Launch Center, ~41°N, Gansu, China

    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.

  • Launch Electron / STP-S30

    SLC-2, ~38°N, Wallops Flight Facility VA, USA

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

  • Launch New Shepard / NS-37

    West Texas Suborbital Launch Site / Corn Ranch, Van Horn TX, USA Launch Site One (LSO), Van Horn, TX, United States

    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 SpaceX engineer Hans Koenigsmann, entrepreneur Neal Milch, investor Adonis Pouroulis, and adventurer Jason Stansell.

  • Launch Soyuz 2.1a / Obzor-R No.1

    Plesetsk Cosmodrome, ~63°N, Mirny, Russia

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

  • Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM3) / BlueBird 6

    Satish Dhawan Space Center, ~14°N, Sriharikota, India

    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 of ISRO.

  • Launch Long March 3B-E / Fengyun-4C

    Xichang Satellite Launch Center, ~28°N, Sichuan, China

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

  • Launch Falcon 9 / CSG-3

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    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.

  • Launch Soyuz 2.1b / AIST-2T 01 & 02

    Vostochny Cosmodrome, ~52°N, Russia

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

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Group 6-88

    SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

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

  • Launch PSLV-DL / EOS-N1

    Satish Dhawan Space Center, ~14°N, Sriharikota, India

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

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Pandora & Twilight Rideshare

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

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

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 6-97

    SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

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

  • Launch Falcon 9 / NROL-105

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

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

  • Launch New Shepard / NS-38

    West Texas Suborbital Launch Site / Corn Ranch, Van Horn TX, USA Launch Site One (LSO), Van Horn, TX, United States

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

  • Launch Electron / Bridging The Swarm (NeonSat-1A)

    Launch Complex 1, ~39°S, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

    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 by the government using a mass-production approach for precise monitoring of the Korean Peninsula, lead by the Satellite Technology Research Center (SaTReC) at […]

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 6-103

    SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    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 Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-18

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    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 flight, its 7th.

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-33

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    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 Ocean.

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 6-104

    SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    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 ASDS barge in the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-34

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    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.

  • Launch Vulcan VC4S / USSF-87

    SLC-41 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    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 space flight safety including satellite collision avoidance. Vulcan Centaur VC4S is a 2-stage-to-orbit heavy-lift rocket, developed to replace ULA Atlas V and ULA […]

  • Launch Ariane 64 / Amazon Leo (LE-01)

    Launch Area 4, ~5°N, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

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

  • Launch Proton-M/Blok DM-03 / Elektro-L No.5

    Baikonur Cosmodrome, ~46°N, Kazakhstan

    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 hydrometeorological data; launching on a 4-stage heavy-lift rocket

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Crew-12

    SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    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 NASA Commercial Crew Program; includes NASA Astronauts Commander Jessica Meir and Pilot Jack Hathaway, and Flight Engineers Sophie Adenot from France and Andrei […]

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-13

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    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 ASDS in the Pacific Ocean

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 6-104

    SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    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 the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 10-36

    SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    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 Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-25

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    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 Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-26

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    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 Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 6-104

    SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    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 Crew-12 landed on February 13, 2026, could have the landing of 1st stage Booster B1067 after this 33rd flight, although it has been […]

  • Launch HASTE / That’s Not A Knife (DART AE)

    SLC-2, ~38°N, Wallops Flight Facility VA, USA

    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 Firefly Alpha / Stairway to Seven

    SLC-2W (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    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 KAIROS / Flight 3

    Spaceport Kii, ~33.5N, Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

    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 One is a private launch service founded in 2018 by Canon Electronics, IHI Aerospace, Shimizu (construction company) and Development Bank of Japan (supported […]

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 10-40

    SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    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 this flight, its 25th re-use.

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-18

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    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 Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-18

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    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.

  • Launch RV-X VTVL / Test flight

    Noshiro Rocket Testing Center (~40°N), Akita Prefecture, Japan

    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 of two flight experiments planned by JAXA in developing a reusable 1st stage for a next-generation launch vehicle. A 2nd vehicle planned to […]

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-31

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    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 Falcon 9 / EchoStar 25

    SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    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 network, built on the Maxar 1300 series platform to deliver content across North America via a high-power, multi-spot beam payload.

  • Launch Firefly Alpha / Stairway to Seven (Flight 7)

    SLC-2W (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    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, ahead of the upgrade on Flight 8. Follows April 2025 launch failure.

