Launch Schedule

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Mission

Modified

OS-M1 Flight 1 (Lingque-1B)

OS-M1

TBD, China TBD
China

Chinese rocket maker OneSpace secures $44m in funding; Expace prepares for commercial launch (SpaceNews)

No Live Video Expected

Mar 05

4x O3b satellites

Soyuz-2

ELS, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Communications Satellite

Mar 05

04:30 PM

63F

Tianlian-2-01

Long March 3B

TBD, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Communications Satellite

Mar 15

DARPA R3D2

Electron

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

Rocket Lab to launch DARPA satellite (SpaceNews)

Mar 15

Beidou-2G8

Long March 3C

LC-3, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Navigation Satellite

No Live Video Expected

Feb 17

Zhongxing-18 (Chinasat-18)

Long March 3B

TBD, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Communications Satellite

Mar 05

Beidou-3I1Q (BD-3)

Long March 3A

LC-2, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

No Live Video Expected

Series: BeiDou-3

Mar 05

BlackSky Global 4

Electron

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

Earth Observation Satellite

Aug 08

Meridian-M 18L

Soyuz-2

LC-43/4, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Communications Satellite

Dec 28

EMISAT

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Mar 10

11:01 AM

Progress MS-11 (72P)

Soyuz-2

LC-31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Feb 04

Arabsat 6A

Falcon Heavy

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

Manufactured by Lockheed Martin for the Saudi Arabian Arab Satellite Communications Organization, Arabsat 6A will be positioned in geostationary orbit providing television,...

Lockheed Martin Completes Assembly on Arabsat's Newest Communications Satellite

Arab Satellite Comunications Organization (Wikipedia)

SpaceX Wins Falcon Heavy Deal for Arabsat 6A (Via Satellite)

03/15 18:02 UTC - Michael Sheetz reports that sources indicate launch has been scheduled for April 7, 2019 at 22:36 UTC. Stay tuned for official updates.

Communications Satellite

Mar 15

08:46 PM

CRS NG-11E (Cygnus) w/ ELaNa 26

Antares

Northrop Grumman

Pad 0A, Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (Wallops Island)
Virginia, United States

Feb 12

CRS SpX-17 (Dragon)

Falcon 9

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Feb 11

Blagovest-14L

Proton-M

LC-81/24, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Communications Satellite

Jan 20

Falcon Eye 1

Vega

ELV, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Reconnaissance Satellite

Mar 05

Chandrayaan-2

GSLV-III

SLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Chandrayaan-2 (Wikipedia)

Lunar Exploration

Jan 12

Cartosat-3 & NEMO-AM

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Earth Observation Satellite

Feb 16

DirecTV 16, Eutelsat-7C

Ariane 5

ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Satellite Profile (Eutelsat)

Communications Satellite

Mar 05

RCM (RADARSAT)

Falcon 9

SLC-4E, Vandenberg AFB
California, United States

RADARSAT Constellation (CSA)

Earth Observation Satellite

Flight-Proven Booster

Mar 08

Yamal-601

Proton-M

TBD, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Communications Satellite

Mar 13

RISAT-2BR1

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Earth Observation Satellite

Mar 14

Spektr-RG

Proton-M

TBD, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Space Telescope

Jan 30

AEHF-5

Atlas V

United Launch Alliance (ULA)

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Jan 20

LauncherOne Flight 1

LauncherOne

Cosmic Girl, 747-400, Location TBD
Country TBD

Under development by Virgin Orbit since 2007, LauncherOne is an air launched rocket for small satellite payloads. Having secured launch contracts for several customers, Virgin...

Virgin Galactic continues to test LauncherOne engine (Spaceflight Insider)

Feb 15

Intelsat 39, GSAT-30

Ariane 5

ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Communications Satellite

Series: ISRO GSAT

Mar 05

STP-2 (DSX, Lightsail 2, Formosat-7)

Falcon Heavy

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

Rideshare mission for U.S. military confirmed as second Falcon Heavy launch (SpaceflightNow)

Space Test Program (Wikipedia)

Feb 26

Eutelsat 5 West B & MEV-1

Proton-M

TBD, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Communications Satellite

Mar 13

Meteor-M (2-2)

