This article lists planned future orbital and suborbital spaceflight launches and events.
For an overview of spaceflight in the near future, see 2020s in spaceflight.
Orbital launches
2024–28
2029
2030
2031
| Date and time ( UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| September (TBD) [6] [43] |
SLS Block 1B
|
Kennedy
LC-39B
|
NASA
| ||||
|
Artemis 7
|
NASA | Selenocentric ( NRHO) | Crewed lunar landing | ||||
Lunar Cruiser
|
JAXA / Toyota / NASA | Selenocentric to lunar surface | Crewed lunar rover | ||||
| Q3 (TBD) [8] [9] |
Vega-C
|
Kourou
ELV
|
Arianespace
| ||||
|
CIMR B (
Sentinel-11B)
|
ESA | Low Earth ( SSO) | Oceanography | ||||
| Second of two satellites for the Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer (CIMR) mission. Part of the European Space Agency's Copernicus Programme. | |||||||
| 2031 (TBD) [44] |
Ariane 62
|
Kourou
ELA-4
|
Arianespace
| ||||
|
EnVision
|
ESA | Cytherocentric | Venus orbiter | ||||
| JFY2031 (TBD) [14] |
Epsilon S
|
Uchinoura
|
JAXA
| ||||
|
Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-7
|
JAXA | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | ||||
| Part of JAXA's Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration Program. | |||||||
| JFY2031 (TBD) [14] |
H3
|
Tanegashima
LA-Y2
|
MHI
| ||||
|
IGS-Radar 9
|
CSICE | Low Earth ( SSO) | Reconnaissance | ||||
2032
2033
| Date and time ( UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| Q1 2033 [8] [45] |
Ariane 6
|
Kourou
ELA-4
|
Arianespace
| ||||
|
MetOp-SG B2
|
EUMETSAT | Low Earth ( SSO) | Meteorology | ||||
| Q1 2033 [8] |
Ariane 6
|
Kourou
ELA-4
|
Arianespace
| ||||
|
MTG-I3
|
EUMETSAT | Geosynchronous | Meteorology | ||||
| Q3 2033 [8] | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||||
|
Sentinel-3 NG TOPO A
|
ESA | Low Earth ( SSO) | Earth observation | ||||
| Sentinel-3 Next Generation Topography satellite. | |||||||
| Q4 2033 [8] | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||||
|
Sentinel-6 NG B
|
NASA / NOAA / EUMETSAT / ESA | Low Earth | Earth observation | ||||
| Sentinel-6 Next Generation satellite. | |||||||
| JFY2033 (TBD) [14] |
H3
|
Tanegashima
LA-Y2
|
MHI
| ||||
|
IGS-Radar 10
|
CSICE | Low Earth ( SSO) | Reconnaissance | ||||
| JFY2033 (TBD) [14] |
H3
|
Tanegashima
LA-Y2
|
MHI
| ||||
|
IGS-Optical 11
|
CSICE | Low Earth ( SSO) | Reconnaissance | ||||
| 2033 (TBD) [50] |
Long March 9
|
Wenchang
|
CASC
| ||||
|
|
CNSA | Low Earth | Flight test | ||||
| First flight of the Long March 9 super heavy-lift launch vehicle. | |||||||
2034 and later
Deep-space rendezvous
| Date ( UTC) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 April 2028 | Lucy | Flyby of asteroid 11351 Leucus | Target altitude 1000 km |
| June 2028 | Hayabusa2 | Flyby of Earth [54] | Gravity assist |
| 11 November 2028 | Lucy | Flyby of asteroid 21900 Orus | Target altitude 1000 km |
| 18 January 2029 | JUICE | Third and final gravity assist at Earth | |
| 21 April 2029 | OSIRIS-APEX | Rendezvous with asteroid 99942 Apophis [55] | Observation operations begin 8 April |
| August 2029 | Psyche | Arrival at asteroid 16 Psyche | |
| 26 December 2030 | Lucy | Third gravity assist at Earth | Target altitude 660 km |
| July 2031 | Hayabusa2 | Arrival at asteroid 1998 KY26 [54] | |
| July 2031 | JUICE | Flyby of Ganymede | |
| July 2031 | JUICE | Jupiter orbit insertion | |
| July 2032 | JUICE | Flyby of Europa | |
| 2 March 2033 | Lucy | Flyby of binary asteroid 617 Patroclus-Menoetius | Target altitude 1000 km |
| December 2034 | JUICE | Ganymede orbit insertion | Planned first orbit of a moon other than Earth's |
- China plans to return samples from Mars by 2031.
- A joint NASA/ESA project plans to return samples from Mars by 2033.
- Dragonfly is expected to reach Titan in 2036.
Expected maiden flights
- KSLV-III – KARI – South Korea
- Long March 9 – CASC – China
- Siraya – TASA – Taiwan
- Amur – Roscosmos – Russia
- Tronador II-250 – CONAE – Argentina – 2029 [16]
- Yenisei – Roscosmos – Russia
- NGLV - ISRO - India
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