Space exploration in 2026

Soyuz-5

Eight milsats on April 17

Soyuz-5, Flight 1

Soyuz rockets in 2026

Milsat on Aug. 24, 2026

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Space exploration in 2026

In his public presentation to the Prime-Minister Mikhail Mishustin on Sept. 22, 2026, Head of Roskosmos Dmitry Bakanov reported that around 60 satellites had been launched since the beginning of the year and that the Russian orbital grouping had nearly reached 400 satellites, even though just 300 Russian satellites were reported to be operating a year earlier. In any case, these statistics likely included small educational and experimental cubesats, but also more than 30 newly launched satellites for the low-orbital Internet constellation (INSIDER CONTENT).

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Proton

A Proton-M rocket, equipped with the Block DM-03 upper stage for the last time, lifts off from Baikonur with the Elektro-L5 satellite on Feb. 12, 2026.

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Orbital launch attempts in 2026 (as of October 1, 2026 ):

	Country	Launch date	Time of launch	Payload	Payload type	Launch vehicle	Launch site	Launch complex	Launch pad	Status
1	USA	Jan. 2	6:09:16 p.m. Pacific Time	Cosmo-SkyMed Gen. 2 (CSG-FM3)	Military / remote sensing	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
2	USA	Jan. 3	1:48:10 a.m. EST	Starlink-6-88 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
3	USA	Jan. 9	4:41 p.m. EST	Starlink-6-96 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
4	USA	Jan. 11	5:44:50 a.m. Pacific Time	Twilight mission: Pandora, SPARCS, BlackCAT, Kepler Tranche-1 (10 satellites) Minas/Lemur-2 (8 satellites) CarbSAR, Umbra-12 and others	Science / astronomy	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
5	India	Jan. 12	10:18:30 India Standard Time	EOS-N1 and 18 secondary payloads, including KID capsule	Military / observation	PSLV-DL (C62)	Sriharikota	FLP		Failure
6	USA	Jan. 12	4:08:20 p.m. EST	Starlink-6-97 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
7	China	Jan 13	22:16 Beijing Time	Yaogan-50-01	Military	Chang Zheng-6A	Taiyuan			Success
8	China	Jan. 13	23:25:31 Beijing Time	Guowang (Weixing Hulianwang Digui/SatNet LEO) Group 18 (9 satellites)	Application / Internet	Chang Zheng-8A	Wenchang	1		Success
9	USA	Jan. 14	1:08 p.m. EST	Starlink-6-98 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
10	China	Jan. 15	12:01 Beijing Time	Alsat-3A	Application / communications	Chang Zheng-2C	Jiuquan			Success
11	China	Jan. 16	04:10 Beijing Time	Tianqi-IoT-37, -38, -39, -40 (4 satellites)	Application / Internet	Gushenxing-1S Y7 (Ceres-1)	Yellow Sea, Rizhao, Shandong Province	Dongfeng Hangtiangang barge DEFU0001		Success
12	China	Jan. 17	00:55 Beijing Time	SJ-32		Chang Zheng-3B	Xichang			Failure
13	USA	Jan. 16	8:40 p.m. Pacific Time	NROL-105 (Starshield)	Military	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
14	China	Jan. 17	12:08 Beijing Time	?		Gushenxing-2	Jiuquan			Failure
15	USA	Jan. 18	6:31 p.m. EST	Starlink-6-100 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
16	China	Jan. 19	15:48 Beijing Time	Guowang (Weixing Hulianwang Digui/SatNet LEO) Group 19 (9 satellites)	Application / Internet	Chang Zheng-12 (Y5)	Wenchang	2		Success
17	USA	Jan. 21	9:47 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-30 (25 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
18	USA	Jan. 22	11:52 p.m. New Zealand Time	OpenCosmos (2 satellites)	Application / communications	Electron	Mahia	LC-1A	A	Success
19	USA	Jan. 25	9:30 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-20 (25 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
20	USA	Jan. 27	11:53 p.m. EST	GPS-3-9	Military / navigation	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
21	USA	Jan. 29	9:53:20 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-19 (25 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
22	USA	Jan. 30	1:55 p.m. New Zealand Time	NeonSat-1A	Application / remote sensing	Electron	Mahia	LC-1		Success
23	USA	Jan. 30	2:22 a.m. EST	Starlink-6-101	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral			Success
24	China	Jan. 31	12:01 Beijing Time	AlSat-3B	Imaging	Chang Zheng-2C	Jiuquan			Success
25	USA	Feb. 2	7:47 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-32 (25 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success*
