Launch Calendar
Locations
Upcoming Missions This Year
Jan 30 | Starlink L17 | |||||||
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SpaceX is set to launch another 60 Starlink satellites atop the company's Falcon 9 rocket. Following this flight, the number of Starlink internet satellites delivered into orbit will number 1,085, including the two prototype "Tintin" spacecraft in 2018. However, several have been deorbited over the years, so the number of active spacecraft will likely cross 1,000 for the first time after this mission. The company aims to launch at least 12,000 overall. |
Feb 20 | NG-15 Cygnus | |||||||
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Northrop Grumman’s NG-15 Cygnus spacecraft is slated to be the 15th such spacecraft to fly to the International Space Station to resupply the orbiting outpost. NG-15 Cygnus is also the fourth flight for Northrop Grumman under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract. The spacecraft will launch atop an Antares 230+ rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia, and spend several days catching up to and rendezvousing with the International Space Station. |
NETFeb | Starlink L19 | |||||||
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SpaceX is set to launch another 60 Starlink satellites atop the company's Falcon 9 rocket. L19 is expected to be the 20th batch of V1.0 Starlink internet satellites. |
NETFeb | Starlink L18 | |||||||
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SpaceX is set to launch another 60 Starlink satellites atop the company's Falcon 9 rocket. It is expected to be the 19th batch of V1.0 Starlink internet satellites. |
NETMar 25 | Starliner OFT-2 | |||||||
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Launching atop an Atlas 5 rocket in an "N22" variant* will be Boeing's second uncrewed CST-100 Starliner mission to the International Space Station: Orbital Flight Test 2. The first test flight ended early without visiting the ISS because of various programing issues. *The variant designation means it will have no payload fairing, two solid rocket motors and two engines on the Centaur upper stage. Note: The image used in this entry shows the 421 variant. |
NETApr | Crew-2 Dragon | |||||||
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SpaceX's Crew-2 Dragon mission is slated to bring NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur as well as Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and French astronaut Thomas Pesquet to the International Space Station. They'll replace outgoing astronauts from the Crew-1 flight and are expected to remain aboard the outpost for about five to six months before being replaced by the Crew-3 Dragon astronauts as early as September 2021. |
NETMay | CRS-22 Dragon | |||||||
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is slated to send the second cargo variant of the company's Dragon-2 spacecraft, which is based on the Crew Dragon, to the International Space Station. In addition to thousands of pounds supplies in the pressurized capsule, the unpressurized trunk section will contain two new roll-out solar arrays to start the process of augmenting the outposts existing solar array wings. Two more cargo Dragon flights over the coming years will bring two more pairs for a total of s |
NETJul | Starliner CFT | |||||||
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Launching atop an Atlas 5 rocket in an "N22" variant* will be Boeing's first crewed CST-100 Starliner mission to the International Space Station. It will see NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore, Michael Fincke and Nichole Mann fly to the outpost for at least one or two weeks. *The variant designation means it will have no payload fairing, two solid rocket motors and two engines on the Centaur upper stage. Note: The image used in this entry shows the 421 variant. |
NETJul | NG-16 Cygnus | |||||||
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Northrop Grumman’s NG-16 Cygnus spacecraft is slated to the International Space Station to resupply the orbiting outpost. It'll be the fifth flight for Northrop Grumman under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract. The spacecraft will launch atop an Antares 230+ rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia, and spend several days catching up to and rendezvousing with the station. |
NETSep | Crew-3 Dragon | |||||||
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SpaceX's Crew-3 Dragon mission is slated to bring NASA Raja Chari and Thomas Marshburn as well as German astronaut Matthias Maurer and another yet-unnamed international astronaut. They'll replace outgoing astronauts from the Crew-2 flight and are expected to remain aboard the outpost for about six months before being replaced by the crew of the first operational CST-100 mission, Starliner-1, in early 2022. |
Missions No Earlier Than 2022
NETJan | Axiom Mission 1 | |||||||
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Axiom Space has contracted with SpaceX and NASA to fly the first private International Space Station crew for a weeklong stay at the outpost. Included are former NASA astronaut and Ax-1 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, American entrepreneur Larry Connor, Canadian investor and philanthropist Mark Pathy and Israeli investor and philanthropist Eytan Stibbe. |
NET2022 | Boeing Starliner-1 | |||||||
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Launching atop an Atlas 5 rocket in an "N22" variant* will be Boeing's first operational crewed CST-100 Starliner mission to the International Space Station: Starliner-1. It will see NASA astronauts Sunita Williams, Josh Cassada and Jeanette Epps, as well as Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata. *The variant designation means it will have no payload fairing, two solid rocket motors and two engines on the Centaur upper stage. Note: The image used in this entry shows the 421 variant. |