List of spaceflight launches in July–December 2021
This article lists orbital and suborbital launches during the second half of the year 2021, including launches planned for 2021 without a specific launch date.
For all other spaceflight activities, see 2021 in spaceflight. For launches in the first half of 2021, see List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2021.
Orbital launches[]
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |||
| Remarks | ||||||||
July[] | ||||||||
| 1 July 12:48:33[1][2] |
 Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
|
ST33 | Vostochny Site 1S
|
 Arianespace / Starsem
| ||||
 OneWeb × 36
|
OneWeb | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 3 July 02:51[3][4] |
 Long March 2D
|
2D-Y74 | Taiyuan LC-9
|
CASC
| ||||
| Jilin-1 Kuanfu-01B
|
Chang Guang Satellite Technology | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
| Jilin-1 Gaofen-03D 01, 02, 03
|
Chang Guang Satellite Technology | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
| Xingshidai-10
|
ADA Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 4 July 23:28[5] |
Long March 4C
|
4C-Y43 | Jiuquan SLS-2
|
CASC
| ||||
| Fengyun 3E[6]
|
CMA | Low Earth (SSO) | Meteorology | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 6 July 15:53[7] |
Long March 3C/E
|
3C-Y18 | Xichang LC-2
|
CASC
| ||||
| Tianlian I-05
|
CNSA | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 9 July 11:59[8][9] |
Long March 6
|
Y6 | Taiyuan LC-16
|
CASC
| ||||
| Zhuzhou-1 (Zhongzi-02) × 5[10]
|
Zhuzhou State Investment Group | Low Earth | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 19 July 00:19[11] |
Long March 2C
|
2C-Y49 | Xichang LC-3
|
CASC
| ||||
| Yaogan 30-10A
|
CAS | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
| Yaogan 30-10B
|
CAS | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
| Yaogan 30-10C
|
CAS | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
| ⚀ Tianqi-15
|
Guodian Gaoke | Low Earth | IoT | In orbit | Operational | |||
| A fairing recovery system using parachutes was tested on this launch. | ||||||||
| 21 July 14:58:25[13][14] |
Proton-M
|
 Baikonur Site 200/39
|
Roscosmos
| |||||
| Nauka
|
Roscosmos | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS assembly | In orbit | Operational | |||
| Nauka was launched along with the European Robotic Arm.[12] | ||||||||
| 29 July 04:01[15] |
Long March 2D
|
2D-Y62 | Jiuquan SLS-2
|
CASC
| ||||
| Tianhui-1D
|
CNSA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 29 July 06:00[16][17] |
 Electron
|
"It’s a Little Chile Up Here" |  Mahia LC-1A
|
Rocket Lab
| ||||
|
|
U.S. Space Force | Low Earth | Space weather Technology demonstration |
In orbit | Operational | |||
| Return to flight for Electron following the May 2021 launch failure, flying the Space Force's Monolith satellite as the STP-27RM mission. | ||||||||
| 30 July 21:00[18] |
 Ariane 5 ECA
|
VA254 | Kourou ELA-3
|
Arianespace
| ||||
|
|
Eutelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
 Star One D2
|
Star One | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
August[] | ||||||||
| 3 August 07:39[21][22] |
Hyperbola-1
|
Y5 | Jiuquan LA-4
|
i-Space
| ||||
| Jilin-1 Mofang-01A
|
Chang Guang Satellite Technology | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | 3 August | Launch failure | |||
| Second failure in a row for the Hyperbola-1 launcher. Rocket failed to achieve correct orbit insertion after a malfunctioning in fairing separation.[19] Jilin-1 Mofang-01A would have been the first fourth-generation Jilin-1 satellite, with a reduced payload mass of 18 kg (40 lb).[20] | ||||||||
| 4 August 11:01[26][27] |
Long March 6
|
Y7 | Taiyuan LC-16
|
CASC
| ||||
 KL-Beta A
|
KLEO Connect | Low Earth (Polar) | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| KL-Beta B
|
KLEO Connect | Low Earth (Polar) | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| Second set of "global multimedia satellites"[23] built by CAS for KLEO Connect.[24][25] | ||||||||
| 5 August 16:30:05[28] |
Long March 3B/E
|
3B-Y76 | Xichang LC-2
|
CASC
| ||||
| ChinaSat 2E
|
China Satcom | Geosynchronous | Military communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 10 August 22:01:05[29] |
Antares 230+
|
MARS LP-0A
|
Northrop Grumman
| |||||
| Cygnus NG-16 S.S. Ellison Onizuka |
NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | In orbit | Operational | |||
| PIRPL[30][31]
|
SDA / MDA | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Awaiting Deployment | |||
| PIRPL will be deployed after NG-16 undocks from the space station. | ||||||||
| 12 August 00:13[32] |
 GSLV Mk II
|
F10[33] | Satish Dhawan SLP
|
ISRO
| ||||
| EOS-03 (GISAT-1)
|
ISRO | Geosynchronous | Earth observation | 12 August | Launch failure | |||
| Launch failed due to third stage ignition failure. | ||||||||
| 17 August 01:47:06[35] |
Vega
|
VV19 | Kourou ELV
|
Arianespace
| ||||
| Pléiades-Neo 4[36]
|
Airbus Defence and Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
| ⚀ BRO-4
|
UnseenLabs | Low Earth (SSO) | SIGINT | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀  LEDSAT[37]
|
Sapienza University of Rome | Low Earth (SSO) | Education | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀  RADCUBE
|
ESA / C3S Hungary | Low Earth (SSO) | Space weather | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀  SUNSTORM
|
ESA / Reaktor Space Lab | Low Earth (SSO) | Space weather | In orbit | Operational | |||
| SSMS piggyback mission.[34] | ||||||||
| 18 August 22:32[38][39] |
Long March 4B
|
4B-Y50 | Taiyuan LC-9
|
CASC
| ||||
| Tianhui-2 02A
|
CNSA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
| Tianhui-2 02B
|
CNSA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 21 August 22:13:40[40][41] |
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
|
ST34 | Baikonur Site 31/6
|
Arianespace / Starsem
| ||||
| OneWeb × 34
|
OneWeb | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 24 August 11:15[42][43] |
Long March 2C / YZ-1S
|
2C-Y51 | Jiuquan SLS-2
|
CASC
| ||||
| RSW-01
|
CAST | Low Earth (Polar) | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| RSW-02
|
CAST | Low Earth (Polar) | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| Undisclosed payload
|
DFH Satellite | Low Earth (Polar) | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 24 August 15:41[44] |
Long March 3B/E
|
3B-Y78 | Xichang LC-3
|
CASC
| ||||
| TJSW-7
|
SAST | Geosynchronous | SIGINT | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 28 August 22:35[47][48] |
Rocket 3
|
LV0006[49] | Kodiak LP-3B
|
Astra
| ||||
| STP-27AD1
|
U.S. Space Force | Low Earth | Flight test | 28 August | Launch failure | |||
| Third Rocket 3 orbital launch attempt and first Rocket 3 commercial flight. Vehicle also known as Rocket 3.3.[45] STP-27AD1 consists of equipment attached to the upper stage to verify the rocket's performance during launch.[46] Terminated at an altitude of approximately 50 km (31 mi) due to an engine failure at liftoff, which precluded the possibility of reaching orbit. | ||||||||
| 29 August 07:14:49[51] |
Falcon 9 Block 5
|
F9-124 | Kennedy LC-39A
|
SpaceX
| ||||
| SpaceX CRS-23
|
NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | In orbit | Operational | |||
| ⚀ Amber IOD-3[52]
|
Horizon Space Technologies | Low Earth | SIGINT technology demonstration | |||||
⚀  Binar-1[53]
|
Curtin University | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
| ⚀ CAPSat[54]
|
UIUC | Low Earth | Quantum annealing | |||||
| ⚀ CUAVA-1[55]
|
CUAVA | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀   Maya-3[56]
|
DOST / Kyushu Institute of Technology | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
| ⚀ Maya-4[56]
|
DOST / Kyushu Institute of Technology | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
| ⚀ PR-CuNaR2 (NanoRocks-2)[57][58]
|
UIPR | Low Earth | Education | |||||
| ⚀ SPACE HAUC[59]
|
UMass Lowell | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
| The ELaNa 37 mission launched on this flight.[50] | ||||||||