26	Russia (IC)	Feb. 5	21:59 Moscow Time	Kosmos	Military	Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat	Plesetsk	Site 43	4	Success
27	China	Feb. 7	11:57 Beijing Time	Space plane (Mission 4)	Military	Chang Zheng-2F	Jiuquan			Success
28	USA	Feb. 7	12:41 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-33 (25 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
29	USA	Feb. 11	9:11 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-34 (24 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
30	China	Feb. 12	14:37 Beijing Time	PRSC-EO2 (Bajisitan), Gangzhongda-1, Dianli Hongwai -A, Shuzi Yuxing-03, Shuzi Yuxing-04, Shuzi Yuxing-05, Kongjian Huanjing Jiance		Jielong-3 (Y9)	South-China Sea, Yangjiang, Guangdong Province	Dongfeng Hangtiangang barge		Success
31	Russia (IC)	Feb. 12	11:52:15 Moscow Time	Elektro-L No. 5	Application (IC) / remote sensing	Proton-M/Block DM-03	Baikonur	Site 81	24	Success
32	USA	Feb. 12	4:22 a.m. EST	USSF-87 (GSSAP, ESPAStar)	Military	Vulcan VC4S	Cape Canaveral	SLC-41		Success**
33	Europe	Feb. 12	13:45 French Guiana Time	Amazon Leo LE-01 (32 satellites)	Application / Internet	Ariane-6 (VA267)	Kourou	ELA-4		Success
34	USA	Feb. 13	5:15:55 a.m. EST	Crew Dragon (USCV-12)	Piloted	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
35	USA	Feb. 14	6 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink17-13 (24 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
36	USA	Feb. 16	2:59 a.m. EST	Starlink-6-103 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
37	USA	Feb. 19	8:41 p.m. EST	Starlink-10-36 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral			Success
38	USA	Feb. 21	1:04 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-25 (25 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
39	USA	Feb. 21	10:47 p.m. EST	Starlink-6-104 (28 satellites)	Applicaiton / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
40	USA	Feb. 24	6:04 p.m. EST	Starlink-6-110 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
41	USA	Feb. 25		Starlink-17-26	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
42	USA	Feb. 27	7:16 a.m. EST	Starlink-6-108 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
43	USA	March 1	2:10 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-23 (25 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
44	USA	March 1	9:56 p.m. EST	Starlink-10-41 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
45	USA	March 4	5:52 a.m. EST	Starlink-10-40 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
46	Japan	March 5	11:10:02 Japan Standard Time	Tatara-1R, SC-Sat-1a, HErO, AETS-1, Nutsat-3	Experimental	Kairos (No. 3)				Failure
47	USA	March 6	12:53 New Zealand Time	BlackSky Global Gen. 3	Application/ remote sensing	Electron	Mahia	LC-1		Success
48	USA	March 8	4 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-18 (25 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
49	USA	March 10	12:19 a.m. EDT	EchoStar-25	Application / communications	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
50	USA	March 11	5:50 p.m. Pacific Time	LM-400	Experimental	FireFly Alpha (FLTA007)	Vandenberg	SLC-2W	W	Success
51	China	March 13	03:48 Beijing Time	Guowang (Weixing Hulianwang Digui/SatNet LEO) Group 20 (9 satellites)	Application / Internet	Chang Zheng-8A	Wenchang			Success
52	China	March 13	06:33 Beijing Time	Shiyan-30-03, -30-04		Chang Zheng-2D	Xichang			Success
53	USA	March 13	7:58 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-31 (25 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
54	USA	March 14	8:37 a.m. EDT	Starlink-10-48 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
55	China	March 15	21:22 Beijing Time	Yaogan-50 (2)		Chang Zheng-6A	Taiyuan			Success
56	China	March 16	12:12 Beijing Time	Juntian-104A, Dongpo-11, Dongpo-12, Dongpo-16, Weitong-1-01, Xiguang-106, Yuxing-3-05, Yuxing-3-06	Application	Kuaizhou-11	Jiuquan			Success
57	USA	March 16	10:19 p.n. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-24 (25 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
58	USA	March 17	9:27 a.m. EDT	Starlink-10-46 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
59	USA	March 19	10:20 a.m. EDT	Starlink-10-33 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
60	USA	March 21	07:10 New Zealand Daylight Time	StriX-6	Application / radar imaging	Electron	Mahia			Success
61	USA	March 20	2:51 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-15 (25 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
