List of spaceflight launches in April–June 2026

This article lists orbital and suborbital launches during the first quarter of the year 2026.

For all other spaceflight activities, see 2026 in spaceflight. For launches during the rest of 2026, see List of spaceflight launches in January–March 2026, List of spaceflight launches in July–September 2026, and List of spaceflight launches in October–December 2026.

Orbital launches

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Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
8 April [1]	Vega-C			Kourou ELV		Arianespace
		SMILE	CAS / ESA	Highly elliptical	Earth observation
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec →
May (TBD) [2]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		Haven-1	Vast	Low Earth	Space habitat
		Single-module commercial space station.
May (TBD) [3] [4]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		Ax-5	SpaceX / Axiom Space / ESA	Low Earth (ISS)	Private spaceflight
		Axiom Mission 5, launching on Crew Dragon. 14-day commercial flight of four astronauts to the International Space Station. Possibly all crew from UK to launch to ISS.
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec →
June (TBD) [2]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		Vast-1	Vast	Low Earth (Haven-1)	Private spaceflight
		First crewed mission to Vast's Haven-1 commercial space station.
June (TBD) [5]	Pegasus XL			Stargazer		Northrop Grumman
		Swift Rescue Mission	Katalyst Space Technologies	Low Earth	TBA
		Swift Rescue Mission will rescue NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory by raising it to a higher altitude.
June (TBD) [6]	Falcon Heavy/Vulcan Centaur			Cape Canaveral or Kennedy		SpaceX/ULA
		Tetra-5	USSF	Geosynchronous	Technology demonstration
		TBA	Orbit Fab	Geosynchronous	TBA
		ASP-R	USSF/Astroscale	Geosynchronous	TBA
June (TBD) [7]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape Canaveral or Vandenberg		SpaceX
		TBA	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit, designated Transporter-17.
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec →
Q2 (TBD) [8] [9]	LVM3			Satish Dhawan		ISRO
		GSAT-32 (GSAT-N3)	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Communications
		GSAT-32 is also Known as GSAT-N3. Planned replacement for GSAT-6A. [10]
Q2 (TBD) [11]	Ariane 62			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		MetOp-SG B1 [12]	EUMETSAT	Low Earth (SSO)	Meteorology
		Second of six MetOp-SG launches. [13]
Q2 (TBD) [14]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
		Elytra Dark	Firefly	Low Earth to TLI	Space Tug
		Blue Ghost M2	NASA / Firefly	TLI to lunar surface	Lunar lander
		Rashid-2	MBRSC	TLI to lunar surface	Lunar Rover
		Lunar Pathfinder [15]	SSTL / ESA	Selenocentric (ELFO)	Communications
		Second Blue Ghost mission. Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) mission delivering two payloads to the far side of the Moon. [16]
Q2 (TBD) [17] [18]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape Canaveral or Kennedy		SpaceX
		CHORUS C	MDA	Low Earth	Earth observation
		CHORUS X	MDA	Low Earth	Earth observation
Q2 (TBD) [19] [20]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		VICTUS SURGO (Helios 1)	Impulse Space	Low Earth to Geosynchronous	Space domain awareness
		Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) Mission.
H1 (TBD) [21]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX
		Tracking Layer Tranche 1 × 7	SDA	Low Earth	Missile tracking
		First of five launches for the Space Development Agency's Tracking Layer Tranche 1 (Tranche 1 Tracking Layer A Mission). [22] [23]
H1 2026 (TBD) [24]	Ariane 64			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		Intelsat 45	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications
Mid 2026 (TBD) [25]	Starship			TBA		SpaceX
		Starship HLS	SpaceX	TLI to lunar surface	Lunar lander
		FLEX	Astrolab	TLI to lunar surface	Lunar rover Technology demonstration
		Uncrewed Starship HLS rideshare mission to the lunar south pole. Astrolab's Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover will compete in NASA's Lunar Terrain Vehicle competition.
Mid 2026 (TBD) [26] [27]	TBA			Kourou		Arianespace
		⚀ CubeSpec	ESA	Low Earth	Hyperspectral astronomy
Q2 (TBD) [28] [29]	Vulcan Centaur			Vandenberg SLC-3E		ULA
		Tracking Layer Tranche 1 × 7	SDA	Low Earth	Missile tracking
		Second of five launches for the Space Development Agency's Tracking Layer Tranche 1 (Tranche 1 Tracking Layer B Mission).
Q2 (TBD) [28] [29]	Vulcan Centaur			Vandenberg SLC-3E		ULA
		Tracking Layer Tranche 1 × 7	SDA	Low Earth	Missile tracking
		Fourth of five launches for the Space Development Agency's Tracking Layer Tranche 1 (Tranche 1 Tracking Layer D Mission).
Q2 (TBD) [30]	Vulcan Centaur			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA
		TBA	NRO	TBA	TBA
		NROL-64 Mission. First NRO launch on Vulcan.
Q2 (TBD) [31]	Vulcan Centaur			Vandenberg SLC-3E		ULA
		TBA	NRO	TBA	TBA
		NROL-83 Mission. First Vulcan Centaur launch from Vandenberg.
Q2 (TBD) [32] [33]	Vulcan Centaur VC4S			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA
		TBA	U.S. Space Force	TBA	Reconnaissance
		USSF-112 Mission.
Q2 (TBD) [34]	Vulcan Centaur VC2S			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA
		GPS III-10 Hedy Lamarr	U.S. Space Force	Medium Earth	Navigation
		Named after American actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr. Originally planned to launch on a Falcon 9, GPS III-10 was shifted to Vulcan when GPS III-07, intended to launch on Vulcan, was moved to the Falcon 9 in mid-2024 following Vulcan readiness concerns.
Q2 (TBD) [35] [33]	Vulcan Centaur			Vandenberg SLC-3E		ULA
		TBA	U.S. Space Force	TBA	Reconnaissance
		USSF-114 Mission.
Q2 (TBD) [36]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape Canaveral or Kennedy		SpaceX
		Globalstar M104–120 [37]	Globalstar	Low Earth	Communications
		Launch of 17 satellites for Globalstar's third-generation constellation.
Q2 (TBD) [38] [39]	Electron			Mahia LC-1		Rocket Lab
		VICTUS HAZE	Space Systems Command	Low Earth	Space domain awareness
		Tactically Responsive Space-4 (TacRS-4) Mission.
Q2 (TBD)	Alpha [40]			Vandenberg SLC-2W		Firefly Aerospace
		Jackal AOV [40]	Space Systems Command/True Anomaly	Low Earth	Space domain awareness
		Tactically Responsive Space-4 (TacRS-4) Mission.
Q2 (TBD) [41]	Antares 330			MARS LP-0A		Northrop Grumman
		Cygnus NG-22	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics
		First flight of the Antares 330 variant.
Q2 (TBD) [42]	Vulcan Centaur VC6L		KV-03	Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA
		KuiperSat × 45	Kuiper Systems	Low Earth	Communications
		Second of 38 Vulcan Centaur launches for Amazon's Project Kuiper. Mission Designated "Vulcan Kuiper Mission #2 (KV-02)"
H1 (TBD) [43]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
		Cygnus NG-24	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics
		Last of four Cygnus spacecraft to be launched via Falcon 9.
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec →
For flights after 30 June, see List of spaceflight launches in July–September 2026