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-31

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    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 Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 10-48

    SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    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 Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-24

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    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 Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 10-46

    SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    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 Spectrum / Onward and Upward

    Andøya Spaceport, ~63°N, Norway

    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 (TU Berlin) * TriSat-S (University of Maribor) * Platform 6 (EnduroSat) * FramSat-1 (NTNU) * SpaceTeamSat1 (TU Wien Space Team) * Let It […]

  • Artemis II Roll-Out to Launch Pad

    SLC-39B, ~29°N, Kennedy Space Center FL, USA

    Anticipated return to Launch Complex 39B of Artemis II stack -- SLS and Orion capsule -- ahead of anticipated April 1 launch for Moon flyby with 4 Astronauts. Rollout takes 8 to 12 hours. See NASA Artemis blog at https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/artemis/ NASA YouTube channel is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMBJ-UOb6zU

  • Launch Soyuz 2.1a / Progress MS-33 (94P)

    Baikonur Cosmodrome, ~46°N, Kazakhstan

    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 Russia within Kazakhstan.

  • Launch Electron / Daughter Of The Stars (LEO-PNT Pathfinder A)

    Launch Complex 1, ~39°S, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

    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 / GMV "Pathfinder A" satellites.

  • Launch Tianlong-3 / Demo Flight

    Jiuquan Space Launch Center, ~41°N, Gansu, China

    Launch window 19:00-21:14 China Time | 01:00-03:14 HST | 11:00-13:14 UTC by Space Pioneer of Beijing, a private launch company founded in 2015 by Kang Yonglai. Tianlong-2 can take 4,000 kg to LEO and 3,000 kg to SSO via 3 stages powered by RP-1 and LOX.

  • NET Apr 1 — Launch SLS / Orion / Artemis 2

    SLC-39B, ~29°N, Kennedy Space Center FL, USA

    Launch window 18:24-20:24 EDT | 22:24 UTC | 12:24 HST for crew of 4 in Orion spacecraft on around-the-Moon flight to last 9-10 days; 3 USA and 1 Canada Astronaut: Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen; mission will also deploy numerous CubeSats; launch […]

  • NET April 1: Launch Zhuque-3 / Test

    Jiuquan Space Launch Center, ~41°N, Gansu, China

    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

  • Launch Soyuz-5 / Demo Flight

    Baikonur Cosmodrome, ~46°N, Kazakhstan

    Launch scheduled for 16:00 Kazakhstan Time | 01:00 HST | 11:00 UTC for new launch vehicle, Soyuz-5, called "Irtysh", that can take 34,000 kg to LEO.

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-35

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    Launch window 17:03-21:03 PDT | 13:03-17:03 HST | 23:03 Apr 2 - 03:03 Apr 3 UTC for 25 internet satellites to LEO.

  • Launch Long March 8 / Unknown Payload

    Wenchang Space Launch Center, ~19°N, Hainan Island, China

    Launch window 21:30-21:47 China Time | 03:30-03:47 HST for 9th launch from Commercial LC-1, 59th launch from Wenchang. Long March 8 can take up to 5000 kg to a 700 km altitude Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO).

  • Launch Minotaur IV / STP-S29A

    SLC-8 (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    Launch window 07:30-12:30 PDT | 01:30-06:30 HST for an ESPA class satellite based on the Aegis Aerospace M-1 satellite bus used on the STPSat-4 mission for hosting research and technology demonstration payloads.

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Cygnus CRS-2 NG-24

    SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    Set for 08:51 EDT (02:51 HST), 24th flight of Orbital ATK uncrewed supply craft and 23rd to ISS under Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA; booster will attempt return to new Landing Zone 40 (LZ-40).

  • Launch Long March 6A / Unknown Payload

    Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC), ~39°N, Shanxi, China

    Launch window 03:35-03:46 China Time April 9 | 09:35-09:46 HST April 8 for the 23rd launch from Launch Complex 9A, and 153rd launch from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The Long March 6A has solid rocket boosters.

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-21

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    Launch window 22:39 April 9 - 02:39 April 10 PDT | 16:39-20:39 April 9 HST for 25 internet satellites; Booster B1063 to land on ASDS OCISLY after this 32nd flight.

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 10-24

    SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    Launch window 02:57 - 06:57 EDT | 20:57 Apr 11 - 00:57 Apr 12 HST for 29 internet satellites; Booster 1080 expected to land on ASDS JRTI after this 26th flight.

  • Launch Kinetica 1 / Unknown Payload

    Jiuquan Space Launch Center, ~41°N, Gansu, China

    Scheduled for Noon-12:15 China Time | 04:00 UTC | 18:00 HST April 13, rescheduled from Dec 2025; Kinetica is a 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 SSO.

