List of spaceflight launches in July–December 2024
This article lists orbital and suborbital launches planned for the second half of the year 2024, including launches planned for 2024 without a specific launch date.
For all other spaceflight activities, see 2024 in spaceflight. For launches in the first half of 2024, see List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2024.
Orbital launches
[edit]Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | ||||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |||
Remarks | ||||||||
July[edit] | ||||||||
1 July 03:06:42[1] | H3-22S[2] | F3 | Tanegashima LA-Y2 | JAXA | ||||
ALOS-4 (Daichi 4) | JAXA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
First Operational flight of H3 rocket. ALOS-4 (Daichi 4) will replace the ALOS-2 (Daichi 2) satellite, which was launched in 2014. | ||||||||
3 July 08:55[3] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-9 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 20 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
4 July 04:03[7][8] | Firefly Alpha | FLTA005 | Vandenberg SLC-2W | Firefly | ||||
⚀ CatSat | University of Arizona | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ KUbeSat-1 | University of Kansas | Low Earth (SSO) | Ionospheric research | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ MESAT 1 | University of Maine | Low Earth (SSO) | Atmospheric science | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ R5-S2-2.0 | NASA Johnson | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ R5-S4 | NASA Johnson | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Serenity | Teachers in Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Education | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ SOC-i | University of Washington | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ TechEdSat-11 | NASA Ames | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
NASA Venture Class Launch Services 2 (VCLS 2) Mission Two,[4] officially known as VCLS Demo-2FB. The ELaNa 43 mission, consisting of 8 CubeSats,[5] will launch on this flight.[6] Mission designated "Noise of Summer". | ||||||||
4 July 22:49[9][10] | Long March 6A | 6A-Y7 | Taiyuan LA-9A | CASC | ||||
Tianhui 5C | CNSA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Tianhui 5D | CNSA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
8 July 23:30[12] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | F9-353 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Türksat 6A | Türksat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
First domestically produced Turkish communications satellite.[11] | ||||||||
9 July 19:00[16] | Ariane 62 | VA262 FM1 | Kourou ELA-4 | ESA | ||||
Nyx Bikini[17] | The Exploration Company | Low Earth | Reentry capsule Technology demonstration | In orbit | Precluded | |||
SpaceCase SC-X01[18] | ArianeGroup | Low Earth | Reentry capsule Technology demonstration | In orbit | Precluded | |||
⚀ CuriumOne (Major Tom)[19] | PTS / Libre Space Foundation | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ OOV-Cube[20] | TU Berlin | Low Earth | Technology demonstration IoT | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ ³Cat-4[21] | BarcelonaTech | Low Earth | GNSS radio occultation | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ CURIE A, B[22][23] | NASA | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ GRBBeta[24] | TUKE / Spacemanic | Low Earth | Gamma-ray burst astronomy | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ ISTSat-1[25] | University of Lisbon | Low Earth | ADS-B Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Méditerranée (ROBUSTA-3A)[26] | University of Montpellier | Low Earth | Meteorology | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Replicator[27] | Orbital Matter | Low Earth | Technology demonstration Space manufacturing | In orbit | Operational | |||
Maiden flight of Ariane 6. Failure of the auxiliary propulsion system precluded the third relight of the Vinci upper stage, causing the two reentry capsules and upper stage to be stranded in their 580-km circular orbit. Nine satellites, two reentry capsules, and five onboard experiments were launched.[13] The ELaNa-48 mission, consisting of the two CURIE cubesats, was launched on this flight.[14] The two CURIE cubesats were launched as a single spacecraft and separated in orbit (ESA Rideshares - Demo Flight).[15] | ||||||||