62	Russia (IC)	March 22	14:59:51.292 Moscow Time	Progress MS-33	ISS / Cargo supply	Soyuz-2-1a	Baikonur	Site 31	6	Success
63	USA	March 22	11:46 a.m. EDT	Starlink-10-62 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
64	China	March 22	23:49 Beijing Time	Weili Kongjian (CentiSpace) (10 satellites)	Application / navigation	Jielong-3	South-China Sea, Yangjiang, Guangdong Province	Dongfeng Hangtiangang barge		Success
65	Russia (IC)	March 24	20:24 Moscow Time	MKA OBZP1, Rassvet-3-1 (16 satellites)	Application / Internet	Soyuz-2-1b	Plesetsk	Site 43	4	Success
66	China	March 26	06:51 Beijing Time	Siwei Gaojing-2-05, -2-06	Application / remote-sensing / imaging	Chang Zheng-2D	Taiyuan			Success
67	USA	March 26	4:03 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-17 (25 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
68	China	March 27	12:11 Beijing Time	Shiyan-33		Chang Zheng-2C	Jiuquan			Success
69	USA	March 28	22:14 New Zealand Time	Celeste-LEO-PNT-1, -2	Experimental	Electron	Mahia	LC-1		Success
70	China	March 30	19:00 Beijing Time	Sinchzhenchen-01, -02, Tyanshi-01	Experimental / cargo supply	Lijian-2 (Kinetica-2)	Jiuquan			Success
71	USA	March 30	4:02 a.m. Pacific Time	Transporter-16 (119 payloads)	Application	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
72	USA	March 30	5:15 p.m. EDT	Starlink-10-44 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral			Success
73	USA	April 1	6:35 p.m. EDT	Orion, Tacheles, SWC-1, K-RadCube, Atenea	Piloted / cis-lunar	SLS	Cape Canaveral	LC-39B	B	Success
74	USA	April 2	7:15 a.m. EDT	Starlink-10-58 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
75	China	April 3	12:17 Beijing Time			Tianlong-3	Jiuquan			Failure
76	Russia (IC)	April 3	09:28 Moscow Time	Meridian No. 21L	Military / communications	Soyuz-2-1a/Fregat	Plesetsk	Site 43	3	Success
77	USA	April 4	1:46 a.m. EDT	Amazon Leo LA-05 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Atlas-5 (551)	Cape Canaveral	SLC-41		Success
78	USA	April 6	7:50 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-35 (25 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
79	China	April 7	21:32 Beijing Time	Qianfan (18 satellites)	Application / Internet	Chang Zheng-8	Wenchang			Success
80	USA	April 7	4:33 a.m. Pacific Time	STP-S29A (7 satellites)	Military / Air Force / Experimental	Minotaur-4	Vandenberg	SLC-8		Success
81	China	April 9	03:38 Beijing Time	Guowang (Weixing Hulianwang Digui/SatNet LEO) Group 21 (6 satellites)	Application / Internet	Chang Zheng-6A	Taiyuan			Success
82	USA	April 10	10:04:19 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-21 (25 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
83	China	April 11	19:32 Beijing Time	Xingwang Siyan-08A, -O8B	Application / Internet	Jielong-3 (Kinetica-1)	South-China Sea, Yangjiang, Guangdong Province	Dongfeng Hangtiangang barge		Success
84	USA	April 11	7:41 a.m. EDT	Cygnus NG-24 (SS Steven R. Nagel)	Space station / cargo supply	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
85	China	April 14	12:03 Beijing Time	Jilin-1 Gaofen-07-A02-A04, B02-04, C02-03 (8 satellites)	Imaging	Lijian-1 (Kinetica-1)	Jiuquan			Success
86	USA	April 14	5:33 a.m. EDT	Starlink-10-24 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral			Success
87	USA	April 14	9:29 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-27 (25 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
88	Russia (IC)	April 17	02:17 Moscow Time	Kosmos (8 satellites)	Military	Soyuz-2.1b/Volga	Plesetsk	Site 43	4	Success
89	China	April 17	12:10 Beijing Time	Daqi-2	Science / greenhouse gases	Chang Zheng-4C	Jiuquan			Success
90	USA	April 19	7:25 a.m. EDT	BlueBird-7	Application / communications	New Glenn (F3)	Cape Canaveral	LC-36		Failure
91	USA	April 19	9:03 a.m. Pacific Time	Starllink-17-22 (25 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
92	USA	Apri 21	2:53 a.m. EDT	GPS-3-SV10	Military / navigation	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
93	USA	April 23	15:09 New Zealand Time	(8 satellites)		Electron	Mahia			Success
94	USA	April 22	8:23 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-14 (25 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
95	Russia (IC)	April 23	11:29 Moscow Time	Kosmos	Military	Angara-1.2	Plesetsk	Site 35		Success
96	China	April 24	14:35 Beijing Time	Hulianwang Jishu Shiyan (4 satellites)	Internet	Chang Zheng-2D	Xichang			Success
97	Russia (IC)	April 26	01:21:47.460 Moscow Time	Progress MS-34	Space station / cargo supply	Soyuz-2-1a	Baikonur	Site 31	6	Success
