2025 in spaceflight
Spaceflight in 2025 promises to follow the 2020s trend of record breaking orbital launches and increased developments in lunar, Mars and low-earth orbit exploration.
NASA plans to launch the Artemis 2 mission on the Space Launch System, sending astronauts around the Moon on a ten-day lunar flyby.
ESA plans to conduct an orbital test flight of the Space Rider uncrewed spaceplane in the third quarter of the year.[1]
The first Indian crewed spaceflight, Gaganyaan-4, is planned for 2025.
China plans to launch the Tianwen-2 (ZhengHe) asteroid sample-return and comet probe.[2]
As of 2021, the mission of the Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter is targeted to end no later than September 2025. NASA has stated that the mission could end sooner depending on potential damage from the system's radiation belts during fly-bys of Europa in 2022, and Io in 2023 and 2024.[3][4]
Kuiper Systems, Amazon’s satellite internet subsidiary, ramp up launches for its constellation of over 3,000 satellites. The launches will occur on Ariane 6, Vulcan Centaur and New Glenn launch vehicles.[5]
Vast plans to launch the first ever commercial space station in 2025.[6]
Blue Origin plans to launch their MK1 Lunar Lander as a "pathfinder" mission in 2025.[7]
Orbital launches
[edit]Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | ||||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |||
Remarks | ||||||||
January[edit] | ||||||||
January (TBD)[12] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | |||||
IM-2 Athena | Intuitive Machines | TLI to lunar surface | Lunar lander | |||||
Khon1[13][14] | Intuitive Machines | Selenocentric (ELFO) | Lunar communications | |||||
Lunar Trailblazer | NASA / Caltech | Selenocentric | Lunar orbiter | |||||
Micro-Nova (μNova)[15][13] | Intuitive Machines | TLI to lunar surface | Lunar hopper | |||||
M1 MAPP[16] | Lunar Outpost / Nokia | TLI to lunar surface | Lunar rover Technology demonstration | |||||
Odin (Brokkr-2)[17] | AstroForge | Heliocentric | Technology demonstration | |||||
AstroAnt[18] | MIT | TLI to lunar surface | Lunar rover | |||||
Yaoki[19] | Dymon | TLI to lunar surface | Lunar rover | |||||
⚀ DOGE-1[20] | GEC | TLI | Remote sensing | |||||
IM-2 South Pole Mission, flying the second Nova-C lunar lander.[8] The Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment 1 (PRIME-1) payload will be delivered to the lunar south pole near Shackleton Crater for the CLPS program.[9] Spaceflight's "GEO Pathfinder" rideshare mission will be conducted via the Sherpa-ES transfer vehicle.[10] DOGE-1 is the first commercial lunar payload to be funded through Dogecoin.[11] | ||||||||
January (TBD)[21] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | |||||
SpaceX CRS-33 | NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | |||||
January (TBD)[22] | Vulcan Centaur VC2S | V-005 | Cape Canaveral SLC-41 | ULA | ||||
GPS III-07 Sally Ride | U.S. Space Force | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||||
First GPS mission on Vulcan Centaur. Named after American astronaut Sally Ride, the first American woman in space. Blue Origin's DarkSky-1 will be hosted on the Centaur V of this Mission. | ||||||||
February[edit] | ||||||||
12 February [23] | Soyuz-2.1a | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Roscosmos | |||||
Progress MS-30 / 91P | Roscosmos | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | |||||
27 February[24] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | |||||
SPHEREx | NASA | Low Earth (SSO) | Near-infrared astronomy | |||||
PUNCH[25] | NASA | Low Earth (SSO) | Heliophysics | |||||
February (TBD)[26] | Electron | Mahia LC-1 | Rocket Lab | |||||
⚀ Kinéis × 5 | Kinéis | Low Earth | IoT | |||||
Fifth of five dedicated launches for Kinéis' IoT satellite constellation. | ||||||||
February (TBD)[27] | Electron | Mahia LC-1A | Rocket Lab | |||||
LOXSAT1 | Eta Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Propellant depot Technology demonstration | |||||
