Vandenberg Launch Schedule

Upcoming launches out of Vandenberg AFB, California

Vulcan | SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer B

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD December, 2026

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for Tranche 2 Transport Layer.

Polar Orbit

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer A

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD December, 2026

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for Tranche 1 Tracking Layer.

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer E

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD December, 2026

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for Tranche 1 Tracking Layer.

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer A

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD December, 2026

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for Tranche 2 Transport Layer.

Polar Orbit

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer C

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD December, 2026

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for Tranche 2 Transport Layer.

Polar Orbit

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Vulcan | NROL-73

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD December, 2026

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office

Unknown

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Recent Launches

Soyuz 2.1b

Success

14 hours, 29 minutes ago

Kosmos 2576

43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Russian military payload of unknown purposes.

Falcon 9

Success

2 days, 17 hours ago

Starlink Group 8-7

Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 20 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Falcon 9

Success

4 days, 10 hours ago

Starlink Group 6-58

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Long March 4C

Success

5 days, 12 hours ago

Shiyan 23

Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Satellite officially named for "space environment detection" purposes, exact details unknown.

Falcon 9

Success

1 week ago

Starlink Group 8-2

Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 20 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Long March 3

Success

1 week, 1 day ago

ZHTW 1-01

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Zhihui Tianwang 1-01 are 2 experimental Medium Earth Orbit communication satellites in a collaboration between Tsinghua University, SAST and the Shan…

Falcon 9

Success

1 week, 1 day ago

Starlink Group 6-56

Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Long March 6C

Success

1 week, 3 days ago

Maiden Flight

Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Carried 4 Earth observation satellites to orbit: * Haiwangxing-01, 239 kg X-band SAR satellite built by SAST for Zhihui Space Tech * Zhixing-1C, X-…

Falcon 9

Success

1 week, 3 days ago

Starlink Group 6-57

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Long March 5

Success

2 weeks ago

Chang'e 6

101 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

Chang'e 6/CE-6 is scheduled to launch in 2024 to return samples from the Far Side of the Moon (near southern edge of the Apollo Basin) for the first …