Launch Schedule

RCM (RADARSAT)

Falcon 9

RADARSAT Constellation (CSA)

SLC-4E, Vandenberg AFB
California, United States

B1051

Flight-Proven Booster

Apr 22

Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort Test (Suborbital)

Falcon 9

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

Suborbital

Apr 22

APR 30

08:22 AM

72F

CRS SpX-17 (Dragon)

Falcon 9

SpaceX CRS-17 (Wikipedia)

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Apr 22

ICON

Pegasus

Ionospheric Connection Explorer (Wikipedia)

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

ICON (NASA)

SFN: Pegasus rocket selected to launch ICON satellite

Air Launch

Apr 20

Arktika-M 1

Soyuz-2

TBD, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Meteorology Satellite

Apr 19

MAY 13

GLONASS-M

Soyuz-2

LC-43/4, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Apr 19

Gonets-M 14/15/16

Rockot

LC-133/3, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Gonets (Wikipedia)

Apr 19

Cartosat-3 & NEMO-AM

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Apr 19

Blagovest-14L

Proton-M

LC-81/24, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Apr 18

MAY 29

Yamal-601

Proton-M

TBD, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Apr 18

NROL-111

Minotaur 1

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

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

Classified Payload

Apr 18

Amos-17

Falcon 9

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

Apr 17

STP-27RD (SPARC-1, Falcon ODE, and Harbinger)

Electron

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

Apr 17

JUN 22

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

Falcon Heavy

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

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

Space Test Program (Wikipedia)

Apr 16

JUL 20

04:25 PM

Soyuz MS-13 (Expedition 60/61)

Soyuz-FG

LC-1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Andrew R. Morgan, NASA

Luca Parmitano, ESA

Aleksandr Skvortsov, RSA

ISS Expedition

Apr 14

Zhongxing-18 (Chinasat-18)

Long March 3B

TBD, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Apr 13

Beidou-2G8

Long March 3C

LC-3, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

No Live Video Expected

Apr 13

Beidou-3I1Q (BD-3)

Long March 3A

LC-2, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

No Live Video Expected

Series: BeiDou-3

Apr 13

JUN 2021

DART

Falcon 9

How the JHU Applied Physics Lab Plans to Defend Earth from Asteroids (Baltimore Magazine)

SLC-4E, Vandenberg AFB
California, United States

Double Asteroid Redirection Test (Wikipedia)

Asteroid Impactor

Apr 11

JUN 27

Meteor-M (2-2)

Soyuz-2

Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome
Russia

Meteorology Satellite

Apr 07

Meridian-M 18L

Soyuz-2

LC-43/4, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Apr 07

Starlink Flight 1

Falcon 9

Starlink is SpaceX's planned Internet satellite constellation.

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Starlink (satellite constellation)

Apr 05

JUN 21

01:44 PM

87F

Spektr-RG

Proton-M

LC-81/24, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Space Telescope

Apr 02

GEO-KOMPSAT-2B

Ariane 5

ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Meteorology Satellite

Apr 02

EDRS-C/HYLAS-3

Ariane 5

ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Apr 02

Intelsat 39, GSAT-30

Ariane 5

ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Series: ISRO GSAT

Apr 02

JUL 19

Falcon Eye 1

Vega

ELV, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Reconnaissance Satellite

Apr 02

JUL 05

DirecTV 16, Eutelsat-7C

Ariane 5

Satellite Profile (Eutelsat)

ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Apr 02

Open Cosmos 1

Vector-R

Vector

Pacific Spaceport Complex - Alaska
Alaska, United States

Apr 01

Landmapper-HD

Vector-R

Vector

Pacific Spaceport Complex - Alaska
Alaska, United States

Apr 01

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

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

Vector-R

Vector

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

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

Vector Announces Five Orbital Launch Reservation with Open Cosmos

Vehicle Debut

Apr 01

Chandrayaan-2

GSLV-III

Chandrayaan-2 (Wikipedia)

SLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Apr 01

BlackSky Global 4

Electron

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

Mar 29

NROL-129

Minotaur IV

Two Minotaur launches planned this year from Virginia (Spaceflight Now)

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

Mar 22

Q1 2020

SAOCOM-1B

Falcon 9

SLC-4E, Vandenberg AFB
California, United States

Mar 22

Crew Dragon Demo-2 (DM-2)

Falcon 9

NASA Astronaut Doug Hurley (Wikipedia)

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

NASA Astronaut Bob Behnken (Wikipedia)

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

Crewed

Mar 22

NOV 2019

Falcon Eye 2

Vega

ELV, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Reconnaissance Satellite

Mar 22

CST-100 Starliner (Boe-OFT)

Atlas V

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Uncrewed

Mar 21

CST-100 Starliner (Boe-CFT)

Atlas V

NASA Astronaut Nicole Mann (Wikipedia)

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Boeing Astronaut Chris Ferguson (Wikipedia)

NASA Astronaut Eric Boe (Wikipedia)

Crewed

Mar 21

Crew-1 (USCV-1)

Falcon 9

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

Crewed

ISS Expedition

Mar 20

JUL 25

GPS III SV02 (Magellan)

Delta IV

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

Series: GPS

Mar 16

RISAT-2BR1

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Mar 14

Eutelsat 5 West B & MEV-1

Proton-M

TBD, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Mar 13

Oceansat-3

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Mar 13

CERES

Vega

ELV, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Reconnaissance Satellite

Mar 09

SSMS (POC)