98	China	April 26	20:15 Beijing Time	PRSC-EO-3	Application / remote sensing	Chang Zheng-6	Taiyuan			Success
99	USA	April 26	7:37 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink (25 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
100	USA	April 27	8:53:30 p.m. EDT	Amazon Leo LA-06 (29 satellites)	Application Internet	Atlas-5 (551, AV-112)	Cape Canaveral	SLC-41		Success
101	USA	April 29	10:13 a.m. EDT	ViaSat-3 F3	Applicaiton / communications	Falcon Heavy	Cape Canaveral /KSC	LC-39		Success
102	USA	April 29	7:42:49 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-36 (24 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
103	Europe	April 30	05:57 French Guiana Time	Amazon Leo LE-02 (Kuiper F11) (32 satellites)	Application / Internet	Ariane-6 (VA-268)	Kourou	ELA-3		Success
104	Russia (IC)	April 30	21:00 Moscow Time	GMM	Experimental	Soyuz-5	Baikonur	Site 45		Success***
105	USA	May 1	2:06 p.m. EDT	Starlink-10-38 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
106	USA	May 2	11:59 p.m. Pacific Time	CAS-500-2 and 44 secondary payloads	Application / remote sensing	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
107	USA	May 5	8:59 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-29 (24 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
108	China	May 11	08:14:32 Beijing Time	Tianzhou-10	Cargo supply	Chang Zheng-7	Wenchang	201		Success
109	USA	May 12	7:13 p.m. Pacific Time	NROL-172	Military	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
110	China	May 12	19:58 Beijing Time	Qianfan Jigui-08 (Thousand Sails) (18 satellites)	Application / Internet	Chang Zheng-6A	Taiyuan			Success
111	China	May 14	11:00 Beijing Time	Dummy satellite	Experimental	Zhuque-2E (Y5)	Jiuquan			Failure****
112	China	May 15	12:33 Beijing Time	Youxi, Dianjian-1, JL1GF03D55, Taijing-3-05A, -05B		Lijian-1	Jiuquan			Success
113	USA	May 15	6:05 p.m. EDT	Cargo Dragon CRS-34	Cargo supply	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
114	China	May 17	22:43 Beijing Time	Qianfan Jigui-09 (Thousand Sails) (18 satellites)	Application / Internet	Chang Zheng-8	Wenchang			Success
115	Europe	May 19	00:52 French Guiana Time	SMILE	Science / Geophysics	Vega-C	Kourou	ELA-1		Success
116	USA	May 19	7:46:19 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-42 (24 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
117	USA	May 21	6:04 a.m. EDT	Starlink-10-31 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
118	USA	May 22	09:34 UTC	StriX-7	Application / remote sensing	Electron	Mahia	LC-1B	B	Success
119	USA	May 22	5:30:20 p.m. Central Time	Starship v3, No. 39 (Flight 12)	Experimental	Starship/Superheavy	Boca Chica			Success*****
120	China	May 24	23:08 Beijing Time	Shenzhou-23	Piloted / space station	Chang Zheng-2F	Jiuquan			Success
121	USA	May 25	7:48 a.m. EDT	Starlink-10-47 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
122	USA	May 26	7:50 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-10-37	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
123	China	May 27	00:16 Beijing Time	TJSW-24		Chang Zheng-7A	Wenchang	201		Success
124	USA	May 29	8:57 a.m. EDT	Starlink-10-53	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
125	USA	May 29	7:53 p.m. EDT	Amazon Leo LA-07 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Atlas-5 (551, AV-113)	Cape Canaveral	SLC-41		Success
126	USA	May 30	8:25 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-41 (24 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
127	China	May 31	02:07 Beijing Time	GuoWang (4 satellites)	Application / Internet	Chang Zheng-2D	Xichang		3	Success
128	China	June 1	16:40 Beijing Time	Qianfan Jigui-10 (18 satellites?)	Application / Internet	Chang Zheng-12B (Y1)	Jiuquan			Success
129	USA	June 3	8:40 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-47 (24 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
130	USA	June 4	6:26 a.m. EDT	Starlink-10-43	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
131	China	June 4	19:41 Beijing Time	Qianfan Jigui-11 (2 satellites)	Application / Internet	Chang Zheng-6A	Taiyuan			Success
132	China	June 5	14:34 Beijing Time	Qianfan Jigui-12	Application / Internet	Chang Zheng-8	Wenchang			Success
133	USA	June 6	9:24 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-43 (21 satellite), Starshield (2 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
134	USA	June 8	6:14 a.m. EDT	Starlink-10-35 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