September[] | ||||||||
| 3 September 01:59:00[62][63] |
Firefly Alpha / SUV
|
FLTA001 | Vandenberg SLC-2W
|
Firefly
| ||||
| ⚀ BSS1 (DFAST Demonstrator)[64][65]
|
Benchmark Space | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | 3 September | Launch failure | |||
| ⚀ Firefly Capsule 1[64]
|
Firefly | Low Earth | Education | |||||
| ⚀ Hiapo[64][66]
|
Low Earth | Thermospheric research | ||||||
| ⚀ Spinnaker-3[64][67]
|
Purdue University | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
| ⚀ TIS Serenity[64][68]
|
Teachers in Space, Inc. | Low Earth | Education | |||||
▫  PicoBus[69]
|
Low Earth | PocketQube deployer | ||||||
▫  FOSSASAT 1b[69]
|
FOSSA Systems | Low Earth | LoRa communications | |||||
| ▫ FOSSASAT 2[69]
|
FOSSA Systems | Low Earth | Photography | |||||
| ▫ GENESIS L[69]
|
AMSAT-EA | Low Earth | Amateur radio/Propulsion | |||||
| ▫ GENESIS N[69]
|
AMSAT-EA | Low Earth | Amateur radio/Propulsion | |||||
| ▫ QUBIK 1[69]
|
Libre Space Foundation | Low Earth | Amateur radio | |||||
| ▫ QUBIK 2[69]
|
Libre Space Foundation | Low Earth | Amateur radio | |||||
| First flight of the Firefly Alpha commercial smallsat launcher. Over twenty rideshare payloads were manifested through Firefly's Dedicated Research and Education Accelerator Mission (DREAM) program.[60] Firefly's experimental Space Utility Vehicle (SUV) was also onboard this flight.[61] Failure occurred about two minutes after liftoff. | ||||||||
| 7 September 03:01[70] |
Long March 4C
|
4C-Y40 | Taiyuan LC-9
|
CASC
| ||||
| Gaofen-5 02
|
Ministry of Ecology and Environment | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 9 September 11:50[71] |
Long March 3B/E
|
3B-Y86 | Xichang LC-2
|
CASC
| ||||
| ChinaSat 9B
|
China Satcom | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| Replacement for ChinaSat 9A. | ||||||||
| 9 September 19:59:47[72][73] |
Soyuz-2.1v / Volga
|
Plesetsk Site 43/4
|
RVSN RF
| |||||
| Razbeg №1 (Kosmos 2551)[74]
|
Ministry of Defence | Low Earth (SSO) | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
| Operational successor to EMKA (Kosmos 2525). | ||||||||
| 14 September 03:55:50[76] |
Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Starlink Group 2-1 | Vandenberg SLC-4E
|
SpaceX
| ||||
| Starlink × 51
|
SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| First launch of Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, to a 70-degree orbital inclination.[75] First Starlink V1.5 satellites, featuring laser inter-satellite links. | ||||||||
| 14 September 18:07:19[77] |
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
|
ST35 | Baikonur Site 31/6
|
Arianespace / Starsem
| ||||
| OneWeb × 34
|
OneWeb | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 16 September 00:02:56[79] |
Falcon 9 Block 5
|
F9-126 | Kennedy LC-39A
|
SpaceX
| ||||
| Inspiration4
|
SpaceX | Low Earth | Space tourism | In orbit | Operational | |||
| Crew Dragon orbital flight carrying four civilian passengers for 3 days, led by Jared Isaacman. Mission aims to raise up to $200 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Civilian participant Hayley Arceneaux became the first human in space with a prosthesis, and the youngest American in space.[78] | ||||||||
| ↓ Upcoming launches ↓ | ||||||||
| 20 September[80] | Long March 7
|
Y4 | Wenchang LC-2
|
CASC
| ||||
| Tianzhou 3
|
CMSA | Low Earth (TSS) | Space logistics | |||||
| Second cargo flight to the Tiangong space station. | ||||||||
| 27 September 18:11[82] |
Atlas V 401
|
AV-092 | Vandenberg SLC-3E
|
ULA
| ||||
| Landsat 9
|
NASA / USGS | Low Earth (SSO) | Meteorology | |||||
| ⚀
|
CU Boulder | Low Earth (SSO) | Ultraviolet astronomy | |||||
| ⚀ [83]
|
Boston University | Low Earth (SSO) | Space weather | |||||
| ⚀ Cesium Mission 1 × 2[84]
|
CesiumAstro | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
| The ELaNa 34 mission will launch on this flight.[81] | ||||||||
| September (TBD)[85][86] |  EcoRocket
|
Mission 10A | Black Sea
|
ARCAspace
| ||||
| TBA
|
TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
| TBA | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
| TBA | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
| Maiden flight of EcoRocket carrying three satellites into low Earth orbit, launching 36 km (22 mi) away from the coast of Romania in the Black Sea. First planned Romanian orbital launch attempt. | ||||||||
| September (TBD)[88][89] | Kuaizhou 1A
|
Y4 | Jiuquan SLS-2
|
ExPace
| ||||
| Jilin-1 Gaofen-02D
|
Chang Guang Satellite Technology | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| The launch vehicle and the payload are named after the videogame Peacekeeper Elite due to a collaboration with Tencent.[87] | ||||||||
| September (TBD)[88][91] | Kuaizhou 1A
|
Y5 | Jiuquan SLS-2
|
ExPace
| ||||
| Jilin-1 Gaofen-02F
|
Chang Guang Satellite Technology | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| Launch vehicle named "Kuaizhou·Xinzhou" to commemorate the rocket assembly line in Xinzhou District, Wuhan.[90] | ||||||||
| September (TBD)[92] | Long March 2C / YZ-1S
|
2C-Y41 | Jiuquan SLS-2
|
CASC
| ||||
| Yaogan 32-02A
|
CAS | Low Earth (SSO) | Reconnaissance | |||||
| Yaogan 32-02B
|
CAS | Low Earth (SSO) | Reconnaissance | |||||
| September (TBD)[93][94] | Long March 4C
|
Jiuquan SLS-2
|
CASC
| |||||
| Daqi-1 (Atmosphere-1)
|
CMA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| September (TBD)[95][96] | PSLV-XL
|
C52 | Satish Dhawan FLP
|
ISRO
| ||||
| EOS-04 (RISAT-1A)[97]
|
ISRO | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
October[] | ||||||||
| 1 October 00:48–00:59[99][100] |
Epsilon
|
Epsilon-5 | Uchinoura
|
JAXA
| ||||
| RAISE-2
|
JAXA | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
| HIBARI
|
Tokyo Tech | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
| Z-Sat
|
MHI | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
| DRUMS
|
KHI | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
| TeikyoSat-4
|
Teikyo University | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
| ⚀ ASTERISC
|
Chiba Institute of Technology | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
| ⚀ ARICA
|
Aoyama Gakuin University | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀  NanoDragon[101]
|
VNSC / Meisei Electric | Low Earth (SSO) | Navigation technology demonstration | |||||
| ⚀ KOSEN-1
|
Kochi National College of Technology | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
| mission; the first flew in January 2019. Planned for launch no later than March 2022.[98] | ||||||||
| 5 October 08:55[104] |
Soyuz-2.1a
|
Baikonur Site 31/6
|
Roscosmos
| |||||
| Soyuz MS-19
|
Roscosmos | Low Earth (ISS) | Expedition 66/67 Space tourism |
|||||
| Russian actress Yulia Peresild and filmmaker Klim Shipenko will stay on the ISS for 12 days and return aboard Soyuz MS-18.[102][103] | ||||||||
| 9 October[105][106][107] | Falcon Heavy
|
FH-004 | Kennedy LC-39A
|
SpaceX
| ||||
| USSF-44
|
U.S. Space Force | Geosynchronous | Military communications | |||||
| LDPE-2[108]
|
U.S. Space Force | Geosynchronous | Space tug | |||||
| ⚀ LINUSS Chase (LINUS-A1)[108][109]
|
Lockheed Martin Space | Geosynchronous | Satellite servicing Technology demonstration |
|||||
| ⚀ LINUSS RSO (LINUS-A2)[108][109]
|
Lockheed Martin Space | Geosynchronous | Satellite servicing Technology demonstration |
|||||
| ⚀ TETRA-1
|
U.S. Space Force | Geosynchronous | Technology demonstration | |||||
| 14 October[110] | Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
|
ST36 | Vostochny Site 1S
|
Arianespace / Starsem
| ||||
| OneWeb × 36
|
OneWeb | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
| 16 October 09:34[111][112] |
Atlas V 401
|
AV-082[113] | Cape Canaveral SLC-41
|
ULA
| ||||
| Lucy
|
NASA | Heliocentric | Exploration of Jupiter trojans | |||||
| 16 October[114][115] | Long March 2F
|
Y13 | Jiuquan SLS-1
|
CASC
| ||||
| Shenzhou 13
|
CMSA | Low Earth (TSS) | Crewed spaceflight | |||||
