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Long March 5 | Chang'e 7
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaWenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
TBD August, 2026
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
Chang'e 7/CE-7 is scheduled to launch in 2026, including an orbiter, a lander, a mini-hopping probe, and a rover. The mission will land in the South Pole regions of the Moon to study lunar surface environment around the South Pole, especially in looking for water ice in lunar soil.
Lunar Orbit
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-35
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD August, 2026
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
35th 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
Electron | StriX Launch 11
Rocket Lab | United States of AmericaRocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
TBD August, 2026
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer A
SpaceX | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD August, 2026
Vega-C | Sentinel-3C & FLEX
Avio S.p.A | ItalyGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD September, 2026
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
Sentinel-3C is the third satellite in the Sentinel-3 constellation, which provides high-accuracy optical, radar and altimetry data for marine and land services. The Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX) satellite is a part of ESA's Earth Explorer program. The satellite will map vegetation fluorescence to quantify photosynthetic activity.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Soyuz 2.1b | Progress MS-35 (96P)
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
September 09, 2026
LVM-3 | Gaganyaan-1
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
TBD September, 2026
Firefly Alpha Block 2 | QuickSounder
Firefly Aerospace | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD September, 2026
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
QuickSounder is the first satellite mission of the Near Earth Orbit Network (NEON) program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which aims to replace the current Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) series of polar orbit weather satellites. This pathfinder mission will demonstrate NOAA's ability to launch a small satellite within 3 years, flying a refurbished Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) instrument to polar orbit.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6
Korea Aerospace Research Institute | South KoreaNaro Space Center, South Korea
TBD September, 2026
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
NeonSat-2 to 6 are part of the South Korean government's Earth observation micro-satellite constellation NeonSat (New-space Earth Observation Satellite). The NeonSat constellation is the first satellite system developed by the government using a mass-production approach for precise monitoring of the Korean Peninsula.
Sun-Synchronous OrbitFalcon 9 Block 5 | O3b mPower 11-13
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD September, 2026
Kinetica 1
8 satellites
Launch Area 130 - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaShare ride of 8 satellites to sun-synchronous orbit, including Jilin-1 HR-07C-04. Details TBD.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 10-54
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
H3-30
H3-30 Test Flight
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 - Tanegashima Space Center, JapanTest flight of the H3-30 variant of the H3 launch vehicle with 3 LE-9 engines in the first stage and no SRBs. The flight will carry a dummy main payl…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 17-44
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.
Electron
Curveball
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C) - Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USASub-orbital launch under Rocket Lab’s Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program, details TBD.
Long March 5
TJSW-25
101 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of ChinaChinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known.
Zhuque-2E Block 2
2 x SatNet DTC test satellites
Launch Area 96A - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaA pair of demonstration satellites for Direct-To-Cell (DTC) communications from Low Earth Orbit for SpaceSail and China Mobile: * SpaceSail DTC 01…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 10-35
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 17-43
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. 2 US military Stars…
Long March 8
SpaceSail Polar Group #12
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…
