2026 in spaceflight
Spaceflight-related events during the year 2026
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This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the year 2026 .
In 2026, NASA is expected to launch the Artemis III mission, which will land astronauts near the south pole of the Moon . It is expected to be the first mission to land humans on the Moon since 1972.
China plans to launch Chang'e 7 to explore the lunar south pole in late 2026.[1] The mission will include an orbiter, a relay satellite, a lander, a rover, and a mini-flying probe.[2]
Orbital launches
Date and time (UTC )
Rocket
Flight number
Launch site
LSP
Payload (⚀ = CubeSat )
Operator
Orbit
Function
Decay (UTC)
Outcome
Remarks
January
January (TBD)[3]
Antares 330
MARS LP-0A
Northrop Grumman
Cygnus NG-24
NASA
Low Earth (ISS )
ISS logistics
January (TBD)[4] [5]
Vega-C
Kourou ELV
Arianespace
KOMPSAT-7 (Arirang 7)
KARI
Low Earth (SSO )
Earth observation
March
March (TBD)[6]
Soyuz-2.1a
Baikonur Site 31/6
Roscosmos
Soyuz MS-29
Roscosmos
Low Earth (ISS )
Expedition 74 /75
Q1 (TBD)[8]
Ariane 62
Kourou ELA-4
Arianespace
Metop-SG B1 [9]
EUMETSAT
Low Earth (SSO )
Meteorology
Second of six MetOp-SG launches.[7]
Q1 (TBD)[10]
Falcon 9 Block 5
Cape Canaveral or Vandenberg
SpaceX
TBA
TBA
Low Earth (SSO )
TBA
Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit , designated Transporter-16.
Q1 (TBD)[11]
Miura 5
Kourou
PLD Space
PLD Space
Low Earth
Flight test
First flight of Miura 5 .
Q1 (TBD)[12] [13]
Daytona I
TBA
Phantom Space
⚀ Hurricane Hunter × 2
Phantom Space / TWA
Low Earth
Meteorology
First pair of satellites for Tropical Weather Analytics' (TWA) Hurricane Hunter Satellite Constellation.
Q1 (TBD)[8] [15]
Vega-C
Kourou ELV
Arianespace
CO2M-A (Sentinel-7A )[16]
ESA
Low Earth (SSO )
Earth observation
First satellite of the Copernicus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Monitoring mission.[14] Part of the European Space Agency's Copernicus Programme .
Q1 (TBD)[17]
TBA
TBA
TBA
ULTRASAT
ISA / Weizmann Institute of Science
Geosynchronous
Ultraviolet astronomy
June
June (TBD)[18]
PSLV
Satish Dhawan
ISRO
Resourcesat-3S [19]
ISRO
Low Earth (SSO )
Earth observation
Q2 (TBD)[20]
Ariane 64 [21]
Kourou ELA-4
Arianespace
MTG -I2[22]
EUMETSAT
Geosynchronous
Meteorology
Q2 (TBD)[10]
Falcon 9 Block 5
Cape Canaveral or Vandenberg
SpaceX
TBA
TBA
Low Earth (SSO )
TBA
Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit , designated Transporter-17.
Q2 (TBD)[8] [15]
Vega-C
Kourou ELV
Arianespace
CO2M-B (Sentinel-7B )[16]
ESA
Low Earth (SSO )
Earth observation
Second satellite of the Copernicus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Monitoring mission.[14] Part of the European Space Agency's Copernicus Programme .
Q2 (TBD)[23]
Vega-C
Kourou ELV
Arianespace
TBA
TBA
Low Earth (SSO )
TBA
Small Satellites Mission Service (SSMS) #14 rideshare mission.
H1 2026 (TBD)[24]
Ariane 64
Kourou ELA-4
Arianespace
Intelsat 45
Intelsat
Geosynchronous
Communications
H1 2026 (TBD)[25]
Falcon 9 Block 5
Vandenberg SLC-4E
SpaceX
Rivada × 24
Rivada Space Networks
Low Earth (SSO )
Communications
Ninth of twelve launches for Rivada Space Networks' 300-satellite constellation.