10 July 23:40[28][29] | Hyperbola-1 | Y8 | Jiuquan LS-95A | i-Space | ||||
Yunyao-1 15-17 | CGSTL | Low Earth (SSO) | Meteorology | 10 July | Launch failure | |||
12 July 02:35[30] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-3 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 20 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | 13 July | Launch failure | |||
The Falcon 9 second-stage engine failed to complete its second ignition due to a liquid oxygen leak, causing the planned orbit to be missed and the deployment of the Starlink satellites in an unusable orbit. | ||||||||
19 July 03:03 [10][31] | Long March 4B | 4B-Y58 | Taiyuan LA-9 | CASC | ||||
Gaofen-11 05 | CNSA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth Observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
↓ Upcoming launches ↓ | ||||||||
24 July 04:14 [32] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-4 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 23 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
Return to Flight of Falcon 9 Block 5 after a second-stage failure occurred on Starlink Group 9-3 Mission on 12 July. | ||||||||
25 July 08:24 [33] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-4 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 20 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
26 July 04:21 [34] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-9 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 23 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
29 July 04:11 [35] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-5 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 23 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
30 July [36] | Atlas V 551 | AV-101 | Cape Canaveral SLC-41 | ULA | ||||
TBA | United States Space Force | TBA | Reconnaissance | |||||
USSF-51 Mission. Last National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Mission on Atlas V as ULA transitions to the next generation Vulcan rocket for continued access to space. Launch vehicle was switched from Vulcan Centaur to Atlas V at ULA’s request. This is the 100th ULA launch dedicated to NSSL. | ||||||||
Late July [37] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | |||||
ASBM-1 (GX-10a) | Norwegian Ministry of Defence / Inmarsat / United States Space Force | Highly elliptical | Communications | |||||
ASBM-2 (GX-10b) | Norwegian Ministry of Defence / Inmarsat / United States Space Force | Highly elliptical | Communications | |||||
July (TBD) [38][39] | Ceres-1S | Y3 | Dong Fang Hang Tian Gang platform, Yellow Sea | Galactic Energy | ||||
Xiguang-1 004-007 | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
Agriculture-1 | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
Mission designated "How Far I'll Go". | ||||||||
July (TBD) [40] | Long March 2C | 2C-Y51 | Xichang LC-3 | CASC | ||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth orbit | TBA | |||||
August[edit] | ||||||||
Early August[42] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter-11 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
ION SCV-012[43] | D-Orbit | Low Earth (SSO) | CubeSat deployer | |||||
Vigoride[44] | Momentus Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Space tug | |||||
Acadia-5 (Capella-15)[45][46] | Capella Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Arctic Weather Satellite (AWS)[47] | ESA / EUMETSAT | Low Earth (SSO) | Meteorology Technology demonstration | |||||
EagleEye[48] | Creotech Instruments | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
GNOMES-5[49] | PlanetIQ | Low Earth (SSO) | Radio occultation | |||||
Labsat IoT[50] | Copitec / Fundetec / University of Palermo | Low Earth (SSO) | IoT | |||||
LEO Express-2[51] | Impulse Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
LizzieSat-5[52] | Sidus Space | Low Earth (SSO) | IoT | |||||
LizzieSat-6[52] | Sidus Space | Low Earth (SSO) | IoT | |||||
MBZ-SAT[53] | MBRSC | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
MuSat-3[54] | Muon Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