February (TBD)[29] | Epsilon S | Uchinoura | JAXA | |||||
LOTUSat-1[30][31] | VNSC | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
First launch of Epsilon S, an upgraded version of Epsilon that will have commonality with H3 rocket components.[28] | ||||||||
February (TBD)[32][33] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Kennedy | SpaceX | |||||
Cygnus NG-22 | NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | |||||
Last of three Cygnus spacecraft to be launched via Falcon 9. | ||||||||
February (TBD)[34] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | |||||
SpaceX Crew-10 | NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | Expedition 72 / 73 | |||||
February (TBD)[35] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Vandenberg | SpaceX | |||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit, designated Transporter-13. | ||||||||
February (TBD)[36] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Vandenberg | SpaceX | |||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to a 45-degree mid-inclination orbit, designated Bandwagon-3. | ||||||||
February (TBD)[38][39] | Vulcan Centaur | Cape Canaveral SLC-41 | ULA | |||||
GPS III-08 Katherine Johnson | U.S. Space Force | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||||
Named after NASA mathematician and human computer Katherine Johnson.[37] | ||||||||
March[edit] | ||||||||
March (TBD)[41][42] | Hanbit-Nano | Alcântara Space Center | Innospace | |||||
⚀ TBA | UFMA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
⚀ TBA | Castro Leite Consultoria LTDA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
First private orbital launch from Alcântara. Maiden flight of Hanbit-Nano.[40] | ||||||||
March (TBD)[43] | Soyuz-2.1a | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Roscosmos | |||||
Soyuz MS-27 | Roscosmos | Low Earth (ISS) | Expedition 72/73 | |||||
March (TBD)[44] | Vulcan Centaur VC4L[45] | V-006 | Cape Canaveral SLC-41 | ULA | ||||
SSC Demo-1 | NASA / Sierra Space | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | |||||
First Dream Chaser cargo mission for CRS-2. | ||||||||
March (TBD)[46] | New Glenn | Cape Canaveral LC-36 | Blue Origin | |||||
Blue Moon (Mk1) | Blue Origin | TLI to Lunar landing | Lunar lander | |||||
New Glenn will carrying a prototype Blue Moon Lunar lander as Pathfinder Mission 1. Second National Security Space Launch demonstration flight for New Glenn. | ||||||||
Q1 (TBD)[49][48] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Kennedy | SpaceX | |||||
MRV-1 | Northrop Grumman / DARPA | Geosynchronous | Satellite servicing | |||||
MEP × 3 | Northrop Grumman | Geosynchronous | Satellite servicing | |||||
The Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) will carry DARPA's Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Spacecraft (RSGS) Robotic Payload.[47] It will install three propulsion jet packs, referred to as Mission Extension Pods (MEP), on satellites that are nearing the end of their operational lifespans. Two of the three MEPs will be installed on Optus D3 and an Intelsat satellite in 2025 and 2026, respectively.[48] | ||||||||
Q1 (TBD)[50][51] | GSLV Mk II | F16 | Satish Dhawan SLP | ISRO | ||||
NISAR | NASA / ISRO | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Q1 (TBD)[53] | LVM3 | Satish Dhawan | ISRO | |||||
GSAT-32 (GSAT-N3) | ISRO | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
GSAT-32 is also Known as GSAT-N3. Planned replacement for GSAT-6A.[52] | ||||||||
Q1 (TBD)[54] | PSLV | N2 | Satish Dhawan | ISRO | ||||
TBA | NSIL | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
⚀ Aadyah | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
⚀ DRISHTI | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
⚀ Sanskardhaam | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
⚀ DS P30 x2 | Dhruva Space | Low Earth | Earth observation | |||||
Second fully privately built PSLV. | ||||||||
Q1 (TBD)[55][56] | Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat | Vostochny Site 1S | Roscosmos | |||||