135	China	June 9	16:23 Beijing Time	Qianfan Direct-to-Cell-01 (DTC-01), China Mobile-02	Application / communications	Zhuque-2E	Jiuquan			Success
136	China	June 11	15:30 Beijing Time	Tongxin Jishu Shiyan Weixing, TJW-25	Communications	Chang Zheng-5	Wenchang			Success
137	USA	June 11	8:05 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-44 (24 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
138	Japan	June 12	09:53 Japan Standard Time	VEP-5 mass simulator, STAR-X, BRO-22, VERTECS, PETREL, HORN-L, HORN-R	Experimental	H3-30S (Flight 6)	Tanegashima			Success
139	USA	June 12	8:37 a.m. EDT	Starlink-10-54 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
140	China	June 15	11:44 Beijing Time	Changguang Jilin-1 (8 satellites)	Remote sensing	Lijian-1 (Kinetica-1)	Jiuquan	130		Success
141	USA	June 15	8:34 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-54 (24 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
142	China	June 16	17:45 Beijing Time	Shijian-31		Chang Zheng-3B	Xichang			Success
143	China	June 17	10:44 Beijing Time	Xingwang Digui (SatNet LEO-22)	Application / Internet	Chang Zheng-12	Wenchang			Success
144	USA	June 17	02:39 a.m. EDT	AST Space Mobile BlueBird-8, -9, -10	Communications	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
145	China	June 17	11:58 Beijing Time	Weili Kongjian-05 (7 satellites)		Kuaizhou-11	Jiuquan			Success
146	Europe	June 17	9:21:52 a.m. French Guiana Time	Amazon-LEO -03 (36 satellites)	Application / Internet	Ariane-6 (VA-269)	Kourou	ELA-4		Success
147	USA	June 19	1:50 a.m. Pacific Time	NROL-179 Starshield	Military	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
148	USA	June 20	22:19 New Zealand Time	Victus Haze Puma	Military	Electron	Mahia	LC-1		Success
149	USA	June 21	9:39 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-28 (24 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
150	China	June 23	10:10 Beijing Time	TJSW-26A	Communications	Chang Zheng-7A	Wenchang			Success
151	USA	June 23	6:53 a.m. EDT	Starfall Demo	Experimental / reentry	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
152	USA	June 24	8:31 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-45 (24 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
153	USA	June 27	05:23 New Zealand Standard Time	Synspective StriX-8	Application / Remote-sensing	Electron	Mahia	LC-1B	B	Success
154	USA	June 28	9:09 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-40 (24 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
155	USA	June 28	10:25 p.m. EDT	SiriusXM SXM-11	Application / radio broadcasting	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
156	China	July 2	07:46 Beijing Time	Haiyang-2-05	Science / oceanography	Chang Zheng-4B	Jiuquan			Success
157	USA	July 1	7:58 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-46 (24 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
158	USA	July 2	12:30 a.m. EDT	Amazon-LEO-LA08 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Atlas-5-551 (AV-114)	Cape Canaveral	SLC-41		Success
159	USA	July 3	08:36 UTC	LINK (SWIFT reboost mission)	Application / orbital reboost	Pegasus-XL	Kwajalein	L-1011 Stargazer		Success
160	China	July 4	17:30 p.m. Beijing Time	Qianfan Jigui-13	Application / Internet	Chang Zheng-6A	Taiyuan			Success
161	USA	July 5	6:50 a.m. EDT	Starlink-10-50	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral			Success
162	China	July 5	21:43 Beijing Time	Qianfan Jigui-15 (20 satellites)	Application / Internet	Chang Zheng-8A	Wenchang			Success
163	USA	July 7	0:12 a.m. Pacific Time	Transporter-17 (81 payloads)	Application	Falcon-9	Vandenberg			Success
164	USA	July 9	5:25 a.m. EDT	Starlink-10-42 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
165	China	July 10	12:15:57 Beijing Time	Demo	Experimental	Chang Zheng-10B	Wenchang			Success
166	USA	July 10	8:01 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-48 (24 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
167	USA	July 13	6:28 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-15-14 (27 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
168	USA	July 14	5:10 a.m. EDT	Starlink-10-45 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
169	Russia (IC)	July 14	17:47:43:552 Moscow Time	Soyuz MS-29	Piloted	Soyuz-2-1a	Baikonur	Site 31	Pad 6	Success
170	USA	July 16	1:32 p.m. Pacific Time	Tranche-1-3 (T1TL-E)	Military / communications	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
