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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-22
NET Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:00:00 UTC
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Soyuz 2.1b/Volga | Kosmos (Unknown Payload)
Target orbit: Unknown
Unknown satellite(s) for the Russian military.
Long March 4C | Daqi-2 (AEMS)
Target orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Daqi-2 (DQ-2), also known as the Atmospheric Environment Monitoring Satellite/AEMS, is the second of follow-on series of Chinese satellites to the GF-5 series for high resolution atmospheric environment monitoring of greenhouse gases, such as atmospheric aerosol and carbon dioxide.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-22
Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit
A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
New Glenn | BlueBird Block 2 #2
Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit
AST SpaceMobile’s Block 2 BlueBird satellites are designed to deliver up to 10 times the bandwidth capacity of the BlueBird Block 1 satellites, required to achieve 24/7 continuous cellular broadband service coverage in the United States, with beams designed to support a capacity of up to 40 MHz, enabling peak data transmission speeds up to 120 Mbps, supporting voice, full data and video applications. The Block 2 BlueBirds, featuring as large as 2400 square foot communications arrays, will be the largest satellites ever commercially deployed in Low Earth orbit once launched. This launch will feature 1 satellite, BlueBird 7/BlueBird Block 2 FM2.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV10
Target orbit: Medium Earth Orbit
Tenth of ten GPS III missions.
HASTE | Bubbles
Target orbit: Suborbital
Sub-orbital launch under Rocket Lab’s Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program, details TBD.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-14
Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit
A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Electron | Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare)
Target orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
JAXA-manifested rideshare of eight separate spacecraft that includes educational small sats, an ocean monitoring satellite, a demonstration satellite for ultra-small multispectral cameras, and a deployable antenna that can be packed tightly using origami folding techniques and unfurled to 25 times its size. The satellites were originally planned to launch with RAISE-4 on a Japanese Epsilon-S rocket, but the Epsilon-S was heavily delayed due to test firing failures. The 8 satellites are: * MAGNARO-II * KOSEN-2R * WASEDA-SAT-ZERO-II * FSI-SAT2 * OrigamiSat-2 * Mono-Nikko * ARICA-2 * PRELUDE
South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV | Demo Flight
Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Note: Launch vehicle name is provisional. First orbital full version launch of the South Korean military small satellite launch vehicle, after 2 sub-orbital tests of individual stages on 30 March and 30 December 2022, and 1 orbital test flight without the 2nd stage on 4 December 2023. Details TBD.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-16
Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit
A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-34 (95P)
Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Progress resupply mission to the International Space Station.
Atlas V 551 | Amazon Leo (LA-06)
Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Amazon Leo, formerly known as Project Kuiper, is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude. 29 satellites are carried on this launch.
Ariane 64 | Amazon Leo (LE-02)
Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Amazon Leo, formerly known as Project Kuiper, is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude. 32 satellites are carried on this launch.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-36
Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit
A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Soyuz 2.1b | 16 x Rassvet-3
Target orbit: Polar Orbit
Note: Payload identities uncertain. Batch of 16 Rassvet-3 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Russian Byuro-1440 (Bureau 1440) constellation for broadband high-speed internet access in Russia.
Angara 1.2 | Kosmos (Unknown Payload)
Target orbit: Unknown
Unknown satellite(s) for the Russian military.
Falcon Heavy | ViaSat-3 F3 (ViaSat-3 Asia-Pacific)
Target orbit: Geostationary Transfer Orbit
The ViaSat-3 is a series of three Ka-band satellites is expected to provide vastly superior capabilities in terms of service speed and flexibility for a satellite platform. Each ViaSat-3 class satellite is expected to deliver more than 1-Terabit per second of network capacity, and to leverage high levels of flexibility to dynamically direct capacity to where customers are located.
Vega-C | Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE)
Target orbit: Elliptical Orbit
Joint mission between the European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences to investigate the interaction between Earth’s protective shield – the magnetosphere – and the supersonic solar wind.
Zhuque-2E | Unknown Payload
Target orbit: Unknown
Details TBD.
Soyuz-5 | Demo Flight
Target orbit: Suborbital
Demonstration Flight for Russia's new Soyuz-5 launch vehicle, with a mass simulator on board. Details TBD.
Spectrum | Onward and Upward
Target orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Second test flight of the Isar Spectrum launch vehicle. This launch will carry 5 cubesats and 1 non-separable experiment as part of European Space Agency (ESA)'s “Boost!” program: * CyBEEsat (TU Berlin) * TriSat-S (University of Maribor) * Platform 6 (EnduroSat) * FramSat-1 (NTNU) * SpaceTeamSat1 (TU Wien Space Team) * Let It Go (Dcubed, non-separable experiment)
Ariane 64 Block 2 | Amazon Leo (LE-03)
Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Amazon Leo, formerly known as Project Kuiper, is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude. 35-40 satellites will be carried on each Ariane 6 launch.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | CAS500-2 & Others
Target orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Ride-share of multiple satellites including: * CAS500-2 (KASA, South Korea) The South Korean CAS500-1 and -2 satellites will image the Earth in pan-chromatic and multi-spectral modes using the AEISS-C (Advanced Earth Imaging Sensor System) payload, with a ground resolution of 0.5 m in panchromatic mode and 2 m in color mode. * Pelican-7, 8 & 9 (Planet Labs) Pelican is a constellation of very high resolution imaging satellites, designed and manufactured by Planet Labs. The commercial constellation will consist of 32 SmallSats with potential for further expansion, and aims to provide improved spatial resolution and response times over Planet’s existing SkySat and Dove constellations.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-34
Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit
34th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Cargo Dragon 2 brings supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.
Electron | The Grain Goddess Provides (iQPS Launch 7)
Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.
