This article lists orbital and suborbital launches during the first half of the year 2024.
For all other spaceflight activities, see 2024 in spaceflight. For launches in the second half of 2024, see List of spaceflight launches in July–December 2024.
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | ||||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |||
Remarks | ||||||||
January | ||||||||
1 January 03:40 [1] | PSLV-DL | C58 | Satish Dhawan FLP | ISRO | ||||
XPoSat | ISRO / RRI | Low Earth | X-ray astronomy | In orbit | Operational | |||
The POEM-3 non-deployable platform was hosted on the fourth stage. | ||||||||
3 January 03:44 [2] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-9 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 21 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
Six of the 21 satellites on this mission carried the first batch of Starlink Direct-to-Cell transponders. | ||||||||
3 January 23:04 [3] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | F9-287 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Ovzon-3 | Ovzon | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
First commercial satellite with Roll Out Solar Array that were deployed on 10 January 2024. [4] [5] | ||||||||
5 January 11:20 [6] | Kuaizhou 1A | Y28 | Jiuquan LS-95A | ExPace | ||||
Tianmu-1 15–18 | Xiyong Microelectronics | Low Earth (SSO) | Meteorology | In orbit | Operational | |||
7 January 22:35:40 [7] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-35 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 23 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
8 January 07:18:38 [8] | Vulcan Centaur VC2S | Cert-1 V-001 | Cape Canaveral SLC-41 | ULA | ||||
Peregrine | Astrobotic Technology | TLI to lunar surface | Lunar lander | 18 January 20:59 [9] | Spacecraft failure | |||
Iris [10] | Astrobotic Technology CMU | TLI to lunar surface | CubeRover | Precluded | ||||
Colmena × 5 [10] | UNAM | TLI to lunar surface | Lunar rover | Precluded | ||||
Maiden flight of the Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle. Vulcan is the first methane fueled rocket to reach orbit on its first attempt, and the first to reach orbit from the US. [11] Celestis Enterprise was hosted on the Centaur V of this Mission. Lunar landing abandoned due to excessive propellant leak from the Peregrine lander. [12] | ||||||||
9 January 07:03 [13] | Long March 2C | 2C-Y30 | Xichang LC-3 | CASC | ||||
Einstein Probe | CAS / ESA | Low Earth | X-ray astronomy | In orbit | Operational | |||
11 January 03:52 [14] | Kuaizhou 1A | Y24 | Jiuquan LS-95A | ExPace | ||||
Tianxing-1 02 | CAS | Low Earth (SSO) | Space environment observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
11 January 05:30 [15] | Gravity-1 | Y1 | DeFu-15002 platform, Yellow Sea | Orienspace | ||||
Yunyao-1 18-20 | CGSTL | Low Earth | Meteorology | In orbit | Operational | |||
Maiden flight of the Gravity-1 launch vehicle. | ||||||||
12 January 04:44:26 [16] | H-IIA 202 | F48 | Tanegashima LA-Y1 | MHI | ||||
IGS-Optical 8 | CSICE | Low Earth (SSO) | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
14 January 08:59:30 [17] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-10 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 22 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
15 January 01:52 [17] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-37 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 23 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
17 January 14:27:30 [18] | Long March 7 | Y8 | Wenchang LC-2 | CASC | ||||
Tianzhou 7 | CMSA | Low Earth (TSS) | Space logistics | In orbit | Docked to TSS | |||
⚀ Nanjing (Baiyi-08) [20] | NJIT | Low Earth | Education | In orbit | Awaiting deployment | |||
Sixth Tianzhou resupply cargo flight to the Tiangong space station. | ||||||||
18 January 21:49:11 [21] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | F9-291 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | ||||
Ax-3 | SpaceX / Axiom Space | Low Earth (ISS) | Private spaceflight | 9 February 13:30 | Successful | |||
Axiom Mission 3, launching on Crew Dragon. 14-day commercial flight of four astronauts to the ISS. [22] | ||||||||
20 January 06:28 [23] | Qaem 100 | Shahroud Space Center | IRGC | |||||
Soraya | ISA | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
First successful orbital flight of Qaem 100. | ||||||||
23 January 04:03 [24] | Kinetica 1 | Y3 | Jiuquan LS-130 | CAS Space | ||||
Taijing-1-03 | MinoSpace | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Taijing-2-02 | MinoSpace | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Taijing-2-04 | MinoSpace | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Taijing-3-02 | MinoSpace | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Taijing-4-03 | MinoSpace | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
24 January 00:35 [25] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-11 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 22 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
28 January 00:02 [26] [27] | Simorgh | Semnan LP-2 | ISA | |||||
Mahda | ISA | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Hatef-1 | ISA | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Keyhan-2 | ISA | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
First successful orbital flight of Simorgh. | ||||||||
29 January 01:10:00 [25] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-38 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 23 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
29 January 05:57:20 [25] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-12 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 22 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
30 January 17:07:21 [28] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | F9-295 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Cygnus NG-20 S.S. Patricia “Patty” Hilliard Robertson | NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | In orbit | Docked to ISS | |||
First of three Cygnus spacecraft to be launched via Falcon 9. | ||||||||
31 January 06:34 [29] | Electron | "Four Of A Kind" | Mahia LC-1B | Rocket Lab | ||||
⚀ Skylark (Lemur-2) × 4 | Spire Global / NorthStar | Low Earth (SSO) | Space situational awareness | In orbit | Operational | |||
First of three dedicated launches for NorthStar Earth & Space. | ||||||||
February | ||||||||
2 February 23:37 [30] | Long March 2C | 2C-Y85 | Xichang LC-3 | CASC | ||||
GeeSAT-2 × 11 (10–20) [32] | Geespace | Low Earth | Navigation Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
Eleven GeeSAT-2 satellites for the Geely Future Mobility Constellation. | ||||||||
3 February 03:06 [33] | Jielong 3 | Y3 | Bo Run Jiu Zhou platform, South China Sea | CALT | ||||
Dongfang Huiyan-GFO1 | Oriental Spaceport Industrial Park | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
DRO-L | CAS | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
NEXSAT-1 | NARSS / BST | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
Weihai-1 01 | CASIC | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
Weihai-1 02 | CASIC | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
