List of spaceflight launches in April–June 2026

List of spaceflight launches in April–June 2026

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

April

<table><thead><tr><th>Date and time (UTC)</th><th>Rocket</th><th>Flight number</th><th>Launch site</th><th>LSP</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)</td><td>Operator</td><td>Orbit</td><td>Function</td><td>Decay (UTC)</td><td>Outcome</td></tr><tr><td>Remarks</td></tr><tr><td>↓ Upcoming launches ↓</td></tr><tr><td>1 April 22:24:00</td><td>SLS Block 1</td><td></td><td>Kennedy LC-39B</td><td>NASA</td></tr><tr><td>Artemis II (Integrity)</td><td>NASA</td><td>Lunar free-return</td><td>Crewed lunar flyby</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>⚀ TACHELES</td><td>DLR</td><td>Heliocentric</td><td>TBA</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>⚀ K-Rad Cube</td><td>KARI</td><td>Heliocentric</td><td>TBA</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>⚀ TBA</td><td>SSA</td><td>Heliocentric</td><td>Space Weather</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>⚀ ATENEA</td><td>CONAE</td><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>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 non-US citizen in deep space and the Moon's vicinity. Farthest and fastest crewed space mission.</td></tr><tr><td>2 April 04:00:00</td><td>Tianlong-3</td><td>Y1</td><td>Jiuquan</td><td>Space Pioneer</td></tr><tr><td>Qianfan × ?</td><td>TBA</td><td>Low Earth (Polar)</td><td>Communications</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Maiden flight of the Tianlong-3 launch vehicle.</td></tr><tr><td>2 April 11:52:00</td><td>Falcon 9 Block 5</td><td>Starlink Group 10-58</td><td>Cape Canaveral SLC-40</td><td>SpaceX</td></tr><tr><td>Starlink × 29</td><td>SpaceX</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>Communications</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2 April 23:03:00</td><td>Falcon 9 Block 5</td><td>Starlink Group 17-35</td><td>Vandenberg SLC-4E</td><td>SpaceX</td></tr><tr><td>Starlink × 25</td><td>SpaceX</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>Communications</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>4 April 05:45:00</td><td>Atlas V 551</td><td>LA-05/Leo-5</td><td>Cape Canaveral SLC-41</td><td>ULA</td></tr><tr><td>LeoSat × 29</td><td>Amazon Leo</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>Communications</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sixth of nine Amazon Leo launches on Atlas V. Heaviest Payload to be launched by Atlas V.</td></tr><tr><td>5 April 02:39:00</td><td>Falcon 9 Block 5</td><td>Starlink Group 17-21</td><td>Vandenberg SLC-4E</td><td>SpaceX</td></tr><tr><td>Starlink × 25</td><td>SpaceX</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>Communications</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7 April 13:00:00</td><td>Long March 8</td><td>Y?</td><td>Wenchang Commercial LC-1</td><td>CASC</td></tr><tr><td>Qianfan × ?</td><td>TBA</td><td>Low Earth (Polar)</td><td>Communications</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7 April</td><td>Minotaur IV</td><td></td><td>Vandenberg SLC-8</td><td>Northrop Grumman</td></tr><tr><td>STPSat-7</td><td>United States Space Force</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>TBA</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Rawhide</td><td>TBA</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>TBA</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>MAMBO</td><td>TBA</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>TBA</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>AggieSat-6</td><td>Texas A&M University</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>TBA</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Auris</td><td>TBA</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>TBA</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>ASTRA-HyRAX</td><td>Auburn University</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>TBA</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>UNSA 16</td><td>TBA</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>TBA</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>⚀ MISR-C1</td><td>SOCOM</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>Technology demonstration</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>⚀ MOCI</td><td>University of Georgia, Athens</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>Technology demonstration</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>⚀ INCA-2</td><td>NMSU</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>Ionospheric Research</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>STP-S29A mission.</td></tr><tr><td>8 April 12:51:00</td><td>Falcon 9 Block 5</td><td></td><td>Cape Canaveral SLC-40</td><td>SpaceX</td></tr><tr><td>Cygnus NG-24</td><td>NASA</td><td>Low Earth (ISS)</td><td>ISS logistics</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Last of four Cygnus spacecraft to be launched via Falcon 9.</td></tr><tr><td>9 April 06:29:00</td><td>Vega-C</td><td>VV29</td><td>Kourou ELV</td><td>Avio</td></tr><tr><td>SMILE</td><td>CAS / ESA</td><td>Highly elliptical</td><td>Earth observation</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>First Vega launch to be operated under the responsibility of Avio.