List of planned future spaceflight launches

This article lists planned future orbital and suborbital spaceflight launches and events.

List of planned future spaceflight launches

Timeline of spaceflight ← 2029

For an overview of spaceflight in the near future, see 2020s in spaceflight.

Orbital launches

2020s

Main articles: 2025 in spaceflight, List of spaceflight launches in January–March 2025, List of spaceflight launches in April–June 2025, List of spaceflight launches in July–September 2025, and List of spaceflight launches in October–December 2025

Main articles: 2026 in spaceflight, 2027 in spaceflight, 2028 in spaceflight, and 2029 in spaceflight

2030

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
March (TBD)[1]	SLS Block 1B			Kennedy LC-39B		NASA
		Artemis 5	NASA	Selenocentric (NRHO)	Crewed lunar landing
		ESPRIT Refueling Module (ERM)	ESA	Selenocentric (NRHO)	Lunar Gateway component
		Lunar Terrain Vehicle	NASA	Selenocentric to lunar surface	Crewed lunar rover
April (TBD)[2][3]	Angara A5M / DM-03			Vostochny Site 1A		Roscosmos
		Ekspress-AT3	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communications
		Ekspress-AT4	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communications
November (TBD)[4]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		Sentinel-6 NG A (Sentinel-6C)	NASA / NOAA / EUMETSAT / ESA	Low Earth	Earth observation
		Sentinel-6 Next Generation satellite.
NET 2030 (TBD)[5]	Angara A5M / DM-03			Vostochny Site 1A		Roscosmos
		Boomerang (Fobos-Grunt-2)	Roscosmos	Areocentric	Phobos sample-return
		First phase of Mars-Grunt, also known as Expedition-M.[6]
2030 (TBD) [7][8]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Plesetsk Site 43		RVSN RF
		Kosmos (GLONASS-K2 34L (K2 №13))	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation
2030 (TBD) [9][10]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Plesetsk Site 43		RVSN RF
		Kosmos (GLONASS-K2 35L (K2 №14))	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation
2030 (TBD) [11][12]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Plesetsk Site 43		RVSN RF
		Kosmos (GLONASS-K2 36L (K2 №15))	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation
2030 (TBD)[13]	Angara A5M / KVTK			Vostochny Site 1A		Roscosmos
		GAMMA-400	Roscosmos	Highly elliptical	TBA
2030 (TBD) [14][15]	LVM3			Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO
		Bharatiya Antariksha Station-B2	ISRO	Low Earth (BAS)	Space station module
2030 (TBD)[16][17]	Angara A5M / DM-03			Vostochny Site 1A		Roscosmos
		Spektr-UV (WSO-UV)	INASAN	IGSO	Ultraviolet astronomy
2030 (TBD)[18][19]	Angara A5P			Vostochny Site 1A		Roscosmos
		Orel	Roscosmos	Low Earth	Crewed flight test
2030 (TBD)[20]	Angara A5V[21]			Vostochny Site 1A		Roscosmos
		Spektr-M (Millimetron)	Russian Astro Space Center	Sun–Earth L2	Submillimetre / Far-IR astronomy
NET 2030[22]	Angara A5			TBA		Roscosmos
		TEM prototype	Roscosmos	Low Earth	Technology demonstration
2030 (TBD)[23][24]	Angara A5 / DM-03			Vostochny Site 1A		Roscosmos
		Luna 28	Roscosmos	Selenocentric	Lunar lander Lunar sample return
		Sample return mission.
2030 (TBD)[25]	Ariane 62			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		NEOMIR	ESA	Sun–Earth L1	Near-Earth object detection Infrared astronomy
		Near-Earth Object Mission in the InfraRed (NEOMIR).
2030 (TBD)[26]	Ariane 64			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		Earth Return Orbiter (ERO)	ESA	Areocentric	Mars sample-return
		Orbiter component of the NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return. It will collect the sample return canister delivered into orbit by the Mars Ascent Vehicle and carry it back to Earth.[27]
2030 (TBD)[28][29]	Epsilon S			Uchinoura		JAXA
		HiZ-GUNDAM	JAXA	Low Earth (SSO)	Gamma-ray astronomy
2030 (TBD)	Falcon Heavy			Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		ISS Deorbit Vehicle[30]	NASA	LEO (ISS)	ISS deorbit
		Modified Cargo Dragon to deorbit the ISS after it is decommissioned.[31]
JFY2030 (TBD)[32]	H3			Tanegashima LA-Y2		MHI
		IGS-Radar Diversification 2	CSICE	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance
2030 (TBD)[33]	KSLV-III		TF1	Naro		KARI
			KARI	Low Earth	Flight test
		Maiden flight of KSLV-III.
2030 (TBD)[34]	Long March TBD			Wenchang		CASC
		WCOM	CNSA	TBA	TBA
2030 (TBD)[35]	Long March TBD			TBA		CASC
		Fengyun 4F	CMA	Geosynchronous	Meteorology
2030 (TBD)[36]	Long March 5			Wenchang LC-1		CASC
		Tianwen-3 lander	CNSA	TMI to Martian surface	Mars sample-return
		Tianwen-3 ascent vehicle	CNSA	TMI to Martian surface	Mars sample-return
		Chinese Mars sample-return mission.
2030 (TBD)[36]	Long March 5			Wenchang LC-1		CASC
		Tianwen-3 orbiter	CNSA	Areocentric	Mars sample-return
		Tianwen-3 reentry capsule	CNSA	Areocentric	Mars sample-return
		Chinese Mars sample-return mission.
2030 (TBD)[37]	Long March 10			Wenchang		CASC
		Mengzhou	CNSA	Selenocentric	Crewed lunar landing
		Delivery of the Mengzhou next-generation crewed spacecraft for China's first crewed lunar landing.
2030 (TBD)[37]	Long March 10			Wenchang		CASC
		Lanyue	CNSA	Selenocentric	Crewed lunar landing
		Delivery of the Lanyue crewed lunar lander for China's first crewed lunar landing.
2030 (TBD)[38]	Siraya			TBA		TASA
			TASA	Low Earth	Flight test
		Maiden flight of Taiwan's first orbital launch vehicle, Siraya (西拉雅).[39]
2030 (TBD)[40]	Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat			Vostochny Site 1S		Roscosmos
		RBKA №2	Roscosmos / Belarus	Low Earth	Earth observation
		RBKA will follow in the footsteps of BKA (Belarusian Satellite) launched along with Kanopus-V 1 and several other satellites in July 2012.
2030 (TBD)[41]	Vega-C			Kourou ELV		Arianespace
		TRUTHS	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Solar radiation measurement
2030 (TBD)[2][3]	Angara A5 / DM-03			Vostochny Site 1A		Roscosmos
		Ekspress-AMU8	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communications
2030 (TBD)[42]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		UVEX	NASA	Highly elliptical	Ultraviolet astronomy
		Ultraviolet Explorer (UVEX).

