This article lists planned future orbital and suborbital spaceflight launches and events.
For an overview of spaceflight in the near future, see 2020s in spaceflight.
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
Remarks | |||||||
September (TBD) [6] [42] | SLS Block 1B | Kennedy LC-39B | NASA | ||||
Artemis 7 | NASA | Selenocentric (NRHO) | Crewed lunar landing | ||||
Lunar Cruiser | JAXA / Toyota / NASA | Selenocentric to lunar surface | Crewed lunar rover | ||||
Q3 (TBD) [8] [9] | Vega-C | Kourou ELV | Arianespace | ||||
CIMR B (Sentinel-11B) | ESA | Low Earth (SSO) | Oceanography | ||||
Second of two satellites for the Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer (CIMR) mission. Part of the European Space Agency's Copernicus Programme. | |||||||
2031 (TBD) [43] | Ariane 62 | Kourou ELA-4 | Arianespace | ||||
EnVision | ESA | Cytherocentric | Venus orbiter | ||||
JFY2031 (TBD) [14] | Epsilon S | Uchinoura | JAXA | ||||
Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-7 | JAXA | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | ||||
Part of JAXA's Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration Program. | |||||||
JFY2031 (TBD) [14] | H3 | Tanegashima LA-Y2 | MHI | ||||
IGS-Radar 9 | CSICE | Low Earth (SSO) | Reconnaissance | ||||
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
Remarks | |||||||
Q1 2033 [8] [44] | Ariane 6 | Kourou ELA-4 | Arianespace | ||||
MetOp-SG B2 | EUMETSAT | Low Earth (SSO) | Meteorology | ||||
Q1 2033 [8] | Ariane 6 | Kourou ELA-4 | Arianespace | ||||
MTG-I3 | EUMETSAT | Geosynchronous | Meteorology | ||||
Q3 2033 [8] | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||||
Sentinel-3 NG TOPO A | ESA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | ||||
Sentinel-3 Next Generation Topography satellite. | |||||||
Q4 2033 [8] | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||||
Sentinel-6 NG B | NASA / NOAA / EUMETSAT / ESA | Low Earth | Earth observation | ||||
Sentinel-6 Next Generation satellite. | |||||||
JFY2033 (TBD) [14] | H3 | Tanegashima LA-Y2 | MHI | ||||
IGS-Radar 10 | CSICE | Low Earth (SSO) | Reconnaissance | ||||
JFY2033 (TBD) [14] | H3 | Tanegashima LA-Y2 | MHI | ||||
IGS-Optical 11 | CSICE | Low Earth (SSO) | Reconnaissance | ||||
2033 (TBD) [49] | Long March 9 | Wenchang | CASC | ||||
CNSA | Low Earth | Flight test | |||||
First flight of the Long March 9 super heavy-lift launch vehicle. | |||||||
Date (UTC) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
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18 April 2028 | Lucy | Flyby of asteroid 11351 Leucus | Target altitude 1000 km |
June 2028 | Hayabusa2 | Flyby of Earth [53] | Gravity assist |
11 November 2028 | Lucy | Flyby of asteroid 21900 Orus | Target altitude 1000 km |
18 January 2029 | JUICE | Third and final gravity assist at Earth | |
21 April 2029 | OSIRIS-APEX | Rendezvous with asteroid 99942 Apophis [54] | Observation operations begin 8 April |
August 2029 | Psyche | Arrival at asteroid 16 Psyche | |
26 December 2030 | Lucy | Third gravity assist at Earth | Target altitude 660 km |
July 2031 | Hayabusa2 | Arrival at asteroid 1998 KY26 [53] | |
July 2031 | JUICE | Flyby of Ganymede | |
July 2031 | JUICE | Jupiter orbit insertion | |
July 2032 | JUICE | Flyby of Europa | |
2 March 2033 | Lucy | Flyby of binary asteroid 617 Patroclus-Menoetius | Target altitude 1000 km |
December 2034 | JUICE | Ganymede orbit insertion | Planned first orbit of a moon other than Earth's |
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