Special Event: Artemis 2

Soyuz-5, also known as Irtysh, is the new generation medium-class launch vehicle developed by Russia in cooperation with Kazakhstan to replace the Zenit-2 and Proton Medium...

LC-45/1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Test Flight

Vehicle Debut

Apr 03

APR 05

11:03 PM

75°

Starlink (17-35)

Falcon 9

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB
California, United States

B1103

Series: SpaceX Starlink

Apr 03

APR 07

01:00 PM

79°

G60 Polar Group TBD (Unconfirmed Payload)

Long March 8

CASC

LC-1, Wenchang Satellite Launch Center
China

Series: Qianfan

Mar 26

APR 08

12:51 PM

67°

CRS2 NG-24

Falcon 9

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS
Florida, United States

Apr 02

APR 08

07:35 PM

44°

TBD

Unconfirmed Vehicle

CASC

LC-9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center
China

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...

Apr 02

APR 09

06:29 AM

76°

Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) Mission

Vega C

Arianespace

ELA-1, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Planetary Science

Mar 20

APR 10

02:39 AM

55°

Starlink (17-21)

Falcon 9

JAXA is preparing a rideshare mission carrying eight independent spacecraft, including educational small satellites, an ocean‑monitoring satellite, a demonstrator for...

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB
California, United States

B1063

Series: SpaceX Starlink

Apr 03

APR 12

10:45 AM

65°

BlueBird Block 2 FM2

New Glenn

Blue Origin

LC-36, Cape Canaveral SFS
Florida, United States

Flight-Proven Booster

Apr 01

APR 23

"Kakushin Rising"

Electron

Rocket Lab

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

Kakushin Rising | Rocket Lab

Mar 28

APR 24

11:00 AM

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

Mar 29

APR 26

10:21 AM

Progress MS-34

Soyuz-2

95th Progress cargo delivery to the International Space Station (95P)

LC-31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Dec 21

GPS III SV-10

Falcon 9

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS
Florida, United States

Navigation Satellite

Series: GPS

Mar 21

ViaSat 3 Asia-Pacific

Falcon Heavy

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

Communications Satellite

Series: ViaSat-3

Mar 25

STP-S29A

Minotaur IV

Northrop Grumman

SLC-8, Vandenberg SFB
California, United States

— with: STPSat-7, ASTRA-HyRAX, AggieSat6

Apr 02

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

Booster 19

Mar 07

TBD

Long March 7A

CASC

LC-201, Wenchang Satellite Launch Center
China

Mar 25

Demo Flight

Vikram

Skyroot Aerospace

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Mar 23

Launch vehicle also unconfirmed.

TBD

Zhuque-2E

LandSpace

LS-43/96, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
China

Mar 30

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

"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

Mar 28

MAY 2026

CRS2 SpX-34

Falcon 9

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

launching radar satellites into orbit for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.

Feb 20

MAY 2026

StriX Launch 9

Electron

Rocket Lab

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

Series: Synspective StriX

Mar 27

MAY 2026

USSF-57 (NGG-1)

Vulcan

United Launch Alliance (ULA)

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS
Florida, United States

Feb 22

JUN 17

01:40 AM

Progress MS-35

Soyuz-2

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

LC-31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan