Launch Schedule

Falcon 9 will launch 60 of SpaceX's Starlink satellites.

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Musk says Starlink “economically viable” with around 1,000 satellites - SpaceNews.com

Press Kit [PDF]

Starlink (satellite constellation)

B1049

May 20

MAY 27

GLONASS-M

Soyuz-2

LC-43/4, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Apr 28

MAY 30

Yamal-601

Proton-M

LC-200/39, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Yamal-601 (Wikipedia)

May 09

MAY 2019

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

Apr 20

JUN 05

Jilin 1

Long March 11

Sea Launch, Yellow Sea
China

Sea Launch

May 13

JUN 11

RCM (RADARSAT)

Falcon 9

RADARSAT Constellation (CSA)

SLC-4E, Vandenberg AFB
California, United States

B1051

Flight-Proven Booster

May 03

JUN 21

01:44 PM

85F

Spektr-RG

Proton-M

LC-81/24, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Space Telescope

Apr 02

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

JUN 25

Spaceflight Rideshare (BlackSky Global 4)

Electron

Rocket Lab to launch rideshare mission for Spaceflight | Rocket Lab

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

May 15

JUN 27

10:00 AM

75F

AEHF-5

Atlas V

ULA begins stacking Atlas 5 rocket for late June launch (Spaceflight Now)

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

May 21

Eutelsat 5 West B & MEV-1

Proton-M

TBD, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Mar 13

Cartosat-3 & NEMO-AM

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Apr 19

Gonets-M 14/15/16

Rockot

LC-133/3, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Gonets (Wikipedia)

Apr 19

CAS-6

Long March 11

TBD, China TBD
China

Sea Launch

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

Chinese university to develop microsat for polar climate research

LC-9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center
China

Jan 17

JUL 05

DirecTV 16, Eutelsat-7C

Ariane 5

Satellite Profile (Eutelsat)

ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Apr 02

JUL 05

Meteor-M (2-2)

Soyuz-2

Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome
Russia

Apr 30

JUL 08

CRS SpX-18 (Dragon)

Falcon 9

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Jan 20

JUL 09

Chandrayaan-2

GSLV-III

Chandrayaan-2 (Wikipedia)

SLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

May 01

Blagovest-14L

Proton-M

Russian Military

LC-81/24, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

May 18

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

JUL 25

GPS III SV02 (Magellan)

Delta IV

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

Series: GPS

Mar 16

JUL 31

Progress MS-12 (73P)

Soyuz-2

LC-31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Jan 01

Amos-17

Falcon 9

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

Apr 28

Falcon Eye 1

Vega

ELV, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Apr 23

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

SSLV Demo 1

SSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Vehicle Debut

Jan 11

AUG 22

Soyuz MS-14 (Test Flight)

Soyuz-2

LC-1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Uncrewed

Feb 04

AUG 2019

Intelsat 39 & EDRS-C

Ariane 5

ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Apr 26

AUG 2019

CST-100 Starliner (Boe-OFT)

Atlas V

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Uncrewed

Mar 21

SEP 25

Soyuz MS-15 (Expedition 61/62)

Soyuz-FG

LC-1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

ISS Expedition

Feb 04

SSMS (POC)

Vega

Arianespace to launch the ESAIL satellite for exactEarth on Vega’s SSMS POC flight - Arianespace

ELV, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

May 09

GISAT

GSLV-II

GEO Imaging Satellite (Wikipedia)

SLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Dec 31

Electron's First Wallops Launch (Unknown Payload)

Electron

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

Dec 20

HTV-8

H-2B

JAXA

LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center
Japan

Feb 11

JCSAT-18/Kacific-1

Falcon 9

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

Jan 03

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

Jan 12

APStar-6D

Long March 3B

TBD, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Jan 29

OCT 19

CRS2 NG-12 (Cygnus)

Antares

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

Feb 11

OCT 2019

CSG-1 & CHEOPS

Soyuz-2

ELS, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Nov 23

OCT 2019

BeiDou-3 M19 & M20 (BD-3)

