Upcoming Spaceflight Launches
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LVM-3 | Gaganyaan-3
Indian Space Research Organization | INDSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
TBD December, 2025
Vulcan | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer B
United Launch Alliance | USAVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD December, 2025
Falcon 9 Block 5 | 425 Project Flight 5
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
TBD December, 2025
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
Note: Name of payload is provisional. Fifth launch of an ultimately 5 reconnaissance satellites for the South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), with 1 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite on this launch. They will be launched to low Earth orbit between 600 and 700 km by 2025, enabling South Korea’s military to observe the nuclear-armed neighbor’s key military facilities every two hours with 30-50 centimeters resolution imagery, according to a 2019 report produced by the Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning. The project is lead by the Korean Agency for Defense Development (ADD) and Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), with input from Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), Hanwha Systems and Thales Alenia Space.
Low Earth OrbitFalcon 9 Block 5 | Rivada 2
SpaceX | USAVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD December, 2025
Vega-C | MicroCarb
Avio S.p.A | ITAGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2025
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Rivada 4
SpaceX | USAVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD December, 2025
Electron | STP-S30
Rocket Lab | USAWallops Island, Virginia, USA
TBD December, 2025
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
STP-S30 is a complex mission that will deliver research experiments and technology demonstrations to orbit for the DoD and contribute to future space systems development. The projected primary payload, DISKSat, will demonstrate sustained very low earth orbit (VLEO) flight and test a unique, 1-meter diameter, disk-shaped satellite bus that is designed to increase on-orbit persistence.
Low Earth OrbitFalcon 9 Block 5 | CHORUS
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
TBD December, 2025
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
CHORUS is MDA's next generation Earth observation constellation, consisting of 2 radar satellites (C-band SAR and X-band SAR), in a 53.5 degree 600 km altitude LEO, with the X-band trailing the C-band by 60 minutes. A collaborative multi-sensor constellation, CHORUS will bring together diverse and unique imagery and data sources and provide a new level of near real-time insight and innovative Earth observation services. Operating in a unique mid-inclination orbit, CHORUS will be able to image day or night, regardless of weather conditions, with daily access of up to 95% of the coverage area. From an industry-leading 700km-wide imaging swath down to sub-metre high resolution, CHORUS will provide the most extensive and unrivalled Earth observation radar imaging capacity available on the market in a single mission.
Low Earth Orbit
Ariane 62 | 2 x Galileo
ArianeGroup | FRAGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2025
Falcon 9 Block 5 | CAS500-2
SpaceX | USAVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD December, 2025
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-52
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAA batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-51
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAA batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Long March 2D
SuperView Neo 3-01
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaCommercial Earth observation satellite built by CAST for China Siwei Survey and Mapping Technology Co. Ltd, with 0.5 m resolution over 9 image wavele…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-49
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAA batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
USSF-62
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAFirst Weather System Follow-on (WSF) satellite. WSF-M (Weather System Follow-on - Microwave) is the next-generation operational environmental sate…
Angara A5/Blok DM-03
Vostochny Angara Test Flight
Cosmodrome Site 1A - Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian FederationFirst test launch of the Angara A5 launch vehicle from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. The rocket will carry a mass simulator payload.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-48
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAA batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Delta IV Heavy
NROL-70
Space Launch Complex 37B - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAClassified payload for the NRO. Last flight of the Delta IV Heavy rocket.
Falcon 9
Bandwagon 1 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USADedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 8-1
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