H1 2026 (TBD)[25]
Falcon 9 Block 5
Vandenberg SLC-4E
SpaceX
Rivada × 24
Rivada Space Networks
Low Earth (SSO )
Communications
Tenth of twelve launches for Rivada Space Networks' 300-satellite constellation.
H1 2026 (TBD)[25]
Falcon 9 Block 5
Vandenberg SLC-4E
SpaceX
Rivada × 24
Rivada Space Networks
Low Earth (SSO )
Communications
Eleventh of twelve launches for Rivada Space Networks' 300-satellite constellation.
H1 2026 (TBD)[25]
Falcon 9 Block 5
Vandenberg SLC-4E
SpaceX
Rivada × 24
Rivada Space Networks
Low Earth (SSO )
Communications
Twelfth and final launch for Rivada Space Networks' 300-satellite constellation.
Mid 2026 (TBD)[26]
Starship
TBA
SpaceX
Starship HLS
SpaceX
TLI to lunar surface
Lunar lander
FLEX
Astrolab
TLI to lunar surface
Lunar rover Technology demonstration
Uncrewed Starship HLS rideshare mission to the lunar south pole . Astrolab's Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover will compete in NASA's Lunar Terrain Vehicle competition.
September
September (TBD)[6]
Soyuz-2.1a
Baikonur Site 31/6
Roscosmos
Soyuz MS-30
Roscosmos
Low Earth (ISS )
Expedition 75 /76
September (TBD)[27]
SLS Block 1
Kennedy LC-39B
NASA
Artemis 3
NASA
Selenocentric
Crewed lunar landing
TBA [28]
Australian Space Agency
TLI to lunar surface
Lunar rover
Second crewed Orion flight and first crewed lunar landing since Apollo 17 in 1972.
Q3 (TBD)[30]
New Glenn
Cape Canaveral LC-36
Blue Origin
Axiom Hab Two (AxH2)[31]
Axiom Space
Low Earth (ISS )
ISS assembly / Space habitat
Second Axiom Orbital Segment module to be launched, nominally on New Glenn (with Falcon Heavy as backup).[29]
Q3 (TBD)[23]
Vega-C
Kourou ELV
Arianespace
TBA
TBA
Low Earth
TBA
SSMS #15 rideshare mission.
Q3 (TBD)[23]
Vega-C
Kourou ELV
Arianespace
TBA
TBA
Low Earth
TBA
SSMS #16 rideshare mission.
October
Q4 (TBD)[1]
Long March 5
Wenchang LC-1
CASC
Chang'e 7 orbiter
CNSA
Selenocentric
Lunar orbiter
Chang'e 7 relay satellite
CNSA
Selenocentric
Communications
Chang'e 7 lander
CNSA
Selenocentric to lunar surface
Lunar lander
The Rashid 2 rover was removed from this mission due to ITAR concerns.[32]
October (TBD)[34]
Falcon Heavy
Kennedy LC-39A
SpaceX
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
NASA
Sun–Earth L2
Infrared astronomy
Formerly known as the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST).[33]
December
Q4 (TBD)[23]
Ariane 64
Kourou ELA-4
Arianespace
TBA
TBA
Geosynchronous
TBA
Multi-Launch Service (MLS) #1 rideshare mission.
Q4 (TBD)[10]
Falcon 9 Block 5
Cape Canaveral or Vandenberg
SpaceX
TBA
TBA
Low Earth (SSO )
TBA
Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit , designated Transporter-18.
Q4 (TBD)[36]
New Glenn
Cape Canaveral LC-36
Blue Origin
Axiom Hab One (AxH1)
Axiom Space
Low Earth (ISS )
ISS assembly / Space habitat
First Axiom Orbital Segment module to be launched, nominally on New Glenn (with Falcon Heavy as backup).[35]
Q4 (TBD)[38]
Long March 5B
5B-Y?
