Launch Schedule

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB
California, United States

Chinese soil sample return mission will land on the far side of the moon. French space agency CNES is providing additional lunar exploration instruments.

LZ-4 Landing

Apr 29

MAY 03

07:00 AM

Chang'e 6

Long March 5

China

LP-101, Wenchang Satellite Launch Center
China

Lunar Lander

Apr 19

MAY 04

02:59 AM

Starlink 8-2

Falcon 9

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

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB
California, United States

Series: SpaceX Starlink

Apr 26

MAY 07

02:34 AM

CST-100 Starliner (Boe-CFT)

Atlas V

United Launch Alliance (ULA)

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS
Florida, United States

NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams (Wikipedia)

NASA Astronaut Barry Wilmore (Wikipedia)

Crewed

NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP)

Apr 03

MAY 22

PREFIRE 1

Electron

Rocket Lab

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

NASA selects Rocket Lab to launch 2 polar energy monitoring satellites.

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

Apr 30

MAY 30

Progress MS-27

Soyuz-2

Roscosmos

LC-31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

ISS Cargo

Apr 21

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

Series: SpaceX Starlink

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

Series: SpaceX Starlink

Apr 23

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

Apr 19

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 25

GOES-U

Falcon Heavy

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

Meteorology Satellite

Mar 27

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

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

Hawkeye 360 Flight 2

Electron

Rocket Lab

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

Dec 08

Leidos-2

Electron

Rocket Lab

Pad 0C (Rocket Lab LC-2), Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (Wallops Island)
Virginia, United States

Suborbital

Jan 26

United Launch Alliance (ULA)

USSF-51

Atlas V

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS
Florida, United States

Mar 27

Nusantara Lima

Falcon 9

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

Communications Satellite

Dec 08

aka GISAT-2, a geo-imaging satellite for quickly providing images during disasters.

EOS-05

GSLV-II

ISRO

SLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
India

Mar 28

Q2 2024

ASBM

Falcon 9