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List of spaceflight launches in April–June 2026

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This article lists orbital and suborbital launches during the first quarter of the year 2026.

For all other spaceflight activities, see 2026 in spaceflight. For launches during the rest of 2026, see List of spaceflight launches in January–March 2026, List of spaceflight launches in July–September 2026, and List of spaceflight launches in October–December 2026.


Orbital launches

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April

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Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat)
Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
1 April
22:35:12[1][2]
United States SLS Block 1 United States Kennedy LC-39B United States NASA
United States Artemis II (Integrity)[3] NASA Lunar free-return Crewed lunar flyby11 April
00:07:27
Successful
⚀ Argentina ATENEA CONAE Highly elliptical Technology demonstration5 AprilSuccessful
⚀ South Korea K-Rad Cube KARI Highly elliptical Technology demonstration5 AprilSpacecraft failure
⚀ Saudi Arabia SWC-1 SSA Highly elliptical Space WeatherIn orbitOperational
⚀ Germany TACHELES DLR Highly elliptical Technology demonstration5 AprilSpacecraft failure
First crewed test flight of SLS and Orion. First crewed mission beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972. First woman, person of color, and person not from the United States to fly beyond low Earth orbit and to the Moon's vicinity. Became farthest crewed spaceflight from Earth, at a maximum distance of 252,756 miles (406,771 km).
2 April
11:55:10[4]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 Starlink Group 10-58 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-40 United States SpaceX
United States Starlink × 29 SpaceX Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
3 April
04:17:00[5]
China Tianlong-3 Y1 China Jiuquan China Space Pioneer
China TBA TBA Low Earth (Polar) TBA3 AprilLaunch failure[6]
Maiden flight of the Tianlong-3 launch vehicle.[7][8]
3 April
06:28:00[9][10]
Russia Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat-M Russia Plesetsk Site 43/3 Russia RVSN RF
Russia Meridian-M №11[11] VKS Molniya CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
4 April
05:45:00[12]
United States Atlas V 551 LA-05/Leo-5 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-41 United States ULA
United States LeoSat × 29 Amazon Leo Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
With a mass of around 16.5 tonnes, LA-05 is the heaviest payload to be launched by an Atlas V. Sixth of nine Amazon Leo launches on Atlas V.[13]
7 April
02:50:39[14]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 Starlink Group 17-35 United States Vandenberg SLC-4E United States SpaceX
United States Starlink × 25 SpaceX Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
7 April[15]
11:33:00
United States Minotaur IV United States Vandenberg SLC-8 United States Northrop Grumman
United States STPSat-7 United States Space Force Low Earth Technology demonstrationIn orbitOperational
⚀ United States Rawhide x 2 US Army SMDC Low Earth Technology demonstrationIn orbitOperational
⚀ United States CANVAS University of Colorado Boulder Low Earth Magnetosphereic researchIn orbitOperational
⚀ United States AggieSat-6 Texas A&M University Low Earth Technology demonstrationIn orbitOperational
⚀ United States ASTRA-HyRAX Auburn University Low Earth Technology demonstrationIn orbitOperational
⚀ United States MISR-C1 SOCOM Low Earth Technology demonstrationIn orbitOperational
⚀ United States MISR-C2 SOCOM Low Earth Technology demonstrationIn orbitOperational
STP-S29A mission
7 April
13:32:00[16]
China Long March 8 Y7 / Spacesail Polar Group 07 China Wenchang Commercial LC-1 China CASC
China Qianfan × 18 SSST Low Earth (Polar) CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
8 April
19:39:08[17]
China Long March 6A 6A-Y17 / SatNet LEO Group 21 China Taiyuan LA-9A China CASC
China Guowang × 5 CAST Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
11 April
05:04:19[18]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 Starlink Group 17-21 United States Vandenberg SLC-4E United States SpaceX
United States Starlink × 25 SpaceX Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
11 April
11:32:00[19]
China Jielong 3 Y11 China Dong Fang Hang Tian Gang platform, South China Sea China China Rocket