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 10-24

    SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    Launch window 02:13-06:13 EDT | 20:13 Apr 13 - 00:13 Apr 14 HST, for 29 internet satellites. Booster B1080 planned to land on ASDS JRTI after this 26th launch.

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-27

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    Launch window 19:00-23:00 PDT | 16:00-20:00 HST, for 25 internet satellites. Booster B1082 expected to land on ASDS OCISLY after this 21st flight.

  • Launch Long March 2D / Unknown Payload

    Jiuquan Space Launch Center, ~41°N, Gansu, China

    Launch window 12:10-12:24 China Time | 18:10-18:24 Apr 16 HST of 2-stage rocket used for taking satellites to LEO and SSO. This would be the 97th successful launch of a Long March 2D, out of 98 attempts.

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-22

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    Launch window 07:00-11:00 PDT | 04:00-08:00 HST for 25 internet satellites. Booster B1097 expected to land on ASDS OCISLY after this 8th flight.

  • Launch New Glenn / BlueBird Block 2 #2

    SLC-36A, Cape Canaveral SFS FL, ~28°N, USA

    Launch window 06:45-09:43 EDT | 00:45-03:43 HST for one AST Space Mobile satellite for cellular broadband, which features ~223-square-meter communications array making it the largest commercial deployment in LEO. Booster GS1-SN002 expected to land on ASDS Jacklyn after this 2nd flight.

  • Launch Falcon 9 / GPS III SV10

    SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    Launch window open 02:48-04:05 EST | HST is 20:48-22:05 on Apr 19; 10th of 10 navigation satellites to MEO; 1st stage booster planned to land on autonomous spaceport drone ship (ASDS) in Atlantic Ocean.

  • Rollout of Artemis III Rocket Section

    New Orleans LA, USA

    Top four-fifths of the Space Launch System (SLS) core stage will be moved from NASA Michoud Assembly Facility to load on a barge for delivery to Kennedy Space Center. Media are invited. Speakers will be featured. The SLS is already begun in the Vehicle Assembly Building with the engine section […]

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-14

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    Launch window open 13:00-17:00 PDT | 16:00-20:00 HST for 25 internet satellites. Booster B1100 planned to land on ASDS OCISLY after this 5th flight. This is the booster with special "100" painted logo.

  • Launch HASTE / Bubbles

    SLC-2, ~38°N, Wallops Flight Facility VA, USA

    Launch window 20:00 Apr 21 - 01:00 Apr 22 EDT | 14:00-19:00 HST for sub-orbital Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) test program of Rocket Lab, using its electric-pump-fed engines.

  • Launch Electron / Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare)

    Launch Complex 1, ~39°S, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

    Launch set for 15:09 New Zealand Standard Time | 03:00 UTC | 17:09 Apr 22 HST, for sending 8 separate spacecraft to SSO, including ones for education, for ocean monitoring, an ultra-small multispectral camera, and an antenna packed origami-style for unfurling to 25 times the packed size. The 8 satellites […]

  • Launch Cheng Zheng 2D / Unknown Payload

    Xichang Satellite Launch Center, ~28°N, Sichuan, China

    Launch window 14:30-14:51 China Time | 06:30-06:51 UTC | HST is 20:30-20:51 on April 23. Chang Zhen 2D (CZ-2D) is expected to make its 103rd flight, powered by hypergolic fuels (toxic), typically to geostationary transfer orbit. This will be the 3rd flight of 2026 for CZ-2D.

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-16

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    Launch window 07:00-11:00 PDT | 04:00-08:00 HST for 25 internet satellites to LEO. First stage B1088 planned to land on ASDS OCISLY after this 15th flight.

  • NET Late April – Vulcan Rocket Static Fire Testing

    SLC-41 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    First test after ULA Vulcan rocket launching from Florida on February 12, 2026, took a spacecraft to GSO but suffered an anomaly in one of the four solid rocket motors. NASA announcement week of March 11, 2026, said United Launch Alliance (ULA) Centaur V upper stage will be used for […]

  • Launch Soyuz 2.1a / Progress MS-34 (95P)

    Baikonur Cosmodrome, ~46°N, Kazakhstan

    Resupply mission to ISS set for 03:21 Baikonur Time UTC+5 | 22:21 UTC Apr 25| 12:21 HST Apr 25; with ~7,280 kg of cargo; after ~2 days, will rendezvous with ISS.

