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245 milestone(s)

October 2026

Oct 2026 Captive-carry flight testDelta-class spaceship · Virgin Galactic Launch

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November 2026

Nov 2026 Earth flyby and departure for MarsESCAPADE · Rocket Lab Other

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Nov 2026 Ships to French GuianaPLATO · OHB Delivery

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Nov 2026 Flight 15: first try to catch both stagesStarship · SpaceX Launch

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December 2026

Dec 2026 Earth flybyEuropa Clipper · NASA JPL Other

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Dec 2026 Ministerial council in ItalyScience and exploration missions · ESA Other

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Dec 2026 Next capsule lands in AustraliaW-Series capsules · Varda Space Industries Landing

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NET Dec 2026 Hyperbola-3 maiden flightHyperbola-3 · iSpace (China) Launch

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January 2027

Jan 2027 Ax-5 launches to the ISSPrivate missions and Axiom Station · Axiom Space Launch

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February 2027

Feb 2027 First commercial flightDelta-class spaceship · Virgin Galactic Launch

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March 2027

Mar 2027 Launches ESA's PLATO telescopeAriane 6 · ArianeGroup Launch

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NET Mar 2027 Block 3 launchesMicroGEO Block 3 · Astranis Launch

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Mar 2027 Launches on Ariane 6PLATO · OHB Launch

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Mar 2027 PLATO launches on Ariane 6Science and exploration missions · ESA Launch

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NET Mar 2027 Crew-13 splashes downCrew Dragon · SpaceX Other

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April 2027

Apr 2027 TROOP-F6 launches on Bandwagon-6TROOP missions · NearSpace Launch Launch

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May 2027

May 2027 First GPS IIIF satellite launchesGPS III and GPS IIIF · Lockheed Martin Space (Colorado) Launch

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August 2027

Aug 2027 Arrives at MarsMMX (Martian Moons eXploration) · JAXA Landing

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September 2027

Sep 2027 Arrival at MarsESCAPADE · Rocket Lab Landing

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Sep 2027 LaunchNEO Surveyor · NASA JPL Launch

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July 2028

Jul 2028 Launches on Falcon HeavyDragonfly · Johns Hopkins APL Launch

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October 2028

NET Oct 2028 VLM-1 first launchVLM-1 · Brazilian Space Agency Launch

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December 2028

Dec 2028 SR-1 Freedom launchesPower and Propulsion Element · Lanteris Space Systems Launch

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Dec 2028 Orbiter delivery deadlineMars Telecommunications Network · NASA Delivery

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July 2029

Jul 2029 All 3,236 first-generation satellites dueAmazon Leo constellation · Amazon Leo Other

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April 2030

Apr 2030 Arrives at JupiterEuropa Clipper · NASA JPL Landing

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Sometime in 2026 (period only)

Late 2026 Arrives at its orbit around Sun-Earth L2Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope · NASA Landing

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Late Nov 2026 Roman reaches its final orbit (about three months after launch)Roman Coronagraph Instrument · NASA JPL Launch

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Q4 2026 Flight 8, Block 2 debutAlpha · Firefly Aerospace Launch

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Late 2026 First GEO Aries in orbitAries satellite bus · Apex Other

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Late 2026 Blue Ghost Mission 2 launches to the far sideBlue Ghost lunar lander · Firefly Aerospace Launch

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2026 More demonstrationsCyclops interceptor · Long Wall Test

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2026 DROID.003 launchesDROID spacecraft · Turion Space Launch

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Late 2026 First EWS launchEWS weather satellite · General Atomics EMS Launch

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Q4 2026 FLIP launches on Griffin-1FLIP rover · Astrolab Launch

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Q4 2026 Griffin-1 launches on Falcon HeavyGriffin lunar lander · Astrobotic Launch

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Late 2026 IM-3 launches to Reiner GammaIM lunar missions · Intuitive Machines Launch

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2026 Beta testing and commercial serviceIridium NTN Direct · Iridium Test

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Late 2026 GEO and cislunar Jackal missionsJackal · True Anomaly Other

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Q4 2026 GRIP launches for Tetra-5 refuelingRAFTI and fuel shuttles · Orbit Fab Launch

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Late 2026 Starcloud-2 launchesStarcloud satellites · Starcloud Launch

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Q4 2026 First launchTerran R · Relativity Space Launch

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Late 2026 First four-satellite cluster launches3D radar clusters · Array Labs Launch

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NET late 2026 First orbital flightAgnibaan · Agnikul Cosmos Launch