PExT[55] | Johns Hopkins University | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
QPS-SAR-8[56] | iQPS | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
RAY[57] | Inversion Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Reentry capsule | |||||
Stingray × 6[58] | EOI Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
Tanager [59][60] | Carbon Mapper / Planet Labs / JPL | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
ThinkOrbital F2[61] | ThinkOrbital | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
Umbra-09[62] | Umbra Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Umbra-10[62] | Umbra Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Winnebago-2[63] | Varda Space Industries | Low Earth | Space manufacturing | |||||
YAC-1-1[64] | Loft Orbital | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
YAM-7[65] | Loft Orbital | Low Earth (SSO) | Payload hosting | |||||
⚀ CroCube[66] | EVO, Spacemanic | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
⚀ Deimos[67] | Aethero Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
⚀ Dione[14] | NASA Goddard | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ Hyperfield-1[68] | Kuva Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
⚀ Kaladin[69] | Array Labs | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ Kanyini[70][71] | Myriota | Low Earth (SSO) | IoT | |||||
⚀ Lemur-2 / Hubble-3[72] | Spire Global / Hubble Network | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
⚀ LUR-1[73] | Added Value Solutions | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
⚀ PiCo-IoT × ?[74] | Apogeo Space | Low Earth (SSO) | IoT | |||||
⚀ PTD-4 (LISA-T)[75] | NASA Ames / MSFC | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ PTD-R[75] | NASA Ames | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ Rock & Lopen[76] | Array Labs | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ San Xavier[77] | Lunasonde | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
⚀ TROOP-F2[78] | NearSpace Launch | Low Earth (SSO) | Docking target | |||||
⚀ TBA × 2[79] | Tomorrow.io | Low Earth (SSO) | Meteorology | |||||
▫ Aurora × 4[80] | Quub | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit, designated Transporter-11. The ELaNa-53 mission, consisting of the Dione cubesat, will be launched on this flight.[14] An Alba Cluster mission is scheduled to be launched on this flight.[41] | ||||||||
3 August 14:00 [81][82] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | |||||
Cygnus NG-21 S.S. Francis R. "Dick" Scobee | NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | |||||
Second of three Cygnus spacecraft to be launched via Falcon 9. | ||||||||
Early August [83][84] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | |||||
Polaris Dawn | SpaceX | Low Earth | Human spaceflight research | |||||
Crew Dragon orbital flight carrying four civilian passengers for 5 days, led by Jared Isaacman. Aims to conduct the first commercial spacewalk. First mission of the Polaris Program, consisting of two Crew Dragon missions followed by the first crewed Starship mission. | ||||||||
5 August [85] | Long March 6A | 6A-Y8 | Taiyuan LA-9A | CASC | ||||
G60 × 18 | SSST | Low Earth (SSO) | Communications | |||||
First launch of the G60 broadband mega constellation. | ||||||||
7 August 13:75 [86][87] | SSLV | D3 | Satish Dhawan FLP | ISRO | ||||
TBA | ISRO | Low Earth | Earth observation | |||||
Space Rickshaw-0 | Space Rickshaw | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
IITMSAT | IIT Madras | Low Earth | Ionospheric research | |||||
ISRO Payload | ||||||||
15 August[88] | Soyuz-2.1a | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Roscosmos | |||||
Progress MS-28 / 89P | Roscosmos | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | |||||
15 August[89] | Jielong 3 | Y4 | Bo Run Jiu Zhou platform, South China Sea | CALT | ||||
Liangxi 1 | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
Mid August[90] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | |||||
SpaceX Crew-9 | SpaceX / NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | Expedition 71/72 | |||||
Ninth operational Crew Dragon mission to the ISS. | ||||||||
Mid August[91] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | |||||
GSAT-20 (CMS-03) | NSIL / Dish TV | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
