This article lists orbital and suborbital launches planned for the second half of the year 2024, including launches planned for 2024 without a specific launch date.
For all other spaceflight activities, see 2024 in spaceflight. For launches in the first half of 2024, see List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2024.
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | ||||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |||
Remarks | ||||||||
July | ||||||||
1 July 03:06:42 [1] | H3-22S [2] | F3 | Tanegashima LA-Y2 | JAXA | ||||
ALOS-4 (Daichi 4) | JAXA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
First Operational flight of H3 rocket. ALOS-4 (Daichi 4) will replace the ALOS-2 (Daichi 2) satellite, which was launched in 2014. | ||||||||
3 July 08:55 [3] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-9 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 20 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
4 July 04:03 [4] [5] | Firefly Alpha | FLTA005 | Vandenberg SLC-2W | Firefly | ||||
⚀ CatSat | University of Arizona | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ KUbeSat-1 | University of Kansas | Low Earth (SSO) | Ionospheric research | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ MESAT 1 | University of Maine | Low Earth (SSO) | Atmospheric science | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ R5-S2-2.0 | NASA Johnson | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ R5-S4 | NASA Johnson | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Serenity | Teachers in Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Education | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ SOC-i | University of Washington | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ TechEdSat-11 | NASA Ames | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
NASA Venture Class Launch Services 2 (VCLS 2) Mission Two, [6] officially known as VCLS Demo-2FB. The ELaNa 43 mission, consisting of 8 CubeSats, [7] will launch on this flight. [8] Mission designated "Noise of Summer". | ||||||||
4 July 22:49 [9] [10] | Long March 6A | 6A-Y7 | Taiyuan LA-9A | CASC | ||||
Tianhui 5C | CNSA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Tianhui 5D | CNSA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
8 July 23:30 [11] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | F9-353 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Türksat 6A | Türksat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
325th Consecutive successful flight of Falcon 9 rocket since 2016. First domestically produced Turkish communications satellite. [12] | ||||||||
9 July 19:00 [13] | Ariane 6 A62 | VA262 FM-01 | Kourou ELA-4 | ESA | ||||
Nyx Bikini [15] | The Exploration Company | Low Earth | Reentry capsule Technology demonstration | In orbit | Precluded | |||
SpaceCase SC-X01 [17] | ArianeGroup | Low Earth | Reentry capsule Technology demonstration | In orbit | Precluded | |||
⚀ Curium One (Major Tom) [19] | PTS / Libre Space Foundation | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ OOV-Cube [21] | TU Berlin | Low Earth | Technology demonstration IoT | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ ³Cat-4 [23] | BarcelonaTech | Low Earth | GNSS radio occultation | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ CURIE A, B [26] [27] | NASA | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ GRBBeta [29] | TUKE / Spacemanic | Low Earth | Gamma-ray burst astronomy | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ ISTSat-1 [31] | University of Lisbon | Low Earth | ADS-B Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Méditerranée (ROBUSTA-3A) [33] | University of Montpellier | Low Earth | Meteorology | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Replicator [35] | Orbital Matter | Low Earth | Technology demonstration Space manufacturing | In orbit | Operational | |||
Maiden flight of Ariane 6. Failure of the auxiliary propulsion system precluded the third relight of the Vinci upper stage, causing the two reentry capsules and upper stage to be stranded in their 580-km circular orbit. Nine satellites, two reentry capsules, and five onboard experiments were launched. [36] The ELaNa-48 mission, consisting of the two CURIE cubesats, was launched on this flight. [37] The two CURIE cubesats were launched as a single spacecraft and separated in orbit (ESA Rideshares - Demo Flight). [38] | ||||||||
10 July 23:40 [39] [40] | Hyperbola-1 | Y8 | Jiuquan LS-95A | i-Space | ||||
Yunyao-1 15-17 | CGSTL | Low Earth (SSO) | Meteorology | 10 July | Launch failure | |||
12 July 02:35 [41] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-3 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 20 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | 13 July | Launch failure | |||
The Falcon 9 second-stage engine failed to complete its second ignition due to a liquid oxygen leak, causing the planned orbit to be missed and the deployment of the Starlink satellites in an unusable orbit. | ||||||||
19 July 03:03 [10] [42] | Long March 4B | 4B-Y58 | Taiyuan LA-9 | CASC | ||||
Gaofen-11 05 | CNSA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth Observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
27 July 05:45 [43] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-9 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 23 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
Return to flight of the Falcon 9 following the Starlink Group 9-3 second-stage failure occurred on 12 July. | ||||||||
28 July 05:09 [44] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-4 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 23 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
28 July 09:22 [45] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-4 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 21 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
30 July 10:45 [46] | Atlas V 551 | AV-101 | Cape Canaveral SLC-41 | ULA | ||||
USA-396 | United States Space Force | Geosynchronous | TBA | In orbit | Operational | |||
USA-397 | United States Space Force | Geosynchronous | TBA | In orbit | Operational | |||
USA-398 | United States Space Force | Geosynchronous | TBA | In orbit | Operational | |||
USSF-51 Mission. Last National Security Space Launch (NSSL) mission on Atlas V as ULA transitions to the next generation Vulcan rocket for continued access to space. Launch vehicle was switched from Vulcan Centaur to Atlas V at ULA's request. This is ULA's 100th national security Space launch. [47] | ||||||||
August | ||||||||
1 August 13:14 [48] | Long March 3B/E | 3B-Y97 | Xichang LC-2 | CASC | ||||
Weixing Hulianwang Gaogui-02 | APT Satellite Holdings / CAST | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
2 August 05:01 [49] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-6 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 23 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
2 August 16:39 [50] | Electron | "Owl For One, One For Owl" | Mahia LC-1B | Rocket Lab | ||||
StriX-4 [52] | Synspective | Low Earth | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Fifth of 16 dedicated launches for Synspective's StriX constellation. | ||||||||
4 August 07:24 [53] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-1 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 23 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
First launch of Starlink Group 11 Satellites. | ||||||||
4 August 15:02 [54] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | F9-360 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Cygnus NG-21 S.S. Francis R. "Dick" Scobee | NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | In orbit | Docked to ISS | |||
⚀ Binar-2, -3, -4 [56] | Curtin University | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ CySat 1 | Iowa State University | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ DORA | Arizona State University | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ EMMA (CosmoGirl-Sat) [58] | Cosmo Girl Amateur Radio Club | Low Earth | Amateur radio | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ SaganSat 0 [60] | Saga Prefecture | Low Earth | Educational | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ SAKURA [62] | Chiba Institute of Technology | Low Earth | Educational | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Wisseed Sat [64] | Wisseed-the-terra | Low Earth | Educational | In orbit | Operational | |||
Second of three Cygnus spacecraft to be launched via Falcon 9. The ELaNa-52 mission, consisting of the CySat 1 and DORA cubesats, was launched on this flight. Emma, SaganSat 0, Sakura, Wisseed Sat, Binar-2, -3, -4 were deployed into orbit from the ISS on 29 August 2024. [65] CySat-1 and DORA were deployed into orbit from the ISS on 8 October 2024. [66] | ||||||||
6 August 06:42 [67] | Long March 6A | 6A-Y21 | Taiyuan LA-9A | CASC | ||||
Qianfan × 18 (G60 Polar Group 01) | SSST | Low Earth (Polar) | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
First launch of the Qianfan (Thousand Sails) broadband megaconstellation, formerly known as G60 Starlink constellation. Chinese state media reported that the launch was a complete success, however, like previous Long March 6A flights, mission ended with hundreds of pieces of trackable debris. [68] | ||||||||
10 August 12:50 [69] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-3 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 21 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
11 August 11:15 [70] | Electron | "A Sky Full Of SARs" | Mahia LC-1B | Rocket Lab | ||||
Acadia-3 (Capella-13) | Capella Space | Low Earth | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Third of four dedicated launches for Capella Space with Acadia satellites. [71] | ||||||||