171	India	July 18		2 cubesats	Experimental	Vikram-1	Sriharikota			Success
172	Russia (IC)	July 19	20:51 Moscow Time	Buro-1440 (multiple satellites)	Application / communications (INSIDER CONTENT)	Soyuz-2	Plesetsk	Site 43	4	Success
173	USA	July 20	7:49 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-39 (24 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
174	USA	July 21	5:15 p.m. EDT	MRV-MEP	Application / in-orbit servicing	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
175	China	July 22	10:54 Beijing Time	Dongpo No. 13, -14, -17, -18, -19, -20, Xiguang-2-01, Tianyi-49, Zidingxiang-3 (9 satellites)	Remote sensing	Yinli-1 (Gravity-1)	East-China Sea	Dongfeng Hangtiangang barge		Success
176	China	July 23	20:00 Beijing Time	Tianlian-2-06	Communications / data relay	Chang Zheng-3B	Xichang			Success
177	China	July 24	07:33 Beijing Time	Tianyi-48, Gande-1-01, Xiguang-2-03, Jitianxing-A04, Yinglong Fengguang-1	Meteorology, space debris monitoring , remote-sensing, experimental	Lijian-2 (Kinetica-2)	Jiuquan	130		Success
178	USA	July 24	5:51 p.m. Central Time	Starship/ Starlinks***	Experimental	Starship/Superheavy	Boca Chica			Success******
179	USA	July 25	8:51 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-51 (24 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
180	China	July 29	19:50 Beijing Time	Tianlian-3-01	Communications / data relay	Chang Zheng-7A (Y29)	Wenchang	201		Success
181	China	July 30	09:00 Beijing Time	Tongxin Jishu Shiyan (TJSW-27A, -27B) (2 satellites)	Military	Chang Zheng-6A	Taiyuan			Success
182	USA	July 30	3:10 a.m. EDT	NROL-95 (USA-619 Intruder)	Military / SIGINT	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
183	USA	July 31	8:08 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-52 (24 satellites)	Applications / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
184	China	Aug. 4	16:52 Beijing Time	Xingwang Digui (SatNet LEO-23)	Applications / Internet	Chang Zheng-8A	Wenchang			Success
185	USA	Aug. 4	11:05 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-53 (24 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
186	China	Aug. 5	15:49 Beijing Time	Dongfang Huiyan Hyperspectral -01, 02	Application / remote sensing	Jielong-3	South-China Sea, Yangjiang, Guangdong Province	Dongfeng Hangtiangang barge		Success
187	USA	Aug. 5	3:49 a.m. EDT	BlueBird-11, -12, -13	Application / communications	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
188	USA	Aug. 6	09:18 UTC	QPS-SAR-13	Application / remote sensing	Electron	Mahia	LC-1A	A	Success
189	USA	Aug. 8	9:35 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-38 (24 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
190	China	Aug. 10	20:02 Beijing Time	ZX-4B	Military / communications	Chang Zheng-7A	Wenchang			Failure
191	Japan	Aug 11	04:23 Japan Standard Time	QZS Michibiki-7	Application / navigation	H3	Tanegashima			Success
192	USA	Aug. 11	11:58:26 a.m. EDT	Starlink-10-19 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
193	USA	Aug. 11	9:46 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-49 (24 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
194	USA	Aug. 15	9:12 p.m. EDT	Globalstart-2R-1 (9 satellites)	Application / communications	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
195	USA	Aug. 15	6:50 p.m. Pacific Ocean	USSF-366	Military	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
196	China	Aug. 16	12:10 Beijing Time	Xingwang Digui (SatNet LEO-24)	Application / Internet	Chang Zheng-12	Wenchang			Success
197	China	Aug. 17	11:02 Beijing Time	SEO	Application / remote sensing	Chang Zheng-2C	Taiyuan			Success
198	China	Aug. 19	07:35 Beijing Time	Honghu-03		Zhuque-3	Jiuquan			Success
199	USA	Aug. 18	9:01:07 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-17-50 (24 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
200	USA	Aug. 20	1:04 a.m. New Zealand Time	QPS-SAR	Application / remote sensing	Electron	Mahia	LC-1B	B	Success
201	USA	Aug. 21	11:14 a.m. EDT	Starlink-10-39 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
202	USA	Aug. 22	12:25 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-15-20 (27 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
203	Russia (IC)	Aug. 24	05:40 Moscow Time	Kosmos (GLONASS)	Military	Soyuz-2-1b	Plesetsk	Site 43	3	Success
204	USA	Aug. 25	5:33 a.m. EDT	Starlink-10-49 (29 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