Xingshidai-18 | ADASpace | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Xingshidai-19 | ADASpace | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Xingshidai-20 | ADASpace | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Zhixing-2A | Smart Satellite | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Xingshidai-18 is the first AI commercial hyperspectral satellite in orbit. | ||||||||
8 February 06:33:36 [34] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | F9-296 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
PACE | NASA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
9 February 07:03:44 [35] | Soyuz-2.1v | Plesetsk Site 43/4 | RVSN RF | |||||
Razbeg №2 (Kosmos 2575) | VKS | Low Earth (SSO) | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
10 February 00:34:00 [36] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-13 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 22 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
14 February 22:30 [37] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | F9-298 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
HBTSS × 2 | United States Space Force / MDA | Low Earth | Early warning | In orbit | Operational | |||
Tracking Layer Tranche 0 × 4 | SDA | Low Earth | Missile tracking | In orbit | Operational | |||
USSF-124 Mission / SDA Tranche 0C Mission. | ||||||||
15 February 03:25:05 [38] | Soyuz-2.1a | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Roscosmos | |||||
Progress MS-26 / 87P | Roscosmos | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | In orbit | Docked to ISS | |||
15 February 06:05:37 [39] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | F9-299 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | ||||
IM-1 Odysseus | Intuitive Machines | TLI to lunar surface | Lunar lander | 22 February 23:23 [40] | Operational | |||
⚀ EagleCam [42] | ERAU | TLI to lunar surface | Space selfie / Education | Partial failure | ||||
First Nova-C mission, part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. [43] | ||||||||
15 February 21:34 [44] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-14 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 22 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
300th Falcon 9 launch. | ||||||||
17 February 00:22:55 [45] | H3-22S | TF2 | Tanegashima LA-Y2 | JAXA | ||||
VEP-4 | JAXA | Low Earth to Suborbital | Launch vehicle evaluation | 17 February | Successful | |||
CE-SAT-IE | Canon Electronics | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ TIRSAT [47] | Seiren Co. | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Changed from the originally manifested ALOS-4 due to the launch failure of H3-TF1 / ALOS-3. First successful flight of the H3 launch vehicle. Separation of VEP-4 was performed after the deorbit burn of the second stage. | ||||||||
17 February 12:05 [48] | GSLV Mk II | F14 | Satish Dhawan SLP | ISRO | ||||
INSAT-3DS [50] | ISRO | Geosynchronous | Meteorology | In orbit | Operational | |||
The satellite will be a follow-up to INSAT-3DR Mission. | ||||||||
18 February 14:52 [51] | Electron | "On Closer Inspection" | Mahia LC-1B | Rocket Lab | ||||
ADRAS-J | Astroscale / JAXA | Low Earth | Space debris removal | In orbit | En route | |||
ADRAS-J will rendezvous with a spent Japanese H-IIA upper stage rocket body in low Earth orbit. | ||||||||
20 February 20:11 [44] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | F9-301 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Telkomsat Merah Putih 2 (HTS 113BT) | Telkomsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
Replacement for Nusantara-2 / Nusantara Dua (Palapa-N1), which was lost in a launch failure in April 2020. [52] | ||||||||
23 February 04:11:50 [44] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-15 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 22 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
23 February 11:30 [53] | Long March 5 | Y7 | Wenchang LC-1 | CASC | ||||
TJS-11 | CAST | Geosynchronous | SIGINT | In orbit | Operational | |||
25 February 22:06 [54] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-39 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 24 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
29 February 05:43:26 [55] | Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat | Vostochny Site 1S | Roscosmos | |||||
Meteor-M №2-4 [56] | Roscosmos | Low Earth (SSO) | Meteorology | In orbit | Operational | |||
Marafon-D-GVM [59] [60] | Roscosmos | Low Earth (SSO) | Dummy Payload | In orbit | Operational | |||
Pars 1 | ISA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ SITRO-AIS × 16 | Sitronics Group | Low Earth (SSO) | AIS ship tracking | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Zorkiy-2M-2 | Sputnix | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
GK Launch Services commercial rideshare mission. | ||||||||
29 February 13:03 [61] | Long March 3B/E | 3B-Y95 | Xichang LC-2 | CASC | ||||
Weixing Hulianwang Gaogui-01 | APT Satellite Holdings / CAST | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
29 February 15:30 [62] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-40 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 23 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
March | ||||||||
4 March 03:53:38 [63] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | F9-305 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | ||||
SpaceX Crew-8 | SpaceX / NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | Expedition 70/71 | In orbit | Docked to ISS | |||
Eighth operational Crew Dragon mission to the ISS. | ||||||||
4 March 22:05 [64] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter-10 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Optimus-2 [66] | Space Machines Company | Low Earth (SSO) | Space tug | In orbit | Operational | |||
Aries [68] | Apex | Low Earth (SSO) | Payload hosting | In orbit | Operational | |||
Fifi [69] | Aerospacelab | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
GHOSt-4 [70] | Orbital Sidekick | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
GHOSt-5 [70] | Orbital Sidekick | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Gluon [71] | Atomos Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Space docking | In orbit | Operational | |||
ICEYE × 3 | ICEYE | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Jackal × 2 [73] | True Anomaly | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
LizzieSat-1 [74] | Sidus Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
Loulou, Riri, Rose [69] | Aerospacelab | Low Earth (SSO) | SIGINT | In orbit | Operational | |||
Lynk Tower 05 [75] | Lynk Global | Low Earth (SSO) | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
Lynk Tower 06 [75] | Lynk Global | Low Earth (SSO) | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
MethaneSAT [77] | EDF / NZSA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation of atmospheric methane | In orbit | Operational | |||
MuSat-2 [79] | Muon Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
ÑuSat 44 [81] | Satellogic | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Pyxis [83] | Axelspace | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
Quark [71] | Atomos Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Space docking | In orbit | Operational | |||
