Launch Schedule

Egyptsat-2 [Previous Mission]

LC-31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

02/18 15:21 UTC - The launch vehicle has arrived at the pad ahead of launch.

Feb 18

MAR 15

01:50 AM

PRISMA

Vega

ELV, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Feb 18

Beidou-2G8

Long March 3C

LC-3, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

No Live Video Expected

Feb 17

MAR 06

RCM (RADARSAT)

Falcon 9

RADARSAT Constellation (CSA)

SLC-4E, Vandenberg AFB
California, United States

Flight-Proven Booster

Feb 16

RISAT-2B

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Feb 16

Cartosat-3 & NEMO-AM

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Feb 16

MAR 14

EMISAT

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

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

Gonets-M 14/15/16

Rockot

LC-133/3, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Gonets (Wikipedia)

Feb 13

FEB 26

09:37 PM

OneWeb-1 (1-6)

Soyuz-2

OneWeb scales back baseline constellation by 300 satellites (SpaceNews)

ELS, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

OneWeb satellite constellation (Wikipedia)

Feb 13

APR 17

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

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

JUL 2019

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

Northrop Grumman

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

Feb 11

APR 25

CRS SpX-17 (Dragon)

Falcon 9

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, 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

MAR 02

07:48 AM

Crew Dragon Demo-1 (DM-1)

Falcon 9

Falcon 9 will launch the Crew version of their Dragon spacecraft (Dragon 2) to the International Space Station as part of the first demonstration flights of NASA's Commercial...

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

First SpaceX Crew Dragon test flight set for January (SpaceNews)

B1051

Feb 11

01:45 AM

Nusantara Satu (PSN VI) & Spaceflight GTO-1 (w/ SpaceIL Lunar Lander Beresheet)

Falcon 9

China Great Wall Industry Corp lands Indonesian commercial satellite order (Space News)

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Droneship Landing

Lunar Lander

Feb 08

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

AUG 2019

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

Vector-R

Vector

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

Vehicle Debut

Feb 07

JUL 2019

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)

Feb 06

CST-100 Starliner (Boe-OFT)

Atlas V

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Uncrewed

Feb 06

AUG 2019

Crew-1

Falcon 9

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

Feb 06

SEP 25

Soyuz MS-15 (Expedition 61/62)

Soyuz-FG

LC-1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Feb 04

AUG 22

Soyuz MS-14 (Test Flight)

Soyuz-2

LC-1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Uncrewed

Feb 04

JUL 06

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

APR 04

11:01 AM

Progress MS-11 (72P)

Soyuz-2

LC-31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Feb 04

Meteor-M (2-2)

Soyuz-2

Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome
Russia

Meteorology Satellite

Feb 04

MAR 13

10:58 PM

WGS-10

Delta IV

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

Rocket Lab to launch DARPA satellite (SpaceNews)

Feb 04

FEB 2019

DARPA R3D2

Electron

Rocket Lab

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

Feb 01

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

Spektr-RG

Proton-M

TBD, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Space Telescope

Jan 30

MAR 14

Soyuz MS-12 (Expedition 59/60)

Soyuz-FG

LC-1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Christina Koch, NASA

Nick Hague, NASA

Aleksey Ovchinin, RSA

Jan 29

Q3 2019

APStar-6D

Long March 3B

TBD, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Jan 29

Zhongxing-18

Long March 3B

TBD, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Jan 29

Outernet

Electron

Rocket Lab

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

Jan 22

Falcon Eye 1

Vega

ELV, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Reconnaissance Satellite

Jan 20

OCT 2019

GEO-KOMPSAT-2B

Ariane 5

ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Meteorology Satellite

Jan 20

NOV 2019

Resurs-P 4

Soyuz-2

TBD, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Jan 20

Arktika-M 1

Soyuz-2

TBD, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Meteorology Satellite

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

Blagovest-14L

Proton-M

LC-81/24, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Jan 20

OneWeb

New Glenn

Blue Origin

LC-36, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Jan 20

JUL 2019

GPS III SV02 (Magellan)

Delta IV

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

Series: GPS

Jan 20

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

NROL-111

Minotaur 1

Northrop Grumman

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

Classified Payload

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

Chandrayaan-2

GSLV-III

Chandrayaan-2 (Wikipedia)

SLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Jan 12

SSLV Demo 1

SSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Vehicle Debut

Jan 11

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)

Jan 10

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

SSMS (POC)

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

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

Suborbital

Jan 08

AUG 2019

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)

Jan 07

Planet Flock 1

Electron

Rocket Lab

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

Jilin 1 (12)

Kuaizhou 1A

LA-4 / "Mobile Pad", Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
China

Jan 03

Jilin 1 (11)

Kuaizhou 1A

LA-4 / "Mobile Pad", Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
China

Jan 03

Jilin 1 (10)

Kuaizhou 1A

LA-4 / "Mobile Pad", Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
China

Jan 03

Jilin 1 (09)

Kuaizhou 1A

LA-4 / "Mobile Pad", Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
China

Jan 03

FEB 2020

Solar Orbiter

Atlas V

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Solar Orbit

Jan 03

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

OS-M1 Flight 1

OS-M1

OneSpace

TBD, China TBD
China

Moon Express raises $12.5 million (SpaceNews)

Jan 01

JUL 2020

Moon Express Lunar Scout (MX-1E)

TBD

Pad TBD, Location TBD
Country TBD

Jury awards Intuitive Machines $4.1 million in cash and Moon Express equity (SpaceNews)

Moon Express releases details of its lunar lander missions (SpaceNews)

Lunar Exploration

Jan 01

Long March 5B Flight 1

Long March 5B

LP-101, Wenchang Satellite Launch Center
China

Jan 01

JUL 31

Progress MS-12 (73P)

Soyuz-2

LC-31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Jan 01

MAY 2019

Eutelsat 5 West B & MEV-1

Proton-M

TBD, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Jan 01

Yamal-601

Proton-M

TBD, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Jan 01

MAR 26

4x O3b satellites

Soyuz-2

ELS, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Jan 01

SSLV Demo 2

SSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Dec 31

SEP 2019

GISAT

GSLV-II

GEO Imaging Satellite (Wikipedia)

SLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Dec 31

RISAT-2BR1

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Dec 31

GPS III SV03 (Columbus)

Falcon 9

Cape Canaveral / KSC TBD
Florida, United States

Series: GPS

Dec 28

Q1 2019

Meridian-M 18L

Soyuz-2

LC-43/4, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Dec 28

Bars-M3

Soyuz-2

LC-43/4, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Reconnaissance Satellite

Dec 28

GPS III SV04

Falcon 9

Cape Canaveral / KSC TBD
Florida, United States

Series: GPS

Dec 24

Firefly Alpha Flight 1

Alpha

Firefly

SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB
California, United States