Launch Schedule

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...

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS
Florida, United States

B1083

Series: SpaceX Starlink

Oct 22

OCT 28

Operação Spaceward

HANBIT-Nano

INNOSPACE

Launch Pad, Alcântara Space Center
Brazil

— with: Conasat-1, GOLDS-UFSC, Jussara-K

INNOSPACE

No Live Video Expected

Test Flight

Vehicle Debut

Oct 20

OCT 30

Starlink (11-23)

Falcon 9

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB
California, United States

B1063

Series: SpaceX Starlink

Oct 25

OCT 31

03:44 PM

Shenzhou 21

Long March 2F

CASC

LA-4 / Pad 921 (SLS-1), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
China

Crewed

Oct 21

NOV 02

12:00 AM

CMS-02 (GSAT-7R)

LVM-3

ISRO

SLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Communications Satellite

Series: ISRO GSAT

Oct 26

NOV 02

Bandwagon-4

Falcon 9

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB
California, United States

Oct 25

NOV 04

09:03 PM

Sentinel-1D Mission

Ariane 6

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

ELA-4, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Planetary Science

Oct 07

NOV 05

07:45 PM

"The Nation God Navigates"

Electron

Rocket Lab

LC-1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex, Mahia Peninsula
New Zealand

Sixth Electron launch for Japanese Earth Imaging company iQPS.

Oct 22

NOV 09

ESCAPADE

New Glenn

Blue Origin

LC-36, Cape Canaveral SFS
Florida, United States

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...

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

Mars Orbiter

Test Flight

Oct 14

NOV 26

04:54 PM

CAS500-3

KSLV-2

KARI

LC-2, Naro Space Center
South Korea

Earth Observation Satellite

Oct 07

NOV 27

07:26 AM

Soyuz MS-28

Soyuz-2

Members of ISS Expedition 74: Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Kud-Sverchkov, Sergei Mikayev, and NASA astronaut Christopher Williams will depart from Baikonur Cosmodrome on Soyuz...

LC-31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Crewed

ISS Expedition

Oct 02

NOV 2025

MAIA

Vega C

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.

ELA-1, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Jan 12

DEC 07

02:30 AM

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

H-3

JAXA

LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center
Japan

Navigation Satellite

Oct 11

DEC 10

AIST-2T no. 01 & no. 02

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

Sep 19

DEC 15

11:52 AM

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

Oct 15

DEC 19

12:54 AM

Progress MS-33

Soyuz-2

94th Progress cargo delivery to the International Space Station (94P)

LC-31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

ISS Cargo

Oct 03

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 government to replace Zenit-2 and Proton Medium...

LC-45/1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Test Flight

Vehicle Debut

Apr 22

DEC 2025

Griffin Mission 1

Falcon Heavy

Demonstration flight of the Astrobotic Griffin lander and its engines. The mission will also launch the FLIP lunar rover.

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

VIPER (rover) (Wikipedia)

Lunar Exploration

Lunar Lander

Lunar Rover

NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Oct 07

Q4 2025

Kuiper (KV-01)

Vulcan

United Launch Alliance (ULA)

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS
Florida, United States

The first of many planned Kuiper communication satellites on a Vulcan rocket. 45 satellites will ride on top of an optimized Centaur V upper stage.

Series: Kuiper

Sep 03

Q4 2025

Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) Mission

Vega C

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...

ELA-1, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Planetary Science

Jan 12

Vector relinquishes Air Force launch contract, mission re-awarded to Aevum (SpaceNews)

ASLON-45

Ravn

Aevum

Pad TBD, United States TBD
United States

Air Launch

Jul 11

GO-1 Mission

Ariane 6

ELA-4, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Jan 16

Optus-11

Ariane 6

launching a Ku-band communications satellite with a coverage zone encompassing Australia and New Zealand

ELA-4, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Communications Satellite

Jan 16

IS-41 & IS-44

Ariane 6