YAM-6 [85] | Loft Orbital | Low Earth (SSO) | Payload hosting | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ AEROS MH-1 [87] | CEiiA / Thales Edisoft | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ BRO-12 [88] | UnseenLabs | Low Earth (SSO) | SIGINT | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ BRO-13 [88] | UnseenLabs | Low Earth (SSO) | SIGINT | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ ContecSat-1 [90] | CONTEC | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ EWS-RROCI 2 [92] | SSC | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ HORACIO [94] | Satlantis | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ IOD-6 Hammer [96] | Open Cosmos | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ IRIS-F1 [98] | NCKU / Satoro | Low Earth (SSO) | AIS ship tracking | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ LACE-A [99] | NWIC Pacific / MDA | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ LACE-B [99] | NWIC Pacific / MDA | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Lemur-2 × 4 [100] | Spire Global | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ M3 [102] | Missouri S&T | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ OrbAstro-TR2 [104] | OrbAstro | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ OWLSAT-1 [105] | ONDO Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Amateur radio | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ OWLSAT-2 [105] | ONDO Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Amateur radio | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Pony Express 2A [106] | Tyvak | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Pony Express 2B [106] | Tyvak | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ PY4 × 4 [108] | NASA | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ RROCI-2 [110] | NOAA / Orion Space Solutions | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Scout-1 [112] | Quantum Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Space domain awareness | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ SONATE-2 [114] | University of Würzburg | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Tiger-7 [115] | OQ Technology | Low Earth (SSO) | IoT | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Tiger-8 [115] | OQ Technology | Low Earth (SSO) | IoT | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Veery-0E [117] | Care Weather Technologies | Low Earth (SSO) | Meteorology | In orbit | Operational | |||
Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to Sun-synchronous orbit, designated Transporter-10. Atomos Space's Gluon and Quark will perform in-orbit rendezvous, docking and refueling. [71] The ELaNa 57 mission, consisting of the M3 cubesat, was launched on this flight. [118] | ||||||||
4 March 23:56 [119] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-41 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 23 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
10 March 23:05 [120] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-43 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 23 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
11 March 04:09 [121] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-17 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 23 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
12 March 15:03 [122] | Electron | "Owl Night Long" | Mahia LC-1B | Rocket Lab | ||||
StriX-3 | Synspective | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Final of three dedicated launches for Synspective's StriX constellation. | ||||||||
13 March 02:01:12 [123] | KAIROS | Spaceport Kii | Space One | |||||
Quick Response Satellite [125] | CSICE | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | 13 March 02:01:17 [126] | Launch failure | |||
Maiden flight of the KAIROS launch vehicle. The rocket exploded shortly after liftoff. | ||||||||
13 March 12:51 [127] | Long March 2C / YZ-1S | 2C-Y86 | Xichang LC-3 | CASC | ||||
DRO-A | CAS | Low Earth (achieved) Selenocentric (DRO) (planned) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | En route | |||
DRO-B | CAS | Low Earth (achieved) Selenocentric (DRO) (planned) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | En route | |||
The mission was a partial failure due to a problem in the YZ-1S upper stage during the flight, that prevented the satellites from accurately entering the intended orbit. Tracking data appears to show China is attempting to salvage spacecraft initially intended for the moon but left stranded by a rocket stage malfunction. [128] | ||||||||
14 March 13:25:00 [129] | Starship | IFT-3 | Starbase | SpaceX | ||||
No payload | SpaceX | Suborbital (achieved) Transatmospheric (planned) | Flight test | 14 March 14:14:35 | Partial failure | |||
Third Starship orbital test flight. The upper stage did not enter the planned transatmospheric orbit due to not performing a Raptor engine restart in space. The booster exploded at an altitude of 500 meters during a failed landing burn; Starship lost contact at ~65 km altitude during reentry. | ||||||||
16 March 00:21:00 [130] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-44 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 23 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
19 March 02:28:00 [131] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-16 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 20 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
USA-350 | TBA | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
USA-351 | TBA | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
Carried two Starshield satellites as rideshare. [132] [133] | ||||||||
20 March 00:31:28 [134] | Long March 8 | Y3 | Wenchang LC-2 | CASC | ||||
Queqiao-2 | CNSA | Selenocentric | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
Tiandu-1 [135] | Deep Space Exploration Laboratory | Selenocentric | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
Tiandu-2 [135] [137] | Deep Space Exploration Laboratory | Selenocentric | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
Queqiao-2 will relay communications for the Chang'e 6 (Far side of the Moon), Chang'e 7 and Chang'e 8 (Lunar south pole region) spacecrafts. Tiandu 1 and 2 will test technologies for a future lunar navigation and positioning constellation. | ||||||||
21 March 05:27 [138] | Long March 2D / YZ-3 | 2D-Y87 | Jiuquan SLS-2 | CASC | ||||
Yunhai-2 × 6 (07-12) | CAST | Low Earth | Meteorology | In orbit | Operational | |||
21 March 07:25 [139] | Electron | "Live and Let Fly" | MARS LC-2 | Rocket Lab | ||||
RASR-5 (USA-352) | NRO | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Aerocube 16A | The Aerospace Corporation | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Aerocube 16B | The Aerospace Corporation | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Mola | Naval Postgraduate School | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
NROL-123 mission. Last Satellite launch under NRO's Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket (RASR) program. First NRO launch on an Electron from Wallops, VA. | ||||||||
21 March 20:55:09 [140] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | F9-312 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
SpaceX CRS-30 | NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | In orbit | Docked to ISS | |||
