Upcoming launches
The next launches worldwide, refreshed hourly. Times are UTC and shift often; check the provider before staying up late.
- Go
Flight 2
LandSpace · Zhuque-3 · Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Second test launch of LandSpace’s ZQ-3 rocket. Payload identities are TBD.
- Go
Starlink Group 17-50
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 10-39
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.
- Go
Starlink Group 15-20
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
- TBC
Chang'e 7
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Long March 5 · Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Chang'e 7/CE-7 is scheduled to launch in 2026, including an orbiter, a lander, a mini-hopping probe, and a rover. The mission will land in the South Pole regions of the Moon to study lunar surface environment around the South Pole, especially in looking for water ice in lunar soil.
- Go
Starlink Group 10-49
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.
- Go
Starlink Group 15-22
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
- Go
MTG-I2
Arianespace · Ariane 62 · Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Third of EUMETSAT's third generation of weather satellite.
- Go
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
SpaceX · Falcon Heavy · Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is a NASA infrared space telescope with a 2.4 m (7.9 ft) wide field of view primary mirror and two scientific instruments. The Wide-Field Instrument (WFI) is a 300.8-megapixel multi-band visible and near-infrared camera, providing a sharpness of images comparable to that achieved by the Hubble Space Telescope over a 0.28 square degree field of view, 100 times larger than imaging cameras on the Hubble. The Coronagraphic Instrument (CGI) is a high-contrast, small field of view camera and spectrometer covering visible and near-infrared wavelengths using novel starlight-suppression technology. Roman objectives include a search for extra-solar planets using gravitational microlensing, and probing the expansion history of the Universe and the growth of cosmic structure, with the goal of measuring the effects of dark energy, the consistency of general relativity, and the curvature of spacetime.
- TBD
Kosmos (Unknown Payload)
Russian Space Forces · Angara 1.2 · Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Unknown classified satellite(s) for the Russian military.
- 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).