Upcoming Launches
Launches that are scheduled to occur in the future

Kinetica 1 | PRSC-HS1 & AIRSAT-03/04
October 19, 2025 at 3:33 UTC
Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Earth Science
* PRSC-HS1 is a hyperspectral Earth observation satellite for SUPARCO of Pakistan. * AIRSAT-03/04 are 2 X-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Earth observation satellite made by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, with 0.5 meter resolution. AIRSAT-03 is built for TerraXpace of Malaysia.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-17
October 19, 2025 at 17:39 UTC
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Communications
A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-19
October 19, 2025 at 19:24 UTC
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Communications
A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-5
October 22, 2025 at 14:00 UTC
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Communications
A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SpainSat NG II
October 23, 2025 at 1:30 UTC
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Communications
Second of two new-generation satellites built by Airbus to provide secure communications to the Spanish government, its allies, and various international organizations.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-12
October 25, 2025 at 14:00 UTC
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Communications
A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-21
October 25, 2025 at 14:27 UTC
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Communications
A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-21
October 27, 2025 at 21:12 UTC
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Communications
A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-37
October 28, 2025 at 13:14 UTC
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Communications
A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Atlas V 551 | ViaSat-3 F2 (ViaSat-3 EMEA)
October 31, 2025 at 0:00 UTC
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Communications
The ViaSat-3 is a series of three Ka-band satellites is expected to provide vastly superior capabilities in terms of service speed and flexibility for a satellite platform. Each ViaSat-3 class satellite is expected to deliver more than 1-Terabit per second of network capacity, and to leverage high levels of flexibility to dynamically direct capacity to where customers are located.

H3-24 | HTV-X1
October 31, 2025 at 0:00 UTC
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Resupply
First flight of the upgraded Japanese HTV-X spacecraft designed to resupply the International Space Station.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-25
October 31, 2025 at 0:00 UTC
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Communications
A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Ariane 62 | Sentinel-1D
November 4, 2025 at 21:03 UTC
Ariane Launch Area 4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Earth Science
Sentinel-1D carries an advanced radar technology to provide an all-weather, day-and-night supply of imagery of Earth’s surface as part of the Sentinel-1 constellation.

LVM-3 | CMS-02 (GSAT-7R)
November 5, 2025 at 11:30 UTC
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Communications
Communications Satellite for the Indian Navy, replacing GSAT-7 for secure real-time links between Indian warships, submarines, aircraft, and shore-based command centers across the Indian Ocean.

New Glenn | EscaPADE
November 9, 2025 at 0:00 UTC
Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Planetary Science
Maiden flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn launch vehicle carrying the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (EscaPADE), a dual-spacecraft mission to study ion and sputtered escape from Mars. The spacecrafts' scientific goals are to understand the processes controlling the structure of Mars' hybrid magnetosphere and how it guides ion flows; understand how energy and momentum are transported from the solar wind through Mars' magnetosphere; and understand the processes controlling the flow of energy and matter into and out of the collisional atmosphere.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 15 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
November 10, 2025 at 0:00 UTC
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dedicated Rideshare
Dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sentinel-6B
November 16, 2025 at 0:00 UTC
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Earth Science
The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich (launched November 2020) and Sentinel-6B make up the Sentinel-6 mission, also known as Jason Continuity of Service (Jason-CS), which is a partnership between NASA, NOAA, ESA, and EUMETSAT. This mission continues the long-term global sea surface height data record begun by first Jason satellites in 1992.

Nuri | CAS500-3
November 26, 2025 at 15:54 UTC
LC-2, Naro Space Center, South Korea
Earth Science
CAS500-3 is a South Korean Earth observation satellites to be used by the Ministry of Science and ICT for space technology verification and space science research.

Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-28
November 27, 2025 at 7:26 UTC
31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Human Exploration
Soyuz MS-28 will carry three cosmonauts and one astronaut to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The crew consists of Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Kud-Sverchkov, Sergei Mikayev and Oleg Platonov.

Vulcan | GPS III SV09
November 30, 2025 at 0:00 UTC
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Navigation
Ninth of ten GPS III missions.

Vega-C | KOMPSAT-7
November 30, 2025 at 0:00 UTC
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Earth Science
KOMPSAT-7 is the follow-up model of KOMPSAT-3A whose mission is to provide high-resolution satellite images to satisfy South-Korea’s governmental and institutional needs.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | KOMPSAT-7A
November 30, 2025 at 0:00 UTC
Unknown Pad, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Earth Science
KOMPSAT-7 and 7A are the follow-up satellites of KOMPSAT-3A, whose mission is to provide high-resolution satellite images to satisfy South-Korea's governmental and institutional needs.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 4 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)
November 30, 2025 at 0:00 UTC
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dedicated Rideshare
Dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.

