Rocket Launch Tracker

Long March 8A | Unknown Payload

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Long March 8A

Details TBD.

Long March 6A | Unknown Payload

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Long March 6A

Details TBD.

Electron | Owlright, Owlright, Owlright (StriX Launch 13)

Rocket Lab · Electron

Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-385

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5

A classified mission for the United States Space Force. It is possibly a batch of classified LEO satellites based on SpaceX’s Starshield satellite bus, based on locations of rocket stage drop zones being exact fits with previous Starlink Group 15 launches.

Starship | Starlink Group 31-1 (Starship Flight 14)

SpaceX · Starship V3

14th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. 3rd flight of Starship V3 and the first Starship flight to deploy satellites (a group of Starlink satellites known as Starlink Group 31-1) into stable Low Earth Orbit. The ship is expected to fly at an altitude approximately 275 km above Earth and complete approximately 6 orbits around the planet for nearly 10 hours, with splashdown targeted in the Pacific Ocean west of Chile. The booster’s primary test objective on Flight 14 will be executing a successful launch, ascent, stage separation, boostback burn, and landing burn at an offshore landing point in the Gulf. Starship will deliver 26 Starlink V3 satellites to orbit for the first time, which aim to greatly expand the network's capacity and user speeds. Each Starlink V3 satellite will add 1 Tbps of capacity to the constellation.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-25

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5

A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-13

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5

SpaceX Crew-13 is the thirteenth crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

SR75 | Flight 2

HyImpulse · SR75

Test flight of HyImpulse's SR75 sounding rocket.

Ariane 64 Block 2 | Amazon Leo (LE-04)

Arianespace · Ariane 64 Block 2

Amazon Leo, formerly known as 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. 35-40 satellites will be carried on each Ariane 6 launch.

Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6

Korea Aerospace Research Institute · KSLV-2 Nuri

NeonSat-2 to 6 are part of the South Korean government's Earth observation micro-satellite constellation NeonSat (New-space Earth Observation Satellite). The NeonSat constellation is the first satellite system developed by the government using a mass-production approach for precise monitoring of the Korean Peninsula.

H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX)

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries · H3-24

MMX is a Japanese scientific mission to land on Phobos, one of the two moons of Mars, to collect samples before bringing them back to Earth. The mission includes a small French/German rover to explore the surface of Phobos.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5

Dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-35

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5

35th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Cargo Dragon 2 brings supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5

Tranche 1 Transport Layer A is one of six missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer constellation, which will provide assured, resilient, low-latency military data and connectivity worldwide to the full range of warfighter platforms from Low Earth Orbit satellites. The constellation will be interconnected with Optical Inter-Satellite Links (OISLs) which have significantly increased performance over existing radio frequency crosslinks. It is expected to operate over Ka band, have stereo coverage and be dynamically networked for simpler hand-offs, greater bandwidth and fault tolerance. This launch carries 21 satellites manufactured by Northrop Grumman.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 18 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5

Dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.

Long March 12A | Flight 2

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Long March 12A

Second test launch of CASC/SAST’s Long March 12A rocket. Payload identities are TBD.

Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo (LV-01)

United Launch Alliance · Vulcan VC6L

Amazon Leo, formerly known as 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.

Falcon Heavy | NROL-97

SpaceX · Falcon Heavy

Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office

Soyuz 2.1b | Progress MS-36 (97P)

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) · Soyuz 2.1b

Progress resupply mission to the International Space Station.

Ariane 62 | Metop-SG B1

Arianespace · Ariane 62

Second of EUMETSAT's second generation of Metop weather satellites.

Falcon Heavy | Griffin Mission One

SpaceX · Falcon Heavy

Demonstration flight of the Astrobotic Griffin lander and its engines, initially contracted for the cancelled NASA VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) mission. The vacated payload spot will now host the FLIP (FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform) lunar rover from Astrolab.