Kanopus-VO №2 | Roscosmos | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Q1 (TBD)[57] | Vega-C | Kourou ELV | Arianespace | |||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
Small Satellites Mission Service (SSMS) #9 rideshare mission. | ||||||||
Q1 (TBD)[58] | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||||
⚀ SPARCS | JPL | Low Earth | Ultraviolet radiation | |||||
April[edit] | ||||||||
29 April[24] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | |||||
IMAP | NASA | Sun–Earth L1 | Heliophysics | |||||
Carruthers Geocorona Observatory | NASA | Sun–Earth L1 | Exosphere research | |||||
SWFO-L1 | NOAA | Sun–Earth L1 | Space weather | |||||
Part of the Solar Terrestrial Probes program. Under NASA's SMD Rideshare Initiative, two secondary spacecraft will be launched along with IMAP to the Sun–Earth L1 point. | ||||||||
April (TBD)[59] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | |||||
Rivada × 24 | Rivada Space Networks | Low Earth (SSO) | Communications | |||||
First of twelve launches for Rivada Space Networks' 300-satellite constellation. | ||||||||
April (TBD)[61] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | TBA | SpaceX | |||||
TRACERS | NASA | Low Earth (SSO) | Magnetospheric research | |||||
TRACERS is part of NASA's Small Explorers program, with a launch readiness date of 13 April 2025.[60] | ||||||||
April (TBD)[62] | Long March 2F/G | 2F-Y20 | Jiuquan SLS-1 | CASC | ||||
Shenzhou 20 | CMSA | Low Earth (TSS) | TBA | |||||
May[edit] | ||||||||
May (TBD)[64][65] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Vandenberg | SpaceX | |||||
TSIS-2 | NASA / LASP | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2. Hosted on a General Atomics Orbital Test Bed (OTB) satellite platform.[63] | ||||||||
May (TBD)[36] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Vandenberg | SpaceX | |||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to a 45-degree mid-inclination orbit, designated Bandwagon-4. | ||||||||
May (TBD)[2] | Long March 3B | Xichang | CASC | |||||
Tianwen-2 | CNSA | Heliocentric | Asteroid sample-return Comet orbiter | |||||
Formerly known as ZhengHe. | ||||||||
May (TBD)[66] | Minotaur IV | TBA | Northrop Grumman | |||||
EWS OD-1 | U.S. Space Force | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
USSF-261S-A mission. | ||||||||
May (TBD)[67] | Soyuz-2.1a | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Roscosmos | |||||
Progress MS-31 / 92P | Roscosmos | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | |||||
June[edit] | ||||||||
June (TBD)[68] | Antares 330 | MARS LP-0A | Northrop Grumman | |||||
Cygnus NG-23 | NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | |||||
First flight of the Antares 330 variant. | ||||||||
June (TBD) [69] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | |||||
SpaceX CRS-34 | NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | |||||
June (TBD)[70][71] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Kennedy | SpaceX | |||||
SpainSat NG II | Hisdesat | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
June (TBD)[35] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Vandenberg | SpaceX | |||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit, designated Transporter-14. | ||||||||
June (TBD)[72] | Zhuque-3 | Y1 | TBA | LandSpace | ||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
Maiden flight of the Zhuque-3 orbital launch vehicle. | ||||||||
Q2 (TBD)[73][74] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | |||||
Ax-4 | SpaceX / Axiom Space | Low Earth (ISS) | Private spaceflight | |||||
Axiom Mission 4, launching on Crew Dragon. 14-day commercial flight of four astronauts to the International Space Station. | ||||||||
Q2 (TBD)[59] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | |||||
Rivada × 24 | Rivada Space Networks | Low Earth (SSO) | Communications | |||||
Second of twelve launches for Rivada Space Networks' 300-satellite constellation. | ||||||||
Q2 (TBD)[59] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | |||||