Wenchang LC-1
CASC
Xuntian
CNSA
Low Earth (TSS )
Space astronomy
Xuntian ("Heavenly Cruiser"), also known as the Chinese Survey Space Telescope or Chinese Space Station Telescope (CSST), will co-orbit with the Tiangong space station .[37]
To be determined
2026 (TBD)[39]
Antares 330
MARS LP-0A
Northrop Grumman
Cygnus NG-25
NASA
Low Earth (ISS )
ISS logistics
2026 (TBD)[40]
Ariane 62 [41]
Kourou ELA-4
Arianespace
PLATO
ESA
Sun–Earth L2
Exoplanetary science
2026 (TBD)[42]
Electron
MARS LC-2
Rocket Lab
DiskSat
U.S. Space Force
Low Earth
Technology demonstration
STP-S30 Mission.
2026 (TBD)[44]
Falcon 9 Block 5 [45]
Kennedy LC-39A
SpaceX
APEX 1.0
ispace U.S. / Draper / NASA
TLI to lunar 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 to Schrödinger Basin . The Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment (LuSEE), a flight spare of the FIELDS instrument on the Parker Solar Probe , will fly on this mission.[43]
2026 (TBD)[46] [47]
Falcon 9 Block 5
Cape Canaveral or Kennedy
SpaceX
Arabsat-7A
Arabsat
Geosynchronous
Communications
2026 (TBD)[48] [49]
Falcon 9 Block 5
Cape Canaveral or Kennedy
SpaceX
GPS III -10 Hedy Lamarr
U.S. Space Force
Medium Earth
Navigation
Named after American actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr .
2026 (TBD)[50]
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)[52]
Falcon Heavy
Kennedy LC-39A
SpaceX
Griffin
Astrobotic
TLI to lunar surface
Lunar lander
⚀ CubeRover
Astrobotic
TLI to lunar surface
Lunar rover
Third Astrobotic lunar lander mission, targeting a site near the lunar south pole . Astrobotic's LunaGrid-Lite aims to demonstrate high voltage power transmission from the lander to a tethered CubeRover .[51]
2026 (TBD)[53]
Firefly Alpha
Vandenberg SLC-2W
Firefly
TBA
L3Harris
Low Earth
TBA
First of three dedicated launches for L3Harris.
2026 (TBD)[53]
Firefly Alpha
Vandenberg SLC-2W
Firefly
TBA
L3Harris
Low Earth
TBA
Second of three dedicated launches for L3Harris.
2026 (TBD)[53]
Firefly Alpha
Vandenberg SLC-2W
Firefly
TBA
L3Harris
Low Earth
TBA
Third of three dedicated launches for L3Harris.
JFY 2026 (TBD)[54]
H3-24
Tanegashima LA-Y2
MHI
HTV-X2
JAXA
Low Earth (ISS )
ISS logistics
JFY 2026 (TBD)[54]
H3-24
Tanegashima LA-Y2
MHI
HTV-X3
JAXA
Low Earth (ISS )
ISS logistics
JFY 2026 (TBD)[54]
H3
Tanegashima LA-Y2
MHI
IGS -Optical Diversification 1
CSICE
Low Earth (SSO )
Reconnaissance
First of a new generation of IGS-Optical satellites.
2026 (TBD)[55]
H3
Tanegashima LA-Y2
MHI
LUPEX
JAXA / ISRO
TLI to lunar surface
Lunar lander
Lunar Polar Exploration (LUPEX) mission.
2026 (TBD)[56]
H3-24L
Tanegashima LA-Y2
MHI
Martian Moons eXploration (MMX)
JAXA
Areocentric
Mars orbiterPhobos sample return
IDEFIX[57]
DLR / CNES
Areocentric
Mars rover
Sample return mission from Phobos .
