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Jul 20

Soyuz MS-13

Vehicle	Soyuz-FG
Location	Baikonur Cosmodrome LC-1
Time	10:28 PM ALMT / 2019-07-20 16:28:00Z

A Roscosmos Soyuz-FG rocket will launch a crewed Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station with members of Expedition 60: Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Skvorzov, European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, and NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan.

Jul 21

CRS-18

Vehicle	Falcon 9 v1.2
Location	Cape Canaveral AFS SLC-40
Time	7:35 PM EDT / 2019-07-21 23:35:00Z

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 20th Dragon spacecraft mission on its 18th operational cargo delivery flight to the International Space Station. The flight is being conducted under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.

Jul 31

Progress MS-12

Vehicle	Soyuz-2
Location	Baikonur Cosmodrome LC-31
Time	6:13 PM ALMT / 2019-07-31 12:13:00Z

A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the 73rd Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station.

NETJul

Shijian 20

Vehicle	Long March 5
Location	Wenchang Space Center LA-1
Time	TBD

A Chinese Long March 5 rocket will launch the Shijian 20 communications satellite which will replace the Shijian 18 satellite lost in a launch failure in 2017.

NETJul

Amos 17

Vehicle	Falcon 9 v1.2
Location	Kennedy Space Center LC-39A
Time	TBD

Built by Boeing and owned by Spacecom Ltd. of Israel, Amos 17 will provide high-throughput broadband connectivity and other communications services over Africa, the Middle East and Europe.

NETAug 8

AEHF 5

Vehicle	Atlas V 551
Location	Cape Canaveral AFS SLC-41
Time	TBD

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V (in its 551 configuration) rocket will launch the fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite for the U.S. military. Built by Lockheed Martin, the spacecraft is designed to provide highly-secure communications to the Department of Defense. The launch had been scheduled for June 27, but was delayed due to a battery failure. It was then rescheduled for July 17 but an anomaly detected during testing pushed the launch date to August 8.

Aug 17

Starliner CST-100 OFT-1

Vehicle	Atlas V 401
Location	Cape Canaveral AFS SLC-41
Time	9:00 AM EDT / 2019-08-17 13:00:00Z

Boeing's Starliner CST-100 Orbital Flight Test-1 (OFT-1) is the first test flight of the new commercial spacecraft. Staliner will fly on an Atlas-V N22 booster to International Space Station. The version of the Atlas V tasked with sending the space "taxi" to the ISS is different in that it will have two engines in the Centaur second stage.

Apr 2019: Boeing’s first crewed test flight gains extension

NETAug 22

GPS 3-02

Vehicle	Delta IV Medium+ (4,2)
Location	Cape Canaveral AFS SLC-37
Time	TBD

United Launch Alliance will launch a Delta 4 rocket carrying the U.S. Air Force’s second third-generation navigation satellite for the Global Positioning System. The satellite is built by Lockheed Martin.

NETSep

HTV 8

Vehicle	H-IIB
Location	Tanegashima Space Center Pad 2
Time	TBD

A Japanese H-2B rocket will launch the eighth H-2 Transfer Vehicle. The HTV serves as an automated cargo vehicle to deliver equipment and supplies to the International Space Station.

NETSep

Crew Dragon Demo 2

Vehicle	Falcon 9 (Crew Dragon)
Location	Kennedy Space Center LC-39A
Time	TBD

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft on its first crewed test flight. NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken will fly on the Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station. The Crew Dragon spacecraft will return to a splashdown at sea.

NETOct 15

CSG 1 & CHEOPS

Vehicle	Soyuz-2 (Arianespace)
Location	Guiana Space Centre ELS
Time	TBD

An Arianespace Soyuz rocket will carry the first COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG 1) radar surveillance satellite for ASI, the Italian space agency. The European Space Agency’s Characterizing Exoplanet Satellite, or CHEOPS, will fly as a secondary payload on the mission. Built by Airbus Defense and Space in Spain with a Swiss-developed science instrument, CHEOPS will observe transits of planets around other stars to measure their radii.

NETOct 19

Cygnus NG-12

Vehicle	Antares 200
Location	Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport LP-0A
Time	TBD

The 12th Cygnus cargo spacecraft to fly to the International Space Station.

NETOct

GPS 3-03

Vehicle	Falcon 9 v1.2
Location	Kennedy Space Center LC-39A
Time	TBD

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the U.S. Air Force’s third third-generation navigation satellite for the Global Positioning System. The satellite is built by Lockheed Martin.

NETDec 4

CRS-19

Vehicle	Falcon 9 v1.2
Location	Kennedy Space Center LC-39A
Time	TBD

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 21st Dragon spacecraft mission on its 19th operational cargo delivery flight to the International Space Station. The flight is being conducted under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.

Missions No Earlier Than 2019

NET2019

Chang’e 5

Vehicle	Long March 5
Location	Wenchang Space Center LA-1
Time	TBD

Chang'e 5 is a Chinese robotic mission to collect at least 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) of lunar soil and rock samples from Earth's moon and return them to Earth. This would be the first lunar sample return mission attempted by any nation since 1976.

NET2019

ICON

Vehicle	Pegasus-XL
Location	Cape Canaveral AFS
Time	TBD
Window	1 hour, 30 minutes

NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) satellite will be the 44th satellite launched to orbit by the air-dropped Pegasus XL rocket, carried to drop altitude by an L-1011 carrier aircraft. ICON will study Earth's ionosphere, a region of the upper atmosphere affected by solar storms and weather phenomena where terrestrial weather meets space weather. Disturbances in the ionosphere affect GPS/satellite navigation and radio transmissions.

NET2019

Chandrayaan-2

Vehicle	GSLV Mk III
Location	Satish Dhawan Space Centre SLP
Time	TBD

India's second robotic mission to the Moon will be launched by a GSLV Mk II rocket. The Chandrayaan-2 mission will include an orbiter, lander and rover. Once in orbit around the Moon, the lander/rover combo will detach from the orbiter to descend to the surface. Once landed, the six-wheeled rover will be deployed. Meanwhile, the orbiter will perform remote-sensing activities.

Missions No Earlier Than 2020

NET2020

SAOCOM 1B

Vehicle	Falcon 9 v1.2
Location	Vandenberg AFB SLC-4
Time	TBD

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the SAOCOM 1B satellite for CONAE, Argentina’s space agency. SAOCOM 1B is the second of two SAOCOM 1-series Earth observation satellites designed to provide radar imagery to help emergency responders and monitor the environment, including the collection of soil moisture measurements.