2031

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
March (TBD)[1]	SLS Block 1B			Kennedy LC-39B		NASA
		Artemis 6	NASA	Selenocentric (NRHO)	Crewed lunar landing
		Crew and Science Airlock Module	MBRSC	Selenocentric (NRHO)	Lunar Gateway component
June (TBD)[43]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		VERITAS	NASA	Cytherocentric	Venus orbiter
		NASA Discovery Program mission to Venus.
December (TBD)[43]	Ariane 64			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		EnVision	ESA	Cytherocentric	Venus orbiter
Q3 (TBD)[4][44]	Vega-C			Kourou ELV		Arianespace
		CIMR B (Sentinel-11B)	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Oceanography
		Second of two satellites for the Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer (CIMR) mission. Part of the European Space Agency's Copernicus Programme.
2031 (TBD)[45]	Angara A5 / DM-03			Vostochny Site 1A		Roscosmos
		Venera-17 orbiter	Roscosmos	Cytherocentric	Venus orbiter
		Venera-17 lander	Roscosmos	Cytherocentric	Venus lander
		Venera-17 (Venera-D) Mission.
2031 (TBD)[46]	Ariane 64			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		Argonaut Mission 1	ESA	Selenocentric to lunar surface	Lunar lander
		First flight of Argonaut, also known as the European Large Logistics Lander (EL3).
2031 (TBD)[47]	Ariane 6			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		Vigil	ESA	Sun–Earth L5	Space weather
JFY2031 (TBD)[32]	Epsilon S			Uchinoura		JAXA
		Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-7	JAXA	Low Earth	Technology demonstration
		Part of JAXA's Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration Program.
JFY2031 (TBD)[32]	H3			Tanegashima LA-Y2		MHI
		IGS-Radar 9	CSICE	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance
2031 (TBD)[48]	NGLV		D1	Satish Dhawan TLP		ISRO
			ISRO	Low Earth	Flight test
		Maiden flight of ISRO's Next Generation Launch Vehicle (NGLV), codenamed Soorya.
2031–2032 (TBD)[49]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		DAVINCI	NASA	Cytherocentric	Venus atmospheric probe
		NASA Discovery Program mission to Venus.
2031 (TBD)[50]	Commercial launch vehicle			Cape Canaveral or Kennedy		TBA
		Sample Retrieval Lander	NASA / ESA	TMI to Martian surface	Mars sample-return
		Mars Ascent Vehicle	NASA	Martian surface to TMI	Mars sample-return
		Lander component of the NASA–ESA Mars sample-return mission. It will carry NASA's Mars Ascent Vehicle.
2031-35 [51][52]	Angara A5			Vostochny Site 1A		Roscosmos
		Luna 29	Roscosmos	Selenocentric	Lunar orbiter
2031-35 [53][54]	Angara A5			Vostochny Site 1A		Roscosmos
		Luna 30	Roscosmos	Selenocentric	Lunar rover
2031-35 [55][56]	Angara A5			Vostochny Site 1A		Roscosmos
		Luna 31	Roscosmos	Selenocentric	Lunar lander

