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Spectrum | Onward and Upward
Isar Aerospace | GermanyAndøya Spaceport
April 9, 2026, 8 p.m.
Status: Go for Launch
Mission:
Second test flight of the Isar Spectrum launch vehicle. This launch will carry 5 cubesats and 1 non-separable experiment as part of European Space Agency (ESA)'s “Boost!” program: * CyBEEsat (TU Berlin) * TriSat-S (University of Maribor) * Platform 6 (EnduroSat) * FramSat-1 (NTNU) * SpaceTeamSat1 (TU Wien Space Team) * Let It Go (Dcubed, non-separable experiment)
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Kinetica 1 | Unknown Payload
CAS Space | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
April 10, 2026, 4 a.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-21
SpaceX | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 11, 2026, 2:39 a.m.
Smart Dragon 3 | Unknown Payload
China Rocket Co. Ltd. | ChinaHaiyang Oriental Spaceport
April 11, 2026, 11:30 a.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-24 (S.S. Steven R. Nagel)
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 11, 2026, 11:41 a.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-24
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 14, 2026, 6:13 a.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-27
SpaceX | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 15, 2026, 2 a.m.
New Glenn | BlueBird Block 2 #2
Blue Origin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 16, 2026
Status: To Be Confirmed
Mission:
AST SpaceMobile’s Block 2 BlueBird satellites are designed to deliver up to 10 times the bandwidth capacity of the BlueBird Block 1 satellites, required to achieve 24/7 continuous cellular broadband service coverage in the United States, with beams designed to support a capacity of up to 40 MHz, enabling peak data transmission speeds up to 120 Mbps, supporting voice, full data and video applications. The Block 2 BlueBirds, featuring as large as 2400 square foot communications arrays, will be the largest satellites ever commercially deployed in Low Earth orbit once launched. This launch will feature 1 satellite, BlueBird 7/BlueBird Block 2 FM2.
Low Earth Orbit GS1-SN002 - Flight Proven ( ) JacklynFalcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-22
SpaceX | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 18, 2026, 2 p.m.
Electron | Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare)
Rocket Lab | United States of AmericaRocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
TBD April, 2026
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
JAXA-manifested rideshare of eight separate spacecraft that includes educational small sats, an ocean monitoring satellite, a demonstration satellite for ultra-small multispectral cameras, and a deployable antenna that can be packed tightly using origami folding techniques and unfurled to 25 times its size. The satellites were originally planned to launch with RAISE-4 on a Japanese Epsilon-S rocket, but the Epsilon-S was heavily delayed due to test firing failures. The 8 satellites are: * MAGNARO-II * KOSEN-2R * WASEDA-SAT-ZERO-II * FSI-SAT2 * OrigamiSat-2 * Mono-Nikko * ARICA-2 * PRELUDE
Sun-Synchronous OrbitLong March 6A
SatNet LEO Group 21
Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaA batch of 5 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.…
Long March 8
SpaceSail Polar Group 07
Commercial LC-1 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China18 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies with…
Minotaur IV
STP-S29A
Space Launch Complex 8 - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USASTP-S29A is a mission under the U.S. Department of Defense's Space Test Program (STP) that will deliver technology demonstrations to orbit and contri…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 17-35
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Atlas V 551
Amazon Leo (LA-05)
Space Launch Complex 41 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAAmazon Leo, formerly known as Project Kuiper, is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, thi…
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M
Meridian-M No.21L
43/3 (43L) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationNote: Payload identity uncertain. Meridian is a series of communications satellite for military and civilian use.
Tianlong-3
Demo Flight
Tianlong-3 Launch Pad - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaFirst test launch of Space Pioneer’s Tianlong-3 rocket.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 10-58
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Space Launch System (SLS)
Artemis II
Launch Complex 39B - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAArtemis II is the first crewed mission as part of the Artemis program. Artemis II will send a crew of 4 - 3 Americans and 1 Canadian around the moon …
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 10-44
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
