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08 Apr 2026
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launch status: TBD
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซ Vega-C – Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) – Avio S.p.A (Commercial) — Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical) — Astrophysics
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) — Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Joint mission between the European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences to investigate the interaction between Earthโ€™s protective shield โ€“ the magnetosphere โ€“ and the supersonic solar wind.

01 Sep 2026
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launch status: TBD
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซ Vega-C – Sentinel-3C & FLEX – Avio S.p.A (Commercial) — Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) — Earth Science
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) — Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Sentinel-3C is the third satellite in the Sentinel-3 constellation, which provides high-accuracy optical, radar and altimetry data for marine and land services.

The Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX) satellite is a part of ESA's Earth Explorer program. The satellite will map vegetation fluorescence to quantify photosynthetic activity.

Nov 2026
Month
launch status: TBD
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซ Vega-C – KOMPSAT-6 & PLATiNO 1 – Arianespace (Commercial) — Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) — Earth Science
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) — Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Italian Space Agency ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น (Government) , Korea Aerospace Research Institute ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท (Government)

Korean Multi-purpose Satellite 6 (KOMPSAT-6) is the sixth South Korean Earth observation satellite of the KOMPSAT series. It is equipped with a synthetic aperture radar with a ground resolution between 0.5 and 20 meters.

PLATiNO 1 is an experimental X-band SAR earth observation satellite project by the Italian Space Agency (ASI), with a radar payload from Thales Alenia Space Italia. The X-band SAR will first operate in passive mode at 619 km altitude, then in active mode after the satellites moves lower to a 410 km orbit.