This article lists orbital and suborbital launches during the fourth quarter of the year 2026.

For all other spaceflight activities, see2026 in spaceflight. For launches during the rest of 2026, seeList of spaceflight launches in January–March 2026,List of spaceflight launches in April–June 2026, andList of spaceflight launches in July–September 2026.

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ =CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
←Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec→ October [edit]
October (TBD)[1]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape Canaveral orVandenberg		SpaceX
		FORMOSAT-8B/GTM[2][3]	TASA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation/Gamma-ray astronomy
		Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission tosun-synchronous orbit, designated Transporter-18.
←Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec→ November [edit]
November (TBD)[4]	Soyuz-2.1a			BaikonurSite 31/6		Roscosmos
		Progress MS-35 / 96P	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics
←Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec→ December [edit]
December (TBD)[5]	Ariane 62[6]			KourouELA-4		Arianespace
		PLATO	ESA	Sun–EarthL2	Exoplanetary science
Q4 (TBD)[8]	Falcon 9 Block 5[9]			KennedyLC-39A		SpaceX
		APEX 1.0	ispace U.S. /Draper /NASA	TLI tolunar surface	Lunar lander
		TBA	TBA	Selenocentric	Lunar communications
		First flight of ispace's APEX 1.0 lunar lander, as part of ispace Mission 3.Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) mission delivering payloads toSchrödinger Basin. The Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment (LuSEE), a flight spare of theFIELDS instrument on theParker Solar Probe, will fly on this mission.[7]
Q4 (TBD)[11]	Falcon Heavy			KennedyLC-39A		SpaceX
		Griffin-II	Astrobotic	TLI tolunar surface	Lunar lander
		Third Astrobotic lunar lander mission, targeting a site near thelunar south pole. Astrobotic's LunaGrid-Lite aims to demonstrate high voltage power transmission from the lander to a tetheredCubeRover.[10]
Q4 (TBD)[12]	Starship			Starbase		SpaceX
		Starship	SpaceX	Low Earth	In-space refuelingtechnology demonstration
		Starship Target for the Starship HLS Prop Transfer Demo, receiving propellant from Chaser.
Q4 (TBD)[12]	Starship			Starbase		SpaceX
		Starship	SpaceX	Low Earth	In-space refuelingtechnology demonstration
		Starship Chaser for the Starship HLS Prop Transfer Demo, transferring propellant to Target.
Q4 (TBD)[13]	Eclipse			MARS LP-0A		Firefly Aerospace /Northrop Grumman
		TBA	Firefly Aerospace	Low Earth	Flight test
		First test flight of Firefly's Eclipse, utilizing the same first stage used on Antares 330, a new Firefly-developed second stage with a single Vira engine, and a new payload fairing by Northrop Grumman.
Q4 (TBD)[14]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape Canaveral orKennedy		SpaceX
		O3b mPOWER 11 (O3b FM31)	SES S.A.	Medium Earth	Communications
		O3b mPOWER 12 (O3b FM32)	SES S.A.	Medium Earth	Communications
		O3b mPOWER 13 (O3b FM33)	SES S.A.	Medium Earth	Communications
Q4 (TBD)[17]	Soyuz-2.1b /Fregat-M			PlesetskSite 43		Roscosmos
		Ekspress-RV1	RSCC	Highly elliptical	Communications
		First satellite of the Ekspress-RV constellation. Ekspress-RV will cover Russia'sFar North, which is inaccessible to the main Ekspress constellation in geosynchronous orbit.[15][16]
Q4 (TBD)[18]	Ariane 64			KourouELA-4		Arianespace
		TBA	TBA	Geosynchronous	TBA
		Multi-Launch Service (MLS) #1 rideshare mission.
Q4 (TBD)[20]	Long March 5B		5B-Y5	Wenchang LC-1		CASC
		Xuntian	CNSA	Low Earth (TSS)	Space astronomy
		Xuntian ("Heavenly Cruiser"), also known as theChinese Survey Space Telescope orChinese Space Station Telescope (CSST), will co-orbit with theTiangong space station.[19]
Q4 (TBD)[22][23]	Vega-C			KourouELV		Arianespace
		CO2M-A (Sentinel-7A)[24]	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		First satellite of the Copernicus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Monitoring mission.[21] Part of the European Space Agency'sCopernicus Programme.
Q4 (TBD)[25]	Vulcan CentaurVC4L[26]			Cape CanaveralSLC-41		ULA
		SSC Demo-1	NASA /Sierra Space	Low Earth	Flight test
		Dream Chaser demonstration mission.
Q4 (TBD)[27]	Vulcan Centaur			Cape CanaveralSLC-41		ULA
		⚀SunRISE × 6[28]	NASA	Geosynchronous	Space weather
		SunRISE is a NASAExplorers Program Mission of Opportunity.