HANBIT-Nano | InnoSat-0

Innospace · HANBIT-Nano

Innospace's first in-house test satellite, 'InnoSat-0', will test various technologies for future development of satellites by Innospace themselves. The satellite will be deployed using Korean company SpaceBey’s specialized deployer.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-25

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5

This is the 25th flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 24th flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer D

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5

Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for Tranche 2 Transport Layer.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer E

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5

Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for Tranche 2 Transport Layer.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Telesat Lightspeed 1

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5

Up to 18 satellites manufactured by MDA for Canadian satellite operator Telesat's Lightspeed constellation.

Ariane 62 | Galileo L15 (FOC FM28 & FM31)

Arianespace · Ariane 62

Payload consists of two satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | CHORUS

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5

CHORUS is MDA's next generation Earth observation constellation, consisting of 2 radar satellites (C-band SAR and X-band SAR), in a 53.5 degree 600 km altitude LEO, with the X-band trailing the C-band by 60 minutes. A collaborative multi-sensor constellation, CHORUS will bring together diverse and unique imagery and data sources and provide a new level of near real-time insight and innovative Earth observation services. Operating in a unique mid-inclination orbit, CHORUS will be able to image day or night, regardless of weather conditions, with daily access of up to 95% of the coverage area. From an industry-leading 700km-wide imaging swath down to sub-metre high resolution, CHORUS will provide the most extensive and unrivalled Earth observation radar imaging capacity available on the market in a single mission.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Inmarsat-7 F1 (GX-7)

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5

Inmarsat-7 is the seventh generation of satellites for the London-based global mobile satellite communications operator Inmarsat. The three satellites of the series - GX-7, 8 & 9 - will have an improved fully reconfigurable Ka-band payload for Inmarsat's Global Xpress services. They are optimized for real-time mobility and feature thousands of dynamically-formed beams that direct capacity with laser-like precision over high-demand areas, to provide HTS (High Throughput) broadband connectivity for the mobility market. The satellites will be based on Airbus’ new standard and fully reconfigurable satellite product line OneSat. Fully reconfigurable and featuring on board processing and active antennas, the three Ka-band spacecraft will be able to adjust their coverage, capacity and frequency.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer A

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5

Tranche 1 Tracking Layer A is one of five missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer constellation, which will provide global indications, warning, tracking, and targeting of advanced missile threats, including hypersonic missile systems.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer C

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5

Tranche 1 Tracking Layer C is one of five missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer constellation, which will provide global indications, warning, tracking, and targeting of advanced missile threats, including hypersonic missile systems.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer E

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5

Tranche 1 Tracking Layer E is one of five missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer constellation, which will provide global indications, warning, tracking, and targeting of advanced missile threats, including hypersonic missile systems.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer D

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5

Tranche 1 Transport Layer D is one of six missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer constellation, which will provide assured, resilient, low-latency military data and connectivity worldwide to the full range of warfighter platforms from Low Earth Orbit satellites. The constellation will be interconnected with Optical Inter-Satellite Links (OISLs) which have significantly increased performance over existing radio frequency crosslinks. It is expected to operate over Ka band, have stereo coverage and be dynamically networked for simpler hand-offs, greater bandwidth and fault tolerance.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer F

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5

Tranche 1 Transport Layer F is one of six missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer constellation, which will provide assured, resilient, low-latency military data and connectivity worldwide to the full range of warfighter platforms from Low Earth Orbit satellites. The constellation will be interconnected with Optical Inter-Satellite Links (OISLs) which have significantly increased performance over existing radio frequency crosslinks. It is expected to operate over Ka band, have stereo coverage and be dynamically networked for simpler hand-offs, greater bandwidth and fault tolerance.

Firefly Alpha Block 2 | ConnectedCosmos Launch 1

Firefly Aerospace · Firefly Alpha Block 2

First of at least four missions carrying 6 satellites for Open Cosmos' secure LEO broadband constellation, designed to provide independent and resilient connectivity infrastructure for Europe and the world using high-priority Ka-band spectrum filings by the Principality of Liechtenstein.

