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
Falcon 9 Starlink 15-151792472400 (20-Oct-2026 05:00)
[ October 20 / Window opens at 3:14 p.m. PDT (6:14 p.m. EDT / 2214 UTC)]
[map] SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
[*] [vidz] A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a batch of 27 Starlink V2 Mini optimized satellites into low Earth orbit. The first stage booster, tail number B1063, launching for a 36th time, will target a landing on the droneship, Of Course I Still Love You, positioned in the Pacific Ocean. Updated: October 13 [#]
Electron ‘We’re Not Hawking Around’
1792558800 (21-Oct-2026 05:00)
[ NET October 21 / TBD]
[map] Launch Complex 1, Mahia, New Zealand
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch three Hawk satellites for commercial signals intelligence (SIGINT) company, HawkEye 360. The satellites will deploy into a 520 km low Earth orbit at an inclination of 97 from the Equator. This will be the 98th Electron launch. Updated: October 13
Falcon 9 Starlink 15-161792818000 (24-Oct-2026 05:00)
[ October 24 / TBD]
[map] SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
[*] [vidz] A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a batch of 27 Starlink V2 Mini optimized satellites into low Earth orbit. The first stage booster will target a landing on the droneship, Of Course I Still Love You, positioned in the Pacific Ocean. Updated: October 13 [#]
Electron ‘The Sea God Surveys’
1793768400 (04-Nov-2026 05:00)
[ NET November 4 / TBD]
[map] Launch Complex 1, Mahia, New Zealand
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch a QPS-SAR satellite on behalf of Japanese Earth observation company, iQPS. This is the 10th Electron launch booked by iQPS to fly its synthetic aperture radar satellites. Updated: October 13
Electron ‘The Mountain God Rises’
1794286800 (10-Nov-2026 05:00)
[ NET November 10 / TBD]
[map] Launch Complex 1, Mahia, New Zealand
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch a QPS-SAR satellite on behalf of Japanese Earth observation company, iQPS. This is the 11th Electron launch booked by iQPS to fly its synthetic aperture radar satellites. Updated: October 13
Ariane 6 Leo Europe 4
1795410000 (23-Nov-2026 05:00)
[ NET November 23 / TBD]
[map] Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana
An Ariane 6 rocket from Arianespace will launch a batch of 36 Amazon Leo satellites into low Earth orbit. The mission, also designated VA271, will fly using the Ariane 64 rocket configuration with four P160C solid-propellant boosters augmenting the Vulcain 2.1 main engine. This will be the 10th flight of an Ariane 6 rocket and the fourth out of 24 flights booked by Amazon on the launcher. Updated: October 14
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