</td></tr><tr><td>10 April</td><td>New Glenn</td><td>NG-3</td><td>Cape Canaveral LC-36</td><td>Blue Origin</td></tr><tr><td>BlueBird 7</td><td>AST SpaceMobile</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>Communications</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>BlueBird Block 2 Flight Mission 2. Third National Security Space Launch demonstration flight for New Glenn. It will be first AST SpaceMobile mission on New Glenn and the first New Glenn launch with a reused booster.</td></tr><tr><td>NET 23 April</td><td>Electron</td><td>"Kakushin Rising"</td><td>Mahia LC-1</td><td>Rocket Lab</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ MAGNARO-II</td><td>Nagoya University</td><td>Low Earth (SSO)</td><td>TBA</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>⚀ KOSEN-2R</td><td>National Institute of Technology, Yonago College</td><td>Low Earth (SSO)</td><td>TBA</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>⚀ FSI-SAT</td><td>Future Science Institute</td><td>Low Earth (SSO)</td><td>TBA</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>⚀ ARICA-2</td><td>Aoyama Gakuin University</td><td>Low Earth (SSO)</td><td>TBA</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>⚀ WASEDA-SAT-ZERO-II</td><td>Waseda University</td><td>Low Earth (SSO)</td><td>TBA</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>⚀ Mono-Nikko</td><td>Di-Nikko Engineering Co., Ltd.</td><td>Low Earth (SSO)</td><td>TBA</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>⚀ OrigamiSat-2</td><td>Tokyo Institute of Technology</td><td>Low Earth (SSO)</td><td>TBA</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>⚀ Prelude</td><td>Nihon University</td><td>Low Earth (SSO)</td><td>TBA</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Part of the Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-4 mission.</td></tr><tr><td>24 April</td><td>Atlas V 551</td><td>LA-06/Leo-6</td><td>Cape Canaveral SLC-41</td><td>ULA</td></tr><tr><td>KuiperSat × 29</td><td>Amazon Leo</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>Communications</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Seventh of nine Amazon Leo launches on Atlas V.</td></tr><tr><td>25 April 22:21:00</td><td>Soyuz-2.1a</td><td></td><td>Baikonur Site 31/6</td><td>Roscosmos</td></tr><tr><td>Progress MS-34 / 94P</td><td>Roscosmos</td><td>Low Earth (ISS)</td><td>ISS logistics</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>28 April</td><td>Ariane 64</td><td>VA268/LE-02</td><td>Kourou ELA-4</td><td>Arianespace</td></tr><tr><td>KuiperSat × 32</td><td>Amazon Leo</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>Communications</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Second of 18 Ariane 6 launches for Amazon's Amazon Leo.</td></tr><tr><td>April (TBD)</td><td>Falcon 9 Block 5</td><td></td><td>Cape Canaveral or Kennedy</td><td>SpaceX</td></tr><tr><td>GPS III-10 Hedy Lamarr</td><td>U.S. Space Force</td><td>Medium Earth</td><td>Navigation</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>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.</td></tr><tr><td>April (TBD)</td><td>Falcon Heavy</td><td></td><td>Kennedy LC-39A</td><td>SpaceX</td></tr><tr><td>ViaSat-3 APAC</td><td>ViaSat</td><td>Geosynchronous</td><td>Communications</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Originally intended to launch on the first flight of the Ariane 64 configuration.</td></tr><tr><td>April (TBD)</td><td>Long March 7A</td><td>7A-Y?</td><td>Wenchang LC-2</td><td>CASC</td></tr><tr><td>TBA</td><td>TBD</td><td>Geosynchronous</td><td>TBD</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>April (TBD)</td><td>Spectrum</td><td>Onward and Upward</td><td>Andøya</td><td>Isar Aerospace</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ CyBEEsat</td><td>TU Berlin</td><td>Low Earth (SSO)</td><td>TBA</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>⚀ FramSat-1</td><td>NTNU</td><td>Low Earth (SSO)</td><td>TBA</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>⚀ Platform 6</td><td>EnduroSat</td><td>Low Earth (SSO)</td><td>TBA</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>⚀ SpaceTeamSat1</td><td>TU Wien Space Team</td><td>Low Earth (SSO)</td><td>TBA</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>⚀ TriSat-S</td><td>University of Maribor</td><td>Low Earth (SSO)</td><td>TBA</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Second flight of the Isar Aerospace Spectrum launch vehicle. This launch will carry five cubesats, and the Dcubed's "Let It Go" payload, as part of European Space Agency (ESA)'s "Boost!" program.</td></tr><tr><td>April (TBD)</td><td>Vikram 1</td><td></td><td>Satish Dhawan FLP</td><td>Skyroot Aerospace</td></tr><tr><td>▫  CX-6</td><td>Catalyx Space</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>Technology demonstration</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Maiden flight of Vikram 1.</td></tr><tr><td>April (TBD)</td><td>Zhuque-2E</td><td>Y4</td><td>Jiuquan Site 96</td><td>Land Space</td></tr><tr><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>Low Earth (SSO)</td><td>TBA</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Return to flight after August 2025 failure.</td></tr><tr><td>April (TBD)</td><td>Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat-M</td><td></td><td>Plesetsk Site 43/3</td><td>RVSN RF</td></tr><tr><td>Kosmos (Meridian-M 11)</td><td>VKS</td><td>Molniya</td><td>Communications</td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

