Launch Schedule

Mar 05

MAR 29

4x O3b satellites

Soyuz-2

ELS, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Mar 05

MAR 31

04:30 PM

51F

Tianlian-2-01

Long March 3B

TBD, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Mar 15

MAR 2019

Beidou-2G8

Long March 3C

LC-3, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Feb 17

MAR 2019

Zhongxing-18 (Chinasat-18)

Long March 3B

TBD, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Mar 05

MAR 2019

Beidou-3I1Q (BD-3)

Long March 3A

LC-2, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Series: BeiDou-3

Mar 05

Q1 2019

BlackSky Global 4

Electron

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

Aug 08

Q1 2019

Meridian-M 18L

Soyuz-2

LC-43/4, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Dec 28

APR 01

03:57 AM

86F

EMISAT

PSLV

SLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Mar 21

APR 04

11:01 AM

Progress MS-11 (72P)

Soyuz-2

LC-31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Feb 04

APR 07

Arabsat 6A

Falcon Heavy

Manufactured by Lockheed Martin for the Saudi Arabian Arab Satellite Communications Organization, Arabsat 6A will be positioned in geostationary orbit providing television,...

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

Lockheed Martin Completes Assembly on Arabsat's Newest Communications Satellite

Arab Satellite Comunications Organization (Wikipedia)

SpaceX Wins Falcon Heavy Deal for Arabsat 6A (Via Satellite)

Mar 15

APR 17

08:46 PM

CRS NG-11E (Cygnus) w/ ELaNa 26

Antares

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

Feb 12

APR 25

CRS SpX-17 (Dragon)

Falcon 9

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Feb 11

APR 2019

Blagovest-14L

Proton-M

LC-81/24, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Jan 20

APR 2019

Chandrayaan-2

GSLV-III

Chandrayaan-2 (Wikipedia)

SLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Jan 12

Cartosat-3 & NEMO-AM

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Feb 16

MAY 10

DirecTV 16, Eutelsat-7C

Ariane 5

Satellite Profile (Eutelsat)

ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Mar 05

MAY 16

RCM (RADARSAT)

Falcon 9

RADARSAT Constellation (CSA)

SLC-4E, Vandenberg AFB
California, United States

Flight-Proven Booster

Mar 08

MAY 31

Yamal-601

Proton-M

TBD, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Mar 13

MAY 2019

RISAT-2BR1

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Mar 14

JUN 20

Spektr-RG

Proton-M

TBD, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Space Telescope

Jan 30

JUN 27

AEHF-5

Atlas V

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

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)

Feb 15

Intelsat 39, GSAT-30

Ariane 5

ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Series: ISRO GSAT

Mar 05

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)

Feb 26

Eutelsat 5 West B & MEV-1

Proton-M

TBD, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Mar 13

Falcon Eye 1

Vega

ELV, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Mar 22

Meteor-M (2-2)

Soyuz-2

Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome
Russia

Meteorology Satellite

Feb 04

Arktika-M 1

Soyuz-2

TBD, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Meteorology Satellite

Jan 20

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

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

Intelsat-39

Ariane 5

ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Oct 18

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

Feb 25

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

Feb 15

STP-S27VP

LauncherOne

Virgin Orbit wins first Defense Department launch contract (SpaceNews)

Cosmic Girl, 747-400, Location TBD
Country TBD

Feb 07

Gonets-M 14/15/16

Rockot

LC-133/3, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Gonets (Wikipedia)

Feb 13

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

ISS Expedition

Feb 04

JUL 08

CRS SpX-18 (Dragon)

Falcon 9

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Jan 20

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

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

EDRS-C/HYLAS-3

Ariane 5

ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Mar 05

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

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

SSMS (POC)

Vega

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

ELV, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Mar 05

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 planning first orbital launch [Summer 2018] (SpaceNews)

Vector Announces Five Orbital Launch Reservation with Open Cosmos

Feb 07

SEP 25

Soyuz MS-15 (Expedition 61/62)

Soyuz-FG

LC-1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

ISS Expedition

Feb 04

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

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

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

GEO-KOMPSAT-2B

Ariane 5

ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Meteorology Satellite

Jan 20

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

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

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

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

Chang'e 5

Long March 5

LP-101, Wenchang Satellite Launch Center
China

Lunar Lander

Lunar Rover

Jan 14

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

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

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

IRNSS-1J

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Oct 14

RISAT-2B

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Feb 16

RISAT-1A

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Jan 12

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

Jan 20

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