Launchpad

Upcoming launches, dockings, and expeditions

Sep 3, 2025
3:21 AM

Starlink Group 17-8

Communications
Go
LSP: SpaceX
A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Sep 3, 2025
11:06 AM

Starlink Group 10-22

Communications
Go
LSP: SpaceX
A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Sep 4, 2025
11:18 AM

Starlink Group 10-57

Communications
Go
LSP: SpaceX
A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Sep 6, 2025
3:42 PM

Starlink Group 17-9

Communications
Go
LSP: SpaceX
A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Sep 8, 2025
12:00 AM

Nusantara Lima

Communications
TBD
LSP: SpaceX
Nusantara Lima is an Indonesian geostationary communications satellite with a capacity of more than 160 Gbps.
Sep 10, 2025
12:00 AM

SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer B

Government/Top Secret
TBD
LSP: SpaceX
Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for Tranche 1 Transport Layer.
Sep 11, 2025
1:49 PM

Progress MS-32 (93P)

Resupply
TBC
LSP: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Progress resupply mission to the International Space Station.
Sep 15, 2025
10:00 PM

Cygnus CRS-2 NG-23

Resupply
TBD
LSP: SpaceX
This is the 23rd flight of the Northrop Grumman's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 22nd flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.
Sep 23, 2025
12:00 AM

IMAP & others

Heliophysics
TBD
LSP: SpaceX
IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) is a NASA mission to study interactions between solar wind and local interstellar medium. Carrying a suite of 10 scientific instruments, IMAP is able to investigate how particles are accelerated, determine their composition, as well as help to advance space weather forecasting models. IMAP launch also includes several secondary payloads from NASA, which are: a small lunar orbiter called Lunar Trailblazer, space weather satellite SWFO-L1, GLIDE mission to study far ultraviolet emission in exosphere and a solar sail mission Solar Cruiser.
Sep 25, 2025
12:00 AM

Project Kuiper (KA-03)

Communications
TBD
LSP: United Launch Alliance
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.
Sep 29, 2025
12:00 AM

EscaPADE

Planetary Science
TBD
LSP: Blue Origin
Maiden flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn launch vehicle carrying the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (EscaPADE), a dual-spacecraft mission to study ion and sputtered escape from Mars. The spacecrafts' scientific goals are to understand the processes controlling the structure of Mars' hybrid magnetosphere and how it guides ion flows; understand how energy and momentum are transported from the solar wind through Mars' magnetosphere; and understand the processes controlling the flow of energy and matter into and out of the collisional atmosphere.
Sep 30, 2025
12:00 AM

Bandwagon 4 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)

Dedicated Rideshare
TBD
LSP: SpaceX
Dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
Sep 30, 2025
12:00 AM

KOMPSAT-7A

Earth Science
TBD
LSP: SpaceX
KOMPSAT-7 and 7A are the follow-up satellites of KOMPSAT-3A, whose mission is to provide high-resolution satellite images to satisfy South-Korea's governmental and institutional needs.
Sep 30, 2025
12:00 AM

NROL-48

Government/Top Secret
TBD
LSP: SpaceX
Eleventh batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.
Sep 30, 2025
12:00 AM

Starlink Group 11-25

Communications
TBD
LSP: SpaceX
A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Sep 30, 2025
12:00 AM

JAKE 4

Government/Top Secret
TBD
LSP: Rocket Lab
Sub-orbital launch under Rocket Lab’s Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program, details TBD.
Sep 30, 2025
12:00 AM

NS-35

Suborbital
TBD
LSP: Blue Origin
NS-35 is the 35th flight for the New Shepard program. This flight will fly more than 40 scientific and research payloads to space and back, including 24 experiments from NASA’s TechRise Student Challenge and payloads for Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Oklahoma State University, University of Florida, Carthage College, University of Central Florida, Teledyne, Space Lab Technologies, and Teachers in Space, among others.
Sep 30, 2025
12:00 AM

Obzor-R No.1

Earth Science
TBD
LSP: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
The Russian Obzor-R satellite is a planned X-band radar earth observation satellite designed by TsSKB-Progress. In 2012, the development of the Arkon-2M radar satellite was stopped and instead the development of the Obzor-R was initiated. The satellite features the BRLK X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar as the imaging instrument with a ground resolution of 500 m.
Sep 30, 2025
12:00 AM

Project Kuiper (Vulcan #1)

Communications
TBD
LSP: United Launch Alliance
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. 45 satellites will be carried on each Vulcan launch.
Oct 21, 2025
1:58 AM

HTV-X1

Resupply
Go
LSP: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
First flight of the upgraded Japanese HTV-X spacecraft designed to resupply the International Space Station.
Jun 26, 2025
10:31 AM

Axiom Mission 4

Private
Station: International Space Station
Agency: Axiom Space
Axiom Mission 4
Apr 24, 2025
3:49 PM

Shenzhou 20

Government
Station: Tiangong space station
Agency: China National Space Administration
Shenzhou 20
Apr 19, 2025
9:57 PM

Expedition 73

Government
Station: International Space Station
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Expedition 73
Oct 30, 2024
3:00 AM

Shenzhou 19

Government
Station: Tiangong space station
Agency: China National Space Administration
Shenzhou 19
Sep 23, 2024
8:36 AM

Expedition 72

Government
Station: International Space Station
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Expedition 72
Apr 25, 2024
7:32 PM

Shenzhou 18

Government
Station: Tiangong space station
Agency: China National Space Administration
Shenzhou 18
Apr 6, 2024
3:53 AM

Expedition 71

Government
Station: International Space Station
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Expedition 71
Jan 20, 2024
10:42 AM

Axiom Mission 3

Private
Station: International Space Station
Agency: Axiom Space
Axiom Mission 3
Oct 26, 2023
9:46 AM

Shenzhou 17

Government
Station: Tiangong space station
Agency: China National Space Administration
Shenzhou 17
Sep 26, 2023
1:40 PM

Expedition 70

Multinational
Station: International Space Station
Agency: European Space Agency
Expedition 70
May 30, 2023
8:29 AM

Shenzhou 16

Government
Station: Tiangong space station
Agency: China National Space Administration
Shenzhou 16
May 22, 2023
1:12 PM

Axiom Mission 2

Private
Station: International Space Station
Agency: Axiom Space
Axiom Mission 2
Mar 28, 2023
9:57 AM

Expedition 69

Government
Station: International Space Station
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Expedition 69
Nov 29, 2022
9:42 PM

Shenzhou 15

Government
Station: Tiangong space station
Agency: China National Space Administration
Shenzhou 15
Sep 28, 2022
1:35 PM

Expedition 68

Government
Station: International Space Station
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Expedition 68
Jun 5, 2022
9:42 AM

Shenzhou 14

Government
Station: Tiangong space station
Agency: China National Space Administration
Shenzhou 14
Apr 9, 2022
12:29 PM

Axiom Mission 1

Private
Station: International Space Station
Agency: Axiom Space
Axiom Mission 1
Mar 30, 2022
7:21 AM

Expedition 67

Government
Station: International Space Station
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Expedition 67
Dec 8, 2021
12:00 AM

Soyuz MS-20

Station: International Space Station
Soyuz MS-20
Oct 17, 2021
1:14 AM

Expedition 66

Government
Station: International Space Station
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Expedition 66