| April 21 |
Falcon 9 • GPS III-8 |
SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida |
2:53:25 a.m. EDT (0653:25 UTC) |
| A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the GPS III-8 mission for the U.S. Space Force. The satellite, formally identified as GPS III Space Vehicle 10 (GPS III SV10) and named ‘Hedy Lamarr’ after the actress and inventor of frequency-hopping technology, will be launched into a medium Earth orbit. A little more than 8.5 minutes after liftoff, the Falcon 9 first stage booster, tail number 1095, launching for a seventh time, will land on the drone ship, ‘Just Read the Instructions,’ positioned in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from April 20. Watch live coverage. Updated: April 20 |
| NET April 27 |
Falcon Heavy • Viasat-3 F3 |
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
Window opens at 10:21 a.m. EDT (1421 UTC) |
| A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch VisSat’s next communications satellite, called Viasat-3 F3. This is the third in a three-satellite series, which will be launched into a geosynchronous transfer orbit. The rocket features two Falcon side boosters and one core booster, the latter of which will be expended. The two side boosters, B1072 (launching for a second time) and B1075 (launching for a 22nd time) will target landings back at Landing Zone 2 and Landing Zone 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Updated: April 20 |
| NET April 27/28 |
Atlas 5 • Amazon Leo 6 |
SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida |
Window opens at 8:52 p.m. EDT (0052 UTC) |
| A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will launch a batch of 29 broadband internet satellites for Amazon Leo’s low Earth orbit constellation. This is the seventh out of nine Atlas 5 rockets purchased by Amazon to fly its satellites. Updated: April 20 |
| NET Q4 2026 |
Vulcan Centaur • Dream Chaser 1 |
SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida |
TBD |
| A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch on its second demonstration flight with Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser cargo vehicle for the International Space Station. The Dream Chaser is a lifting body resupply spacecraft that will launch on top of a rocket and land on a runway. This will be the Dream Chaser’s first flight to space. The Vulcan Centaur rocket will fly in the VC4L configuration with four GEM-63XL solid rocket boosters, a long-length payload fairing, and two RL10 engines on the Centaur upper stage. Delayed from August 2022, December 2023, January 2024, April 2024 and September 2024. Delayed from 2025. Updated: December 22 |
| TBD |
Atlas 5 • Boeing Starliner-1 |
SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida |
TBD |
| A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will launch Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station. Originally planned as the first post-certification flight with a four-person crew, this will instead be an uncrewed cargo flight to test changes to the vehicle made in the aftermath of the Crewed Flight Test that launched in 2024. Updated: April 09 |
| NET July 5, 2028 |
Falcon Heavy • Dragonfly |
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
TBD |
| A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch NASA’s Dragonfly mission, which consists of a rotorcraft designed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) that will explore Saturn’s icy moon, Titan. The mission was originally selected in 2019 and went through multiple plan iterations across fiscal years 2020 through 2022. It passed its Preliminary Design Review in March 2023 and then its Critical Design Review in April 2025. The mission has a total lifecycle cost of $3.35 billion, of which, $256.6 million was awarded to SpaceX to provide launch services and other mission related costs. The 20-day launch window opens on July 5, 2028. Updated: April 25 |