Launch Schedule

second launch of EUMETSAT's second generation of Metop weather satellites.

ELA-4, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Planetary Science

Dec 11

Starship Flight 13

Starship

According to Elon Musk, this would be the second splashdown of a V3 Ship before the first catch on Flight 14.

Launch Pad, Starbase, Boca Chica
Texas, United States

Test Flight

Vehicle Debut

Mar 12

Demo Flight

Long March 12B

CASC

TBD, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
China

Mar 29

Jackal AOV

Alpha

Firefly

SLC-2W, Vandenberg SFB
California, United States

Mar 12

VICTUS HAZE Puma

Electron

Rocket Lab

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

Mar 20

SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A

Falcon 9

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB
California, United States

Series: SDA TTL

Mar 19

JUL 14

02:43 PM

Soyuz MS-29

Soyuz-2

ISS Expedition 75 will include Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina, as well as NASA astronaut Anil Menon, who will launch on board the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft in 2026.

LC-31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Crewed

ISS Expedition

Mar 27

SEP 02

TBD (Commercial Payload)

Soyuz-2

Roscosmos announced that Sputnix company will launch a Soyuz launch vehicle carrying all-commercial satellites from the Vostochny Cosmodrome this September. The payload...

Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome
Russia

Apr 10

SEP 09

04:10 PM

Progress MS-36

Soyuz-2

97th Progress cargo delivery to the International Space Station (97P)

LC-31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

ISS Cargo

Dec 21

SEP 2026

MTG-I2

Ariane 6

Third launch of EUMETSAT's third generation of weather satellite.

ELA-4, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Planetary Science

Jan 16

SEP 2026

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Falcon Heavy

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (Wikipedia)

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

Space Telescope

Apr 21

Q3 2026

QuickSounder

Alpha

Firefly

SLC-2W, Vandenberg SFB
California, United States

Jan 01

Q3 2026

Starship Orbital Flight 1 (Starship Flight 14)

Starship

The first orbital flight of Starship (previously code-named BFR and ITS). Sub-orbital flight tests are currently ongoing. According to Elon Musk, this would be the first catch...

Launch Pad, Starbase, Boca Chica
Texas, United States

Vehicle Debut

Mar 12

Q3 2026

Test Flight

Rocket 4

Astra Space

Pad TBD, United States TBD
United States

Astra lays off 16% to focus on spacecraft thrusters and new rocket

Dec 11

OCT 2026

INCUS

Alpha

Firefly

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

Mar 09

OCT 2026

StriX Launch 12

Electron

Rocket Lab

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

launching radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.

Series: Synspective StriX

Mar 29

NOV 2026

KOMPSAT-6

Vega C

Launching six South Korean earth observation into a Sun-Synchronous Orbit.

ELA-1, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Planetary Science

Jan 29

DEC 02

07:03 AM

Progress MS-37

Soyuz-2

98th Progress cargo delivery to the International Space Station (98P)

LC-31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

ISS Cargo

Dec 21

DEC 2026

Ekspress-AMU4

Proton-M

Proton-M heavy lift vehicle is scheduled to launch Ekspress-AMU4 communication satellite at the end of 2026 using Briz-M upper stage. This satellite was entirely built from...

LC-200/39, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan

Communications Satellite

Dec 21

Q4 2026

Neutron Debut Flight

Neutron

Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab LC-3, Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (Wallops Island)
Virginia, United States

Neutron is the second launch vehicle developed by Rocket Lab. Capable of carrying up to 13 tons to LEO and 1.5 tons to Mars and Venus, the vehicle includes a first stage that...

Rocket Lab | This is Neutron

Vehicle Debut

Feb 26

Vector relinquishes Air Force launch contract, mission re-awarded to Aevum (SpaceNews)

ASLON-45

Ravn

Aevum

Pad TBD, United States TBD
United States

Air Launch

Oct 31

Optus-11

Ariane 6

launching a Ku-band communications satellite with a coverage zone encompassing Australia and New Zealand

ELA-4, Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana

Communications Satellite

Dec 08

United Launch Alliance (ULA)

NROL-64

Vulcan

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS
Florida, United States

Mar 20