2026 in spaceflight

This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the year 2026.

2026 in spaceflight

The Artemis 2 mission is scheduled to carry four astronauts on a flyby around the Moon in 2026.

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2026 in spaceflight

Timeline of spaceflight ← 2025 2027 →

NASA plans to launch the Artemis 2 mission on the Space Launch System, sending astronauts around the Moon on a ten-day lunar flyby.

Vast plans to launch the first ever commercial space station in 2026.^[1]

China plans to launch Chang'e 7 to explore the lunar south pole in late 2026.^[2] The mission will include an orbiter, a relay satellite, a lander, a rover, and a mini-flying probe.^[3]

China also plans to launch Xuntian, a large space telescope that will co-orbit with the Tiangong space station, in 2026.

Orbital launches

← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec →

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → January
January (TBD)[4]	Electron			Mahia LC-1A		Rocket Lab
		LOXSAT1	Eta Space	Low Earth (SSO)	Propellant depot Technology demonstration
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → February
5 February [5]	SLS Block 1			Kennedy LC-39B		NASA
		Artemis II (Integrity)	NASA	Lunar free-return	Crewed lunar flyby
		⚀ TACHELES	DLR	Heliocentric	TBA
		⚀ K-Rad Cube	KARI	Heliocentric	TBA
		⚀ TBA	SSA	Heliocentric	Space Weather
		⚀ ATENEA	CONAE	TBA	TBA
		⚀ TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
		First crewed test flight of SLS and Orion.
February (TBD)[6] [citation needed]	Minotaur IV			TBA		Northrop Grumman
		STPSat-7	United States Space Force	Low Earth	TBA
		Rawhide	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
		MAMBO	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
		AggieSat-6	Texas A&M University	Low Earth	TBA
		Auris	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
		ASTRA-HyRAX	Auburn University	Low Earth	TBA
		UNSA 16	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
		⚀ MISR-C1	SOCOM	Low Earth	Technology demonstration
		⚀ MOCI	University of Georgia,Athens	Low Earth	Technology demonstration
		⚀ INCA-2	NMSU	Low Earth	Ionospheric Research
		STP-S29A mission.
February (TBD)[7]	Firefly Alpha			Vandenberg SLC-2W		Firefly
		QuickSounder	NOAA	Low Earth	Meteorology
		First satellite in NOAA's Near Earth Orbit Network (NEON) Program.
Q1 (TBD) [8]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
		Cygnus NG-24	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics
		Last of four Cygnus spacecraft to be launched via Falcon 9.
February (TBD)[9][10]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape Canaveral or Vandenberg		SpaceX
		Vigoride	Momentus Space	Low Earth (SSO)	Space Tug
		Navigator	Argo Space	Low Earth (SSO)	Space Tug
		MULA	PhilSA / UP Diliman / DOST-ASTI	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		Gravitas	K2 Space	Low Earth (SSO)	Space Tug
		LumirX-1	Lumir1	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Verry-1A	Care Weather	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ ACEMS	NASA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ AEPEX	University of Colorado Boulder	Low Earth	Magnetospheric research
		⚀ GRITSS	NASA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ ExoTerra	NASA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Decimal-Sat 1	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Hyperfield-2	Kuva Space	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Sejong-3	HANCOM	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ COSMO	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ ICARUS 2.0	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ SAL-E	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ PERL-1A,1B	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ MARS-1A,1B	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ ERMINAZ 2U, 2V, 2X	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Phobos	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit, designated Transporter-16.
February (TBD) [11]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Vostochny Site 1S		Roscosmos
		Aist-2T №1[12]	Roscosmos	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		Aist-2T №2[12]	Roscosmos	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		Aist-ST	Roscosmos	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		Marafon №1, 2	Roscosmos	Low Earth (SSO)	IoT
		Tolou-3[13]	ISA	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance
		Zafar-2[14][15]	IUST	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		Payam	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Vladivostok-2	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Zorkiy-2M-3, 5, 7	Sputnix	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		⚀ QMR-KWT-2	MTUCI/Orbital Space/Sputnix	Low Earth (SSO)	Educational/Amateur Radio
		⚀ SamSat-ORION (SamSat-Mayak)	Samara University	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Khors 5	IKI RAN	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration
		⚀ Polytech Universe-6	SPbPU	Low Earth (SSO)	Remote sensing
		⚀ SITRO-AIS × 9	Sitronics Group	Low Earth (SSO)	AIS ship tracking
		⚀ SITRO-TD × 2	Sitronics Group	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration
		⚀ Leonov	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Lobachevsky	UNN, Lobachevsky University	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Grifon × 4	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ ODRSat-1	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Scorpio	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Yarilo 5	BMSTU	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ TELUM-LEO-1E 1, 2	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ MIET-SatLAB	MIET	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ RUVDSSat-1	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ TBA × 4	Sputnix	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ TBA × 2	STC	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ KAI-2	KNRTU-KAI	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ CubeSX-HSE 5		Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Skoltech-F	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Cholbon	Sakha Science Academy/Sputnix	Low Earth (SSO)	Educational/Amateur Radio
