2029 in spaceflight

This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the year 2029.

2029 in spaceflight

The European Space Agency's ARIEL space telescope is scheduled to be launched in 2029.

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2029 in spaceflight

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The China National Space Administration (CNSA) plans to launch Tianwen-4, a Jupiter orbiter and Uranus flyby mission, in 2029.

ESA plans to launch the ARIEL space telescope and the Comet Interceptor mission in 2029.

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) [1][2]	TBA			Baikonur or Vostochny		Roscosmos
		Ekspress-AMU5-1	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communications
		Ekspress-AMU6	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communications
		Ekspress-AMU5-1 will replace Ekspress AM5. Ekspress-AMU6 will replace Ekspress-AM6.
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → June
Q2 (TBD)[3]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		CO2M-C (Sentinel-7C)	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		Third satellite (option) of the Copernicus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Monitoring mission.[4] Part of the European Space Agency's Copernicus Programme.
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → July
July (TBD) [1][2]	TBA			Baikonur or Vostochny		Roscosmos
		Ekspress-AMU5-2	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communications
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → September
September (TBD)[5][6]	Long March 5			Wenchang LC-1		CASC
		Tianwen-4 Jupiter orbiter	CNSA	Jovicentric	Jupiter orbiter
		Tianwen-4 Uranus flyby spacecraft	CNSA	Heliocentric to escape velocity	Uranus flyby
		Dual-launch of a Chinese Jupiter orbiter and Uranus flyby spacecraft.
Q3 (TBD)[7]	Ariane 64			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		TBA	TBA	Geosynchronous	TBA
		Multi-Launch Service (MLS) #4 rideshare mission.
Q3 (TBD)[3][8]	Vega-C			Kourou ELV		Arianespace
		CIMR A (Sentinel-11A)	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Oceanography
		First of two satellites for the Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer (CIMR) mission. Part of the European Space Agency's Copernicus Programme.
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → To Be Determined
2029 (TBD) [9][10]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Plesetsk Site 43		RVSN RF
		Kosmos (GLONASS-K2 31L (K2 №10))	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation
2029 (TBD) [11][12]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Plesetsk Site 43		RVSN RF
		Kosmos (GLONASS-K2 32L (K2 №11))	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation
2029 (TBD) [13][14]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Plesetsk Site 43		RVSN RF
		Kosmos (GLONASS-K2 33L (K2 №12))	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation
2029 (TBD)[15][16]	Angara A5P			Vostochny Site 1A		Roscosmos
		Orel	Roscosmos	Low Earth	Crewed flight test
2029 (TBD)[17][18]	Ariane 62			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		ARIEL	ESA	Sun–Earth L2	Exoplanetary science
		Comet Interceptor	ESA / JAXA	Sun–Earth L2	Comet flyby
JFY2029 (TBD)[19]	Epsilon S			Uchinoura		JAXA
		Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-6	JAXA	Low Earth	Technology demonstration
		Part of JAXA's Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration Program.
JFY2029 (TBD)[19]	H3			Tanegashima LA-Y2		MHI
		IGS-Radar Diversification 1	CSICE	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance
		First of a new generation of IGS-Radar satellites.
JFY2029 (TBD)[19]	H3			Tanegashima LA-Y2		MHI
		IGS-Optical 10	CSICE	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance
2029 (TBD)[20]	Long March 3B/E			Xichang		CASC
		BeiDou-4 M1	CNSA	Medium Earth	Navigation
2029 (TBD)[21]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		Solar Polar Orbit Observatory	CNSA	Heliocentric	High-inclination solar orbiter
2029 (TBD)[22]	New Glenn			Cape Canaveral LC-36		Blue Origin
		Blue Moon MK2	Blue Origin / NASA	Selenocentric (NRHO)	Crewed lunar lander
		Sustaining HLS Crewed Lunar Demo for Artemis 5.
2029 (TBD)[23][24]	Tronador II-250			Manuel Belgrano Space Center		CONAE
			CONAE	Low Earth	Flight test
		Maiden flight of Tronador II-250.
2029 (TBD)[8]	Vega-C			Kourou ELV		Arianespace
		CHIME (Sentinel-10)	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		Part of the European Space Agency's Copernicus Programme.
2029 (TBD)[8]	Vega-C			Kourou ELV		Arianespace
		LSTM (Sentinel-8)	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		Part of the European Space Agency's Copernicus Programme.
2029 (TBD)[7]	Vega-C			Kourou ELV		Arianespace
		TBA	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
		Small Satellites Mission Service (SSMS) #20 rideshare mission.
2029 (TBD)[7]	Vega-C			Kourou ELV		Arianespace
		TBA	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
		SSMS #21 rideshare mission.
2029 (TBD)[25][26]	TBA			Baikonur or Vostochny		Roscosmos
		Ekspress-36	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communications
		Replacement for Ekspress-AMU1 at 36° East.
2029 (TBD)[27][28]	Vega-C			Kourou ELV		Arianespace
		Harmony A (Concordia)	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		Harmony B (Discordia)	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		Tenth Earth Explorers mission.
2029 (TBD)[29]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		Venus Atmosphere Sample Return Mission	MIT	Heliocentric to Venus	Venus sample return
		Third of three MIT missions to Venus to study its atmosphere.
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Suborbital flights

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks

Deep-space rendezvous

Date (UTC)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
18 January 2029	JUICE	Third and final gravity assist at Earth
21 April 2029	OSIRIS-APEX	Rendezvous with asteroid 99942 Apophis[30]	Observation operations begin 8 April
August 2029	Psyche	Arrival at asteroid 16 Psyche

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