Launch Schedule

First launch of the Ceres-2, an upgraded version of the Ceres-1 with increased payload capacity.

04:05 AM

Ceres-2 Demo Flight

Ceres-2

Galactic Energy

LS-95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
China

Vehicle Debut

Dec 11

United Launch Alliance (ULA)

08:49 AM

Leo-7 (LA-04)

Atlas V

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS
Florida, United States

Atlas V will launch the 7th set of Amazon Leo satellites. This is the fourth Leo launch on an Atlas V, and the first launch to use the new abbreviation "L" for Leo on its name,...

Series: Amazon Leo

Dec 10

12:20 PM

Elektro-L №5

Proton-M

Elektro-L is an advanced Russian heavy meteorological satellite. Its mission will help in weather forecasting, studying seas and oceans, navigating aircraft and ships, as well...

LC-81/24, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Meteorology Satellite

Planetary Science

Dec 10

Launch vehicle also unconfirmed.

01:11 PM

Starlink (6-99)

Falcon 9

SpaceX

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

B1094

Series: SpaceX Starlink

Dec 13

DEC 16

03:15 AM

TBD

Long March 4C

CASC

LC-9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center
China

Dec 13

DEC 16

03:24 PM

Starlink (15-13)

Falcon 9

SpaceX

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB
California, United States

Series: SpaceX Starlink

Dec 10

First launch of the Long March 12A, which is the partially reusable variant of the Long March 12. The booster will attempt a landing at a pad roughly 300km downrange of Jiuquan...

02:00 AM

Long March 12A Demo Flight

Long March 12A

CASC

TBD, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
China

Vehicle Debut

Dec 13

The QZSS is a Japanese satellite navigation system that augments the U.S. GPS in the Asia-Pacific region. QZS-5 will be launched on H3 flight no. 8.

02:00 AM

Michibiki No.5 (QZS-5) Quasi-Zenith Satellite System

H-3

JAXA

LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center
Japan

Navigation Satellite

Dec 13

This is Galileo Launch 14 (L14) and the first launch of Galileo satellites on an Ariane 6 rocket. The satellites to be placed in orbit are designated SAT 33 and SAT 34, and...

05:01 AM

Galileo-14 (33 & 34)

Ariane 6

Arianespace

ELA-4, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Navigation Satellite

Series: Galileo

Nov 23

First orbital launch attempt from Brazilian territory in 22 years, it is also the first commercial orbital launch from the Alcântara Launch Center in the Brazilian state of...

06:00 PM

Operação Spaceward

HANBIT-Nano

INNOSPACE

Launch Pad, Alcântara Space Center
Brazil

— with: Jussara-K, PionBR-2, Solaras-S2

Nov 21

Obzor-R no. 01 & Others

Soyuz-2

Multipurpose X-band radar earth observation satellite, launching alongside an unconfirmed complement of secondary payloads.

TBD, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Earth Observation Satellite

The STP-S30 mission is a U.S. Space Force initiative aimed at deploying research experiments and technology demonstrations to orbit, contributing to the development of future...

Dec 13

DEC 18

05:00 AM

STP-S30

Electron

Rocket Lab

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

DiskSat | The Aerospace Corporation

Dec 12

DEC 20

04:20 AM

BlueBird 6 (BlueBird Block 2 FM1)

LVM-3

ISRO

SLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Block 2 BlueBirds will deliver up to 10 times the bandwidth capacity of the BlueBird satellites in orbit today. Featuring up to 2,400 square foot communications arrays, they...

Series: AST SpaceMobile

Dec 10

DEC 20

05:00 AM

Starlink (6-88)

Falcon 9

SpaceX

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS
Florida, United States

B1101

Series: SpaceX Starlink

Dec 13

DEC 24

Soyuz-5 Flight Test

Soyuz-5

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

Dec 10

04:15 AM

EOS-N1 (plus KID and 17 other payloads)

PSLV

ISRO

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

This is a rideshare mission. The primary satellite, EOS-N1 (codenamed Anvesha), is a hyperspectral imaging satellite developed largely for the DRDO (Defence Research and...

Earth Observation Satellite

Dec 10

DEC 26

Fengyun-4C

Long March 3B

CASC

LC-2, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Meteorology Satellite

Dec 13

DEC 28

01:18 PM

AIST-2T no. 01 & no. 02 and Others

Soyuz-2

A constellation of two Earth observation satellites able to deliver stereoscopic imaging that allows for the creation of 3D models. Additional payload will include: Aist-ST,...

Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome
Russia

Earth Observation Satellite

Dec 13

DEC 2025

Kinetica-2 Demo Flight

Kinetica-2

CAS Space

LS-43/140, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
China

Expendable

Vehicle Debut

Nov 30

DEC 2025

TBD

Hyperbola-1

i-Space

LS-95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
China

Launch vehicle also unconfirmed