Initially planned to launch on LVM3, but shifted to Falcon 9 due to overweight and scheduling issues.[91] GSAT-20 is also known as CMS-03 and GSAT-N2. | ||||||||
NET August [92] | Electron | "Owl For One, One For Owl" | Mahia LC-1B | Rocket Lab | ||||
StriX-5 | Synspective | Low Earth | Earth observation | |||||
Fourth of five dedicated launches for Synspective's StriX constellation. | ||||||||
Mid August [93][94] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | |||||
WorldView Legion 3 | Maxar Technologies | Low Earth | Earth observation | |||||
WorldView Legion 4 | Maxar Technologies | Low Earth | Earth observation | |||||
28 August[96][97] | Long March 12 | Y1 | Wenchang Hainan LC-2 | CASC | ||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
Maiden flight of Long March 12.[95] | ||||||||
August (TBD) [98] | Electron | "A Sky Full Of SARs" | Mahia LC-1B | Rocket Lab | ||||
Acadia-3 (Capella-13) | Capella Space | Low Earth | Earth observation | |||||
Third of four dedicated launches for Capella Space. | ||||||||
August (TBD) [99] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-19 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × ? | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
August (TBD)[100] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-20 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × ? | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
August (TBD)[101] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-25 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × ? | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
August (TBD)[102] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-26 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × ? | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
August (TBD) [103] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-3 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × ? | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
August (TBD)[104] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-4 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × ? | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
August (TBD) [105] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-5 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × ? | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
August (TBD) [106] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-6 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × ? | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
August (TBD) [107] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-6 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × ? | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
August (TBD) [108] | Starship | IFT-5 | Starbase | SpaceX | ||||
TBA | SpaceX | TBA | Flight test | |||||
Fifth Starship orbital test flight. | ||||||||
August (TBD)[109][110] | PSLV-XL | C59 | Satish Dhawan FLP | ISRO | ||||
ANVESHA | DRDO | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
SCOT | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
CGUSAT | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
LEAP-1 | Dhruva Space | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
⚀ Sowa-1 | SatRev | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
August (TBD)[111][112] | Long March 4B | TBA | CASC | |||||
HaiYang 3C[113] | Ministry of Natural Resources | Geosynchronous | Earth observation | |||||
September[edit] | ||||||||
1 September[115][116] | Soyuz-2.1b | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Roscosmos | |||||
Bion-M №2 | Roscosmos | Low Earth | Biological science | |||||
30-day mission to observe the effects of the Van Allen radiation belts on mice.[114] | ||||||||
11 September 04:00–06:00[117] | H-IIA 202 | F49 | Tanegashima LA-Y1 | MHI | ||||
IGS-Radar 8 | CSICE | Low Earth (SSO) | Reconnaissance | |||||
11 September[118] | Soyuz-2.1a | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Roscosmos | |||||
Soyuz MS-26 / 72S | Roscosmos | Low Earth (ISS) | Expedition 71/72 | |||||
13 September [119] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Kennedy | SpaceX | |||||
Galileo FOC FM26 | ESA | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||||