12 August 02:02 [72] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | F9-362 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
ASBM-1 (GX-10A / EPS-R 1) | Space Norway / United States Space Force / Inmarsat / ViaSat | Highly elliptical (Molniya) | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
ASBM-2 (GX-10B / EPS-R 2) | Space Norway / United States Space Force / Inmarsat / ViaSat | Highly elliptical (Molniya) | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
12 August 10:37 [73] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-7 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 23 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
15 August 03:20 [74] | Soyuz-2.1a | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Roscosmos | |||||
Progress MS-28 / 89P | Roscosmos | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | In orbit | Docked to ISS | |||
15 August 13:00 [75] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | F9-364 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
WorldView Legion 3 | Maxar Technologies | Low Earth | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
WorldView Legion 4 | Maxar Technologies | Low Earth | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
16 August 03:47 [76] [77] | SSLV | D3 | Satish Dhawan FLP | ISRO | ||||
EOS-08 | ISRO | Low Earth | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ SR-0 DEMOSAT | Space Kidz India | Low Earth | TBA | In orbit | Operational | |||
16 August 07:35 [78] | Long March 4B | 4B-Y72 | Xichang LC-3 | CASC | ||||
Yaogan 43-01A | CAS | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
Yaogan 43-01B | CAS | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
Yaogan 43-01C | CAS | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
Yaogan 43-01D | CAS | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
Yaogan 43-01E | CAS | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
Yaogan 43-01F | CAS | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
Yaogan 43-01G | CAS | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
Yaogan 43-01H | CAS | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
Yaogan 43-01I | CAS | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
First launch of Long March 4B from Xichang. | ||||||||
16 August 18:56 [79] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter-11 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
ION SCV-012 Magnificent Monica [80] | D-Orbit | Low Earth (SSO) | CubeSat deployer | In orbit | Operational | |||
Acadia-5 (Capella-15) [81] [83] | Capella Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
AMATERU-IV (QPS-SAR-8) [85] | iQPS | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Arctic Weather Satellite (AWS) [87] | ESA / EUMETSAT | Low Earth (SSO) | Meteorology Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
EagleEye [89] | Creotech Instruments | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
GNOMES-5 [91] | PlanetIQ | Low Earth (SSO) | Radio occultation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Hawk 10A, 10B, 10C [93] | HawkEye 360 | Low Earth (SSO) | SIGNIT | In orbit | Operational | |||
ICEYE × 4 [95] | ICEYE | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
LUR-1 [97] | Added Value Solutions | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
ÑuSat 48, 49, 50 [99] | Satellogic | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Tanager 1 [100] [101] | Carbon Mapper / Planet Labs / JPL | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Tyche [103] | UKSC | Low Earth (SSO) | Reconnaissance Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
Umbra-09, 10 [104] | Umbra Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
YAM-7 [106] | Loft Orbital | Low Earth (SSO) | Payload hosting | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ BRO 14, 15 [108] | UnseenLabs | Low Earth (SSO) | SIGNIT | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ CAKRA-1 [110] | KPP | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Connecta IoT × 4 [112] | Plan-S | Low Earth (SSO) | IoT | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ CUAVA-2 [114] | University of Sydney | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Deimos [116] | Aethero Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ ERNST [118] | Fraunhofer EMI | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Flock-4BE × 36 [119] | Planet Labs | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ GAINDESAT-1A [121] | Sensat / University of Montpellier | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ GNA-3 [123] | SSC | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Hubble 3 (Lemur-2 190) [124] | Spire Global / Hubble Network | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Hyperfield-1 [126] | Kuva Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ HYSPO-2 [128] | NTNU | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Iperdrone.0 [130] | ASI | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Kanyini [133] [134] | Myriota | Low Earth (SSO) | IoT | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Lemu Nge (Forest Eye) [137] [138] | Lemu | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Lemur-2 × 6 [124] [140] | Spire Global / Hubble Network | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Nightjar (Nanoavionics SDR) [142] | TASA | Low Earth (SSO) | IoT | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ OreSat0.5 [143] | Portland State University | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ PICo-IoT × 9 [145] | Apogeo Space | Low Earth (SSO) | IoT | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ PTD-R [146] | NASA Ames | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ PTD-4 (LISA-T) [146] | NASA Ames / MSFC | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ QUBE-1 [148] | ZFT | Low Earth (SSO) | Amateur radio | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Rock [150] | Array Labs | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Lopen [152] | Array Labs | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Sedna-1 [154] | AAC Clyde Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Sateliot × 4 [156] | Sateliot | Low Earth (SSO) | IoT | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ SATORO-T2 [158] | SATORO Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Tomorrow MS1, MS2 [159] | Tomorrow.io | Low Earth (SSO) | Meteorology | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ TORO [161] | TASA | Low Earth (SSO) | Remote sensing | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ TROOP-F2 [163] | NearSpace Launch | Low Earth (SSO) | Docking target | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Waratah Seed WS-1 [165] | University of Sydney | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ WREN 1 [143] | CS3 | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ UM5-EOSAT [167] | Mohammed V University | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ UM5SAT-RIBAT [169] | Mohammed V University | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ Φsat-2 [171] | ESA | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀ 1 undisclosed satellite [173] | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | In orbit | Operational | |||
Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit, designated Transporter-11. GAINDESAT-1A is the first Senegalese satellite. [174] | ||||||||
20 August 13:20 [175] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-5 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 22 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
22 August 12:25 [176] [177] | Long March 7A | 7A-Y9 | Wenchang LC-2 | CASC | ||||
ChinaSat 4A | China Satcom | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
28 August 06:48 [178] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-6 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 21 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
The Falcon 9 first stage B1062 became the first booster to fly its 23rd flight, but it toppled over and was destroyed after landing on A Shortfall of Gravitas, breaking a streak of 267 successful landings for SpaceX. | ||||||||
29 August 05:20 [179] [180] [181] | Ceres-1S | Y3 | Dong Fang Hang Tian Gang platform, Yellow Sea | Galactic Energy | ||||
Yunyao-1 15-17 | CGSTL | Low Earth (SSO) | Meteorology | In orbit | Operational | |||
Jitianxing A-03 (Suzhou 1) | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | In orbit | Operational | |||
Suxing 1-01 | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | In orbit | Operational | |||
Tianfu Gaofen 2 (Tianwei Technology 3, Huaxiangyuan 1) | Tianwei Technology | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Mission designated "How Far I'll Go". | ||||||||
31 August 07:43 [182] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-10 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 21 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
31 August 08:48 [183] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-5 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 21 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
September | ||||||||
3 September 01:22 [184] [185] | Long March 4B | 4B-Y73 | Xichang LC-3 | CASC | ||||
Yaogan 43-02A | CAS | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
Yaogan 43-02B | CAS | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
Yaogan 43-02C | CAS | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
Yaogan 43-02D | CAS | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
Yaogan 43-02E | CAS | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
Yaogan 43-02F | CAS | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
