Upcoming Spaceflight Launches
Filter by Agency, Locations or Vehicles
Show All Launches
PSLV | SPADEX (Space Docking Experiment)
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
December 30, 2024
Status: To Be Confirmed
Mission:
SPADEX (Space Docking Experiment) is an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) technology mission to demonstrate autonomous docking between 2 spacecraft in orbit. The mission will involve two spacecraft (Chaser and Target) rendezvous and docking together, plus testing attitude control of the combined spacecraft under docked conditions. The Chaser and Target spacecraft will then be separated for operating other payload. The mission is critical to develop rendezvous and docking abilities for ISRO’s future human spaceflight and lunar sample return missions.
Low Earth Orbit
Electron | Kinéis 16-20
Rocket Lab | United States of AmericaRocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
TBD December, 2024
Gaganyaan Abort Test Booster | TV-D2
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
TBD December, 2024
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Nusantara Lima
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD December, 2024
New Glenn | Maiden Flight
Blue Origin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD December, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
Maiden flight of the New Glenn launch vehicle. Will carry the prototype Blue Ring payload tug and payload hoisting platform, consisting of communications array, power systems, and a flight computer affixed to a secondary payload adapter ring, remaining attached to the 2nd stage. This launch will serve as New Glenn's first National Security Space Launch certification flight.
Unknown GS1-SN001 - Maiden Flight JacklynHASTE | Leidos-3
Rocket Lab | United States of AmericaWallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
TBD December, 2024
Spectrum | Maiden Flight
Isar Aerospace | GermanyAndøya Spaceport
TBD December, 2024
Electron | BlackSky Gen-3 1
Rocket Lab | United States of AmericaRocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
TBD December, 2024
GSLV Mk II | IRNSS-1K (NVS-02)
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
TBD January, 2025
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
This is a replacement satellite for the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System. The constellation will provide India with an alternative to GPS and will be used for military and civilian use. Located at a geosynchronous orbit, the system will be operated by the Indian government.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Starship | Flight 7
SpaceX | United States of AmericaSpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
TBD January, 2025
KAIROS
Flight 2
Space One Launch Pad - Spaceport Kii, JapanSecond flight of the KAIROS launch vehicle. 5 satellites for testing various technologies will be on board: * TATARA-1 * PARUS-T1A * SC-Sat1…
Falcon 9
O3b mPower 7 & 8
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USASeventh and eighth of a constellation of eleven high-throughput communications satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) built by Boeing and operated by…
Falcon 9
NROL-149
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USASixth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to…
Falcon 9
GPS III SV07 (RRT-1)
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAGPS-III (Global Positioning System) is the first evolution stage of the third generation of the GPS satellites. It consists of the first ten (known a…
Long March 2D
PIESAT-2 09-12
Launch Complex 9 - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China4 X-band synthetic-aperture radar Earth observation satellites for the Chinese Earth observation satellite company PIESAT.
Long March 5B/YZ-2
SatNet LEO Group 01
101 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of ChinaA batch of 10 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group…
Electron
Stonehenge
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C) - Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USASub-orbital launch of the Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program for a confidential customer.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 11-2
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Long March 2D/YZ-3
High Speed Laser Diamond Constellation Test System
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China5 prototype satellites for Low Earth Orbit communications satellite constellation testing, in 3 different orbits.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 12-5
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
