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Long March 5 | Chang'e 7
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNWenchang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Jan. 1, 2024, midnight
Falcon Heavy | GOES-U
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
April 30, 2024, midnight
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S Series (GOES-S) is the second of the next generation of geostationary weather satellites. The four satellites of the series will provide advanced imaging with increased spatial resolution and faster coverage for more accurate forecasts, real-time mapping of lightning activity, and improved monitoring of solar activity.
Geostationary Transfer OrbitFalcon Heavy | Gateway PPE & HALO
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
May 31, 2024, midnight
Status: To Be Determined
Mission: Human Exploration
The Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) and Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) are the foundational elements of NASA's lunar-orbiting space station "Gateway". The PPE is a 60-kilowatt class solar electric propulsion spacecraft that also will provide power, high-speed communications, attitude control and the capability to move the Gateway to different lunar orbits. The HALO is the pressurized living quarters where astronauts who visit the Gateway, often on their way to the Moon, will work. It will provide command and control and serve as the docking hub for the outpost. HALO will support science investigations, distribute power, provide communications for visiting vehicles and lunar surface expeditions, and supplement the life support systems aboard Orion, NASA’s spacecraft that will deliver Artemis astronauts to the Gateway.
Lunar Orbit
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SPHEREx
SpaceX | USAVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 30, 2024, midnight
Status: To Be Determined
Mission: Astrophysics
SPHEREx is a planned two-year astrophysics mission to survey the sky in the near-infrared light, which, though not visible to the human eye, serves as a powerful tool for answering cosmic questions involving the birth of the universe, and the subsequent development of galaxies. It also will search for water and organic molecules – essentials for life as we know it – in regions where stars are born from gas and dust, known as stellar nurseries, as well as disks around stars where new planets could be forming. Astronomers will use the mission to gather data on more than 300 million galaxies, as well as more than 100 million stars in our own Milky Way galaxy.
Polar OrbitFalcon Heavy | Europa Clipper
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Oct. 1, 2024, midnight
Status: To Be Determined
Mission: Planetary Science
Europa Clipper is the first dedicated mission to study Jupiter's moon Europa. Mission is developed by NASA and comprises of an orbiter spacecraft, which, while in orbit around Jupiter, will perform numerous flybys over Europa. Europa Clipper payload suit included high-resolution cameras and spectrometers for imaging Europa's surface and thin atmosphere, an ice-penetrating radar to search for subsurface water, and a magnetometer and gravity measurements to measure the moon's magnetic field and unlock clues about its ocean and deep interior.
Heliocentric N/A
Ariane 62 | METOP-SG B1
Arianespace | FRAKourou, French Guiana
Oct. 31, 2024, midnight
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Luna 26
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 13, 2024, midnight
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Luna 27
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 1, 2025, midnight
SLS Block 1B | Artemis-4
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Jan. 1, 2025, midnight
SLS Block 1B | Artemis-5
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Jan. 1, 2026, 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.