5 September 01:50 [186] | Vega | VV24 | Kourou ELV | Arianespace | ||||
Sentinel-2C | ESA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Final flight of the base Vega configuration, with future Vega launches set to use the upgraded Vega-C rocket. Third Sentinel-2 Earth observation satellite. | ||||||||
5 September 15:33 [187] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-11 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 21 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
5 September 18:30 [188] [189] | Long March 6 | Y11 | Taiyuan LA-16 | CASC | ||||
GeeSAT-3 × 10 (21–30) [191] | Geespace | Low Earth | Navigation Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
Ten GeeSAT-3 satellites for the Geely Future Mobility Constellation. | ||||||||
6 September 01:14 [192] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | F9-371 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starshield × 20 (USA-400 - USA-420) | NRO | Low Earth (SSO) | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
NROL-113 Mission (NRO's Proliferated Architecture Mission). The Third of six dedicated launches of SpaceX/Northrop built Starshield satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office. [193] | ||||||||
10 September 09:23:49 [194] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | F9-372 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | ||||
Polaris Dawn | SpaceX | Low Earth (Elliptic) | Human spaceflight research | 15 September 07:37:10 | Successful | |||
Crew Dragon orbital flight carrying four civilian passengers for 5 days, led by Jared Isaacman. Aims to conduct the first commercial spacewalk. First mission of the Polaris Program, consisting of two Crew Dragon missions followed by the first crewed Starship mission. The highest Earth orbit to be achieved by a crewed spacecraft, and the farthest humans will venture from Earth since Apollo. First EVA by a private astronaut. Crew Dragon Resilience has been modified extensively for these purposes. | ||||||||
11 September 16:22 [195] | Soyuz-2.1a | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Roscosmos | |||||
Soyuz MS-26 / 72S | Roscosmos | Low Earth (ISS) | Expedition 71/72 | In orbit | Docked to ISS | |||
12 September 08:52 [196] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | F9-373 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
BlueBird × 5 | AST SpaceMobile | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
BlueBird Block 1 Mission. | ||||||||
13 September 01:45 [197] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-6 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 21 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
14 September 06:30 [198] | Qaem 100 | Shahroud Space Center | IRGC | |||||
Chamran 1 | ISA / SaeIran | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
17 September 07:00 [199] [200] | Angara 1.2 | Plesetsk Site 35/1 | RVSN RF | |||||
OO MKA №1 (Kosmos 2577) | VKS | Low Earth (SSO) | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
OO MKA №2 (Kosmos 2578) | VKS | Low Earth (SSO) | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
17 September 22:50 [201] [202] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | F9-375 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Galileo FOC FM26 | ESA | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Galileo FOC FM32 | ESA | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Second and last Galileo launch on a Falcon 9 and overall thirteenth launch of Galileo satellites, carrying two satellites. 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. | ||||||||
19 September 01:14 [203] [204] | Long March 3B/E / YZ-1 | 3B-Y80 | Xichang LC-2 | CASC | ||||
BeiDou-3 M27 (BeiDou 59) | CNSA | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | |||
BeiDou-3 M28 (BeiDou 60) | CNSA | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | |||
20 September 04:10 [205] [206] | Long March 2D | 2D-Y99 | Taiyuan LA-9 | CASC | ||||
Jilin-1 Kuanfu-02B (01-06) | Chang Guang Satellite Technology | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Jilin-1 Kuanfu-02B 01 is also known as Qilian-1. | ||||||||
20 September 09:43 [207] [208] | Kuaizhou 1A | Y31 | Xichang | ExPace | ||||
Tianqi 29–32 | Guodian Gaoke | Low Earth (SSO) | IoT | In orbit | Operational | |||
20 September 14:20 [209] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-17 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 20 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
20 September 23:01 [210] [211] | Electron | "Kinéis Killed The RadIoT Star" | Mahia LC-1A | Rocket Lab | ||||
⚀ Kinéis × 5 | Kinéis | Low Earth | IoT | In orbit | Operational | |||
Second of five dedicated launches for Kinéis' IoT satellite constellation. | ||||||||
24 September 02:30 [212] [213] | Jielong 3 | Y4 | Dongfang Hang Tian Gang platform, South China Sea | China Rocket | ||||
Tianyi-41 (Shenqi, Ganzhou 1) | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | In orbit | Operational | |||
Xingshidai-15 (Xianggang Qingnian Kechuang) | ADASpace | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Xingshidai-21 (Kexing Liangxi Shuangzi 1) | ADASpace | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Xingshidai-22 (Kexing Liangxi Shuangzi 2) | ADASpace | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Fudan-1 (Lanmei Weilai) | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | In orbit | Operational | |||
Tianyan-15 (Zhuizhong Qianyan 1) | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | In orbit | Operational | |||
Jitianxing A-01 (Jilin Daxue 1) | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | In orbit | Operational | |||
Luojia 4-01 (Wuhan Dauxe Renmin Yiyuan Jiankang, Yuxing-2 05) | Wuhan University | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | In orbit | Operational | |||
24 September 23:35 [214] [215] [216] | Kinetica 1 | Y4 | Jiuquan LS-130 | CAS Space | ||||
AIRSAT 01 (Zhongke 01) | AirSat | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | In orbit | Operational | |||
AIRSAT 02 (Zhongke 02) | AirSat | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | In orbit | Operational | |||
Jilin-1 SAR-01A | Chang Guang Satellite Technology | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
Yunyao-1 (21-22) | CGSTL | Low Earth (SSO) | Meteorology | In orbit | Operational | |||
25 September 04:01 [217] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-8 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 20 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
26 September 05:24:20 [218] | H-IIA 202 | F49 | Tanegashima LA-Y1 | MHI | ||||
IGS-Radar 8 | CSICE | Low Earth (SSO) | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
27 September 10:30 [219] [220] [221] [222] | Long March 2D | 2D-Y42 | Jiuquan SLS-2 | CASC | ||||
Shijian 19 | CAST | Low Earth | Reentry capsule Technology demonstration | 11 October 02:39 | Successful | |||
28 September 17:17:00 [223] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | F9-378 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
SpaceX Crew-9 | SpaceX / NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | Expedition 72 / 73 | In orbit | Docked to ISS | |||
Ninth operational Crew Dragon mission to the ISS. First crewed launch from SLC-40. [224] After NASA decided to return Starliner's Crewed Flight Test (CFT) vehicle uncrewed, it was decided that Crew-9 would launch with only 2 crew members of the originally intended 4, and land with the added 2 Starliner CFT crew. After Dragon separation, the second stage performed an off-nominal deorbit burn that, while it put the second stage on a reentry course over the ocean, made it fall outside of the predetermined safety area for reentry. | ||||||||
October | ||||||||
4 October 11:25 [225] | Vulcan Centaur VC2S [226] | Cert-2 V-002 | Cape Canaveral SLC-41 | ULA | ||||
Mass simulator | ULA | Heliocentric | Mass simulator | In orbit | Successful | |||
Certification-2 mission, the second of two launches needed to certify the rocket for NSSL missions. Originally scheduled to carry the first flight of Dream Chaser; however, due to schedule delays with Dream Chaser, ULA flew a mass simulator with experiments and demonstrations of future Centaur V technologies. [225] [227] Approximately 37 seconds into the launch, the nozzle on one of solid rocket boosters (SRB) fell off resulting in a shower of debris in the exhaust plume. Although the SRB continued to function for its full 90-second burn, the anomaly led to reduced, asymmetrical thrust. This caused the rocket to slightly tilt before the guidance system and main engines successfully corrected and extended their burn by roughly 20 seconds to compensate. Despite the anomaly, the rocket achieved a perfect orbital insertion. [228] [229] | ||||||||
7 October 14:52 [230] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | F9-379 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Hera | ESA | Heliocentric | Asteroid orbiter | In orbit | En route | |||
⚀ Juventas [232] | ESA | Heliocentric | Asteroid probe | In orbit | Awaiting deployment | |||
⚀ Milani [234] | ESA | Heliocentric | Asteroid probe | In orbit | Awaiting deployment | |||
Falcon 9 First Stage Booster (B1061) is expended in this mission. | ||||||||
10 October 13:50 [235] [236] | Long March 3B/E | 3B-Y99 | Xichang LC-2 | CASC | ||||
Weixing Hulianwang Gaogui-03 | APT Satellite Holdings / CAST | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
13 October 12:25:00 [237] | Starship | Flight 5 | Starbase OLP-A | SpaceX | ||||
No Payload | SpaceX | Transatmospheric | Flight test | 13 October 13:30:40 | Successful | |||
Fifth Starship orbital test flight. Successful controlled return of the Super Heavy booster to the launch site, caught by the arms of the launch tower. | ||||||||