China Hulianwang Jishu Shiyan 8A CAST Low Earth (Polar) TBAIn orbitOperational
11 April
11:41:21[20]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 F9-626 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-40 United States SpaceX
United States Cygnus NG-24 NASA Low Earth (ISS) ISS logistics12 OctoberSuccessful
⚀ United States Coconut Arizona State University Low Earth Amateur radioIn orbitOperational
⚀ Japan HOKUSHIN-1 Tohoku University / Hokkaido University / Muroran Institute of Technology Low Earth Technology demonstrationIn orbitOperational
⚀ United States HUCSat Harvard College Low Earth Technology demonstrationIn orbitOperational
⚀ United States LEOPARDSat-1 University of Cincinnati Low Earth Educational / Technology demonstrationIn orbitOperational
⚀ United States PROVES-Alcyone Columbia University Low Earth Amateur radioIn orbitOperational
⚀ United States PROVES-Atlas Northeastern University Low Earth Amateur radioIn orbitOperational
⚀ United States PROVES-Electra University of California, Santa Cruz Low Earth Amateur radioIn orbitOperational
Last of four Cygnus spacecraft launched on Falcon 9. HOKUSHIN-1 was deployed into orbit from ISS on 19 June 2026.[21] Coconut, HUCSat, LEOPARDSat-1, PROVES-Alcyone, PROVES-Atlas, and PROVES-Electra are presumed to have been deployed into orbit from ISS as NRCSD#30 on 2 July 2026.[22]
14 April
04:03:00[23][24]
China Kinetica 1 Y12 China Jiuquan LS-130 China CAS Space
China Jilin-1 Gaofen-07A 02-04 CGSTL Low Earth (SSO) Earth observationIn orbitOperational
China Jilin-1 Gaofen-07B 02-04 CAS Low Earth (SSO) Earth observationIn orbitOperational
China Jilin-1 Gaofen-07C 02-03 CGSTL Low Earth (SSO) Earth observationIn orbitOperational
14 April
09:33:10[25]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 Starlink Group 10-24 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-40 United States SpaceX
United States Starlink × 29 SpaceX Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
15 April
04:29:40[26]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 Starlink Group 17-27 United States Vandenberg SLC-4E United States SpaceX
United States Starlink × 25 SpaceX Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
16 April
23:18:00[27][28]
Russia Soyuz-2.1b / Volga Russia Plesetsk Site 43 Russia RVSN RF
Russia Kosmos 2609 VKS Low Earth (SSO) TBAIn orbitOperational
Russia Kosmos 2610 VKS Low Earth (SSO) TBAIn orbitOperational
Russia Kosmos 2611 VKS Low Earth (SSO) TBAIn orbitOperational
Russia Kosmos 2612 VKS Low Earth (SSO) TBAIn orbitOperational
Russia Kosmos 2613 VKS Low Earth (SSO) TBAIn orbitOperational
Russia Kosmos 2614 VKS Low Earth (SSO) TBAIn orbitOperational
Russia Kosmos 2615 VKS Low Earth (SSO) TBAIn orbitOperational
Russia Kosmos 2616 VKS Low Earth (SSO) TBAIn orbitOperational
Maiden flight of Soyuz-2.1b / Volga Configuration.
17 April
04:10:00[29]
China Long March 4C 4C-Y41 China Jiuquan SLS-2 China CASC
China Daqi-2 (AEMS-2) Ministry of Ecology and Environment Low Earth (SSO) Earth observationIn orbitOperational
19 April
11:25:00[30]
United States New Glenn NG-3 United States Cape Canaveral LC-36 United States Blue Origin
United States BlueBird 7 AST SpaceMobile Low Earth Communications19 AprilLaunch failure
BlueBird Block 2 Flight Mission 2. Third National Security Space Launch demonstration flight for New Glenn. First New Glenn launch with a reused booster. BlueBird 7 was placed into a lower than planned orbit by the upper stage. While the satellite separated from the launch vehicle and powered on, the altitude was too low to sustain operations with its on-board thruster technology and had been de-orbited.
19 April
14:35:00[31]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 Starlink Group 17-22 United States Vandenberg SLC-4E United States SpaceX
United States Starlink × 25 SpaceX Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
21 April [32]
06:53:00
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 F9-630 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-40 United States SpaceX
United States GPS III-10 Hedy Lamarr U.S. Space Force Medium Earth NavigationIn orbitOperational
Named after American actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr. Reassigned from Falcon 9 to Vulcan when GPS III-07, intended to launch on Vulcan, was moved to Falcon 9 in mid-2024 following Vulcan readiness concerns, and moved back to Falcon 9 following the USSF-87 launch anomaly in February 2026. The upper stage carried "Freedom 250" flag.
