Launch Schedule

H-3 Launch Vehicle No. 4 will launch X-band defense communications satellite "Kirameki-3"

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB
California, United States

Oct 15

06:44 AM

Kirameki 3

H-3

JAXA

LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center
Japan

Communications Satellite

Oct 15

OCT 30

04:49 AM

CRS2 SpX-31 (Dragon)

Falcon 9

Several key science payloads will be delivered to the International Space Station (ISS). Among these is a biomedical investigation that focuses on the mechanisms behind...

LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center
Florida, United States

ISS Cargo

Oct 15

OCT 2024

NS-27

New Shepard

Blue Origin

Launch Pad, Corn Ranch Spaceport
Texas, United States

This uncrewed flight of New Shepard will carry 12 research payloads.

Suborbital

Uncrewed

Oct 13

NOV 05

Ionosfera-M n°1, 2 & Others

Soyuz-2

The first two of a planned constellation of four spacecraft for the first Russian space weather monitoring system called "Ionozond". The system being created is designed to...

Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome
Russia

Oct 03

NOV 21

Progress MS-29

Soyuz-2

90th Progress cargo delivery to the International Space Station (90P)

LC-31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

ISS Cargo

Aug 16

NOV 30

Kondor-FKA no.2

Soyuz-2

Russian Kondor-FKA satellites built by NPO-Mashinostroyenia, are intended for 24/7 all-weather radar remote sensing of the Earth in medium and high resolution. The first one was...

Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome
Russia

The first flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket marks a pivotal moment in the company's development of heavy-lift space vehicles. The two-stage rocket, designed for...

Oct 03

NOV 2024

New Glenn Flight 1

New Glenn

Blue Origin

LC-36, Cape Canaveral SFS
Florida, United States

— with: Blue Ring Demo

Vehicle Debut

Sep 26

NOV 2024

WorldView Legion 5 & 6

Falcon 9

Pad TBD, Cape Canaveral / KSC TBD
Florida, United States

Oct 05

NOV 2024

GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2)

Falcon 9

Originally set to launch on ISRO's LVM3, the commercial arm NSIL contracted SpaceX to launch as the satellite now outweighs LVM3's...

Pad TBD, Cape Canaveral / KSC TBD
Florida, United States

GSAT (Wikipedia)

Series: ISRO GSAT

Oct 05

DEC 03

09:20 PM

Sentinel 1C

Vega C

Arianespace

ELV, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Payload may change due to new considerations from the ESA to use a SpaceX Falcon 9 for expediting the Sentinel satellite to...

Also called the Venus Life Finder, the probe will be sent to detect the presence of organic compounds in droplets in the clouds.

Return to Flight

Oct 15

DEC 30

NZSA Venus Mission

Electron

Rocket Lab

Pad TBD, Rocket Lab Launch Complex, Mahia Peninsula
New Zealand

Oct 31

DEC 2024

AIST-2T no. 01 & no. 02

Soyuz-2

A constellation of two Earth observation satellites able to deliver stereoscopic imaging that allows for the creation of 3D models

Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome
Russia

Aug 31

Q4 2024

Obzor-R no. 01

Soyuz-2

Multipurpose X-band radar earth observation satellite

TBD, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Aug 31

Q4 2024

Resurs-P No. 5

Soyuz-2

Commercial Earth observation satellite capable of acquiring high-resolution images

LC-31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Aug 31

RISAT-2A

PSLV

ISRO

TBD, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Dec 24

Bandwagon 2

Falcon 9

Pad TBD, Cape Canaveral / KSC TBD
Florida, United States

Sep 16

CARBONITE-4

Alpha

Firefly

SLC-2W, Vandenberg SFB
California, United States

Planetary Science

Dec 20

Flight 2

RS1

ABL Space

LP-3C, Pacific Spaceport Complex - Alaska
Alaska, United States

Test Flight

Jul 23

NROL-174

Minotaur IV

Northrop Grumman

SLC-8, Vandenberg SFB
California, United States

Classified Payload

May 26

Cartosat-3A

PSLV

ISRO

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Dec 24

Virgin Orbit sign SITAEL contract for LauncherOne satellite launch (NASASpaceflight)

µHETsat

TBD

Pad TBD, Location TBD
Country TBD

Dec 24

NAOS

Vega C

Arianespace

ELS, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Oct 02

NROL-69

Falcon 9