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Upcoming Launches
September 29, 2020: Northrop Grumman Antares Cygnus / NG-14
- Launch from NASA Wallops Flight Facility at Wallops Island, Virginia
- Cargo resupply mission to International Space Station for NASA Commercial Resupply Services contract
September TBD: Arianespace Vega / VV16
- Small Spacecraft Mission Service with 53 satellites
- Launching from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana
- Proof-of-concept mission to demonstrate ridesharing capabilities
- Postponed on September 1 due to weather
September TBD: ULA Delta IV Heavy / NROL-44
- National security mission for the National Reconnaissance Office
- Unclassified launch period of 1:50 to 6:25 a.m. ET from Space Launch Complex-37 in Cape Canaveral, Florida
- 12th Delta IV Heavy launch, first since January 2019 at Vandenberg, first from from Cape Canaveral since August 2018
- Launch delay from August 26th by customer request, August 27th due to ground pneumatic issues
September TBD: SpaceX Falcon 9 / Starlink 11
- Targeting 10:08 a.m. ET
- Launching from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center
- Payload includes Starlink internet satellites
September TBD: Blue Origin New Shepard / NS-13
- 13th New Shepard launch, 10th commercial flight
- Launching and landing from Blue Origin’s West Texas facility
- Blue Origin has not yet announced launch
October 23: SpaceX Falcon 9 / Crew-1
- First operational mission for SpaceX and NASA under Commercial Crew Program, second-ever crewed spaceflight on SpaceX hardware
- Four astronauts will travel to International Space Station for 6 month mission
- Planned for no earlier than October 23
Recent Launches
August 30: SpaceX Falcon 9 / Saocom 1B
- Launch is set for no earlier than 7:19 p.m. ET
- Payload contains earth observation satellite for the Argentinian space agency
- Delay since March 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic
- First polar launch from Cape Canaveral since 1960
- Pushed back due to NROL scrub
August 29, 2020: Rocket Lab Electron / Flight 14
- Liftoff is no earlier than 11:05 p.m. ET
- Launching from Launch Complex-1 in New Zealand
- Return to flight following loss of vehicle in flight 13
- Launch delay from August 26 and 28 due to weather
August 18, 2020: SpaceX Falcon 9 / Starlink 10
- Targeting 10:31 a.m. ET
- Launching from Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida
- Payload includes 58 Starlink broadband internet satellites and 3 Planet spacecraft (SkySats 19-21)
August 15, 2020: Ariane 5 / Flight Ariane VA253
- First launch attempt scrubbed on July 31
- Launching three satellites from Guiana Space Center
- Targeting 5:33 p.m. to 6:20 p.m. ET on August 14
- Possible optimizations may allow launch one day sooner
August 4-7, 2020: Astra Rocket 3.1 / Rocket 1 of 3 – SCRUBBED
- Astra originally planned to launch from Kodiak, Alaska in March for DARPA Challenge before sensor detected issue
- Now Astra wants to complete a first stage burn and fairing and stage separation
- Weather and boater scrubbed launch on August 2, weather prevented next attempt on August 3
- Launch window opens daily at 6:00 PM and closes at 8:30 PM local.
August 6, 2020: SpaceX Falcon 9 / Starlink 9
- Launch attempt at 1:33 a.m. ET from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida
- Launching tenth batch of Starlink satellites for upcoming internet service and two Earth observation microsatellites for BlackSky Global
- 60% probability of favorable launch conditions, 70% probability if pushed back 24 hours
July 30, 2020: ULA Atlas V / Mars 2020
- Launch window opens for two hours a 7:50 a.m. ET
- Launching Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter for NASA
- Perseverance and Ingenuity arriving to Mars on February 18, 2021
Find more missions in our launch history archive.
Latest update: September 1, 2020, 10:00 a.m. ET