23 April
03:09:00[33][34]
United States Electron "Kakushin Rising" New Zealand Mahia LC-1 United States Rocket Lab
⚀ Japan ARICA-2 Aoyama Gakuin University Low Earth (SSO) TBAIn orbitOperational
⚀ Japan FSI-SAT Future Science Institute Low Earth (SSO) TBAIn orbitOperational
⚀ Japan KOSEN-2R National Institute of Technology, Yonago College Low Earth (SSO) TBAIn orbitOperational
⚀ Japan MAGNARO-II Nagoya University Low Earth (SSO) TBAIn orbitOperational
⚀ Japan Mono-Nikko Di-Nikko Engineering Co., Ltd. Low Earth (SSO) TBAIn orbitOperational
⚀ Japan OrigamiSat-2 Tokyo Institute of Technology Low Earth (SSO) TBAIn orbitOperational
⚀ Japan Prelude Nihon University Low Earth (SSO) TBAIn orbitOperational
⚀ Japan WASEDA-SAT-ZERO-II Waseda University Low Earth (SSO) TBAIn orbitOperational
Part of the Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-4 mission.
23 April
03:23:00[35]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 Starlink Group 17-14 United States Vandenberg SLC-4E United States SpaceX
United States Starlink × 25 SpaceX Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
23 April
08:29[36]
Russia Angara-1.2 Russia Plesetsk Site 35/1 Russia RVSN RF
Russia Kosmos 2617 (OO MKA №7) VKS Low Earth (SSO) TBAIn orbitOperational
Russia Kosmos 2618 (OO MKA №8) VKS Low Earth (SSO) TBAIn orbitOperational
Russia Kosmos 2619 (OO MKA №9) VKS Low Earth (SSO) TBAIn orbitOperational
Russia Kosmos 2620 (OO MKA №10) VKS Low Earth (SSO) TBAIn orbitOperational
24 April
06:35:00 [37]
China Long March 2D 2D-Y109 China Xichang LC-3 China CASC
China Hulianwang Jishu Shiyan 9A CAST Low Earth (SSO) CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
China Hulianwang Jishu Shiyan 9B CAST Low Earth (SSO) CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
China Hulianwang Jishu Shiyan 9C CAST Low Earth (SSO) CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
China Hulianwang Jishu Shiyan 9D CAST Low Earth (SSO) CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
25 April
12:15:00[38]
China Long March 6 China Taiyuan LA-9A China CASC
Pakistan PRSC-EO3 SUPARCO Low Earth TBAIn orbitOperational
25 April
22:21:47[39][40]
Russia Soyuz-2.1a Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 31/6 Russia Roscosmos
Russia Progress MS-34 / 94P Roscosmos Low Earth (ISS) ISS logisticsIn orbitDocked to ISS
26 April
14:37:09[41]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 Starlink Group 17-16 United States Vandenberg SLC-4E United States SpaceX
United States Starlink × 25 SpaceX Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
28 April
00:53:30 [42]
United States Atlas V 551 LA-06/Leo-6 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-41 United States ULA
United States KuiperSat × 29 Amazon Leo Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
Seventh of nine Amazon Leo launches on Atlas V.[13]
29 April
14:13:00[43]
United States Falcon Heavy FH-012 United States Kennedy LC-39A United States SpaceX
United States ViaSat-3 APAC[44] ViaSat Geosynchronous CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
Originally intended to launch on the first flight of the Ariane 64 configuration.[45]
30 April
02:42:49[46]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 Starlink Group 17-36 United States Vandenberg SLC-4E United States SpaceX
United States Starlink × 25 SpaceX Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
30 April
08:57:00 [47]
France Ariane 64 VA268/LE-02 France Kourou ELA-4 France Arianespace
United States KuiperSat × 32 Amazon Leo Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
Second of 18 Ariane 6 launches for Amazon's Amazon Leo.

