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Falcon Heavy | GOES-U
SpaceX | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD June, 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 Orbit B1072 - Maiden Flight Landing Zone 1 B1086 - Maiden Flight Landing Zone 2 B1087 - Maiden Flight Atlantic OceanFalcon Heavy | Europa Clipper
SpaceX | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
October 10, 2024
Status: To Be Confirmed
Mission:
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/A B1065 - Flight Proven ( ) Atlantic Ocean Unknown FH - Maiden Flight Atlantic Ocean B1064 - Flight Proven ( ) Atlantic OceanFalcon Heavy | VIPER
SpaceX | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD November, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
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 Orbit Unknown FH - Maiden Flight Landing Zone 2 Unknown FH - Maiden Flight Landing Zone 1 Unknown FH - Maiden Flight UnknownFalcon Heavy | Gateway PPE & HALO
SpaceX | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD December, 2025
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
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 | Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
SpaceX | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD October, 2026
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is a NASA infrared space telescope with a 2.4 m (7.9 ft) wide field of view primary mirror and two scientific instruments. The Wide-Field Instrument (WFI) is a 300.8-megapixel multi-band visible and near-infrared camera, providing a sharpness of images comparable to that achieved by the Hubble Space Telescope over a 0.28 square degree field of view, 100 times larger than imaging cameras on the Hubble. The Coronagraphic Instrument (CGI) is a high-contrast, small field of view camera and spectrometer covering visible and near-infrared wavelengths using novel starlight-suppression technology. Roman objectives include a search for extra-solar planets using gravitational microlensing, and probing the expansion history of the Universe and the growth of cosmic structure, with the goal of measuring the effects of dark energy, the consistency of general relativity, and the curvature of spacetime.
Sun-Earth L2Falcon Heavy | USSF-70
SpaceX | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD December, 2026
Falcon Heavy | Astrobotic-3
SpaceX | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD December, 2026
Falcon Heavy | GPS IIIF SV01
SpaceX | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD December, 2026
Falcon Heavy | USSF-75
SpaceX | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD December, 2026
Long March 3
ZHTW 1-01
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaZhihui Tianwang 1-01 are 2 experimental Medium Earth Orbit communication satellites in a collaboration between Tsinghua University, SAST and the Shan…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-56
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAA batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Long March 6C
Maiden Flight
Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaCarried 4 Earth observation satellites to orbit: * Haiwangxing-01, 239 kg X-band SAR satellite built by SAST for Zhihui Space Tech * Zhixing-1C, X-…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-57
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAA batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Long March 5
Chang'e 6
101 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of ChinaChang'e 6/CE-6 is scheduled to launch in 2024 to return samples from the Far Side of the Moon (near southern edge of the Apollo Basin) for the first …
SR75
Maiden Flight
Pad 1 - Koonibba Test Range, South AustraliaTest flight of HyImpulse's SR75 sounding rocket
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-55
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAA batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
WorldView Legion 1 & 2
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAWorldView Legion is a constellation of Earth observation satellites built and operated by Maxar. Constellation is planned to consist of 6 satellites …
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-54
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAA batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
Galileo L12 (FOC FM25 & FM27)
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USATwo satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system. Originally planned for launch on Soyuz-ST and then Ariane 6 but both were unavailable. Gali…
