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March
March 25, 4:00 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT): The second flight of the first orbital rocket to launch from Europe will launch Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket from Andøya Spaceport, in Norway. The mission will launch several cubesats from the European Space Agency's "Boost!" program.
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March 25, 6:50 p.m. EDT (2250 GMT): The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is expected to launch an unknown payload on a Long March 2C rocket. The mission will liftoff from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSLC), in China.
March 25, 10:39 p.m. EDT (0239 GMT, March 26): A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit (LEO), from Space Launch Complex-4E (SLC-4E), at Vandenberg Space Force Base, in California. SpaceX's megaconstellation of LEO Starlink satellites provides low-cost internet to locations around the globe, with nearly seven thousand currently in the orbital network.
March 27, 12:10 a.m. EST (0010 GMT): Chinese company Expace, a commercial spinoff from the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), will launch a Kuaizhou 11 rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, in China.
March 27, 7:00 a.m. ET (1100 GMT): A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit (LEO), from Space Launch Complex-40 (SLC-40), at Cape Canaveral Space Force Base, in Florida. SpaceX's megaconstellation of LEO Starlink satellites provides low-cost internet to locations around the globe, with nearly seven thousand currently in the orbital network.
March 27, 7:00 a.m. EDT (1100 GMT): Russian manufacturer RKK Energiya will launch a demo flight of the debut Soyuz 5 rocket. The 213-foot (65 meters) rocket is designed to launch up to 17 tons to a low Earth orbit.
March 29, 3:53 a.m. EDT (0853 GMT): United Launch Alliance (ULA) will launch an Atlas V 551 rocket to deliver a batch of Amazon Leo, formerly Project Kuiper, megaconstellation internet satellites to low-Earth orbit. Liftoff for the LA-04 mission will take place from ULA's Space Launch Complex-41 (SLC-41), at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida.
March 29, 6:10 a.m. EDT (1010 GMT): SpaceX will launch the Transporter 16 mission. As its name suggests, Transporter 16 is the 16th mission in SpaceX's Transporter series, part of the company's SmallSat Rideshare Program to provide small satellite operators with affordable, regularly scheduled Falcon 9 rideshare missions to orbit.
March 30, 8:00 p.m. EDT (0000 GMT, March 31): The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is expected to launch a demonstration flight of the Long March 12B rocket. The mission will liftoff from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC), in China.
March 30, 8:00 p.m. EDT (0000 GMT, March 31): Chinese company Landspace will launch its 216-foot (66-meter) stainless steel Zhuque-2E rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert in northern China.
March: Rocket Lab will launch an Electron rocket from the company's Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand. The Daughter Of The Stars mission will launch two pathfinder satellites of a future European navigation constellation, for the European Space Agency, Thales Alenia Space and GMV.
NET March: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch a GPS satellite, known as the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), aboard a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark II (GSLV Mk II) rocket. The mission will liftoff from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
NET March: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch the first uncrewed test flight of the Gaganyaan spacecraft. The uncrewed demonstration will test crew and service modules, reentry, parachute deployment and a safe splashdown in the Bay of Bengal.
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April
April 1, 6:24 p.m. EST (2324 GMT): Artemis 2 will send three NASA astronauts and one Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut around the moon for humanity's first lunar excursion in more than 50 years. The mission will launch the crew aboard an Orion spacecraft on NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, on a free-return trajectory lunar flyby to the moon and back to Earth.
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NASA commander Reid Wiseman, NASA pilot Victor Glover, NASA mission specialist Christina Koch and CSA mission specialist Jeremy Hansen will fly around the moon on a roughly 10-day-long mission.
April 9: SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket with Northrop Grumman’s uncrewed Cygnus XL spacecraft to the International Space Station on NG-24 mission. The cargo vehicle will deliver more than 8,200 pounds of supplies, scientific investigations, commercial products, hardware, and other cargo to the ISS.
NET Spring 2026: Two NASA astronauts will conduct the station's 279th spacewalk, U.S. EVA 95, early Jan. 15. The duo will spend about 6.5 hours outside the International Space Station (ISS) to prepare the station’s 3B power channel for a future IROSA installation.
Q1 2026: The Chinese company iSpace is expected to launch an unknown payload aboard a solid propellant-fueled Hyperbola-1 rocket.
Q1 2026: NordSpace will launch the first test flight of its suborbital Taiga rocket. The mission will launch from Space Launch Complex-02 (SLC-02) at the company's Atlantic Spaceport Complex (ASX), in Newfoundland, Canada. The mission, "Getting Screeched In", will launch Taiga on a low-altitude flight to test its primary systems.
Q1 2026: Rocket Lab will launch an Electron rocket with NASA's Aspera smallsat satellite. Aspera will examine hot gas in the space between galaxies, called the intergalactic medium. The mission will study the inflow and outflow of gas from galaxies, a process thought to contribute to star formation.
NET 2026: Northrup Grumman will launch the EWS OD-1 payload for the United States Space Force. The Electro-Optical/Infrared Weather System (EWS) Operational Demonstration-1 (OD-1) is a weather satellite made by General Atomics launching into low-Earth obit (LEO) on a Minotaur IV rocket from Space Launch Complex-8 (SLC-8) at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB), in California.
NET 2026: NordSpace will launch the second test flight of its suborbital Taiga rocket. The mission will launch from Space Launch Complex-02 (SLC-02) at the company's Atlantic Spaceport Complex, in Newfoundland, Canada.
2027
NET 2026: United Launch Alliance (ULA) will launch Sierra Space's Dream Chaser space plane aboard a Vulcan Centaur rocket. The mission will launch from Space Launch Complex-41 (SLC-41), at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida. the first-ever winged commercial spaceplane, to the International Space Station.
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NET Q1 2027: California-based startup Vast Space plans to loft its Haven-1 outpost aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than May 2026. Haven-1 — which will eventually be incorporated as a module into a larger space station, and will be followed in quick succession by Vast-1, a four-person jaunt to the new station that could last up to 30 days. Vast-1 will also launch atop a Falcon 9, and its astronauts will ride on a SpaceX Dragon capsule.
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