Rivada × 24 | Rivada Space Networks | Low Earth (SSO) | Communications | |||||
Third of twelve launches for Rivada Space Networks' 300-satellite constellation. | ||||||||
Q2 (TBD)[75] | New Glenn | Cape Canaveral LC-36 | Blue Origin | |||||
ESCAPADE Blue | Space Sciences Laboratory | Areocentric | Magnetospheric science | |||||
ESCAPADE Gold | Space Sciences Laboratory | Areocentric | Magnetospheric science | |||||
Two Photon spacecraft compose the ESCAPADE mission to study Mars' magnetosphere. Part of NASA's Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) program. | ||||||||
Q2 (TBD)[57] | Vega-C | Kourou ELV | Arianespace | |||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
SSMS #7 rideshare mission. | ||||||||
Mid 2025 (TBD)[76] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Kennedy | SpaceX | |||||
KuiperSat × ? | Kuiper Systems | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
First of three Falcon 9 launches for Project Kuiper. | ||||||||
Mid 2025 (TBD)[77] | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||||
Bangabandhu-2 | SPARRSO | Low Earth | Earth observation | |||||
H1 2025 (TBD)[78][79] | Atlas V 551 | AV-100 | Cape Canaveral SLC-41 | ULA | ||||
ViaSat-3 EMEA[80] | ViaSat | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
H1 2025 (TBD)[81] | Starship | Starbase | SpaceX | |||||
Starship | SpaceX | Low Earth | In-space refueling technology demonstration | |||||
Starship Target for the Starship HLS Prop Transfer Demo, receiving propellant from Chaser. | ||||||||
H1 2025 (TBD)[81] | Starship | Starbase | SpaceX | |||||
Starship | SpaceX | Low Earth | In-space refueling technology demonstration | |||||
Starship Chaser for the Starship HLS Prop Transfer Demo, transferring propellant to Target. | ||||||||
H1 2025 (TBD)[82] | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||||
TBA | NASA | TLI to lunar surface | Lunar lander | |||||
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) mission delivering payloads to the Gruithuisen Domes. | ||||||||
July[edit] | ||||||||
August[edit] | ||||||||
August (TBD)[34] | Atlas V N22 | Cape Canaveral SLC-41 | ULA | |||||
Boeing Starliner-1 (PCM-1) | Boeing / NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | Expedition 73 / 74 | |||||
First operational Starliner mission, as part of the Commercial Crew Program. Double-booked with Crew-11; only one of these missions will fly in this timeslot.[34] | ||||||||
August (TBD)[83] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | TBA | SpaceX | |||||
Haven-1 | Vast | Low Earth | Space habitat | |||||
Single-module commercial space station. | ||||||||
August (TBD)[34] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | |||||
SpaceX Crew-11 | NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | Expedition 73 / 74 | |||||
Double-booked with Starliner-1; only one of these missions will fly in this timeslot.[34] | ||||||||
August (TBD)[84][85] | Kinetica 2 | TBA | CAS Space | |||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
Maiden launch of Kinetica 2. | ||||||||
August (TBD)[86] | Soyuz-2.1a | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Roscosmos | |||||
Progress MS-32 / 93P | Roscosmos | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | |||||
September[edit] | ||||||||
September (TBD)[88] | Falcon Heavy | FH-012 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | ||||
Griffin | Astrobotic | TLI to lunar surface | Lunar lander | |||||
⚀ CubeRover[89] | Astrobotic | TLI to lunar surface | Lunar rover | |||||
Griffin Mission 1. Part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. Landing site is expected to be near the lunar south pole at Nobile Crater.[87] | ||||||||
September (TBD)[90] | SLS Block 1 | Kennedy LC-39B | NASA | |||||
Artemis 2 | NASA | Lunar free-return | Crewed lunar flyby | |||||
⚀ TACHELES | DLR | TBA | TBA | |||||
⚀ TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||||
⚀ TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||||
⚀ TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||||
