Launch Schedule

LC-81/24, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Spektr-RG (Wikipedia)

Space Telescope

Jun 17

JUN 22

BNU-1, Ziyuan-2D, Tianyi MV-1

Long March 4B

Chinese university to develop microsat for polar climate research

LC-9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center
China

Jun 03

JUN 23

Tianqi 2

Smart Dragon-1

TBD, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
China

Vehicle Debut

Jun 17

JUN 25

03:30 AM

78F

STP-2 (DSX, Lightsail 2, COSMIC-2)

Falcon Heavy

Long-delayed NASA technology demonstration payloads finally set for launch (SpaceNews)

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

STP-2 Mission (SpaceX)

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

Space Test Program (Wikipedia)

Jun 19

Beidou-3I2Q (BD-3)

Long March 3B

LC-3, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Jun 18

JUN 27

04:30 AM

51F

Spaceflight Rideshare (BlackSky Global 4) ("Make It Rain")

Electron

Rocket Lab to launch rideshare mission for Spaceflight | Rocket Lab

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

Press Kit [PDF]

Jun 18

JUN 27

10:00 AM

77F

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

JUN 2019

Cartosat-3 & NEMO-AM

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Apr 19

JUN 2019

Gonets-M 14/15/16

Rockot

LC-133/3, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Gonets (Wikipedia)

NASA Orion AA-2 vehicle at the launch pad for July test (NASASpaceFlight)

Apr 19

JUL 02

Orion Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2)

Abort Test Booster

NASA

LC-46, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Fact Sheet [PDF]

Suborbital

Jun 03

JUL 05

05:41 AM

77F

Meteor-M (2-2)

Soyuz-2

Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome
Russia

Jun 04

JUL 06

Falcon Eye 1

Vega

ELV, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Jun 11

JUL 15

09:21 PM

Chandrayaan-2

GSLV-III

Chandrayaan-2 (Wikipedia)

SLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Jun 13

09:37 PM

Blagovest-14L

Proton-M

Russian Military

LC-81/24, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Jun 13

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 21

CRS SpX-18 (Dragon)

Falcon 9

SpaceX CRS-18 (Wikipedia)

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Jun 17

JUL 24

Intelsat 39 & EDRS-C

Ariane 5

ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

May 28

JUL 25

02:55 PM

GPS III SV02 (Magellan)

Delta IV

GPS Block IIIA (Wikipedia)

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

Series: GPS

Jun 17

JUL 31

12:10 PM

Progress MS-12 (73P)

Soyuz-2

LC-31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Jun 13

JUL 2019

Amos-17

Falcon 9

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Jun 11

JUL 2019

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

CST-100 Starliner (Boe-OFT)

Atlas V

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Uncrewed

Mar 21

AUG 2019

Eutelsat 5 West B & MEV-1

Proton-M

TBD, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Jun 13

SEP 25

Soyuz MS-15 (Expedition 61/62)

Soyuz-FG

LC-1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

ISS Expedition

Feb 04

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)

Jun 06

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

SEP 2019

GISAT

GSLV-II

GEO Imaging Satellite (Wikipedia)

SLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Dec 31

SEP 2019

Electron's First Wallops Launch (Unknown Payload)

Electron

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

Dec 20

SEP 2019

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

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

May 23

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

Jun 18

NOV 20

Elektro-L 3

Proton-M

LC-81/24, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Jun 13

Anasis-II

Falcon 9

South Korea to launch own military satellite in November (TheKoreaTimes)

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

May 23

Falcon Eye 2

Vega

ELV, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Mar 22

Resurs-P 4

Soyuz-2

TBD, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Jan 20

OneWeb

Soyuz-2

TBD, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Series: OneWeb

May 31

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

OneWeb

Soyuz-2

TBD, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Series: OneWeb

May 31

BeiDou-3 M21 & M22 (BD-3)

Long March 3B

TBD, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Jan 08

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

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

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

Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort Test (Suborbital)

Falcon 9

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

Suborbital

Apr 22

Starlink-2

Falcon 9

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

Series: SpaceX Starlink

May 26

Starlink-3

Falcon 9

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

Series: SpaceX Starlink

May 26

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

Chang'e 5

Long March 5

LP-101, Wenchang Satellite Launch Center
China

Lunar Lander

Lunar Rover

Jun 06

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

Jun 06

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

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 (11)

Kuaizhou 1A

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

Jan 03

Jilin 1 (12)

Kuaizhou 1A

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

Jan 03

Beidou-3I1Q (BD-3)

Long March 3A

LC-2, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China