		⚀ Luča	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		GK Launch Services Rideshare Mission. Marafon-D are demonstrator satellite for the Sfera constellation.
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → March
31 March [16]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		SpaceX Crew-12	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 74 / 75
		Twelfth operational Crew Dragon mission to the ISS.
March (TBD)[17]	Soyuz-2.1a			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roscosmos
		Progress MS-33 / 94P	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics
March (TBD)[18][19]	Vulcan Centaur			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA
		NG-OPIR-GEO 1 (NGG-1)	U.S. Space Force	Geosynchronous	Early warning
		USSF-57 mission.[20] First satellite of the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent InfraRed (NG-OPIR) constellation, follow-up of SBIRS.
Q1 (TBD)[21][22]	New Glenn		NG-5	Cape Canaveral LC-36		Blue Origin
		Blue Moon Pathfinder Mission 1	Blue Origin	TLI to lunar surface	Lunar lander Technology demonstration
		Blue Moon Pathfinder Mission 1 (MK1-SN001), expected to launch between March and December 2026.
Q1 (TBD)[23]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		IM-3	Intuitive Machines	TLI to lunar surface	Lunar lander
		Khon1	Intuitive Machines	Earth–Moon L2	Lunar communications
		Lunar Vertex rover	NASA	TLI to lunar surface	Lunar rover
		CADRE × 3	NASA	TLI to lunar surface	Lunar rovers
		Third Nova-C lunar lander. Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) mission delivering payloads to Reiner Gamma.[24] ESA will provide the MoonLIGHT lunar laser retroreflector payload and the Package for Resource Observation and in-Situ Prospecting for Exploration, Commercial exploitation, and Transportation (PROSPECT).[25]
Q1 (TBD)[26]	PSLV-XL		N1	Satish Dhawan FLP		ISRO
		TDS-01	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Technology demonstration
		First fully privately built PSLV.
Q1 (TBD)[27]	PSLV-XL		C63	Satish Dhawan		ISRO
		Oceansat-3A[28]	ISRO	Low Earth (SSO)	Oceanography
Q1 (TBD)[29]	GSLV Mk II		F18	Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO
		EOS-05 (GISAT-1A)	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Earth observation
Q1 (TBD)[30][31]	Vulcan Centaur			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA
		WGS-11+ (PTS-P1)[32]	USSF/Northrop Grumman	Geosynchronous	Communications/Technology demonstration
		First WGS launch on Vulcan. On-orbit demonstration mission for the U.S. Space Force's Protected Tactical Satcom (PTS) program.
Q1 (TBD) [30]	Vulcan Centaur			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA
		LDPE-4 (ROOSTER-4)	United States Space Force	Geosynchronous	Technology demonstration
		TBA	USSF	TBA	TBA
		USSF-43 Mission.
Q1 (TBD)[33]	Vega-C			Kourou ELV		Arianespace
		SMILE	CAS / ESA	Highly elliptical	Earth observation
Q1 (TBD)[34]	Electron			Mahia LC-1		Rocket Lab
		Aspera	NASA	Low Earth	Astronomy
Q1 (TBD)[35][36]	Daytona I			TBA		Phantom Space
		⚀ Hurricane Hunter × 2	Phantom Space / TWA	Low Earth	Meteorology
		First pair of satellites for Tropical Weather Analytics' (TWA) Hurricane Hunter Satellite Constellation.
Q1 (TBD)[37]	Miura 5			Kourou		PLD Space
			PLD Space	Low Earth	Flight test
		First flight of Miura 5.
Q1 (TBD) [38]	Start-1M			Plesetsk		TBA
		TBA	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
Q1 (TBD)[39]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		ULTRASAT	ISA / Weizmann Institute of Science	Geosynchronous	Ultraviolet astronomy
Q1 (TBD)[40]	H3-22S		F9	Tanegashima LA-Y2		MHI
		QZS-7 (Michibiki-7)	CAO	Tundra	Navigation
		Quasi-geostationary (slight incline and eccentricity) orbit.
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → April
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → May
May (TBD)[41]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		Haven-1	Vast	Low Earth	Space habitat
		Single-module commercial space station.
May (TBD)[42][43]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		Ax-5	SpaceX / Axiom Space / ESA	Low Earth (ISS)	Private spaceflight
		Axiom Mission 5, launching on Crew Dragon. 14-day commercial flight of four astronauts to the International Space Station. Possibly all crew from UK to launch to ISS.
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → June
June (TBD)[41]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		Vast-1	Vast	Low Earth (Haven-1)	Private spaceflight
		First crewed mission to Vast's Haven-1 commercial space station.
June (TBD) [44]	Falcon Heavy/Vulcan Centaur			Cape Canaveral or Kennedy		SpaceX/ULA
		Tetra-5	USSF	Geosynchronous	Technology demonstration
		TBA	Orbit Fab	Geosynchronous	TBA
		ASP-R	USSF/Astroscale	Geosynchronous	TBA
June (TBD)[9]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape Canaveral or Vandenberg		SpaceX
		TBA	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit, designated Transporter-17.
Q2 (TBD)[45]	New Glenn		NG-6	Cape Canaveral LC-36		Blue Origin
		KuiperSat × 49	Kuiper Systems	Low Earth	Communications
		First of 12 New Glenn launches for Amazon's Project Kuiper.
Q2 (TBD)[46][47]	LVM3			Satish Dhawan		ISRO
		GSAT-32 (GSAT-N3)	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Communications
		GSAT-32 is also Known as GSAT-N3. Planned replacement for GSAT-6A.[48]
Q2 (TBD)[49]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
		Elytra Dark	Firefly	Low Earth to TLI	Space Tug
		Blue Ghost M2	NASA / Firefly	TLI to lunar surface	Lunar lander
		Rashid-2	MBRSC	TLI to lunar surface	Lunar Rover
		Lunar Pathfinder[50]	SSTL / ESA	Selenocentric (ELFO)	Communications
		Second Blue Ghost mission. Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) mission delivering two payloads to the far side of the Moon.[51]
Q2 (TBD)[52][53]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape Canaveral or Kennedy		SpaceX
		CHORUS C	MDA	Low Earth	Earth observation
		CHORUS X	MDA	Low Earth	Earth observation
Q2 (TBD)[54][55]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		VICTUS SURGO (Helios 1)	Impulse Space	Low Earth to Geosynchronous	Space domain awareness
		Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) Mission.
H1 2026 (TBD)[56]	Ariane 64			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		Intelsat 45	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications
Mid 2026 (TBD)[57]	Starship			TBA		SpaceX
		Starship HLS	SpaceX	TLI to lunar surface	Lunar lander