Long March 3B

TBD, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Series: BeiDou-3

Jan 08

NOV 2019

Falcon Eye 2

Vega

ELV, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Mar 22

NOV 2019

Resurs-P 4

Soyuz-2

TBD, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Jan 20

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)

May 11

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

Series: GPS

Dec 28

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

Atlas V

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

Series: BeiDou-3

Jan 08

Firefly Alpha Flight 1

Alpha

Firefly

SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB
California, United States

Vehicle Debut

Dec 23

GPS III SV04

Falcon 9

Cape Canaveral / KSC TBD
Florida, United States

Series: GPS

Dec 24

SXM-7

Falcon 9

Cape Canaveral / KSC TBD
Florida, United States

Jan 14

Crew-1 (USCV-1)

Falcon 9

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

Crewed

ISS Expedition

Mar 20

GEO-KOMPSAT-2B

Ariane 5

ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Apr 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

Circle Aerospace 1

Electron

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

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

Aug 08

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

Chang'e 5

Long March 5

LP-101, Wenchang Satellite Launch Center
China

Lunar Lander

Lunar Rover

Jan 14

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

Firefly Aerospace Enters Launch Brokerage Agreement with Spaceflight

Spaceflight Rideshare

Alpha

Firefly

SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB
California, United States

Dec 21

SSLV Demo 2

SSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Dec 31

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

May 01

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

Sep 17

Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort Test (Suborbital)

Falcon 9

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

Suborbital

Apr 22

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

UniSat 7

Vega

ELV, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Sep 28

Ingenio

Vega

ELV, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Mar 05

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

IGS Optical-7

H-2A

JAXA

LA-Y1, Tanegashima Space Center
Japan

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

Jan 22

Kleos KSM

Electron

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

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

Sep 20

Bars-M3

Soyuz-2

LC-43/4, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Dec 28

Neitron

Soyuz-2

LC-43/4, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Dec 07

Meridian-M 18L

Soyuz-2

LC-43/4, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Apr 07

IRNSS-1J

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Oct 14

RISAT-2BR1

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

May 13

RISAT-1A

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Jan 12

VCLS / ELaNa XX

LauncherOne

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

Cosmic Girl, 747-400, Location TBD
Country TBD

NASA VCLS

May 11

STP-S27VP

LauncherOne

Virgin Orbit wins first Defense Department launch contract (SpaceNews)

Cosmic Girl, 747-400, Location TBD
Country TBD

May 11

SAS 1

LauncherOne

Cosmic Girl, 747-400, Location TBD
Country TBD

Dec 18

µHETsat

LauncherOne

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

Cosmic Girl, 747-400, Location TBD
Country TBD

Dec 18

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

SpaceBelt-1

LauncherOne

Virgin Orbit to deploy SpaceBelt satellites

Cosmic Girl, 747-400, Location TBD
Country TBD

Dec 18

NROL-44

Delta IV Heavy

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

Classified Payload

Feb 22

Fengyun-4B

Long March 3B

Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Nov 28

Zhongxing-18 (Chinasat-18)

Long March 3B

TBD, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Apr 13

TCSTAR-1

Long March 3B

TBD, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Jan 08

Geo IK-2 3 (13L)

Rockot

Gravitational Science Satellite

LC-133/3, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Geo-IK-2 (Wikipedia)

Sep 05

Gaofen 7

Long March 2D

LA-4 / Pad 603 (SLS-2), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
China

Dec 19

Lybid-1

Zenit 3F

LC-45/1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Dec 08

Fengyun-3E

Long March 4C

LC-9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center
China

Polar Orbit

Nov 28

Zhuhai-1 (OVS-2B, 4x OHS-2)

Long March 11

LA-4 / Pad 603 (SLS-2), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
China

Dec 11

Jilin 1 (09)

Kuaizhou 1A

ExPace (China)

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

Jan 03

Jilin 1 (10)

Kuaizhou 1A

ExPace (China)

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

Jan 03