Galileo FOC FM28 | ESA | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||||
Second Galileo launch on a Falcon 9 and overall thirteenth launch of Galileo satellites, carrying two satellites. Originally planned to launch on Soyuz ST-B, but scrapped due to geopolitical factors. Then moved to Ariane 6, which was also scrapped due to delays. Europe contracted SpaceX to launch the two pairs aboard Falcon 9. Falcon 9 First stage Booster will be expended in this mission. | ||||||||
Early September [120][121][122] | Vulcan Centaur VC2S[123] | Cert-2 V-002 | Cape Canaveral SLC-41 | ULA | ||||
Mass Simulator | ULA | Low Earth | Dummy Payload | |||||
Vulcan Certification-2 mission. Originally scheduled to carry the first flight of Dream Chaser, but due to schedule delays with Dream Chaser, ULA will fly an inert payload, experiments, and demonstrations.[120] | ||||||||
Mid September [126] | Vega | VV24 | Kourou ELV | Arianespace | ||||
Sentinel-2C | ESA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Third Sentinel-2 satellite.[124] Final flight of the base Vega launch vehicle.[125] | ||||||||
Mid September[127] | H3-24L | F4 | Tanegashima LA-Y2 | MHI | ||||
DSN-3 (Kirameki 3) | DSN / JSDF | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
29 September[130] | New Glenn | Cape Canaveral LC-36 | Blue Origin | |||||
ESCAPADE Blue | Space Sciences Laboratory | Areocentric | Magnetospheric science | |||||
ESCAPADE Gold | Space Sciences Laboratory | Areocentric | Magnetospheric science | |||||
Maiden flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket. Two Photon spacecraft compose the ESCAPADE mission to study Mars' magnetosphere. Part of NASA's Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) program.[128][129] | ||||||||
30 September[131][111] | Long March 7 | Y9 | Wenchang LC-2 | CASC | ||||
Tianzhou 8 | TBA | Low Earth (TSS) | Space logistics | |||||
⚀ | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
September (TBD)[133][134] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Kennedy | SpaceX | |||||
AGILA[135] | Astranis / Orbits Corp | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
NuView A | Astranis / Anuvu | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
NuView B | Astranis / Anuvu | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
UtilitySat[132] | Astranis / Pacific Dataport | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
Astranis Block 2 mission carrying four MicroGEO satellites, of which three are operated by Astranis and leased to paying customers, while UtilitySat is set to temporarily replace Astranis' Arcturus satellite after a malfunctioning of its solar arrays.[132] | ||||||||
September (TBD)[136][137] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Kennedy | SpaceX | |||||
BlueBird × 5 | AST SpaceMobile | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
BlueBird Block 1 Mission. | ||||||||
September (TBD) [138] | Firefly Alpha | FLTA006 | Vandenberg SLC-2W | Firefly | ||||
TBA | Lockheed Martin | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
First of up to 25 launches of Low Earth Orbit technology demonstration satellites to be built and operated by Lockheed Martin. | ||||||||
September (TBD)[139][140] | Electron | Mahia LC-1 | Rocket Lab | |||||
⚀ Kinéis × 5 | Kinéis | Low Earth | IoT | |||||
Second of five dedicated launches for Kinéis' IoT satellite constellation. | ||||||||
September (TBD) [141] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | |||||
SpaceX CRS-31 | NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | |||||
September (TBD)[142] | Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M | Plesetsk | RVSN RF | |||||
GLONASS-K 19L (K1 №7) | VKS | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||||
September (TBD)[143][144] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Kennedy | SpaceX | |||||
Vigoride[44] | Momentus Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Space tug | |||||
Transport Layer Tranche 1 × 21 | SDA | Low Earth (SSO) | Military communications | |||||
First of six launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 1(Tranche 1A Mission). | ||||||||
September (TBD)[145][146] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | |||||
TBA | NRO | TBA | Reconnaissance | |||||