		FLEX	Astrolab	TLI to lunar surface	Lunar rover Technology demonstration
		Uncrewed Starship HLS rideshare mission to the lunar south pole. Astrolab's Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover will compete in NASA's Lunar Terrain Vehicle competition.
Mid 2026 (TBD)[58][59]	TBA			Kourou		Arianespace
		⚀ CubeSpec	ESA	Low Earth	Hyperspectral astronomy
Q2 (TBD)[60][61]	Vulcan Centaur			Vandenberg SLC-3E		ULA
		Tracking Layer Tranche 1 × 7	SDA	Low Earth	Missile tracking
		Second of five launches for the Space Development Agency's Tracking Layer Tranche 1 (Tranche 1 Tracking Layer B Mission).
Q2 (TBD)[60][61]	Vulcan Centaur			Vandenberg SLC-3E		ULA
		Tracking Layer Tranche 1 × 7	SDA	Low Earth	Missile tracking
		Fourth of five launches for the Space Development Agency's Tracking Layer Tranche 1 (Tranche 1 Tracking Layer D Mission).
Q2 (TBD)[62]	Vulcan Centaur			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA
		TBA	NRO	TBA	TBA
		NROL-64 Mission. First NRO launch on Vulcan.
Q2 (TBD)[63]	Vulcan Centaur			Vandenberg SLC-3E		ULA
		TBA	NRO	TBA	TBA
		NROL-83 Mission. First Vulcan Centaur launch from Vandenberg.
Q2 (TBD)[64][65]	Vulcan Centaur VC4S			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA
		TBA	U.S. Space Force	TBA	Reconnaissance
		USSF-112 Mission.
Q2 (TBD)[66]	Vulcan Centaur VC2S			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA
		GPS III-10 Hedy Lamarr	U.S. Space Force	Medium Earth	Navigation
		Named after American actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr. Originally planned to launch on a Falcon 9, GPS III-10 was shifted to Vulcan when GPS III-07, intended to launch on Vulcan, was moved to the Falcon 9 in mid-2024 following Vulcan readiness concerns.
Q2 (TBD)[67][65]	Vulcan Centaur			Vandenberg SLC-3E		ULA
		TBA	U.S. Space Force	TBA	Reconnaissance
		USSF-114 Mission.
Q2 (TBD)[68]	Antares 330			MARS LP-0A		Northrop Grumman
		Cygnus NG-22	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics
		First flight of the Antares 330 variant.
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → July
July (TBD)[69]	Vega-C			Kourou ELV		Arianespace
		ClearSpace-1	ClearSpace SA (EPFL)	Low Earth	Space debris removal
		ClearSpace-1 will capture and de-orbit the PROBA-1 satellite.[70]
July (TBD)[71]	Soyuz-2.1a			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roscosmos
		Soyuz MS-29	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 74/75
July (TBD)[17]	Soyuz-2.1a			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roscosmos
		Progress MS-34 / 95P	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → August
August (TBD)[60][61]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX
		Transport Layer Tranche 2 × 7	SDA	Low Earth	Missile tracking
		First of third launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 2 (Tranche 2 Transport Layer A Mission).
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → September
September (TBD)[60][61]	Vulcan Centaur			Vandenberg SLC-3E		ULA
		Transport Layer Tranche 2 × 7	SDA	Low Earth	Missile tracking
		Second of three launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 2 (T2TR-B Mission).
Q3 (TBD)[72]	Atlas V N22			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA
		Boeing Starliner-1 (PCM-1)	Boeing / NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	TBA
		First operational Starliner mission, as part of the Commercial Crew Program.
Q3 (TBD)[73]	Ariane 62			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		MetOp-SG B1[74]	EUMETSAT	Low Earth (SSO)	Meteorology
		Second of six MetOp-SG launches.[75]
Q3 (TBD)[73]	Ariane 64[76]			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		MTG-I2[77]	EUMETSAT	Geosynchronous	Meteorology
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → October
October (TBD)[9]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape Canaveral or Vandenberg		SpaceX
		FORMOSAT-8B[78][79]	TASA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit, designated Transporter-18.
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → November
November (TBD)[17]	Soyuz-2.1a			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roscosmos
		Progress MS-35 / 96P	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → December
December (TBD)[80]	Ariane 62[81]			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		PLATO	ESA	Sun–Earth L2	Exoplanetary science
Q4 (TBD)[82]	Falcon 9 Block 5[83]			Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		APEX 1.0	ispace U.S. / Draper / NASA	TLI to lunar surface	Lunar lander
		TBA	TBA	Selenocentric	Lunar communications
		First flight of ispace's APEX 1.0 lunar lander, as part of ispace Mission 3. Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) mission delivering payloads to Schrödinger Basin. The Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment (LuSEE), a flight spare of the FIELDS instrument on the Parker Solar Probe, will fly on this mission.[84]
Q4 (TBD)[85]	Falcon Heavy			Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		Griffin-II	Astrobotic	TLI to lunar surface	Lunar lander
		Third Astrobotic lunar lander mission, targeting a site near the lunar south pole. Astrobotic's LunaGrid-Lite aims to demonstrate high voltage power transmission from the lander to a tethered CubeRover.[86]
Q4 (TBD)[87]	Eclipse			MARS LP-0A		Firefly Aerospace / Northrop Grumman
		TBA	Firefly Aerospace	Low Earth	Flight test
		First test flight of Firefly's Eclipse, utilizing the same first stage used on Antares 330, a new Firefly-developed second stage with a single Vira engine, and a new payload fairing by Northrop Grumman.
Q4 (TBD)[88]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape Canaveral or Kennedy		SpaceX
		O3b mPOWER 11 (O3b FM31)	SES S.A.	Medium Earth	Communications
		O3b mPOWER 12 (O3b FM32)	SES S.A.	Medium Earth	Communications
		O3b mPOWER 13 (O3b FM33)	SES S.A.	Medium Earth	Communications
Q4 (TBD)[89]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Plesetsk Site 43		Roscosmos
		Ekspress-RV1	RSCC	Highly elliptical	Communications
		First satellite of the Ekspress-RV constellation. Ekspress-RV will cover Russia's Far North, which is inaccessible to the main Ekspress constellation in geosynchronous orbit.[90][91]
Q4 (TBD)[92]	Ariane 64			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		TBA	TBA	Geosynchronous	TBA