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2026 Air traffic management service beginsAir traffic management constellation · Skykraft Other

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Late 2026 Service beginsAmazon Leo constellation · Amazon Leo Other

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End of 2026 First Telesat Lightspeed satellites launchAURORA satellites · MDA Space Launch

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Late 2026 Full-size Aurora first flightAurora spaceplane · Dawn Aerospace Launch

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End of 2026 About 45 BlueBirds in orbitBlueBird satellites · AST SpaceMobile Other

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Late 2026 Mengzhou-1 flies on Long March 10AChang'e-7 and Mengzhou · CASC Other

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2026 Intuitive Machines IM-3 to Reiner GammaCommercial Lunar Payload Services · NASA Other

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2026 Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 2 to the far sideCommercial Lunar Payload Services · NASA Test

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End of 2026 Next launchConnectedCosmos · Open Cosmos Launch

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Late 2026 First flight on VulcanDream Chaser · Sierra Space Launch

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Late 2026 Earendil-1 launchesEarendil · Reflect Orbital Launch

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2026 LatConnect 60 SWIR payloads launchEOSDA and LatConnect payloads · Dragonfly Aerospace Launch

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Late 2026 Second test flightEris · Gilmour Space Launch

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Q4 2026 G1 uncrewed flightGaganyaan · ISRO Launch

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End of 2026 Eight Gen-3 satellites on orbitGen-3 constellation · BlackSky Other

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Q4 2026 Gravity-2 maiden flightGravity rockets · Orienspace Launch

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Late 2026 Holmes Mk2 launches on Space MAITRIHolmes and Adler imagers · HEO Launch

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End of 2026 First Lightspeed satellites launchLightspeed · Telesat Launch

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Q4 2026 Merlin first launchMerlin constellation · Satellogic Launch

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Late 2026 C-18 and C-19 launch on Transporter-18Methane satellites · GHGSat Launch

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From Dec 2026 First Ixtli satellite launchesMission Ixtli · UNAM Mission Ixtli Launch

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2026 Maiden flightMiura 5 · PLD Space Launch

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End of 2026 Return to flightNew Glenn · Blue Origin Launch

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End of 2026 First deliveriesOneWeb next generation · Eutelsat Delivery

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2026 Space MAITRI launches on SSLVOptimus · Space Machines Company Launch

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End of 2026 Three more MikroGLOB satellites launchPIAST and MikroGLOB · Creotech Instruments Launch

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End of 2026 18 ground sites worldwidePortal ground network · Northwood Space Other

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2026 Demonstration satellite launches on a Transporter ridesharePower-beaming demonstration · Aetherflux Launch

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Late 2026 First production satellites launchPulsar · Xona Space Systems Launch

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2H 2026 Remaining 9 satellites launchReplacement satellites · Globalstar Launch

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End of 2026 Maiden flightRFA One · Rocket Factory Augsburg Launch

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End of 2026 Full network deployedSpace surveillance network · Anduril Other

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Late 2026 spacevan 003 launchesspacevan · Exotrail Launch

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2026 Starburst-1 launches on Transporter-18Starburst and Supernova · Portal Space Systems Launch

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Sometime in 2027 (period only)

Dec 2026 to Jan 2027 Starliner-1 launches on Atlas VStarliner-1 · Boeing Launch

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Q1 2027 Haven-1 launchHaven-1 · Vast Launch

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By Apr 2027 Second plane of 21 launchesSDA Transport & Tracking satellites · Northrop Grumman Launch

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Early 2027 AYAP-1 ready for launchAYAP-1 lunar propulsion · Delta V Space Technologies Launch

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Q1 2027 Vast Haven-1 targeted to launch on Falcon 9Commercial LEO Destinations · NASA Launch

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Early 2027 Delphi launches and landsDelphi · Lux Aeterna Launch

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Q1 2027 Formosat-8B launchesFormosat-8 constellation · Taiwan Space Agency Launch

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Q1 2027 First crewed flightGaganyaan · ISRO Launch

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Early 2027 First launch from French GuianaMaia · MaiaSpace Launch

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Early 2027 Blue Moon MK1 "Endurance" launches to the MoonNew Glenn · Blue Origin Launch

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Early 2027 First orbital launch (Pathfinder)Nova · Stoke Space Launch

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Early 2027 Two prototype satellites launchProject Suncatcher · Planet Launch

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Early 2027 Ground demonstrationRadioisotope power systems · Zeno Power Test

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Early 2027 First commercial fuel shuttle launchesRAFTI and fuel shuttles · Orbit Fab Launch