| Second crewed flight to the Tiangong space station. | ||||||||
| 21 October[116][117] |  Nuri (KSLV-II)
|
Naro LC-2
|
KARI
| |||||
| Dummy payload
|
KARI | Low Earth | Flight test | |||||
| Maiden flight of Nuri (also known as KSLV-II), South Korea's first indigenously developed orbital launch vehicle. | ||||||||
| 22 October 00:15:00[118][119] |
Ariane 5 ECA
|
VA255[111] | Kourou ELA-3
|
Arianespace
| ||||
 SES-17[120]
|
SES S.A. | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
| Syracuse 4A (Comsat-NG 1)[121]
|
DGA | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
| 25 October 02:00–03:00[122] |
H-IIA 202
|
F44 | Tanegashima LA-Y1
|
MHI
| ||||
| QZS-1R
|
CAO | Tundra | Navigation | |||||
| Replacement for QZS-1 (Michibiki-1). | ||||||||
| 28 October[111] | Soyuz-2.1a
|
Baikonur Site 31/6
|
Roscosmos
| |||||
| Progress MS-18 / 79P
|
Roscosmos | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | |||||
| 31 October 06:00[123][124] |
Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Kennedy LC-39A
|
SpaceX
| |||||
| SpaceX Crew-3
|
SpaceX / NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | Expedition 66/67 | |||||
| Third operational Crew Dragon mission, as part of the Commercial Crew Program. | ||||||||
| Late October[125][126] | Ceres-1
|
Y2 | Jiuquan
|
Galactic Energy
| ||||
| ⚀ Fangzhou-2F (SPARK-02F)[127]
|
Space Ark | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
| October (TBD)[129][130] | Electron
|
"Love At First Insight" | Mahia LC-1A
|
Rocket Lab
| ||||
| BlackSky 10
|
BlackSky | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| BlackSky 11
|
BlackSky | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| Second of four dedicated launches for BlackSky.[128] | ||||||||
| October (TBD)[129][130] | Electron
|
Mahia LC-1A
|
Rocket Lab
| |||||
| BlackSky 12
|
BlackSky | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| BlackSky 13
|
BlackSky | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| Third of four dedicated launches for BlackSky.[128] | ||||||||
| October (TBD)[129][130] | Electron
|
Mahia LC-1A
|
Rocket Lab
| |||||
| BlackSky 14
|
BlackSky | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| BlackSky 15
|
BlackSky | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| Last of four dedicated launches for BlackSky.[128] | ||||||||
| October (TBD)[132][133] | Electron
|
Mahia LC-1A
|
Rocket Lab
| |||||
| ⚀ CAPSTONE
|
NASA | Selenocentric (NRHO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
| Photon
|
Rocket Lab | TLI | Space tug Lunar flyby |
|||||
| Launch site changed from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport to Mahia due to AFTS certification delays.[131] | ||||||||
| October (TBD)[134][135] | Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Vandenberg SLC-4E
|
SpaceX
| |||||
| SARah 1
|
Bundeswehr | Low Earth (SSO) | Reconnaissance | |||||
| October (TBD)[136] | Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Cape Canaveral SLC-40
|
SpaceX
| |||||
| Starlink × 60
|
SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
| October (TBD)[136] | Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Vandenberg SLC-4E
|
SpaceX
| |||||
| Starlink × 51
|
SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
| October (TBD)[137] | Long March 2D
|
2D-Y53 | Taiyuan LC-9
|
CASC
| ||||
| TBA
|
TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
| Chinese Hα Solar Explorer (CHASE)[138]
|
Nanjing University / SAST | Low Earth (SSO) | Solar physics | |||||
| ⚀ Tianyuan-1[139]
|
NJUST | Low Earth (SSO) | Space environment Education |
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| October (TBD)[140] | Long March 4C
|
Jiuquan SLS-2
|
CASC
| |||||
| Gaofen-3 02
|
CNSA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| October (TBD)[141][142] | Long March 6
|
Y8 | Taiyuan LC-16
|
CASC
| ||||
| CASEarth (Guangmu-1)[143]
|
CAS | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| Scheduled to be launched "at a proper time after May 2021." | ||||||||
| October (TBD)[144] | Long March 11H
|
Y3 | De Bo 3 Launch Platform, Yellow Sea
|
CASC
| ||||
| TBA
|
TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
| October (TBD)[96][145] | PSLV-CA
|
C53 | Satish Dhawan
|
ISRO
| ||||
| EOS-06 ()
|
ISRO | Low Earth (SSO) | Oceanography | |||||
| ⚀ Pixxel 1[146]
|
Pixxel | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| October (TBD)[48][147] | Rocket 3
|
LV0007[46] | Kodiak LP-3B
|
Astra
| ||||
| TBA
|
U.S. Space Force | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
| October (TBD)[148][149] | Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat
|
Vostochny Site 1S
|
GK Launch Services
| |||||
| StriX-β[150]
|
Synspective | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| GK Launch Services commercial rideshare mission. | ||||||||
November[] | ||||||||
| 8 November[152][153] | Proton-M / Briz-M P4
|
Baikonur
|
Roscosmos
| |||||
| Ekspress-AMU3[154]
|
RSCC | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
| Ekspress-AMU7[154]
|
RSCC | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
| Ekspress-AMU3 and AMU7 will replace Ekspress-AM33 and Ekspress-A4, respectively.[151] | ||||||||
| 18 November 23:11:12[155] |
Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Cape Canaveral SLC-40
|
SpaceX
| |||||
| CSG-2[156]
|
ASI | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| Second COSMO-SkyMed 2nd Generation satellite. | ||||||||
| 22 November[105][158] | Atlas V 551
|
AV-093[159] | Cape Canaveral SLC-41
|
ULA
| ||||
| STPSat-6
|
U.S. Space Force | Geosynchronous | Technology demonstration | |||||
| LDPE-1[160]
|
U.S. Space Force | Geosynchronous | Space tug Technology demonstration |
|||||
| Space Test Program 3 (STP-3) mission. STPSat-6 will host the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) payload.[157] | ||||||||
| 23 November 01:07:49[161][162] |
Soyuz ST-B / Fregat-MT
|
VS26 | Kourou ELS
|
Arianespace
| ||||
| Galileo FOC FM23
|
ESA | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||||
| Galileo FOC FM24
|
ESA | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||||
| Eighth Galileo launch with Soyuz ST-B, carrying Patrick and a yet-to-be-named satellite. | ||||||||
| 24 November 06:58[111][164] |
Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Vandenberg SLC-4E
|
SpaceX
| |||||
| DART
|
NASA | Heliocentric | Asteroid redirect test | |||||
| ⚀ LICIACube
|
ASI | Heliocentric | Asteroid flyby | |||||
| Launch of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission to 65803 Didymos.[163] | ||||||||
| 24 November[165][166] | Soyuz-2.1b
|
Baikonur Site 31/6
|
Roscosmos
| |||||
| Prichal (Progress M-UM)
|
Roscosmos | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS assembly | |||||
| November (TBD)[134] | Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Vandenberg SLC-4E
|
SpaceX
| |||||
| SARah 2
|
Bundeswehr | Low Earth (SSO) | Reconnaissance | |||||
| SARah 3
|
Bundeswehr | Low Earth (SSO) | Reconnaissance | |||||
| November (TBD)[136] | Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Vandenberg SLC-4E
|
SpaceX
| |||||
| Starlink × 51
|
SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
| November (TBD)[96] | GSLV Mk II
|
F14 | Satish Dhawan SLP
|
ISRO
| ||||
| NVS-01 (IRNSS-1J)[167]
|
ISRO | Geosynchronous | Navigation | |||||
| November (TBD)[168][169] | PSLV
|
Satish Dhawan
|
ISRO
| |||||
| XPoSat
|
ISRO / RRI | Low Earth | X-ray astronomy | |||||
| November (TBD)[170][171] | Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat
|
Plesetsk Site 43/4
|
RVSN RF
| |||||
| №1
|
Ministry of Defence | Low Earth (SSO) | Reconnaissance | |||||
| November (TBD)[172][173] | Vega
|
Kourou ELV
|
Arianespace
| |||||
| CERES × 3[174][175]
|
CNES / DGA | Low Earth | SIGINT | |||||
December[] | ||||||||
| 1 December[177] | Electron
|
Mahia LC-1A
|
Rocket Lab
| |||||
⚀  ADLER-1[178][179]
|
Austrian Space Forum | Low Earth (SSO) | Space debris measurement | |||||
| ⚀ AuroraSat-1[176]
|
