Vandenberg Launch Schedule

Upcoming launches out of Vandenberg AFB, California

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-7

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 15, 2024, 8:21 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A batch of 20 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Low Earth Orbit B1071 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
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Firefly Alpha | FLTA006 (Lockheed Martin Demo 1)

Firefly Aerospace | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD October, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

First of up to 25 launches of Low Earth Orbit technology demonstration satellites to be built and operated by Lockheed Martin. Launch operation will also again demonstrate responsive space pre-launch operation capabilities.

Low Earth Orbit
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | OneWeb 20

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD October, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

A batch of 20 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet broadband service for individual consumers. The constellation is planned to have around 648 microsatellites (of which 60 are spares), around 150 kg each, operating in Ku-band from low Earth orbit.

Polar Orbit B1082 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 4
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-2

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD October, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Low Earth Orbit Unknown F9 - Maiden Flight Of Course I Still Love You
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 12 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD November, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

Dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | NAOS

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD December, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

NAOS (National Advanced Optical System) is the space component of Luxembourg's governmental dual-use observation satellite system LUXEOSys (Luxembourg Earth Observation System). Its purpose is to provide high resolution images to national and international governmental and military organizations such as NATO. The 800 kg satellite is built by OHB Italia and is equipped with a very high-resolution optical camera with a ground reolution of 50 cm in an around 450 km high sun-synchronous orbit. It will have a operational life time of 7 years.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Minotaur IV | NROL-174

Orbital ATK | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD December, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.

Unknown
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD December, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

First of six missions launched by the Space Development Agency for the Tranche 1 Transport Layer.

Polar Orbit
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | SPHEREx & PUNCH

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD February, 2025
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

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. NASA’s Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission will share a ride to space with SPHEREx. It consists of four suitcase-sized satellites, which will focus on the Sun’s outer atmosphere (the corona) and how it generates the solar wind. The spacecraft also will track coronal mass ejections – large eruptions of solar material that can drive large space weather events near Earth – to better understand their evolution and develop new techniques for predicting such eruptions.

Polar Orbit
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Minotaur IV | EWS OD-1

Orbital ATK | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD May, 2025
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

The Electro-Optical/Infrared Weather System (EWS) Operational Demonstration-1 (OD-1) is a weather satellite for the United States Space Force. It is a prototype satellite made by General Atomics that will be place in LEO for a three-year demonstration mission of new EO/IR sensor technologies to various US military branches, and to act as a stop-gap for Defense Department needs for weather data.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Falcon 9
Success
6 hours, 51 minutes ago
Starlink Group 10-10
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Falcon Heavy
Success
20 hours, 55 minutes ago
Europa Clipper
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Europa Clipper is the first dedicated mission to study Jupiter's moon Europa. Mission is developed by NASA and comprises of an orbiter spacecraft, wh…


Starship
Success
2 days ago
Integrated Flight Test 5
Orbital Launch Mount A - SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA

Fifth test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.


Long March 3
Success
4 days, 23 hours ago
WHG-03
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Chinese communication satellite with name meaning "Satellite Internet - High Orbit Satellite 03" in Chinese. Details TBD.


Falcon 9
Success
1 week ago
Hera
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Hera is a space mission in development at the European Space Agency in its Space Safety program. Its primary objective is to study the Didymos binary…


Vulcan VC2S
Success
1 week, 4 days ago
Certification Flight 2
Space Launch Complex 41 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Replacement Vulcan test launch with inert payload, experiments, and demonstrations for certification with the USSF after delays caused by payload tes…


Falcon 9
Success
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Crew-9
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

SpaceX Crew-9 is the ninth crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew…


Long March 2D
Success
2 weeks, 4 days ago
Shijian 19
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Shijian 19 is a Chinese recoverable satellite for hoisting various scientific experiments in microgravity. Unlike previous similar Chinese satelli…


H-IIA
Success
2 weeks, 5 days ago
IGS Radar 8
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 - Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

The IGS Radar 8 is a Japanese radar reconnaissance satellite. The satellite is operated by the Cabinet Satellite Information Center. The satellite se…


Falcon 9
Success
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Starlink Group 9-8
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 20 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.