May

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket	Flight number	Launch site	LSP
	Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
Remarks
May (TBD)	Falcon 9 Block 5		Cape Canaveral SLC-40	SpaceX
SpaceX CRS-34	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics

June

<table><thead><tr><th>Date and time (UTC)</th><th>Rocket</th><th>Flight number</th><th>Launch site</th><th>LSP</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)</td><td>Operator</td><td>Orbit</td><td>Function</td><td>Decay (UTC)</td><td>Outcome</td></tr><tr><td>Remarks</td></tr><tr><td>1 June</td><td>Pegasus XL</td><td></td><td>Stargazer</td><td>Northrop Grumman</td></tr><tr><td>Swift Rescue Mission</td><td>Katalyst Space Technologies</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>Reboost</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Swift Rescue Mission will capture and reposition NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory by raising it to a higher altitude.</td></tr><tr><td>16 June 00:40:00</td><td>Soyuz-2.1a</td><td></td><td>Baikonur Site 31/6</td><td>Roscosmos</td></tr><tr><td>Progress MS-35 / 96P</td><td>Roscosmos</td><td>Low Earth (ISS)</td><td>ISS logistics</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>25 June</td><td>Electron</td><td></td><td>Mahia LC-1A</td><td>Rocket Lab</td></tr><tr><td>LOXSAT-1</td><td>Eta Space</td><td>Low Earth (SSO)</td><td>Propellant depot Technology demonstration</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>June (TBD)</td><td>Ariane 62</td><td></td><td>Kourou ELA-4</td><td>Arianespace</td></tr><tr><td>MTG-I2</td><td>EUMETSAT</td><td>Geosynchronous</td><td>Meteorology</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>June (TBD)</td><td>Falcon 9 Block 5</td><td>Transporter-17</td><td>Cape Canaveral or Vandenberg</td><td>SpaceX</td></tr><tr><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>Low Earth (SSO)</td><td>TBA</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit, designated Transporter-17.</td></tr></tbody></table>

