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Nov 2025
Month
launch status: TBD
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Vulcan – GPS III SV09ULA (Commercial) — Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) — Navigation
Space Launch Complex 41 — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
United States Space Force ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ (Government)

Ninth of ten GPS III missions.

07 Dec 2025
02:30 Minute
launch status: Go
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต H3-22 – Michibiki 5 (QZS-5) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Commercial) — Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GSTO) — Navigation
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 — Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต (Government)

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.

Dec 2025
Month
launch status: TBD
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซ Ariane 62 – Galileo L14 (FOC FM29 & FM30) – Arianespace (Commercial) — Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) — Navigation
Ariane Launch Area 4 — Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Payload consists of two satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system.

Dec 2025
Month
launch status: TBD
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Electron – LEO-PNT Pathfinder A – Rocket Lab (Commercial) — Low Earth Orbit (LEO) — Navigation
Unknown Pad — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
European Space Agency ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ (Multinational)

The European Space Agency (ESA)'s LEO-PNT (Low Earth Orbit Positioning, Navigation and Timing) demonstrator mission will feature a 10-satellite constellation demonstration mission that will assess how a low Earth orbit fleet of satellites can work in combination with the Galileo and EGNOS constellations in higher orbits that provide Europeโ€™s own global navigation system.

This launch will lift 2 โ€œPathfinder Aโ€ satellites built by Thales Alenia Space and GMV to a 510 km altitude Low Earth Orbit.

Dec 2025
Month
launch status: TBD
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ GSLV Mk. II – IRNSS-1L (NVS-03)ISRO (Government) — Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) — Navigation
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad — Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

This is a replacement satellite for the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System. The constellation will provide India with an alternative to GPS and will be used for military and civilian use. Located at a geosynchronous orbit, the system will be operated by the Indian government.

2025
Year
launch status: TBD
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต H3-22 – Michibiki 7 (QZS-7) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Commercial) — Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GSTO) — Navigation
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 — Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

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.

2025
Year
launch status: TBD
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Soyuz 2.1b Fregat – Glonass-K1 No. 19 – Russian Space Forces (Government) — Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) — Navigation
Unknown Pad — Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Russian Space Forces ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ (Government)

Glonass-K are the third generation of satellite design for GLONASS satellite navigation system. GLONASS is a Russian space-based navigation system comparable to the similar GPS and Galileo systems. This generation improves on accuracy, power consumption and design life. Each satellite is unpressurized and weighs 935 kg, and has an operational lifetime of 10 years.

2025
Year
launch status: TBD
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Vulcan – GPS III SV10ULA (Commercial) — Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) — Navigation
Space Launch Complex 41 — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
United States Space Force ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ (Government)

Tenth of ten GPS III missions.