Launch Schedule

Payload will include 6 direct-to-device service satellites.

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB
California, United States

May 03

MAY 08

10:42 AM

Starlink 6-56

Falcon 9

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

May 06

MAY 09

01:50 AM

TBD (LM3-153)

Long March 3B

China

LC-2, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China

No Live Video Expected

Unconfirmed Payload

May 05

MAY 12

Starlink 6-58

Falcon 9

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

May 05

MAY 19

NROL-146

Falcon 9

The first of up to 6 launches of SpaceX/Northrop built satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office.

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB
California, United States

May 02

MAY 22

"Ready, Aim, PREFIRE"

Electron

Also known as PREFIRE 1, the first of 2 NASA polar energy monitoring satellites.

Pad TBD, Rocket Lab Launch Complex, Mahia Peninsula
New Zealand

Rocket Lab to launch pair of NASA Earth science cubesats - SpaceNews

May 01

MAY 30

10:55 AM

Progress MS-27

Soyuz-2

Roscosmos

LC-31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

ISS Cargo

May 01

Ionosfera-M no. 1 & 2

Soyuz-2

Roscosmos

Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome
Russia

Nov 16

Starlink 7-28

Falcon 9

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

Apr 23

NROL-174

Minotaur IV

Northrop Grumman

SLC-8, Vandenberg SFB
California, United States

Classified Payload

Apr 28

Starlink 8-3

Falcon 9

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB
California, United States

Apr 23

VCLS Demo-2FB (ELaNa 43)

Alpha

Firefly

SLC-2W, Vandenberg SFB
California, United States

Mar 28

EarthCARE

Falcon 9

Joint satellite by ESA and JAXA, the 6th for ESA's Living Planet Programme.

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB
California, United States

Apr 23

First launch for Gilmour Space and their Eris rocket, and will be the first orbital launch attempt from an Australian company.

Eris Debut Flight

Eris

Gilmour Space

Launch Pad, Bowen Orbital Spaceport
Australia

Vehicle Debut

Apr 23

Starship Flight Test 4

Super Heavy / Starship Prototype

Currently projected to be Booster B11 and Ship S29.

Launch Pad, Starbase, Boca Chica
Texas, United States

Test Flight

Mar 19

JUN 08

Kondor-FKA no.2

Soyuz-2

Roscosmos

Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome
Russia

Apr 23

JUN 08

Galactic-07

SpaceShipTwo

Virgin Galactic

VMS Eve, Spaceport America
New Mexico, United States

Suborbital

Tourism

May 04

JUN 25

GOES-U

Falcon Heavy

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

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

Meteorology Satellite

Mar 27

JUN 30

03:06 AM

ALOS-4

H-3

LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center
Japan

May 05

ESA signs up as Ariane 6 inaugural customer with two Galileo missions (SpaceNews)

Ariane 6 Flight 1

Ariane 6

Arianespace

ELA-4, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Test Flight

Vehicle Debut

Dec 06

"PREFIRE and Ice"

Electron

Also known as PREFIRE 2, the second of 2 NASA polar energy monitoring satellites.

Pad TBD, Rocket Lab Launch Complex, Mahia Peninsula
New Zealand

May 05

Hawkeye 360 Flight 2

Electron

The second of three missions of the Hawkeye 360 analytics provider's constellation of 15 satellites. 6 satellites will launch on this flight.

Pad TBD, Rocket Lab Launch Complex, Mahia Peninsula
New Zealand

Dec 08

Leidos-2

Electron