2026 in spaceflight

Summary

This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the year 2026.

2026 in spaceflight
Rendering of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, scheduled to be launched no earlier than October 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.

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which will have a field of view 100 times larger than that of the Hubble Space Telescope, is scheduled to be launched in October 2026.[1]

China plans to launch Chang'e 7 to explore the lunar south pole in late 2026.[2] The mission will include an orbiter, a relay satellite, a lander, a rover, and a mini-flying probe.[3]

Orbital launches edit

Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat)
Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks

January edit

January (TBD)[4]   Antares 330   MARS LP-0A   Northrop Grumman
  Cygnus NG-24 NASA Low Earth (ISS) ISS logistics  
January (TBD)[5][6]   Vega-C   Kourou ELV   Arianespace
  KOMPSAT-7 (Arirang 7) KARI Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation  


March edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

October (TBD)[1]   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).[32]


December edit

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)[2]   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.[33]
Q4 (TBD)[35]   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).[34]

To be determined edit

2026 (TBD)[36]   Antares 330   MARS LP-0A   Northrop Grumman
  Cygnus NG-25 NASA Low Earth (ISS) ISS logistics  
2026 (TBD)[37]   LVM 3   Satish Dhawan SLP   ISRO
  Mars Orbiter Mission 2 (Mangalyaan 2) ISRO Areocentric Mars orbiter  
2026 (TBD)[38]   Ariane 62[39]   Kourou ELA-4   Arianespace
  PLATO ESA Sun–Earth L2 Exoplanetary science  
2026 (TBD)[40][41]   Falcon 9 Block 5   Cape Canaveral or Kennedy   SpaceX
  Arabsat-7A Arabsat Geosynchronous Communications  
2026 (TBD)[42][43]   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)[44]   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)[46]   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.[45]
2026 (TBD)[47]   Firefly Alpha   Vandenberg SLC-2W   Firefly
  TBA L3Harris Low Earth TBA  
First of three dedicated launches for L3Harris.
2026 (TBD)[47]   Firefly Alpha   Vandenberg SLC-2W   Firefly
  TBA L3Harris Low Earth TBA  
Second of three dedicated launches for L3Harris.
2026 (TBD)[47]   Firefly Alpha   Vandenberg SLC-2W   Firefly
  TBA L3Harris Low Earth TBA  
Third of three dedicated launches for L3Harris.
JFY2026 (TBD)[48]   H3-24   Tanegashima LA-Y2   MHI
  HTV-X2 JAXA Low Earth (ISS) ISS logistics  
JFY2026 (TBD)[48]   H3-24   Tanegashima LA-Y2   MHI
  HTV-X3 JAXA Low Earth (ISS) ISS logistics  
JFY2026 (TBD)[48]   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)[49]   H3   Tanegashima LA-Y2   MHI
    LUPEX JAXA / ISRO TLI to lunar surface Lunar lander  
Lunar Polar Exploration (LUPEX) mission.
2026 (TBD)[50]   H3-24L   Tanegashima LA-Y2   MHI
  Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) JAXA Areocentric Mars orbiter
Phobos sample return
 