Vega

ELV, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Mar 05

Q3 2019

NOOR-1A & NOOR-1B

Electron

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

Mar 04

JUL 16 2020

Ariane 6 Flight 1 (w/ OneWeb)

Ariane 6

ESA signs up as Ariane 6 inaugural customer with two Galileo missions (SpaceNews)

ELA-4, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Vehicle Debut

Mar 02

STP-3 (STPSat-6)

Atlas V

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

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Feb 27

2022

SBIRS GEO-6

Atlas V

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Feb 21

SBIRS GEO-5

Atlas V

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Feb 21

2022

Silent Barker

Atlas V

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Feb 21

NROL-85

TBD

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

Feb 21

AFSPC-44

TBD

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

Feb 21

NROL-87

Falcon 9

SLC-4E, Vandenberg AFB
California, United States

Feb 21

RISAT-2B

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Feb 16

GomSpace

LauncherOne

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

Cosmic Girl, 747-400, Location TBD
Country TBD

Feb 15

Q2 2019

LauncherOne Flight 1

LauncherOne

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...

Cosmic Girl, 747-400, Location TBD
Country TBD

Virgin Galactic continues to test LauncherOne engine (Spaceflight Insider)

Feb 15

VCLS / ELaNa XX

LauncherOne

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

Cosmic Girl, 747-400, Location TBD
Country TBD

Air Launch

NASA VCLS

Feb 15

Progress MS-13 (74P)

Soyuz-2

LC-31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Feb 11

CRS SpX-19 (Dragon)

Falcon 9

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Feb 11

SEP 2019

HTV-8

H-2B

JAXA

LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center
Japan

Feb 11

Shijian-20

Long March 5

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

LP-101, Wenchang Satellite Launch Center
China

Return to Flight

Feb 11

OCT 19

CRS2 NG-12 (Cygnus)

Antares

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

Feb 11

ViaSat 3

Falcon Heavy

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

Series: ViaSat-3

Feb 11

ViaSat 3

Ariane 5

ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Series: ViaSat-3

Feb 11

ViaSat 3

Atlas V

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Series: ViaSat-3

Feb 11

Q2 2019

STP-S27VP

LauncherOne

Virgin Orbit wins first Defense Department launch contract (SpaceNews)

Cosmic Girl, 747-400, Location TBD
Country TBD

Air Launch

Feb 07

JUL 25 2020

ExoMars Rover (Rosalind Franklin)

Proton-M

ExoMars Rover (Wikipedia)

Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Mars Rover

Feb 07

SEP 25

Soyuz MS-15 (Expedition 61/62)

Soyuz-FG

LC-1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

ISS Expedition

Feb 04

AUG 22

Soyuz MS-14 (Test Flight)

Soyuz-2

LC-1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Uncrewed

Feb 04

OCT 2021

Lucy

Atlas V

Lucy: The First Mission to Jupiter’s Trojans

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Lucy Mission

Feb 01

2022

Restore-L

TBD

US TBD

Pad TBD, Vandenberg AFB
California, United States

Jan 31

Blue Origin’s Powerful New Glenn Rocket to Launch Telesat’s Advanced Global LEO Satellite Constellation

Telesat LEO

New Glenn

Blue Origin

LC-36, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Jan 31

Crewed Test Flight 1

New Shepard

Blue Origin

Launch Pad, Corn Ranch Spaceport
Texas, United States

Jan 30

APStar-6D

Long March 3B

TBD, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Jan 29

Outernet

Electron

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

Jan 22

NOV 2019

Resurs-P 4

Soyuz-2

TBD, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Jan 20

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

Atlas V

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Jan 20

JUN 27

AEHF-5

Atlas V

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Jan 20

JUL 08

CRS SpX-18 (Dragon)

Falcon 9

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Jan 20

OneWeb

New Glenn

Blue Origin

LC-36, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Jan 20

BNU-1, Ziyuan-2D

Long March 4B

Chinese university to develop microsat for polar climate research

LC-9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center
China

No Live Video Expected

Jan 17

SXM-7

Falcon 9

Cape Canaveral / KSC TBD
Florida, United States

Jan 14

Chang'e 5

Long March 5

LP-101, Wenchang Satellite Launch Center
China

Lunar Lander

Lunar Rover

Jan 14

RISAT-1A

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Jan 12

Q3 2019

Cartosat-3A

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Jan 12

SSLV Demo 1

SSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Vehicle Debut

Jan 11

Q1 2020

Nauka ISS Module

Proton-M

A Proton-M rocket will launch the Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module to the International Space Station.

TBD, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Jan 10

2023

Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX)

Vega

ELV, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Jan 10

2023

#dearMoon Lunar Flyby

BFR

Japanese Billionaire Charters SpaceX Trip Around The Moon

Pad TBD, United States TBD
United States

Tourism

Jan 09

WorldView Legion-1

Falcon 9

Pad TBD, United States TBD
United States

Flight-Proven Booster

Jan 09

WorldView Legion-2

Falcon 9

Pad TBD, United States TBD
United States

Flight-Proven Booster

Jan 09

BeiDou-3 M21 & M22 (BD-3)

Long March 3B

TBD, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Series: BeiDou-3

Jan 08

OCT 2019

BeiDou-3 M19 & M20 (BD-3)

Long March 3B

TBD, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Series: BeiDou-3

Jan 08

TCSTAR-1

Long March 3B

TBD, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Jan 08

CAS-6

Long March 11

TBD, China TBD
China

Sea Launch

Jan 08

Planet Flock 1

Electron

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

Jan 04

Q3 2019

JCSAT-18/Kacific-1

Falcon 9

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

Jan 03