NROL-69 mission. | ||||||||
September (TBD)[147][148] | Minotaur IV / Orion 38 | Vandenberg SLC-8 | Northrop Grumman | |||||
TBA | NRO | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | |||||
NROL-174 mission. | ||||||||
September (TBD)[149] | Minotaur IV | TBA | Northrop Grumman | |||||
TBA | United States Space Force | TBA | TBA | |||||
STP-S29A mission. | ||||||||
September (TBD)[150][151] | PSLV-XL | C62 | Satish Dhawan | ISRO | ||||
PROBA-3 Coronagraph | ESA | Highly elliptical | Solar observatory Coronagraph | |||||
PROBA-3 Occulter | ESA | Highly elliptical | Solar observatory Occulter | |||||
September (TBD) [153][154] | Eris Block 1 | Bowen | Gilmour Space | |||||
No Payload | Gilmour Space | Low Earth | Flight test | |||||
First flight of Eris, and first orbital launch from Bowen.[152] First launch of an Australian developed launch vehicle, giving Australia satellite launch capability. | ||||||||
September (TBD)[155][156] | Tianlong-3 | Y1 | Wenchang Hainan LC-2 | Space Pioneer | ||||
TBA | Space Pioneer | Low Earth (SSO) | Flight test | |||||
Maiden flight of the Tianlong-3 launch vehicle. | ||||||||
September (TBD)[155][156] | Tianlong-3 | Y2 | Wenchang Hainan LC-2 | Space Pioneer | ||||
TBA | Space Pioneer | Low Earth (SSO) | Flight test | |||||
Q3 (TBD)[157][158] | Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat-M | Vostochny Site 1S | Roscosmos | |||||
Obzor-R №1[159] | Roscosmos | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Q3 (TBD)[160] | Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M | Plesetsk | RVSN RF | |||||
GLONASS-K 18L (K1 №6) | VKS | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||||
Q3 (TBD) [162][163] | RS1 | DEMO-2 | Kodiak LP-3C | ABL | ||||
⚀ VariSat-1B(2) | VariSat | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
Second flight of RS1, designated DEMO-2. Reflight of the VariSat-1B spacecraft lost in the previous launch. The upper stage will carry NearSpace Launch's DORSAT-01 as a hosted payload.[161] | ||||||||
Q3 (TBD)[164][165] | Gravity-1 | Y2 | Bo Run Jiu Zhou platform, South China Sea | Orienspace | ||||
Jitianxing AO1 (Jilin University 1) | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
Xingshidai-24 | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
Scheduled rideshare opportunity. | ||||||||
Q3 (TBD)[166] | RFA One | SaxaVord | RFA | |||||
TBA[167] | Lunar Research Service | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
▫ ERMINAZ-1U[168] | AMSAT-DL | Geosynchronous | Amateur Radio | |||||
▫ ERMINAZ-1V | AMSAT-DL | Geosynchronous | Amateur Radio | |||||
▫ UNNE-1 (HADES-E) | AMSAT-EA | Geosynchronous | Amateur Radio | |||||
▫ MARIA-G (HADES-F) | AMSAT-EA | Geosynchronous | Amateur Radio | |||||
▫ QUBIK 5 | Libre Space Foundation | Geosynchronous | Technology demonstration | |||||
▫ SIDLOC-PQ-1 | Libre Space Foundation | Geosynchronous | Space situational awareness | |||||
▫ SIDLOC-PQ-2 | Libre Space Foundation | Geosynchronous | Space situational awareness | |||||
Maiden flight of Rocket Factory Augsburg's RFA One. | ||||||||
Q3 (TBD)[87] | LVM3 | M5 | Satish Dhawan SLP | ISRO | ||||
TBA | NSIL | TBA | TBA | |||||
NSIL Payload | ||||||||
Q3 (TBD)[87][169] | PSLV-XL | C60 | Satish Dhawan | ISRO | ||||
RISAT-1B[170] | ISRO | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Q3 (TBD)[87] | PSLV-XL | C61 | Satish Dhawan | ISRO | ||||
TBA | ISRO | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
ISRO Payload | ||||||||
Q3 (TBD)[171] | PSLV | C63 | Satish Dhawan | ISRO | ||||
SPADEX | ISRO | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
ISRO Payload | ||||||||
Q3 (TBD)[172][173] | PSLV | N1 | Satish Dhawan | ISRO | ||||
TDS-01 | ISRO | Geosynchronous | Technology demonstration | |||||
First fully privately built PSLV. | ||||||||
Q3 (TBD)[87] | SSLV | S1 | Satish Dhawan | ISRO | ||||
TBA | ISRO | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
PARIKSHIT | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
ISRO Payload | ||||||||
Q3 (TBD)[174][175] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Kennedy | SpaceX | |||||
Nusantara Lima (Nusantara-5) | PSN | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
Q3 (TBD) [111][176] | Long March 3B/E / YZ-1 | 3B-Y96 | Xichang LC-2 | CASC | ||||