14 October 16:06:00 [238] | Falcon Heavy | FH-011 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | ||||
Europa Clipper | NASA | Heliocentric to Jovicentric | Jupiter orbiter | In orbit | En route | |||
The launch Vehicle was switched from SLS to Falcon Heavy in July 2021. | ||||||||
15 October 06:10 [239] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-10 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 23 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
15 October 08:21 [240] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-7 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 20 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
15 October 11:06 [241] [242] [243] | Long March 6A | 6A-Y20 | Taiyuan LA-9A | CASC | ||||
Qianfan × 18 (G60 Polar Group 02) | SSST | Low Earth (Polar) | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
Second batch of satellites for the 14,000-satellite Thousand Sails megaconstellation [244] | ||||||||
15 October 23:45 [245] [246] | Long March 4C | 4C-Y59 | Jiuquan SLS-2 | CASC | ||||
Gaofen 12-05 | CNSA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
18 October 23:31 [247] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-19 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 20 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
20 October 05:13 [248] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | F9-383 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
OneWeb × 20 | Eutelsat OneWeb | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
OneWeb #20. First OneWeb launch since the Eutelsat – OneWeb merger in 28 September 2023. | ||||||||
22 October 00:10 [249] [250] | Long March 6 | Y13 | Taiyuan LA-16 | CASC | ||||
Tianping 3A-01 | CAS | Low Earth (SSO) | Radar calibration | In orbit | Operational | |||
Tianping 3B-01 | CASIC | Low Earth (SSO) | Radar calibration | In orbit | Operational | |||
Tianping 3B-02 | CASIC | Low Earth (SSO) | Radar calibration | In orbit | Operational | |||
23 October 01:09 [251] [252] [253] | Long March 2C | 2C-Y87 | Xichang LC-3 | CASC | ||||
Yaogan 43-03A | CAS | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
Yaogan 43-03B | CAS | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
Yaogan 43-03C | CAS | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
23 October 23:08 [254] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-61 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 23 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
24 October 17:15 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | |||||
Starshield × 20 (USA-421 - USA-441) | NRO | Low Earth (SSO) | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
NROL-167 Mission (NRO's Proliferated Architecture Mission). The Fourth of six dedicated launches of SpaceX/Northrop built Starshield satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office. [256] 100th Falcon 9 launch in 2024. | ||||||||
26 October 22:47 [257] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-8 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 22 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
↓ Upcoming launches ↓ | ||||||||
29 October 11:00 [258] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-9 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × ? | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
200th Starlink Launch. | ||||||||
29 October 20:00 [259] [220] | Long March 2F/G | 2F-Y19 | Jiuquan SLS-1 | CASC | ||||
Shenzhou 19 | CMSA | Low Earth (TSS) | Crewed spaceflight | |||||
30 October 06:46–08:30 [260] | H3-22S | F4 | Tanegashima LA-Y2 | JAXA | ||||
DSN-3 (Kirameki 3) | DSN / JSDF | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
30 October 22:00 [261] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-13 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × ? | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
31 October 07:00 [262] [263] | Soyuz-2.1b | Plesetsk Site 43 | RVSN RF | |||||
Kosmos 2579 | VKS | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
31 October [264] [265] [266] | Ceres-1 | Y14 | Jiuquan LS-95A | Galactic Energy | ||||
Jilin-1 Gaofen-05B | Chang Guang Satellite Technology | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Jilin-1 Pingtai-02A | Chang Guang Satellite Technology | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
B300-L Xiaoxing Huoyun Feichuan Guidao Ban | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
Mission designated "On Your Shoulders". | ||||||||
October (TBD) [267] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-2 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × 23 | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
October (TBD) [268] | Firefly Alpha | FLTA006 | Vandenberg SLC-2W | Firefly | ||||
TacSat | Lockheed Martin | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
First of up to 25 launches of Low Earth Orbit technology demonstration satellites to be built and operated by Lockheed Martin. | ||||||||
November | ||||||||
3 November 23:00 [269] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-77 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
Starlink × ? | SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
4 November 10:00 [270] [271] | Electron | "Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes" | Mahia LC-1B | Rocket Lab | ||||
TBA | E-Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Communications | |||||
First of Four dedicated Electron launches for a confidential Customer. | ||||||||
4 November [272] [273] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | |||||
Optus-X | Optus | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
4 November 23:18:40 [274] [275] [276] | Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M | Vostochny Site 1S | Roscosmos | |||||
Ionosfera-M №1 | IKI RAN | Low Earth (SSO) | Ionospheric research | |||||
Ionosfera-M №2 | IKI RAN | Low Earth (SSO) | Ionospheric research | |||||
⚀ Kosar [278] | SpaceOMID | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
⚀ Hodhod | SpaceOMID | Low Earth (SSO) | IoT | |||||
⚀ ASRTU 1 | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
⚀ Skoltech-F | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
⚀ TELUM-LEO 1Е | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
⚀ Frendship ATURK | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
⚀ KAI 2 | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
⚀ MIET | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
⚀ Nanozond 2 | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
⚀ Ruzaevka 390 | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
⚀ TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
GK Launch Services commercial rideshare mission. | ||||||||
5 November 02:30 [279] [223] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | |||||
SpaceX CRS-31 | NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | |||||
5 November 04:30 [280] [281] [282] | Kinetica 1 | Y5 | Jiuquan LS-130 | CAS Space | ||||
Chuangxin-22 | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | ||||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
5 November [283] [284] | Gravity-1 | Y2 | Bo Run Jiu Zhou platform, South China Sea | Orienspace | ||||
Xingshidai-24 | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
Scheduled rideshare opportunity. | ||||||||
6 November [285] | Long March 2D | 2D-Y? | Jiuquan SLS-2 | CASC | ||||
PIESAT-1 × 4 | PIESAT | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Mid November [225] | Vulcan Centaur VC4S [286] [287] | Cape Canaveral SLC-41 | ULA | |||||
NTS-3 (Timation 5) [289] | AFRL | Geosynchronous | Navigation technology demonstration | |||||
TBA | United States Space Force | Geosynchronous | Reconnaissance | |||||
⚀ SunRISE × 6 [291] | NASA | Geosynchronous | Space weather | |||||
USSF-106 Mission. Maiden flight of Vulcan Centaur VC4S Configuration. First NSSL mission for Vulcan Centaur. [292] SunRISE is a NASA Explorers Program Mission of Opportunity. | ||||||||
Mid November [293] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter-12 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | ||||
ION SCV-014 [80] | D-Orbit | Low Earth (SSO) | CubeSat deployer | |||||
ION SCV-016 [80] | D-Orbit | Low Earth (SSO) | CubeSat deployer | |||||
LEO Express-3 [294] | Impulse Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
Vigoride [295] | Momentus Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Space tug | |||||
Acadia-6 (Capella-16) [297] | Capella Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Lyra-1 [298] | EchoStar | Low Earth (SSO) | Communications | |||||
Lyra-2 [298] | EchoStar | Low Earth (SSO) | Communications | |||||
Otter Pup 2 [80] | Starfish Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Satellite docking | |||||
Ray [300] | Inversion Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Reentry capsule | |||||
UzmaSAT-1 [302] | UZMA BERHAD | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
YAC-1 × 9 [303] | Loft Orbital | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
⚀ Centauri × 3 [304] | Fleet Space | Low Earth (SSO) | IoT | |||||
⚀ DISCO-2 [306] | Aarhus University | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ FINCH [308] | University of Toronto | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
⚀ Kestrel-0A [310] | HawkEye 360 | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
⚀ LIME [312] | NOVI LLC | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ MOXY-1 [313] | XiProtocol.io | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ NOCLIP-1 [313] | Pointblank LLC | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ Phobos [315] | Aethero Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ Veery-0F Fledgling [317] | Care Weather Technologies | Low Earth (SSO) | Meteorology | |||||
