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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-42
SpaceX | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 20, 2026, 2:46 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.
Starship | Flight 12
SpaceX | United States of AmericaSpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
May 21, 2026, 10:30 p.m.
Status: Go for Launch
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, 9:30 a.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-37
SpaceX | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 24, 2026, 2 p.m.
Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou 23
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
May 24, 2026, 3:08 p.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-47
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 25, 2026, 11:41 a.m.
Long March 7A | Unknown Payload
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaWenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
May 26, 2026
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-41
SpaceX | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 28, 2026, 2 p.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-53
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 29, 2026, 11:52 a.m.
Vega-C
Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE)
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) - Guiana Space Centre, French GuianaJoint mission between the European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences to investigate the interaction between Earth’s protective shield …
Long March 8
SpaceSail Polar Group #9
Commercial LC-1 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China18 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies with…
Falcon 9
Dragon CRS-2 SpX-34
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA34th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commer…
Kinetica 1
5 satellites
Launch Area 130 - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaShare-ride of 5 satellites to sun-synchronous orbit: * Taijing-3-05A/B * Tianyi-50 * Tianyan-27 * Jilin-1 HR-03D-55
Zhuque-2E Block 2
Mass Simulator
Launch Area 96A - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China2.8 tonnes Mass Simulator launched to a 900 km polar orbit on a test flight proving further upgrades to the ZQ-2E, including a longer 1st stage and e…
Long March 6A
SpaceSail Polar Group #8
Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China18 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies with…
Falcon 9
NROL-172
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAThirteenth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Offi…
Long March 7
Tianzhou-10
201 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of ChinaNinth cargo delivery mission to the Chinese space station.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 17-29
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
CAS500-2 & Others
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USARide-share of 45 satellites including: * CAS500-2 (KASA, South Korea) The South Korean CAS500-1 and -2 satellites will image the Earth in pan-chr…
