Launch Schedule

Thirteenth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and...

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB
California, United States

B1103

Reconnaissance Satellite

Series: US NRO

May 08

MAY 12

11:55 AM

77°

TBD

Unconfirmed Vehicle

LC-9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center
China

May 04

MAY 12

11:16 PM

72°

CRS2 SpX-34

Falcon 9

Launch vehicle also unconfirmed.

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

B1096

ISS Cargo

May 10

MAY 13

03:00 AM

69°

TBD

Zhuque-2E

LandSpace

LS-43/96, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
China

May 07

MAY 15

04:30 AM

TBD

Unconfirmed Vehicle

CAS Space

LS-43/130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
China

May 10

MAY 15

02:00 PM

55°

Starlink (17-37)

Falcon 9

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB
California, United States

B1097

Series: SpaceX Starlink

May 08

MAY 15

10:30 PM

80°

Starship Flight 12

Starship

After the successful flights 10 and 11 saw the last iterations of the so-called block or version 2 of the booster as well as the ship, Booster 18 was destroyed during testing so...

Orbital Pad B, Starbase, Boca Chica
Texas, United States

May 05

02:40 PM

TBD

Unconfirmed Vehicle

LC-1, Wenchang Satellite Launch Center
China

May 10

MAY 19

02:11 AM

57°

Starlink (17-42)

Falcon 9

joint mission between the European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences that studies the interaction of Earth’s protective shield – the magnetosphere – and the...

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB
California, United States

B1100

Series: SpaceX Starlink

May 08

MAY 19

03:52 AM

76°

Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) Mission

Vega C

Arianespace

ELA-1, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Planetary Science

Apr 24

MAY 21

03:15 AM

93°

EOS-05

GSLV-II

ISRO

SLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

aka GISAT-2, a geo-imaging satellite for quickly providing images during disasters.

Earth Observation Satellite

May 10

MAY 22

Amazon Leo (LA-07)

Atlas V

United Launch Alliance (ULA)

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS
Florida, United States

Series: Amazon Leo

May 01

MAY 22

"Viva La StriX"

Electron

Rocket Lab

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

9th Electron Launch of SAR (synthetic aperture radar) satellites for Japanese Earth imaging company, Synspective

Series: Synspective StriX

May 01

MAY 26

04:00 PM

TBD

Long March 7A

LC-201, Wenchang Satellite Launch Center
China

May 04

MAY 2026

Rassvet-3 batch 2 (16 x)

Soyuz-2

The second batch of Rassvet-3 satellites for Bureau 1440 is scheduled to launch between April 24 and 28, 2026 with launch window 11:00-21:00 UTC. This information is based on...

TBD, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Second test flight of Isar Aerospace's Spectrum launch vehicle. Includes several payloads for ESA's "Boost!" program, including for various European universities.

Apr 30

MAY 2026

"Onward and Upward"

Spectrum

Isar Aerospace

Launch Pad, Andøya Space
Norway

— with: Spectrum Flight Two, CyBEEsat, TriSat-S, Platform 6, FramSat-1, SpaceTeamSat1, Let It Go

Onward and Upward Mission Summary

Return to Flight

Apr 18

JUN 2026

Metop-SG B1

Ariane 6

Arianespace

ELA-4, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

second launch of EUMETSAT's second generation of Metop weather satellites.

Planetary Science

Dec 11

Q2 2026

SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A

Falcon 9

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB
California, United States

Series: SDA TTL

Mar 19

Q2 2026

Starship Flight 13

Starship

According to Elon Musk, this would be the second splashdown of a V3 Ship before the first catch on Flight 14.

Launch Pad, Starbase, Boca Chica
Texas, United States

Test Flight

May 05

Q2 2026

Demo Flight

Long March 12B

TBD, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
China

Mar 29

JUL 14

02:43 PM

Soyuz MS-29

Soyuz-2

ISS Expedition 75 will include Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina, as well as NASA astronaut Anil Menon, who will launch on board the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft in 2026.

LC-31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Crewed

ISS Expedition

Mar 27

SEP 02

06:00 AM

Kinosputnik (Commercial Payload)

Soyuz-2

Roscosmos announced that Sputnix company will launch a Soyuz launch vehicle carrying all-commercial satellites from the Vostochny Cosmodrome this September. The payload...

Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome
Russia

May 10

SEP 09

04:10 PM

Progress MS-35

Soyuz-2

96th Progress cargo delivery to the International Space Station (96P)

LC-31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

ISS Cargo

May 04

SEP 2026

Crew-13

Falcon 9