H2 (TBD)[31]	Falcon 9 Block 5			KennedyLC-39A		SpaceX
		IM-3	Intuitive Machines	TLI tolunar surface	Lunar lander
		Khon1	Intuitive Machines	Earth–MoonL2	Lunar communications
		Lunar Vertex rover	NASA	TLI tolunar surface	Lunar rover
		CADRE × 3	NASA	TLI tolunar surface	Lunar rovers
		ThirdNova-C lunar lander.Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) mission delivering payloads toReiner Gamma.[29]ESA will provide the MoonLIGHTlunar laser retroreflector payload and the Package for Resource Observation and in-Situ Prospecting for Exploration, Commercial exploitation, and Transportation (PROSPECT).[30]
←Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec→ To be determined [edit]
2026 (TBD)[32]	New Glenn		NG-4	Cape CanaveralLC-36		Blue Origin
		BlueBird × 8	AST SpaceMobile	Low Earth	Communications
		BlueBird Block 2 Mission 4.
2026 (TBD)[33][34][35]	New Glenn		NG-5	Cape CanaveralLC-36		Blue Origin
		Elytra-I (FANTM-RiDE)	NRO /Firefly / Xtenti	Low Earth	Space tug
		⚀ DARLA	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
		⚀ R5-S3	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
		⚀ R5-S5	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
		⚀ Odyssey	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
		⚀ IGOR	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
		⚀ Orca 2	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
		⚀TechEdSat 16 (TES 16)	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
		⚀CANVAS	University of Colorado Boulder	Low Earth	Magnetosphereic research
		⚀ SM 2	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
		⚀ SeaLion	ODU/US Coast Guard/AFIT	Low Earth	Technology demonstration
		⚀ Ut-ProSat 1	Virginia Tech	Low Earth	Technology demonstration
		NRO Responsive Space Mission, carrying Firefly's Elytraorbital transfer vehicle and Xtenti's FANTM-RiDE payload dispenser. TheELaNa-42 mission, consisting of the AEPEX, DARLA, OrCa2, R5-S3, R5-S5 and TechEdSat-16 cubesats, will be launched on this flight.
2026 (TBD)[36]	New Glenn		NG-6	Cape CanaveralLC-36		Blue Origin
		KuiperSat × 49	Kuiper Systems	Low Earth	Communications
		First of 12New Glenn launches for Amazon'sProject Kuiper.
2026 (TBD)[37]	New Glenn		NG-7	Cape CanaveralLC-36		Blue Origin
		KuiperSat × 49	Kuiper Systems	Low Earth	Communications
		Second of 12New Glenn launches for Amazon'sProject Kuiper.
2026 (TBD)[38]	New Glenn		NG-8	Cape CanaveralLC-36		Blue Origin
		KuiperSat × 49	Kuiper Systems	Low Earth	Communications
		Third of 12New Glenn launches for Amazon'sProject Kuiper.
2026 (TBD)[39]	New Glenn		NG-9	Cape CanaveralLC-36		Blue Origin
		KuiperSat × 49	Kuiper Systems	Low Earth	Communications
		Fourth of 12New Glenn launches for Amazon'sProject Kuiper.
2026 (TBD)[40]	New Glenn		NG-10	Cape CanaveralLC-36		Blue Origin
		KuiperSat × 49	Kuiper Systems	Low Earth	Communications
		Fifth of 12New Glenn launches for Amazon'sProject Kuiper.
2026 (TBD)[41]	New Glenn		NG-11	Cape CanaveralLC-36		Blue Origin
		KuiperSat × 49	Kuiper Systems	Low Earth	Communications
		Sixth of 12New Glenn launches for Amazon'sProject Kuiper.
2026 (TBD)[42]	New Glenn		NG-12	Cape CanaveralLC-36		Blue Origin
		KuiperSat × 49	Kuiper Systems	Low Earth	Communications
		Seventh of 12New Glenn launches for Amazon'sProject Kuiper.
2026 (TBD)[43]	New Glenn		NG-13	Cape CanaveralLC-36		Blue Origin
		KuiperSat × 49	Kuiper Systems	Low Earth	Communications
		Eighth of 12New Glenn launches for Amazon'sProject Kuiper.
2026 (TBD)[44]	New Glenn		NG-14	Cape CanaveralLC-36		Blue Origin
		KuiperSat × 49	Kuiper Systems	Low Earth	Communications
		Ninth of 12New Glenn launches for Amazon'sProject Kuiper.
2026 (TBD)[45]	New Glenn		NG-15	Cape CanaveralLC-36		Blue Origin
		KuiperSat × 49	Kuiper Systems	Low Earth	Communications
		Tenth of 12New Glenn launches for Amazon'sProject Kuiper.
2026 (TBD)[46]	New Glenn		NG-16	Cape CanaveralLC-36		Blue Origin
		KuiperSat × 49	Kuiper Systems	Low Earth	Communications
		Eleventh of 12New Glenn launches for Amazon'sProject Kuiper.