BeiDou-3 M27 (Beidou-58) | CNSA | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||||
BeiDou-3 M28 (Beidou-59) | CNSA | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||||
Q3 (TBD)[180] | Vikram 1 | Satish Dhawan FLP | Skyroot Aerospace | |||||
TBA[181] | Navars Edutech | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
Maiden flight of Vikram 1. | ||||||||
Q3 (TBD)[182] | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||||
⚀ EZIE × 3 | NASA / JHUAPL | Low Earth (SSO) | Space weather / Electrojet research | |||||
Heliophysics Mission of Opportunity for the Explorers Program. | ||||||||
October[edit] | ||||||||
Early October[183] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter-12 | Cape Canaveral or Vandenberg | SpaceX | ||||
ION SCV-014[43] | D-Orbit | Low Earth (SSO) | CubeSat deployer | |||||
ION SCV-016[43] | D-Orbit | Low Earth (SSO) | CubeSat deployer | |||||
LEO Express-3[51] | Impulse Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
Vigoride[184] | Momentus Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Space tug | |||||
Acadia-6 (Capella-16)[185] | Capella Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Lyra-1[186] | EchoStar | Low Earth (SSO) | Communications | |||||
Lyra-2[186] | EchoStar | Low Earth (SSO) | Communications | |||||
Otter Pup 2[43] | Starfish Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Satellite docking | |||||
Ray[187] | Inversion Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Reentry capsule | |||||
UzmaSAT-1[188] | UZMA BERHAD | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
YAC-1 × 9[64] | Loft Orbital | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
⚀ Centauri × 3[189] | Fleet Space | Low Earth (SSO) | IoT | |||||
⚀ DISCO-2[190] | Aarhus University | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ FINCH[191] | University of Toronto | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
⚀ Kestrel-0A[192] | HawkEye 360 | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
⚀ LIME[193] | NOVI LLC | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ MOXY-1[194] | XiProtocol.io | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ NOCLIP-1[194] | Pointblank LLC | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ Phobos[195] | Aethero Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ Veery-0F Fledgling[196] | Care Weather Technologies | Low Earth (SSO) | Meteorology | |||||
⚀ TBA × 2[79] | Tomorrow.io | Low Earth (SSO) | Meteorology | |||||
Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit, designated Transporter-12. | ||||||||
7 October [197] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | |||||
Hera | ESA | Heliocentric | Asteroid orbiter | |||||
⚀ Juventas[198] | ESA | Heliocentric | Asteroid probe | |||||
⚀ Milani[199] | ESA | Heliocentric | Asteroid probe | |||||
10 October [200] | Falcon Heavy | FH-011 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | ||||
Europa Clipper | NASA | Jovicentric | Jupiter orbiter | |||||
15 October[201][202] | Firefly Alpha | FLTA007 | Vandenberg SLC-2W | Firefly | ||||
Elytra | NRO / Firefly / Xtenti | Low Earth | Space tug | |||||
NRO Responsive Space Mission, carrying Firefly's Elytra orbital transfer vehicle and Xtenti's FANTM-RiDE payload dispenser. | ||||||||
23 October [203][111] | Long March 2F/G | 2F-Y19 | Jiuquan SLS-1 | CASC | ||||
Shenzhou 19 | TBA | Low Earth (TSS) | TBA | |||||
Late October [205][206] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | |||||
Blue Ghost M1 | NASA / Firefly | TLI to lunar surface | Lunar lander | |||||
First flight of Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander. Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) mission delivering ten payloads to Mare Crisium.[204] | ||||||||
Late October [207][208] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | |||||
Ax-4 | SpaceX / Axiom Space | Low Earth (ISS) | Private spaceflight | |||||
Axiom Mission 4, launching on Crew Dragon. 14-day commercial flight of four astronauts to the International Space Station. | ||||||||
Late October [209] | GSLV Mk II | F15 | Satish Dhawan SLP | ISRO | ||||
NISAR | NASA / ISRO | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
October (TBD)[210] | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||||