		Multi-Launch Service (MLS) #1 rideshare mission.
Q4 (TBD)[2]	Long March 5			Wenchang LC-1		CASC
		Chang'e 7 orbiter	CNSA	Selenocentric	Lunar orbiter
		Chang'e 7 relay satellite	CNSA	Selenocentric	Communications
		Chang'e 7 lander	CNSA	Selenocentric to lunar surface	Lunar lander
		The Rashid 2 rover was removed from this mission due to ITAR concerns. A new 6 Meter Fairing will be used in this mission.[93]
Q4 (TBD)[94]	Long March 5B		5B-Y?	Wenchang LC-1		CASC
		Xuntian	CNSA	Low Earth (TSS)	Space astronomy
		Xuntian ("Heavenly Cruiser"), also known as the Chinese Survey Space Telescope or Chinese Space Station Telescope (CSST), will co-orbit with the Tiangong space station.[95]
Q4 (TBD)[73][96]	Vega-C			Kourou ELV		Arianespace
		CO2M-A (Sentinel-7A)[97]	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		First satellite of the Copernicus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Monitoring mission.[98] Part of the European Space Agency's Copernicus Programme.
Q4 (TBD)[99]	Vulcan Centaur VC4L[100]			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA
		SSC Demo-1	NASA / Sierra Space	Low Earth	Flight test
		Dream Chaser demonstration mission.
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → To be determined
2026 (TBD)[101][102]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Plesetsk		RVSN RF
		Kosmos (GLONASS-K 19L (K1 №7))	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation
2026 (TBD)[103][102]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Plesetsk Site 43		RVSN RF
		Kosmos (GLONASS-K 20L (K1 №8))	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation
2026 (TBD) [104][105]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Plesetsk Site 43		RVSN RF
		Kosmos (GLONASS-K2 25L (K2 №4))	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation
2026 (TBD) [104][106]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Plesetsk Site 43		RVSN RF
		Kosmos (GLONASS-V 11L (V №1))	VKS	Highly elliptical	Navigation
		First of six initial satellites in highly elliptical orbits.
2026 (TBD) [104][107]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Plesetsk Site 43		RVSN RF
		Kosmos (GLONASS-V 12L (V №2))	VKS	Highly elliptical	Navigation
2026 (TBD)[108][109]	Angara A5M			Vostochny Site 1A		Roscosmos
		TBA	Roscosmos	Low Earth	Flight test
		Maiden flight of the Angara A5M.
2026 (TBD)[110][111]	Angara A5 / DM-03[112]			Plesetsk		Roscosmos
		Luch-5M №1[113]	Gonets Satellite System	Geosynchronous	Communications
2026 (TBD) [114][102]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat			Vostochny Site 1S		TBA
		Piksel-VR №1	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
		Piksel-VR №2	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
2026 (TBD) [115][102]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Vostochny Site 1S		Roscosmos
		TELNET 01-30	TELNET	Low Earth	TBA
2026 (TBD) [116][102]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Vostochny Site 1S		Roscosmos
		TELNET 31-60	TELNET	Low Earth	TBA
2026 (TBD)[117][118]	SSLV		S2	Satish Dhawan		ISRO
		TBA	ISRO	Low Earth	TBA
		Azista60°	Azista BST Aerospace	Low Earth	TBA
2026 (TBD)[119]	HLVM 3			Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO
		Gaganyaan-2 / G2	ISRO	Low Earth	Flight test
		Second Gaganyaan flight test. Will carry the Vyommitra humanoid robot.[120]
2026 (TBD)[121][119]	HLVM 3			Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO
		Gaganyaan-3 / G3	ISRO	Low Earth	Flight test
		Third Gaganyaan flight test. Will carry the Vyommitra humanoid robot.[121][120]
2026 (TBD)[122][123]	PSLV			Satish Dhawan FLP		ISRO
		THEOS-2A	GISTDA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
2026 (TBD)[124][125]	PSLV-XL			Satish Dhawan		ISRO
		Cartosat-3A	ISRO	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
2026 (TBD)[27]	PSLV-XL			Satish Dhawan		ISRO
		Resourcesat-3	ISRO	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
2026 (TBD)[124]	PSLV		N2	Satish Dhawan		ISRO
		TBA	NSIL	Low Earth	TBA
		⚀ Aadyah	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
		⚀ Sanskardhaam	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
		⚀ DS P30 x2	Dhruva Space	Low Earth	Earth observation
		Second fully privately built PSLV.
2026 (TBD)[126]	Angara-1.2			Plesetsk Site 35/1		Roscosmos
		Gonets-M1 №1	Gonets Satellite System	Low Earth	Communications
		Gonets-M1 №2	Gonets Satellite System	Low Earth	Communications
		Gonets-M1 №3	Gonets Satellite System	Low Earth	Communications
		Gonets-M1 №4	Gonets Satellite System	Low Earth	Communications
		Gonets-M1 №5	Gonets Satellite System	Low Earth	Communications
		Gonets-M1 №6	Gonets Satellite System	Low Earth	Communications
2026 (TBD)[127]	GSLV Mk II			Satish Dhawan		ISRO
		IDRSS-1 (CMS-04)	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Communications
		First of two Satellite for Indian Data Relay satellite System.
2026 (TBD)[128]	PSLV-XL			Satish Dhawan		ISRO
		ANVESHA	DRDO	Low Earth	TBA
2026 (TBD)[129]	Daytona I			Vandenberg SLC-5		Phantom Space
		AFNIO × ?	Ingenu	Low Earth	IoT
		Will launch "the majority of" Ingenu's 72-satellite AFNIO constellation.
2026 (TBD)[130]	Daytona I			Vandenberg SLC-5		Phantom Space
		⚀ TBA	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
		CubeSat Launch Initiative contract awarded by NASA.
2026 (TBD)[131][132]	Angara 1.2			Plesetsk Site 35/1		Roscosmos
		Gonets-M 26	Gonets Satellite System	Low Earth	Communications
		Gonets-M 27	Gonets Satellite System	Low Earth	Communications
		Gonets-M 28	Gonets Satellite System	Low Earth	Communications
2026 (TBD)[133]	Angara 1.2			Plesetsk Site 35/1		RVSN RF
		Strela-3M №22	VKS	Low Earth	TBA
		Strela-3M №23	VKS	Low Earth	TBA
		Strela-3M №24	VKS	Low Earth	TBA
NET 2026 (TBD)[134]	H3			Tanegashima LA-Y2		MHI
		Inmarsat TBA	Inmarsat	Geosynchronous	Communications
2026 (TBD)[124]	GSLV Mk II			Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO
		NVS-04 (IRNSS-1M)	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Navigation
		Next generation NaVic satellite.
2026 (TBD)[124]	GSLV Mk II			Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO
		NVS-05 (IRNSS-1N)	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Navigation
		Next generation NaVic satellite.
2026 (TBD)[135][136]	Neutron			MARS LC-3		Rocket Lab
		Photon relay satellite	Rocket Lab	Heliocentric to Venus	Venus flyby
		Venus Life Finder	MIT / Rocket Lab	Heliocentric to Venus	Venus entry probe
