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May 23

Starlink 1

Vehicle	Falcon 9 v1.2
Location	Cape Canaveral AFS SLC-40
Time	10:30 PM EDT / 2019-05-24 02:30:00Z
Window	1 hour, 30 minutes

SpaceX is expected to fly its first batch of Starlink satellites atop a Falcon 9 rocket. The company has not disclosed how many will be aboard this first mission, but it will be the beginning of the first phase of the mega constellation, which could encompass nearly 12,000 satellites when completed.

May 30

Yamal 601

Vehicle	Proton-M
Location	Baikonur Cosmodrome LC-81
Time	11:42 PM ALMT / 2019-05-30 17:42:00Z

A Proton-M rocket with a Breeze-M upper stage is slated to send the Yamal 601 geostationary communications satellite. The spacecraft was built by ISS Reshetnev and Thales Alenia Space on behalf of Gazprom Space Systems. Once it orbit, it is expected to provide services to Russia, the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia.

NETJun 11

Radarsat C1, C2 C3

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

Radarsat C1, C2 & C3 will launch with a Falcon-9 rocket from VAFB.

NETJun 12

Direct TV 16 and Eutelsat 7C

Vehicle	Ariane 5 ECA
Location	Guiana Space Centre ELA-3
Time	TBD

Arianespace is contracted to launch the DirectTV and Eutelsat 7C communications satellites into space atop an Ariane 5 rocket. The double-satellite launch is designated VA248 and will place the two spacecraft into a geostationary transfer orbit.

NETJun 22

STP-2

Vehicle	Falcon Heavy
Location	Kennedy Space Center LC-39A
Time	TBD

The Space Test Program-2 (STP-2) mission is comprised of a cluster of military and scientific research satellites for the United States Air Force (USAF). The mission is currently slated to use a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket to be launch from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A.

NETJun 27

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.

NETJun 27

Meteor M2-2

Vehicle	Soyuz-2
Location	Vostochny Cosmodrome LD1
Time	TBD

A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch with the Russian Meteor M2-1 polar-orbiting weather satellite.

NETJul 8

CRS-18

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

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.

NETJul 9

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.

Jul 20

Soyuz MS-13

Vehicle	Soyuz-FG
Location	Baikonur Cosmodrome LC-1
Time	10:25 PM ALMT / 2019-07-20 16:25:00Z

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.

NETJul 25

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.

NETJul 31

Progress MS-12

Vehicle	Soyuz-2
Location	Baikonur Cosmodrome LC-31
Time	TBD

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

NETJul

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.

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.

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.

NETAug

Starliner CST-100 OFT-1

Vehicle	Atlas V 401
Location	Cape Canaveral AFS SLC-41
Time	TBD

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

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.

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.

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.