Starship | Flight 12
Target orbit: Suborbital
12th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. Maiden Flight of Starship V3
Electron | StriX Launch 9
Target orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.
Pegasus XL | Swift Rescue Mission
Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Contracted by NASA under the Small Business Innovation Research Phase 3 contract, Katalyst Space Technologies' LINK servicing spacecraft will rendezvous and attach to NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to re-boost its orbit. This aims to demonstrate a key capability for the future of space exploration and extending the Swift mission’s science lifetime in gamma ray astronomy.
Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-35 (96P)
Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Progress resupply mission to the International Space Station.
Electron | LOXSAT 1
Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit
LOXSAT 1 is a demonstration satellite of a complete cryogenic oxygen fluid management system in orbit, developed by Eta Space and sponsored by NASA's Tipping Point program. The system will be integrated on a Rocket Lab Photon-LEO satellite bus and collect critical cryogenic fluid management data in orbit for 9 months, demonstrating capabilities of in-space cryogenic storage and transferal. Eta Space plans to use technology developed for this mission to develop a truly commercial depot intended to serve multiple customers in the future.
Long March 12B | Demo Flight
Target orbit: Unknown
First test launch of CASC’s Long March 12B rocket.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Rivada 9
Target orbit: Polar Orbit
24 satellites for Rivada's internet constellation.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer D
Target orbit: Polar Orbit
Tranche 1 Transport Layer D is one of six missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer constellation, which will provide assured, resilient, low-latency military data and connectivity worldwide to the full range of warfighter platforms from Low Earth Orbit satellites. The constellation will be interconnected with Optical Inter-Satellite Links (OISLs) which have significantly increased performance over existing radio frequency crosslinks. It is expected to operate over Ka band, have stereo coverage and be dynamically networked for simpler hand-offs, greater bandwidth and fault tolerance.
H3-30 | H3-30 Test Flight
Target orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Test flight of the H3-30 variant of the H3 launch vehicle with 3 LE-9 engines in the first stage and no SRBs. The flight will carry a dummy main payload (Vehicle Evaluation Payload 5, VEP-5) and several hitchhiking small satellites: * PETREL * STARS-X * BRO-19 * VERTECS * HORN-L/R
Firefly Alpha Block 2 | VICTUS HAZE Jackal
Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit
True Anomaly’s Jackal Autonomous Orbital Vehicle (AOV) will support U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s VICTUS HAZE Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission with operations in orbit proximity with another spacecraft built by Rocket Lab National Security. The spacecraft, once completed, will remain on call until the U.S. Space Force provides the notice to launch. The Firefly team will then have 24 hours to transport the payload fairing to the pad, mate the fairing to the Alpha rocket, fuel the rocket, and launch within the first available window.
Long March 10B | Demo Flight
Target orbit: Unknown
First test launch of CASC’s Long March 10B rocket.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer E
Target orbit: Polar Orbit
Tranche 1 Tracking Layer E is one of five missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer constellation, which will provide global indications, warning, tracking, and targeting of advanced missile threats, including hypersonic missile systems.
Atlas V 551 | Amazon Leo (LA-07)
Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Amazon Leo, formerly known as Project Kuiper, is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude. 29 satellites are carried on this launch.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Rivada 11
Target orbit: Polar Orbit
24 satellites for Rivada's internet constellation.
Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou 23
Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Shenzhou 23 will be the 23rd flight of the Shenzhou program.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer E
Target orbit: Polar Orbit
Tranche 1 Transport Layer E is one of six missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer constellation, which will provide assured, resilient, low-latency military data and connectivity worldwide to the full range of warfighter platforms from Low Earth Orbit satellites. The constellation will be interconnected with Optical Inter-Satellite Links (OISLs) which have significantly increased performance over existing radio frequency crosslinks. It is expected to operate over Ka band, have stereo coverage and be dynamically networked for simpler hand-offs, greater bandwidth and fault tolerance.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | MRV-1
Target orbit: Geostationary Transfer Orbit
The SpaceLogistics MRV-1 is a mission extension payload including a mission robotic vehicle (MRV) and multiple mission extension pods (MEPs).
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer C
Target orbit: Polar Orbit
Tranche 1 Tracking Layer C is one of five missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer constellation, which will provide global indications, warning, tracking, and targeting of advanced missile threats, including hypersonic missile systems.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer F
Target orbit: Polar Orbit
Tranche 1 Transport Layer F is one of six missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer constellation, which will provide assured, resilient, low-latency military data and connectivity worldwide to the full range of warfighter platforms from Low Earth Orbit satellites. The constellation will be interconnected with Optical Inter-Satellite Links (OISLs) which have significantly increased performance over existing radio frequency crosslinks. It is expected to operate over Ka band, have stereo coverage and be dynamically networked for simpler hand-offs, greater bandwidth and fault tolerance.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Rivada 7
Target orbit: Polar Orbit
24 satellites for Rivada's internet constellation.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A
Target orbit: Polar Orbit
Tranche 1 Transport Layer A is one of six missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer constellation, which will provide assured, resilient, low-latency military data and connectivity worldwide to the full range of warfighter platforms from Low Earth Orbit satellites. The constellation will be interconnected with Optical Inter-Satellite Links (OISLs) which have significantly increased performance over existing radio frequency crosslinks. It is expected to operate over Ka band, have stereo coverage and be dynamically networked for simpler hand-offs, greater bandwidth and fault tolerance. This launch carries 21 satellites manufactured by Northrop Grumman.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 17 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Target orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
Starship | Flight 13
Target orbit: Suborbital
13th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. Second flight of Starship V3
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Rivada 12
Target orbit: Polar Orbit
24 satellites for Rivada's internet constellation.
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