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Swift Boost Mission
Northrop Grumman Space Systems · Pegasus XL · Air launch to orbit
Contracted by NASA under the Small Business Innovation Research Phase 3 contract, Katalyst Space Technologies' LINK servicing spacecraft will rendezvous and attach to NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to re-boost its orbit. This aims to demonstrate a key capability for the future of space exploration and extending the Swift mission’s science lifetime in gamma ray astronomy.
- Go
Unknown Payload
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Long March 6A · Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Details TBD.
- TBD
SpaceSail Polar Group TBD
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Long March 8A · Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies with funding backed by the Shanghai local government. Initial constellation will consist of 1296 satellites by 2027 with long term plans to expand it to 12000 satellites.
- Go
Starlink Group 10-50
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. The Falcon 9 1st stage carries 2 customer payload from Besxar for testing their Fabships pilot reusable manufacturing pods in launch and re-entry environments.
- Go
Transporter 17 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
- Go
Starlink Group 10-42
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
- TBC
Demo Flight
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Long March 10B · Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
First test launch of CASC’s Long March 10B rocket.
- Go
Starlink Group 17-48
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
- Go
Starlink Group 15-14
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
- Go
Soyuz MS-29
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) · Soyuz 2.1a · Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Soyuz MS-29 will carry three cosmonauts and one astronaut to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The crew consists of Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina, as well as NASA astronaut Anil Menon.
- TBD
LOXSAT 1
Rocket Lab · Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
LOXSAT 1 is a demonstration satellite of a complete cryogenic oxygen fluid management system in orbit, developed by Eta Space and sponsored by NASA's Tipping Point program. The system will be integrated on a Rocket Lab Photon-LEO satellite bus and collect critical cryogenic fluid management data in orbit for 9 months, demonstrating capabilities of in-space cryogenic storage and transferal. Eta Space plans to use technology developed for this mission to develop a truly commercial depot intended to serve multiple customers in the future.
- TBD
StriX Launch 11
Rocket Lab · Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.
Schedule data courtesy of The Space Devs Launch Library 2. Statuses: Go (confirmed), TBC (to be confirmed), TBD (date not set).