Launch Calendar
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Past Missions This Year
Jan 6 | Starlink Group 4-5 | |||||||
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SpaceX is set to launch another batch of Starlink satellites from Florida. This is the 34th dedicated Starlink mission by the company. It's unclear exactly how many spacecraft are aboard this rocket. However, as many as 53 of the version 1.5 satellites have flown atop a single Falcon 9. |
Jan 13 | Transporter 3 | |||||||
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SpaceX is planning to fly the Transporter 3 mission in early 2022. It is a rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit with various payloads from commercial and government customers. Related Articles: |
Jan 21 | USSF-8 | |||||||
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An Atlas V is set to fly the USSF-8 mission, which includes two satellites for the Space Force's Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program. The rocket will be the first, and only, to fly in the 511 configuration, meaning it has a five-meter payload faring, a single solid rocket motor and a single-engine Centaur upper stage. Related Articles: |
Jan 31 | CSG 2 | |||||||
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is set to send the second COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG 2) radar surveillance spacecraft into orbit for the Italian space agency. |
Feb 2 | NROL-87 | |||||||
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 is scheduled to send a classified payload into orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office from Vandenberg Space Force Base as part of the NROL-87 mission. Related Articles: |
Feb 3 | Starlink Group 4-7 | |||||||
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SpaceX is poised to launch another batch of Starlink internet satellites. |
Feb 19 | NG-17 Cygnus | |||||||
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Northrop Grumman is planning to send the uncrewed NG-17 Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station to resupply the seven-person Expedition 66 crew. Following launch the spacecraft is expected to rendezvous with the ISS about two days later before being berthed to the Earth-facing port of the Unity module. |
Mar 1 | GOES-T | |||||||||
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United Launch Alliance is contracted to fly NASA and NOAA's GOES-T weather satellite into space atop an Atlas V rocket in the "541" configuration, meaning it will have a five-meter payload fairing, four solid rocket motors and a single-engine Centaur upper stage. |
Mar 3 | Starlink Group 4-9 | |||||||
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SpaceX is set to launch a batch of 47 Starlink internet satellites to grow its megaconstellation. Liftoff is to occur atop a Falcon 9 rocket. |
Mar 9 | Starlink Group 4-10 | |||||||
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SpaceX is set to launch a batch of Starlink internet satellites to grow its megaconstellation. Liftoff is to occur atop a Falcon 9 rocket. |
Apr 8 | 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 10-day-long 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. |
Apr 21 | Starlink Group 4-14 | |||||||
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SpaceX is set to launch another batch of Starlink internet satellites atop the company's Falcon 9 rocket. |
Apr 27 | Crew-4 Dragon | |||||||
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In spring 2022, NASA and SpaceX are planning to send four people to the International Space Station using a new Crew Dragon spacecraft. Aboard are expected to be NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Robert Hines and Jessica Watkins, as well as European Space Agency and Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. They are expected to remain aboard ISS for about five months. |
May 19 | Orbital Flight Test 2 | |||||||
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Launching atop an Atlas 5 rocket in an "N22" variant* will be Boeing's second uncrewed Starliner test mission to the International Space Station, OFT-2. This was delayed from summer 2021 because of a problem with thrusters on the spacecraft's service module. *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. |