⚀ TBA × 2 [159] | Tomorrow.io | Low Earth (SSO) | Meteorology | |||||
Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit, designated Transporter-12. | ||||||||
Mid November [318] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon-2 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | ||||
425 Project SAR Sat 2 | DAPA | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | |||||
LizzieSat-2 [319] | Sidus Space | Low Earth | IoT | |||||
LizzieSat-3 [319] | Sidus Space | Low Earth | IoT | |||||
Hawk 11A,11B,11C | HawkEye 360 | Low Earth | SIGINT | |||||
⚀ SC1 [321] | GITAI | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ CTC 0 | Exotrail | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
⚀ CroCube [323] | EVO, Spacemanic | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
⚀ LASARsat | DoSpace, Planetum | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ XCUBE-1 [325] | Xplore | Low Earth | Earth observation | |||||
▫ TBA × 2 [327] | Hello Space | Low Earth | IoT | |||||
Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to a 45-degree mid-inclination orbit, designated Bandwagon-2. Third of Five dedicated launches for DAPA 425 Project (425 Project Flight 3). CroCube is the first Croatian satellite. [328] | ||||||||
Mid November [329] [330] | Electron | Mahia LC-1 | Rocket Lab | |||||
BlackSky Global 21 | BlackSky Global | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
BlackSky Global 22 | BlackSky Global | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
First of five dedicated launches for BlackSky's 3rd generation satellites. [331] | ||||||||
10 November [332] [333] | Long March 3B/E | 3B-Y? | Xichang LC-2 | CASC | ||||
TBA | TBA | Geosynchronous | TBA | |||||
100th Long March 3B launch. | ||||||||
15 November [334] [220] | Long March 7 | Y9 | Wenchang LC-2 | CASC | ||||
Tianzhou 8 | TBA | Low Earth (TSS) | Space logistics | |||||
⚀ | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
19 November [335] [336] [337] | Long March 5B / YZ-2 | 5B-Y5 | Wenchang LC-1 | CASC | ||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
Maiden flight of Long March 5B / YZ-2 Variant. | ||||||||
20 November [338] [339] | Long March 8 | Y5 | Wenchang Hainan LC-1 | CASC | ||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
21 November [340] | Soyuz-2.1a | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Roscosmos | |||||
Progress MS-29 / 90P | Roscosmos | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | |||||
25 November [341] [342] | Long March 12 | Y1 | Wenchang Hainan LC-2 | CASC | ||||
Hunan-1 01-04 | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
Maiden flight of Long March 12. [343] | ||||||||
25 November [344] [345] [346] | Long March 6A | 6A-Y? | Taiyuan LA-9A | CASC | ||||
Qianfan × ? (G60 Polar Group 03) | SSST | Low Earth (Polar) | Communications | |||||
27 November [347] [348] | Long March 2D | 2D-Y? | Xichang LC-3 | CASC | ||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
29 November [349] | PSLV-XL | C59 | Satish Dhawan FLP | ISRO | ||||
PROBA-3 Coronagraph | ESA | Highly elliptical | Solar observatory Coronagraph | |||||
PROBA-3 Occulter | ESA | Highly elliptical | Solar observatory Occulter | |||||
30 November [275] [350] | Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat-M | Vostochny Site 1S | Roscosmos | |||||
Kondor-FKA №2 [352] | Roscosmos | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | |||||
November (TBD) [353] | Zhuque-2E | Y? | Jiuquan LS-96 | LandSpace | ||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
Maiden flight of Zhuque-2E. | ||||||||
November (TBD) [354] [355] | Pallas-1 | Y1 | Wenchang Hainan LC-2 | Galactic Energy | ||||
Low Earth | ||||||||
Maiden flight of the Pallas-1 launch vehicle. | ||||||||
November (TBD) [356] [357] | Kuaizhou 1A | Y? | Taiyuan | ExPace | ||||
Tianqi 33–36 | Guodian Gaoke | Low Earth (SSO) | IoT | |||||
November (TBD) [358] [359] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | |||||
SXM-9 | Sirius XM | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
Replacement for the partly-failed SXM 7. | ||||||||
November (TBD) [360] [361] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Kennedy | SpaceX | |||||
Koreasat 6A (Mugunghwa 6A) | KT SAT | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
Replacement for Koreasat 6. | ||||||||
November (TBD) [362] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | |||||
GSAT-20 (CMS-03) | NSIL | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
Initially planned to launch on LVM3, but shifted to Falcon 9 due to weight and scheduling issues. [363] GSAT-20 is also known as CMS-03 and GSAT-N2. | ||||||||
November (TBD) [364] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Kennedy | SpaceX | |||||
Thuraya 4-NGS | Thuraya | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
Planned replacement for Thuraya 2 and 3. [365] | ||||||||
November (TBD) [366] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | |||||
Blue Ghost M1 | NASA / Firefly | TLI to lunar surface | Lunar lander | |||||
First flight of Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander. Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) mission delivering ten payloads to Mare Crisium. | ||||||||
November (TBD) [367] [368] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Kennedy | SpaceX | |||||
O3b mPOWER 7 (O3b FM27) | SES S.A. | Medium Earth | Communications | |||||
O3b mPOWER 8 (O3b FM28) | SES S.A. | Medium Earth | Communications | |||||
November (TBD) [369] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | |||||
WorldView Legion 5 | Maxar Technologies | Low Earth | Earth observation | |||||
WorldView Legion 6 | Maxar Technologies | Low Earth | Earth observation | |||||
November (TBD) [370] [371] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Kennedy | SpaceX | |||||
SpainSat NG I | Hisdesat | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
November (TBD) [372] [373] | Firefly Alpha | FLTA007 | Vandenberg SLC-2W | Firefly | ||||
Elytra | NRO / Firefly / Xtenti | Low Earth | Space tug | |||||
⚀ DARLA | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
⚀ AEPEX | NASA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
⚀ R5-53 | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
⚀ R5-55 | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
⚀ Odyssey | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
⚀ IGOR | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
⚀ Orca 2 | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
⚀ TES 16 | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
⚀ CANVAS | NASA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
⚀ SM 2 | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
⚀ SeaLion | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
⚀ UtProSat 1 | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
NRO Responsive Space Mission, carrying Firefly's Elytra orbital transfer vehicle and Xtenti's FANTM-RiDE payload dispenser. The ELaNa-55 mission, consisting of the AEPEX and CANVAS cubesats, will launched on this flight. | ||||||||
November (TBD) [374] | Firefly Alpha | FLTA008 | Vandenberg SLC-2W | Firefly | ||||
GARAI × 2 | Satlantis | Low Earth | Earth observation | |||||
Launch of a constellation of smallsats for Satlantis. | ||||||||
November (TBD) [375] | Electron | Mahia LC-1 | Rocket Lab | |||||
StriX-2 | Synspective | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Sixth of 16 dedicated launches for Synspective's StriX constellation. | ||||||||
November (TBD) [211] | Electron | Mahia LC-1 | Rocket Lab | |||||
⚀ Kinéis × 5 | Kinéis | Low Earth | IoT | |||||
Third of five dedicated launches for Kinéis' IoT satellite constellation. | ||||||||
November (TBD) [376] | New Glenn | NG-1 | Cape Canaveral LC-36 | Blue Origin | ||||
Blue Ring | Blue Origin | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
Maiden flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, carrying a prototype Blue Ring satellite servicing platform. First National Security Space Launch demonstration flight for New Glenn. | ||||||||
December | ||||||||
3 December 21:20 [377] | Vega-C | VV25 | Kourou ELV | Arianespace | ||||
Sentinel-1C | ESA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Return to flight for Vega-C following the VV22 launch failure. Third Sentinel-1 satellite. Originally intended to launch on the Russian Soyuz launch vehicle; due to geopolitical factors, ESA moved Sentinel-1C to a Vega-C launch. | ||||||||
14 December 02:00–02:20 [378] | KAIROS | Spaceport Kii | Space One | |||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
⚀ TBA | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
⚀ TBA | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
⚀ TBA | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
⚀ TBA | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
Early December [379] | Vulcan Centaur VC4S [380] | Cape Canaveral SLC-41 | ULA | |||||
GSSAP-7 [381] | United States Space Force | Geosynchronous | Space surveillance | |||||
GSSAP-8 [381] | United States Space Force | Geosynchronous | Space surveillance | |||||
TBA | United States Space Force | Geosynchronous | Reconnaissance | |||||
USSF-87 Mission. It will launch two identical Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness satellites, GSSAP-7 and 8, directly to a geosynchronous orbit. | ||||||||
Mid December [382] | Ariane 6 A62 | VA263 | Kourou ELA-4 | Arianespace | ||||
CSO-3 | CNES / DGA | Low Earth (SSO) | Reconnaissance | |||||
Originally intended to launch on the Russian Soyuz launch vehicle, due to geopolitical factors this is no longer an option. CNES & DGA instead opted to launch aboard Ariane 6 A62. | ||||||||
