Starship Flight 14
1790053200 (22-Sep-2026 05:00)
[ NET September 22 / Window opens at 7:15 a.m. CDT (8:15 a.m. EDT / 1215 UTC)]
[map] Pad 2, Starbase, Texas
SpaceX’s SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy rocket (collectively referred to as Starship) will from Starbase, Texas, on a what is believed to be the first orbital test flight since the integrated rocket began launching in April 2023. SpaceX will launch the mission using the Ship 41 upper stage and Booster 21 as the first stage. SpaceX may deploy some number of Starlink Version 3 satellites from S41. Delayed from Sept. 15 and 18. Updated: September 14
H3 Martian Moons eXploration (MMX)
1792386000 (19-Oct-2026 05:00)
[ NET October 19/20 / 4:41:03 JST on Oct. 20 (3:41:03 p.m. EDT / 1941:03 UTC on Oct. 19)]
[map] Yoshinobu Launch Complex, JAXA Tanegashima Space Center
An H3 launch vehicle, a rocket developed through a partnership between Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), will launch the Martian Moons eXplorer (MMX) mission to survey the Martian moons, Phobos and Deimos. This is set to be the first sample return mission from the Martian sphere of influence with the samples from Phobos expected to return to Earth in fiscal year 2031. The mission is supported by NASA, CNES, DLR, and ESA. Updated: August 26
Vulcan Centaur Dream Chaser 11798693200 (31-Dec-2026 05:00)
[ NET Q4 2026 / TBD]
[map] SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
[*] [vidz] A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch on its second demonstration flight with Sierra Spaces Dream Chaser cargo vehicle for the International Space Station. The Dream Chaser is a lifting body resupply spacecraft that will launch on top of a rocket and land on a runway. This will be the Dream Chasers first flight to space. The Vulcan Centaur rocket will fly in the VC4L configuration with four GEM-63XL solid rocket boosters, a long-length payload fairing, and two RL10 engines on the Centaur upper stage. Delayed from August 2022, December 2023, January 2024, April 2024 and September 2024. Delayed from 2025. Updated: August 11 [#]
Falcon Heavy Dragonfly
1814763600 (05-Jul-2027 05:00)
[ NET July 5, 2028 / TBD]
[map] Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch NASA’s Dragonfly mission, which consists of a rotorcraft designed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) that will explore Saturn’s icy moon, Titan. The mission was originally selected in 2019 and went through multiple plan iterations across fiscal years 2020 through 2022. It passed its Preliminary Design Review in March 2023 and then its Critical Design Review in April 2025. The mission has a total lifecycle cost of $3.35 billion, of which, $256.6 million was awarded to SpaceX to provide launch services and other mission related costs. The 20-day launch window opens on July 5, 2028. Updated: April 25
Falcon 9 USSF-2591820984400 (15-Sep-2027 05:00)
[ September 15/16 / 6:29:18 p.m. PDT / 929:18 p.m. EDT on Sept. 15 (0129:18 UTC on Sept. 16)]
[map] SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
[*] [vidz] A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a classified payload on behalf of the United States Space Force. The first stage booster, tail number B1097, launching for a 13th time, will land on the droneship,Of Course I Still Love, positioned in the Pacific Ocean. Click here to watch our live coverage. Updated: September 15 [#]