List of planned orbital rocket launches

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This list includes orbital launches planned for the coming months. Atmospheric and suborbital test flights are not included. The dates are always preliminary; they can move at any time. Manned missions and missile first flights are shown in bold .

(As of August 28, 2020)

Planned launches

August - September - October

The Indian Satish Dhawan Space Center has ceased operations due to the Covid-19 pandemic .

Date ( UTC )	rocket	Launch site	payload	Type / purpose	supporting documents
August 2020
August 29, 2020 03: 05-07: 05	Electron	Mahia 1A	Sequoia	Radar satellite
29 Aug 2020 6:04 am	Delta IV Heavy	CCAFS 37B	NROL-44	enlightenment
Aug 30, 2020 2:08 pm	Falcon 9	CCAFS 40	Starlink 11	≤ 60 × communication	see Starlink
August 30, 2020 11:19 PM	Falcon 9	CCAFS 40	SAOCOM 1B Capella 2 (Sequoia) GNOMES 1	Earth observation
August 2020	Simorgh	IKSC 2	Zafar 2	Earth observation
?	Falcon 9	KSC 39A	SXM 7	Satellite radio
Aug 31 - Sep 4, 2:00 am - 4:30 am	Astra	PSCA
September 2020
Sept. 1, 2020 01:51 am	Vega	CSG V	Ingenio Taranis	Earth observation Earth observation
Sep 2 2020 01:51	Vega	CSG V	SSMS test flight Athena26 × Flock-4v  ? × Lemur-2 ESail GHGSat-C1 Nemo-HD ÑuSat 6 UPMSat-22 × FSSCat Trisat Simba Picasso Dido-3 RTAFSat-1Napa-112 × Spacebee other payloads	TE / Communication Earth observation ◻ Meteorology , AIS ◻ AIS research Earth observation Earth observation TE / Education Research ◻ Education, TE ◻ Research, TE ◻ Research ◻ Research ◻ TE / Earth observation ◻ TE / Earth observation ◻ Communication ◻ Small satellites
Sep 24 2020	Soyuz-2.1b / Fr	Plesetsk Cosmodrome	Gonets-M	3 × communication
Sep 30 2020 02:26	Antares	MARS 0A	Cygnus NG-14 Elana 31	ISS supply 6 university projects ◻
Sep 2020	Falcon 9	Florida	Starlink 12	≤ 60 × communication each	see Starlink
September 2020	Electron	MARS 2 first start	STP-27RM : monolith	Technology testing
Oct. 2020	Atlas V (531)	CCAFS 41	NROL-101	enlightenment
October 2020
Oct. 1, 2020 00: 00-04: 00	Falcon 9	CCAFS 40	GPS III-A4	navigation
Oct 14, 2020	Soyuz-2	Baikonur 31/6	Soyuz MS-17	manned ISS mission
Oct 17, 2020 1:33 am	Soyuz-ST / Fri	CSG S	Falcon Eye 2	enlightenment
Oct 17, 2020	Soyuz-2 / Fri	Plesetsk 43	Glonass-K	navigation
Not before Oct 23, 2020	Falcon 9	KSC 39A	USCV-1	manned ISS mission
Oct 30, 2020	Falcon 9	CCAFS 40	Dragon CRS-21 Bishop	ISS supply ISS module
Oct. 2020 possibly several starts	Falcon 9	Florida	Starlink	≤ 60 × communication each	see Starlink
End of October 2020	CZ-5 / YZ-2	Wenchang 101	Chang'e-5	Lunar probe
2020	Ceres-1 maiden flight	Jiuquan	?

Date (UTC): If a time is specified, it is the planned start date in coordinated universal time , otherwise it is the planned start date in local time .

Art / Purpose: The symbol indicates ◻ CubeSats ; “TE” stands for “Technologieerprobung”, ie testing new satellite technology . See Satellite Types for further explanation.

Starting places

See also : List of space stations

Abbreviation	Launch site	country
AAFB	Andersen Air Force Base	United States ( Guam )
Baikonur	Baikonur Cosmodrome	Kazakhstan , but operated by Russia
CCAFS	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station	United States
CSG	Center Spatial Guyanais (Kourou)	France ( French Guiana )
Florida	CCAFS or KSC	United States
IKSC	Imam Khomeini Space Center	Iran
Jiuquan	Jiuquan Cosmodrome	People's Republic of China
KSC	Kennedy Space Center	United States
Mahia	Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1	New Zealand
MASP	Mojave Air & Space Port	United States
MARS	Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport	United States
Naro	Naro Space Center	South Korea
Plesetsk	Plesetsk Cosmodrome	Russia
PSCA	Pacific Spaceport Complex - Alaska	United States
SHAR	Satish Dhawan Space Center	India
TNSC	Tanegashima Space Center	Japan
Taiyuan	Taiyuan Cosmodrome	People's Republic of China
USC	Uchinoura Space Center	Japan
VAFB	Vandenberg Air Force Base	United States
Wenchang	Wenchang Cosmodrome	People's Republic of China
WFF	Wallops Flight Facility	United States
Vostochny	Vostochny Cosmodrome	Russia
Xichang	Xichang Cosmodrome	People's Republic of China

See also

• Space exploration timeline # Planned missions
• List of launcher lists

Web links

All websites listed are in English.

• Spaceflight Now: Launch Schedule
• Russian Space Web: Planned Russian Spaced Missions in 2020
• NASA: Launch Schedule
• ESA: Launch schedule 2020

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ISRO units ask staff to stay home . The Hindu, March 23, 2020.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Unless otherwise stated: Launch Schedule. Spaceflight Now, accessed August 28, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Zafar 2. In: nextspaceflight.com. Retrieved July 28, 2020 (English). 
4. ↑ United States Coast Guard: Local Notice to Mariners, District 17, Week 32/20. (PDF) August 13, 2020, p. 2 , accessed on August 13, 2020 (English). 
5. ↑ COVID-19 / Arianespace to resume its launch campaigns at the Guiana Space Center . Arianespace press release, April 29, 2020.
6. ↑ Facebook pourrait lancer son premier satellite in l'espace en mars 2020 . Business Insider France, February 13, 2020.
7. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} The first Vega ride-share mission flight , August 2019 ( PDF ).
8. ↑ Arianespace to launch the satellite for ESAIL exact earth on Vega's SSMS POC flight . Arianespace, May 9, 2019.
9. ↑ Twitter report from Satellogic, March 3, 2020.
10. ↑ Packing completed: NAPA-1 satellite is ready for launch . ISIS Space, February 12, 2020.
11. ↑ ^{a b} Readies 28 Payloads for Inaugural Rideshare Launch on Arianespace's Vega . Spaceflight Inc., March 9, 2020.
12. ↑ Orbital Launches of 2020 . Gunter's Space Page, accessed February 15, 2020.
13. ↑ Upcoming ELaNa CubeSat Launches . NASA, accessed May 23, 2020.
14. ↑ Appendix to Rocket Lab USA, Inc. Launch STA Application - Application Number: 0822-EX-ST-2020 . Rocket Lab USA, May 21, 2020.
15. ↑ Space Exploration in 2020. In: Russian Space Web. Retrieved May 19, 2020 (English). 
16. ↑ NASA: NASA, SpaceX Targeting October for Next Astronaut Launch. August 15, 2020, accessed on August 15, 2020 . 
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