Soyuz-2

Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome
Russia

Meteorology Satellite

Feb 04

Arktika-M 1

Soyuz-2

TBD, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Meteorology Satellite

Jan 20

CAS-6

Long March 11

TBD, China TBD
China

Communications Satellite

Jan 08

Long March 5B Flight 1

Long March 5B

LP-101, Wenchang Satellite Launch Center
China

Jan 01

BNU-1, Ziyuan-2D

Long March 4B

LC-9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center
China

Chinese university to develop microsat for polar climate research

No Live Video Expected

Jan 17

Amos-17

Falcon 9

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

Jan 08

Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort Test (Suborbital)

Falcon 9

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

Commercial Crew Program (CCP)

Jan 08

Intelsat-39

Ariane 5

ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Communications Satellite

Oct 18

ICON

Pegasus

Northrop Grumman

Stargazer L-1011, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Ionospheric Connection Explorer (Wikipedia)

SFN: Pegasus rocket selected to launch ICON satellite

Feb 25

VCLS / ELaNa XX

LauncherOne

Cosmic Girl, 747-400, Location TBD
Country TBD

NASA Awards Venture Class Launch Services Contracts for CubeSat Satellites (NASA)

Feb 15

STP-S27VP

LauncherOne

Cosmic Girl, 747-400, Location TBD
Country TBD

Virgin Orbit wins first Defense Department launch contract (SpaceNews)

Feb 07

Gonets-M 14/15/16

Rockot

LC-133/3, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Gonets (Wikipedia)

Communications Satellite

Feb 13

Soyuz MS-13 (Expedition 60/61)

Soyuz-FG

LC-1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Andrew R. Morgan, NASA

Luca Parmitano, ESA

Aleksandr Skvortsov, RSA

Feb 04

CRS SpX-18 (Dragon)

Falcon 9

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Jan 20

GPS III SV02 (Magellan)

Delta IV

United Launch Alliance (ULA)

SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Navigation Satellite

Mar 16

Progress MS-12 (73P)

Soyuz-2

LC-31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Jan 01

EDRS-C/HYLAS-3

Ariane 5

ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Communications Satellite

Mar 05

Shijian-20

Long March 5

LP-101, Wenchang Satellite Launch Center
China

China's Long March 5 rocket to return to flight in second half of 2018 (GBTIMES)

Communications Satellite

Return to Flight

Feb 11

SSLV Demo 1

SSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Jan 11

Soyuz MS-14 (Test Flight)

Soyuz-2

LC-1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Feb 04

CST-100 Starliner (Boe-CFT)

Atlas V

United Launch Alliance (ULA)

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

NASA Astronaut Nicole Mann (Wikipedia)

Boeing Astronaut Chris Ferguson (Wikipedia)

NASA Astronaut Eric Boe (Wikipedia)

Commercial Crew Program (CCP)

Jan 07

SSMS (POC)

Vega

ELV, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Mar 05

Vector-R Orbital Flight 1 (Unicorn 2A & Delfi-PQ 1 PocketQubes)

Vector-R

Launch Pad, Pacific Spaceport Complex - Alaska
Alaska, United States

Vector founder: “100 percent” confident in first orbital launch this year (Ars Technica)

Vector planning first orbital launch [Summer 2018] (SpaceNews)

Vector Announces Five Orbital Launch Reservation with Open Cosmos

Feb 07

Soyuz MS-15 (Expedition 61/62)

Soyuz-FG

LC-1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Feb 04

GISAT

GSLV-II

SLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

GEO Imaging Satellite (Wikipedia)

Earth Observation Satellite

Dec 31

Electron's First Wallops Launch (Unknown Payload)

Electron

LC-2, Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (Wallops Island)
Virginia, United States

Dec 20

HTV-8

H-2B

LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center
Japan

Feb 11

Crew Dragon Demo-2 (DM-2)

Falcon 9

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

NASA Astronaut Doug Hurley (Wikipedia)

NASA Astronaut Bob Behnken (Wikipedia)

Commercial Crew on tight but achievable timeline for crewed flights in 2018 (NASASpaceFlight.com)

Commercial Crew Program (CCP)

Mar 08

Crew-1

Falcon 9

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

Mar 16

JCSAT-18/Kacific-1

Falcon 9

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

Communications Satellite

Jan 03

CST-100 Starliner (Boe-OFT)

Atlas V

United Launch Alliance (ULA)

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Commercial Crew Program (CCP)

Mar 15

NOOR-1A & NOOR-1B

Electron

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

Mar 04

Cartosat-3A

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Earth Observation Satellite

Jan 12

APStar-6D

Long March 3B

TBD, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Communications Satellite

