Launch Schedule

ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Galileo (Wikipedia)

Navigation Satellite

Jul 13

JUL 25

11:39 AM

62F

Iridium NEXT (Iridium-7, 56-65)

Falcon 9

In a pre-dawn launch of their Falcon 9 (Block 5) rocket, SpaceX will send the seventh set of Iridium NEXT satellites to polar orbit.

SLC-4E, Vandenberg AFB
California, United States

Iridium satellite constellation (Wikipedia)

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

Jul 16

BeiDou-3 M5 & M6 (BD-3)

Long March 3B

China

LC-3, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Navigation Satellite

No Live Video Expected

Jul 16

JUL 2018

"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

Jun 28

JUL 2018

Bars-M3

Soyuz-2

Roscosmos

43/4, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Reconnaissance Satellite

Jun 29

AUG 02

05:19 AM

78F

Merah Putih (Telkom 4)

Falcon 9

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral
Florida, United States

Jun 30

AUG 06

08:08 AM

76F

Parker Solar Probe

Delta IV Heavy

Recent technological innovations will help the Parker Solar Probe approach the Sun closer than any other spacecraft in human history. It will come within about 3.8 million miles...

SLC-37, Cape Canaveral
Florida, United States

RocketLaunch.Live SPOTLIGHT: Parker Solar Probe Prepares to Embark on a Mission to the Sun

NASA Renames Solar Probe Mission to Honor Pioneering Physicist Eugene Parker (NASA)

Parker Solar Probe (NASA)

07/18 22:37 UTC - Launch is now targeted for August 6.

Heliophysics

Jul 19

AUG 18

03:35 AM

79F

Telstar 18 VANTAGE / Apstar-5C

Falcon 9

Telesat’s Erwin Hudson opens up about LEO mega-constellation plans (SpaceNews)

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral
Florida, United States

Jul 16

AUG 21

09:20 PM

ADM-Aeolus

Vega

ELV, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

May 06

(PSLV-C42)

PSLV

ISRO

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Center
India

Jun 25

Rocket Lab completes fit check for NASA VCLS ELaNa XIX mission (Rocket Lab)

VCLS / ELaNa XIX

Electron

Rocket Lab

LC-1, Mahia Peninsula
New Zealand

NASA VCLS

Jun 14

OKW-2

Long March 11

China

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
China

Mar 30

Es’hail-2

Falcon 9

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

TBD, Cape Canaveral / KSC
Florida, United States

May 29

SEP 10

10:32 PM

HTV 7 (EUSO)

H-2B

JAXA

Tanegashima Space Center
Japan

ISS Cargo

Jul 13

SEP 12

ICESat-2

Delta II

Ionospheric Connection Explorer (Wikipedia)

SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB
California, United States

Final Launch of Vehicle

Feb 09

SEP 24

08:00 AM

80F

ICON

Pegasus

Northrop Grumman

Stargazer L-1011
United States

ICON (NASA)

SFN: Pegasus rocket selected to launch ICON satellite

Air Launch

Jul 19

SEP 26

NROL-71

Delta IV Heavy

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

SLC-6, Vandenberg AFB
California, United States

Classified Payload

Feb 28

Crew Dragon Demo 1 (DM-1)

Falcon 9

SN: SpaceX delays commercial crew demonstration flights

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

B1051

Commercial Crew Program (CCP)

Test Flight

Uncrewed

Jul 13

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...

LauncherOne Flight 1

LauncherOne

Virgin Orbit

Cosmic Girl 747-400
United States

Virgin Galactic continues to test LauncherOne engine (Spaceflight Insider)

Jun 14

Spaceflight SSO-A (Sun Synch Express)

Falcon 9

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

SLC-4E, Vandenberg AFB
California, United States

Jun 25

SEP 2018

SAOCOM-1A

Falcon 9

SLC-4E, Vandenberg AFB
California, United States

SAOCOM (Wikipedia)

Apr 09

SEP 2018

Iridium NEXT (Iridium-8, 66-75)

Falcon 9

SLC-4E, Vandenberg AFB
California, United States

Polar Orbit

Series: Iridium NEXT

Jun 13

SEP 2018

Horizons-3e & Azerspace-2/Intelsat-38

Ariane 5

ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Jun 30

GEO-KOMPSAT-2A

Ariane 5

ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

May 08

CST-100 Starliner (Boe-OFT)

Atlas V

Commercial Crew Program (CCP)

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral
Florida, United States

Test Flight

Jun 15

SSTL-S1

PSLV

ISRO

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Center
India

Feb 28

GEO Imaging Satellite (Wikipedia)

GISAT-1

GSLV-II

ISRO

SLP, Satish Dhawan Space Center
India

Jan 02

OCT 05

03:07 AM

AEHF-4

Atlas V