Electron | iQPS Launch 5
November 30, 2025 at 0:00 UTC
Unknown Pad, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Earth Science
Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.

New Shepard | NS-37
November 30, 2025 at 0:00 UTC
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch, Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
Tourism
NS-37 is the 16th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 37th in the New Shepard program's history.

H3-22 | Michibiki 5 (QZS-5)
December 7, 2025 at 2:30 UTC
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Navigation
QZSS (Quasi Zenith Satellite System) is a Japanese satellite navigation system operating from inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits to achieve optimal high-elevation visibility in urban canyons and mountainous areas. The navigation system objective is to broadcast GPS-interoperable and augmentation signals as well as original Japanese (QZSS) signals from a three-spacecraft constellation. The navigation system objective is to broadcast GPS-interoperable and augmentation signals as well as original Japanese (QZSS) signals from a three-spacecraft constellation in inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits.

Proton-M/Blok DM-03 | Elektro-L No.5
December 15, 2025 at 11:52 UTC
81/24 (81P), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Earth Science
Elektro-L is a series of meteorological satellites developed for the Russian Federal Space Agency by NPO Lavochkin. They are designed to capture real-time images of clouds and the Earth's underlying surface, heliogeophysical measurements, collection and translating hydrometeorological and service data.

Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-33 (94P)
December 19, 2025 at 0:54 UTC
31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Resupply
Progress resupply mission to the International Space Station.

Soyuz-5 | Demo Flight
December 20, 2025 at 0:00 UTC
45/1, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Test Flight
Demonstration Flight for Russia's new Soyuz-5 launch vehicle. Details TBD.

PSLV | RISAT-2A
December 31, 2025 at 0:00 UTC
Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Government/Top Secret
RISAT-2A is the third in the series of radar imaging RISAT satellites. The satellite carries a sophisticated synthetic aperture radar that operates at 5.35 GHz in C band.

Electron | BlackSky Gen-3 4
December 31, 2025 at 0:00 UTC
Unknown Pad, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Earth Science
BlackSky Gen-3 Earth-imaging satellites

RFA One | Maiden Flight
December 31, 2025 at 0:00 UTC
Launch Pad Fredo, SaxaVord Spaceport
Test Flight
First flight of the RFA One launch vehicle. Will carry 7 satellites for various companies and organizations coordinated by the German Aerospace Center (DLR). * AllBertEinStein * ARTICA * Curium Two * ERMINAZ * PCIOD * Separation Ring Mission * SpaceDREAM

Electron | BlackSky Gen-3 3
December 31, 2025 at 0:00 UTC
Unknown Pad, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Earth Science
BlackSky Gen-3 Earth-imaging satellites

HASTE | Leidos-5
December 31, 2025 at 0:00 UTC
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Mission details are not available at this time.

Skyrora XL | Maiden flight
December 31, 2025 at 0:00 UTC
Launch Pad Fredo, SaxaVord Spaceport
Test Flight
First flight of the Skyrora XL launch vehicle

Atlas V 551 | Project Kuiper (KA-04)
December 31, 2025 at 0:00 UTC
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Communications
Project Kuiper is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude.

Electron | NorthStar 2
December 31, 2025 at 0:00 UTC
Unknown Pad, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Space Situational Awareness
Four space situational awareness (SSA) satellites for Canadian company NorthStar Earth and Space.

Vulcan VC6L | Project Kuiper (KV-01)
December 31, 2025 at 0:00 UTC
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Communications
Project Kuiper is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude. 45 satellites will be carried on each Vulcan launch.

Vulcan | USSF-87
December 31, 2025 at 0:00 UTC
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Government/Top Secret
USSF-87 will launch two identical Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites GSSAP-7 and GSSAP-8 directly to a near-geosynchronous orbit approximately 36,000 km above the equator. Data from the GSSAP will uniquely contribute to timely and accurate orbital predictions, further enabling space flight safety including satellite collision avoidance.

Electron | NorthStar 3
December 31, 2025 at 0:00 UTC
Unknown Pad, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Space Situational Awareness
Four space situational awareness (SSA) satellites for Canadian company NorthStar Earth and Space.