		The Venus Life Finder atmospheric-entry probe will search for phosphine and other potential biosignatures for life on Venus.[137][138] First of three MIT missions to Venus.
2026 (TBD) [139]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat			Vostochny Site 1S		TBA
		Skif × ?	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
2026 (TBD)[60][61]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX
		Transport Layer Tranche 2 × 7	SDA	Low Earth	Missile tracking
		Third of ten launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 2 (Tranche 2 Transport Layer C Mission).
2026 (TBD)[60][61]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX
		Transport Layer Tranche 2 × 7	SDA	Low Earth	Missile tracking
		Fourth of ten launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 2 (Tranche 2 Transport Layer D Mission).
2026 (TBD)[60][61]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX
		Transport Layer Tranche 2 × 7	SDA	Low Earth	Missile tracking
		Fifth of ten launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 2 (Tranche 2 Transport Layer E Mission).
2026 (TBD)[60][61]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX
		Transport Layer Tranche 2 × 7	SDA	Low Earth	Missile tracking
		Sixth of ten launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 2 (Tranche 2 Transport Layer F Mission).
2026 (TBD)[60][61]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX
		Transport Layer Tranche 2 × 7	SDA	Low Earth	Missile tracking
		Seventh of ten launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 2 (Tranche 2 Transport Layer G Mission).
2026 (TBD)[60][61]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX
		Transport Layer Tranche 2 × 7	SDA	Low Earth	Missile tracking
		Eighth of ten launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 2 (Tranche 2 Transport Layer H Mission).
2026 (TBD)[60][61]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX
		Transport Layer Tranche 2 × 7	SDA	Low Earth	Missile tracking
		Ninth of ten launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 2 (Tranche 2 Transport Layer I Mission).
2026 (TBD)[60][61]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX
		Transport Layer Tranche 2 × 7	SDA	Low Earth	Missile tracking
		Last of ten launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 2 (Tranche 2 Transport Layer J Mission).
2026 (TBD)[140]	Antares 330			MARS LP-0A		Northrop Grumman
		Cygnus NG-25	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics
2026 (TBD)[141]	Long March 5			Wenchang LC-1		CASC
		VOICE	CNSA	Heliocentric	Venus Orbiter
2026 (TBD)[141][142]	Long March 4B			Taiyuan LC-9		CASC
		HaiYang 2E[143]	Ministry of Natural Resources	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
2026 (TBD)[141][142]	Long March 4B			Jiuquan SLS-2		CASC
		HaiYang 2F[144][145]	Ministry of Natural Resources	Low Earth	Earth observation
2026 (TBD)[146]	Long March 2C		2C-Y?	Jiuquan SLS-2		CASC
		Siwei Gaojing 1-05 (SuperView Neo 1-05)		Low Earth	Earth Observation
		Siwei Gaojing 1-06 (SuperView Neo 1-06)		Low Earth	Earth Observation
2026 (TBD)[147]	Long March 2D		2D-Y?	Jiuquan SLS-2		CASC
		Siwei Gaojing 3-03 (SuperView Neo 3-03)		Low Earth	Earth Observation
2026 (TBD)[141]	Long March 4B			Jiuquan SLS-2		CASC
		Fengyun 3I (Fengyun 3RM-2)	CMA	Low Earth	Meteorology
2026 (TBD)[141]	Long March 5			Wenchang LC-1		CASC
		Fengyun-5A	CMA	Geosynchronous	Meteorology
2026 (TBD)[148][149]	Ariane 64			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		Intelsat 41	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications
		Intelsat 44	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications
2026 (TBD)[150]	Ariane 64			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		Uhura-1 (Node-1)[151]	Skyloom	Geosynchronous	Communications
		Rideshare mission.[152]
2026 (TBD)[153][154]	Ariane 62			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		Galileo FOC FM31	ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation
		Galileo FOC FM32	ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation
2026 (TBD)[154]	Ariane 62			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		Galileo FOC FM33	ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation
		Galileo FOC FM34	ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation
		Final batch of first generation Galileo-FOC satellites.
2026 (TBD)[155]	Ariane 6			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		Galileo G2G-1	ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation
		Galileo G2G-2	ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation
		First Galileo Second Generation (G2) launch.
2026 (TBD)[156][157]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape Canaveral or Kennedy		SpaceX
		Arabsat-7A	Arabsat	Geosynchronous	Communications
2026 (TBD)[158]	Falcon 9 Block 5					SpaceX
		Lightspeed × 18	Telesat	Low Earth (SSO)	Communications
		First of 14 Falcon 9 launches for Telesat's Lightspeed LEO constellation.
2026 (TBD)[159]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape Canaveral or Kennedy		SpaceX
		Skynet 6A	Airbus Defence and Space / UK Ministry of Defence	Geosynchronous	Military communications
		Falcon 9 First Stage Booster will be expended in this mission.
2026 (TBD)[160]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape Canaveral or Kennedy		SpaceX
		MRV	Northrop Grumman / DARPA	Geosynchronous	Satellite servicing
		MEP × 3	Northrop Grumman	Geosynchronous	Satellite servicing
		The Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) will carry DARPA's Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Spacecraft (RSGS) Robotic Payload.[161] It will install three propulsion jet packs, referred to as Mission Extension Pods (MEP), on satellites that are nearing the end of their operational lifespans. Two of the three MEPs will be installed on Optus D3 and an Intelsat satellite.[162]
2026 (TBD) [163]	Falcon Heavy			Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		EchoStar-25	EchoStar	Geosynchronous	Communications
2026 (TBD)[164]	Falcon 9 Block 5			TBA		SpaceX
		Transport Layer Tranche 1 × 21	SDA	Low Earth (SSO)	Military communications
		Fifth of six launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 1 (Tranche 1 Transport Layer E Mission).
2026 (TBD)[164]	Falcon 9 Block 5			TBA		SpaceX
		Transport Layer Tranche 1 × 21	SDA	Low Earth (SSO)	Military communications