To be determined Q2 / H1

<table><thead><tr><th>Date and time (UTC)</th><th>Rocket</th><th>Flight number</th><th>Launch site</th><th>LSP</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)</td><td>Operator</td><td>Orbit</td><td>Function</td><td>Decay (UTC)</td><td>Outcome</td></tr><tr><td>Remarks</td></tr><tr><td>Q2 (TBD)</td><td>Alpha</td><td></td><td>Vandenberg SLC-2W</td><td>Firefly Aerospace</td></tr><tr><td>VICTUS HAZE Jackal</td><td>Space Systems Command/True Anomaly</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>Space domain awareness</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tactically Responsive Space-4 (TacRS-4) Mission.</td></tr><tr><td>Q2 (TBD)</td><td>Falcon 9 Block 5</td><td></td><td>Cape Canaveral SLC-40</td><td>SpaceX</td></tr><tr><td>BlueBird × 3</td><td>AST SpaceMobile</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>Communications</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Q2 (TBD)</td><td>Falcon 9 Block 5</td><td></td><td>Cape Canaveral SLC-40</td><td>SpaceX</td></tr><tr><td>Globalstar × 9</td><td>Globalstar</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>Communications</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Launch of 9 satellites for Globalstar's third-generation constellation.</td></tr><tr><td>Q2 (TBD)</td><td>Falcon 9 Block 5</td><td></td><td>Cape Canaveral SLC-40</td><td>SpaceX</td></tr><tr><td>MRV-1</td><td>Northrop Grumman / DARPA</td><td>Geosynchronous</td><td>Satellite servicing</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>MEP × 3</td><td>Northrop Grumman</td><td>Geosynchronous</td><td>Satellite servicing</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) will carry DARPA's Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Spacecraft (RSGS) Robotic Payload. It will install three propulsion jet packs, referred to as Mission Extension Pods (MEP), on satellites that are nearing the end of their operational lifespans. Two of the three MEPs will be installed on Optus D3 and an Intelsat satellite.</td></tr><tr><td>Q2 (TBD)</td><td>Falcon 9 Block 5</td><td></td><td>Vandenberg SLC-4E</td><td>SpaceX</td></tr><tr><td>T1TL-A × 21</td><td>SDA</td><td>Low Earth (SSO)</td><td>Military communications</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Third of six launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 1 (T1TL-A).</td></tr><tr><td>Q2 (TBD)</td><td>Falcon 9 Block 5</td><td></td><td>TBA</td><td>SpaceX</td></tr><tr><td>T1TL-D × 21</td><td>SDA</td><td>Low Earth (SSO)</td><td>Military communications</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Fourth of six launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 1 (T1TL-D).</td></tr><tr><td>Q2 (TBD)</td><td>Falcon 9 Block 5</td><td></td><td>TBA</td><td>SpaceX</td></tr><tr><td>T1TL-E × 21</td><td>SDA</td><td>Low Earth (SSO)</td><td>Military communications</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Fifth of six launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 1 (T1TL-E).</td></tr><tr><td>Q2 (TBD)</td><td>Falcon 9 Block 5</td><td></td><td>TBA</td><td>SpaceX</td></tr><tr><td>T1TL-F × 21</td><td>SDA</td><td>Low Earth (SSO)</td><td>Military communications</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sixth of six launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 1 (T1TL-F).</td></tr><tr><td>Q2 (TBD)</td><td>Falcon 9 Block 5</td><td></td><td>Vandenberg SLC-4E</td><td>SpaceX</td></tr><tr><td>T1TR-A × 7</td><td>SDA</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>Missile tracking</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>First of five launches for the Space Development Agency's Tracking Layer Tranche 1 (T1TR-A).</td></tr><tr><td>Q2 (TBD)</td><td>Falcon 9 Block 5</td><td></td><td>Vandenberg SLC-4E</td><td>SpaceX</td></tr><tr><td>T1TR-C × 7</td><td>SDA</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>Missile tracking</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Third of five launches for the Space Development Agency's Tracking Layer Tranche 1 (T1TR-C).</td></tr><tr><td>Q2 (TBD)</td><td>Falcon 9 Block 5</td><td></td><td>TBA</td><td>SpaceX</td></tr><tr><td>T1TR-E × 7</td><td>SDA</td><td>Low Earth (SSO)</td><td>Military communications</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Fifth of six launches for the Space Development Agency's Tracking Layer Tranche 1 (T1TR-E).</td></tr><tr><td>Q2 (TBD)</td><td>Falcon 9 Block 5</td><td></td><td>TBA</td><td>SpaceX</td></tr><tr><td>T1TR-F × 7</td><td>SDA</td><td>Low Earth (SSO)</td><td>Military communications</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Last of six launches for the Space Development Agency's Tracking Layer Tranche 1 (T1TR-F).