Launch Schedule

LC-201, Wenchang Satellite Launch Center
China

May 15

MAY 21

04:00 AM

TBD

Kinetica-1

CAS Space

LP-43/130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
China

May 15

MAY 23

07:00 AM

Kosmos TBD

Soyuz-2

Russian Military

TBD, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Classified Payload

The booster, Booster 14-2, previously flew on Flight 7 and is set to perform a landing burn in the Gulf of Mexico instead of returning to the launch tower for a catch.

May 17

MAY 26

11:30 PM

Starship Flight 9

Super Heavy / Starship Prototype

SpaceX

Launch Pad, Starbase, Boca Chica
Texas, United States

Flight-Proven Booster

May 18

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

Debut Flight

Eris

Gilmour Space

Launch Pad, Bowen Orbital Spaceport
Australia

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...

No Live Video Expected

Vehicle Debut

May 15

MAY 2025

SatNet LEO Group TBD

Long March 12

Launch vehicle also unconfirmed and may change.

LC-2, Wenchang Satellite Launch Center
China

Private crewed mission to the International Space Station.

May 05

JUN 08

01:00 PM

Ax-4

Falcon 9

SpaceX

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

Crewed

May 10

JUN 08

Kosmos (Classified Payload)

Angara A5

Russian Military

LC-35/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Classified military payload

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.

May 07

JUN 2025

G60 Polar Group TBD

Long March 8

LC-1, Wenchang Satellite Launch Center
China

Series: Qianfan

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

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

May 15

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

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

United Launch Alliance (ULA)

USSF-106

Vulcan

LC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS
Florida, United States

Navigation Satellite

Dec 26

United Launch Alliance (ULA)

ViaSat 3 EMEA

Atlas V

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS
Florida, United States

Communications Satellite

Series: ViaSat-3

Oct 26

United Launch Alliance (ULA)

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