⚀ Big Red Sat-1 [141] | UN Lincoln | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ BurstCube [141] | NASA Goddard | Low Earth | Gamma-ray burst study | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ CURTIS [142] | Panasonic Holdings | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ HyTi [141] | UH Mānoa | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ KASHIWA [144] | Chiba Institute of Technology | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Killick 1 [145] | Memorial University | Low Earth | Oceanography | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ MicroOrbiter-1 [147] | Micro Orbiter Inc. | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ QMSat [145] | Université de Sherbrooke | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ SNoOPI [141] | Purdue University | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ VIOLET [145] | University of New Brunswick | Low Earth | Space weather | In orbit | Operational | |||
The ELaNa-51 mission, consisting of 4 cubesats, will be launched on this flight. [148] This will be the tenth flight for SpaceX under NASA's CRS Phase 2 and first Dragon 2 launch from SLC-40, as the pad was reconfigured and a new Crew Access Tower and Arm was added. CURTIS, KASHIWA, and MicroOrbiter-1 were deployed into orbit from ISS on 11 April 2024. [142] SNoOPI, BurstCube, HyTI, Killick-1, QMSat, VIOLET, and Big Red Sat-1 were deployed into orbit from the ISS on 18 April 2024. [149] [150] | ||||||||
23 March 12:36:10 [151] | Soyuz-2.1a | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Roscosmos | |||||
Soyuz MS-25 | Roscosmos | Low Earth (ISS) | Expedition 70/71 | In orbit | Docked to ISS | |||
24 March 03:09 [131] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-42 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 23 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
25 March 23:42 [152] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-46 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 23 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
26 March 22:51 [153] | Long March 6A | 6A-Y3 | Taiyuan LA-9A | CASC | ||||
Yunhai-3 02 | SAST | Low Earth (SSO) | Meteorology | In orbit | Operational | |||
30 March 21:52 [154] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | F9-315 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | ||||
Eutelsat 36D | Eutelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
Replacement for Eutelsat 36B. | ||||||||
31 March 01:30 [152] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-45 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 23 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
31 March 09:36:45 [155] | Soyuz-2.1b | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Roscosmos | |||||
Resurs-P №4 [156] | Roscosmos | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Replacement satellite for the Resurs-DK No.1 satellite. | ||||||||
April | ||||||||
2 April 02:30:00 [152] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-18 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 22 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
2 April 22:56 [157] | Long March 2D | 2D-Y102 | Xichang LC-3 | CASC | ||||
Yaogan 42-01 | SAST | Low Earth | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
5 April 09:12:00 [158] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-47 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 23 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
7 April 02:25:00 [158] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-1 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 21 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
First batch of Starlink Group 8 Satellites. | ||||||||
7 April 23:16 [159] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon-1 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | ||||
425 Project SAR 1 [161] | DAPA | Low Earth | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Acadia-4 (Capella-14) [162] | Capella Space | Low Earth | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Hawk 8A, 8B, 8C [163] | HawkEye 360 | Low Earth | SIGINT | In orbit | Operational | |||
Hawk 9A, 9B, 9C [163] | HawkEye 360 | Low Earth | SIGINT | In orbit | Operational | |||
QPS-SAR 7 (TSUKUYOMI-II) | iQPS | Low Earth | Earth Observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
TSAT-1A [165] | TASL | Low Earth | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Centauri-6 [166] | Fleet Space | Low Earth | IoT | In orbit | Operational | |||
Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to a 45-degree mid-inclination orbit, designated Bandwagon-1. Second of five launches for DAPA 425 Project (425 Project Flight 2). | ||||||||
9 April 16:53 [167] | Delta IV Heavy | D-389 | Cape Canaveral SLC-37B | ULA | ||||
Orion 12 / Mentor 10 (USA-353) [169] | NRO | Geosynchronous | Reconnaissance (SIGINT) | In orbit | Operational | |||
NROL-70 Mission. Final Delta IV Heavy launch, and final launch of the Delta rocket family. | ||||||||
10 April 05:40:00 [170] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-48 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 23 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
11 April 09:00:00 [171] | Angara A5 / Orion [172] | Vostochny Site 1A | Roscosmos | |||||
GMM-KA | Roscosmos | Geosynchronous | Launch Vehicle Evaluation | In orbit | Successful | |||
⚀ Gagarinets | Avant Space | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ mass simulator | Roscosmos | Low Earth | Dummy payload | In orbit | Operational | |||
Maiden flight of Angara A5 / Orion combination. First launch of an Angara launch vehicle from Vostochny Cosmodrome (Vostochny Angara Test Flight). | ||||||||
11 April 14:25 [173] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | F9-322 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
WSF-M 1 | United States Space Force | Low Earth (SSO) | Space weather | In orbit | Operational | |||
USSF-62 Mission. | ||||||||
13 April 01:40:00 [170] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-49 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 23 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
First time a Falcon 9 booster (B1062) has flown 20 times. | ||||||||
15 April 04:12 [174] | Long March 2D | 2D-Y97 | Jiuquan SLS-2 | CASC | ||||
SuperView Neo 3-01 (Siwei Gaojing 3-01) | China Siwei | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
17 April 21:26:00 [175] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-51 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 23 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
18 April 22:40:00 [175] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-52 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 23 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
20 April 23:45 [176] | Long March 2D | 2D-Y103 | Xichang LC-3 | CASC | ||||
Yaogan 42-02 | SAST | Low Earth | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
23 April 22:17 [177] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-53 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 23 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
23 April 22:32 [178] | Electron | "Beginning Of The Swarm" | Mahia LC-1B | Rocket Lab | ||||