QS-1 | Quantum Space | Earth–Moon L1 | Technology demonstration | |||||
November[edit] | ||||||||
5 November [211][212] | Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat | Vostochny Site 1S | Roscosmos | |||||
Ionosfera-M №1 | IKI RAN | Low Earth (SSO) | Ionospheric research | |||||
Ionosfera-M №2 | IKI RAN | Low Earth (SSO) | Ionospheric research | |||||
15 November[214][126] | Vega-C | VV25 | Kourou ELV | Arianespace | ||||
Sentinel-1C | ESA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Third Sentinel-1 satellite. Return to flight for Vega-C following the VV22 launch failure.[213] | ||||||||
21 November[88] | Soyuz-2.1a | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Roscosmos | |||||
Progress MS-29 / 90P | Roscosmos | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | |||||
30 November [211][215] | Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat-M | Vostochny Site 1S | Roscosmos | |||||
Kondor-FKA №2[216] | Roscosmos | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | |||||
November (TBD)[140] | Electron | Mahia LC-1 | Rocket Lab | |||||
⚀ Kinéis × 5 | Kinéis | Low Earth | IoT | |||||
Third of five dedicated launches for Kinéis' IoT satellite constellation. | ||||||||
November (TBD)[217][218] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Kennedy | SpaceX | |||||
SpainSat NG I | Hisdesat | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
November (TBD)[219][220] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Vandenberg | SpaceX | |||||
FORMOSAT-8A | TASA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
November (TBD)[221] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon-2 | Cape Canaveral or Vandenberg | SpaceX | ||||
425 Project SAR Sat 2 | DAPA | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | |||||
LizzieSat-2[222] | Sidus Space | Low Earth | IoT | |||||
LizzieSat-3[222] | Sidus Space | Low Earth | IoT | |||||
Hawk 11A,11B,11C | HawkEye 360 | Low Earth | SIGINT | |||||
⚀ SC1[223] | GITAI | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ CTC 0 | Exotrail | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
⚀ XCUBE-1[224] | Xplore | Low Earth | Earth observation | |||||
▫ TBA × 2[225] | Hello Space | Low Earth | IoT | |||||
Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to a 45-degree mid-inclination orbit, designated Bandwagon-2. Third of Five dedicated launches for DAPA 425 Project (425 Project Flight 3). | ||||||||
November (TBD) [111][226] | Long March 7A | 7A-Y? | Wenchang LC-2 | CASC | ||||
XJY 6-02 | TBA | Geosynchronous | TBA | |||||
November (TBD)[165] | Gravity-1 | Y3 | Orienspace | |||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
Scheduled rideshare opportunity. | ||||||||
November (TBD)[227][228] | Pallas-1 | Y1 | Wenchang Hainan LC-2 | Galactic Energy | ||||
Low Earth | ||||||||
Maiden flight of the Pallas-1 launch vehicle. | ||||||||
November (TBD)[155][156] | Tianlong-3 | Y3 | Jiuquan | Space Pioneer | ||||
TBA | Space Pioneer | Low Earth (SSO) | Flight test | |||||
December[edit] | ||||||||
30 December[231] | Electron | Mahia LC-1 | Rocket Lab | |||||
Photon relay satellite | Rocket Lab | Heliocentric to Venus | Venus flyby | |||||
Venus Life Finder | MIT / Rocket Lab | Heliocentric to Venus | Venus entry probe | |||||
The Venus Life Finder atmospheric-entry probe will search for phosphine and other potential biosignatures for life on Venus.[229][230] First of three MIT missions to Venus. | ||||||||
Mid December [232] | Ariane 62 | Kourou ELA-4 | Arianespace | |||||
CSO-3 | CNES / DGA | Low Earth (SSO) | Reconnaissance | |||||
Mid December [237] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | |||||
IM-2 Athena | Intuitive Machines | TLI to lunar surface | Lunar lander | |||||
Khon1[238][239] | Intuitive Machines | Selenocentric (ELFO) | Lunar communications | |||||
Lunar Trailblazer[240] | NASA / Caltech | Selenocentric | Lunar orbiter | |||||
Micro-Nova (μNova)[241][238] | Intuitive Machines | TLI to lunar surface | Lunar hopper | |||||
M1 MAPP[242] | Lunar Outpost / Nokia | TLI to lunar surface | Lunar rover Technology demonstration | |||||
Odin (Brokkr-2)[243] | AstroForge | Heliocentric | Technology demonstration | |||||
AstroAnt[244] | MIT | TLI to lunar surface | Lunar rover | |||||