Upcoming Spaceflight Launches
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LauncherOne | Arqit 2
Virgin Orbit | USAAir launch to orbit
June 30, 2023, midnight
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Axiom Space Mission 4
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Aug. 31, 2023, midnight
Status: To Be Determined
Mission: Tourism
This is a Crew Dragon flight for a private company Axiom Space. The mission will carry a professionally trained commander alongside three private astronauts to and from the International Space Station. This crew will stay aboard space station for at least eight days.
Low Earth Orbit
Falcon Heavy | VIPER
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Sept. 30, 2023, midnight
Status: To Be Determined
Mission: Lunar Exploration
NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, is a mobile robot that will go to the South Pole of the Moon to get a close-up view of the location and concentration of water ice that could eventually be harvested to sustain human exploration on the Moon, Mars — and beyond. VIPER represents the first resource mapping mission on another celestial body.
Lunar Orbit
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Thuraya 4-NGS
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Sept. 30, 2023, midnight
SLS Block 1 | Artemis-2
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Sept. 30, 2023, midnight
Angara A5/Briz-M | Unknown
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RUSVostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
Oct. 1, 2023, midnight
Ariane 62 | METOP-SG A1
Arianespace | FRAKourou, French Guiana
Oct. 31, 2023, midnight
Vega-C | Ital-GovSatCom
Arianespace | FRAKourou, French Guiana
Jan. 1, 2024, midnight
Delta IV Heavy | NROL-70
United Launch Alliance | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Jan. 1, 2024, midnight
SLS Block 1 | Artemis-3
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Jan. 1, 2024, midnight
Hapith I
Test Flight
Pad 1 - Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex, South AustraliaThe first Hapith I launch will be testing TiSPACE's hybrid rocket engine technology in preparation for the future Hapith V launch vehicle. Targeting …
Falcon 9
Inspiration4
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAInspiration4 is the world’s first all-commercial astronaut mission to orbit. Jared Isaacman, founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments, is donating the thre…
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
OneWeb 10
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanA batch of 34 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet broadband service for individual consum…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 2-1
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 51 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Soyuz
Razbeg 1 (Kosmos 2551)
43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationThe Russian Razbeg 1 is small military satellite optical reconnaissance satellite. It was built by NPP VNIIEM. It is likely the same satellite ide…
Long March 3
ChinaSat 9B
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaZhongxing-9B (ChinaSat 9B) is a Chinese communications satellite, that will replace the Zhongxing-9A satellite in orbit. The latter was launched in 2…
Long March 4C
Gaofen-5-02
Launch Complex 9 - Taiyuan, People's Republic of ChinaGaofen (GF) is a series of Chinese civilian remote sensing satellites for the state-sponsored program China High-definition Earth Observation System …
Firefly Alpha
Maiden Flight
Space Launch Complex 2W - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAFirst flight of the new Firefly Alpha small sat launcher developed by Firefly Aerospace. It will carry Firefly’s DREAM (Dedicated Research & Educatio…
Falcon 9
Dragon CRS-2 SpX-23
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USASpaceX will launch the cargo variant of its Dragon 2 spacecraft on their 23rd commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station…
Astra Rocket 3
STP-27AD1
LP-3B - Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska, USASpace Force test payload contracted through the Defense Innovation Unit’s Other Transaction Agreement with Astra Space.
