LAST UPDATED October 19, 2009: Thanks to all of you who are writing in with corrections to this launch forecast. Please remember to cite your source for any suggestions you make. And as always, please remember that there is no greater work of fiction than a Web site's launch schedule. These dates are often based on unofficial sources and change almost every day. Please DO NOT schedule travel based on a date you see here.

2009

*NET October 27: NASA's Ares I-X test launch to blast off from Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. EDT (1200-1600 GMT).

October 29: An Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket to launch the NSS 12 and Thor 6 satellites from Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. 6:27 p.m. EDT (2227 GMT).

October 29: A Russian Proton rocket to launch three new Glonass navigation system satellites from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

November 1: A Rockot booster to launch the European Space Agency's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission along with the Proba-2 microsatellite from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. 8:50 p.m. EST (0150 Nov. 2 GMT).

November 10: A Russian Proton rocket to launch the new Multi-Purpose Research Module 2, a new room and docking port for the International Space Station, from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 9:22 a.m. EDT (1422 GMT).

*NET November 12: NASA's space shuttle Atlantis to launch from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on the STS-129 mission to deliver supplies and spare parts for the International Space Station. 4:04 p.m. EDT (2104 GMT).

November 14: A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket to launch the Intelsat 14 communications satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. 12:48-2:18 a.m. EST (0548-0718 GMT).

November 18: A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket to launch the third Wideband Global SATCOM satellite from Cape Canaveral, Fla. 7:45-8:30 p.m. EST (0045-0130 Nov. 19 GMT).

November 29: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to make its launch debut to loft a Dragon spacecraft protoype in a space shot from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. EST (1600-2000 GMT).

December 7:A Russian Soyuz rocket to launch the Expedition 22 astronaut crew toward the International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

December 7: NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer to launch on a mission to scan the entire night sky in more detail than ever before. 9:20-9:23 a.m. EST (1410-1423 GMT).

December 25: A Russian Proton rocket to launch three more Glonass satellite navigation system from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Other upcoming 2009 launches expected in but no firm date set:

TBDAn Air Force Minotaur 4 rocket to launch the first Space-Based Surveillance System satellite to track other satellites in orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

An Atlas 5 rocket carrying the Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite to launch for the U.S. military from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

November: The European Space Agency's Vega rocket booster to make its launch debut.

Mid-November: A United Launch Alliance Proton rocket to launch the W7 communications satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.

December: An International Launch Services Proton rocket to launch the DirecTV 12 satellite into orbit from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.

December: An ISC Kosmotras Dnepr rocket to launch the TanDEM-X Earth observation satellite into orbit from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

2010: A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket to launch the Pentagon's X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle space plane prototype from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

January 23, 2010: An Orbital Sciences Taurus rocket to launch NASA's Glory spacecraft to study Earth's energy balance in a space shot to lift off from Vandenberg Air Force Station in California. PENDING Orbiting Carbon Observatory launch mishap investigation.

February 3: An Atlas 5 rocket to launch the Solar Dynamics Observatory for NASA's Living With a Star Program from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

* NET = No earlier than