SpaceX

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Starlink Group 17-45

Low Earth Orbit

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-45

Second

Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) is a launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, U.S.

The pad was previously used by Atlas and Titan rockets between 1963 and 2005. The pad was built for use by Atlas-Agena rockets, but was later rebuilt to handle Titan rockets.

Vandenberg Space Force Base is a United States Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. Established in 1941, Vandenberg Space Force Base is a space launch base, launching spacecraft from the Western Range, and also performs missile testing. The United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 30 serves as the host delta for the base, equivalent to an Air Force air base wing. In addition to its military space launch mission, Vandenberg Space Force Base also hosts space launches for civil and commercial space entities, such as NASA and SpaceX.

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Space Launch Complex 4E

Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by American aerospace company SpaceX

Space X Starlink Mission Patch

Starlink

Communication Constellation

Falcon 9

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Launch Successful

Northrop Grumman Space Systems

Katalyst Space

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Contracted by NASA under the Small Business Innovation Research Phase 3 contract, Katalyst Space Technologies' LINK servicing spacecraft will rendezvous and attach to NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to re-boost its orbit. This aims to demonstrate a key capability for the future of space exploration and extending the Swift mission’s science lifetime in gamma ray astronomy.

Swift Boost Mission

Pegasus XL | Swift Boost Mission

Hour

Air launch to orbit

Kwajalein Atoll

Pegasus XL

Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.

Go for Launch

Starlink Group 17-40

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-40

Minute

SXM-11 is the 12th high-powered, digital, audio radio satellite built by Lanteris Space (ex-Maxar, Space System/Loral) for SiriusXM. The SXM-11 satellite will be based on the proven IM-1300 (ex-LS-1300)-class platform and built at the company’s manufacturing facility in Palo Alto, California. SXM-11 has a large, mesh, unfurlable reflector almost 10 meters in diameter that allows SiriusXM programming to reach its radios, including those in moving vehicles.

Sirius SXM-11

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sirius SXM-11

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Space Launch Complex 40

Agency for Defense Development

Note: Launch vehicle name is provisional.

First orbital full version launch of the South Korean military small satellite launch vehicle, after 2 sub-orbital tests of individual stages on 30 March and 30 December 2022, and 1 orbital test flight without the 2nd stage on 4 December 2023. Details TBD.

Demo Flight

South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV | Demo Flight

Offshore launch platform for the South Korean military small satellite launch vehicle.

Sea Launch

ADD Offshore launch platform

South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV

Rocket Lab

Synspective was established with the aim to integrate SAR satellite technology in society through the agility of a start-up company. Synspective derives its name from the company concept of “Synthetic Data for Perspective on Sustainable Development.

Synspective

Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.

Ten Owl Of Ten (StriX Launch 10)

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Electron | Ten Owl Of Ten (StriX Launch 10)

Month

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 is a commercial spaceport located close to Ahuriri Point at the southern tip of Māhia Peninsula, on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. It is owned and operated by private spaceflight company Rocket Lab and supports launches of the company's Electron rocket for small satellites. With the launch of Electron on 25 May 2017, it became the first private spaceport to host an orbital launch attempt, and the first site in New Zealand to host an orbital launch attempt. With the Electron launch of 21 January 2018, it became the first private spaceport to host a successful orbital launch.

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Unknown Pad

Electron

Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources.

To Be Determined

Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.

The Grain Goddess Provides (iQPS Launch 7)

Electron | The Grain Goddess Provides (iQPS Launch 7)

China Rocket Co. Ltd.

Unknown Payload

Unknown

Smart Dragon 3 | Unknown Payload

Chinese orbital launch vehicle launches supporting sea port located at Haiyang, Shandong Province, with dedicated piers and rocket/payload processing facilities for Chinese launch vehicles’ sea launches, and (as part of its expansion project) land based launch pads on artificial islands for various test vehicles and launch vehicles of private and government launch services providers.

In operation as a remote base of Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center since 2019.

Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

Haiyang offshore launch location

Smart Dragon 3

Deep Blue Aerospace

First test launch of Deep Blue Aerospace’s Nebula-1 rocket.

The test flight profile is reported to be sub-orbital.

Suborbital

Nebula-1 | Demo Flight

The T-0 is expected in the first half of the given year.

Year Half 1

First land launch pad at the Haiyang Oriental Spaceport, built on the former tourist attraction site of the reclaimed-island Lianli Island. It is described as a "sea-launch and booster recovery testing launch site".