2026 (TBD)[47]	New Glenn		NG-17	Cape CanaveralLC-36		Blue Origin
		KuiperSat × 49	Kuiper Systems	Low Earth	Communications
		Twelfth of 12New Glenn launches for Amazon'sProject Kuiper.
2026 (TBD)[48][49]	Soyuz-2.1b /Fregat-M			Plesetsk		RVSN RF
		Kosmos (GLONASS-K19L (K1 №7))	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation
2026 (TBD)[50][49]	Soyuz-2.1b /Fregat-M			PlesetskSite 43		RVSN RF
		Kosmos (GLONASS-K20L (K1 №8))	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation
2026 (TBD) [51][52]	Soyuz-2.1b /Fregat-M			PlesetskSite 43		RVSN RF
		Kosmos (GLONASS-K225L (K2 №4))	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation
2026 (TBD) [51][53]	Soyuz-2.1b /Fregat-M			PlesetskSite 43		RVSN RF
		Kosmos (GLONASS-V11L (V №1))	VKS	Highly elliptical	Navigation
		First of six initial satellites in highly elliptical orbits.
2026 (TBD) [51][54]	Soyuz-2.1b /Fregat-M			PlesetskSite 43		RVSN RF
		Kosmos (GLONASS-V12L (V №2))	VKS	Highly elliptical	Navigation
2026 (TBD)[55][56]	Angara A5M			VostochnySite 1A		Roscosmos
		TBA	Roscosmos	Low Earth	Flight test
		Maiden flight of the Angara A5M.
2026 (TBD)[57][58]	Angara A5 /DM-03[59]			Plesetsk		Roscosmos
		Luch-5M №1[60]	Gonets Satellite System	Geosynchronous	Communications
2026 (TBD) [61][49]	Soyuz-2.1b /Fregat-M			VostochnySite 1S		Roscosmos
		TELNET 01-30	TELNET	Low Earth	TBA
2026 (TBD) [62][49]	Soyuz-2.1b /Fregat-M			VostochnySite 1S		Roscosmos
		TELNET 31-60	TELNET	Low Earth	TBA
2026 (TBD)[63][64]	SSLV		S2	Satish Dhawan		ISRO
		TBA	ISRO	Low Earth	TBA
		Azista60°	Azista BST Aerospace	Low Earth	TBA
2026 (TBD) [65][49]	Soyuz-2.1b /Fregat			VostochnySite 1S		TBA
		Piksel-VR №1	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
		Piksel-VR №2	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
2026 (TBD)[67]	HLVM 3			Satish DhawanSLP		ISRO
		Gaganyaan-2 / G2	ISRO	Low Earth	Flight test
		Second Gaganyaan flight test. Will carry theVyommitra humanoid robot.[66]
2026 (TBD)[68][67]	HLVM 3			Satish DhawanSLP		ISRO
		Gaganyaan-3 / G3	ISRO	Low Earth	Flight test
		Third Gaganyaan flight test. Will carry theVyommitra humanoid robot.[68][66]
2026 (TBD)[69][70]	PSLV			Satish DhawanFLP		ISRO
		THEOS-2A	GISTDA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
2026 (TBD)[71][72]	PSLV-XL			Satish Dhawan		ISRO
		Cartosat-3A	ISRO	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
2026 (TBD)[73]	PSLV-XL			Satish Dhawan		ISRO
		Resourcesat-3	ISRO	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
2026 (TBD)[71]	PSLV		N2	Satish Dhawan		ISRO
		TBA	NSIL	Low Earth	TBA
		⚀ Aadyah	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
		⚀ Sanskardhaam	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
		⚀DS P30 x2	Dhruva Space	Low Earth	Earth observation
		Second fully privately built PSLV.
2026 (TBD)[74]	Angara-1.2			PlesetskSite 35/1		Roscosmos
		Gonets-M1 №1	Gonets Satellite System	Low Earth	Communications
		Gonets-M1 №2	Gonets Satellite System	Low Earth	Communications
		Gonets-M1 №3	Gonets Satellite System	Low Earth	Communications
		Gonets-M1 №4	Gonets Satellite System	Low Earth	Communications
		Gonets-M1 №5	Gonets Satellite System	Low Earth	Communications
		Gonets-M1 №6	Gonets Satellite System	Low Earth	Communications
2026 (TBD)[75]	GSLV Mk II			Satish Dhawan		ISRO
		IDRSS-1 (CMS-04)	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Communications
		First of two Satellite for Indian Data Relay satellite System.
2026 (TBD)[76]	PSLV-XL			Satish Dhawan		ISRO
		ANVESHA	DRDO	Low Earth	TBA
2026 (TBD)[77]	Daytona I			VandenbergSLC-5		Phantom Space
		AFNIO × ?	Ingenu	Low Earth	IoT
		Will launch "the majority of" Ingenu's 72-satellite AFNIO constellation.