		Last of six launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 1 (Tranche 1 Transport Layer F Mission).
2026 (TBD)[60][61]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX
		Tracking Layer Tranche 1 × 7	SDA	Low Earth	Missile tracking
		Third of five launches for the Space Development Agency's Tracking Layer Tranche 1 (Tranche 1 Tracking Layer C Mission).
2026 (TBD)[60][61]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX
		Tracking Layer Tranche 1 × 7	SDA	Low Earth	Missile tracking
		Last of five launches for the Space Development Agency's Tracking Layer Tranche 1 (Tranche 1 Tracking Layer E Mission).
2026 (TBD)[165]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		SpaceX CRS-34	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics
2026 (TBD)[166]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		SpaceX CRS-35	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics
2026 (TBD)[167]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape Canaveral or Kennedy		SpaceX
		WorldView Legion 7-12	Maxar Technologies	Low Earth	Earth observation
		First six Block 2 WorldView Legion Satellites.
2026 (TBD)[168]	Falcon Heavy			Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		TBA	U.S. Space Force	TBA	TBA
		USSF-75 Mission.
2026 (TBD)[169]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX
		Rivada × 24	Rivada Space Networks	Low Earth (SSO)	Communications
		First of twelve launches for Rivada Space Networks' 300-satellite constellation.
2026 (TBD)[170]	Firefly Alpha			Vandenberg SLC-2W		Firefly
		TBA	L3Harris	Low Earth	TBA
		First of three dedicated launches for L3Harris.
2026 (TBD)[170]	Firefly Alpha			Vandenberg SLC-2W		Firefly
		TBA	L3Harris	Low Earth	TBA
		Second of three dedicated launches for L3Harris.
2026 (TBD)[170]	Firefly Alpha			Vandenberg SLC-2W		Firefly
		TBA	L3Harris	Low Earth	TBA
		Third of three dedicated launches for L3Harris.
2026 (TBD)[171]	GSLV Mk II			Satish Dhawan		ISRO
		RLV	ISRO	Low Earth	TBA
		RLV-ORV Mission.
JFY2026 (TBD)[172][173]	H3-24L			Tanegashima LA-Y2		MHI
		ETS-9 (Kiku 9)	JAXA / NICT	Geosynchronous	Communications Technology demonstration
		ETS-9 will carry the High Speed Communication with Advanced Laser Instrument (HICALI), which will demonstrate 10 Gbps laser communications between geosynchronous orbit and ground-stations.[174][175]
JFY2026 (TBD)[172]	H3-24			Tanegashima LA-Y2		MHI
		HTV-X2	JAXA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics
JFY2026 (TBD)[172]	H3-24			Tanegashima LA-Y2		MHI
		HTV-X3	JAXA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics
JFY2026 (TBD)[172]	H3			Tanegashima LA-Y2		MHI
		IGS-Optical Diversification 1	CSICE	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance
		First of a new generation of IGS-Optical satellites.
2026 (TBD)[176]	H3-24L			Tanegashima LA-Y2		MHI
		Martian Moons eXploration (MMX)	JAXA	Areocentric	Mars orbiter Phobos sample return
		IDEFIX[177]	DLR / CNES	Areocentric	Mars rover
		Sample return mission from Phobos.
2026 (TBD)[178]	Long March 10A			Wenchang LC-3		CASC
			CNSA	Low Earth	Flight test
		First flight of the single-core Long March 10A variant.
H2 2026 (TBD)[179]	MLV			MARS LP-0A		Firefly
			Firefly	Low Earth	Flight test
		Maiden flight of Firefly's Medium Launch Vehicle (MLV), previously known as Firefly Beta.
2026 (TBD)[180]	Nuri (KSLV-II)			Naro LC-2		KARI
		TBA	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		Fifth planned launch of Nuri, and the first with solely commercial payloads.
2026 (TBD) [181]	Proton-M / Briz-M			Baikonur Site 200/39		Glavkosmos
		Ekvator (IRN-30B-34E)[182]	ISA	Geosynchronous	Communications
		Communications satellite built by ISS Reshetnev for Iran.
2026 (TBD)[183][184]	Proton-M / Briz-M P4			Baikonur		Roscosmos
		Ekspress-AMU4	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communications
		Ekspress-AMU4 will replace Ekspress-AM44.
2026 (TBD)[185]	PSLV			Satish Dhawan		ISRO
		TRISHNA	CNES / ISRO	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		Third collaborative satellite mission between France and India.[186]
2026 (TBD)[187][110][111]	Proton-M / Briz-M[188][112]			Baikonur		Roscosmos
		Yamal-501	Gazprom Space Systems	Geosynchronous	Communications
		Luch-5VM №1[113]	Gonets Satellite System	Geosynchronous	Communications
2026 (TBD) [104][189]	Rokot-M / Briz-KM			Plesetsk Site 133		RVSN RF
		Kosmos (Strela-3M №32)	VKS	Low Earth	TBA
		Kosmos (Strela-3M №33)	VKS	Low Earth	TBA
		Kosmos (Strela-3M №34)	VKS	Low Earth	TBA
2026 (TBD)[190]	Soyuz-6			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roscosmos
		TBA	Roscosmos	Low Earth	Flight test
		First flight of the Soyuz-6.
2026 (TBD)[191]	Soyuz-2.1b			Vostochny Site 1S		Roscosmos
		Resurs-PM №1[192]	Roscosmos	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
2026 (TBD)[191]	Soyuz-2.1b			Vostochny Site 1S		Roscosmos
		Resurs-PM №2[192]	Roscosmos	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
2026 (TBD)[193]	Soyuz-2.1a			Vostochny Site 1S		Roscosmos
		Obzor-R №2[194]	Roscosmos	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
2026 (TBD)[195]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat			Baikonur		Roscosmos
		Arktika-M №4[196]	Roscosmos	Molniya	Meteorology
2026 (TBD)[197]	Spectrum			Andøya		Isar Aerospace
		⚀ OroraTech × ?	OroraTech	Low Earth (SSO)	Wildfire monitoring
		First of multiple Spectrum launches for OroraTech.
2026 (TBD)[198]	Spectrum			Andøya		Isar Aerospace
		ION SCV	D-Orbit	Low Earth (SSO)	CubeSat deployer
2026 (TBD)[199]	Spectrum			Andøya		Isar Aerospace
		TBA	Airbus Defence and Space	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
2026 (TBD)[200]	Spectrum			Kourou Diamant		Isar Aerospace
		TBA	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		First Spectrum launch from the Guiana Space Centre.
2026 (TBD)[201]	Spectrum or Falcon 9 Block 5			Andøya or Cape Canaveral		Isar Aerospace or SpaceX
		TBA × 3	KSAT	Low Earth (SSO)	Maritime surveillance
2026 (TBD)[202]	Spectrum			Andøya		Isar Aerospace
		Sherpa OTV	Spaceflight, Inc.	Low Earth (SSO)	Space tug
		Dedicated rideshare mission.
2026 (TBD)[203]	SSLV			Satish Dhawan		ISRO
		Optimus	Space Machines Company	Low Earth	Space tug
		Space MAITRI (Mission for Australia-India's Technology, Research and Innovation). First dedicated commercial SSLV launch.
2026 (TBD)[204]	Terran R			Cape Canaveral LC-16		Relativity Space