NeonSat-1 | KAIST | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ ACS3 | NASA | Low Earth (SSO) | Solar sail technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
Rideshare mission. | ||||||||
25 April 12:59:00 [179] | Long March 2F/G | 2F-Y18 | Jiuquan SLS-1 | CASC | ||||
Shenzhou 18 | CMSA | Low Earth (TSS) | Crewed spaceflight | In orbit | Docked to TSS | |||
Seventh crewed flight to the Tiangong space station. | ||||||||
28 April 00:34 [180] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | F9-327 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | ||||
Galileo FOC FM25 | ESA | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Galileo FOC FM27 | ESA | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | |||
First Galileo launch on a Falcon 9 and overall twelveth launch of Galileo satellites, carrying satellites Patrick and Julina. Originally planned to launch on Soyuz ST-B, but scrapped due to geopolitical factors. Then moved to Ariane 6, which was also scrapped due to delays. Europe contracted SpaceX to launch the two pairs aboard Falcon 9. Falcon 9 First stage Booster (B1060) will be expended in this Mission. | ||||||||
↓ Upcoming launches ↓ | ||||||||
28 April 21:50 [181] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-54 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 23 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
May | ||||||||
1 May 18:30 [182] [183] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | |||||
WorldView Legion 1 | Maxar Technologies | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
WorldView Legion 2 | Maxar Technologies | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
First of Three dedicated Falcon 9 launches for Maxar's WorldView Legion satellites. | ||||||||
2 May 01:43 [184] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-55 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × ? | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
3 May 07:00 [185] | Long March 5 | Y8 | Wenchang LC-1 | CASC | ||||
Chang'e 6 lander | CNSA | Selenocentric | Lunar lander | |||||
Chang'e 6 ascend module | CNSA | Selenocentric | Space rendezvous | |||||
Chang'e 6 orbiter | CNSA | Selenocentric | Lunar orbiter | |||||
Chang'e 6 return capsule | CNSA | Selenocentric | Lunar sample return | |||||
⚀ ICECUBE-Q [188] [189] | SUPARCO / SJTU / APSCO | Selenocentric | Lunar Orbiter | |||||
China's second lunar sample return mission, and world's first from the far side of the Moon, targeting southern area of Apollo basin (~43º S, 154º W). The mission is expected to take 53 days from launch to return module touchdown. [190] | ||||||||
4 May 02:59 [191] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-2 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × ? | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
4 May [192] [193] | Eris Block 1 | Bowen | Gilmour Space | |||||
No Payload | Gilmour Space | Low Earth | Flight test | |||||
First flight of Eris, and first orbital launch from Bowen. [194] First launch of an Australian developed launch vehicle, giving Australia satellite launch capability. | ||||||||
7 May 00:00 [195] | Long March 4C | 4C-Y55 | Jiuquan SLS-2 | CASC | ||||
Yaogan 33-05 | CAS | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
7 May 02:34 [196] [197] | Atlas V N22 | AV-085 [198] | Cape Canaveral SLC-41 | ULA | ||||
Boe-CFT | Boeing / NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | Crewed flight test | |||||
Boeing Crewed Flight Test of Starliner, as part of the Commercial Crew Development program. 100th Atlas V Launch. First launch of humans from Cape Canaveral SFS since Apollo 7 in October 1968, first launch of humans on an Atlas vehicle since Gordon Cooper on Mercury-Atlas 9 on May 15 1963, first launch of humans on an Atlas Centaur vehicle, first launch of humans on Atlas V, and first launch of humans from SLC-41. | ||||||||
9 May 02:00 [199] | Long March 3B/E | 3B-Y96 | Xichang | CASC | ||||
Shiyan 10-03 | SAST | Geosynchronous | Technology demonstration | |||||
30 May [200] | Soyuz-2.1a | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Roscosmos | |||||
Progress MS-27 / 88P | Roscosmos | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | |||||
Late May [201] [202] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | |||||
EarthCARE | ESA / JAXA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Earth Explorer 6 of the Living Planet Programme. | ||||||||
Late May [203] | GSLV Mk II | F15 | Satish Dhawan SLP | ISRO | ||||
NISAR | NASA / ISRO | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
May (TBD) [204] | Electron | MARS LC-2 | Rocket Lab | |||||
Acadia-3 (Capella-13) | Capella Space | Low Earth | Earth observation | |||||
Third of four dedicated launches for Capella Space. | ||||||||
May (TBD) [205] | Electron | Mahia LC-1 | Rocket Lab | |||||
Skylark × 4 | Spire Global / NorthStar | Low Earth (SSO) | Space situational awareness | |||||
Second of three dedicated launches for NorthStar Earth & Space. | ||||||||
May (TBD) [206] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-19 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × ? | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
May (TBD) [207] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-20 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × ? | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
May (TBD) [208] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-21 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × ? | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
May (TBD) [209] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-22 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × ? | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
May (TBD) [210] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-23 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × ? | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
May (TBD) [211] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-24 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × ? | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
May (TBD) [212] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-25 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × ? | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
May (TBD) [213] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-26 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × ? | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
May (TBD) [214] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-27 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × ? | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
May (TBD) [215] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-28 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × ? | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
May (TBD) [216] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-29 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × ? | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
May (TBD) [217] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-30 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × ? | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
May (TBD) [218] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-3 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × ? | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