Aurora Propulsion Technologies | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
| ⚀ WISA Woodsat[180]
|
Arctic Astronautics | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
| ▫ MyRadar-1[181]
|
MyRadar | Low Earth (SSO) | Amateur radio | |||||
| ▫ TRSI-2[181]
|
TRSI / MyRadar | Low Earth (SSO) | Amateur radio | |||||
| ▫ TRSI-3[181]
|
TRSI / MyRadar | Low Earth (SSO) | Amateur radio | |||||
| ▫ Unicorn 2?[181]
|
Alba Orbital | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| Rideshare mission.[176] | ||||||||
| 1 December[183][184] | Rocket 3
|
LV0008[46] | TBA
|
Astra
| ||||
| ⚀ CURIE A
|
Space Sciences Laboratory | Low Earth | Radio interferometry | |||||
| ⚀ CURIE B
|
Space Sciences Laboratory | Low Earth | Radio interferometry | |||||
| ⚀ QubeSat[185]
|
UC Berkeley | Low Earth | Quantum gyroscope | |||||
| NASA Venture Class Launch Services 2 (VCLS 2) Mission One.[182] | ||||||||
| 4 December[111] | Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Kennedy LC-39A
|
SpaceX
| |||||
| SpaceX CRS-24
|
NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | |||||
| ⚀ GT-1[186]
|
Georgia Tech | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
| 8 December[102][103] | Soyuz-2.1a
|
Baikonur Site 31/6
|
Roscosmos
| |||||
| Soyuz MS-20
|
Roscosmos | Low Earth (ISS) | Space tourism | |||||
| 12-day mission to the ISS with a crew of three, including one professional cosmonaut and two tourists. | ||||||||
| 9 December[187][188] | Angara A5 / Persei
|
Plesetsk Site 35/1
|
RVSN RF
| |||||
| IPM 3 (dummy payload)[189]
|
Khrunichev | Geosynchronous | Flight test | |||||
| Flight test of Persei, a Blok DM-03 upper stage variant for Angara. | ||||||||
| 13 December[191] | Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Kennedy LC-39A
|
SpaceX
| |||||
| IXPE
|
NASA / ASI | Low Earth | X-ray astronomy | |||||
| Launch of the IXPE X-ray astronomy satellite under NASA's Small Explorer program.[190] | ||||||||
| 18 December[118][192] | Ariane 5 ECA
|
VA256 | Kourou ELA-3
|
Arianespace
| ||||
 James Webb Space Telescope
|
NASA / ESA / CSA | Sun–Earth L2, Halo orbit |
Astronomy | |||||
| International space observatory mission utilizing a long-wavelength visible and infrared telescope. Launching to L2. | ||||||||
| 23 December[193] | Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
|
ST37 | Baikonur Site 31/6
|
Arianespace / Starsem
| ||||
| OneWeb × 34
|
OneWeb | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
| 29 December[193][194] | Soyuz ST-B / Fregat-MT
|
VS27 | Kourou ELS
|
Arianespace
| ||||
| OneWeb × 34
|
OneWeb | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
| December (TBD)[195][196] | Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Cape Canaveral SLC-40
|
SpaceX
| |||||
| O3b mPower × 3 (FM21–FM23)
|
SES S.A. | Medium Earth | Communications | |||||
| December (TBD)[136] | Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Vandenberg SLC-4E
|
SpaceX
| |||||
| Starlink × 51
|
SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
| December (TBD)[111] | Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Cape Canaveral SLC-40
|
SpaceX
| |||||
| Sherpa-LTC1[201]
|
Spaceflight, Inc. | Low Earth (SSO) | Space tug | |||||
| Sherpa-FX3[202]
|
Spaceflight, Inc. | Low Earth (SSO) | CubeSat deployer | |||||
| ION Satellite Carrier 4[203]
|
Low Earth (SSO) | CubeSat deployer | ||||||
| Alba Cluster 3 That time of year[204][205] |
Alba Orbital | Low Earth (SSO) | PocketQube dispenser | |||||
| Alba Cluster 4[205]
|
Alba Orbital | Low Earth (SSO) | PocketQube dispenser | |||||
| Capella 7, 8[206]
|
Capella Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| Hawk 4A, 4B, 4C[202]
|
HawkEye 360 | Low Earth (SSO) | SIGINT | |||||
| Hawk 5A, 5B, 5C[201]
|
HawkEye 360 | Low Earth (SSO) | SIGINT | |||||
| ICEYE × 1[207]
|
ICEYE US | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| Majura[208]
|
Low Earth (SSO) | Air traffic management Technology demonstration |
||||||
| Mars Demo-1[197][209]
|
Nanoracks | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
 ÑuSat × ?[210]
|
Satellogic | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
 Sich 2-30 (2-1)[211]
|
SSAU | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| Umbra-02[212][213]
|
Umbra Lab | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| ⚀ Astrogate cubesat[214]
|
Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | ||||||
| ⚀ Flock 4x × 44[215]
|
Planet Labs | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| ⚀ Guardian[203]
|
Aistech Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| ⚀ Lemur-2 × ?[216]
|
Spire Global | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation SIGINT |
|||||
| ⚀ × 2[217]
|
NASA | Low Earth (SSO) | Ionosphere / Thermosphere research | |||||
| ⚀ Lynk × ?[218][219]
|
Low Earth (SSO) | Communications | ||||||
| ⚀ MA61C[201]
|
Low Earth (SSO) | PnP | ||||||
| ⚀ OreSat0[201]
|
Portland State | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
| ⚀ Pixxel 2[146][220]
|
Pixxel | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| ⚀ Polar Patrol Mission (KSF2) × 4[221]
|
Low Earth (SSO) | Navigation | ||||||
⚀   Shared Sat[222]
|
EnduroSat / | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀  SOWA[223]
|
Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | ||||||
| ⚀ VariSat × ?[224]
|
ProXopS | Low Earth (SSO) | Communications | |||||
⚀  [225]
|
Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | ||||||
| ⚀ WVSAT C, D[226]
|
NearSpace Launch | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
| ▫ CShark Pilot-1[227][228]
|
CShark | Low Earth (SSO) | IoT | |||||
▫  Delfi-PQ[205][229]
|
Technical University of Delft | Low Earth (SSO) | LOFAR technology demonstration | |||||
| ▫ EASAT-2[205][229]
|
AMSAT EA | Low Earth (SSO) | Amateur radio | |||||
▫  Grizu-263a[205][229]
|
Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University | Low Earth (SSO) | Education | |||||
| ▫ HADES[205][229]
|
AMSAT EA | Low Earth (SSO) | Amateur radio | |||||
| ▫ MDQube-SAT1[230]
|
Innova Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
| ▫ Orbital Edge Computing[231]
|
Carnegie Mellon | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
| ▫ PION-BR1[232]
|
PION Labs | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
▫  SATTLA-2[205][229]
|
Ariel University | Low Earth (SSO) | Education | |||||
| ▫ Unicorn 1[205][229]
|
Alba Orbital UG / ESA | Low Earth (SSO) | Inter-satellite link technology demonstration | |||||
| ▫ Unicorn 2A, 2D, 2E[205][229]
|
Alba Orbital UG | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
▫  WISeSAT-1[227]
|
WISeKey | Low Earth (SSO) | IoT | |||||
| ▫ WISeSAT-2[227]
|
WISeKey | Low Earth (SSO) | IoT | |||||
| ▫ WVSAT A, B (ThinSat × 2)[226]
|
NearSpace Launch | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
| Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit, designated Transporter-3. The Nanoracks Outpost technology demonstration mission, named Mars Demo-1,[197] will cut metal samples representative of C4M upper stages in order to test technologies for converting spent upper stages into Nanoracks Space Outposts.[198][199][200] | ||||||||
| December (TBD)[233][234] | LauncherOne
|
Cosmic Girl, Mojave
|
VOX Space
| |||||
| QUEYSSAT
|
AFRL / DND | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
| STP-S28A mission. | ||||||||
| December (TBD)[235][236] | SLS Block 1
|
Kennedy LC-39B
|
NASA
| |||||
| Artemis 1
|
NASA | Selenocentric | Technology demonstration | |||||
| ⚀ Near-Earth Asteroid Scout
|
NASA | Heliocentric | Technology demonstration | |||||
| ⚀ Lunar Flashlight
|
NASA | Selenocentric | Lunar orbiter | |||||
| ⚀ BioSentinel
|
NASA | Heliocentric | Astrobiology | |||||
| ⚀ SkyFire
|
Lockheed Martin | Heliocentric | Technology demonstration | |||||
| ⚀ Lunar IceCube
|
NASA | Selenocentric | Lunar orbiter | |||||
| ⚀ CuSP
|
NASA | Heliocentric | Space weather | |||||
| ⚀ Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper
|
NASA | Selenocentric | Lunar orbiter | |||||
| ⚀ EQUULEUS
|