2026 (TBD)[78]	Daytona I			VandenbergSLC-5		Phantom Space
		⚀TBA	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
		CubeSat Launch Initiative contract awarded by NASA.
2026 (TBD)[79][80]	Angara 1.2			PlesetskSite 35/1		Roscosmos
		Gonets-M 26	Gonets Satellite System	Low Earth	Communications
		Gonets-M 27	Gonets Satellite System	Low Earth	Communications
		Gonets-M 28	Gonets Satellite System	Low Earth	Communications
2026 (TBD)[81]	Angara 1.2			PlesetskSite 35/1		RVSN RF
		Strela-3M №22	VKS	Low Earth	TBA
		Strela-3M №23	VKS	Low Earth	TBA
		Strela-3M №24	VKS	Low Earth	TBA
NET 2026 (TBD)[82]	H3			TanegashimaLA-Y2		MHI
		InmarsatTBA	Inmarsat	Geosynchronous	Communications
2026 (TBD)[71]	GSLV Mk II			Satish DhawanSLP		ISRO
		NVS-04 (IRNSS-1M)	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Navigation
		Next generation NaVic satellite.
2026 (TBD)[71]	GSLV Mk II			Satish DhawanSLP		ISRO
		NVS-05 (IRNSS-1N)	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Navigation
		Next generation NaVic satellite.
2026 (TBD)[85][86]	Neutron			MARS LC-3		Rocket Lab
		Photon relay satellite	Rocket Lab	Heliocentric toVenus	Venusflyby
		Venus Life Finder	MIT /Rocket Lab	Heliocentric toVenus	Venus entry probe
		The Venus Life Finder atmospheric-entry probe will search forphosphine and other potentialbiosignatures forlife on Venus.[83][84] First of three MIT missions to Venus.
2026 (TBD) [87]	Soyuz-2.1b /Fregat			VostochnySite 1S		TBA
		Skif × ?	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
2026 (TBD)[88][89]	Falcon 9 Block 5			VandenbergSLC-4E		SpaceX
		Transport Layer Tranche 2 × 7	SDA	Low Earth	Missile tracking
		Third of ten launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 2 (Tranche 2 Transport Layer C Mission).
2026 (TBD)[88][89]	Falcon 9 Block 5			VandenbergSLC-4E		SpaceX
		Transport Layer Tranche 2 × 7	SDA	Low Earth	Missile tracking
		Fourth of ten launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 2 (Tranche 2 Transport Layer D Mission).
2026 (TBD)[88][89]	Falcon 9 Block 5			VandenbergSLC-4E		SpaceX
		Transport Layer Tranche 2 × 7	SDA	Low Earth	Missile tracking
		Fifth of ten launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 2 (Tranche 2 Transport Layer E Mission).
2026 (TBD)[88][89]	Falcon 9 Block 5			VandenbergSLC-4E		SpaceX
		Transport Layer Tranche 2 × 7	SDA	Low Earth	Missile tracking
		Sixth of ten launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 2 (Tranche 2 Transport Layer F Mission).
2026 (TBD)[88][89]	Falcon 9 Block 5			VandenbergSLC-4E		SpaceX
		Transport Layer Tranche 2 × 7	SDA	Low Earth	Missile tracking
		Seventh of ten launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 2 (Tranche 2 Transport Layer G Mission).
2026 (TBD)[88][89]	Falcon 9 Block 5			VandenbergSLC-4E		SpaceX
		Transport Layer Tranche 2 × 7	SDA	Low Earth	Missile tracking
		Eighth of ten launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 2 (Tranche 2 Transport Layer H Mission).
2026 (TBD)[88][89]	Falcon 9 Block 5			VandenbergSLC-4E		SpaceX
		Transport Layer Tranche 2 × 7	SDA	Low Earth	Missile tracking
		Ninth of ten launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 2 (Tranche 2 Transport Layer I Mission).
2026 (TBD)[88][89]	Falcon 9 Block 5			VandenbergSLC-4E		SpaceX
		Transport Layer Tranche 2 × 7	SDA	Low Earth	Missile tracking
		Last of ten launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 2 (Tranche 2 Transport Layer J Mission).