Jan 29

CRS2 NG-12 (Cygnus)

Antares

Northrop Grumman

Pad 0A, Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (Wallops Island)
Virginia, United States

Feb 11

GEO-KOMPSAT-2B

Ariane 5

ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Meteorology Satellite

Jan 20

CSG-1 & CHEOPS

Soyuz-2

ELS, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Earth Observation Satellite

Nov 23

BeiDou-3 M19 & M20 (BD-3)

Long March 3B

TBD, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Navigation Satellite

Series: BeiDou-3

Jan 08

Resurs-P 4

Soyuz-2

TBD, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Earth Observation Satellite

Jan 20

CRS SpX-19 (Dragon)

Falcon 9

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Feb 11

GPS III SV03 (Columbus)

Falcon 9

Cape Canaveral / KSC TBD
Florida, United States

Navigation Satellite

Dec 28

X-37B OTV-6 (AFSPC-7)

Atlas V

United Launch Alliance (ULA)

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Jan 20

Progress MS-13 (74P)

Soyuz-2

LC-31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Feb 11

BeiDou-3 M21 & M22 (BD-3)

Long March 3B

TBD, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Navigation Satellite

Series: BeiDou-3

Jan 08

Firefly Alpha Flight 1

Alpha

SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB
California, United States

Dec 23

SAOCOM-1B

Falcon 9

SLC-4E, Vandenberg AFB
California, United States

Dec 23

GPS III SV04

Falcon 9

Cape Canaveral / KSC TBD
Florida, United States

Navigation Satellite

Dec 24

SXM-7

Falcon 9

Cape Canaveral / KSC TBD
Florida, United States

Communications Satellite

Jan 14

STP-3 (STPSat-6)

Atlas V

United Launch Alliance (ULA)

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

ULA wins competition for $191 million Air Force launch (SpaceNews)

Feb 27

Circle Aerospace 1

Electron

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

Rocket Lab signs agreement for ten dedicated Electron missions with Circle Aerospace

Aug 08

Chang'e 5

Long March 5

LP-101, Wenchang Satellite Launch Center
China

Jan 14

Spaceflight Rideshare

Alpha

SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB
California, United States

Firefly Aerospace Enters Launch Brokerage Agreement with Spaceflight

Dec 21

SSLV Demo 2

SSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Dec 31

GiSAT-1

Falcon 9

Cape Canaveral / KSC TBD
Florida, United States

GiSAT-1 (Wikipedia)

Jun 13

SARah 1

Falcon 9

SLC-4E, Vandenberg AFB
California, United States

Reconnaissance Satellite

Sep 17

UniSat 7

Vega

ELV, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Sep 28

Ingenio

Vega

ELV, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Earth Observation Satellite

Mar 05

IGS Optical-7

H-2A

LA-Y1, Tanegashima Space Center
Japan

Reconnaissance Satellite

Nov 10

Planet Flock 1

Electron

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

Jan 04

Outernet

Electron

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

Communications Satellite

Jan 22

Kleos KSM

Electron

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

Rocket Lab signs contract to launch first satellites for Kleos Space constellation

Sep 20

Bars-M3

Soyuz-2

LC-43/4, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Reconnaissance Satellite

Dec 28

Neitron

Soyuz-2

LC-43/4, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Dec 07

IRNSS-1J

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Navigation Satellite

Oct 14

RISAT-2B

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Earth Observation Satellite

Feb 16

RISAT-1A

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Earth Observation Satellite

Jan 12

NROL-111

Minotaur 1

Northrop Grumman

Pad 0B, Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (Wallops Island)
Virginia, United States

Minotaur rocket launch for NRO expected at Wallops by end of 2018 (Spaceflight Now)

Classified Payload

Jan 20

SAS 1

LauncherOne

Cosmic Girl, 747-400, Location TBD
Country TBD

Dec 18

µHETsat

LauncherOne

Cosmic Girl, 747-400, Location TBD
Country TBD

Virgin Orbit sign SITAEL contract for LauncherOne satellite launch (NASASpaceflight)

Dec 18

GomSpace

LauncherOne

Cosmic Girl, 747-400, Location TBD
Country TBD

GomSpace signs contract for low-inclination launch on Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne (GomSpace)

Feb 15

SpaceBelt-1

LauncherOne

Cosmic Girl, 747-400, Location TBD
Country TBD

Virgin Orbit to deploy SpaceBelt satellites

Dec 18

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