University of Tokyo | Earth–Moon L2 | Earth observation | |||||
| ⚀ OMOTENASHI
|
JAXA | Selenocentric | Lunar lander | |||||
| ⚀ ArgoMoon
|
ASI | Heliocentric | Technology demonstration | |||||
| ⚀ Earth Escape Explorer
|
CU Boulder | Heliocentric | Technology demonstration | |||||
| ⚀ Team Miles
|
Fluid & Reason | Heliocentric | Technology demonstration | |||||
| Maiden flight of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS). | ||||||||
| December (TBD)[238][239] |
|
Y1 | Jiuquan LA-4
|
| ||||
| Thin Atmospheric Mechanics Experiment × 5
|
CAS | Low Earth (SSO) | Atmospheric science | |||||
| Maiden launch of ZK-1A. CAS Space, also known as Zhongke Aerospace, is a commercial spinoff of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).[237] | ||||||||
| Q4 (TBD)[111] | Atlas V 511
|
AV-084[159] | Cape Canaveral SLC-41
|
ULA
| ||||
| USSF-8 / GSSAP 5[241]
|
U.S. Space Force | Geosynchronous | Space surveillance | |||||
| USSF-8 / GSSAP 6[241]
|
U.S. Space Force | Geosynchronous | Space surveillance | |||||
| First flight of the 511 configuration for Atlas V.[240] | ||||||||
| Q4 (TBD)[243] | Atlas V N22
|
Cape Canaveral SLC-41
|
ULA
| |||||
| Boe-OFT 2
|
Boeing / NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | Flight test / ISS logistics | |||||
| Boeing Orbital Flight Test 2 of Starliner, as part of the Commercial Crew Development program.[242] | ||||||||
| Q4 (TBD)[244] | Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Cape Canaveral SLC-40
|
SpaceX
| |||||
| Türksat 5B[245]
|
Türksat | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
| Q4 (TBD)[246][247] | Firefly Alpha
|
F2 | Vandenberg SLC-2W
|
Firefly / [248]
| ||||
| Carbonite 4[249]
|
SSTL | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
| TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
| Q4 (TBD)[250][251] | Hyperbola-2
|
TBA
|
i-Space
| |||||
| TBA
|
TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
| Maiden flight of Hyperbola-2. | ||||||||
| Q4 (TBD)[252] | H-IIA 204
|
Tanegashima LA-Y1
|
MHI
| |||||
| Inmarsat-6 F1[253]
|
Inmarsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
| Q4 (TBD)[255][233] | LauncherOne
|
Cosmic Girl, Mojave
|
VOX Space
| |||||
| ⚀ [256]
|
Low Earth | Technology demonstration | ||||||
| ⚀ PAN-A, B
|
Cornell University | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
| STP-27VPB mission for the Defense Innovation Unit.[254] The ELaNa 29 mission consists of two CubeSats (PAN-A and PAN-B) that will autonomously rendezvous and dock in low Earth orbit.[81] | ||||||||
| Q4 (TBD)[257][258] | Long March 8
|
Y2 | Wenchang LC-2
|
CASC
| ||||
| × 4[259][260]
|
Sanya Institute of Remote Sensing | Low Earth | Earth observation | |||||
| Q4 (TBD)[250][261] | NewLine-1
|
TBA
|
LinkSpace
| |||||
| TBA
|
TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
| Maiden flight of NewLine-1. | ||||||||
| Q4 (TBD)[263][264] |
|
Cecil Spaceport
|
| |||||
| ASLON-45
|
U.S. Space Force | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
| Multiple experimental CubeSats will be launched using the Agile Small Launch Operational Normalizer (ASLON) vehicle under the Small Rocket Program-Orbital (SRP-O) program for the Space and Missile Systems Center.[262] | ||||||||
| Q4 (TBD)[265][266] | RS1
|
Kodiak
|
ABL
| |||||
| Orbital Test Range × 2
|
L2 Aerospace | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
| First flight of RS1. | ||||||||
| Q4 (TBD)[267][268] | Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
|
Plesetsk Site 43/4
|
RVSN RF
| |||||
| GLONASS-M 761
|
VKS | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||||
| Q4 (TBD)[267][268] | Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
|
Plesetsk Site 43/4
|
RVSN RF
| |||||
| GLONASS-K 17L (K1 №5)
|
VKS | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||||
| Q4 (TBD)[267][268] | Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
|
Plesetsk Site 43/4
|
RVSN RF
| |||||
| GLONASS-K 16L (K1 №4)
|
VKS | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||||
| Q4 (TBD)[269][270] | Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M[271][272]
|
Plesetsk Site 43/4
|
Roscosmos
| |||||
| Gonets-M 23
|
Gonets Satellite System | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
| Gonets-M 24
|
Gonets Satellite System | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
| Gonets-M 25
|
Gonets Satellite System | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
| Q4 (TBD)[111][273] | SSLV
|
D1[274] | Satish Dhawan FLP
|
ISRO
| ||||
| EOS-02 ()[275]
|
ISRO | Low Earth | Earth observation | |||||
| First flight of India's Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV). | ||||||||
To be determined[] | ||||||||
| H2 2021 (TBD)[276] | Angara 1.2
|
Plesetsk Site 35/1
|
RVSN RF
| |||||
| TBA
|
Ministry of Defence | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
| 2021 (TBD)[279] | Blue Whale 1
|
Whalers Way
|
Perigee Aerospace
| |||||
| Dummy payload
|
Perigee Aerospace | Low Earth (SSO) | Flight test | |||||
| First flight of Blue Whale 1.[277][278] | ||||||||
| 2021 (TBD)[280] | EcoRocket
|
Mission 10B | Black Sea
|
ARCAspace
| ||||
| TBA | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
| 2021 (TBD)[281] | Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Cape Canaveral or Kennedy
|
SpaceX
| |||||
| ▫ Canary Hatchling[228]
|
Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | ||||||
| ▫ FOSSASAT-2C, 2D, 2F[228]
|
Low Earth (SSO) | IoT | ||||||
▫  LAIKA (FOSSASAT-2B)[228]
|
Porkchop | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
| Payloads removed from Vigoride-2, to be launched on a future rideshare mission. | ||||||||
| 2021 (TBD)[282] | Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Cape Canaveral or Kennedy
|
SpaceX
| |||||
| Starlink × ??
|
SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
| PredaSAR 1
|
Low Earth | Earth observation | ||||||
| The first PredaSAR satellite is scheduled to launch in 2021 on a yet-to-be-determined SmallSat Rideshare mission. | ||||||||
| 2021 (TBD)[283][284] | Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Cape Canaveral SLC-40
|
SpaceX
| |||||
|
|
Geosynchronous | Communications | ||||||
| TBA | TBA | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
| 2021 (TBD)[285][286] | GSLV Mk II
|
Satish Dhawan
|
ISRO
| |||||
|
|
ISRO | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
| 2021 (TBD)[285][287] | GSLV
|
Satish Dhawan
|
ISRO
| |||||
|
|
ISRO | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
| Planned replacement for GSAT-6A. | ||||||||
| 2021 (TBD)[288] | Jielong 1
|
Y2 | Jiuquan LA-4
|
China Rocket
| ||||
| Yizheng-2
|
Jiangsu Satellite Technology Services | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| Yizheng-3
|
Jiangsu Satellite Technology Services | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| 2021 (TBD)[289][290] |
|
Jiuquan LA-4
|
China Rocket
| |||||
| TBA
|
TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
| First flight of Jielong 2, also known as Smart Dragon 2 (SD-2). | ||||||||
| 2021 (TBD)[291] | Kuaizhou 11
|
Jiuquan LA-4
|
ExPace
| |||||
| Gamma-ray Burst Detection Satellite (JSBT)
|
Shanghai Microsatellite Engineering Center | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
| Xiangrikui 1A (Sunflower-1A)
|
Beijing Future Navigation Technology | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
| Xiangrikui 1B (Sunflower-1B)
|
Beijing Future Navigation Technology | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
| ⚀ Xiaoxiang 4 (Tianyi 4)[292]
|
Tianyi Research Institute | Low Earth (SSO) | X-ray astronomy | |||||
| Zhongwei 1
|
Galaxy Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Communications (5G) | |||||
| 2021 (TBD)[293] | LauncherOne
|
Cosmic Girl, TBA
|
Virgin Orbit
| |||||
| µHETsat
|
/ ASI / ESA | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
| Possible rideshare payload of another LauncherOne mission. | ||||||||
| 2021 (TBD)[294] | Long March 3B/E
|
Xichang
|
CASC
| |||||
| Tianhui-3 (?)