May

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Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat)
Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
1 May
18:06:10[48]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 Starlink Group 10-38 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-40 United States SpaceX
United States Starlink × 29 SpaceX Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
3 May
07:00:00[49]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 F9-635 United States Vandenberg SLC-4E United States SpaceX
South Korea CAS500-2 KASA Low Earth (SSO) Earth observationIn orbitOperational
South Korea BusanSat Busan Metropolitan City / KASA Low Earth (SSO) Earth observationIn orbitOperational
India Drishti GalaxEye Low Earth (SSO) Earth observationIn orbitOperational
Canada EarthDaily × 6 EarthDaily Low Earth (SSO) Earth observationIn orbitOperational
Poland Eycore-1 Eycore Low Earth (SSO) Earth observationIn orbitOperational
FinlandPolandPortugal ICEYE-X78, X82 ICEYE Low Earth (SSO) Earth observationIn orbitOperational
Italy IRIDE-MS2-HEO 7, 10-15 ASI Low Earth (SSO) Earth observationIn orbitOperational
United States Jackal Autonomous Orbital Vehicle True Anomaly Low Earth (SSO) TBAIn orbitOperational
United Kingdom JEN-1 OrbAstro Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstrationIn orbitOperational
United States Lynk Tower 7, 8 Lynk Global Low Earth (SSO) CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
Singapore NuLink-1, 2 NuSpace Low Earth (SSO) CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
United States Pelican-7, 8, 9 Planet Labs Low Earth (SSO) Earth observationIn orbitOperational
⚀ BulgariaEuropean Union Balkan-2 EnduroSat / Copernicus Low Earth (SSO) Earth observationIn orbitOperational
⚀ France BRO 21 Unseenlabs Low Earth (SSO) Radio frequency spectrum monitoringIn orbitOperational
⚀ United States BSLT-1, 2 & 3 Basalt Space Low Earth (SSO) TBAIn orbitOperational
⚀ GermanyGreeceEuropean Union FOREST-16, 17, 18, 19 OroraTech / HSC / Copernicus Low Earth (SSO) Earth observationIn orbitOperational
⚀ CanadaImage FrontierSat University of Calgary Low Earth (SSO) Educational / Auroral scienceIn orbitOperational
⚀ Taiwan Gemini-Pollux NCKU Low Earth (SSO) Educational / Amateur radioIn orbitOperational
⚀ Greece Image HELIOS EMTECH SPACE Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstrationIn orbitOperational
⚀ Spain Hydra-3 Aistech Space Low Earth (SSO) Earth observationIn orbitOperational
⚀ Germany ICARUS 2.0 - RAVEN TALOS / Max Planck Society Low Earth (SSO) Animal movement and environmental data collectionIn orbitOperational
⚀ Taiwan PEARL-1A, 1B NCU Low Earth (SSO) Educational / Technology demonstrationIn orbitOperational
⚀ Germany QUBE-II BMFTR Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstrationIn orbitOperational
⚀ GreeceImage SELENE EMTECH SPACE Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstrationIn orbitOperational
⚀ United States SNAPPY WSU Low Earth (SSO) Measurement of solar neutrinosIn orbitOperational
6 May
03:59:19[50]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 Starlink Group 17-29 United States Vandenberg SLC-4E United States SpaceX
United States Starlink × 24 SpaceX Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
11 May
00:14:32[51]
China Long March 7 China Wenchang LC-2 China CASC
China Tianzhou 10 CMSA Low Earth (TSS) TSS logisticsIn orbitDocked to TSS
12 May
02:13:50[52]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 F9-637 United States Vandenberg SLC-4E United States SpaceX
United States USA-586 - USA-607 (Starshield Group 1-12) TBA Low Earth (SSO) CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
NROL-172 (NRO Proliferated Architecture Mission). Thirteenth batch of SpaceX/Northrop built 9 Starshield satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office.
12 May
11:59:00[53]
China Long March 6A Y23 / Spacesail Polar Group 08 China Taiyuan China CASC
China Qianfan × 18 SSST Low Earth (Polar) CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
14 May
03:00:00[54]
China Zhuque-2E Y5 China Jiuquan Site 96 China Land Space
China Dingzhihua Shiyan Zaihe Land Space Low Earth (SSO) Mass SimulatorIn orbitIn orbit
Return to flight after August 2025 failure.
15 May
04:33:00[55]
China Kinetica 1 Y13 China Jiuquan LS-130 China CAS Space
China Jilin-1 Gaofen 03D55 CAS Low Earth (SSO) Earth observationIn orbitOperational
China Taijing-3-05A - B / Rongcheng-1-01 - 02 MinoSpace Low Earth (SSO) Earth observationIn orbitOperational
China Tianyan-27 / Youxi MinoSpace Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstrationIn orbitOperational
China Tianyi-50 / Dianjian-1 PowerChina Low Earth (SSO) Earth observationIn orbitOperational
15 May
22:05:41[56]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-40 United States SpaceX
United States SpaceX CRS-34 NASA Low Earth (ISS) ISS logisticsIn orbitDocked to ISS
Payloads in trunk: CLARREO-PF and STP-H11.