2026 (TBD)[58]
LVM 3
Satish Dhawan SLP
ISRO
Mars Orbiter Mission 2 (Mangalyaan 2)
ISRO
Areocentric
Mars orbiter
2026 (TBD)[59]
Nuri (KSLV-II)
Naro LC-2
KARI
TBA
TBA
Low Earth (SSO )
TBA
Fifth planned launch of Nuri, and the first with solely commercial payloads.
2026 (TBD)[60] [61]
Proton-M / Briz-M P4
Baikonur
Roscosmos
Ekspress -AMU4
RSCC
Geosynchronous
Communications
2026 (TBD)[18]
PSLV
Satish Dhawan
ISRO
Resourcesat-3A
ISRO
Low Earth (SSO )
Earth observation
2026 (TBD)[63]
PSLV
Satish Dhawan
ISRO
TRISHNA
CNES / ISRO
Low Earth (SSO )
Earth observation
Third collaborative satellite mission between France and India.[62]
2026 (TBD)[64]
Soyuz-2.1a
Vostochny Site 1S
Roscosmos
Obzor-R №2[65]
Roscosmos
Low Earth (SSO )
Earth observation
2026 (TBD)[66]
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
Baikonur
Roscosmos
Arktika-M №4[67]
Roscosmos
Molniya
Meteorology
2026 (TBD)[68]
Spectrum
Andøya
Isar Aerospace
Sherpa OTV
Spaceflight, Inc.
Low Earth (SSO )
Space tug
Dedicated rideshare mission.
2026 (TBD)[71]
Terran R
Cape Canaveral LC-16
Relativity Space
Mars Lander
Impulse Space
TMI to Martian surface
Mars lander
Maiden flight of Terran R.[69] Impulse Mars mission.[70]
2026 (TBD)[69] [74]
Terran R
Vandenberg B-330
Relativity Space
Iridium NEXT 182[75]
Iridium
Low Earth
Communications
A spare Iridium NEXT satellite to be launched on-demand.[72] Relativity was previously contracted to launch up to six spare satellites for Iridium.[73]
2026 (TBD)[69] [76]
Terran R
Cape Canaveral LC-16
Relativity Space
OneWeb × ?
OneWeb
Low Earth
Communications
First of multiple Terran R launches for OneWeb's Gen 2 constellation.
2026 (TBD)[69] [77]
Terran R
Cape Canaveral LC-16
Relativity Space
STP -TBA
U.S. Space Force
Low Earth
Military
2026 (TBD)[69] [78]
Terran R
Cape Canaveral LC-16
Relativity Space
Vigoride
Momentus Space
Geosynchronous
Space tug
2026 (TBD)[80] [81]
Terran R
Cape Canaveral LC-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.[79]
2026 (TBD)[69] [82]
Terran R
Cape Canaveral LC-16
Relativity Space
TBA
mu Space
Low Earth
IoT
2026 (TBD)[69] [83]
Terran R
Cape Canaveral LC-16
Relativity Space
Dedicated rideshare mission
Spaceflight, Inc.
Low Earth
Satellite dispenser
Rideshare mission for smallsats .
2026 (TBD)[69] [84]
Terran R
Cape Canaveral LC-16
Relativity Space
Dedicated rideshare mission
TriSept
Low Earth
Satellite dispenser
2026 (TBD)[85] [86]
Vega-C
Kourou ELV
Arianespace
ALTIUS
ESA
Low Earth (SSO )
Earth observation
FLEX
ESA
Low Earth (SSO )
Earth observation
FLEX is the eighth Earth Explorer of the Living Planet Programme .
H2 2026 (TBD)[88]
Vega-C
Kourou ELV
Arianespace
ClearSpace-1
ClearSpace SA (EPFL )
Low Earth
Space debris removal
ClearSpace-1 will capture and de-orbit the PROBA-1 satellite.[87]
2026 (TBD)[89]
Vega-C
Kourou ELV
Arianespace
CSG-4
ASI
Low Earth (SSO )
Earth observation
Fourth COSMO-SkyMed 2nd Generation satellite.
