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Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | AIST-2T 01 & 02
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaVostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
Dec. 28, 2025, 1:18 p.m.
Status: Launch in Flight
Mission:
A pair of Russian optical Earth observation satellites built by the Progress Rocket Space Centre for obtaining stereo images of the Earth's surface, with maximum resolution of 1.2 m in panchromatic mode and a swath width of 32 km. 50 small satellites will also be launched as ride-share payloads, including 3 from Iran.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Falcon 9 Block 5 | CSG-3
SpaceX | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 29, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Long March 4B | Unknown Payload
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 30, 2025, 4:10 a.m.
Long March 7A | Unknown Payload
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaWenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Dec. 30, 2025, 10:40 p.m.
Smart Dragon 3 | Unknown Payload
China Rocket Co. Ltd. | ChinaHaiyang Oriental Spaceport
TBD December, 2025
Ceres-2 | Demo Flight
Galactic Energy | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
TBD December, 2025
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-88
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 3, 2026, 5 a.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Pandora / Twilight rideshare mission
SpaceX | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD January, 2026
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
The Pandora small satellite was selected in 2021 as an inaugural mission in NASA’s Astrophysics Pioneers Program. It includes a 0.45-meter telescope that will improve our understanding of exoplanet atmospheres by disentangling exoplanet signals from their host stars, as well as studying host star variability with long-duration observations of 20 unique planets through visible-light photometry and near-infrared spectroscopy. Also launching on this launch are ride-share payloads under the "Falcon 9 Twilight mission", including satellites from Spire Global and Kepler Communications.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
PSLV-DL | EOS-N1 and others
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
January 10, 2026
Spectrum | Flight Two
Isar Aerospace | GermanyAndøya Spaceport
TBD January, 2026
Long March 3B/E
Fengyun-4C
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaChina's geostationary meteorological satellite program FY-4 (Feng Yun 4) is the second generation of chinese geostationary meteorological satellites.
Long March 8A
SatNet LEO Group 17
Commercial LC-1 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of ChinaA batch of 9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.…
Soyuz 2.1a
Obzor-R No.1
43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationNote: Assignment of payloads to this launch is uncertain. The Russian Obzor-R satellite is a planned X-band radar earth observation satellite desi…
LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III)
BlueBird Block 2 #1
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad - Satish Dhawan Space Centre, IndiaAST SpaceMobile’s Block 2 BlueBird satellites are designed to deliver up to 10 times the bandwidth capacity of the BlueBird Block 1 satellites, requi…
Long March 12A
Demo Flight
Long March 12A Pad - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaFirst test launch of CASC/SAST’s Long March 12A rocket, with a dummy payload. The rocket’s 1st stage attempted to land on a landing pad about 300 km …
HANBIT-Nano
Spaceward
HANBIT Pad - Alcântara Space Center, Federative Republic of BrazilMaiden orbital launch attempt for the South Korean start-up Innospace and its HANBIT-Nano small launch vehicle. Onboard this flight are five small sa…
H3-22
Michibiki 5 (QZS-5)
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 - Tanegashima Space Center, JapanQZSS (Quasi Zenith Satellite System) is a Japanese satellite navigation system operating from inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits to achieve o…
Electron
The Wisdom God Guides (iQPS Launch 6)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandSynthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.
New Shepard
NS-37
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch - Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USANS-37 is the 16th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 37th in the New Shepard program's history.
Long March 5
TJSW-23
101 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of ChinaChinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known.