205	China	Aug. 25	11:21 Beijing Time	ZK-14, -15, JAMX01, Bayi-04, GISTDA cubesat, Muduo-1A, -1B	Remote sensing / radar imaging	Chang Zheng-6C	Taiyuan			Success
206	USA	Aug. 26	2:36 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-15-22 (27 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
207	Europe	Aug. 27	17:10 French Guiana Time	MTG-I2	Application / meteorology	Ariane-6 (62, VA270)	Kourou	ELA-4		Success
208	USA	Aug. 30	7:26 a.m. EDT	Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope	Science / astronomy	Falcon Heavy	Cape Canaveral / KSC	LC-39A	A	Success
209	China	Sept. 1	10:00 Beijing Time	Dummy cargo	Experimental	Zhishenxing-1 (Pallas-1)	Jiuquan			Failure
210	USA	Sept. 2	01:42:12 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-15-23 (27 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
211	USA	Sept. 3	00:01 a.m. New Zealand Time	Synspective StriX-9	Application / remote sensing	Electron	Mahia	LC-1B	B	Success
212	India	Sept. 4	02:55 India Standard Time	EOS-05	Application / remote sensing	GSLV-F17	Sriharikota			Success
213	Europe	Sept. 5	20:12 UTC	Multiple cubesats	Experimental	Spectrum	Andoya			Success
214	USA	Sept. 6	14:26 UTC	Starlink-15-24 (27 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
215	China	Sept. 10	17:00 Beijing Time	Yaogan-53 (3 satellites), Yaogan-56 (3 satellites)	Military	Chang Zheng-4B	Jiuquan			Success
216	USA	Sept. 10	8:43 a.m. Pacific Time	USSF-153 (23 satellites, USA-644 - 666 (Starshield?), R-2 test sat	Military	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
217	USA	Sept. 11	03:28 UTC	BlackSky Global-36 (Gen 3 No. 5)		Electron	Mahia			Success
218	USA	Sept. 13	2:49 p.m. EDT	O3b mPower-11, -12, -13	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
219	Europe	Sept. 14	22:21 French Guiana Time	Sentinel-3C, FLEX	Application / remote sensing	Vega-C	Kourou	ELA-1		Success
220	China	Sept. 15	14:26 Beijing Time	Qianfan (10 satellites)	Application / Internet	Zhuque-2E	Jiuquan			Success
221	China	Sept. 16	06:00 Beijing Time	Qianfan Digui-26 (9 satellites), EUHT Jishu Shiyan Weixing	Application / Internet	Yinli-1	East China Sea	Dongfeng Hangtiangang(DFHT) barge		Success
222	Russia (IC)	Sept. 16	16:33:54.560 Moscow Time	Progress MS-35	ISS / Cargo supply	Soyuz-2-1b	Baikonur	Site 31	6	Success
223	USA	Sept. 16	6:29 p.m. Pacific Time	USSF-259 (SBS TH-1), Starshield	Military	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
224	China	Sept. 17	08:32 Beijing Time	Xingwang Digui (SatNet LEO) Group 25 (9 satellites)	Application / Internet	Chang Zheng-12	Wenchang	2		Success
225	China	Sept. 17	10:40 Beijing Time	Tianyi-51, -52	Application / C-band SAR	Kuaizhou-11	Jiuquan	43/95A		Success
226	Russia (IC)	Sept. 17	~19:50 Moscow Time	Kosmos (GLONASS-K/K-2)	Military / navigation	Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat	Plesetsk	Site 43	3	Success
227	USA	Sept. 19	15:22 New Zealand Time	StriX-10	Application / remote-sensing	Electron	Mahia	LC-1B	B	Success
228	China	Sept. 19	18:50 Beijing Time	Hongtu-02-13, -14, -15, -16 (PieSat)	Application / SAR	Chang Zheng-2D	Taiyuan			Success
229	USA	Sept. 19	6:47:00 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-15-27 (27 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
230	China	Sept. 20	12:03 Beijing Time	Chaozhisuan-1 (Super-Intelligent Computing-1), PEGA-SUS1, Pujiang-4, Qinling-01, -02, Diting-1A, -1B, -1C, Yunxiao Pathfinder Satellite	Application / communications / remote sensing	Lijian-1 (Kinetica-1)	Jiuquan	130		Success
231	China	Sept. 23	21:32 Beijing Time	Xingwang Digui (SatNet LEO) Group 26	Application / Internet	Chang Zheng-8A	Wenchang			Success
232	China	Sept. 24	16:46 Beijing Time	Yaogan-40 Group-04 -A, -B, -C	Military / SIGINT	Chang Zheng-6A	Taiyuan			Success
233	USA	Sept. 26	12:39 New Zealand Time	StriX-13	Application / remote-sensing	Electron	Mahia	LC-1B	B	Success
234	USA	Sept. 26	7:06 a.m. Pacific Time	USSF-385	Military	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
235	USA	Sept. 28	7:48 a.m. Central Time	Starlink V3 (26 satellites)	Application / Internet	Starship/Superheavy	Boca Chica			Success
236	USA	Oct. 1	11:10 a.m. EDT	Crew Dragon Grace	Crew / space station	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
237	USA	Oct. 1	11:32 a.m. Pacific Time	Transporter-18 (103 payloads)	Application	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
238	USA	Oct. 1	11:54 p.m. EDT	NROL-97	Military / reconnaissance	Falcon Heavy	Cape Canaveral/KSC	LC-39A	A	In progress