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Early 2027 First GEO spacevan on Ariane 64spacevan · Exotrail Other

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Early 2027 Zephyr first launchZephyr · Latitude Launch

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NET 2027 First Arc demonstrationArc reentry vehicle · Inversion Space Test

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2027 More launchesGravitas / Mega Class · K2 Space Launch

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2027 First Helios launchHelios kick stage · Impulse Space Launch

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2027 All 12 deliveredMissile Warning & Tracking (MEO) · Boeing Delivery

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2027 First launchNeutron · Rocket Lab Launch

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NET 2027 First launch (NGG-1)Next-Gen OPIR GEO sensor · Raytheon (RTX) Launch

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2027 Oracle-Prime launchesSDA satellite buses · Terran Orbital Launch

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2027 16 more satellites launch3D radar clusters · Array Labs Launch

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2027 Al Yah 4 launchesAl Yah 4 and 5 · Space42 Launch

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2027 APS-R launchesAPS-R refueler · Astroscale U.S. Launch

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Mid-2027 Artemis III docking test in Earth orbitArtemis · NASA Test

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2027 First customer deliveriesAurora spaceplane · Dawn Aerospace Delivery

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2027 Chang'e-7 launchesChang'e-7 and Mengzhou · CASC Launch

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2027 Two more Unseenlabs CubeSats deliveredConstellation satellites · GomSpace Delivery

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Q2 2027 Phantom Cloud demonstration missionDaytona and Phantom Cloud · Phantom Space Test

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2027 ForgeStar-2 launchesForgeStar · Space Forge Launch

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2027 Commercial launch operations beginGenesis test program · Etlaq Spaceport Launch

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1H 2027 Merlin full operational capabilityMerlin constellation · Satellogic Other

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2027 Three more N3X satellites launchN3X constellation · NanoAvionics Launch

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2027 Sixth launchNuri (KSLV-II) · Hanwha Aerospace Launch

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Mid-2027 Final satellites in serviceO3b mPOWER · SES Other

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Mid-2027 Artemis III docking test in Earth orbitOrion · Lockheed Martin Orion Test

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Mid-2027 ESM-3 flies on Artemis IIIOrion European Service Module · Airbus Defence and Space Other

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2027 More Gen 2 Pelicans launchPelican · Planet Launch

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2027 PRELUDE launchesPRELUDE · ClearSpace Launch

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2027 Commercial service beginsPulsar · Xona Space Systems Other

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Q2 2027 Ranger Prime launchesRanger · Quantum Space Launch

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2027 Launches on Blue Ghost Mission 2Rashid Rover 2 · Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre Launch

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2027 Commercial service beginsRassvet constellation · Bureau 1440 Other

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2027 10 Tranche 2 Gamma satellites launchSDA Transport Layer · York Space Systems Launch

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2027 Şimşek-1 maiden launchŞimşek launchers · Roketsan Launch

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2027 Launches to the far side on Blue Ghost Mission 2SPIDER lunar seismic payload · Fleet Space Launch

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Mid-2027 HÜRSAT-1 launchesTürksat 6A and HÜRSAT · Turkish Aerospace Launch

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2027 First two Osiris satellites launchVanZyl and Osiris · Hydrosat Launch

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NET mid-2027 Artemis III launchRS-25 engine · L3Harris Launch

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NET mid-2027 Artemis III docking testStarship · SpaceX Test

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2H 2027 IM-4 launchesIM lunar missions · Intuitive Machines Launch

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2027–28 ARSAT-SG1 launchesARSAT satellites · ARSAT Launch

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Q4 2027 Satellite deployment beginsDirect-to-device constellation · Elveo Mobile Other

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FY2027 ADRAS-J2 launches on SpectrumADRAS-J2 · Astroscale Launch

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2027–28 ADRAS-J2 launchAndøya orbital launches · Andøya Space Launch

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2027 Intuitive Machines IM-4 to Mons MoutonCommercial Lunar Payload Services · NASA Other

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2H 2027 Daytona first launch attemptDaytona and Phantom Cloud · Phantom Space Launch

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2027 36 satellites in orbitEarendil · Reflect Orbital Other

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Late 2027 Endurance launchesEndurance · Infinite Orbits Launch

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2027 18 to 24 satellites in orbitFirefly hyperspectral constellation · Pixxel Other

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2027 Daily observationHyperfield constellation · Kuva Space Other

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2027 300-satellite constellationJilin-1 constellation · Chang Guang Satellite Other