2026 (TBD)[90]	Antares 330			MARSLP-0A		Northrop Grumman
		Cygnus NG-25	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics
2026 (TBD)[91]	Long March 5			Wenchang LC-1		CASC
		VOICE	CNSA	Heliocentric	Venus Orbiter
2026 (TBD)[91][92]	Long March 4B			Taiyuan LC-9		CASC
		HaiYang 2E[93]	Ministry of Natural Resources	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
2026 (TBD)[91][92]	Long March 4B			JiuquanSLS-2		CASC
		HaiYang 2F[94][95]	Ministry of Natural Resources	Low Earth	Earth observation
2026 (TBD)[96]	Long March 2C		2C-Y?	JiuquanSLS-2		CASC
		Siwei Gaojing 1-05 (SuperView Neo 1-05)		Low Earth	Earth Observation
		Siwei Gaojing 1-06 (SuperView Neo 1-06)		Low Earth	Earth Observation
2026 (TBD)[97]	Long March 2D		2D-Y?	JiuquanSLS-2		CASC
		Siwei Gaojing 3-03 (SuperView Neo 3-03)		Low Earth	Earth Observation
2026 (TBD)[91]	Long March 4B			Jiuquan SLS-2		CASC
		Fengyun 3I (Fengyun 3RM-2)	CMA	Low Earth	Meteorology
2026 (TBD)[91]	Long March 5			Wenchang LC-1		CASC
		Fengyun-5A	CMA	Geosynchronous	Meteorology
2026 (TBD)[98][99]	Ariane 64			KourouELA-4		Arianespace
		Intelsat 41	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications
		Intelsat 44	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications
2026 (TBD)[101]	Ariane 64			KourouELA-4		Arianespace
		Uhura-1 (Node-1)[102]	Skyloom	Geosynchronous	Communications
		Rideshare mission.[100]
2026 (TBD)[103][104]	Ariane 62			KourouELA-4		Arianespace
		GalileoFOC FM31	ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation
		GalileoFOC FM32	ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation
2026 (TBD)[104]	Ariane 62			KourouELA-4		Arianespace
		GalileoFOC FM33	ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation
		GalileoFOC FM34	ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation
		Final batch of first generation Galileo-FOC satellites.
2026 (TBD)[105]	Ariane 6			KourouELA-4		Arianespace
		GalileoG2G-1	ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation
		GalileoG2G-2	ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation
		First Galileo Second Generation (G2) launch.
2026 (TBD)[106][107]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape Canaveral orKennedy		SpaceX
		Arabsat-7A	Arabsat	Geosynchronous	Communications
2026 (TBD)[108]	Falcon 9 Block 5					SpaceX
		Lightspeed × 18	Telesat	Low Earth (SSO)	Communications
		First of 14 Falcon 9 launches for Telesat's Lightspeed LEO constellation.
2026 (TBD)[109]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape Canaveral orKennedy		SpaceX
		Skynet 6A	Airbus Defence and Space /UK Ministry of Defence	Geosynchronous	Military communications
		Falcon 9 First Stage Booster will be expended in this mission.
2026 (TBD) [110]	Falcon Heavy			KennedyLC-39A		SpaceX
		EchoStar-25	EchoStar	Geosynchronous	Communications
2026 (TBD)[111]	Falcon 9 Block 5			TBA		SpaceX
		Transport Layer Tranche 1 × 21	SDA	Low Earth (SSO)	Military communications
		Fifth of six launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 1 (Tranche 1 Transport Layer E Mission).
2026 (TBD)[111]	Falcon 9 Block 5			TBA		SpaceX
		Transport Layer Tranche 1 × 21	SDA	Low Earth (SSO)	Military communications
		Last of six launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 1 (Tranche 1 Transport Layer F Mission).
2026 (TBD)[88][89]	Falcon 9 Block 5			VandenbergSLC-4E		SpaceX
		Tracking Layer Tranche 1 × 7	SDA	Low Earth	Missile tracking
		Third of five launches for the Space Development Agency's Tracking Layer Tranche 1 (Tranche 1 Tracking Layer C Mission).
2026 (TBD)[88][89]	Falcon 9 Block 5			VandenbergSLC-4E		SpaceX
		Tracking Layer Tranche 1 × 7	SDA	Low Earth	Missile tracking
		Last of five launches for the Space Development Agency's Tracking Layer Tranche 1 (Tranche 1 Tracking Layer E Mission).
2026 (TBD)[112]	Falcon 9 Block 5			KennedyLC-39A		SpaceX
		SpaceX CRS-34	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics
2026 (TBD)[113]	Falcon 9 Block 5			KennedyLC-39A		SpaceX
		SpaceX CRS-35	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics
2026 (TBD)[114]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape Canaveral orKennedy		SpaceX
		WorldView Legion 7-12	Maxar Technologies	Low Earth	Earth observation
		First six Block 2 WorldView Legion Satellites.
2026 (TBD)[115]	Falcon Heavy			KennedyLC-39A		SpaceX
		TBA	U.S. Space Force	TBA	TBA
		USSF-75 Mission.
2026 (TBD)[116]	Falcon 9 Block 5			VandenbergSLC-4E		SpaceX
		Rivada × 24	Rivada Space Networks	Low Earth (SSO)	Communications
		First of twelve launches for Rivada Space Networks' 300-satellite constellation.