    IDEFIX[51] DLR / CNES Areocentric Mars rover  
Sample return mission from Phobos.
2026 (TBD)[52]   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)[53][54]   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)[56]   PSLV   Satish Dhawan   ISRO
    TRISHNA CNES / ISRO Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation  
Third collaborative satellite mission between France and India.[55]
2026 (TBD)[57]   Soyuz-2.1a   Vostochny Site 1S   Roscosmos
  Obzor-R №2[58] Roscosmos Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation  
2026 (TBD)[59]   Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat   Baikonur   Roscosmos
  Arktika-M №4[60] Roscosmos Molniya Meteorology  
2026 (TBD)[61]   Spectrum   Andøya   Isar Aerospace
  Sherpa OTV Spaceflight, Inc. Low Earth (SSO) Space tug  
Dedicated rideshare mission.
2026 (TBD)[64]   Terran R   Cape Canaveral LC-16   Relativity Space
  Mars Lander Impulse Space TMI to Martian surface Mars lander  
Maiden flight of Terran R.[62] Impulse Mars mission.[63]
2026 (TBD)[62][67]   Terran R   Vandenberg B-330   Relativity Space
  Iridium NEXT 182[68] Iridium Low Earth Communications  
A spare Iridium NEXT satellite to be launched on-demand.[65] Relativity was previously contracted to launch up to six spare satellites for Iridium.[66]
2026 (TBD)[62][69]   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)[62][70]   Terran R   Cape Canaveral LC-16   Relativity Space
  STP-TBA U.S. Space Force Low Earth Military  
2026 (TBD)[62][71]   Terran R   Cape Canaveral LC-16   Relativity Space
  Vigoride Momentus Space Geosynchronous Space tug  
2026 (TBD)[73][74]   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.[72]
2026 (TBD)[62][75]   Terran R   Cape Canaveral LC-16   Relativity Space
  TBA mu Space Low Earth IoT  
2026 (TBD)[62][76]   Terran R   Cape Canaveral LC-16   Relativity Space
  Dedicated rideshare mission Spaceflight, Inc. Low Earth Satellite dispenser  
Rideshare mission for smallsats.
2026 (TBD)[62][77]   Terran R   Cape Canaveral LC-16   Relativity Space
  Dedicated rideshare mission TriSept Low Earth Satellite dispenser  
H2 2026 (TBD)[79]   Vega-C   Kourou ELV   Arianespace
  ClearSpace-1 ClearSpace SA (EPFL) Low Earth Space debris removal  
ClearSpace-1 will capture and de-orbit the Vespa payload adapter that deployed PROBA-V in 2013.[78]
2026 (TBD)[80]   Vega-C   Kourou ELV   Arianespace
  CSG-4 ASI Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation  
Fourth COSMO-SkyMed 2nd Generation satellite.
2026 (TBD)[82]   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.[81]
2026 (TBD)[84]   TBA   TBA   TBA
  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.[83]
2026 (TBD)[85]   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)[87]   TBA   TBA   TBA
  Blue Ghost M2 NASA / Firefly TLI to lunar surface Lunar lander  
    Lunar Pathfinder[88] 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.[86]
2026 (TBD)[89]   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)[90][91]   TBA   Baikonur or   Vostochny   Roscosmos
  Ekspress-AMU6 RSCC Geosynchronous Communications  
2026 (TBD)[92] TBA TBA TBA
  Flexsat Eutelsat Geosynchronous Communications  
2026 (TBD)[94] TBA TBA TBA
  Inmarsat-7 F1 (GX 7)[95] 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.[93]
2026 (TBD)[96] TBA TBA TBA
  Inmarsat-8 F1 Inmarsat Geosynchronous Communications  
  Inmarsat-8 F2 Inmarsat Geosynchronous Communications  
  Inmarsat-8 F3 Inmarsat Geosynchronous Communications  
2026 (TBD)[97] TBA TBA TBA
    Nyx The Exploration Company Low Earth Reusable spacecraft  
First operational mission of the Nyx reusable spacecraft.
2026 (TBD)[98] 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  
2026–2027 (TBD)[99] TBA TBA TBA
  SXM-11 Sirius XM Geosynchronous Communications  
2026–2027 (TBD)[99] TBA TBA TBA
  SXM-12 Sirius XM Geosynchronous Communications  
2026 (TBD)[100]   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)[101][102]   TBA   TBA   CASC
  Xihe-2 Nanjing University / SAST Sun–Earth L5 Solar observation  

Suborbital flights edit

Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat)
Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
27 January[103]   Black Brant IX   Poker Flat Research Range   NASA
  OGRE Penn State University Suborbital X-ray astronomy  
Off-Plane Grating Rocket Experiment (OGRE).
10 February[103]   Black Brant IX   Poker Flat Research Range   NASA
  GNEISS Dartmouth College Suborbital Auroral science  
First of two launches.[104]
10 February[103]   Black Brant IX   Poker Flat Research Range   NASA
  GNEISS Dartmouth College Suborbital Auroral science  
Second of two launches.[104]
March (TBD)[105]   Improved Orion   Esrange   MORABA /   SNSA
    REXUS-35 DLR / SNSA Suborbital Education  
March (TBD)[105]   Improved Orion   Esrange   MORABA /   SNSA
    REXUS-36 DLR / SNSA Suborbital Education  
March (TBD)[106]    VS-50 V02   Alcântara   IAE/  DLR
  HEXAFLY ESA Suborbital Hipersonic glider  
April (TBD)[105]   VSB-30   Esrange   MORABA
    TEXUS-64 DLR / ESA Suborbital Microgravity research  
H1 2026 (TBD)[107]   Tronador II-70   Manuel Belgrano Space Center   CONAE
  CONAE Low Earth Flight test  
Maiden flight of Tronador II-70. Expected apogee: 150 km (93 mi).
September (TBD)[105]   VSB-30   Esrange   MORABA
  MAPHEUS-17 DLR Suborbital Microgravity research  
October (TBD)[105]   VSB-30 S1X-6/M18   Esrange   SSC
  MASER-18 SSC Suborbital Microgravity research  
SubOrbital Express Microgravity flight opportunity 6.
October (TBD)[105]   Black Brant IX   Esrange   NASA
  LAMP 2 Goddard Space Flight Center Suborbital Auroral science  
Second LAMP mission; the first flew on 5 March 2022.[108]
November (TBD)[105]   VSB-30   Esrange   MORABA
    TEXUS-65 DLR / ESA Suborbital Microgravity research  

Deep-space rendezvous edit

Date (UTC) Spacecraft Event Remarks
May Psyche Flyby of Mars[109]
July Hayabusa2 Flyby of (98943) 2001 CC21[110]
29 September JUICE Second gravity assist at Earth

Extravehicular activities (EVAs) edit

Start Date/Time Duration End Time Spacecraft Crew Remarks

Orbital launch statistics edit

By country edit

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 edit

By family edit

Family Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks

By type edit

Rocket Country Family Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks

By configuration edit

Rocket Country Type Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks

By spaceport edit

Site Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks

By orbit edit

Orbital regime Launches Achieved Not achieved Accidentally
achieved
Remarks
Transatmospheric 0 0 0 0
Low Earth 0 0 0 0
Geosynchronous / transfer 0 0 0 0
Medium Earth 0 0 0 0
High Earth 0 0 0 0
Heliocentric orbit 0 0 0 0 Including planetary transfer orbits

Expected maiden flights edit

Notes edit

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