May (TBD) [219] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-4 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × ? | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
May (TBD) [220] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-5 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × ? | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
May (TBD) [221] [222] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | |||||
TBA | NRO | TBA | TBA | |||||
NROL-146 Mission (NRO's Proliferated Architecture Mission). The First of Six dedicated launches of SpaceX/Northrop built satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office. | ||||||||
May (TBD) [223] [224] | Firefly Alpha | FLTA005 | Vandenberg SLC-2W | Firefly | ||||
⚀ CatSat | University of Arizona | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ KUbeSat-1 | University of Kansas | Low Earth (SSO) | Ionospheric research | |||||
⚀ MESAT 1 | University of Maine | Low Earth (SSO) | Atmospheric science | |||||
⚀ OwlSat | Rice University | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ R5-S2-2.0 | NASA Johnson | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ R5-S4 | NASA Johnson | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ REAL | Dartmouth College | Low Earth (SSO) | Ionospheric research | |||||
⚀ Serenity | Teachers in Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Education | |||||
⚀ SOC-i | University of Washington | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ TechEdSat-11 | NASA Ames | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
NASA Venture Class Launch Services 2 (VCLS 2) Mission Two, [225] officially known as VCLS Demo-2FB. The ELaNa 43 mission, consisting of 10 CubeSats, [226] will launch on this flight. [227] | ||||||||
May (TBD) [228] [229] | Gravity-1 | Y2 | Bo Run Jiu Zhou platform, South China Sea | Orienspace | ||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
Jitianxing AO1 (Jilin University 1) | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
Xingshidai-24 | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
Scheduled rideshare opportunity. | ||||||||
May (TBD) [230] [231] | Jielong 3 | Y4 | Bo Run Jiu Zhou platform, South China Sea | CALT | ||||
Liangxi 1 | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
Liangxi 2 | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
May (TBD) [232] | Long March 2D | 2D-Y78 | Jiuquan SLS-2 | CASC | ||||
CSES-02 / Zhangheng-2 [234] | CNSA / ASI | Low Earth (SSO) | Ionospheric research | |||||
Second CSES-Limadou satellite mission. [235] | ||||||||
May (TBD) [236] [237] | Minotaur IV / Orion 38 | Vandenberg SLC-8 | Northrop Grumman | |||||
TBA | NRO | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | |||||
NROL-174 mission. | ||||||||
May (TBD) [238] [239] | PSLV-XL | C59 | Satish Dhawan FLP | ISRO | ||||
ANVESHA | DRDO | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
SCOT | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
CGUSAT | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
LEAP-1 | Dhruva Space | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
Rideshare mission. | ||||||||
May (TBD) [240] [241] | PSLV | Satish Dhawan FLP | ISRO | |||||
THEOS-2A | GISTDA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
May (TBD) [242] [243] | RS1 | DEMO-2 | Kodiak LP-3C | ABL | ||||
⚀ VariSat-1B(2) | VariSat | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
Second flight of RS1, designated DEMO-2. Reflight of the VariSat-1B spacecraft lost in the previous launch. The upper stage will carry NearSpace Launch's DORSAT-01 as a hosted payload. [244] | ||||||||
May (TBD) [245] [246] | Skyrora XL | SaxaVord | Skyrora | |||||
TBA | Skyrora | Low Earth | Flight test | |||||
First launch of Skyrora XL. | ||||||||
May (TBD) [247] | SSLV | D3 | Satish Dhawan | ISRO | ||||
TBA | ISRO | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
Space Rickshaw | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
IITM Sat | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
ISRO Payload | ||||||||
May (TBD) [248] [249] | Starship | IFT-4 | Starbase | SpaceX | ||||
TBA | SpaceX | TBA | Flight test | |||||
Fourth Starship orbital test flight. | ||||||||
June | ||||||||
8 June [250] [251] | Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat | Vostochny Site 1S | Roscosmos | |||||
Kondor-FKA №2 [253] | Roscosmos | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | |||||
Early June [254] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | |||||
SpaceX CRS-31 | NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | |||||
NET 10 June [255] [256] | Electron | Mahia LC-1 | Rocket Lab | |||||
⚀ Kinéis × 5 | Kinéis | Low Earth | IoT | |||||
First of five dedicated launches for Kinéis' IoT satellite constellation. | ||||||||
Mid June [257] [258] | PSLV | Satish Dhawan FLP | ISRO | |||||
TBA | The Exploration Company | Low Earth | Reentry capsule Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ Phoenix [260] | Lunasonde | Low Earth | Earth observation | |||||
24 June [261] | Long March 2C | Xichang | CASC | |||||
SVOM | CNSA / CNES | Low Earth | Gamma-ray astronomy | |||||
25 June [262] | Falcon Heavy | FH-010 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | ||||
GOES-U | NOAA / NASA | Geosynchronous | Meteorology | |||||
30 June 03:06:42–03:19:34 [263] | H3-22S [264] | F3 | Tanegashima LA-Y2 | JAXA | ||||
ALOS-4 (Daichi 4) | JAXA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Late June [265] | Ariane 62 | VA262 FM1 | Kourou ELA-4 | Arianespace | ||||
Bikini Demo | The Exploration Company | Low Earth | Reentry capsule Technology demonstration | |||||
SpaceCase SC-X01 | ArianeGroup | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ CuriumOne (Major Tom) | PTS | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ OOV-Cube | TU Berlin | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ 3Cat4 | BarcelonaTech | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ CURIE A, B [267] | NASA | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ GRBBeta | TUKE | Low Earth | Gamma-ray burst astronomy | |||||
⚀ ISTSat-1 | University of Lisbon | Low Earth | ADS-B technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ Méditerranée (ROBUSTA 3A) [269] | University of Montpellier | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ REPLICATOR | Orbital Matter | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
⚀ YPSat | ESA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
⚀TBA | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
Maiden flight of Ariane 6. Seven satellites and four on-board experiments are baselined on this launch. [270] The two CURIE cubesats will be launched as a single spacecraft and will separate in orbit. [271] The ELaNa-48 mission, consisting of the two CURIE cubesats, will be launched on this flight. [141] | ||||||||
June (TBD) [272] [273] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | |||||
TBA | NRO | TBA | Reconnaissance | |||||
NROL-69 mission. | ||||||||
June (TBD) [274] | Atlas V | AV-101 | Cape Canaveral SLC-41 | ULA | ||||
TBA | United States Space Force | TBA | Reconnaissance | |||||
USSF-51 mission. | ||||||||