17 May
14:42:00[57]
China Long March 8 Y8 China Wenchang Commercial LC-1 China CASC
China Qianfan x 18 SSST Low Earth (Polar) CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
19 May
03:52:10[58]
Italy Vega-C VV29 France Kourou ELV Italy Avio
China Image SMILE CAS / ESA Highly elliptical Earth observationIn orbitOperational
First Vega launch to be operated under the responsibility of Avio.
20 May
02:11:00[59]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 Starlink Group 17-42 United States Vandenberg SLC-4E United States SpaceX
United States Starlink × 24 SpaceX Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
21 May
10:04:20[60]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 Starlink Group 10-31 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-40 United States SpaceX
United States Starlink × 29 SpaceX Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
22 May
09:33:00[61]
United States Electron "Viva La StriX" New Zealand Mahia LC-1 United States Rocket Lab
Japan StriX-7 Synspective Low Earth Earth observationIn orbitOperational
Ninth of 16 dedicated launches for Synspective's StriX constellation.[62]
24 May
15:08:36
China Long March 2F Y23 China Jiuquan SLS-1 China CASC
China Shenzhou 23 CMSA Low Earth (TSS) Human spaceflightIn orbitDocked to TSS
25 May
11:48:04[60]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 Starlink Group 10-47 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-40 United States SpaceX
United States Starlink × 29 SpaceX Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
26 May
14:00:00[63]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 Starlink Group 17-37 United States Vandenberg SLC-4E United States SpaceX
United States Starlink × 24 SpaceX Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
26 May
16:15:00 [64]
China Long March 7A 7A-Y12 China Wenchang LC-2 China CASC
China TJSW-24 TBA Geosynchronous Communications / Technology demonstrationIn orbitOperational
29 May
12:57:00[65]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 Starlink Group 10-53 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-40 United States SpaceX
United States Starlink × 29 SpaceX Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
29 May
23:53:00[66]
United States Atlas V 551 LA-07/Leo-7 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-41 United States ULA
United States KuiperSat × 29 Amazon Leo Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
Eighth of nine Amazon Leo launches on Atlas V.[13]
30 May
15:25:00[67]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 Starlink Group 17-41 United States Vandenberg SLC-4E United States SpaceX
United States Starlink × 24 SpaceX Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
30 May
18:07:00 [68]
China Long March 2D 2D-Y119 China Xichang LC-3 China CASC
China Hulianwang Jishu Shiyan 10A CAST Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
China Hulianwang Jishu Shiyan 10B CAST Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
China Hulianwang Jishu Shiyan 10C CAST Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
China Hulianwang Jishu Shiyan 10D CAST Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational

June

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Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat)
Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
1 June
08:40:00[69]
China Long March 12B 12B-Y1 China Jiuquan China CASC
China Qianfan × 2 SSST Low Earth (Polar) CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
Maiden flight of Long March 12B.
3 June
15:40:39[70]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 Starlink Group 17-47 United States Vandenberg SLC-4E United States SpaceX
United States Starlink × 24 SpaceX Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
4 June
10:26:30[71]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 Starlink Group 10-43 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-40 United States SpaceX
United States Starlink × 29 SpaceX Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
4 June
11:39:00[17]
China Long March 6A 6A-Y25 China Taiyuan LA-9A China CASC
China Qianfan × 18 SSST Low Earth (Polar) CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
5 June
05:00:00[16]
China Long March 8 8-Y9 China Wenchang Commercial LC-1 China CASC
China Qianfan × 18 SSST Low Earth (Polar) CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
7 June
04:24:45[70]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 Starlink Group 17-43 United States Vandenberg SLC-4E United States SpaceX
United States Starlink × 24 SpaceX Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
United States USA-608 (Starshield Group 2-5) TBA Low Earth (SSO) CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
United States USA-609 (Starshield Group 2-5) TBA Low Earth (SSO) CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
8 June
10:13:50[71]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 Starlink Group 10-35 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-40 United States SpaceX
United States Starlink × 29 SpaceX Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
9 June
08:23:00[54]
China Zhuque-2E Y6 China Jiuquan Site 96 China Land Space
China Qianfan DTC 01 SSST Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
China China Mobile 02 TBA Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
11 June
07:30:00[72][73]
China Long March 5 5-Y11 China Wenchang LC-1 China CASC
China TJS-25 TBA Geosynchronous TBAIn orbitOperational
11 June
08:00[74]
United States HASTE CURVEBALL United States MARS LC-2 United States Rocket Lab
United States CURVEBALL Hypersonix Low Earth Reentry test11 JuneSuccessful
Reentry test under Rocket Lab’s Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program. Both rocket stages and payload achieved orbit.