2026 (TBD)[117]	Firefly Alpha			VandenbergSLC-2W		Firefly
		TBA	L3Harris	Low Earth	TBA
		First of three dedicated launches for L3Harris.
2026 (TBD)[117]	Firefly Alpha			VandenbergSLC-2W		Firefly
		TBA	L3Harris	Low Earth	TBA
		Second of three dedicated launches for L3Harris.
2026 (TBD)[117]	Firefly Alpha			VandenbergSLC-2W		Firefly
		TBA	L3Harris	Low Earth	TBA
		Third of three dedicated launches for L3Harris.
2026 (TBD)[118]	GSLV Mk II			Satish Dhawan		ISRO
		RLV	ISRO	Low Earth	TBA
		RLV-ORV Mission.
JFY2026 (TBD)[121][122]	H3-24L			TanegashimaLA-Y2		MHI
		ETS-9 (Kiku 9)	JAXA /NICT	Geosynchronous	Communications Technology demonstration
		ETS-9 will carry theHigh Speed Communication with Advanced Laser Instrument (HICALI), which will demonstrate 10Gbpslaser communications betweengeosynchronous orbit and ground-stations.[119][120]
JFY2026 (TBD)[121]	H3-24			TanegashimaLA-Y2		MHI
		HTV-X2	JAXA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics
JFY2026 (TBD)[121]	H3-24			TanegashimaLA-Y2		MHI
		HTV-X3	JAXA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics
JFY2026 (TBD)[121]	H3			TanegashimaLA-Y2		MHI
		IGS-Optical Diversification 1	CSICE	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance
		First of a new generation of IGS-Optical satellites.
2026 (TBD)[123]	H3-24L			TanegashimaLA-Y2		MHI
		Martian Moons eXploration (MMX)	JAXA	Areocentric	Mars orbiter Phobossample return
		IDEFIX[124]	DLR /CNES	Areocentric	Mars rover
		Sample return mission fromPhobos.
2026 (TBD)[125]	Long March 10A			Wenchang LC-3		CASC
			CNSA	Low Earth	Flight test
		First flight of the single-core Long March 10A variant.
H2 2026 (TBD)[126]	MLV			MARSLP-0A		Firefly
			Firefly	Low Earth	Flight test
		Maiden flight of Firefly's Medium Launch Vehicle (MLV), previously known as Firefly Beta.
2026 (TBD)[127]	Nuri (KSLV-II)			NaroLC-2		KARI
		TBA	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		Fifth planned launch of Nuri, and the first with solely commercial payloads.
2026 (TBD) [128]	Proton-M /Briz-M			BaikonurSite 200/39		Glavkosmos
		Ekvator (IRN-30B-34E)[129]	ISA	Geosynchronous	Communications
		Communications satellite built byISS Reshetnev for Iran.
2026 (TBD)[130][131]	Proton-M /Briz-M P4			Baikonur		Roscosmos
		Ekspress-AMU4	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communications
		Ekspress-AMU4 will replaceEkspress-AM44.
2026 (TBD)[133]	PSLV			Satish Dhawan		ISRO
		TRISHNA	CNES /ISRO	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		Thirdcollaborative satellite mission between France and India.[132]
2026 (TBD)[134][57][58]	Proton-M /Briz-M[135][59]			Baikonur		Roscosmos
		Yamal-501	Gazprom Space Systems	Geosynchronous	Communications
		Luch-5VM №1[60]	Gonets Satellite System	Geosynchronous	Communications
2026 (TBD) [51][136]	Rokot-M /Briz-KM			PlesetskSite 133		RVSN RF
		Kosmos (Strela-3M №32)	VKS	Low Earth	TBA
		Kosmos (Strela-3M №33)	VKS	Low Earth	TBA
		Kosmos (Strela-3M №34)	VKS	Low Earth	TBA
2026 (TBD)[137]	Soyuz-6			BaikonurSite 1/5		Roscosmos
		TBA	Roscosmos	Low Earth	Flight test
		First flight of the Soyuz-6.
2026 (TBD)[138]	Soyuz-2.1b			VostochnySite 1S		Roscosmos
		Resurs-PM №1[139]	Roscosmos	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
2026 (TBD)[138]	Soyuz-2.1b			VostochnySite 1S		Roscosmos
		Resurs-PM №2[139]	Roscosmos	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
2026 (TBD)[140]	Soyuz-2.1a			VostochnySite 1S		Roscosmos
		Obzor-R №2[141]	Roscosmos	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
2026 (TBD)[142]	Soyuz-2.1b /Fregat			Baikonur		Roscosmos
		Arktika-M №4[143]	Roscosmos	Molniya	Meteorology
2026 (TBD)[144]	Spectrum			Andøya		Isar Aerospace
		⚀ OroraTech × ?	OroraTech	Low Earth (SSO)	Wildfire monitoring
		First of multiple Spectrum launches for OroraTech.