  • Launch Atlas V 551 / Amazon Leo (LA-06)

    SLC-41 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    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 Falcon Heavy / ViaSat-3 F3 (ViaSat-3 Asia-Pacific)

    SLC-39A, ~29°N, Kennedy Space Center FL, USA

    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 Ariane 64 / Amazon Leo (LE-02)

    Launch Area 4, ~5°N, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

    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.

  • NET April 28 – Launch Long March 10B / Unknown Payload

    Wenchang Space Launch Center, ~19°N, Hainan Island, China

    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 Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-36

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    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 Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 10-38

    SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    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 Falcon 9 / CAS500-2 & Others

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    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 Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-29

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    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.

  • Rocketry Organization of California (ROC) High Power Launch

    Lucerne Valley CA, USA

    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 Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-37

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    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 Falcon 9 / NROL-172

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    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 Falcon 9 / Dragon CRS-2 SpX-34

    SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    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 Long March 6A / Unknown Payload

    Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC), ~39°N, Shanxi, China

    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 Zhuque-2E / Unknown Payload

    Jiuquan Space Launch Center, ~41°N, Gansu, China

    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 Starship 12 – V3 / Ship 39

    Starbase, 25.9°N, Boca Chica TX, USA

    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 Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-37

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    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 Falcon 9 / 9 x Globalstar 2-R

    SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    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 Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-42

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    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.

  • Launch Vega-C / Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE)

    Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, ~5°N, French Guiana

    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.

  • Launch Solid-Fuel SLV (Space Launch Vehicle) / Test Flight

    Offshore Launch Platform near Jeju Island, South Korea

    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 […]

  • NET May 21 — Launch GSLV Mk II / GISAT-1A (EOS-05)

    Satish Dhawan Space Center, ~14°N, Sriharikota, India

    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.

  • Launch Atlas V551 / Amazon Leo (LA-07)

    SLC-41 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    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 Electron / Viva La Strix (StriX Launch 9)

    Launch Complex 1, ~39°S, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

    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 Starship 12 — V3 / Ship 39

    Starbase, 25.9°N, Boca Chica TX, USA

    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 […]

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-37

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

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

  • NET May 24 – Launch Long March 2F / Shenzhou 23 Crew

    Jiuquan Space Launch Center, ~41°N, Gansu, China

    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 Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 10-47

    SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    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 Long March 7A / Unknown Payload

    Wenchang Space Launch Center, ~19°N, Hainan Island, China

    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 Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-41

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    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 Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 10-53

    SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    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 Atlas V 551 / Amazon Leo (LA-07)

    SLC-41 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    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 Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-47

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    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.

  • NET June 1 – Launch Pegasus XL / Swift Rescue Mission

    Omelek Island (~9 ° N), Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands

    The mission aims for the LINK spacecraft to rendezvous with the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory craft and boost its orbit, under a Small Business Innovation Research Phase 3 contract between NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies. Air launch-to-orbit is how the Pegasus XL operates. It can carry up to 443 kg […]

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-47

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    Launch window 07:00-11:00 PDT | 14:00-18:00 UTC | 04:00-08:00 HST for 24 internet satellites; 1st stage booster B1088 is expected to return and land on ASDS OCISLY after this 16th flight.

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 10-43

    SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    Launch window 04:02-08:02 EDT | 08:02-12:02 UTC | HST 22:02 June 2 - 02:02 June 3 for 29 internet satellites; 1st stage reusable booster B1090 expected to land on ASDS ASOG after this 12th flight.

  • Launch Long March 8 / Unknown Payload

    Wenchang Space Launch Center, ~19°N, Hainan Island, China

    Launch window 13:00-17:00 Beijing Time | 05:00-09:00 UTC | HST June 4 19:00-23:00, possibly for SpaceSail Polar Orbit LEO communication satellites.

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 10-35

    SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    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 Ocean after this 35th use.

  • Launch H3-30 / Test Flight

    Tanegashima Space Center, ~30°N, Japan

    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 main payload called Vehicle Evaluation Payload 5 or VEP-5, along with several small satellites: PETREL, STARS-X, BRO-22, VERTECS,  and HORN-L/R space debris mitigation […]

  • Launch Long March 5 / Unknown Payload

    Wenchang Space Launch Center, ~19°N, Hainan Island, China

    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 or ~14,000 kg to GTO.

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-44

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

    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 Pacific Ocean after this 34th use.

  • Launch Smart Dragon 3 / Unknown Payload

    Haiyang Offshore, Haiyang Oriental Spaceport ~36°N, China

    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 Electron / Curveball

    SLC-2, ~38°N, Wallops Flight Facility VA, USA

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

  • Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 10-54

    SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    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 Ocean after this 27th use.