⚀ TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||||
First crewed test flight of SLS and Orion. | ||||||||
September (TBD)[43] | Soyuz-2.1a | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Roscosmos | |||||
Soyuz MS-28 | Roscosmos | Low Earth (ISS) | Expedition 73/74 | |||||
September (TBD)[91] | Vulcan Centaur VC4L | Cape Canaveral SLC-41 | ULA | |||||
SSC CRS-1 | NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | |||||
Q3 (TBD)[93][94] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | SpaceX | |||||
MTG-S1 / Sentinel-4A | EUMETSAT | Geosynchronous | Meteorology / Earth observation | |||||
MTG-S1 will host Sentinel-4 instruments.[92] | ||||||||
Q3 (TBD)[93][95] | Vega-C | Kourou ELV | Arianespace | |||||
Sentinel-3C | EUMETSAT | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Third Sentinel-3 satellite. | ||||||||
Q3 (TBD)[1][96] | Vega-C | Kourou ELV | Arianespace | |||||
Space Rider | ESA | Low Earth | Flight test | |||||
First test flight of ESA's Space Rider uncrewed spaceplane. | ||||||||
Q3 (TBD)[57] | Vega-C | Kourou ELV | Arianespace | |||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
SSMS #13 rideshare mission. | ||||||||
Q3 (TBD)[97] | Vulcan Centaur | Cape Canaveral SLC-41 | ULA | |||||
TBA | NRO | TBA | TBA | |||||
NROL-64 Mission. First NRO launch on Vulcan. | ||||||||
Q3 (TBD)[98] | Vulcan Centaur | Vandenberg SLC-3E | ULA | |||||
TBA | NRO | TBA | TBA | |||||
NROL-83 Mission. First Vulcan Centaur launch from Vandenberg. | ||||||||
October[edit] | ||||||||
October (TBD)[100] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | |||||
IM-3 | Intuitive Machines | TLI to lunar surface | Lunar lander | |||||
Khon2 | Intuitive Machines | Earth–Moon L2 | Lunar communications | |||||
Lunar Vertex rover | NASA | TLI to lunar surface | Lunar rover | |||||
CADRE × 3 | NASA | TLI to lunar surface | Lunar rovers | |||||
Third Nova-C lunar lander. Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) mission delivering payloads to Reiner Gamma.[99] ESA will provide the MoonLIGHT lunar laser retroreflector payload. | ||||||||
October (TBD)[101] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | |||||
SpaceX CRS-35 | NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | |||||
October (TBD)[35] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Vandenberg | SpaceX | |||||
TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit, designated Transporter-15. | ||||||||
October (TBD)[102] | Soyuz-2.1a | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Roscosmos | |||||
Progress MS-33 / 94P | Roscosmos | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | |||||
November[edit] | ||||||||
November (TBD)[103][104] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Vandenberg | SpaceX | |||||
FORMOSAT-8B | TASA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
November (TBD)[105] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | |||||
Sentinel-6B | NASA / NOAA / EUMETSAT / ESA | Low Earth | Earth observation | |||||
November (TBD)[106] | PSLV | Satish Dhawan | ISRO | |||||
Oceansat-3A[107] | ISRO | Low Earth (SSO) | Oceanography | |||||
November (TBD)[106] | PSLV | Satish Dhawan | ISRO | |||||
Resourcesat-3 | ISRO | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
November (TBD)[108][109] | Vega-C | Kourou ELV | Arianespace | |||||
PLATiNO-2 / MAIA | ASI / JPL | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
MAIA is a hosted instrument on the PLATiNO-2 satellite. | ||||||||
December[edit] | ||||||||
24 December[110][111] | Irtysh / DM-SLB | Baikonur Site 45/1 | Roscosmos | |||||
Dummy satellite | Roscosmos | Low Earth | Flight test | |||||
First launch of Irtysh, also known as Soyuz-5. A dummy payload matching a future satellite in weight and size will be launched. | ||||||||
December (TBD)[113][114] | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||||
CAS500-5 | KARI / Ministry of Science and ICT / Ministry of Environment | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Fifth CAS500 satellite, dedicated to observation of water resources.[112] | ||||||||