11 June
15:05:00[75]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 Starlink Group 17-44 United States Vandenberg SLC-4E United States SpaceX
United States Starlink × 24 SpaceX Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
12 June
00:53:59[76]
Japan H3-30S F6 Japan Tanegashima LA-Y2 Japan JAXA
Japan VEP-5 JAXA Low Earth to Suborbital Launch vehicle evaluation12 June 2026Successful
Japan PETREL Institute of Science Tokyo Low Earth Earth observation AstronomyIn orbitOperational
Japan STARS-X Shizuoka University Low Earth Technology demonstrationIn orbitOperational
⚀ France BRO-22 UnseenLabs Low Earth SIGINTIn orbitOperational
⚀ Japan HORN L, R BULL Low Earth Technology demonstrationIn orbitOperational
⚀ Japan VERTECS Kyushu Institute of Technology Low Earth AstronomyIn orbitOperational
Maiden flight of H3-30S Variant. PETREL and STARS-X are part of the Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-3 mission.
12 June
12:37:00[77]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 Starlink Group 10-54 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-40 United States SpaceX
United States Starlink × 29 SpaceX Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
15 June
03:44:00[78]
China Kinetica 1 Y14 China Jiuquan LS-130 China CAS Space
China Jilin-1 Gaofen-04D 01-02 TBA Low Earth (SSO) Earth observationIn orbitOperational
China Jilin-1 Gaofen-05D 01-02 TBA Low Earth (SSO) Earth observationIn orbitOperational
China Jilin-1 Gaofen-07C 04 TBA Low Earth (SSO) Earth observationIn orbitOperational
China Jilin-1 Gaofen-07D 02-04 TBA Low Earth (SSO) Earth observationIn orbitOperational
15 June
15:34:35[79]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 Starlink Group 17-54 United States Vandenberg SLC-4E United States SpaceX
United States Starlink × 24 SpaceX Low Earth (SSO) CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
16 June
09:45:00[80]
China Long March 3B/E 3B-Y? China Xichang LC-2 China CASC
China Shijian-31 TBA Geosynchronous TBAIn orbitOperational
Return to flight of Long March 3B.
17 June
02:44:00[81]
China Long March 12 Y7 China Wenchang Commercial LC-2 China CASC
China Guowang × 9 CAST Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
17 June
03:40:00[82]
China Kuaizhou 11 Y13 China Jiuquan LS-95A China Expace
China TBA TBA Low Earth (SSO) TBAIn orbitOperational
17 June
06:39:00[83]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 F9-652 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-40 United States SpaceX
United States BlueBird 8 AST SpaceMobile Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
United States BlueBird 9 AST SpaceMobile Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
United States BlueBird 10 AST SpaceMobile Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
17 June
12:21:52[84][85][86]
France Ariane 64 Block 2 VA269/LE-03 France Kourou ELA-4 France Arianespace
United States LeoSat × 36 Amazon Leo Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
First Ariane 6 launch with upgraded P160C solid rocket boosters. Third of 18 Ariane 6 launches for Amazon's Amazon Leo.
19 June
08:50:00[87]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 F9-653 United States Vandenberg SLC-4E United States SpaceX
United States USA-610 - USA-618 (Starshield Group 1-13) TBA Low Earth (SSO) CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
NROL-179 Mission (NRO Proliferated Architecture Mission). Fourteenth batch of SpaceX/Northrop built 9 Starshield satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office.
19 June[88][89]
10:19:00
United States Electron New Zealand Mahia LC-1 United States Rocket Lab
United States Puma Space Systems Command Low Earth Space domain awarenessIn orbitOperational
Tactically Responsive Space-4 (TacRS-4)/VICTUS HAZE Mission.