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2027 First-stage recoveryKinetica rockets · CAS Space Other

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Late 2027 All 156 satellites launchedLightspeed · Telesat Launch

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2027 Diamondback carrier first flightOrbital Carrier · Gravitics Launch

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H2 2027 First booster landing attemptPallas-1 · Galactic Energy Landing

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End of 2027 More than 100 sitesPortal ground network · Northwood Space Other

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2026–27 15 more SCOT satellitesSCOT space surveillance satellites · Digantara Other

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2027 Tundra orbital launchTaiga and Tundra rockets · NordSpace Launch

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NET late 2027 Vega E first launchVega C · Avio Launch

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2027 Vikram-2 first flightVikram rockets · Skyroot Aerospace Launch

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Early 2028 Axiom module launchRoll Out Solar Arrays (ROSA) · Redwire Launch

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Early 2028 Service beginsDirect-to-device constellation · Elveo Mobile Other

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Early 2028 Adler Imager launches on Optus-led satelliteHolmes and Adler imagers · HEO Launch

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End of Q1 2028 Global service beginsLightspeed · Telesat Other

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Early 2028 Second-generation satellite launchesMethane satellites · GHGSat Launch

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Early 2028 First station module (PPTM) launchesPrivate missions and Axiom Station · Axiom Space Launch

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2028 Second satelliteEWS weather satellite · General Atomics EMS Other

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2028 Initial capability demonstrationGolden Dome Space-Based Interceptors · Raytheon (RTX) Test

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2028 First instrument deliveryLandsat Next instruments · Raytheon (RTX) Delivery

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2028 LaunchNext-Gen OPIR Polar · Northrop Grumman Launch

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2028 Al Yah 5 launchesAl Yah 4 and 5 · Space42 Launch

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2028 Artemis IV lunar landingArtemis · NASA Landing

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2028 Full 60-satellite constellationBluetooth satellite constellation · Hubble Network Other

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2028 CBERS-6 launches on a Long MarchCBERS-6 · INPE Launch

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2028 First orbital launch from SwedenEsrange orbital launch · SSC Space Launch

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2028 RISE mission startsION satellite carrier · D-Orbit Other

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2028 Kinetica-2 Heavy first flightKinetica rockets · CAS Space Launch

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2028 Laelaps launchesLaelaps · KMI Space Launch

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2028 Astronauts deploy MAPP on Artemis IVMAPP and Pegasus rovers · Lunar Outpost Other

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2028 First full-size Nyx flightNyx capsule · The Exploration Company Launch

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2028 Artemis IV lunar landingOrion · Lockheed Martin Orion Landing

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2028 Flight qualification for lunar missionsRadioisotope power systems · Zeno Power Launch

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2028 First ROS module launchesRussian Orbital Station · Roscosmos Launch

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2028 First Supernova launches on Falcon 9Starburst and Supernova · Portal Space Systems Launch

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Mid-2028 LaunchTANGO · ISISPACE Launch

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NET 2028 VOYG-1 launchesVOYG-1 and Starlab · Voyager Technologies Launch

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2028 AMDT3 satellites launch by end of 2028Infrared focal planes · Teledyne Space Launch

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2028 Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 3 to Gruithuisen DomesCommercial Lunar Payload Services · NASA Test

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End of 2028 More than 96 satellites in orbitConnectedCosmos · Open Cosmos Other

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2028 Last of four satellites launchesMission Ixtli · UNAM Mission Ixtli Launch

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End of 2028 NigComSat-2A launchesNigComSat-2A and 2B · NIGCOMSAT Launch

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2028 Swedish satellites deliveredRadar satellite constellation · ICEYE Delivery

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2028–29 HÜRSAT-2 launches on Şimşek-1Şimşek launchers · Roketsan Launch

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FY 2029 First satellite deliveredEpoch 2 missile warning · BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Delivery

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2029 Hourly global revisitFireSat · Muon Space Other

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2029 Nova Block 2 debutsNova · Stoke Space Launch

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2029 Starlab launches on StarshipStarlab · Starlab Space Launch

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Q4 FY2029 First launchesSDA Tranche 3 Tracking Layer · Lanteris Space Systems Launch

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End of 2029 Reactor ready to launchFission Surface Power · NASA Glenn Research Center Launch

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2029–30 NigComSat-2B launchesNigComSat-2A and 2B · NIGCOMSAT Launch

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Late 2020s 30-satellite constellationStriX constellation · Synspective Other

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2030 Es'hail-3 launchesEs'hail-3 · Es'hailSat Launch

