Launch Schedule

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

SLC-6, Vandenberg AFB
California, United States

01/19 18:38 UTC - ULA: "Weather is 40 percent favorable for an on-time launch due to ground winds."

Classified Payload

Jan 19

JAN 21

03:30 AM

Jilin-1 Hyperspectral

Long March 11

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

NASA Flight Opportunities Program

Jan 19

JAN 21

NS-10 (Suborbital)

New Shepard

Blue Origin

Launch Pad, Corn Ranch Spaceport
Texas, United States

New Shepard to fly 9 NASA-sponsored Payloads to Space on NS-10

Suborbital

Jan 18

FEB 19

09:37 PM

OneWeb-1 (1-6)

Soyuz-2

ELS, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Jan 18

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

FEB 18

RCM (RADARSAT)

Falcon 9

RADARSAT Constellation (CSA)

SLC-4E, Vandenberg AFB
California, United States

01/15 16:47 UTC - CBC reports that the February 18 launch date has been postponed. Stay tuned for further updates.

Flight-Proven Booster

Jan 15

JAN 24

06:08 PM

Microsat-R

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Jan 14

FEB 18

02:00 AM

PSN VI (Nusantara Satu) & Spaceflight GTO-1 (w/ SpaceIL Lunar Lander)

Falcon 9

China Great Wall Industry Corp lands Indonesian commercial satellite order (Space News)

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Lunar Lander

Jan 14

SXM-7

Falcon 9

Cape Canaveral / KSC TBD
Florida, United States

Jan 14

Chang'e 5

Long March 5

LP-101, Wenchang Satellite Launch Center
China

Lunar Lander

Lunar Rover

Jan 14

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

Atlas V

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Jan 14

MAY 2019

Spektr-RG

Proton-M

TBD, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Space Telescope

Jan 14

Outernet?

Electron

Rocket Lab

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

Unconfirmed Payload

Jan 13

RISAT-1A

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Jan 12

Cartosat-3A

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Jan 12

FEB 05

09:01 PM

GSAT-31 & HellasSat-4/SaudiGeoSat-1

Ariane 5

ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Series: ISRO GSAT

Jan 12

EMISAT

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Jan 12

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)

Jan 12

APR 2019

Chandrayaan-2

GSLV-III

Chandrayaan-2 (Wikipedia)

SLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Jan 12

SSLV Demo 1

SSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Vehicle Debut

Jan 11

FEB 09

Crew Dragon Demo-1 (DM-1)

Falcon 9

Falcon 9 will launch the Crew version of their Dragon spacecraft (Dragon 2) to the International Space Station as part of the first demonstration flights of NASA's Commercial...

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

First SpaceX Crew Dragon test flight set for January (SpaceNews)

B1051

Jan 10

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)

Jan 10

Q1 2020

Nauka ISS Module

Proton-M

A Proton-M rocket will launch the Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module to the International Space Station.

TBD, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Jan 10

2023

Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX)

Vega

ELV, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Jan 10

SSMS (POC)

Vega

ELV, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Jan 10

MAR 09

01:50 AM

PRISMA

Vega

ELV, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Jan 10

MAR 16

CRS SpX-17 (Dragon)

Falcon 9

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Jan 09

MAR 01

12:42 AM

Soyuz MS-12 (Expedition 59/60)

Soyuz-FG

LC-1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Christina Koch, NASA

Nick Hague, NASA

Aleksey Ovchinin, RSA

Jan 09

2023

#dearMoon Lunar Flyby

BFR

Japanese Billionaire Charters SpaceX Trip Around The Moon

Pad TBD, United States TBD
United States

Tourism

Jan 09

2021

WorldView Legion-1

Falcon 9

Pad TBD, United States TBD
United States

Flight-Proven Booster

Jan 09

2021

WorldView Legion-2

Falcon 9

Pad TBD, United States TBD
United States

Flight-Proven Booster

Jan 09

JAN 2019

Beidou-2G8

Long March 3C

LC-3, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Jan 09

DEC 2019

BeiDou-3 M21 & M22 (BD-3)

Long March 3B

TBD, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Series: BeiDou-3

Jan 08

OCT 2019

BeiDou-3 M19 & M20 (BD-3)

Long March 3B

TBD, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Series: BeiDou-3

Jan 08

TCSTAR-1

Long March 3B

TBD, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Jan 08

CAS-6

Long March 11

TBD, China TBD
China

Sea Launch

Jan 08

Zhongxing-18

Long March 3B

TBD, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Jan 08

JUL 2019

HTV-8

H-2B

JAXA

LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center
Japan

Jan 08

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

CST-100 Starliner (Boe-OFT)

Atlas V

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Uncrewed

Jan 07

Crewed Test Flight 1

New Shepard

Blue Origin

Launch Pad, Corn Ranch Spaceport
Texas, United States

Jan 07

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)

Jan 07

APR 04

Progress MS-11 (72P)

Soyuz-2

LC-31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Jan 07

Planet Flock 1

Electron

Rocket Lab

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

Jan 04

WGS-10

Delta IV

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

Jan 03

JCSAT-18/Kacific-1

Falcon 9

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

Jan 03

Jilin 1 (12)