Q4 (TBD)[93] | Ariane 62 | Kourou ELA-4 | Arianespace | |||||
Metop-SG A1[116] | EUMETSAT | Low Earth (SSO) | Meteorology | |||||
First of six MetOp-SG launches.[115] | ||||||||
Q4 (TBD)[117][118] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Kennedy | SpaceX | |||||
CHORUS C | MDA | Low Earth | Earth observation | |||||
CHORUS X | MDA | Low Earth | Earth observation | |||||
Q4 (TBD)[119][120] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Kennedy LC-39A | SpaceX | |||||
Ax-5 | SpaceX / Axiom Space | Low Earth (ISS) | Private spaceflight | |||||
Axiom Mission 5, launching on Crew Dragon. 14-day commercial flight of four astronauts to the International Space Station. | ||||||||
Q4 (TBD)[122][123] | SL1 | Esrange | HyImpulse | |||||
Reentry capsule[123] | In Orbit Aerospace | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
Maiden flight of HyImpulse's SL1. HyImpulse is a spinoff of DLR.[121] | ||||||||
Q4 (TBD)[124] | Vega-C | Kourou ELV | Arianespace | |||||
IRIDE × ? | ASI | Low Earth | Earth observation | |||||
First launch for the Italian IRIDE satellite constellation. | ||||||||
Q4 (TBD)[124] | Vega-C | Kourou ELV | Arianespace | |||||
IRIDE × ? | ASI | Low Earth | Earth observation | |||||
Second launch for the Italian IRIDE satellite constellation. | ||||||||
Q4 (TBD)[125] | Vega-C | Kourou ELV | Arianespace | |||||
SMILE | CAS / ESA | Highly elliptical | Earth observation | |||||
Q4 (TBD)[126][127] | Vulcan Centaur | Cape Canaveral SLC-41 | ULA | |||||
GPS III-09 Onizuka | U.S. Space Force | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||||
Named after NASA astronaut Ellison Onizuka. | ||||||||
Q4 (TBD)[130] | TBA | TBA | Roscosmos | |||||
Ekspress-RV1 | RSCC | Highly elliptical | Communications | |||||
First satellite of the Ekspress-RV constellation. Ekspress-RV will cover Russia's Far North, which is inaccessible to the main Ekspress constellation in geosynchronous orbit.[128][129] | ||||||||
Q4 (TBD)[82] | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||||
TBA | NASA | TLI to lunar surface | Lunar lander | |||||
CLPS mission delivering payloads to the lunar south pole. ESA's Package for Resource Observation and in-Situ Prospecting for Exploration, Commercial exploitation, and Transportation (PROSPECT) payload will fly on this mission. | ||||||||
To be determined[edit] | ||||||||
2025 (TBD)[131][132] | Angara A5 / DM-03[133] | Plesetsk | Roscosmos | |||||
Luch-5M 1[134] | Gonets Satellite System | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
2025 (TBD)[131][132] | Angara A5 / DM-03[133] | Vostochny Site 1A | Roscosmos | |||||
Luch-5VM [134] | Gonets Satellite System | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
2025 (TBD)[135][136] | Ariane 62 | Kourou ELA-4 | Arianespace | |||||
Galileo FOC FM29 | ESA | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||||
Galileo FOC FM30 | ESA | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||||
2025 (TBD)[135][136] | Ariane 62 | Kourou ELA-4 | Arianespace | |||||
Galileo FOC FM31 | ESA | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||||
Galileo FOC FM32 | ESA | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||||
2025 (TBD)[136] | Ariane 62 | Kourou ELA-4 | Arianespace | |||||
Galileo FOC FM33 | ESA | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||||
Galileo FOC FM34 | ESA | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||||
Final batch of first generation Galileo-FOC satellites. | ||||||||
2025 (TBD)[137] | Ariane 64 | Kourou ELA-4 | Arianespace | |||||
KuiperSat × ? | Kuiper Systems | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
First of 18 Ariane 6 launches for Amazon's Project Kuiper. | ||||||||
2025 (TBD)[135][138] | Ariane 64 | Kourou ELA-4 | Arianespace | |||||
Optus-11 | Optus | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
2025 (TBD)[140] | Atlas V 551 | Cape Canaveral SLC-41 | ULA | |||||
KuiperSat × ? | Kuiper Systems | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
