Launch Schedule

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch the QPS-SAR-14 satellite, nicknamed Yachihoko-1, into a 575 km (357 mi) at an inclination of 42 degrees. This will be Rocket Lab’s sixth Electron rocket launch in support of Japan-based Earth imaging company, Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc.. The satellite is set to be deployed about 50 minutes after liftoff.

Updated: October 22

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 29 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit. About 8.5 minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster, tail number B1094, launching for a fifth time, will target a landing on the drone ship, ‘Just Read the Instructions’, positioned in the Atlantic Ocean.

Updated: November 03

United Launch Alliance will launch its Atlas 5 rocket in a 551 configuration to support the launch of Viasat’s ViaSat-3 Flight 2 satellite. The 6-ton spacecraft is designed to provide download speeds of more than 100 Mbps and operates using a Ka-band frequency. The satellite is built by Viasat on Boeing’s 702MP+ platform. Delayed from Nov. 3/4 due to poor weather delaying launch processing.

Updated: October 28

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 28 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit. The first stage booster, tail number B1093, launching for an eighth time, will target a landing on the drone ship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You’, positioned in the Pacific Ocean.

Updated: November 03

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket will launch a pair of identical spacecraft on NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (EscaPADE) mission. The two satellites, named Blue and Gold, will make a roughly 11-month journey to Mars where they will then perform about an 11-month science mission while orbiting the Red Planet. Blue and Gold were manufactured by Rocket Lab over about 3.5 years and carry science experiments from the University of California, Berkeley. This launch of the New Glenn rocket will also feature a landing attempt on its landing barge in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from Oct. 13, 2024. Delayed from mid-August. Delayed from Sept. 29.

Updated: November 04

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 29 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit. The first stage booster, tail number B1069, flying for a 28th time, will land on the drone ship, ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas’, positioned in the Atlantic Ocean.

Updated: November 03

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 29 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit. About 8.5 minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster, tail number B1096, launching for a third time, will target a landing on the drone ship, ‘Just Read the Instructions’, positioned in the Atlantic Ocean.

Updated: November 03

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 29 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit. The first stage booster, tail number B1092, flying for an eighth time, will land on the drone ship, ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas’, positioned in the Atlantic Ocean.

Updated: November 03

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 28 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit. About 8.5 minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster, tail number B1096, launching for a third time, will target a landing on the drone ship, ‘Just Read the Instructions’, positioned in the Atlantic Ocean.

Updated: November 03

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the second of the two-satellite Sentinel-6 series. NASA awarded SpaceX a $94 million firm fixed price contract for the launch in 2022. The Sentinel-6B “will use a radar altimeter to bounce signals off the ocean surface and deliver continuity of ocean topography measurements,” according to NASA. The missions is designed through a partnership between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the European Organization for the Exploration of Meteorological Studies.

Updated: October 27

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 28 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit. About 8.5 minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster, tail number B1085, flying for a 12th time, will land on the drone ship, ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas’, positioned in the Atlantic Ocean.

Updated: November 03

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 28 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit. About 8.5 minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster, tail number B1071, launching for a 30th time, will target a landing on the drone ship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You’, positioned in the Pacific Ocean. Delayed from Nov. 13.

Updated: November 03

An H3 launch vehicle, a rocket developed through a partnership between Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), will launch the Michibiki No. 5, Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZS-5). This will be the eighth launch of an H3 rocket.

Updated: October 08

A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch on its second demonstration flight with Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser cargo vehicle for the International Space Station. The Dream Chaser is a lifting body resupply spacecraft that will launch on top of a rocket and land on a runway. This will be the Dream Chaser’s first flight to space. The Vulcan Centaur rocket will fly in the VC4L configuration with four GEM-63XL solid rocket boosters, a long-length payload fairing, and two RL10 engines on the Centaur upper stage. Delayed from August 2022, December 2023, January 2024,  April 2024 and September 2024. Delayed from 2025.

Updated: September 16

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch NASA’s Dragonfly mission, which consists of a rotorcraft designed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) that will explore Saturn’s icy moon, Titan. The mission was originally selected in 2019 and went through multiple plan iterations across fiscal years 2020 through 2022. It passed its Preliminary Design Review in March 2023 and then its Critical Design Review in April 2025. The mission has a total lifecycle cost of $3.35 billion, of which, $256.6 million was awarded to SpaceX to provide launch services and other mission related costs. The 20-day launch window opens on July 5, 2028.

Updated: April 25