Launch Schedule

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB
California, United States

Dec 01

DEC 10

01:58 AM

TBD

Long March 2D

China

LC-3, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

No Live Video Expected

Unconfirmed Payload

Dec 05

DEC 10

Starlink (6-34)

Falcon 9

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS
Florida, United States

Dec 05

DEC 11

USSF-52 (OTV-7)

Falcon Heavy

The USAF's X-37B spaceplane will launch on board.

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

Dec 05

04:00 AM

"The Moon God Awakens" (QPS-SAR-5)

Electron

The Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS) selects Rocket Lab following the demise of Virgin Orbit.

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

Return to Flight

Dec 03

DEC 14

09:00 PM

Ovzon-3

Falcon 9

United Launch Alliance (ULA)

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS
Florida, United States

Communications Satellite

Dec 01

DEC 16

Arktika-M no.2

Soyuz-2

Roscosmos

LC-31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Meteorology Satellite

Sep 25

DEC 24

Vulcan Flight 1

Vulcan

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS
Florida, United States

— with: Peregrine 1, Celestis Enterprise Flight

Debut launch of ULA's new Vulcan rocket. Astrobotic's Peregrine lander will carry 16 customer payloads to the lunar surface.

Peregrine Lander | Astrobotic

Lunar Lander

NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Test Flight

Vehicle Debut

Oct 25

DEC 28

02:00 AM

XPoSat

PSLV

ISRO

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Nov 29

Starlink (8-1)

Falcon 9

Group 8 Starlink satellites are expected to be the first with direct-to-device service.

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB
California, United States

Oct 21

Flight 2

RS1

ABL Space

LP-3C, Pacific Spaceport Complex - Alaska
Alaska, United States

Test Flight

Oct 31

Starlink (6-32)

Falcon 9

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS
Florida, United States

Dec 05

Starlink (6-35)

Falcon 9

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS
Florida, United States

Dec 01

The mission will launch a Lockheed Martin new Electronically Steerable Antenna (ESA) wideband satellite.

Fly The Lightning

Alpha

Firefly

SLC-2W, Vandenberg SFB
California, United States

Communications Satellite

Dec 01

USSF-124

Falcon 9

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS
Florida, United States

Classified Payload

LZ-1 Landing

Nov 14

INSAT-3DS

GSLV-II

ISRO

SLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Meteorology Satellite

Nov 23

Flight 3

Kinetica-1

CAS Space

TBD, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
China

Unconfirmed Payload

Nov 28

SARah 2 & 3

Falcon 9

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB
California, United States

Classified Payload

LZ-4 Landing

Oct 10

Reflight of the payloads from the failed NS-23 mission from September 2022.

NS-24

New Shepard

Blue Origin

Launch Pad, Corn Ranch Spaceport
Texas, United States

SpaceNews: Blue Origin within a “few weeks” of resuming New Shepard flights

Return to Flight

Suborbital

Nov 28

Nusantara Lima

Falcon 9

Pad TBD, Cape Canaveral / KSC TBD
Florida, United States

Communications Satellite

Mar 06

Q4 2023

Hawkeye 360 Flight 2

Electron

The second of three missions of the Hawkeye 360 analytics provider's constellation of 15 satellites. 6 satellites will launch on this flight.

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

Sep 13

Q4 2023

ADRAS-J

Electron

Test mission for JAXA's Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration Project (CRD2).

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

Sep 17

Q4 2023

Acadia-3

Electron