		Mars Lander	Impulse Space	TMI to Martian surface	Mars lander
		Maiden flight of Terran R.[205] Impulse Mars mission.[206]
2026 (TBD)[205][207]	Terran R			Vandenberg B-330		Relativity Space
		Iridium NEXT 182[208]	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications
		A spare Iridium NEXT satellite to be launched on-demand.[209] Relativity was previously contracted to launch up to six spare satellites for Iridium.[210]
2026 (TBD)[205][211]	Terran R			Cape Canaveral LC-16		Relativity Space
		OneWeb × ?	OneWeb	Low Earth	Communications
		First of multiple Terran R launches for OneWeb's Gen 2 constellation.
2026 (TBD)[205][212]	Terran R			Cape Canaveral LC-16		Relativity Space
		STP-TBA	U.S. Space Force	Low Earth	Military
2026 (TBD)[205][213]	Terran R			Cape Canaveral LC-16		Relativity Space
		Vigoride	Momentus Space	Geosynchronous	Space tug
2026 (TBD)[214][215]	Terran R			Cape Canaveral LC-16		Relativity Space
		⚀ TBA	NASA	Low Earth	TBA
		NASA Venture Class Launch Services 2 (VCLS 2) Mission, officially known as VCLS Demo-2R. The ELaNa 42 mission, consisting of three CubeSats, will launch on this flight.[216]
2026 (TBD)[205][217]	Terran R			Cape Canaveral LC-16		Relativity Space
		TBA	mu Space	Low Earth	IoT
2026 (TBD)[205][218]	Terran R			Cape Canaveral LC-16		Relativity Space
		Dedicated rideshare mission	Spaceflight, Inc.	Low Earth	Satellite dispenser
		Rideshare mission for smallsats.
2026 (TBD)[205][219]	Terran R			Cape Canaveral LC-16		Relativity Space
		Dedicated rideshare mission	TriSept	Low Earth	Satellite dispenser
2026 (TBD)[73][96]	Vega-C			Kourou ELV		Arianespace
		Sentinel-3C	EUMETSAT	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		Third Sentinel-3 satellite.
2026 (TBD)[220][221]	Vega-C			Kourou ELV		Arianespace
		ALTIUS	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		FLEX	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		FLEX is the eighth Earth Explorer of the Living Planet Programme.
2026 (TBD)[222]	Vega-C			Kourou ELV		Arianespace
		CSG-4	ASI	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		Fourth COSMO-SkyMed 2nd Generation satellite.
2026 (TBD)[223][224]	Vega-C			Kourou ELV		Arianespace
		EAGLE-1	SES S.A.	Low Earth	Quantum key distribution
2026 (TBD)[225]	Volans			TBA		Equatorial Space
			Equatorial Space	Low Earth	Flight test
		Maiden flight of Volans, and the first orbital flight of a launch vehicle developed in Singapore.[226]
2026 (TBD)[30]	Vulcan Centaur			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA
		TBA	U.S. Space Force	TBA	TBA
		USSF-16 Mission.
2026 (TBD)[30]	Vulcan Centaur			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA
		TBA	U.S. Space Force	TBA	TBA
		USSF-23 Mission.
2026 (TBD)[168]	Vulcan Centaur			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA
		MTC Epoch-1 1	U.S. Space Force	Medium Earth	Missile tracking
		USSF-95 Mission.
2026 (TBD)[168]	Vulcan Centaur			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA
		SIRI-3	NRL	Low Earth	TBA
		PUMA	AFRL	Low Earth	TBA
		STP-5 Mission.
2026 (TBD)[168]	Vulcan Centaur VC6S			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA
		Silentbarker 4	NRO/USSF	Geosynchronous	Space Situational Awareness
		Silentbarker 5	NRO/USSF	Geosynchronous	Space Situational Awareness
		Silentbarker 6	NRO/USSF	Geosynchronous	Space Situational Awareness
		NROL-118 Mission.
2026 (TBD)[168]	Vulcan Centaur			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA
		TBA	NRO	TBA	TBA
		NROL-109 Mission.
2026 (TBD)[168]	Vulcan Centaur			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA
		TBA	NRO	TBA	TBA
		NROL-56 Mission.
2026 (TBD)[168]	Vulcan Centaur			Vandenberg SLC-3E		ULA
		TBA	NRO	TBA	TBA
		NROL-73 Mission.
2026 (TBD)[168]	Vulcan Centaur			Vandenberg SLC-3E		ULA
		TBA	NRO	TBA	TBA
		NROL-100 Mission.
2026 (TBD)[227][228]	RFA One			Andøya		RFA
		⚀ E.T.PACK	SENER Aeroespacial / UC3M	Low Earth	Electrodynamic tether demonstration
2026 (TBD)[229]	RFA One			Andøya		RFA
		Harmony 1	Plus Ultra	Selenocentric	Lunar communications
		First of eight satellites for Harmony, Plus Ultra's lunar communications and navigation constellation.
2026 (TBD)[230]	RFA One			Andøya		RFA
		SUPREME	Neutron Star Systems	Low Earth	Technology demonstration
2026 (TBD)[231]	RFA One			Andøya		RFA
		TBA	LuxSpace	Low Earth	TBA
		Dedicated launch contract for LuxSpace.
2026 (TBD)[231]	RFA One			Andøya		RFA
		TBA	OHB Cosmos	Low Earth	TBA
		Dedicated launch contract for OHB Cosmos.
2026 (TBD)[232]	RFA One			Andøya		RFA
		TBA	OHB Sweden	Low Earth	TBA
		Dedicated launch contract for OHB Sweden.
2026 (TBD)[233]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		Canadensys Lunar Rover	Canadensys / CSA	TLI to lunar surface	Lunar rover
		First Canadian lunar rover. Will fly as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative.
2026 (TBD)[234]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		Ardoride	Momentus Space	Selenocentric (LLO)	Space tug
		Canadensys LEAP payload[235][236]	Canadensys	Selenocentric (LLO)	Technology demonstration
		⚀ Zeus-MS × 2[234]	Qosmosys	Selenocentric (LLO)	Technology demonstration
		First Momentus Ardoride lunar rideshare mission.
2026 (TBD)[237]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		Flexsat	Eutelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications
2026 (TBD)[238]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		Inmarsat-7 F1 (GX 7)[239]	Inmarsat	Geosynchronous	Communications
		Inmarsat-7 F2 (GX 8)	Inmarsat	Geosynchronous	Communications
		Inmarsat-7 F3 (GX 9)	Inmarsat	Geosynchronous	Communications
		The satellites may launch on separate rockets, though they are designed to fit together in a single payload fairing.[240]
2026 (TBD)[241]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		Inmarsat-8 F1	Inmarsat	Geosynchronous	Communications
		Inmarsat-8 F2	Inmarsat	Geosynchronous	Communications
		Inmarsat-8 F3	Inmarsat	Geosynchronous	Communications
2026 (TBD)[148][242]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		Intelsat 42	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications
		Intelsat 43	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications
2026 (TBD)[243]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape Canaveral or Kennedy		SpaceX
		SXM-11	Sirius XM	Geosynchronous	Communications
2026 (TBD)[244][245]	TBA			TBA		CASC
		Xihe-2	Nanjing University / SAST	Sun–Earth L5	Solar observation

← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec →

Suborbital flights

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
25 January[246]	Black Brant IX			Poker Flat Research Range		NASA
		PolarNOx	Virginia Tech	Suborbital	Geospace science
25 January[246]	Black Brant IX			Poker Flat Research Range		NASA
		AURORA (BADASS)	Goddard Space Flight Center	Suborbital
		Black and Diffuse Aurora Science Surveyor (BADASS).
January (TBD)[247]	VSB-30			Esrange		CNES
		CRYOFENIX II	CNES	Suborbital	Technology demonstration
2 February[246]	Black Brant IX			Poker Flat Research Range		NASA
		OGRE	Penn State University	Suborbital	X-ray astronomy
		Off-Plane Grating Rocket Experiment (OGRE).
10 February[246]	Black Brant IX			Poker Flat Research Range		NASA
		GNEISS	Dartmouth College	Suborbital	Auroral science
		First of two launches.[248]
10 February[246]	Black Brant IX			Poker Flat Research Range		NASA
		GNEISS	Dartmouth College	Suborbital	Auroral science
		Second of two launches.[248]
1 March[246]	Black Brant IX			White Sands Missile Range		NASA
		VERIS-2	United States Naval Research Laboratory	Suborbital	Solar observation
23 March[246]	Terrier-Improved Malemute?			Wallops Flight Facility		NASA
		Subtec-10	Wallops Flight Facility	Suborbital	Technology demonstration
March (TBD)[247]	Improved Orion			Esrange		MORABA / SNSA
		REXUS-35	DLR / SNSA	Suborbital	Education
March (TBD)[247]	Improved Orion			Esrange		MORABA / SNSA
		REXUS-36	DLR / SNSA	Suborbital	Education
March (TBD)[249]	VS-50		V02	Alcântara		IAE/ DLR
		HEXAFLY	ESA	Suborbital	Hipersonic glider
April (TBD)[247]	VSB-30			Esrange		MORABA
		TEXUS-62	DLR / ESA	Suborbital	Microgravity research
May (TBD)[247]	VSB-30		S1X-6/M18	Esrange		SSC
		MASER-18	SSC	Suborbital	Microgravity research
		SubOrbital Express Microgravity flight opportunity 6.
May (TBD)[247]	Red Kite/Impr. Malemute			Esrange		MORABA
		MAPHEUS-17	DLR	Suborbital	Microgravity research
1 June[246]	Black Brant IX			White Sands Missile Range		NASA
		LXT	University of Miami	Suborbital	Astrophysics
1 June[246]	Black Brant IX			Wallops Flight Facility		NASA
		Dynamo-3	Goddard Space Flight Center	Suborbital	Geospace science
		First of two launches
1 June[246]	Black Brant IX			Wallops Flight Facility		NASA
		Dynamo-3	Goddard Space Flight Center	Suborbital	Geospace science
		Second of two launches
H1 2026 (TBD)[250]	Tronador II-70			Manuel Belgrano Space Center		CONAE
			CONAE	Low Earth	Flight test
		Maiden flight of Tronador II-70. Expected apogee: 150 km (93 mi).
H1 2026 (TBD)[251]	Perun			Santa Maria		Portugal Space ESA
		?		Suborbital
23 August[246]	Black Brant IX			Reagan Test Site		NASA
		Evex-2	Goddard Space Flight Center	Suborbital	Geospace science
		First of two launches
23 August[246]	Black Brant IX			Reagan Test Site		NASA
		Evex-2	Goddard Space Flight Center	Suborbital	Geospace science
		Second of two launches
October (TBD)[247]	Black Brant IX			Esrange		NASA
		LAMP 2	Goddard Space Flight Center	Suborbital	Auroral science
		Second LAMP mission; the first flew on 5 March 2022.[252]
1 November[246]	Black Brant XIIA			Andøya		NASA
		Ochre	University of Iowa	Suborbital	Geospace science
10 November[246]	Black Brant IX			Wallops Flight Facility		NASA
		Ochre	University of Arizona	Suborbital	Geospace science
November (TBD)[247]	VSB-30			Esrange		MORABA
		TEXUS-63	DLR / ESA	Suborbital	Microgravity research
H2 2026 (TBD)[251]	Perun			Eurospaceport North Sea		ESA
		?		Suborbital

Deep-space rendezvous

Date (UTC)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
May	Psyche	Flyby of Mars[253]
7 June	Tianwen-2	469219 Kamoʻoalewa orbital insertion[254]
4 July	Tianwen-2	Rendezvous with 469219 Kamoʻoalewa and sample collection[254]
July	Hayabusa2	Flyby of 98943 Torifune[255]
29 September	JUICE	Second gravity assist at Earth
November	BepiColombo	Hermocentric orbit insertion at Mercury
3 December	Europa Clipper	Gravity assist at Earth
28 December	Hera	Arrival at binary asteroid 65803 Didymos

Extravehicular activities (EVAs)

Start Date/Time	Duration	End Time	Spacecraft	Crew	Remarks

Orbital launch statistics

By country

For the purposes of this section, the yearly tally of orbital launches by country assigns each flight to the country of origin of the rocket, not to the launch services provider or the spaceport. For example, Soyuz launches by Arianespace in Kourou are counted under Russia because Soyuz-2 is a Russian rocket.

Country		Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures
World		0	0	0	0

By rocket

By family

Family	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks

By type

Rocket	Country	Family	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks

By configuration

Rocket	Country	Type	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks

By spaceport

Site	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks

By orbit

Orbital regime	Launches	Achieved	Not achieved	Accidentally achieved	Remarks
Transatmospheric	0	0	0	0
Low Earth	0	0	0	0
Geosynchronous / transfer	0	0	0	0
Medium Earth	0	0	0	0
High Earth	0	0	0	0
Heliocentric orbit	0	0	0	0	Including planetary transfer orbits

Expected maiden flights

Rocket	Origin	Organization	Reusable	Launch	Outcome	Ref.
Miura 5	Spain	PLD Space	First Stage	Early 2026	TBD
Nova	USA	Stoke Space	Fully	Early 2026	TBD	[256]
Eclipse	USA	Firefly Aerospace	First Stage	Second half of 2026	TBD
Daytona I	USA	Phantom Space Corporation	No	Late 2026	TBD	[257]
Pallas-2	China	Galactic Energy	First Stage	Late 2026	TBD	[258]
Antares 330	USA	Northrop Grumman	No	Late 2026	TBD
Long March 10A	China	CASC	First Stage	2026	TBD
Terran R	USA	Relativity Space	First Stage	2026	TBD
Dauntless	USA	Vaya Space	No	2026	TBD
Skyrora XL	UK	Skyrora	No	2026	TBD
Zephyr	France	Latitude	No	2026	TBD
Prime	UK	Orbex	First Stage	2026	TBD
Starship Block 3	USA	SpaceX	Fully	2026	TBD

Notes