Launch Schedule

Launch vehicle unconfirmed and might change.

LC-2, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Unconfirmed Payload

Apr 23

APR 27

10:55 PM

Starlink (11-9)

Falcon 9

SpaceX launch of a batch of Starlink v2-mini satellites for their second generation high-speed low earth orbit internet satellite constellation.

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB
California, United States

Series: SpaceX Starlink

Apr 24

APR 28

08:00 PM

SatNet LEO Group TBD

Long March 5B

LP-101, Wenchang Satellite Launch Center
China

Unconfirmed Payload

Apr 25

APR 28

11:00 PM

Kuiper KA-01

Atlas V

First launch of 27 operational satellites for Amazon's Kuiper Systems internet constellation.

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS
Florida, United States

Communications Satellite

Series: Kuiper

Apr 18

APR 28

Kosmos (Classified Payload)

Angara-1.2

Russian Military

LC-35/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Classified military payload

Classified Payload

Mar 03

APR 29

09:15 AM

BIOMASS

Vega C

Arianespace

ELV, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Earth Observation Satellite

Mar 28

MAY 11

TRACERS

Falcon 9

Earth Observation Satellite

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB
California, United States

Apr 13

MAY 29

Ax-4

Falcon 9

Private crewed mission to the International Space Station.

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

Crewed

Apr 22

MAY 2025

Tianwen 2

Long March 3B

Near-Earth asteroid sample return mission. The samples are planned to be returned from asteroid 469219 Kamo'oalewa in 2027-2028, with the spacecraft set to continue afterward to...

TBD, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Feb 13

MAY 2025

Starship Flight 9

Super Heavy / Starship Prototype

Launch Pad, Starbase, Boca Chica
Texas, United States

Flight-Proven Booster

Classified military payload

Apr 17

JUN 08

Kosmos (Classified Payload)

Angara A5

Russian Military

LC-35/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Classified Payload

Mar 03

JUN 23

04:33 PM

GOSAT-GW

H-IIA

JAXA

LA-Y1, Tanegashima Space Center
Japan

The final (50th) launch of the H-IIA rocket will be for the GOSAT-GW Earth observation satellite, which will observe greenhouse gases and water cycle measurements.

Apr 26

JUN 2025

G60 Polar Group TBD

Long March 8

The NASA/ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite will map the elevation of Earth's land and ice masses 4 to 6 times a month.

LC-1, Wenchang Satellite Launch Center
China

Series: Qianfan

Unconfirmed Payload

Apr 25

JUN 2025

NI-SAR

GSLV-II

ISRO

SLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Earth Observation Satellite

Apr 25

ESCAPADE (or ESCAPe And Plasma Acceleration And Dynamics Explorer) are twin spacecraft designed by Rocket Lab and will be sent to Mars. The Spacecraft have been called Blue and...

ESCAPADE

New Glenn

Blue Origin

LC-36, Cape Canaveral SFS
Florida, United States

Blue Origin enlarges New Glenn’s payload fairing, preparing to debut upgraded New Shepard (SpaceNews)

Mars Orbiter

Apr 02

Uncrewed orbital test flight of the GaganYaan crew capsule.

GaganYaan Demo Flight 1

LVM-3

ISRO

SLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Uncrewed

Feb 09

First launch for Gilmour Space and their Eris rocket, and will be the first orbital launch attempt from an Australian company. Bowen Orbital Spaceport is the first licensed...

Debut Flight

Eris

Gilmour Space

Launch Pad, Bowen Orbital Spaceport
Australia

Vehicle Debut

Mar 29

Scramjet-powered hypersonic suborbital vehicle developed by Australian company Hypersonix. The vehicle is capable of reaching speeds of up to Mach 7 and will be launched on a...

DART AE

Electron

Rocket Lab

Pad 0C (Rocket Lab LC-2), Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (Wallops Island)
Virginia, United States

Mar 28

USSF-106

Vulcan

LC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS
Florida, United States

Navigation Satellite

Dec 26

ViaSat 3 EMEA

Atlas V

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS
Florida, United States

Communications Satellite

Series: ViaSat-3

Oct 26

USSF-87

Vulcan

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS
Florida, United States

Dec 26

launching a radar satellite into a Sun-Synchronous Orbit to provide weather updates day and night

Sentinel-1D Mission

Vega C

Arianespace

ELA-1, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Planetary Science

Jan 12