Suborbital flights

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
April (TBD) [44]	VSB-30			Esrange		MORABA
		TEXUS-62	DLR / ESA	Suborbital	Microgravity research
May (TBD) [44]	VSB-30		S1X-6/M18	Esrange		SSC
		MASER-18	SSC	Suborbital	Microgravity research
		SubOrbital Express Microgravity flight opportunity 6.
May (TBD) [44]	Red Kite/Impr. Malemute			Esrange		MORABA
		MAPHEUS-17	DLR	Suborbital	Microgravity research
1 June [45]	Black Brant IX			White Sands Missile Range		NASA
		LXT	University of Miami	Suborbital	Astrophysics
1 June [45]	Black Brant IX			Wallops Flight Facility		NASA
		Dynamo-3	Goddard Space Flight Center	Suborbital	Geospace science
		First of two launches
1 June [45]	Black Brant IX			Wallops Flight Facility		NASA
		Dynamo-3	Goddard Space Flight Center	Suborbital	Geospace science
		Second of two launches
H1 2026 (TBD) [46]	Tronador II-70			Manuel Belgrano Space Center		CONAE
			CONAE	Low Earth	Flight test
		Maiden flight of Tronador II-70. Expected apogee: 150 km (93 mi).
H1 2026 (TBD) [47]	Perun			Santa Maria		Portugal Space ESA
		?		Suborbital

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