Vandenberg Launch Schedule

Upcoming launches out of Vandenberg AFB, California

Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-145

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD December, 2025

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Eleventh batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.

Unknown Unknown F9 - Maiden Flight Of Course I Still Love You

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Firefly Alpha | QuickSounder

Firefly Aerospace | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD February, 2026

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

QuickSounder is the first satellite mission of the Near Earth Orbit Network (NEON) program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which aims to replace the current Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) series of polar orbit weather satellites. This pathfinder mission will demonstrate NOAA's ability to launch a small satellite within 3 years, flying a refurbished Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) instrument to polar orbit.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Rivada 12

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD June, 2026

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

24 satellites for Rivada's internet constellation.

Polar Orbit Unknown F9 - Maiden Flight Of Course I Still Love You

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Rivada 11

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD June, 2026

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

24 satellites for Rivada's internet constellation.

Polar Orbit Unknown F9 - Maiden Flight Of Course I Still Love You

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Rivada 9

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD June, 2026

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

24 satellites for Rivada's internet constellation.

Polar Orbit Unknown F9 - Maiden Flight Of Course I Still Love You

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Rivada 8

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD June, 2026

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

24 satellites for Rivada's internet constellation.

Polar Orbit Unknown F9 - Maiden Flight Of Course I Still Love You

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Rivada 10

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD June, 2026

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

24 satellites for Rivada's internet constellation.

Polar Orbit Unknown F9 - Maiden Flight Of Course I Still Love You

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Rivada 7

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD June, 2026

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

24 satellites for Rivada's internet constellation.

Polar Orbit Unknown F9 - Maiden Flight Of Course I Still Love You

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Vulcan | SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer B

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD December, 2026

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for Tranche 2 Transport Layer.

Polar Orbit

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer A

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD December, 2026

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for Tranche 1 Tracking Layer.

Polar Orbit

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Recent Launches

Long March 2D

Success

1 day ago

4 x SatNet test satellites

Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Officially described as "Satellite-Internet Technology Demonstration Satellites". Probable 4 test satellites for the Chinese state-owned LEO communic…

Falcon 9

Success

1 day, 3 hours ago

Fram2

Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Fram2 is the world’s first astronaut mission to polar orbit. Named after the Norwegian polar research ship Fram, the Crew Dragon spacecraft will laun…

Falcon 9

Success

1 day, 8 hours ago

Starlink Group 6-80

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Spectrum

Failure

2 days, 18 hours ago

Maiden Flight

Orbital Launch Pad - Andøya Spaceport

First flight of the Isar Spectrum launch vehicle.

Long March 7A

Success

3 days, 12 hours ago

TJSW-16

201 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

Chinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known.

Falcon 9

Success

6 days, 6 hours ago

Starlink Group 11-7

Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Long March 3

Success

6 days, 12 hours ago

Tianlian 2-04

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Tianlian is a Chinese data tracking and relay communications geostationary satellite series. The TL 2 (Tian Lian 2) satellites represent the second g…

Electron

Success

6 days, 13 hours ago

Finding Hot Wildfires Near You (OroraTech OTC-P1)

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

8 satellites for a constellation of satellites developed by Orora Technologies (OroraTech) of Germany, with thermal infrared cameras that can provide…

Falcon 9

Success

1 week, 1 day ago

NROL-69

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office

Ceres-1

Success

1 week, 4 days ago

Yunyao-1 43-48

Launch Area 95A - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

6 weather satellites performing atmospheric measurements using GNSS Radio Occultation for a Tianjin based company. Constellation is planned to have a…