June (TBD) [275] | Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M | Plesetsk | RVSN RF | |||||
GLONASS-K 18L (K1 №6) | VKS | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||||
June (TBD) [276] [256] | Electron | Mahia LC-1 | Rocket Lab | |||||
⚀ Kinéis × 5 | Kinéis | Low Earth | IoT | |||||
Second of five dedicated launches for Kinéis' IoT satellite constellation. | ||||||||
June (TBD) [277] [278] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Kennedy | SpaceX | |||||
AGILA [279] | Astranis / Orbits Corp | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
NuView A | Astranis / Anuvu | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
NuView B | Astranis / Anuvu | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
UtilitySat [280] | Astranis / Pacific Dataport | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
Astranis Block 2 mission carrying four MicroGEO satellites, of which three are operated by Astranis and leased to paying customers, while UtilitySat is set to temporarily replace Astranis' Arcturus satellite after a malfunctioning of its solar arrays. [280] | ||||||||
June (TBD) [281] | Long March 8G | Y1 | Wenchang | CASC | ||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
Hainan 1 (01-04) | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
Maiden flight of Long March 8G variant, a Long March 8 with a larger second stage. | ||||||||
June (TBD) [282] [283] | Tianlong-3 | Y1 | Wenchang | Space Pioneer | ||||
TBA | Space Pioneer | Low Earth (SSO) | Flight test | |||||
Maiden flight of the Tianlong-3 launch vehicle. | ||||||||
June (TBD) [284] [285] | Vulcan Centaur VC4L [286] | Cert-2 V-002 | Cape Canaveral SLC-41 | ULA | ||||
SNC Demo-1 | NASA / SNC | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | |||||
First Dream Chaser cargo mission for CRS-2. [287] | ||||||||
June (TBD) [288] | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||||
⚀ EZIE × 3 | NASA / JHUAPL | Low Earth (SSO) | Space weather / Electrojet research | |||||
Heliophysics Mission of Opportunity for the Explorers Program. | ||||||||
Q2 (TBD) [289] [290] | Atlas V 551 | Cape Canaveral SLC-41 | ULA | |||||
KuiperSat × ? | Kuiper Systems | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
Second of nine Project Kuiper launches on Atlas V. | ||||||||
Q2 (TBD) [291] | Electron | Mahia LC-1 | Rocket Lab | |||||
StriX-2 | Synspective | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Fourth of five dedicated launches for Synspective's StriX constellation. | ||||||||
Q2 (TBD) [291] | Electron | Mahia LC-1 | Rocket Lab | |||||
StriX-4 | Synspective | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Fifth of five dedicated launches for Synspective's StriX constellation. | ||||||||
Q2 (TBD) [292] [293] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | |||||
WorldView Legion 3 | Maxar Technologies | Low Earth | Earth observation | |||||
WorldView Legion 4 | Maxar Technologies | Low Earth | Earth observation | |||||
Q2 (TBD) [294] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Kennedy | SpaceX | |||||
GSAT-20 | NSIL / Dish TV | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
Initially planned to launch on LVM3, but shifted to Falcon 9 due to overweight and scheduling issues. [294] | ||||||||
Q2 (TBD) [295] [296] | LVM3 | M5 | Satish Dhawan SLP | ISRO | ||||
GSAT-22 | NSIL | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
NSIL Payload | ||||||||
Q2 (TBD) [297] | Long March 3B/E | Xichang LC-2 | CASC | |||||
PakSAT-MM1R | SUPARCO | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
Q2 (TBD) [247] [298] | PSLV-XL | C60 | Satish Dhawan | ISRO | ||||
RISAT-1B [300] | ISRO | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Q2 (TBD) [247] | PSLV-XL | C61 | Satish Dhawan | ISRO | ||||
TBA | ISRO | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
ISRO Payload | ||||||||
Q2 (TBD) [301] [302] | Soyuz-2.1a | Vostochny Site 1S | Roscosmos | |||||
Obzor-R №1 [304] | Roscosmos | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
H1 2024 (TBD) [305] [306] | Qaem 100 | Shahroud Space Center | IRGC | |||||
Nahid-2 | ISA | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
H1 2024 (TBD) [307] | Ravn X | TBA | Aevum | |||||
TBA | United States Space Force | TBA | Technology demonstration | |||||
ASLON-45 mission. Maiden flight of the Ravn X launch vehicle. | ||||||||
Mid 2024 (TBD) [308] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | |||||
ASBM-1 (GX-10a) | Norwegian Ministry of Defence / Inmarsat | Highly elliptical | Communications | |||||
ASBM-2 (GX-10b) | Norwegian Ministry of Defence / Inmarsat | Highly elliptical | Communications | |||||
Mid 2024 (TBD) [309] [310] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Kennedy | SpaceX | |||||
Nusantara Lima (Nusantara-5) | PSN | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
Mid 2024 (TBD) [311] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | |||||
Polaris Dawn | SpaceX | Low Earth | Human spaceflight research | |||||
Crew Dragon orbital flight carrying four civilian passengers for 5 days, led by Jared Isaacman. Aims to conduct the first commercial spacewalk. [312] First mission of the Polaris Program, consisting of two Crew Dragon missions followed by the first crewed Starship mission. | ||||||||
Summer 2024 (TBD) [313] | RFA One | SaxaVord | RFA | |||||
TBA [315] | Lunar Research Service | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
ERMINAZ-1U [317] | AMSAT-DL | Geosynchronous | Amateur Radio | |||||
ERMINAZ-1V | AMSAT-DL | Geosynchronous | Amateur Radio | |||||
UNNE-1 (HADES-E) | AMSAT-EA | Geosynchronous | Amateur Radio | |||||
MARIA-G (HADES-F) | AMSAT-EA | Geosynchronous | Amateur Radio | |||||
QUBIK 5 | Libre Space Foundation | Geosynchronous | Technology demonstration | |||||
SIDLOC-PQ-1 | Libre Space Foundation | Geosynchronous | Technology demonstration | |||||
SIDLOC-PQ-2 | Libre Space Foundation | Geosynchronous | Technology demonstration | |||||
Maiden flight of Rocket Factory Augsburg's RFA One. | ||||||||
Q2 (TBD) [318] | Simorgh | Semnan LP-2 | ISA | |||||
Zafar-2 [320] | IUST | Low Earth | Earth observation | |||||
Q2 (TBD) [321] | Simorgh | Semnan Space Center | ISA | |||||
Tolou-3 | ISA | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | |||||
Q2 (TBD) [322] | Vikram 1 | Satish Dhawan FLP | Skyroot Aerospace | |||||
TBA [324] | Navars Edutech | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
Maiden flight of Vikram 1. | ||||||||
For flights after 30 June, see 2024 in spaceflight (July–December) |
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
Remarks | |||||||
26 January 17:42:05 [325] | SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 06 | Spaceport America | Virgin Galactic | |||
Galactic 06 | Virgin Galactic | Suborbital | Crewed spaceflight | 26 January 17:56 | Successful | ||
Apogee: 88.8 km (55.2 mi). | |||||||
30 January [326] | UGM-133 Trident II | HMS Vengeance, ETR | Royal Navy | ||||
Royal Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 30 January | Launch failure | |||
Second consecutive failure of a UK-launched Trident missile. | |||||||
7 February [327] | T-Minus DART | Esrange | T-Minus Engineering | ||||
PRIME | KTH | Suborbital | Technology demonstration | 7 February | Partial failure | ||
