Upcoming Spaceflight Launches
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Falcon Heavy | ViaSat-3 series satellite
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD September, 2022
Status: To Be Determined
Mission: Communications
The ViaSat-3 is a series of three Ka-band satellites is expected to provide vastly superior capabilities in terms of service speed and flexibility for a satellite platform. Each ViaSat-3 class satellite is expected to deliver more than 1-Terabit per second of network capacity, and to leverage high levels of flexibility to dynamically direct capacity to where customers are located.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit B1053 - Flight Proven ( ) Unknown B1052 - Flight Proven ( ) UnknownFalcon Heavy | USSF-67
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD November, 2022
Falcon Heavy | USSF-44
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD December, 2022
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
Classified US Space Force carrying two payloads directly to geostationary orbit. The two side boosters will attempt the first double droneship landing, while the center core will be expended.
Geostationary Orbit B1064 - Maiden Flight Just Read the Instructions B1065 - Maiden Flight A Shortfall of Gravitas B1066 - Maiden Flight AtlanticFalcon Heavy | Jupiter-3
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD March, 2023
Falcon Heavy | USSF-52
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD April, 2023
Falcon Heavy | Psyche, EscaPADE and Janus
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD July, 2023
Status: To Be Determined
Mission: Planetary Science
Psyche is a NASA interplanetary mission to visit the main belt asteroid of the same name, 16 Psyche. Spacecraft will take 4 years and one Mars flyby to reach the asteroid, which is of particular interest due to being comprised mostly of iron and nickel. Psyche is theorized to be a remnant of an early planet's core, and may offer insights into how solar system formed and evolved. The mission is led by Arizona State University, with NASA JPL being responsible for mission management and operations. This launch also includes two secondary payloads: Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (EscaPADE), which will study the Martian atmosphere, and Janus, which will study binary asteroids.
Heliocentric N/AFalcon Heavy | VIPER
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD September, 2023
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 OrbitFalcon Heavy | GOES-U
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD April, 2024
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
TBD May, 2024
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 OrbitFalcon Heavy | Europa Clipper
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD October, 2024
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/ALauncherOne
Straight Up
Mojave Air and Space Port - Air launch to orbitLaunch contracted by the U.S. Space Force for the Rocket Systems Launch Program (RSLP), with payloads provided by the DoD Space Test Program (STP) as…
Atlas V 541
USSF-12
Space Launch Complex 41 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USATwo US national security payloads. The first is the Space Force's Wide Field of View (WFOV) Testbed satellite, the second is a multi-manifest satelli…
PSLV
DS-EO & others
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad - Sriharikota, Republic of IndiaDS-EO is an electro-optical multispectral Earth observation satellite for DSTA from Singapore. Secondary payloads are NeuSAR and SCOOB-I, both also f…
Falcon 9
SES-22
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAGeostationary communications satellite
Electron
CAPSTONE
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B - Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandCAPSTONE (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment) is a 12-U cubesat mission to test operations in nea…
Long March 4C
Gaofen-12-03
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaGaofen is a series of civilian Earth observation satellites developed and launched for the China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS), a …
Black Brant IX
XQC
Suborbital Launch Ramp - Arnhem Space CentreThe X-ray Quantum Calorimeter Experiment (XQC) is a payload from the University of Wisconsin. Its objective is to measure X-rays with unprecedented p…
Long March 2D
Yaogan 35 Group 02
Launch Complex 3 ( LC-3 ) ( LA-1 ) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China3 Chinese reconnaissance satellites.
Ariane 5 ECA+
Measat-3d & GSAT 24
Ariane Launch Area 3 - Kourou, French GuianaMeasat-3d is a Malaysian geostationary communications satellite built by Airbus Space Systems. GSAT 24 is a communications satellite of the Indian Sp…
