SpaceX Launch Schedule
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-6
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD March, 2023
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Blue Ghost Lunar Lander
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD March, 2023
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Türksat 6A
SpaceX | USAUnknown Location
TBD March, 2023
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
Türksat 6A is Turkey's first domestically manufactured geostationary communications satellite. It is to reside in 42° East orbital slot, providing services to customers in Turkey, as well as in Europe, Northern coast of Africa, Middle East, India and Indonesia.
Geostationary Transfer OrbitFalcon 9 Block 5 | WorldView Legion 5 & 6
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
TBD March, 2023
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 8 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
TBD April, 2023
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-28
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD June, 2023
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
28th 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
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Axiom Space Mission 4
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD August, 2023
Status: To Be Determined
Mission: Tourism
This is a Crew Dragon flight for a private company Axiom Space. The mission will carry a professionally trained commander alongside three private astronauts to and from the International Space Station. This crew will stay aboard space station for at least eight days.
Low Earth OrbitFalcon 9 Block 5 | Galaxy 37
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
TBD September, 2023
Falcon 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 9 Block 5 | Thuraya 4-NGS
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
TBD September, 2023
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 4-15
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAA batch of satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 4-13
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 53 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Hyperbola-1
Jilin-1 Mofang-01A(R)
Unknown Pad - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaNew generation experimental Earth imaging satellite for the Jilin-1 constellation. NOTE: Payload identity unconfirmed.
Long March 7
Tianzhou-4
Wenchang - Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThird cargo delivery mission to the Chinese large modular space station.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 4-17
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAA batch of 53 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Long March 2D
Jilin-1 Wideband-01C & High Resolution 03D-27 to 33
Launch Complex 9 - Taiyuan, People's Republic of ChinaEarth observation satellites for the Jilin-1 commercial Earth observation satellites constellation.
Electron
There and Back Again
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandCommercial rideshare mission including payloads for Alba Orbital, Astrix Astronautics, Aurora Propulsion Technologies, E-Space, Spaceflight Inc, Swar…
Long March 11
Jilin-1 Gaofen 03D-04 to 07 & 04A
Mobile launch platform - Sea LaunchEarth observation satellites for the Jilin-1 commercial Earth observation satellites constellation.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 4-16
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAA batch of 53 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Angara 1.2
Kosmos 2555 (MKA-R)
35/1 - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationRussian military radar satellite.