</td></tr><tr><td>Q2 (TBD)</td><td>H3-30S</td><td>F6</td><td>Tanegashima LA-Y2</td><td>JAXA</td></tr><tr><td>VEP-5</td><td>JAXA</td><td>Low Earth to Suborbital</td><td>Launch vehicle evaluation</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>PETREL</td><td>Tokyo Institute of Technology</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>Earth observation Astronomy</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>STARS-X</td><td>Shizuoka University</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>Technology demonstration</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>⚀ VERTECS</td><td>Kyushu Institute of Technology</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>Astronomy</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>⚀ HORN L, R</td><td>BULL</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>Technology demonstration</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>⚀ BRO-19</td><td>UnseenLabs</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>SIGINT</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Maiden flight of H3-30S Variant. PETREL and STARS-X are part of the Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-3 mission.</td></tr><tr><td>Q2 (TBD)</td><td>Spectrum</td><td></td><td>Andøya</td><td>Isar Aerospace</td></tr><tr><td>Greenbox-1</td><td>R-Space</td><td>Low Earth (SSO)</td><td>Technology demonstration</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Greenbox-2</td><td>R-Space</td><td>Low Earth (SSO)</td><td>Technology demonstration</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Q2 (TBD)</td><td>Long March 10B</td><td>1OB-Y1</td><td>Wenchang</td><td>CASC</td></tr><tr><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>TBA</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Maiden flight of Long March 10B.</td></tr><tr><td>Q2 (TBD)</td><td>Long March 12B</td><td>12B-Y1</td><td>Jiuquan</td><td>CASC</td></tr><tr><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>TBA</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Maiden flight of Long March 12B.</td></tr><tr><td>H1 (TBD)</td><td>Electron</td><td></td><td>Mahia LC-1</td><td>Rocket Lab</td></tr><tr><td>VICTUS HAZE Puma</td><td>Space Systems Command</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>Space domain awareness</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tactically Responsive Space-4 (TacRS-4) Mission.</td></tr><tr><td>Q2 (TBD)</td><td>GSLV Mk II</td><td>F17</td><td>Satish Dhawan SLP</td><td>ISRO</td></tr><tr><td>EOS-05 (GISAT-1A)</td><td>ISRO</td><td>Geosynchronous</td><td>Earth observation</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Q2 (TBD)</td><td>LVM3</td><td>M7</td><td>Satish Dhawan</td><td>ISRO</td></tr><tr><td>GSAT-32 (GSAT-N3)</td><td>ISRO</td><td>Geosynchronous</td><td>Communications</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>GSAT-32 is also Known as GSAT-N3. Planned replacement for GSAT-6A.</td></tr><tr><td>Q2 (TBD)</td><td>Antares 330</td><td></td><td>MARS LP-0A</td><td>Northrop Grumman</td></tr><tr><td>Cygnus NG-22</td><td>NASA</td><td>Low Earth (ISS)</td><td>ISS logistics</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>First flight of the Antares 330 variant.</td></tr><tr><td>Q2 (TBD)</td><td>Starship</td><td>Flight 13</td><td>Starbase OLP-B</td><td>SpaceX</td></tr><tr><td>Starlink × ?</td><td>SpaceX</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>Communications</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Thirteenth Starship flight test. Flight 13 is expected to be the first orbital flight of Starship, as well as the first to target a tower catch of the upper stage.</td></tr><tr><td>TBD</td><td>H3-22S</td><td>F9</td><td>Tanegashima LA-Y2</td><td>MHI</td></tr><tr><td>QZS-7 (Michibiki-7)</td><td>CAO</td><td>GTO to Geosynchronous</td><td>Navigation</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>QZS-7 carries a USSF SĀCHI Space Situational Awareness payload. Quasi-geostationary (slight incline and eccentricity) orbit.</td></tr><tr><td>H1 (TBD)</td><td>GSLV Mk II</td><td></td><td>Satish Dhawan SLP</td><td>ISRO</td></tr><tr><td>NVS-03 (IRNSS-1L)</td><td>ISRO</td><td>Geosynchronous</td><td>Navigation</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Next generation NaVic satellite.</td></tr><tr><td>H1 (TBD)</td><td>Falcon Heavy</td><td></td><td>Kennedy LC-39A</td><td>SpaceX</td></tr><tr><td>Tetra-5</td><td>USSF</td><td>Geosynchronous</td><td>Technology demonstration</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>TBA</td><td>Orbit Fab</td><td>Geosynchronous</td><td>TBA</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>ASP-R</td><td>USSF/Astroscale</td><td>Geosynchronous</td><td>TBA</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>H1 (TBD)</td><td>Start-1M</td><td></td><td>Plesetsk</td><td>TBA</td></tr><tr><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>TBA</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>H1 2026 (TBD)</td><td>TBA</td><td></td><td>Kourou</td><td>Arianespace</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ CubeSpec</td><td>ESA</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>Hyperspectral astronomy</td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Suborbital flights

