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Ariane 62 | Metop-SG B1
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD June, 2026
Ariane 64 | IS-45
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD June, 2026
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
Intelsat 45 is a small geostationary communications satellite that will provide Ku-band fixed-satellite services enabling Intelsat to provide specialized and efficient service to Media and Network customers. IS-45 weighs about 1 metric ton at launch and is designed and built by SWISSto12, based on the company’s innovative HummingSat platform. HummingSats are just over one cubic meter in volume, one-tenth the size of conventional satellites placed in geostationary orbit. SWISSto12 is developing the satellites in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) through its public-private-partnership program, benefiting from unique and patented 3D printing technologies.
Geostationary Transfer OrbitAriane 64 | MTG-I2
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD September, 2026
Ariane 64 Block 2 | Project Kuiper (Ariane 6 #3)
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2026
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
Project Kuiper is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude. 35-40 satellites will be carried on each Ariane 6 launch.
Low Earth OrbitAriane 62 | PLATO
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2026
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
Plato, for PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars, is a European Space Agency (ESA) mission with 26 cameras to study terrestrial exoplanets in orbits up to the habitable zone of Sun-like stars. Its goal is to measure the sizes of exoplanets and discover exomoons and rings around them, as well as characterise planets' host stars by studying tiny light variations in the starlight it receives.
Sun-Earth L2Ariane 64 | Hellas Sat 5
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2027
Ariane 62 | ARIEL & Comet Interceptor
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2029
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
Atmospheric Remote sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large survey mission (ARIEL) is an ESA telescope. During a 4-year mission, ARIEL will observe 1000 planets orbiting distant stars and make the first large-scale survey of the chemistry of exoplanet atmospheres. For a select number of exoplanets, ARIEL will also perform a deep survey of their cloud systems and study seasonal and daily atmospheric variations. ARIEL shares the ride with another ESA mission, Comet Interceptor. It consists of three spacecraft which will be positioned at the Sun-Earth Lagrange point L2, where they will wait for a long-period comet or an interstellar object to come by. Once the desired target appears, the spacecraft will separate and perform a flyby of the target, compiling a detailed 3D profile of a comet.
Sun-Earth L2Ariane 6 | 2 x Galileo Second Generation (G2)
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2029
Ariane 64 | Argonaut Mission 1
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2031
Ariane 64 | EnVision
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2031
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 12-19
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.
Electron
Full Stream Ahead (BlackSky Gen-3 2)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand2nd of the BlackSky Gen-3 high resolution Earth-imaging satellites.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 11-18
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
New Shepard
NS-32
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch - Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USANS-32 is the 12th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 32nd in its history.
Falcon 9
GPS III SV08
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAEighth of ten GPS III missions.
Long March 4B
Shijian 26
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaChinese experimental satellite claimed to be for "Earth observation & environmental management" purposes, details not known.
Long March 3
Tianwen-2
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaTianwen-2 is a planned Chinese asteroid sample return and comet orbiter mission due for launch in May 2025. The spacecraft will visit the Near Earth …
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 10-32
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAA batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Starship
Flight 9
Orbital Launch Mount A - SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA9th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 17-1
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