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 (10)

Kuaizhou 1A

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

Jan 03

Jilin 1 (09)

Kuaizhou 1A

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

Jan 03

FEB 2020

Solar Orbiter

Atlas V

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Solar Orbit

Jan 03

Chinese rocket maker OneSpace secures $44m in funding; Expace prepares for commercial launch (SpaceNews)

OS-M1 Flight 1

OS-M1

OneSpace

TBD, China TBD
China

Moon Express raises $12.5 million (SpaceNews)

Jan 01

JUL 2020

Moon Express Lunar Scout (MX-1E)

TBD

Pad TBD, Location TBD
Country TBD

Jury awards Intuitive Machines $4.1 million in cash and Moon Express equity (SpaceNews)

Moon Express releases details of its lunar lander missions (SpaceNews)

Lunar Exploration

Jan 01

Long March 5B Flight 1

Long March 5B

LP-101, Wenchang Satellite Launch Center
China

Jan 01

APR 2019

Meteor-M (2-2)

Soyuz-2

Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome
Russia

Meteorology Satellite

Jan 01

OCT 18

Soyuz MS-15 (Expedition 61/62)

Soyuz-FG

LC-1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Jan 01

SEP 12

Soyuz MS-14 (Test Flight)

Soyuz-2

LC-1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Uncrewed

Jan 01

JUL 29

Soyuz MS-13 (Expedition 60/61)

Soyuz-FG

LC-1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Andrew R. Morgan, NASA

Luca Parmitano, ESA

Aleksandr Skvortsov, RSA

Jan 01

JUL 31

Progress MS-12 (73P)

Soyuz-2

LC-31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Jan 01

MAY 2019

Eutelsat 5 West B & MEV-1

Proton-M

TBD, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Jan 01

Yamal-601

Proton-M

TBD, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Jan 01

MAR 26

4x O3b satellites

Soyuz-2

ELS, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Jan 01

APStar-6D

Long March 3B

TBD, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

Dec 31

SSLV Demo 2

SSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Dec 31

SEP 2019

GISAT

GSLV-II

GEO Imaging Satellite (Wikipedia)

SLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Dec 31

RISAT-2BR1

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Dec 31

Cartosat-3 & NEMO-AM

PSLV

FLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Dec 31

FEB 21

EgyptSat-A

Soyuz-2

LC-31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Dec 31

APR 2019

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

Dec 29

GPS III SV02 (Magellan)

Delta IV

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

Series: GPS

Dec 28

DEC 2019

GPS III SV03 (Columbus)

Falcon 9

Cape Canaveral / KSC TBD
Florida, United States

Series: GPS

Dec 28

Meridian-M 18L

Soyuz-2

LC-43/4, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Dec 28

Bars-M3

Soyuz-2

LC-43/4, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Reconnaissance Satellite

Dec 28

GPS III SV04

Falcon 9

Cape Canaveral / KSC TBD
Florida, United States

Series: GPS

Dec 24

DEC 2019

Firefly Alpha Flight 1

Alpha

Firefly

SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB
California, United States

Vehicle Debut

Dec 23

SAOCOM-1B

Falcon 9

SLC-4E, Vandenberg AFB
California, United States

Dec 23

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

Dec 22

Firefly Aerospace Enters Launch Brokerage Agreement with Spaceflight

Spaceflight Rideshare

Alpha

Firefly

SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB
California, United States

Dec 21

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

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)

Dec 19

Gaofen 7

Long March 2D

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

Dec 19

Ionospheric Connection Explorer (Wikipedia)

ICON

Pegasus

Northrop Grumman

Stargazer L-1011, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

ICON (NASA)

SFN: Pegasus rocket selected to launch ICON satellite

Dec 18

SpaceBelt-1

LauncherOne

Virgin Orbit to deploy SpaceBelt satellites

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

SAS 1

LauncherOne

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

Dec 18

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)

Dec 18

STP

LauncherOne

Virgin Orbit wins first Defense Department launch contract (SpaceNews)

Cosmic Girl, 747-400, Location TBD
Country TBD

Dec 18

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

Dec 18

2021

Ovzon

Falcon Heavy

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

Dec 17

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

Long March 11

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

Dec 11

Q4 2020

CRS2 DC-1 (SNC DreamChaser)

Atlas V

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral AFS
Florida, United States

Dec 11

2022

Restore-L

TBD

US TBD

Vandenberg AFB
California, United States

Dec 08

Lybid-1

Zenit 3F

LC-45/1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Dec 08

Q2 2020

Elektro-L 3

Proton-M

How the JHU Applied Physics Lab Plans to Defend Earth from Asteroids (Baltimore Magazine)

LC-81/24, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Meteorology Satellite

Dec 08

JUN 2021

DART

Minotaur V

Northrop Grumman

United States TBD
United States

Double Asteroid Redirection Test (Wikipedia)

Asteroid Impactor

Dec 08

Neitron

Soyuz-2

LC-43/4, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia

Dec 07

Crew-1

Falcon 9

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