Third of nine Project Kuiper launches on Atlas V.[139] | ||||||||
2025 (TBD)[140] | Atlas V 551 | Cape Canaveral SLC-41 | ULA | |||||
KuiperSat × ? | Kuiper Systems | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
Fourth of nine Project Kuiper launches on Atlas V.[139] | ||||||||
2025 (TBD)[141][142] | Cyclone-4M | Spaceport Nova Scotia | MLS | |||||
TBA | GALAXIA Mission Systems | Low Earth | Ship tracking | |||||
First Cyclone-4M launch. | ||||||||
2025 (TBD)[143] | Dauntless | Cape Canaveral SLC-13[144] | Vaya Space | |||||
Vaya Space | Low Earth | Flight test | ||||||
Maiden flight of Dauntless. | ||||||||
2025 (TBD)[145] | Electron | Mahia LC-1 | Rocket Lab | |||||
StriX-5 | Synspective | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Seventh of 16 dedicated launches for Synspective's StriX constellation, and the first of a renewed contract of 10 additional dedicated launches signed in June 2024.[145] | ||||||||
2025 (TBD)[145] | Electron | Mahia LC-1 | Rocket Lab | |||||
StriX-6 | Synspective | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Eighth of 16 dedicated launches for Synspective's StriX constellation. | ||||||||
2025 (TBD)[146] | Electron | TBA | Rocket Lab | |||||
VICTUS HAZE | Space Systems Command | Low Earth | Space domain awareness | |||||
Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS-4) Mission. | ||||||||
JFY 2025 (TBD)[147] | Epsilon S | Uchinoura | JAXA | |||||
DESTINY+ | JAXA | Heliocentric | Asteroid flyby | |||||
Will flyby 3200 Phaethon in 2029. | ||||||||
2025 (TBD)[148] | Epsilon S | Uchinoura | JAXA | |||||
Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-4 | JAXA | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
Part of JAXA's Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration Program. | ||||||||
2025 (TBD)[149] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Kennedy | SpaceX | |||||
Andesat-1 | Astranis / Andesat | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
TBA | Astranis | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
Astranis Block 4 mission. | ||||||||
2025 (TBD)[150] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | |||||
CAS500-2 | KAI | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
CAS500-4[112] | KARI / Ministry of Science and ICT / MAFRA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
2025 (TBD)[151] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Kennedy | SpaceX | |||||
Globalstar M104–120[152] | Globalstar | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
Launch of 17 satellites for Globalstar's third-generation constellation. | ||||||||
2025 (TBD)[76] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Kennedy | SpaceX | |||||
KuiperSat × ? | Kuiper Systems | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
Second of three Falcon 9 launches for Project Kuiper. | ||||||||
2025 (TBD)[76] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Kennedy | SpaceX | |||||
KuiperSat × ? | Kuiper Systems | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
Last of three Falcon 9 launches for Project Kuiper. | ||||||||
Q4 (TBD)[153][154] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | TBA | SpaceX | |||||
Mission Possible | The Exploration Company | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
Demonstration mission of the Nyx reusable spacecraft. A splashdown recovery of the prototype will be attempted. | ||||||||
2025 (TBD)[155][156] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Kennedy | SpaceX | |||||
O3b mPOWER 9 (O3b FM29) | SES S.A. | Medium Earth | Communications | |||||
O3b mPOWER 10 (O3b FM30) | SES S.A. | Medium Earth | Communications | |||||
O3b mPOWER 11 (O3b FM31) | SES S.A. | Medium Earth | Communications | |||||
H2 2025 (TBD)[59] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | |||||
Rivada × 24 | Rivada Space Networks | Low Earth (SSO) | Communications | |||||
Fourth of twelve launches for Rivada Space Networks' 300-satellite constellation. | ||||||||
H2 2025 (TBD)[59] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | |||||