First of two anticipated launches for the PRIME launch campaign. The payloads were deployed prematurely but still managed to gather some useful data. The second launch was not attempted. | |||||||
8 February [328] | MRBM-T2 | FTX-23 | Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, Pacific Ocean | MDA | |||
MDA | Suborbital | Missile target | 8 February | Successful | |||
Flight Test Other-23 (FTX-23) test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. SM-3 Block IIA target. | |||||||
8 February [328] | SM-3 Block IIA | FTX-23 | USS McCampbell, Pacific Ocean | United States Navy | |||
Kill vehicle | United States Navy | Suborbital | Interceptor | 8 February | Successful | ||
Flight Test Other-23 (FTX-23) test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. Successful intercept. | |||||||
15 February 14:42:00 [329] | VSB-30 | Esrange | MORABA | ||||
TEXUS-59 | DLR / ESA | Suborbital | Microgravity research | 15 February | Successful | ||
Apogee: 264.5 km (164.4 mi). | |||||||
27 February 07:27:00 [330] | Red Kite/Impr. Malemute | MAPHEUS 14 | Esrange | MORABA | |||
MAPHEUS 14 | DLR | Suborbital | Microgravity research | 27 February | Successful | ||
Apogee: 265.2 km (164.8 mi). | |||||||
1 March [331] | RS-24 Yars | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Russian Ministry of Defence | ||||
Russian Ministry of Defence | Suborbital | ICBM test | 1 March | Successful | |||
Hit a target in the Kura Missile Test Range on the Kamchatka Peninsula, 6,700 km (4,163 mi) downrange. | |||||||
11 March [332] | Agni-V | Integrated Test Range | Ministry of Defence | ||||
Ministry of Defence | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 March | Successful | |||
12 March 05:15:00 [333] | Improved Orion | Esrange | DLR / SNSA | ||||
REXUS-32 | DLR / SNSA | Suborbital | Education | 12 March | Successful | ||
Apogee: 75.9 km (47.2 mi). | |||||||
14 March 12:00:00 [333] | Improved Orion | Esrange | DLR / SNSA | ||||
REXUS-31 | DLR / SNSA | Suborbital | Education | 14 March | Successful | ||
Apogee: 78.5 km (48.8 mi). | |||||||
17 March [334] | AGM-183 ARRW | Boeing B-52 Stratofortress | United States Air Force | ||||
United States Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 March | Successful | |||
24 March 09:45:00 [335] | VSB-30 | Esrange | MORABA | ||||
TEXUS-60 | DLR / ESA | Suborbital | Microgravity research | 24 March | Successful | ||
Apogee: 251.7 km (156.4 mi). | |||||||
28 March [336] | MRBM | FTM-32 | Pacific Missile Range Facility | MDA | |||
SM-6 target | MDA | Suborbital | ABM target | 28 March | Successful | ||
Flight Test Aegis Weapon System (FTM) 32, a test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. MRBM target for two SM-6 Dual II missiles. Intercepted. | |||||||
1 April 21:52 [337] | Hwasong-16b | Chongdong | KPA Strategic Force | ||||
KPA Strategic Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 1 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 101 km (63 mi). | |||||||
8 April 18:40 [338] [339] | Black Brant IX | Wallops Flight Facility | NASA | ||||
APEP-2 | ERAU | Suborbital | Ionospheric research | 8 April | Successful | ||
First of three launches. | |||||||
8 April 19:25 [338] [339] | Black Brant IX | Wallops Flight Facility | NASA | ||||
APEP-2 | ERAU | Suborbital | Ionospheric research | 8 April | Successful | ||
Second of three launches. | |||||||
8 April 20:28 [338] [339] | Black Brant IX | Wallops Flight Facility | NASA | ||||
APEP-2 | ERAU | Suborbital | Ionospheric research | 8 April | Successful | ||
Last of three launches. | |||||||
12 April 16:00? [340] [339] | Topol-ME | Kapustin Yar | RVSN | ||||
RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 12 April | Successful | |||
13 April [341] [342] | Emad / Kheibar Shekan / Dezful / Ghadr-110 | ||||||
Suborbital | Missile launch | 13 April | Intercepted | ||||
Apogee roughly 300 kilometres (190 mi). About 120 missile launches. 99% were intercepted. | |||||||
13 April [343] | SM-3 | USS Arleigh Burke, Mediterranean | United States Navy | ||||
Kill vehicle | United States Navy | Suborbital | Interceptor | 13 April | Successful | ||
Successful intercept. (1 of 4) | |||||||
13 April [343] | SM-3 | USS Arleigh Burke, Mediterranean | United States Navy | ||||
Kill vehicle | United States Navy | Suborbital | Interceptor | 13 April | Successful | ||
Successful intercept. (2 of 4) | |||||||
13 April [343] | SM-3 | USS Carney, Mediterranean | United States Navy | ||||
Kill vehicle | United States Navy | Suborbital | Interceptor | 13 April | Successful | ||
Successful intercept. (3 of 4) | |||||||
13 April [343] | SM-3 | USS Carney, Mediterranean | United States Navy | ||||
Kill vehicle | United States Navy | Suborbital | Interceptor | 13 April | Successful | ||
Successful intercept. (4 of 4) | |||||||
17 April 22:13 [344] | Black Brant IX | Poker Flat Research Range | NASA | ||||
FOXSI-4 | UMN | Suborbital | Solar X-ray astronomy | 17 April | Successful | ||
Fourth flight of the FOXSI Sounding Rocket payload. Apogee: 271 km (168 mi). | |||||||
17 April 22:14 [344] | Black Brant IX | Poker Flat Research Range | NASA | ||||
Hi-C Flare | Marshall Space Flight Center | Suborbital | Solar physics | 17 April | Successful | ||
Fourth flight of the High Resolution Coronal Imager (Hi-C). Apogee: 271 km (168 mi). | |||||||
↓ Upcoming launches ↓ | |||||||
30 April [345] [346] | SR75 | Koonibba Test Range | HyImpulse | ||||
HyImpulse | Suborbital | Flight test | |||||
Maiden flight of SR75. Expected apogee: 200 km (120 mi). | |||||||
5 May [347] | Black Brant IX | White Sands Missile Range | NASA | ||||
CIBER-2 | Rochester Institute of Technology | Suborbital | EBL anisotropy | ||||
Third flight of the CIBER-2 experiment. | |||||||
27 May [348] | Blue Whale 1 | Setesia 1 offshore platform, Jeju Island | Perigee Aerospace | ||||
Perigee Aerospace | Low Earth | Flight Test | |||||
Suborbital test flight of the Blue Whale 1 orbital launch vehicle. | |||||||
16-30 June [349] [350] | T-Minus DART | North Sea launch platform | GOSA | ||||
T-Minus Engineering | Suborbital | Test flight | |||||
First launch from the North Sea spaceport. Part of the EOS Demo #1 launch campaign. | |||||||
18 June [347] | Black Brant IX | White Sands Missile Range | NASA | ||||
HERSCHEL 3 | NRL | Suborbital | Technology demonstration | ||||
20 June [347] | Terrier-Improved Orion | Wallops Flight Facility | NASA | ||||
RockOn | Colorado Space Grant Consortium | Suborbital | Education | ||||
Q2 (TBD) [351] | SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 07 | Spaceport America | Virgin Galactic | |||
Galactic 07 | Virgin Galactic | Suborbital | Crewed spaceflight | ||||
Q2 (TBD) [352] | New Shepard | NS-25 | Corn Ranch | Blue Origin | |||
Blue Origin NS-25 | Blue Origin | Suborbital | Crewed spaceflight | ||||
Seventh crewed flight of New Shepard. Apogee: 107 km (66.49 mi). | |||||||
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
Remarks | |||||||
↓ Upcoming launches ↓ | |||||||
May or June | Chang'e 6 ascent vehicle | Chang'e 6 descent stage, Apollo Basin | CNSA | ||||
Lunar soil sample | CNSA | Selenocentric orbit | Sample return | ||||
Sample return mission. Will rendezvous and dock with the Chang'e 6 Earth return vehicle to transfer lunar soil samples for return to Earth. | |||||||
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