Space launches

Filters

Mission type: ๐Ÿ—™ Biology | Communications | Dedicated Rideshare | Earth Science | Government/Top Secret | Human Exploration | Lunar Exploration | Mission Extension | Navigation | Planetary Science | Resupply | Robotic Exploration | Space Situational Awareness | Technology | Test Flight | Tourism | Unknown

Vehicle: Ariane 62 | Atlas V 551 | Ceres-1 | Electron | Epsilon S | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Firefly Alpha | Gaganyaan Abort Test Booster | GSLV Mk. II | H-IIA 202 | H3-22 | Kii-based Advanced & Instant ROcket System | Kinetica 1 | Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (GSLV Mk III) | Long March 2C | Long March 3B/E | Long March 4C | Long March 7 | Minotaur IV | New Glenn | PSLV | PSLV XL | RS1 | Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M | Soyuz 2.1b | Soyuz 2.1b Fregat | Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M | Spectrum | SSLV | Starship | Terran 1 | Vega-C | Vulcan | Vulcan VC4S | Vulcan VC6L

Orbit: Asteroid | Elliptical Orbit | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Geosynchronous Orbit | Heliocentric N/A | Low Earth Orbit | Lunar Orbit | Medium Earth Orbit | Polar Orbit | Suborbital | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Unknown

Dec 2024
Month
launch status: TBD
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซ Ariane 62 – CSO-3 – Arianespace (Commercial) — Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) — Government/Top Secret
Ariane Launch Area 4 — Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

The CSO-3 (Composante Spatiale Optique-3 satellite is the third of three new-generation high-resolution optical imaging satellites for the French military, replacing the Helios 2 spy satellite series.

Dec 2024
Month
launch status: TBD
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Falcon 9 Block 5 – 425 Project Flight 3 – SpaceX (Commercial) — Low Earth Orbit (LEO) — Government/Top Secret
Unknown Pad — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Note: Name of payload is provisional.

Third launch of an ultimately 5 reconnaissance satellites for the South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), with 1 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite on this launch.

They will be launched to low Earth orbit between 600 and 700 km by 2025, enabling South Koreaโ€™s military to observe the nuclear-armed neighborโ€™s key military facilities every two hours with 30-50 centimeters resolution imagery, according to a 2019 report produced by the Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning.

The project is lead by the Korean Agency for Defense Development (ADD) and Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), with input from Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), Hanwha Systems and Thales Alenia Space.

Q4 2024
Quarter 4
launch status: TBD
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Falcon 9 Block 5 – NAOS – SpaceX (Commercial) — Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) — Government/Top Secret
Space Launch Complex 4E — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

NAOS (National Advanced Optical System) is the space component of Luxembourg's governmental dual-use observation satellite system LUXEOSys (Luxembourg Earth Observation System). Its purpose is to provide high resolution images to national and international governmental and military organizations such as NATO.

The 800 kg satellite is built by OHB Italia and is equipped with a very high-resolution optical camera with a ground reolution of 50 cm in an around 450 km high sun-synchronous orbit. It will have a operational life time of 7 years.

Q4 2024
Quarter 4
launch status: TBD
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Vulcan VC4S – USSF-106ULA (Commercial) — Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO) — Government/Top Secret
Space Launch Complex 41 — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
United States Space Force ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ (Government)

USSF-106 is a mission for the United States Space Force. The launch will deploy various payloads directly into geosynchronous orbit, including the NTS-3 (Navigation Technology Satellite 3), a demonstration navigation satellite testing a new digital signal generator that can be reprogrammed on-orbit to broadcast new signals, improve performance by avoiding and defeating interference, and adding signatures for detecting spoofing attacks.

2024
Year
launch status: TBD
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Falcon 9 Block 5 – NROL-69 – SpaceX (Commercial) — Unknown (N/A) — Government/Top Secret
Unknown Pad — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
National Reconnaissance Office ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ (Government)

Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office

2024
Year
launch status: TBD
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Falcon 9 Block 5 – SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A – SpaceX (Commercial) — Polar Orbit (PO) — Government/Top Secret
Space Launch Complex 4E — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Space Development Agency ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ (Government)

First of six missions launched by the Space Development Agency for the Tranche 1 Transport Layer.

2024
Year
launch status: TBD
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Falcon 9 Block 5 – USSF-36 – SpaceX (Commercial) — Unknown (N/A) — Government/Top Secret
Unknown Pad — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
United States Space Force ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ (Government)

Classified payload for the US Space Force.

2024
Year
launch status: TBD
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Electron – Unknown Payload – Rocket Lab (Commercial) — Suborbital (Sub) — Government/Top Secret
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C) (no Wikipedia article) — Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Sub-orbital launch of the Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program for a confidential customer.

2024
Year
launch status: TBD
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Minotaur IV – NROL-174 – Northrop Grumman Space Systems (Commercial) — Unknown (N/A) — Government/Top Secret
Space Launch Complex 8 — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
National Reconnaissance Office ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ (Government)

Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.

2024
Year
launch status: TBD
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Vulcan – USSF-87ULA (Commercial) — Unknown (N/A) — Government/Top Secret
Space Launch Complex 41 — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
United States Space Force ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ (Government)

Classified payload for the US Space Force

Q1 2025
Quarter 1
launch status: TBD
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Electron – DART AE – Rocket Lab (Commercial) — Suborbital (Sub) — Government/Top Secret
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C) (no Wikipedia article) — Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
United States Departement of Defense ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ (Government)

Payload is a scramjet-powered hypersonic vehicle developed by by Australian company Hypersonix.