Launch Schedule

Earth Observation Satellite

LC-9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center
China

Landspace of China to launch first rocket in Q4 2018 (SpaceNews)

Oct 20

OCT 27

Weilai-1 (CCTV)

Zhuque-1

LandSpace

Wenchang Satellite Launch Center
China

Earth Observation Satellite

GOSAT-2 Project Site (JAXA)

Oct 01

OCT 29

04:08 AM

69F

GOSAT-2 (Ibuki-2)

H-2A

JAXA

Tanegashima Space Center
Japan

Aug 29

OCT 29

CFOSAT

Long March 2C

Chinese-French Oceanography Satellite (eoPortal)

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
China

Earth Observation Satellite

Aug 23

NOV 01

Beidou-3G1Q

Long March 3B

Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Oct 19

NOV 03

GLONASS-M (60)

Soyuz-2

43/4, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Oct 03

NOV 07

12:47 AM

MetOp-C

Soyuz-2

ELS, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Meteorology Satellite

Polar Orbit

Jul 03

NOV 14

Es’hail-2

Falcon 9

Es’hailSat selects SpaceX to launch second satellite (Gulf Times)

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

Droneship Landing

Oct 18

NOV 15

09:49 AM

CRS NG-10E (Cygnus)

Antares

Northrop Grumman

Pad 0A, Wallops Island
Virginia, United States

ISS Cargo

Oct 04

NOV 17

LauncherOne Flight 1

LauncherOne

Virgin Orbit

Cosmic Girl 747-400
United States

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)

Oct 22

06:30 PM

Spaceflight SSO-A (Sun Synch Express)

Falcon 9

SSO-A Mission Prep at Auburn Integration Facility (Spaceflight)

SLC-4E, Vandenberg AFB
California, United States

Oct 22

NOV 20

MOHAMMED VI-B

Vega

ELV, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Oct 18

NOV 22

HySIS

PSLV

ISRO

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Center
India

Oct 03

NOV 27

09:19 PM

CRS SpX-16 (Dragon)

Falcon 9

United Launch Alliance (ULA)

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral
Florida, United States

ISS Cargo

Sep 26

NOV 29

NROL-71

Delta IV Heavy

SLC-6, Vandenberg AFB
California, United States

Next round of U.S. optical spy satellites to start launching in 2018 (Spaceflight Now)

Classified Payload

Oct 17

Progress MS-10 (71P)

Soyuz-FG

LC-1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

ISS Cargo

Oct 19

GSAT-7A

GSLV-II

ISRO

SLP, Satish Dhawan Space Center
India

Series: ISRO GSAT

Aug 28

On its first fully commercial flight of Electron, Rocket Lab will launch several payloads to orbit from the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand.

It's Business Time (2x Lemur-2, CICERO-x, IRVINE 01, NABEO)

Electron

Rocket Lab

LC-1, Mahia Peninsula
New Zealand

Rocket Lab set for first operational Electron launch with five payload elements (NASASpaceFlight)

Rocket Lab to Launch First Commercial Mission This Month

It's Business Time at Rocket Lab

Aug 06

GSAT-29

GSLV-III

ISRO

SLP, Satish Dhawan Space Center
India

Series: ISRO GSAT

Oct 10

BeiDou-3 M17 & M18 (BD-3)

Long March 3B

Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Series: BeiDou-3

Oct 16

SaudiSAT-5A & SaudiSAT-5B

Long March 2D

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
China

Oct 19

DEC 04

GSAT-11 & GEO-KOMPSAT-2A

Ariane 5

ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

GSAT (Wikipedia)

Meteorology Satellite

Series: ISRO GSAT

Sep 28

DEC 08

Chang'e 4 Lander/Rover

Long March 3B

Chang'e-4: Far side of the Moon lander and rover mission to launch in December (GBTIMES)

Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Oct 09

02:08 PM

GPS III-SV 1

Falcon 9

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral
Florida, United States

Series: GPS

Oct 06

DEC 15

BNU-1

TBD

Chinese university to develop microsat for polar climate research

TBD
TBD

Aug 23

DEC 18

CSO-1

Soyuz-2

ELS, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Reconnaissance Satellite

Oct 18

DEC 20

Soyuz MS-11 (Expedition 58/59)

Soyuz-FG

International Space Station crew members Oleg Kononenko (Russian), David Saint-Jacques (Canadian) and Anne McClain (American) will fly on a Russian Soyuz rocket for Expedition...

LC-1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Anne McClain, NASA (Wikipedia)

David Saint-Jacques, CSA (Wikipedia)

Oleg Kononenko, RSA (Wikipedia)

Crewed

ISS Expedition

Jun 13

DEC 22

Blagovest-13L

Proton-M

LC-200/39, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan