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Starship | Flight 12
SpaceX | United States of AmericaSpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
May 22, 2026, 10:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
12th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. Maiden Flight of Starship V3. The flight test’s primary goal will be to demonstrate each of these new pieces in the flight environment for the first time, with each element of the Starship architecture featuring significant redesigns to enable full and rapid reuse that incorporate learnings from years of development and test. The Starship upper stage will target multiple in-space and reentry objectives, including a payload deployment of 20 Starlink simulators, similar in size to next-generation Starlink V3 satellites, and two specially modified Starlink satellites. The two modified satellites will test hardware planned for Starlink V3 and will attempt to scan Starship’s heat shield and transmit imagery down to operators to test methods of analyzing Starship’s heat shield readiness for return to launch site on future missions. Several tiles on Starship have been painted white to simulate missing tiles and serve as imaging targets in the test. The Starlink simulators will be on the same suborbital trajectory as Starship. A relight of a single Raptor engine while in space is also planned. For Starship entry, a single heat shield tile has been intentionally removed to measure the aerodynamic load differences on adjacent tiles when there is a tile missing. Finally, the ship will perform experimental actions tested on previous flight tests, including a maneuver to intentionally stress the structural limits of the vehicle’s rear flaps and a dynamic banking maneuver to mimic the trajectory that future missions returning to Starbase will fly.
Suborbital Booster 19 - Maiden Flight Gulf of Mexico
Electron | Viva La StriX (StriX Launch 9)
Rocket Lab | United States of AmericaRocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
May 22, 2026, 9:33 a.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-31
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 21, 2026, 10:04 a.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-42
SpaceX | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 20, 2026, 2:46 a.m.
Vega-C | Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE)
Avio S.p.A | ItalyGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
May 19, 2026, 3:52 a.m.
Long March 8 | SpaceSail Polar Group #9
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaWenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
May 17, 2026, 2:42 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
18 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.
Polar Orbit
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-34
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 15, 2026, 10:05 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
34th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Cargo Dragon 2 brings supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.
Low Earth Orbit B1096 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 40
Kinetica 1 | 5 satellites
CAS Space | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
May 15, 2026, 4:33 a.m.
Zhuque-2E Block 2 | Mass Simulator
LandSpace | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
May 14, 2026, 3 a.m.
Long March 6A | SpaceSail Polar Group #8
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaTaiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
May 12, 2026, 11:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
18 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.
Polar Orbit
