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 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-29
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD October, 2023
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
29th 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 | Transporter 9 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
TBD October, 2023
Falcon 9 Block 5 | 4x Astranis MicroGEO
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
TBD December, 2023
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Nusantara Lima
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
TBD December, 2023
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-7
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD March, 2024
Falcon 9 Block 5 | MRV-1
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
TBD April, 2024
Falcon 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 9 Block 5 | SPHEREx
SpaceX | USAVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD June, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission: Astrophysics
SPHEREx is a planned two-year astrophysics mission to survey the sky in the near-infrared light, which, though not visible to the human eye, serves as a powerful tool for answering cosmic questions involving the birth of the universe, and the subsequent development of galaxies. It also will search for water and organic molecules – essentials for life as we know it – in regions where stars are born from gas and dust, known as stellar nurseries, as well as disks around stars where new planets could be forming. Astronomers will use the mission to gather data on more than 300 million galaxies, as well as more than 100 million stars in our own Milky Way galaxy.
Polar 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/AFalcon 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.