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2030 First IRIS² satellites deliveredIRIS² LEO satellites · Aerospacelab Delivery

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2030s First Argonaut missionArgonaut lunar lander · Thales Alenia Space Other

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2030 ISS operations end, followed by a controlled deorbitCommercial LEO Destinations · NASA Other

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2030 Global coverageConnectedCosmos · Open Cosmos Other

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2030 100 satellitesHyperfield constellation · Kuva Space Other

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2030 At least $100M a year in PNT revenueIridium PNT · Iridium Other

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2030 Network operational at MarsMars Telecommunications Network · NASA Other

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2030 ISS deorbitedRussian Orbital Station · Roscosmos Other

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Spring 2031 First Europa flybyEuropa Clipper · NASA JPL Other

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2031 Phobos samples return to EarthMMX (Martian Moons eXploration) · JAXA Other

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2031 Full constellationFormosat-8 constellation · Taiwan Space Agency Other

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2034 Arrives at TitanDragonfly · Johns Hopkins APL Landing

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Date TBA Next launch5G IoT constellation · Sateliot Launch

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Date TBA Angeo-1 launchAngoSat-2 and Angeo-1 · GGPEN (Angolan Space Office) Launch

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Date TBA First orbital launchAventura I · TLON Space Launch

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Date TBA Next launchBRO satellites · Unseenlabs Launch

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Date TBA Next CAS500 launchCAS500 satellites · Korea Aerospace Industries Launch

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Date TBA Phase 2 awards, pending fiscal 2027 fundingCommercial LEO Destinations · NASA Contract

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Date TBA Next batchConnecta IoT constellation · Plan-S Other

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Date TBA Launch to Schrödinger BasinCP-12 far side mission · Draper Launch

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Date TBA Joint satellite launchEarth observation satellites · Egyptian Space Agency Launch

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Date TBA Next EROS launchEROS satellites · ImageSat International Launch

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Date TBA Industry builders selectedFission Surface Power · NASA Glenn Research Center Contract

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Date TBA GuaraniSat-2 launchesGuaraniSat-2 · Paraguayan Space Agency Launch

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Date TBA Michibiki 7 launchH3 · Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Launch

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Date TBA Mission 3 (APEX 1.0) launchesHAKUTO-R lunar missions · ispace Launch

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Date TBA Second flightHANBIT-Nano · Innospace Launch

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Date TBA Next HEO launchIRIDE HEO satellites · Argotec Launch

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Date TBA Fourth flightKAIROS · Space One Launch

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Date TBA First orbital launchNebula-1 · Deep Blue Aerospace Launch

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Date TBA Next Ofek launchOfek and Dror satellites · Israel Aerospace Industries Launch

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Date TBA Network enters operational serviceOptical relay network · Kepler Communications Other

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Date TBA Otter Pup 2 docks with ElaraSatOtter · Starfish Space Other

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Date TBA Rocket 4 first launchRocket 4 · Astra Launch

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Date TBA Successor contractSGDC · Telebras Contract

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Date TBA Third flightSpectrum · Isar Aerospace Launch

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Date TBA Regular V3 launches on StarshipStarlink · SpaceX Launch

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Date TBA Next national satelliteTaifa satellites · Kenya Space Agency Other

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Date TBA Next Taiga suborbital attemptTaiga and Tundra rockets · NordSpace Other

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Date TBA Second flightTianlong-3 · Space Pioneer Launch

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Date TBA Ukko launchesUkko demonstration satellite · ReOrbit Launch

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Date TBA Return to flight with Amazon LeoVulcan · United Launch Alliance Launch

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Date TBA First INNOSPACE missionWhalers Way and Koonibba · Southern Launch Other

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Date TBA ZERO maiden flightZERO · Interstellar Technologies Launch

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Date TBA First reflown boosterZhuque-3 · LandSpace Other

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Date TBA 100th Electron launchElectron · Rocket Lab Launch

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2027 (date TBA) Trinity launches on Falcon 9Trinity · K2 Space Launch

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Date TBA Two Mark V satellites delivered in orbit for PortugalNewSat constellation · Satellogic Delivery

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Date TBA Otter launchesDARPA Otter · Redwire Launch

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Date TBA ARSAT-SG1 launchesSAOCOM and ARSAT-SG1 · INVAP Launch

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Date TBA Brasat pilot constellation launchesVCUB1 and Brasat · Visiona Tecnologia Espacial Launch

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Date TBA LandingX-37B OTV-8 · Boeing Landing

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