|
Ministry of Ecology and Environment | TBA | Earth observation | |||||
| 2021 (TBD)[295][296] | Long March 4B
|
Taiyuan LC-9
|
CASC
| |||||
| Gaofen-11 03
|
CNSA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| 2021 (TBD)[297] | Long March 4C
|
Jiuquan or Taiyuan
|
CASC
| |||||
| [298]
|
CAS | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| 2021 (TBD)[299][300] | Long March 6
|
Taiyuan LC-16
|
CASC
| |||||
| HaiYang 3A[301]
|
Ministry of Natural Resources | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| 2021 (TBD)[299] | Long March 6
|
Taiyuan LC-16
|
CASC
| |||||
| HaiYang 3B[301]
|
Ministry of Natural Resources | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| 2021 (TBD)[302][303] | Long March 6A
|
Y1 | Taiyuan LC-16
|
CASC
| ||||
| TBA
|
TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | Flight test | |||||
| First flight of Long March 6A. | ||||||||
| 2021 (TBD)[304][305] | Long March 11
|
Y10 | Xichang
|
CASC
| ||||
| TBA
|
TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
| 2021 (TBD)[306] | Long March TBA
|
Wenchang
|
CASC
| |||||
|
|
Low Earth | Earth observation AIS ship tracking |
||||||
| 2021 (TBD)[307] | Long March TBA
|
TBA
|
CASC
| |||||
 [308]
|
The Royal Group | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||||
| 2021 (TBD)[289][309] |
|
TBA
|
Deep Blue Aerospace
| |||||
| TBA
|
TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
| First flight of Nebula 1. | ||||||||
| 2021 (TBD)[289] | OS-M1
|
Jiuquan
|
OneSpace
| |||||
| TBA
|
TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
| 2021 (TBD)[145][310] | PSLV-XL
|
Satish Dhawan
|
ISRO
| |||||
| EOS-08 (Cartosat-3A)[311]
|
ISRO | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| 2021 (TBD)[145] | PSLV-XL
|
Satish Dhawan
|
ISRO
| |||||
| Cartosat-3B
|
ISRO | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| IMS-2 × 2
|
ISRO | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| Microsat × 3
|
ISRO | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| 2021 (TBD)[285][312] | PSLV
|
Satish Dhawan
|
ISRO
| |||||
| CCI-Sat
|
ISRO | Low Earth | Signals intelligence | |||||
| 2021 (TBD)[145][313] | PSLV
|
C51 | Satish Dhawan FLP
|
ISRO
| ||||
| × 3[314]
|
ISRO | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| 2021 (TBD)[314] | PSLV[315]
|
Satish Dhawan
|
ISRO
| |||||
|
|
ISRO | Low Earth (SSO) | Oceanography | |||||
| 2021 (TBD)[314] | PSLV[315]
|
Satish Dhawan
|
ISRO
| |||||
|
|
ISRO | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| 2021 (TBD)[145][310] | PSLV
|
Satish Dhawan
|
ISRO
| |||||
| S
|
ISRO | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| 2021 (TBD)[314] | PSLV[315]
|
Satish Dhawan
|
ISRO
| |||||
| SA
|
ISRO | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| 2021 (TBD)[310][314] | PSLV[315]
|
Satish Dhawan
|
ISRO
| |||||
|
|
ISRO | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| 2021 (TBD)[285][316][317] | PSLV
|
Satish Dhawan
|
ISRO
| |||||
| SPADEX
|
ISRO | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | |||||
| 2021 (TBD)[318] |  Simorgh
|
Semnan LP-2
|
ISA
| |||||
|
|
ISA | Low Earth | Communications | |||||
| 2021 (TBD)[319][320] | Simorgh
|
Semnan LP-2
|
ISA
| |||||
|
|
IUST | Low Earth | Earth observation | |||||
| 2021 (TBD)[321] | Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat-M
|
Plesetsk Site 43/x
|
RVSN RF
| |||||
| Meridian-M 10 (20L)[322]
|
Ministry of Defence | Molniya | Communications | |||||
| 2021 (TBD)[323][324] | Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
|
Vostochny Site 1S
|
Roscosmos
| |||||
| №1
|
RAS | Low Earth (SSO) | Ionospheric research | |||||
| №2
|
RAS | Low Earth (SSO) | Ionospheric research | |||||
| 2021 (TBD)[325][326] | Spyder
|
MARS LP-0A
|
UP Aerospace
| |||||
| TBA
|
TBA | Low Earth | Flight test | |||||
| Maiden flight of Spyder. | ||||||||
| H2 2021 (TBA)[327] | Starship
|
Starbase
|
SpaceX
| |||||
| No payload | SpaceX | Transatmospheric | Flight test | |||||
| First Starship orbital velocity test flight, completing about three-quarters of an orbit and landing in the Pacific Ocean northwest of Kauai. | ||||||||
| 2021 (TBD)[290] |
|
TBA
|
China Rocket
| |||||
| TBA
|
TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
| Maiden flight of Tenglong 1, also known as Flying Dragon 1. | ||||||||
| 2021 (TBD)[329] | Zhuque-2
|
Jiuquan
|
LandSpace
| |||||
| TBA
|
TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
| Maiden flight of Zhuque-2, LandSpace's first liquid-propellant rocket.[328] | ||||||||
| 2021 (TBD)[330] | TBA
|
Jiuquan SLS-2
|
CASC
| |||||
| CAS-7A[330]
|
CAMSAT | Low Earth | Amateur radio | |||||
| ▫ CAS-5B[331]
|
CAMSAT | Low Earth | Amateur radio | |||||
| ⚀ CAS-7C[332]
|
CAMSAT | Low Earth | Amateur radio | |||||
| 2021 (TBD)[333] | TBA
|
TBA
|
TBA
| |||||
| Sanya-1 × 2[258]
|
Hainan | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
Suborbital flights[]
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| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 3 July 08:45:01[334][335] |
Momo
|
F7 | Taiki
|
Interstellar Technologies
| |||
| Infrasound sensor
|
Kochi University of Technology | Suborbital | Atmospheric research | 3 July 2021 08:55 |
Successful | ||
| Apogee: 99–100 km (62 mi). Naming rights sold to Sunco Industries, which chose to name this vehicle Screw Rocket (ねじのロケット, Neji no Rocket) to draw attention to the large number of Sunco screws used on Momo rockets.[334] A single rose from Hana-Cupid was also launched on this flight.[335] | |||||||
| 7 July 18:00[336] |
Black Brant IX
|
Dynamo-2 | Wallops Flight Facility
|
NASA
| |||
| Dynamo-2
|
Goddard Space Flight Center | Suborbital | Atmospheric research | 7 July | Successful | ||
| Dynamos, Winds, and Electric Fields in the Daytime Lower Ionosphere-2 (Dynamo-2) mission to investigate the atmospheric dynamo. First of two launches. Apogee: 122 km (76 mi). | |||||||
| 7 July[337] | Target ballistic missile
|
|
| ||||
|
|
Ministry of Defence | Suborbital | Missile target | 7 July | Successful | ||
| Intercepted by S-500 missile. | |||||||
| 7 July[337] | S-500
|
Kapustin Yar
|
| ||||
| Kill vehicle
|
Ministry of Defence | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 July | Successful | ||
| S-500 intercepted target ballistic missile. | |||||||
| 11 July 15:25[338] |
SpaceShipTwo
|
Unity 22 | Spaceport America
|
Virgin Galactic
| |||
| Virgin Galactic Unity 22
|
Virgin Galactic | Suborbital | Crewed spaceflight | 11 July 15:38 |
Successful | ||
| Apogee: 86.1 km (53.5 mi). Second VSS Unity test flight carrying two pilots and four passengers including company founder Richard Branson. | |||||||
| 11 July 17:56[336][339] |
Black Brant IX
|
Dynamo-2 | Wallops Flight Facility
|
NASA
| |||
| Dynamo-2
|
Goddard Space Flight Center | Suborbital | Atmospheric research | 11 July | Successful | ||
| Dynamos, Winds, and Electric Fields in the Daytime Lower Ionosphere-2 (Dynamo-2) mission to investigate the atmospheric dynamo. Second of two launches. | |||||||
| 16 July[340][341] | Reusable Suborbital Carrier
|
Jiuquan
|
CASC
| ||||
| CASC | Suborbital | Test flight | 16 July | Successful | |||
