Upcoming Spaceflight Launches
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Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | Glonass-K2
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 1, 2022, midnight
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-25
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
May 1, 2022, midnight
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
25th 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
Astra Rocket 3 | TROPICS 3
Astra Space | USARonald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
May 8, 2022, midnight
Falcon 9 Block 5 | WorldView Legion 1 & 2
SpaceX | USAVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 15, 2022, midnight
Ariane 5 ECA+ | Eutelsat Konnect VHTS & Ovzon-3
Arianespace | FRAKourou, French Guiana
May 31, 2022, midnight
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
Eutelsat Konnect VHTS is a large geostationary high-throughput Ka-band communications satellite designed to serve Europe with a capacity of 500 Gbps. Ovzon-3 is a small geostationary communications satellite built by Maxar and designed to provide mobile broadband services for Swedish company Ovzon AB.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Long March 5B | Wentian
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNWenchang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
May 31, 2022, midnight
Status: To Be Determined
Mission: Human Exploration
Wentian is the first Laboratory Cabin Module (LCM) and second major component of the Chinese spacestation. It will provide additional navigation avionics, propulsion and orientation control as backup functions for the Core Cabin Module (CCM) as well as a pressurized environment for researchers to conduct science experiments in zero gravity.
Low Earth Orbit
Atlas V N22 | CST-100 Starliner Orbital Flight Test 2
United Launch Alliance | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
May 31, 2022, midnight
Status: To Be Determined
Mission: Test Flight
This is the second uncrewed test flight for the Starliner spacecraft. Reflight of the OFT mission will allow Boeing to demonstrate readiness of the spacecraft and implement corrections to the problems which were found during the first OFT flight.
Low Earth Orbit
Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou 14
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNJiuquan, People's Republic of China
May 31, 2022, midnight
Electron | ACS3 & others
Rocket Lab Ltd | USAOnenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
June 1, 2022, midnight
Atlas V | SES-20 & SES-21
United Launch Alliance | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
June 1, 2022, midnight
Long March 2D
Shiyan 13
Launch Complex 9 - Taiyuan, People's Republic of ChinaChinese satellite declared for technological demonstration purposes, details TBD.
LauncherOne
Above the Clouds
Mojave Air and Space Port - Air launch to orbitMission to a 500 km circular orbit inclined at 45 degrees carrying eight R&D satellites from US government agencies with communications and navigatio…
Falcon 9
Transporter 3 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USATransporter 3 mission is a dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commerci…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 4-5
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAA batch of 49 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Simorgh
3 unknown payloads
Imam Khomeini Spaceport - Semnan Space Center, Islamic Republic of IranThree unknown research payloads are reported to have been sent into space, according to the Iranian Ministry of Defense. However, no new objects are …
Long March 3
TJSW-9
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaChinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known.
Long March 2D
Tianhui 4
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaChinese cartography satellite, details TBD.
Angara A5/Persey
Dummy payload
35/1 - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationThis is the third test flight of Angara A5 launch vehicle and its first flight with Persey upper stage. Since it's a test flight, the rocket carries …
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
OneWeb 12
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanA batch of 36 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet broadband service for individual consum…
Long March 4C
Zhiyuan 1-02E
Launch Complex 9 - Taiyuan, People's Republic of ChinaZY-1 02E is a Chinese Earth observation satellite. The primary objective is to acquire high-resolution (5 meter) panchromatic and multispectral image…