2026 (TBD)[91]
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.[90]
2026 (TBD)[92]
TBA
TBA
TBA
Axiom Research & Manufacturing Facility (AxRMF)[31]
Axiom Space
Low Earth (ISS )
ISS assembly / Space habitat
Third Axiom Orbital Segment module.
2026 (TBD)[94]
TBA
TBA
TBA
Blue Ghost M2
NASA / Firefly
TLI to lunar surface
Lunar lander
Lunar Pathfinder [95]
SSTL / ESA
Selenocentric (ELFO )
Communications
Second Blue Ghost mission. Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) mission delivering two payloads to the far side of the Moon .[93]
2026 (TBD)[96]
TBA
TBA
TBA
Canadensys Lunar Rover
Canadensys / CSA
TLI to lunar surface
Lunar rover
First Canadian lunar rover. Will fly as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative.
2026 (TBD)[97] [98]
TBA
Baikonur or Vostochny
Roscosmos
Ekspress -AMU6
RSCC
Geosynchronous
Communications
2026 (TBD)[99]
TBA
TBA
TBA
Flexsat
Eutelsat
Geosynchronous
Communications
2026 (TBD)[101]
TBA
TBA
TBA
Inmarsat-7 F1 (GX 7)[102]
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.[100]
2026 (TBD)[103]
TBA
TBA
TBA
Inmarsat-8 F1
Inmarsat
Geosynchronous
Communications
Inmarsat-8 F2
Inmarsat
Geosynchronous
Communications
Inmarsat-8 F3
Inmarsat
Geosynchronous
Communications
2026 (TBD)[104]
TBA
TBA
TBA
Nyx
The Exploration Company
Low Earth
Reusable spacecraft
First operational mission of the Nyx reusable spacecraft.
2026 (TBD)[105]
TBA
TBA
TBA
O3b mPOWER 12 (O3b FM32)
SES S.A.
Medium Earth
Communications
O3b mPOWER 13 (O3b FM33)
SES S.A.
Medium Earth
Communications
2026 (TBD)[106]
TBA
TBA
TBA
WorldView Legion 7
Maxar Technologies
Low Earth
Earth observation
WorldView Legion 8
Maxar Technologies
Low Earth
Earth observation
2026–2027 (TBD)[107]
TBA
TBA
TBA
SXM-11
Sirius XM
Geosynchronous
Communications
2026–2027 (TBD)[107]
TBA
TBA
TBA
SXM-12
Sirius XM
Geosynchronous
Communications
2026 (TBD)[108]
TBA
TBA
TBA
Venus Habitability Mission
MIT
Heliocentric to Venus
Venus atmospheric balloon
Second of three MIT missions to Venus to study its atmosphere.
2026 (TBD)[109] [110]
TBA
TBA
CASC
Xihe-2
Nanjing University / SAST
Sun–Earth L5
Solar observation
Suborbital flights
Deep-space rendezvous
Start Date/Time
Duration
End Time
Spacecraft
Crew
Remarks
Orbital launch statistics
By country
For the purposes of this section, the yearly tally of orbital launches by country assigns each flight to the country of origin of the rocket, not to the launch services provider or the spaceport. For example, Soyuz launches by Arianespace in Kourou are counted under Russia because Soyuz-2 is a Russian rocket.
Country
Launches
Successes
Failures
Partial failures
Remarks
By rocket
By family
Family
Country
Launches
Successes
Failures
Partial failures
Remarks
By type
Rocket
Country
Family
Launches
Successes
Failures
Partial failures
Remarks
By configuration
Rocket
Country
Type
Launches
Successes
Failures
Partial failures
Remarks
By spaceport
Site
Country
Launches
Successes
Failures
Partial failures
Remarks
By orbit
Expected maiden flights
Notes
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