| First test flight of the Reusable Suborbital Carrier (亚轨道重复使用运载器). It successfully landed at Xinbarag Youqi Baogede Airport.[340] | |||||||
| 17 July[342] | SORS
|
Sinop Test Center
|
Delta V
| ||||
|
|
Roketsan | Suborbital | Test flight | 17 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: >50 mi (>80 km). First flight test of the Probe Rocket System (SORS). | |||||||
| 20 July 13:11[343] |
New Shepard
|
NS-16 | Corn Ranch
|
Blue Origin
| |||
| Blue Origin NS-16
|
Blue Origin | Suborbital | Crewed spaceflight | 20 July 13:21 |
Successful | ||
| First crewed flight of the New Shepard suborbital vehicle. Jeff Bezos and his brother Mark joined Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen on this flight. Apogee: 107 km (66 mi). | |||||||
| 24 July[344] | SRBM
|
FTM-33 | Barking Sands
|
U.S. Navy
| |||
|
|
U.S Navy | Suborbital | Missile target | 24 July | Successful | ||
| Flight Test Aegis Weapon System 33, a test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. Mock short-range ballistic missiles used as targets for SM-6 Dual II interceptors. One missile was confirmed to have been intercepted while the other was not. (1 of 2). | |||||||
| 24 July[344] | SRBM
|
FTM-33 | Barking Sands
|
U.S. Navy
| |||
|
|
U.S Navy | Suborbital | Missile target | 24 July | Successful | ||
| Flight Test Aegis Weapon System 33, a test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. Mock short-range ballistic missiles used as targets for SM-6 Dual II interceptors. One missile was confirmed to have been intercepted while the other was not. (2 of 2). | |||||||
| 24 July[344] | SM-6 Dual II
|
FTM-33 | USS Ralph Johnson
|
U.S. Navy
| |||
| Kill vehicle
|
U.S Navy | Suborbital | Interceptor | 24 July | Successful | ||
| Flight Test Aegis Weapon System 33, a test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. Interceptor targeting two mock short-range ballistic missiles. (1 of 4) | |||||||
| 24 July[344] | SM-6 Dual II
|
FTM-33 | USS Ralph Johnson
|
U.S. Navy
| |||
| Kill vehicle
|
U.S Navy | Suborbital | Interceptor | 24 July | Successful | ||
| Flight Test Aegis Weapon System 33, a test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. Interceptor targeting two mock short-range ballistic missiles. (2 of 4) | |||||||
| 24 July[344] | SM-6 Dual II
|
FTM-33 | USS Ralph Johnson
|
U.S. Navy
| |||
| Kill vehicle
|
U.S Navy | Suborbital | Interceptor | 24 July | Successful | ||
| Flight Test Aegis Weapon System 33, a test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. Interceptor targeting two mock short-range ballistic missiles. (3 of 4) | |||||||
| 24 July[344] | SM-6 Dual II
|
FTM-33 | USS Ralph Johnson
|
U.S. Navy
| |||
| Kill vehicle
|
U.S Navy | Suborbital | Interceptor | 24 July | Successful | ||
| Flight Test Aegis Weapon System 33, a test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. Interceptor targeting two mock short-range ballistic missiles. (4 of 4) | |||||||
| 26 July 20:30[345] |
S-520
|
S-520-31 | Uchinoura
|
JAXA
| |||
| DES Demonstration
|
JAXA | Suborbital | Technology demonstration | 26 July 20:38 |
Successful | ||
| Apogee: 235 km (146 mi).[345] Detonation engine system (DES) technology demonstration, combining pulse detonation engine and rotating detonation engine technologies.[346][347] | |||||||
| 28 July[348] | AGM-183 ARRW
|
ARRW BTF-1 | Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
|
U.S. Air Force
| |||
| Booster Test Vehicle 1b (BTV-1b)
|
U.S. Air Force | Suborbital | Flight test | 28 July | Launch failure | ||
| Solid rocket motor failed to ignite after airdropped over the Point Mugu Sea Range. | |||||||
| 28 July[349] | Tochka-U
|
Alibey firing range
|
Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
| ||||
|
|
Ministry of Defence of Ukraine | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 July | Successful | ||
| Launch of two Tochka-U missiles (1 of 2). | |||||||
| 29 July[349] | Tochka-U
|
Alibey firing range
|
Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
| ||||
|
|
Ministry of Defence of Ukraine | Suborbital | Missile test | 29 July | Successful | ||
| Launch of two Tochka-U missiles (2 of 2). | |||||||
| 30 July 18:20[351][352] |
Black Brant IX
|
MaGIXS | White Sands Missile Range
|
NASA
| |||
| Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrometer
|
Marshall Space Flight Center | Suborbital | Heliophysics | 30 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 308 km (191 mi).[350] | |||||||
| 31 July 08:00[353] |
Momo
|
F6 | Taiki
|
Interstellar Technologies
| |||
| TENGA Message Pod
|
Tenga | Suborbital | Space advertising | 31 July 08:10 |
Successful | ||
| TENGA Robo
|
Tenga | Suborbital | Space advertising | ||||
| Apogee: 92 km (57 mi). First of three Interstellar Technologies launches sponsored by Tenga. Flew after Momo F7. | |||||||
| 11 August 07:53[354] |
Minuteman-III
|
Vandenberg LF-09
|
U.S. Air Force
| ||||
| HFJTA reentry vehicle
|
U.S. Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 11 August | Successful | ||
| Hi-Fidelity Joint Test Assembly (HFJTA) reentry vehicle successfully detonated approximately 4,200 mi (6,800 km) downrange near Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. | |||||||
| 11 August 14:44[355] |
SpaceLoft XL
|
SL-16 | Spaceport America
|
UP Aerospace
| |||
| ReDX-1
|
Los Alamos National Laboratory | Suborbital | Technology demonstration | 11 August | Successful | ||
| Mission SL-16. Apogee: 100 km (62 mi). | |||||||
| 12 August[356] |  Ghaznavi
|
|
ASFC
| ||||
|
|
ASFC | Suborbital | Missile test | 12 August | Successful | ||
| 12 August[357] | Economical Target-2
|
White Sands Missile Range
|
SMDC
| ||||
|
|
SMDC | Suborbital | Target missile | 12 August | Successful | ||
| First launch of the Economical Target-2. | |||||||
| 19 August 21:00[358][359] |
Terrier-Improved Malemute
|
ROCKSAT-X 2020 | Wallops Flight Facility
|
NASA
| |||
| RockSat-X
|
Colorado Space Grant Consortium | Suborbital | Education | 19 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 98 mi (158 km). | |||||||
| 21 August[360] | DF-15
|
Gobi Desert
|
PLA Rocket Force
| ||||
| Live warhead
|
PLA | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 August | Successful | ||
| Missile test (1 of 2). | |||||||
| 21 August[360] | DF-15
|
Gobi Desert
|
PLA Rocket Force
| ||||
| Live warhead
|
PLA | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 August | Successful | ||
| Missile test (2 of 2). | |||||||
| 26 August 14:31[361][362] |
New Shepard
|
NS-17 | Corn Ranch
|
Blue Origin
| |||
|
|
Blue Origin | Suborbital | Uncrewed commercial spaceflight | 26 August 14:41 |
Successful | ||
 Postcards
|
Club For The Future | Suborbital | Education | ||||
| Uncrewed flight of New Shepard that will carry 18 commercial payloads inside the crew capsule, 11 of which are NASA-supported, and an art installation by Ghanaian artist Amoako Boafo on the exterior of the capsule. Apogee: 65.8 mi (105.9 km). | |||||||
| 31 August 03:30[363] |
Tianxing 2
|
|
Space Transportation
| ||||
|
|
Space Transportation | Suborbital | Flight test | 31 August | Successful | ||
| Test flight of the Tianxing 2 suborbital spaceplane. | |||||||