20 December [341] | Long March 8A | 8A-Y1 | Wenchang Hainan LC-1 | CASC | ||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
Maiden flight of the Long March 8A variant. | ||||||||
23 December [383] [384] | Long March 3B/E | 3B-Y? | Xichang LC-2 | CASC | ||||
TBA | TBA | Geosynchronous | TBA | |||||
25 December [385] [386] [387] | Long March 6A | 6A-Y? | Taiyuan LA-9A | CASC | ||||
Qianfan × ? (G60 Polar Group 04) | SSST | Low Earth (Polar) | Communications | |||||
30 December [388] | Electron | "Morning Star" | Mahia LC-1 | Rocket Lab | ||||
Photon relay satellite | Rocket Lab | Heliocentric to Venus | Venus flyby | |||||
Venus Life Finder | MIT / Rocket Lab | Heliocentric to Venus | Venus entry probe | |||||
The Venus Life Finder atmospheric-entry probe will search for phosphine and other potential biosignatures for life on Venus. [389] [390] First of three MIT missions to Venus. | ||||||||
December (TBD) [391] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | |||||
RESILIENCE | ispace | TLI to lunar surface | Lunar lander | |||||
Tenacious | ispace Europe | TLI to lunar surface | Lunar rover | |||||
Hakuto-R Mission 2, carrying ispace's RESILIENCE lander and Tenacious micro rover. | ||||||||
December (TBD) [392] [393] | Long March 5 | Y9 | Wenchang LC-1 | CASC | ||||
Yaogan 44 | TBA | Geosynchronous | Reconnaissance | |||||
December (TBD) [394] [395] | Long March 5 | Y10 | Wenchang LC-1 | CASC | ||||
TJS-12 | CAST | Geosynchronous | SIGINT | |||||
December (TBD) [220] [396] | Long March 7A | 7A-Y? | Wenchang LC-2 | CASC | ||||
XJY 6-02 | TBA | Geosynchronous | TBA | |||||
December (TBD) [397] [398] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Kennedy | SpaceX | |||||
AGILA [399] | Astranis / Orbits Corp | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
NuView A | Astranis / Anuvu | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
NuView B | Astranis / Anuvu | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
UtilitySat [400] | 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. [400] | ||||||||
December (TBD) [211] | Electron | Mahia LC-1 | Rocket Lab | |||||
⚀ Kinéis × 5 | Kinéis | Low Earth | IoT | |||||
Fourth of five dedicated launches for Kinéis' IoT satellite constellation. | ||||||||
December (TBD) [401] [402] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | |||||
NAOS (LUXEOSys) [404] | LUXEOps / MAE | Low Earth (SSO) | Reconnaissance | |||||
December (TBD) [405] [406] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Kennedy | SpaceX | |||||
Nusantara Lima (Nusantara-5) | PSN | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
December (TBD) [407] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | |||||
SpaceX CRS-32 | NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | |||||
December (TBD) [408] [409] | H-IIA | F50 | Tanegashima LA-Y1 | MHI | ||||
GOSAT-GW | JAXA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Final flight of H-IIA, and H-II family as a whole. | ||||||||
December (TBD) [410] | GSLV Mk II | F15 | Satish Dhawan SLP | ISRO | ||||
NVS-02 (IRNSS-1K) | ISRO | Geosynchronous | Navigation | |||||
Next generation NaVic satellite. | ||||||||
December (TBD) [411] | PSLV-CA | C60 | Satish Dhawan | ISRO | ||||
SPADEX Chaser | ISRO | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
SPADEX Target | ISRO | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
December (TBD) [412] [413] | PSLV-XL | N1 | Satish Dhawan FLP | ISRO | ||||
TDS-01 | ISRO | Geosynchronous | Technology demonstration | |||||
First fully privately built PSLV. | ||||||||
December (TBD) [414] | Vega-C | Kourou ELV | Arianespace | |||||
KOMPSAT-6 (Arirang 6) [416] | KARI | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
The launch of this mission was originally planned with Roscosmos' Angara 1.2 rocket, but the South Korean Ministry of Science cancelled this contract due to sanctions against Russia and signed a launch contract with Arianespace. | ||||||||
Q4 (TBD) [417] [418] [419] [420] [421] [422] | Starship | Flight 6 | Starbase OLP-A | SpaceX | ||||
No Payload | SpaceX | Transatmospheric | Flight test | |||||
Sixth Starship orbital test flight. | ||||||||
Q4 (TBD) [423] | Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M | Plesetsk | RVSN RF | |||||
GLONASS-K 18L (K1 №6) | VKS | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||||
Q4 (TBD) [424] | Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M | Plesetsk | RVSN RF | |||||
GLONASS-K 19L (K1 №7) | VKS | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||||
Q4 (TBD) [425] | Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M | Plesetsk Site 43/4 | RVSN RF | |||||
GLONASS-K2 14L (K2 №2) | VKS | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||||
Q4 (TBD) [426] [427] | 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. [428] | ||||||||
Q4 (TBD) [429] [430] | Minotaur IV / Orion 38 | Vandenberg SLC-8 | Northrop Grumman | |||||
TBA | NRO | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | |||||
NROL-174 mission. | ||||||||
Q4 (TBD) [431] | Minotaur IV | TBA | Northrop Grumman | |||||
TBA | United States Space Force | TBA | TBA | |||||
STP-S29A mission. | ||||||||
Q4 (TBD) [284] | Gravity-1 | Y3 | Orienspace | |||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
Scheduled rideshare opportunity. | ||||||||
Q4 (TBD) [432] | Blue Whale 1 | Jeju Space Center | Perigee Aerospace | |||||
Perigee Aerospace | Low Earth | Flight Test | ||||||
Maiden flight of reusable launch vehicle, Blue Whale 1. | ||||||||
Q4 (TBD) [433] | Daytona I | Vandenberg SLC-5 | Phantom Space | |||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
Maiden flight of Phantom Space's Daytona launch vehicle. | ||||||||
Q4 (TBD) [434] | Eris Block 2 | Caravan-1 | TBA | Gilmour Space | ||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
First commercial flight of the Eris Block 2 variant. Dedicated rideshare mission to low Earth orbit, designated Caravan-1. | ||||||||
Q4 (TBD) [435] | Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat | Vostochny Site 1S | Roscosmos | |||||
Kanopus-VO №1 | Roscosmos | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
First satellite of the Kanopus-VO system, a next-generation successor to Kanopus-V. [436] | ||||||||
Q4 (TBD) [437] | Spectrum | Andøya | Isar Aerospace | |||||
⚀ MSAE-OTTERS | DLR RSC3 | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ CyBEEsat | TU Berlin | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ TOM × 3 [439] | ZFT | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
⚀ FRAMSat-1 | NTNU | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ TRISAT-S | University of Maribor | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
Maiden flight of Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket. First of two demonstration flights, [440] carrying payloads for five customers. [441] [442] | ||||||||
Q4 (TBD) [443] | Vega-C | Kourou ELV | Arianespace | |||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
SSMS #6 rideshare mission. An Alba Cluster mission is scheduled to be launched on this flight. [444] | ||||||||
Q4 (TBD) [lower-alpha 1] [443] | Vega-C | Kourou ELV | Arianespace | |||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
SSMS #8 rideshare mission. An Alba Cluster mission is scheduled to be launched on this flight. [444] | ||||||||
Q4 (TBD) [445] | Vikram 1 | Satish Dhawan FLP | Skyroot Aerospace | |||||
TBA [447] | Navars Edutech | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
Maiden flight of Vikram 1. | ||||||||
Q4 (TBD) [448] | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||||
SABIA-Mar 1 [450] | CONAE / INPE / AEB | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Q4 (TBD) [451] | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||||
QS-1 | Quantum Space | Earth–Moon L1 | Technology demonstration | |||||
To be determined | ||||||||
2024 (TBD) [452] [453] | Angara 1.2 | Plesetsk Site 35/1 | Roscosmos | |||||
Gonets-M 26 | Gonets Satellite System | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
Gonets-M 27 | Gonets Satellite System | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
Gonets-M 28 | Gonets Satellite System | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
2024 (TBD) [454] | Angara 1.2 | Plesetsk Site 35/1 | RVSN RF | |||||
Strela-3M №19 | VKS | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
Strela-3M №20 | VKS | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
Strela-3M №21 | VKS | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
Strela-3M №22 | VKS | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
Strela-3M №23 | VKS | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
Strela-3M №24 | VKS | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
2024 (TBD) [455] | Angara A5 / Persei | Plesetsk Site 35/1 | VKS | |||||
EKS-7 (Tundra 17L) | Ministry of Defence | Molniya | Early warning | |||||
2024 (TBD) [456] | Aurora | Spaceport Nova Scotia | Reaction Dynamics | |||||
⚀TBA | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
Maiden flight of the Aurora rocket. First orbital launch from Spaceport Nova Scotia. | ||||||||
2024 (TBD) [457] | Aventura I | Offshore launch platform, Rocha [458] | TLON Space | |||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
Maiden flight of the Aventura I orbital launch vehicle. | ||||||||
2024 (TBD) [459] [460] | Ceres-1 | Jiuquan | Galactic Energy | |||||
Zengzhang-1 | InterSpace Explore | Low Earth | Reentry capsule Technology demonstration | |||||
2024 (TBD) [266] | Ceres-1 | Y10 | Jiuquan LS-95A | Galactic Energy | ||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
2024 (TBD) [266] | Ceres-1 | Y15 | Jiuquan LS-95A | Galactic Energy | ||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