21 June
14:00:00[90]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 Starlink Group 17-28 United States Vandenberg SLC-4E United States SpaceX
United States Starlink × 24 SpaceX Low Earth (SSO) CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
23 June
02:00:00[91]
China Long March 7A 7A-Y? China Wenchang LC-2 China CASC
China TJS-26A TBA Geosynchronous TBAIn orbitOperational
23 June
10:53:00[92]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 F9-655 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-40 United States SpaceX
United States Starfall Demo SpaceX Low Earth Technology demonstration23 JuneSuccessful
25 June
03:30:38[93]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 Starlink Group 17-45 United States Vandenberg SLC-4E United States SpaceX
United States Starlink × 24 SpaceX Low Earth (SSO) CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
400th Starlink launch.
26 June
16:45:00[94]
United States Electron Ten Owl Of Ten New Zealand Mahia LC-1 United States Rocket Lab
Japan StriX-8 Synspective Low Earth Earth observationIn orbitOperational
10th of 26 dedicated launches for Synspective's StriX constellation.
28 June
16:09:18[95]
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 Starlink Group 17-40 United States Vandenberg SLC-4E United States SpaceX
United States Starlink × 24 SpaceX Low Earth (SSO) CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
29 June [96]
02:25:00
United States Falcon 9 Block 5 F9-658 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-40 United States SpaceX
United States SXM-11 SiriusXM Geosynchronous CommunicationsIn orbitOperational

Suborbital flights

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Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat)
Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
22 April
01:36[97]
United States HASTE BUBBLES United States MARS LC-2 United States Rocket Lab
BUBBLES Hypersonix Suborbital Reentry test22 AprilSuccessful
Sub-orbital launch under Rocket Lab’s Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program.
30 April
18:00:00 [98][99]
Russia Irtysh / DM-SLB Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 45/1 Russia Roscosmos
Dummy payload Roscosmos Suborbital Flight test30 AprilSuccessful
First launch of Irtysh, also known as Soyuz-5. A dummy payload matching a future satellite in weight and size was launched.
12 May
[100]
Russia RS-28 Sarmat Russia Dombarovsky Russia RVSN
Russia RVSN Suborbital Missile test12 MaySuccessful
14 May
19:23[101]
Canada Black Brant IX United States Poker Flat Research Range[102] United States NASA
United States FOXSI-5 University of California, Berkeley Suborbital Solar observation14 MaySuccessful
Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager (FOXSI).
20 May
08:01[103]
United States Minuteman III GT-256GM United States Vandenberg LF-09? United States AFGSC
United States AFGSC Suborbital Test flight20 MaySuccessful
Re-entered ~4,200 mi (6,800 km) downrange near Kwajalein Atoll.
21 May
22:30:20[104]
United States Starship Flight 12 United States Starbase Pad 2 United States SpaceX
United States Starlink simulators × 20 SpaceX Transatmospheric Mass simulator21 MaySuccessful
United States Starlink demonstrators × 2 SpaceX Transatmospheric Vehicle evaluation21 MaySuccessful
Twelfth Starship flight test. First flight of Starship Block 3 and the first launch from Pad 2 at Starbase. It repeated the same flight profile as the previous flights, with the ship falling slightly short of reaching orbit.
31 May
06:33[105]
Germany Red Kite/Red Kite S1X-5/M17 Sweden Esrange Sweden SSC Space / Germany DLR
Sweden MASER-17 SSC Space Suborbital Microgravity research31 MaySuccessful
SubOrbital Express-5. Apogee: 260 km (160 mi).
10 June
11:51 [106]
Netherlands T-minus Barracuda Canada Spaceport Nova Scotia Canada Maritime Launch Services
Suborbital 10 JuneLaunch failure
Rocket did not reach the targeted altitude
24 June [107]
09:30
United States Terrier-Improved Malemute[108] United States Wallops Flight Facility United States NASA
United States RockSat-C/RockOn Wallops Flight Facility Suborbital Education24 JuneSuccessful
Mission 46.044WO ?, apogee: 119 km (74 mi)
26 June
17:11[109]
United States Castor 4BXL United States Wallops Flight Facility United States DoD
United States SHORTSTOP Wallops Flight Facility Suborbital Technology demonstration26 JuneSuccessful
Hypersonic Research?, apogee: 300 km (190 mi)?

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