List of spaceflight launches in April–June 2026

<table><thead><tr><th>Date and time (UTC)</th><th>Rocket</th><th>Flight number</th><th>Launch site</th><th>LSP</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)</td><td>Operator</td><td>Orbit</td><td>Function</td><td>Decay (UTC)</td><td>Outcome</td></tr><tr><td>Remarks</td></tr><tr><td>↓ Upcoming launches ↓</td></tr><tr><td>4 April 11:00:00</td><td>Irtysh / DM-SLB</td><td></td><td>Baikonur Site 45/1</td><td>Roscosmos</td></tr><tr><td>TBA</td><td>Roscosmos</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Dummy payload</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>First launch of Irtysh, also known as Soyuz-5. A dummy payload matching a future satellite in weight and size will be launched.</td></tr><tr><td>20 April - 30 April</td><td>AQUASONIC³</td><td></td><td>Esrange</td><td>DLR</td></tr><tr><td>TBA</td><td>HSB</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Flight test</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>April (TBD)</td><td>Starship</td><td>Flight 12</td><td>Starbase OLP-B</td><td>SpaceX</td></tr><tr><td>Starlink Simulators × ?</td><td>SpaceX</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Vehicle evaluation</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Twelfth Starship flight test. Flight 12 will feature the first use of Block 3 vehicles, as well as being the first launch from Starbase's second launch pad. It will repeat the same flight profile as the previous flights, with the ship falling slightly short of reaching orbit.</td></tr><tr><td>19 May - 7 June</td><td>VSB-30</td><td>S1X-5/M17</td><td>Esrange</td><td>SSC Space</td></tr><tr><td>MASER-17</td><td>SSC Space</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Microgravity research</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>SubOrbital Express Microgravity flight opportunity 5.</td></tr><tr><td>May-June</td><td>T-Minus Barracuda</td><td></td><td>Spaceport Nova Scotia</td><td>Maritime Launch Services</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Suborbital</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>May-June</td><td>T-Minus Barracuda</td><td></td><td>Spaceport Nova Scotia</td><td>Maritime Launch Services</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Suborbital</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>H1 2026 (TBD)</td><td>Perun</td><td></td><td>Santa Maria</td><td>Portugal Space ESA</td></tr><tr><td>?</td><td></td><td>Suborbital</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>TBD</td><td>Mesange</td><td></td><td>Kourou</td><td>OPUS Aerospace</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>OPUS Aerospace</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Technology demonstration</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>TBD</td><td>T-Minus DART</td><td></td><td>location on the West coast of Ireland</td><td>SUAS Aerospace</td></tr><tr><td>PATHFINDER</td><td>SUAS Aerospace</td><td>Suborbital</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Pathfinder is Ireland's first commercial rocket launch.</td></tr><tr><td>TBD</td><td>Blue Whale 1</td><td></td><td>Setesia 1 offshore platform, Jeju Island</td><td>Perigee Aerospace</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Perigee Aerospace</td><td>Low Earth</td><td>Flight Test</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Suborbital test flight of the Blue Whale 1 orbital launch vehicle.</td></tr><tr><td>TBD</td><td>T-Minus DART</td><td></td><td>North Sea launch platform</td><td>GOSA</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>T-Minus Engineering</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Test flight</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>First launch from the North Sea spaceport. Part of the EOS Demo #1 launch campaign.</td></tr><tr><td>TBD</td><td>KEA-1</td><td>Duqm-2</td><td>Etlaq Spaceport</td><td>NASCOM</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ Jovian-O</td><td>JUPITER</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Earth observation / Education</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>⚀ PocketQube II</td><td>SIGHT Space</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Record data during flight</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>TBD</td><td>Tronador II-70</td><td></td><td>Centro Espacial de Punta Indio</td><td>CONAE</td></tr><tr><td>TBA</td><td></td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Flight test</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Maiden flight of Tronador II-70. Expected apogee: 150 km (93 mi).</td></tr></tbody></table>