2024 (TBD) [266] | Ceres-1 | Y16 | Jiuquan LS-95A | Galactic Energy | ||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
2024 (TBD) [266] | Ceres-1S | Y4 | Bo Run Jiu Zhou platform, South China Sea | Galactic Energy | ||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
2024 (TBD) [461] [433] | Daytona I | Vandenberg SLC-5 | Phantom Space | |||||
AFNIO × ? | Ingenu | Low Earth | IoT | |||||
Will launch "the majority of" Ingenu's 72-satellite AFNIO constellation. | ||||||||
2024 (TBD) [462] | Daytona I | Vandenberg SLC-5 | Phantom Space | |||||
⚀ TBA | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
CubeSat Launch Initiative contract awarded by NASA. | ||||||||
2024 (TBD) [463] | Electron | Mahia LC-1 | Rocket Lab | |||||
Hawk × 6 | HawkEye 360 | Low Earth | SIGINT | |||||
First of two dedicated launches for HawkEye 360. | ||||||||
2024 (TBD) [464] | Electron | Mahia LC-1 | Rocket Lab | |||||
⚀ Skylark (Lemur-2) × 4 | Spire Global / NorthStar | Low Earth (SSO) | Space situational awareness | |||||
Second of three dedicated launches for NorthStar Earth & Space. | ||||||||
2024 (TBD)[ citation needed ] | Electron | Mahia LC-1 | Rocket Lab | |||||
⚀ Skylark (Lemur-2) × 4 | Spire Global / NorthStar | Low Earth (SSO) | Space situational awareness | |||||
Third of three dedicated launches for NorthStar Earth & Space. | ||||||||
2024 (TBD) [465] | Eris Block 1 | TestFlight 1 [466] | Bowen | Gilmour Space | ||||
No payload | Gilmour Space | Low Earth | Flight test | |||||
First flight of Eris, and first orbital launch from Bowen. First launch of an Australian developed launch vehicle. | ||||||||
2024 (TBD) [467] [468] | Eris Block 1 | Whalers Way | Gilmour Space | |||||
⚀ Centauri × 6 | Fleet Space | Low Earth | IoT | |||||
2024 (TBD) [469] [470] | Firefly Alpha | Vandenberg SLC-2W | Firefly | |||||
EOS SAR 1 | EOSDA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
2024 (TBD) [471] | Firefly Alpha | Vandenberg SLC-2W | Firefly | |||||
TBA | Spaceflight, Inc. | Low Earth | Satellite dispenser | |||||
Rideshare mission for smallsats. | ||||||||
2024 (TBD) [472] [473] | GSLV Mk II | [474] | Satish Dhawan SLP | ISRO | ||||
EOS-05 (GISAT-2) | ISRO | Geosynchronous | Earth observation | |||||
NET 2024 (TBD) [475] | H3 | Tanegashima LA-Y2 | MHI | |||||
Inmarsat TBA | Inmarsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
JFY2024 (TBD) [409] | H3 | Tanegashima LA-Y2 | MHI | |||||
QZS-5 (Michibiki-5) | CAO | Tundra | Navigation | |||||
2024 (TBD) [266] | Hyperbola-1 | Y10 | Jiuquan LS-95A | i-Space | ||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
2024 (TBD) [476] | Jielong 1 | Y2 | Jiuquan LA-4 | China Rocket | ||||
Yizheng-2 | Jiangsu Satellite Technology Services | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Yizheng-3 | Jiangsu Satellite Technology Services | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
2024 (TBD) [477] [266] | Jielong 3 | Y? | Launch Platform, Yellow Sea | China Rocket | ||||
Hong Kong Star | HK Aerospace Technology Group | Low Earth | Earth observation | |||||
Hong Kong Star will be Hong Kong's first satellite. | ||||||||
2024 (TBD) [477] [266] | Jielong 3 | Y5 | Bo Run Jiu Zhou platform, South China Sea | CALT | ||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
2024 (TBD) [477] [266] | Jielong 3 | Y6 | Bo Run Jiu Zhou platform, South China Sea | CALT | ||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
2024 (TBD) [477] [266] | Jielong 3 | Y7 | Bo Run Jiu Zhou platform, South China Sea | CALT | ||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
2024 (TBD) [477] [266] | Jielong 3 | Y8 | Bo Run Jiu Zhou platform, South China Sea | CALT | ||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
2024 (TBD) [266] | Kuaizhou 11 | Y? | Jiuquan LS-95A | ExPace | ||||
JSBT | Low Earth | |||||||
Xiangrikui 1A | Low Earth | |||||||
Xiangrikui 1B | Low Earth | |||||||
Yijian Duoxing | Low Earth | |||||||
Zhongwei 1 | Low Earth | |||||||
Tianyi 4 | Low Earth | |||||||
2024 (TBD) [478] | Long March 2C / YZ-1S | 2C-Y? | Jiuquan SLS-2 | CASC | ||||
HaiYang 3B [479] | Ministry of Natural Resources | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
2024 (TBD) [480] | Long March 2C | 2C-Y? | Jiuquan SLS-2 | CASC | ||||
Siwei Gaojing 1-03 (SuperView Neo 1-03) | Low Earth | Earth Observation | ||||||
Siwei Gaojing 1-04 (SuperView Neo 1-04) | Low Earth | Earth Observation | ||||||
2024 (TBD) [481] [482] | Long March 2C ? | |||||||
Fractional Orbital Bombardment System 2 | PLARF | Transatmospheric Earth orbit | Hypersonic glide vehicle test | |||||
2024 (TBD) [483] | Long March 2D | 2D-Y78 | Jiuquan SLS-2 | CASC | ||||
CSES-02 / Zhangheng-2 [485] | CNSA / ASI | Low Earth (SSO) | Ionospheric research | |||||
Second CSES-Limadou satellite mission. [486] | ||||||||
2024 (TBD) [487] | Long March 3B/E | 3B-Y? | Xichang LC-2 | CASC | ||||
Tianhui-3 | TBA | Geosynchronous | TBA | |||||
2024 (TBD) [488] | Long March 3B/E | 3B-Y? | Xichang LC-2 | CASC | ||||
Tiantong-1 04 | TBA | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
2024 (TBD) [489] | Long March 4B | 4B-Y? | Taiyuan LC-9 | CASC | ||||
Gaofen 7-02 | Low Earth | Earth Observation | ||||||
2024 (TBD) [220] [478] | Long March 4B | TBA | CASC | |||||
HaiYang 3C [491] | Ministry of Natural Resources | Geosynchronous | Earth observation | |||||
2024 (TBD) [492] | Proton-M / Briz-M | Baikonur Site 200/39 | Glavkosmos | |||||
Ekvator | ISA | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
Communications satellite built by ISS Reshetnev for Iran. | ||||||||
2024 (TBD) [493] [494] | PSLV | Satish Dhawan FLP | ISRO | |||||
THEOS-2A | GISTDA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
2024 (TBD) [495] [496] | Qaem 100 | Shahroud Space Center | IRGC | |||||
Nahid-2 | ISA | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
2024 (TBD) [497] | RS1 | TBA | ABL | |||||
Cryogenic Fluid Management demo mission [499] | Lockheed Martin / NASA | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
NASA Cryogenic Demonstration Mission. | ||||||||
2024 (TBD) [500] | Simorgh | Semnan Space Center | ISA | |||||
Tolou-3 | ISA | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | |||||
2024 (TBD) [501] | Simorgh | Semnan LP-2 | ISA | |||||
Zafar-2 [503] | IUST | Low Earth | Earth observation | |||||
2024 (TBD) [504] | Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat | Plesetsk Site 43 | RVSN RF | |||||
Meridian-M 11 (21L) [505] | Ministry of Defence | Molniya | Communications | |||||
2024 (TBD) [506] | Soyuz-2.1b | Plesetsk Site 43 | RVSN RF | |||||
Bars-M 6L | VKS | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | |||||
2024 (TBD) [507] | Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat | Plesetsk Site 43/4 | RVSN RF | |||||
GLONASS-K2 24L (K2 №3) | VKS | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||||
2024 (TBD) [508] | Soyuz-2.1b | Plesetsk Site 43 | RVSN RF | |||||
Lotos-S1 №8 | VKS | Low Earth | ELINT | |||||
2024 (TBD) [509] | Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat | Vostochny Site 1S | Roscosmos | |||||
Meteor-M №2-5 [511] | Roscosmos | Low Earth (SSO) | Meteorology | |||||
2024 (TBD) [512] | Soyuz-2.1b | Plesetsk Site 43 | RVSN RF | |||||
Pion-NKS №2 | VKS | Low Earth | SIGINT | |||||
Part of the Russian Liana SIGINT system. | ||||||||
2024 (TBD) [513] | Soyuz 2.1v / Volga | Plesetsk Site 43 | Roscosmos | |||||
Gonets-M1 1 | Gonets Satellite System | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
Gonets-M1 2 | Gonets Satellite System | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
Gonets-M1 3 | Gonets Satellite System | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
Gonets-M1 4 | Gonets Satellite System | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
Gonets-M1 5 | Gonets Satellite System | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
Gonets-M1 6 | Gonets Satellite System | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
2024 (TBD) [440] | Spectrum | Andøya | Isar Aerospace | |||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
Second of two demonstration flights. | ||||||||
2024 (TBD) [514] | Spectrum | Andøya | Isar Aerospace | |||||
⚀ OroraTech × ? | OroraTech | Low Earth (SSO) | Wildfire monitoring | |||||
First of multiple Spectrum launches for OroraTech. | ||||||||
2024 (TBD) [515] | Spectrum | Andøya | Isar Aerospace | |||||
ION SCV | D-Orbit | Low Earth (SSO) | CubeSat deployer | |||||
2024 (TBD) [516] | Spectrum | Andøya | Isar Aerospace | |||||
TBA | Airbus Defence and Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
2024 (TBD) [517] | Spectrum | Kourou Diamant | Isar Aerospace | |||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
First Spectrum launch from the Guiana Space Centre. | ||||||||
2024 (TBD) [518] | Spectrum or Falcon 9 Block 5 | Andøya or Cape Canaveral | Isar Aerospace or SpaceX | |||||
TBA × 3 | KSAT | Low Earth (SSO) | Maritime surveillance | |||||
2024 (TBD) [519] | Vega-C | Kourou ELV | Arianespace | |||||
Biomass | ESA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Earth Explorer 7 of the Living Planet Programme. | ||||||||
H2 2024 (TBD) [520] | Vega-C | Kourou ELV | Arianespace | |||||
Sentinel-1D | ESA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Fourth Sentinel-1 satellite. | ||||||||
2024 (TBD) [443] | Vega-C | Kourou ELV | Arianespace | |||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
Small Satellites Mission Service (SSMS) #10 rideshare mission. | ||||||||
2024 (TBD) [521] | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||||
Ardoride | Momentus Space | Selenocentric (LLO) | Space tug | |||||
Canadensys LEAP payload [524] [525] | Canadensys | Selenocentric (LLO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀ Zeus-MS × 2 [521] | Qosmosys | Selenocentric (LLO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