2032

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
March (TBD)[1]	SLS Block 1B			Kennedy LC-39B		NASA
		Artemis 7	NASA	Selenocentric (NRHO)	Crewed lunar landing
Q2 (TBD)[57][58]	Ariane 6			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		MetOp-SG A2	EUMETSAT	Low Earth (SSO)	Meteorology
2032 (TBD)[48]	NGLV		D2	Satish Dhawan TLP		ISRO
			ISRO	Low Earth	Flight test
2032 (TBD)[48]	NGLV		D3	Satish Dhawan TLP		ISRO
			ISRO	Low Earth	Flight test
		The NGLV First Stage Booster is planned to be recovered in this Mission.
JFY2032 (TBD)[32]	H3			Tanegashima LA-Y2		MHI
		IGS-Optical Diversification Successor	CSICE	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance
2032 (TBD)[59][60]	H3			Tanegashima LA-Y2		MHI
		LiteBIRD	JAXA	Sun–Earth L2	Space observatory
2032 (TBD) [14][61]	LVM3-SC			Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO
		Bharatiya Antariksha Station-B5	ISRO	Low Earth (BAS)	Space station module
2032 (TBD)[33]	KSLV-III		F3	Naro		KARI
		KLLR Lander	KARI	Selenocentric to lunar surface	Lunar lander
		KLLR Rover	KARI	Selenocentric to lunar surface	Lunar rover
		Launch of the first South Korean lunar lander.
2032 (TBD)[62]	Long March TBD			TBA		CASC
		Xihe-3	CNSA	TBA	Solar observatory
2032 (TBD) [63]	Angara A5M / KVTK			Vostochny Site 1A		Roscosmos
		Elektro-M №1-1	Roscosmos	Geosynchronous	Meteorology
2032 (TBD) [64]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Vostochny Site 1S		Roscosmos
		Meteor-MP №1	Roscosmos	Low Earth	Meteorology
2032 (TBD) [65]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat			Vostochny Site 1S		Roscosmos
		Ionosfera-M-OP №1	Roscosmos	Low Earth (SSO)	Ionospheric research
2032 (TBD)[66]	Starship			TBA		SpaceX
		Lunar Cruiser	JAXA / Toyota / NASA	Selenocentric to lunar surface	Crewed lunar rover
		Crewed pressurized rover for Artemis 7 and later missions.
2032 (TBD)[67]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		GeoXO-1	NOAA	Geosynchronous	Meteorology
2032 (TBD)[68]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		JPSS-3	NOAA	Low Earth (SSO)	Meteorology
2032 (TBD)	Yenisei			Vostochny PU3		Roscosmos
				Low Earth	Flight test
		First flight of the Yenisei super heavy-lift launch vehicle.

2033

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
Q1 (TBD)[57][58]	Ariane 6			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		MetOp-SG B2	EUMETSAT	Low Earth (SSO)	Meteorology
Q3 (TBD)[4]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		Sentinel-3 NG TOPO A	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		Sentinel-3 Next Generation Topography satellite.
Q4 (TBD)[4]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		Sentinel-6 NG B (Sentinel-6D)	NASA / NOAA / EUMETSAT / ESA	Low Earth	Earth observation
		Sentinel-6 Next Generation satellite.
2033 (TBD)[69]	Ariane 6			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		MTG-I3	EUMETSAT	Geosynchronous	Meteorology
2033 (TBD) [14][70]	LVM3-SC			Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO
		Bharatiya Antariksha Station-B3	ISRO	Low Earth (BAS)	Space station module
JFY2033 (TBD)[32]	H3			Tanegashima LA-Y2		MHI
		IGS-Radar 10	CSICE	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance
JFY2033 (TBD)[32]	H3			Tanegashima LA-Y2		MHI
		IGS-Optical 11	CSICE	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance
2033 (TBD)[71]	Long March 9			Wenchang		CASC
			CNSA	Low Earth	Flight test
		First flight of the Long March 9 super heavy-lift launch vehicle.
2033 (TBD)[72]	Long March TBD			TBA		CASC
		Fengyun 4G	CMA	Geosynchronous	Meteorology
2033 (TBD)[66]	New Glenn			Cape Canaveral LC-36		Blue Origin
		Foundational Surface Habitat	NASA	Selenocentric to lunar surface	Lunar surface habitat
		The Foundational Surface Habitat will be the first component of the Artemis Base Camp lunar outpost.
2033 (TBD)[73]	SLS Block 1B			Kennedy LC-39B		NASA
		Artemis 8	NASA	Selenocentric (NRHO)	Crewed lunar landing