| 4 September[364] |  Zulfiqar
|
|
Houthis
| ||||
| Live warhead
|
Houthis | Suborbital | Missile launch | 4 September | Intercepted | ||
| Successful launch. Warhead was intercepted. | |||||||
| 9 September 17:25[365] |
Black Brant IX
|
White Sands Missile Range
|
NASA
| ||||
| SDO EVE Underflight Calibration Experiment
|
CU Boulder | Suborbital | Satellite instrument calibration | 9 September | Successful | ||
| Launched a copy of the EVE instrument on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory for calibration purposes. Apogee: 182 mi (293 km). | |||||||
| 11 September 22:07:30[366][367] |
Terrier-Improved Malemute
|
Wallops Flight Facility
|
NASA
| ||||
| HOTShot
|
Sandia National Laboratories | Suborbital | Flight test | 11 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 99 mi (159 km). | |||||||
| 12 September 17:30[370] |
Ground-Based Interceptor
|
BVT-03 | Vandenberg LF-24
|
MDA
| |||
| EKV mock-up
|
MDA | Suborbital | ABM flight test | 12 September | Successful | ||
| Booster Verification Test 03 (BVT-03) for the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system.[368] A mock-up Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) was flown.[369] | |||||||
| 15 September[371] | Hyunmoo-4-4
|
ROKS Dosan Ahn Changho
|
ROK Navy
| ||||
|
|
ROK Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 15 September | Successful | ||
| First successful South Korean SLBM test launch. | |||||||
| 16 September 06:39[374][375] |
 Hapith I
|
VS01[376] | Whalers Way Pad 1
|
TiSPACE
| |||
| Ionosphere Scintillation Package (ISP)[377]
|
NSPO | Suborbital | Ionospheric scintillation research | 16 September | Launch failure | ||
| Maiden flight of Hapith I and first of three test launches from Pad 1 at Whalers Way.[372] Launch failure at ignition. Intended apogee: 250 km (160 mi).[373] | |||||||
| ↓ Upcoming launches ↓ | |||||||
| September (TBD)[378] | Improved Orion
|
Esrange
|
DLR
| ||||
| STORT SF1
|
DLR | Suborbital | Hypersonic test flight | ||||
| September (TBD)[378] | Improved Orion
|
Esrange
|
DLR
| ||||
| STORT SF2
|
DLR | Suborbital | Hypersonic test flight | ||||
| 5 October[379][380] | Black Brant IX
|
White Sands Missile Range
|
NASA
| ||||
| CLASP-2.1
|
NASA MSFC | Suborbital | Heliophysics | ||||
| Chromospheric LAyer SpectroPolarimeter Reflight (CLASP-2.1) will map the circular polarization of the chromosphere. | |||||||
| Mid October[381] | SpaceShipTwo
|
Unity 23 | Spaceport America
|
Virgin Galactic
| |||
| Virgin Galactic Unity 23
|
Virgin Galactic | Suborbital | Crewed spaceflight | ||||
| Third VSS Unity test flight, carrying members of the Italian Air Force. | |||||||
| October (TBD)[378] | Improved Orion
|
Esrange
|
DLR / SNSA
| ||||
| REXUS-27
|
DLR / SNSA | Suborbital | Education | ||||
| October (TBD)[378] | Improved Orion
|
Esrange
|
DLR / SNSA
| ||||
| REXUS-28
|
DLR / SNSA | Suborbital | Education | ||||
| October (TBD)[378] | VSB-30
|
Esrange
|
DLR
| ||||
| TEXUS-57
|
DLR / ESA | Suborbital | Microgravity research | ||||
| 7 November[379][382] |
|
Wallops Flight Facility
|
NASA
| ||||
| SMART
|
NRL | Suborbital | Space plasma physics | ||||
| Space Measurement of Rocket-released Turbulence (SMART). | |||||||
| 8 November[379][380] | Black Brant IX
|
White Sands Missile Range
|
NASA
| ||||
| SISTINE 2
|
CU Boulder | Suborbital | UV spectroscopy | ||||
| 9 November[383][384] | SpaceLoft XL
|
SL-13 | Spaceport America
|
UP Aerospace
| |||
| Celestis 18
|
Celestis | Suborbital | Space burial | ||||
| Celestis Aurora Flight. | |||||||
| November (TBD)[378] | Improved Malemute/Improved Malemute
|
MAPHEUS 9 | Esrange
|
DLR
| |||
| MAPHEUS 9
|
DLR | Suborbital | Microgravity research | ||||
| November (TBD)[378] | Improved Malemute/Improved Malemute
|
MAPHEUS 10 | Esrange
|
DLR
| |||
| MAPHEUS 10
|
DLR | Suborbital | Microgravity research | ||||
| November (TBD)[378] | Improved Orion
|
Esrange
|
DLR
| ||||
| STORT TF1
|
DLR | Suborbital | Hypersonic test flight | ||||
| 1 December[379][385] |
|
 Andøya
|
NASA
| ||||
| C-REX 2
|
University of Alaska Fairbanks | Suborbital | Magnetospheric research | ||||
| 6 December[379] | Black Brant IX
|
Wallops Flight Facility
|
NASA
| ||||
| DXL-3
|
University of Miami | Suborbital | X-ray astronomy | ||||
| 12 December[379][382] | Black Brant IX
|
White Sands Missile Range
|
NASA
| ||||
| tREXS 1
|
Penn State University | Suborbital | X-ray astronomy | ||||
| The Rockets for Extended-source X-ray Spectroscopy (tREXS). | |||||||
| December (TBD)[378] | Improved Orion
|
Esrange
|
DLR
| ||||
| STORT SF3
|
DLR | Suborbital | Hypersonic test flight | ||||
| Q4 (TBD)[386] | New Shepard
|
NS-18 | Corn Ranch
|
Blue Origin
| |||
|
|
Blue Origin | Suborbital | Crewed spaceflight | ||||
| Second crewed flight of New Shepard. | |||||||
| Q4 (TBD)[387] | RS-28 Sarmat
|
Plesetsk
|
RVSN
| ||||
|
|
RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | ||||
| First flight test of the RS-28 Sarmat ICBM. | |||||||
| Q4 (TBD)[388][389] | SR75
|
Esrange
|
| ||||
| TBA | TBA | Suborbital | TBA | ||||
| Maiden flight of SR75. Expected apogee: 200 km (120 mi). | |||||||
| H2 2021 (TBD)[390][391] | Hapith I
|
Test Launch Campaign-02 | Whalers Way Pad 1
|
TiSPACE
| |||
| TBA | TBA | Suborbital | Test flight | ||||
| Second of three test launches from Pad 1 at Whalers Way.[372] | |||||||
| H2 2021 (TBD)[390][391] | Hapith I
|
Test Launch Campaign-03 | Whalers Way Pad 1
|
TiSPACE
| |||
| TBA | TBA | Suborbital | Test flight | ||||
| Third of three test launches from Pad 1 at Whalers Way.[372] | |||||||
| 2021 (TBD)[392] |
|
Pingtung Launch Site
|
Advanced Rocket Research Center
| ||||
| Suborbital | Flight test | ||||||
| Maiden flight of HTTP-3A. Apogee: 100 km (62 mi). | |||||||
| 2021 (TBD)[394] | Miura 1
|
El Arenosillo
|
PLD Space
| ||||
| TBA
|
ZARM | Suborbital | Microgravity research | ||||
| Maiden flight of Miura 1. Apogee: 150 km (93 mi).[393] | |||||||
Notes[]
External links[]
Generic references:
Spaceflight portal
Spaceflight portal- Bergin, Chris. "NASASpaceFlight.com".
- Clark, Stephen. "Spaceflight Now".
- Kelso, T.S. "Satellite Catalog (SATCAT)". CelesTrak.
- Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches".
- Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Report".
- McDowell, Jonathan. "Jonathan's Space Report".
- Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive".
- Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica".
- Webb, Brian. "Southwest Space Archive".
- Zak, Anatoly. "Russian Space Web".
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The second and third Alpha rockets are already under construction for their missions in 2021. The nominal mission sequence calls for each of the first three rockets to fly about three months after its immediate predecessor.
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The next military launch for VOX will be this fall, a mission for the Defense Innovation Unit.
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Construction of the Whaler's Way Orbital Launch Complex is scheduled to be completed ahead of the first launch in 2021.
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