2026 (TBD)[145]	Spectrum			Andøya		Isar Aerospace
		ION SCV	D-Orbit	Low Earth (SSO)	CubeSat deployer
2026 (TBD)[146]	Spectrum			Andøya		Isar Aerospace
		TBA	Airbus Defence and Space	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
2026 (TBD)[147]	Spectrum			Kourou Diamant		Isar Aerospace
		TBA	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		First Spectrum launch from the Guiana Space Centre.
2026 (TBD)[148]	Spectrum orFalcon 9 Block 5			Andøya orCape Canaveral		Isar Aerospace orSpaceX
		TBA × 3	KSAT	Low Earth (SSO)	Maritime surveillance
2026 (TBD)[149]	Spectrum			Andøya		Isar Aerospace
		Sherpa OTV	Spaceflight, Inc.	Low Earth (SSO)	Space tug
		Dedicated rideshare mission.
2026 (TBD)[150]	SSLV			Satish Dhawan		ISRO
		Optimus	Space Machines Company	Low Earth	Space tug
		Space MAITRI (Mission for Australia-India's Technology, Research and Innovation). First dedicated commercial SSLV launch.
2026 (TBD)[153]	Terran R			Cape CanaveralLC-16		Relativity Space
		Mars Lander	Impulse Space	TMI toMartian surface	Mars lander
		Maiden flight of Terran R.[151] Impulse Mars mission.[152]
2026 (TBD)[151][156]	Terran R			Vandenberg B-330		Relativity Space
		Iridium NEXT 182[157]	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications
		A spare Iridium NEXT satellite to be launched on-demand.[154] Relativity was previously contracted to launch up to six spare satellites for Iridium.[155]
2026 (TBD)[151][158]	Terran R			Cape CanaveralLC-16		Relativity Space
		OneWeb × ?	OneWeb	Low Earth	Communications
		First of multiple Terran R launches for OneWeb's Gen 2 constellation.
2026 (TBD)[151][159]	Terran R			Cape CanaveralLC-16		Relativity Space
		STP-TBA	U.S. Space Force	Low Earth	Military
2026 (TBD)[151][160]	Terran R			Cape CanaveralLC-16		Relativity Space
		Vigoride	Momentus Space	Geosynchronous	Space tug
2026 (TBD)[162][163]	Terran R			Cape CanaveralLC-16		Relativity Space
		⚀TBA	NASA	Low Earth	TBA
		NASA Venture Class Launch Services 2 (VCLS 2) Mission, officially known as VCLS Demo-2R. The ELaNa 42 mission, consisting of three CubeSats, will launch on this flight.[161]
2026 (TBD)[151][164]	Terran R			Cape CanaveralLC-16		Relativity Space
		TBA	mu Space	Low Earth	IoT
2026 (TBD)[151][165]	Terran R			Cape CanaveralLC-16		Relativity Space
		Dedicated rideshare mission	Spaceflight, Inc.	Low Earth	Satellite dispenser
		Rideshare mission forsmallsats.
2026 (TBD)[151][166]	Terran R			Cape CanaveralLC-16		Relativity Space
		Dedicated rideshare mission	TriSept	Low Earth	Satellite dispenser
2026 (TBD)[167]	Vega-C			KourouELV		Avio
		IRIDE-MS1-EAGLET2 × 11	ASI	Low Earth	Earth observation
		IRIDE-MS2-HEO × 9	ASI /Argotec	Low Earth	Earth observation
		First launch for the Italian IRIDE satellite constellation.
2026 (TBD)[167][168][169]	Vega-C			KourouELV		Avio
		IRIDE-HYP-PLATINO × 2	ASI	Low Earth	Earth observation
		IRIDE-MS1-EAGLET2 11	ASI	Low Earth	Earth observation
		IRIDE-SAR-NIMBUS × 6	ASI	Low Earth	Earth observation
		IRIDE-SAR-NOX 1	ASI	Low Earth	Earth observation
		IRIDE-VHR-NIMBUS 1	ASI	Low Earth	Earth observation
		Second launch for the Italian IRIDE satellite constellation.MAIA is a hosted instrument on the PLATiNO-2 satellite.
2026 (TBD)[170][171]	Vega-C			KourouELV		Arianespace
		ALTIUS	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		FLEX	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		FLEX is the eighth Earth Explorer of theLiving Planet Programme.
2026 (TBD)[172]	Vega-C			KourouELV		Arianespace
		CSG-4	ASI	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		FourthCOSMO-SkyMed 2nd Generation satellite.
2026 (TBD)[173][174]	Vega-C			KourouELV		Arianespace
		EAGLE-1	SES S.A.	Low Earth	Quantum key distribution
2025 (TBD)[175][176]	Vega-C[177]			KourouELV		Arianespace
		SHALOM	ASI /ISA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
2026 (TBD)[179]	Volans			TBA		Equatorial Space
			Equatorial Space	Low Earth	Flight test
		Maiden flight of Volans, and the first orbital flight of a launch vehicle developed in Singapore.[178]
2026 (TBD)[180]	Vulcan Centaur			Cape CanaveralSLC-41		ULA
		TBA	U.S. Space Force	TBA	TBA
		USSF-16 Mission.