2034 and later

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
2034 (TBD)[74]	Long March TBD			Wenchang		CASC
		Tianwen-5	CNSA	Heliocentric	TBA
2034 (TBD) [14][75]	LVM3-SC			Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO
		Bharatiya Antariksha Station-B4	ISRO	Low Earth (BAS)	Space station module
Q3 2034[4]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		Sentinel-3 NG OPT A	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		Sentinel-3 Next Generation Optical satellite.
H1 2035[69]	Ariane 6			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		MTG-S2 / Sentinel-4B	EUMETSAT	Geosynchronous	Meteorology / Earth observation
Q3 2035[4]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		Sentinel-3 NG TOPO B	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		Sentinel-3 Next Generation Topography satellite.
2035 (TBD)[76]	Ariane 64[77]			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		Athena	ESA	Sun–Earth L2, Halo orbit	X-ray astronomy
2035 (TBD)[78]	Ariane 6			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		LISA-1	ESA	Heliocentric	Gravitational-wave observatory
		LISA-2	ESA	Heliocentric	Gravitational-wave observatory
		LISA-3	ESA	Heliocentric	Gravitational-wave observatory
2035 (TBD) [79]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Vostochny Site 1S		Roscosmos
		Arktika-MP №1	Roscosmos	Molniya	Meteorology
2035 (TBD)[67]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		GeoXO-2	NOAA	Geosynchronous	Meteorology
2035 (TBD)[67]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		GeoXO-3	NOAA	Geosynchronous	Meteorology
2035 (TBD)[80]	Long March TBD			Wenchang		CASC
		Fengyun 5D	CMA	Geosynchronous	Meteorology
2035 (TBD)[81]	Long March TBD			Wenchang		CASC
		Fengyun 6A	CMA	Geosynchronous	Meteorology
Q3 2036[4]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		Sentinel-3 NG OPT B	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		Sentinel-3 Next Generation Optical satellite.
Q2 2039[57][58]	Ariane 6			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		MetOp-SG A3	EUMETSAT	Low Earth (SSO)	Meteorology
Q1 2040[57][58]	Ariane 6			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		MetOp-SG B3	EUMETSAT	Low Earth (SSO)	Meteorology
2040 (TBD)[82][83]	NGLV-SH			Satish Dhawan TLP		ISRO
		Earth Departure Stage	ISRO	Low Earth to Selenocentric	TBA
		First of two launches for first Indian Crewed landing on Lunar surface.
2040 (TBD)[84][83]	NGLV-SH			Satish Dhawan TLP		ISRO
		Crew Module	ISRO	Low Earth to Selenocentric	Crewed lunar landing
		Lunar Lander	ISRO	Low Earth to Selenocentric	Crewed Lunar lander
		Second of two launches for first Indian Crewed landing on Lunar surface.
2043 (TBD)[69]	Ariane 6			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		MTG-I4	EUMETSAT	Geosynchronous	Meteorology

Deep-space rendezvous

Date (UTC)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
11 April 2030	Europa Clipper	Jupiter orbit insertion
26 December 2030	Lucy	Third gravity assist at Earth	Target altitude 660 km
July 2031	Hayabusa2	Arrival at asteroid 1998 KY26[85]
July 2031	JUICE	Flyby of Ganymede
July 2031	JUICE	Jupiter orbit insertion
July 2032	JUICE	Flyby of Europa
2 March 2033	Lucy	Flyby of binary asteroid 617 Patroclus-Menoetius	Target altitude 1000 km
December 2034	JUICE	Ganymede orbit insertion	Planned first orbit of a moon other than Earth's
24 January 2035	Tianwen-2	Rendezvous with 311P/PanSTARRS[86]

• The United Kingdom, Russia, South Korea and China plan to return samples from Mars by around 2031 or 2032.
• A joint NASA/ESA project plans to return samples from Mars by 2033.
• Dragonfly is expected to reach Titan in 2036.
• The Solar Polar Orbit Observatory is planned to have gravity assists off Earth and Jupiter throughout the decade.

Expected maiden flights

• Siraya – TASA – Taiwan^{[citation needed]}
• Amur – Roscosmos – Russia
• Tianwen 3 – CASC – China
• Tronador II-250 – CONAE – Argentina – 2029^[87]
• Yenisei – Roscosmos – Russia
• Long March 9 – CASC – China
• Ariel Space Mission – UK Space Agency – United Kingdom
• KSLV-III – KARI – South Korea
• NGLV - ISRO - India