Firefly Alpha Block 2 | ConnectedCosmos Launch 2

Firefly Aerospace · Firefly Alpha Block 2

Second of at least four missions carrying 6 satellites for Open Cosmos' secure LEO broadband constellation, designed to provide independent and resilient connectivity infrastructure for Europe and the world using high-priority Ka-band spectrum filings by the Principality of Liechtenstein.

LVM-3 | Gaganyaan-1

Indian Space Research Organization · Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (GSLV Mk III)

First uncrewed orbital test flight of the Gaganyaan capsule.

Spectrum | 1 x Pelican satellite

Isar Aerospace · Spectrum

Payload consists of a single Pelican high-resolution imaging satellite for Planet Labs Germany.

Spectrum | ΣYNDEO-3

Isar Aerospace · Spectrum

ΣYNDEO-3 is a satellite built by Redwire Corporation for the European Union/European Space Agency (ESA)’s In-Orbit Demonstration and In-Orbit Validation Programme (IOD/IOV), which will carry 10 different technological demonstration payload from institutions of Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the European Commission. The satellite is built on Redwire's Hammerhead spacecraft platform.

Starship | Flight 15

SpaceX · Starship V3

15th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle and 4th flight of Starship V3.

Vulcan VC4L | Dream Chaser CRS 2 Flight 1

United Launch Alliance · Vulcan VC4L

First flight of the Dream Chaser Spaceplane, on a free-flying mission in Low Earth Orbit.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Globalstar 2-R Mission 2 (x 9)

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5

The Globalstar global mobile communications network offers global, digital real time voice, data and fax services via its Low Earth Orbit satellite constellation. The constellation operates in a 1410 km orbit inclined at 52 degrees. In early 2022, Globalstar contracted with MDA for the construction of 17 new 2nd generation refresh satellites to replenish the existing constellation. Rocket Lab is sub-contracted to build the satellites' buses and the launch dispensers.

Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou 24

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Long March 2F/G

Shenzhou 24 will be the 24th flight of the Shenzhou program.

Spectrum | AT-Astra and Others (Spectrum Flight 3)

Isar Aerospace · Spectrum

Third test flight of the Isar Spectrum launch vehicle. This launch will carry various satellites including R-Space’s AT-Astra/IOD-01, which will perform in-orbit demonstrations for ENPULSION, SUNBOOSTER GmbH, and Synopsis Planet.

Ariane 64 | GO-1

Arianespace · Ariane 64

Atlas V N22 | Starliner-1

United Launch Alliance · Atlas V N22

Starliner-1 is the first operational flight of a Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Due to problems with the Starliner spacecraft's RCS attitude control system during the Crew Flight Test mission in 2024, this mission has been re-scoped to not carry a crew by NASA. It will instead deliver necessary cargo to the orbital laboratory and allow in-flight validation of the system upgrades implemented following the Crew Flight Test mission last year.

Electron | 6x HawkEye 360

Rocket Lab · Electron

HawkEye 360 is a a space-based civil global intelligence satellite network using radio frequency (RF) technology to help monitor transportation across air, land and sea and assist with emergencies, and to provide civil SIGINT (Signal Intelligence) mission. The constellation of small satellites (named Hawk ) will collect information on specific radio signals worldwide to provide high-precision radio frequency mapping and analytics from Low Earth orbit (LEO).

Electron | BlackSky Gen-3 6

Rocket Lab · Electron

BlackSky Gen-3 Earth-imaging satellites

Electron | BlackSky Gen-3 7

Rocket Lab · Electron

BlackSky Gen-3 Earth-imaging satellites

Electron | BlackSky Gen-3 8

Rocket Lab · Electron

BlackSky Gen-3 Earth-imaging satellites