2026 (TBD)[180]	Vulcan Centaur			Cape CanaveralSLC-41		ULA
		TBA	U.S. Space Force	TBA	TBA
		USSF-23 Mission.
2026 (TBD)[115]	Vulcan Centaur			Cape CanaveralSLC-41		ULA
		MTC Epoch-1 1	U.S. Space Force	Medium Earth	Missile tracking
		USSF-95 Mission.
2026 (TBD)[115]	Vulcan Centaur			Cape CanaveralSLC-41		ULA
		SIRI-3	NRL	Low Earth	TBA
		PUMA	AFRL	Low Earth	TBA
		STP-5 Mission.
2026 (TBD)[115]	Vulcan CentaurVC6S			Cape CanaveralSLC-41		ULA
		Silentbarker 4	NRO/USSF	Geosynchronous	Space Situational Awareness
		Silentbarker 5	NRO/USSF	Geosynchronous	Space Situational Awareness
		Silentbarker 6	NRO/USSF	Geosynchronous	Space Situational Awareness
		NROL-118 Mission.
2026 (TBD)[115]	Vulcan Centaur			Cape CanaveralSLC-41		ULA
		TBA	NRO	TBA	TBA
		NROL-109 Mission.
2026 (TBD)[115]	Vulcan Centaur			Cape CanaveralSLC-41		ULA
		TBA	NRO	TBA	TBA
		NROL-56 Mission.
2026 (TBD)[115]	Vulcan Centaur			VandenbergSLC-3E		ULA
		TBA	NRO	TBA	TBA
		NROL-73 Mission.
2026 (TBD)[115]	Vulcan Centaur			VandenbergSLC-3E		ULA
		TBA	NRO	TBA	TBA
		NROL-100 Mission.
2026 (TBD)[181][182]	RFA One			Andøya		RFA
		⚀ E.T.PACK	SENER Aeroespacial /UC3M	Low Earth	Electrodynamic tether demonstration
2026 (TBD)[183]	RFA One			Andøya		RFA
		Harmony 1	Plus Ultra	Selenocentric	Lunar communications
		First of eight satellites forHarmony, Plus Ultra's lunar communications and navigation constellation.
2026 (TBD)[184]	RFA One			Andøya		RFA
		SUPREME	Neutron Star Systems	Low Earth	Technology demonstration
2026 (TBD)[185]	RFA One			Andøya		RFA
		TBA	LuxSpace	Low Earth	TBA
		Dedicated launch contract forLuxSpace.
2026 (TBD)[185]	RFA One			Andøya		RFA
		TBA	OHB Cosmos	Low Earth	TBA
		Dedicated launch contract forOHB Cosmos.
2026 (TBD)[186]	RFA One			Andøya		RFA
		TBA	OHB Sweden	Low Earth	TBA
		Dedicated launch contract forOHB Sweden.
2026 (TBD)[187]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		Canadensys Lunar Rover	Canadensys /CSA	TLI tolunar surface	Lunar rover
		First Canadian lunar rover. Will fly as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative.
2026 (TBD)[188]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		Ardoride	Momentus Space	Selenocentric (LLO)	Space tug
		CanadensysLEAP payload[189][190]	Canadensys	Selenocentric (LLO)	Technology demonstration
		⚀ Zeus-MS × 2[188]	Qosmosys	Selenocentric (LLO)	Technology demonstration
		First Momentus Ardoride lunar rideshare mission.
2026 (TBD)[191]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		Flexsat	Eutelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications
2026 (TBD)[193]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		Inmarsat-7 F1 (GX 7)[194]	Inmarsat	Geosynchronous	Communications
		Inmarsat-7 F2 (GX 8)	Inmarsat	Geosynchronous	Communications
		Inmarsat-7 F3 (GX 9)	Inmarsat	Geosynchronous	Communications
		The satellites may launch on separate rockets, though they are designed to fit together in a single payload fairing.[192]
2026 (TBD)[195]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		Inmarsat-8 F1	Inmarsat	Geosynchronous	Communications
		Inmarsat-8 F2	Inmarsat	Geosynchronous	Communications
		Inmarsat-8 F3	Inmarsat	Geosynchronous	Communications
2026 (TBD)[98][196]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		Intelsat 42	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications
		Intelsat 43	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications
2026 (TBD)[197]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape Canaveral orKennedy		SpaceX
		SXM-11	Sirius XM	Geosynchronous	Communications
2026 (TBD)[198][199]	TBA			TBA		CASC
		Xihe-2	Nanjing University /SAST	Sun–EarthL5	Solar observation