*An anomaly on the second stage during the deorbiting maneuver after the successful delivery of all the payloads.

**The launch experienced some loss of roll control during the first stage operation due to a solid booster burn-through, but the payload was sucessfully delivered to a planned orbit.

***Planned suborbital flight.

****Failed to reach planned orbit due to upper stage misfire.

*****Planned suborbital trajectory just short of orbital velocity. Multiple engine failures at re-ignition on both stages prevented the completion of some test objectives.

******The Superheavy booster failed to perform soft landing at sea.

The 2026 space launch score card (as of October 1, 2026 ):

USA	China	Russia (IC)	Europe	Japan	India	World
Launch vehicles
Falcon-9: 110	Chang Zheng-8/8A: 8	Soyuz-2.1b: 7	Ariane-6: 4	Kairos: 1*	PSLV: 1*
Electron: 15	Chang Zheng-6A/6: 9	Proton-M: 1	Vega-C: 2	H3: 2	Vikram-1: 1
Vulcan: 1	Chang Zheng-2C/2D: 9	Soyuz-2-1a: 4	Spectrum: 1		GSLV: 1
FireFly Alpha: 1	Gushenxing-1S (Ceres-1): 1	Angara-1.2: 1
SLS: 1	Gushenxing-2 (Ceres-2): 1*	Soyuz-5: 1**
Atlas-5: 4	Chang Zheng-3B: 3 (1*)
Minotaur-4: 1	Chang Zheng-12: 4
New Glenn: 1*	Chang Zheng-2F: 2
Falcon Heavy: 3	Jielong-3 (Kinetica-1): 4
Starship/Superheavy: 3 (2**)	Kuaizhou-11: 3
Pegasus-XL: 1	Lijian-2 (Kinetica-2): 2
	Tianlong-3: 1*
	Lijian-1 (Kinetica-1): 4
	Chang Zheng-4B/4C: 3
	Chang Zheng-7/7A: 5 (1*)
	Zhuque-2E: 3 (1*)
	Chang Zheng-12B: 1
	Chang Zheng-5: 1
	Chang Zheng-10B: 1
	Yinli-1 (Gravity-1): 2
	Zhuque-3: 1
	Chang Zheng-6C: 1
	Zhishenxing-1 (Pallas-1): 1*
USA total: 141	China total: 70	Russia total: 14	Europe total: 7	Japan total: 3	India total: 3	World: 238
USA failed: 1	China failed: 6	Russia failed: 0	Europe failed: 0	Japan failed: 1	India failed: 1	World failed: 9
Launch sites
Cape Canaveral/KSC: 58	Wenchang: 19	Plesetsk: 8	Kourou: 6	Kii: 1	Sriharikota: 3	World sites: 19
Vandenberg: 64	Taiyuan: 13	Baikonur: 6	Andoya: 1	Tanegashima: 2
Mahia: 15	Jiuquan: 25
Boca Chica: 3	Yellow Sea, Rizhao: 1
Kwajalein: 1	Xichang: 6
	South-China Sea: 4
	East-China Sea: 2

*Failed launch

**Suborbital launch of an orbital vehicle

Planned Russian orbital launches:

October (?): A Soyuz-2-1a/Fregat rocket to launch a cluster of dual-use remote-sensing satellites (INSIDER CONTENT) and test satellites from Site 1S in Vostochny. The payloads include MKA Kinosputnik (INSIDER CONTENT), KOEN, KA MT-LAB, 6U NPO Kaisant cubesat with a Germes modem, 16U NPO Kaisant with Gonets modems.

As of early 2026, the mission was expected on Sept. 2, 2026, but by the middle of the year, it was reported to be postponed until the November-December period.

A Fregat upper stage, likely assigned to this mission, was reported to be delivered to Vostochny airport on July 10, 2026. It marked the first landing of the An-124-100 Ruslan transport aircraft at the new runway of the space center.

On July 22, 2026, Roskosmos announced the arrival of a train at Vostochny with the components of a Soyuz-2 rocket and its payload fairing likely intended for this mission. On Sept. 22, 2026, Roskosmos head Dmitry Bakanov, likely referring to MKA Kinosputnik (INSIDER CONTENT) and KOEN projects, reported to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin that two "private" satellites for optical electronic observation had already been delivered to Vostochny for a planned launch in the following month.

November 24: A Soyuz-2 rocket to launch Progress MS-36 from Baikonur toward the International Space Station, ISS. The launch was originally expected on Aug. 17, 2026, but by October 2025, the mission slipped to Sept. 9, 2026. Following the service platform collapse at Site 31 in November 2025, and the resulting domino effect of delays, the Progress MS-36 mission was re-scheduled for Nov. 24, 2026.

A Soyuz-2 vehicle for the mission was delivered to Baikonur by June 2, 2026, followed by the cargo ship itself on June 10, 2026.

December 2, 10:03 Moscow Time: A Soyuz-2 rocket to launch Progress MS-37 from Baikonur toward the International Space Station, ISS. The launch was originally expected on Nov. 20, 2026, but by October 2025, the mission slipped to Dec. 2, 2026.

For missions beyond 2026 click here

This page is compiled by Anatoly Zak

Last update: October 1, 2026

flight

Proton rocket lifts off from Baikonur with Elektro-L5 weather satellite on Feb. 12, 2026 for the first time in three years (INSIDER CONTENT). Credit: Roskosmos

Separation of the first batch of Rassvet satellites (INSIDER CONTENT) from the third stage of the Soyuz rocket on March 23, 2026. Click to enlarge. Credit: Buro 1440

Progress

The first Soyuz-5 rocket is being prepared for launch in April 2026. (INSIDER CONTENT). Click to enlarge. Credit: Roskosmos

The only Russian piloted mission of 2026 was launched on July 14. Click to enlarge. Credit: Roskosmos