First Momentus Ardoride lunar rideshare mission. | ||||||||
2024 (TBD) [526] | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||||
Carponis-1 | FAB | Low Earth | Earth observation | |||||
2024 (TBD) [527] | TBA | Kourou | Arianespace | |||||
⚀ CubeSpec | ESA | Low Earth | Hyperspectral astronomy | |||||
2024 (TBD) [528] | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||||
EWS prototype | United States Space Force | Low Earth (SSO) | Meteorology Technology demonstration | |||||
EO/IR Weather System (EWS) prototype, built by General Atomics for the U.S. Space Force. | ||||||||
2024 (TBD) [529] | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||||
LM 400 Demo | Lockheed Martin Space | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
2024 (TBD) [100] [101] | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||||
Tanager | Carbon Mapper / Planet Labs / JPL | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
2024 (TBD) [530] | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||||
⚀ EZIE × 3 | NASA / JHUAPL | Low Earth (SSO) | Space weather / Electrojet research | |||||
Heliophysics Mission of Opportunity for the Explorers Program. | ||||||||
2024 (TBD) [531] [532] | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||||
Taicang | Taicang Aerospace Technology | Low Earth | Space biology | |||||
Tianxian-2 (Chaohu-2) | Spacety | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Tianxian-3 (Chaohu-3) | Spacety | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Tianxian-4 (Chaohu-4) | Spacety | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
⚀ TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
Long March Express 4 rideshare mission | ||||||||
2024 (TBD) [533] | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||||
Winnebago-3 | Varda Space Industries | Low Earth | Space manufacturing | |||||
Rideshare on a to-be-announced launch vehicle. | ||||||||
2024 (TBD) [534] | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||||
TBA | CarpathiaSat | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
First Hungarian geosynchronous communications satellite. [535] | ||||||||
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
Remarks | |||||||
3 July 11:09 [536] | ILR-33 AMBER 2K | Andøya | Warsaw Institute of Aviation | ||||
Warsaw Institute of Aviation | Suborbital | Test flight | 3 July | Successful | |||
First Polish rocket to pass the Kármán line. Apogee: 101 km (63 mi). | |||||||
16 July [537] | Black Brant IX | MaGIXS-2 | White Sands Missile Range | NASA | |||
MaGIXS-2 | Marshall Space Flight Center | Suborbital | Heliophysics | 16 July | Successful | ||
Second flight of the Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrometer (MaGIXS). | |||||||
22 July [538] | RH-560 Mk-III | Satish Dhawan | ISRO | ||||
Air Breathing Propulsion Technology | ISRO | Suborbital | Technology demonstration | 22 July | Successful | ||
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully carried out the second experimental flight for the demonstration of Air Breathing Propulsion Technology. Apogee: 100 km (62 mi). | |||||||
13 August 10:00 [539] | Terrier-Improved Malemute | ROCKSAT-X 2024 | Wallops Flight Facility | NASA | |||
RockSat-X | Colorado Space Grant Consortium | Suborbital | Education | 13 August | Successful | ||
Apogee: 164 km (102 mi). | |||||||
26 August 04:00 [540] | Black Brant IX | White Sands Missile Range | NASA | ||||
OAxFORTIS | Johns Hopkins | Suborbital | Ultraviolet astronomy | 26 August | Successful | ||
Off Axis Far-ultraviolet Off Rowland-circle Telescope for Imaging and Spectroscopy (OAxFORTIS). Apogee: 272 km (169 mi). | |||||||
29 August 13:07 [541] [542] | New Shepard | NS-26 | Corn Ranch | Blue Origin | |||
Blue Origin NS-26 | Blue Origin | Suborbital | Crewed spaceflight | 29 August | Successful | ||
Apogee: 105.3 km (65.4 mi). | |||||||
2 September 09:41 [543] [544] [545] | Black Brant V | BOLT-1B | Andøya | MORABA | |||
BOLT-1B | JHUAPL | Suborbital | Laminar-turbulent transition | 2 September | Successful | ||
Boundary Layer Transition (BOLT) experiment. Apogee: 254 km (158 mi). | |||||||
3 September [546] | Black Brant IX | White Sands Missile Range | NASA | ||||
FURST | Montana State University | Suborbital | Solar VUV astronomy | 3 September | Successful | ||
6 September [547] | Agni-IV | Integrated Test Range | Ministry of Defence | ||||
Ministry of Defence | Suborbital | Missile test | 6 September | Successful | |||
15 September 03:30 [548] | Toufan | Houthis | |||||
Live warhead | Houthis | Suborbital | Missile launch | 15 September | Intercepted | ||
Apogee: 300 km, targeted Israel | |||||||
25 September 00:44 [549] | DF-31? | Wenchang? | PLA Rocket Force | ||||
Live warhead | PLA | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 September | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1.000 km, ICBM test launch into Pacific Ocean, 12.000 km downrange | |||||||
28 September 18:00 [550] | Terrier Oriole? | JAKE | Wallops Flight Facility | NASA | |||
Department of Defense | Suborbital | Technology demonstration | 28 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 100 km (62 mi). | |||||||
1 October 13:09 [551] | SpaceLoft XL | SL-15 | Spaceport America | UP Aerospace | |||
FOP | NASA | Suborbital | Education | 1 October | Successful | ||
Several payloads of NASA’s Flight Opportunities program were on board. | |||||||
1 October [552] 16:30 | Shahab-3 / Emad / Kheibar Shekan / Ghadr-110 / Fattah-1 | ||||||
Suborbital | Missile launch | 1 October | Intercepted | ||||
Apogee roughly 300 kilometres (190 mi). About 181 missile launches. | |||||||
23 October 15:30 [553] | New Shepard | NS-27 | Corn Ranch | Blue Origin | |||
Blue Origin NS-27 | Blue Origin | Suborbital | Technology demonstration | 23 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 101 km | |||||||
↓ Upcoming launches ↓ | |||||||
27 October [554] | Black Brant IX | Andøya | NASA | ||||
VortEx | Clemson University | Suborbital | Vapor trail deployment | ||||
First of two launches for the Vorticity Experiment (VortEx) mission, carrying trimethylaluminum (TMA) vapor trails . | |||||||
27 October [554] | Terrier-Improved Orion | Andøya | NASA | ||||
VortEx | Clemson University | Suborbital | Gravity wave research | ||||
Second of two launches for the VortEx mission, carrying payload instruments. | |||||||
October (TBD) [555] | Red Kite/Improved Malemute | Esrange | MORABA | ||||
MAPHEUS-15 | DLR | Suborbital | Microgravity research | ||||
1 November [554] | Terrier-Improved Malemute | Andøya | NASA | ||||
ICI-5b | University of Oslo | Suborbital | Plasma turbulence | ||||
Investigation of CUSP Irregularities-5b. | |||||||
14 November 02:30–03:30 [556] | S-520 | S-520-34 | Uchinoura Space Center | JAXA | |||
DES2 | JAXA | Suborbital | Technology demonstration | ||||
Demonstration of rotating detonation engine system. | |||||||
18 November [554] | Black Brant IX | White Sands Missile Range | NASA | ||||
B-SPICE | University of Michigan | Suborbital | Spacecraft charging mitigation | ||||
Beam-Spacecraft Plasma Interaction and Charging Experiment (B-SPICE). [557] | |||||||
November (TBD) [555] [558] | VSB-30 | Esrange | SSC | ||||
S1X-M16 | SSC | Suborbital | Microgravity research | ||||
SubOrbital Express Microgravity flight opportunity 16. | |||||||
2024 (TBD) [456] | Aurora 1 | Spaceport Nova Scotia | Reaction Dynamics | ||||
Reaction Dynamics | Suborbital | Test flight | |||||
2024 (TBD) [559] [560] | 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. | |||||||
2024 (TBD) [561] [562] | Dorado | TBA | Equatorial Space | ||||
TBA | Equatorial Space | Suborbital | Microgravity research | ||||
Maiden flight of Dorado. | |||||||
2024 (TBD) [563] | HASTE | MARS LC-2 | Rocket Lab | ||||
Leidos | Suborbital | Technology demonstration | |||||
First of four contracted launches for Leidos. | |||||||
2024 (TBD) [564] | HASTE | MARS LC-2 | Rocket Lab | ||||
TBA | TBA | Suborbital | Technology demonstration | ||||
2024 (TBD) [565] [566] | Kestrel I | VS03 | Whalers Way Pad 1 | ATSpace | |||
Inovor Technologies / Ascension / Southern Launch | Suborbital | Test flight | |||||
ECO TEST VS03. Second of three test launches from Pad 1 at Whalers Way. Expected apogee: 200 km (120 mi). | |||||||
2024 (TBD) [565] [566] | Kestrel I | VS02 | Whalers Way Pad 1 | ATSpace | |||
ATSpace | Suborbital | Test flight | |||||
ECO TEST VS02. Third of three test launches from Pad 1 at Whalers Way. Launch vehicle previously tested under the name "Hapith I". [567] Expected apogee: 200 km (120 mi). | |||||||
2024 (TBD) [568] | Miura 1 | El Arenosillo | PLD Space | ||||
TBA | TBA | Suborbital | TBA | ||||
Second of two planned test flights. | |||||||
2024 (TBD) [569] [570] | RLV-T6 | Lenghu | LinkSpace | ||||
LinkSpace | Suborbital | VTVL flight test | |||||
Reusable Launch Vehicle T6 (RLV-T6). Expected apogee: 100 km (62 mi). | |||||||
2024 (TBD) [571] [572] | SARGE BLK3 | Spaceport America | Exos Aerospace | ||||
Suborbital | Test flight | ||||||
First Rapid Reusability demo launch. | |||||||
2024 (TBD) [571] [572] | SARGE BLK3 | Spaceport America | Exos Aerospace | ||||
Suborbital | Test flight | ||||||
Second Rapid Reusability demo launch. | |||||||
2024 (TBD) [573] [574] | 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. | |||||||
2024 (TBD) [575] [576] | TBA | TBA | CAS Space | ||||
TBA | TBA | Suborbital | Test flight | ||||
Test flight of a reusable suborbital tourism rocket. | |||||||
2024 (TBD) [554] | Black Brant IX | White Sands Missile Range | NASA | ||||
HERSCHEL 3 | NRL | Suborbital | Technology demonstration |
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