Rivada × 24 | Rivada Space Networks | Low Earth (SSO) | Communications | |||||
Fifth of twelve launches for Rivada Space Networks' 300-satellite constellation. | ||||||||
H2 2025 (TBD)[59] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | |||||
Rivada × 24 | Rivada Space Networks | Low Earth (SSO) | Communications | |||||
Sixth of twelve launches for Rivada Space Networks' 300-satellite constellation. | ||||||||
H2 2025 (TBD)[59] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | |||||
Rivada × 24 | Rivada Space Networks | Low Earth (SSO) | Communications | |||||
Seventh of twelve launches for Rivada Space Networks' 300-satellite constellation. | ||||||||
H2 2025 (TBD)[59] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | |||||
Rivada × 24 | Rivada Space Networks | Low Earth (SSO) | Communications | |||||
Eighth of twelve launches for Rivada Space Networks' 300-satellite constellation. | ||||||||
2025 (TBD)[157] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Kennedy | SpaceX | |||||
Skynet 6A | Airbus Defence and Space / UK Ministry of Defence | Geosynchronous | Military communications | |||||
2025 (TBD)[158] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral or Kennedy | SpaceX | |||||
Thaicom 9 | Thaicom | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
TBA × 2 | Apco Networks | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
TBA | Orbits Corp | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
TBA | TBA | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
Astranis Block 3 mission carrying five MicroGEO satellites. | ||||||||
2025 (TBD)[159] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | TBA | SpaceX | |||||
Transport Layer Tranche 1 × 21 | SDA | Low Earth (SSO) | Military communications | |||||
Second of six launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 1 (Tranche 1 Transport Layer B Mission). | ||||||||
2025 (TBD)[159] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | TBA | SpaceX | |||||
Transport Layer Tranche 1 × 21 | SDA | Low Earth (SSO) | Military communications | |||||
Third of six launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 1 (Tranche 1 Transport Layer C Mission). | ||||||||
2025 (TBD)[159] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | TBA | SpaceX | |||||
Transport Layer Tranche 1 × 21 | SDA | Low Earth (SSO) | Military communications | |||||
Fourth of six launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 1 (Tranche 1 Transport Layer D Mission). | ||||||||
2025 (TBD)[159] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | TBA | SpaceX | |||||
Transport Layer Tranche 1 × 21 | SDA | Low Earth (SSO) | Military communications | |||||
Fifth of six launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 1 (Tranche 1 Transport Layer E Mission). | ||||||||
2025 (TBD)[159] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | TBA | SpaceX | |||||
Transport Layer Tranche 1 × 21 | SDA | Low Earth (SSO) | Military communications | |||||
Last of six launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 1 (Tranche 1 Transport Layer F Mission). | ||||||||
2025 (TBD)[160][161] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | |||||
Tracking Layer Tranche 1 × 7 | SDA | Low Earth | Missile tracking | |||||
First of five launches for the Space Development Agency's Tracking Layer Tranche 1 (Tranche 1 Tracking Layer A Mission). | ||||||||
2025 (TBD)[160][161] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | |||||
Tracking Layer Tranche 1 × 7 | SDA | Low Earth | Missile tracking | |||||
Third of five launches for the Space Development Agency's Tracking Layer Tranche 1 (Tranche 1 Tracking Layer C Mission). | ||||||||
2025 (TBD)[160][161] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Vandenberg SLC-4E | SpaceX | |||||
Tracking Layer Tranche 1 × 7 | SDA | Low Earth | Missile tracking | |||||
Last of five launches for the Space Development Agency's Tracking Layer Tranche 1 (Tranche 1 Tracking Layer E Mission). | ||||||||
2025 (TBD)[83] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | TBA |