2030s in spaceflight

2030s in spaceflight
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This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the 2030s.

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Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
April (TBD)^[1]^[2]	Angara A5M / DM-03			Vostochny Site 1A		Roscosmos

		Ekspress-AT3	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communications
		Ekspress-AT4	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communications
November (TBD)^[3]	TBA			TBA		TBA

		Sentinel-6 NG A (Sentinel-6C)	NASA / NOAA / EUMETSAT / ESA	Low Earth	Earth observation
		Sentinel-6 Next Generation satellite.
2030 (TBD)^[1]^[2]	Angara A5 / DM-03			Vostochny Site 1A		Roscosmos

		Ekspress-AMU8	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communications
2030 (TBD)^[4]	Angara A5			Vostochny Site 1A		Roscosmos

		Luna 27B	Roscosmos	TLI to lunar surface	Lunar lander
		Fourth Luna-Glob mission, landing near the lunar north pole.
2030 (TBD)^[5]^[6]	Angara A5P			Vostochny Site 1A		Roscosmos

		Orel	Roscosmos	Low Earth	Crewed flight test
2030 (TBD)^[7]	Angara A5V			Vostochny Site 1A		Roscosmos

		Dummy payload	Roscosmos	Low Earth	Flight test
		First flight of the Angara-A5V variant.^[8]
NET 2030^[9]	Angara A5			TBA		Roscosmos

		TEM prototype	Roscosmos	Low Earth	Technology demonstration
2030 (TBD)^[10]	Ariane 62			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace

		NEOMIR	ESA	Sun–Earth L₁	Near-Earth object detection Infrared astronomy
		Near-Earth Object Mission in the InfraRed (NEOMIR).
2030 (TBD)^[11]	Ariane 64			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace

		Earth Return Orbiter (ERO)	ESA	Areocentric	Mars sample-return
		Orbiter component of the NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return. It will collect the sample return canister delivered into orbit by the Mars Ascent Vehicle and carry it back to Earth.^[12]
2030 (TBD)^[13]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX

		ULTRA	ispace / Draper / NASA	TLI to lunar surface	Lunar lander
		Lunar Orbiting Satellite 5	ispace-U.S.	Selenocentric (Polar)	Lunar communications
		ispace Mission 5 (Team Draper Commercial Mission 1). Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) CP-12 mission delivering payloads to Schrödinger Basin. The Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment Lite (LuSEE-Lite), a flight spare of the FIELDS instrument on the Parker Solar Probe, will fly on this mission.^[14]
2030 (TBD)^[15]	Falcon Heavy			Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX

		ISS Deorbit Vehicle	NASA	LEO (ISS)	ISS deorbit
		Modified Cargo Dragon to deorbit the ISS after it is decommissioned.
JFY2030 (TBD)^[16]	H3			Tanegashima LA-Y2		MHI

		IGS-Radar Diversification 2	CSICE	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance
2030 (TBD)^[17]	KSLV-III		TF1	Naro		KARI

			KARI	Low Earth	Flight test
		Maiden flight of KSLV-III.
2030 (TBD)^[18]	Long March TBD			Wenchang		CASC

		WCOM	CNSA	TBA	TBA
2030 (TBD)^[19]	Long March TBD			TBA		CASC

		Fengyun 4F	CMA	Geosynchronous	Meteorology
2030 (TBD)^[20]	Long March 5			Wenchang LC-1		CASC

		Tianwen-3 lander	CNSA	TMI to Martian surface	Mars sample-return
		Tianwen-3 ascent vehicle	CNSA	TMI to Martian surface	Mars sample-return
		Chinese Mars sample-return mission.
2030 (TBD)^[20]	Long March 5			Wenchang LC-1		CASC

		Tianwen-3 orbiter	CNSA	Areocentric	Mars sample-return
		Tianwen-3 reentry capsule	CNSA	Areocentric	Mars sample-return
		Chinese Mars sample-return mission.
2030 (TBD)^[21]	Long March 10			Wenchang		CASC

		Mengzhou	CNSA	Selenocentric	Crewed lunar landing
		Delivery of the Mengzhou next-generation crewed spacecraft for China's first crewed lunar landing.
2030 (TBD)^[21]	Long March 10			Wenchang		CASC

		Lanyue	CNSA	Selenocentric	Crewed lunar landing
		Delivery of the Lanyue lunar lander for China's first crewed lunar landing.
2030 (TBD) ^[22]^[23]	LVM3			Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO

		Bharatiya Antariksha Station-B2	ISRO	Low Earth (BAS)	Space station module
NET 2030^[24]	Proton-M / Briz-M			Baikonur		Roscosmos

		Gamma-400	Roscosmos	Highly elliptical	Gamma-ray astronomy
2030 (TBD)^[25]	Siraya			TBA		TASA

			TASA	Low Earth	Flight test
		Maiden flight of Taiwan's first orbital launch vehicle, Siraya (西拉雅).^[26]
2030 (TBD)^[27]	Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat-M			Vostochny Site 1S		Roscosmos

		Kondor-FKA №4	Ministry of Defence	Low Earth	Reconnaissance
2030 (TBD)^[28]	Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat			Vostochny Site 1S		Roscosmos

		RBKA №2	Roscosmos / Belarus	Low Earth	Earth observation
		RBKA will follow in the footsteps of BKA (Belarusian Satellite) launched along with Kanopus-V 1 and several other satellites in July 2012.
2030 (TBD)^[29]^[30]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roscosmos

		Airlock Module	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Space station module
		The Gateway or Airlock Module (ShM) will be a core module of the Russian Orbital Station (ROS).
2030 (TBD)^[31]^[32]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Plesetsk Site 43		RVSN RF

		Kosmos (GLONASS-K2 34L (K2 №13))	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation
2030 (TBD)^[33]^[32]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Plesetsk Site 43		RVSN RF

		Kosmos (GLONASS-K2 35L (K2 №14))	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation
2030 (TBD)^[34]^[32]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Plesetsk Site 43		RVSN RF

		Kosmos (GLONASS-K2 36L (K2 №15))	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation
2030 (TBD)^[35]	Vega-C			Kourou ELV		Arianespace

		CHIME-B (Sentinel-10)	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		Part of the European Space Agency's Copernicus Programme.
2030 (TBD)^[36]	TBA			TBA		Roscosmos

		Bion-M №3	IMBP / RAS	Low Earth	Biological science
2030 (TBD)^[37]	TBA			TBA		TBA

		UVEX	NASA	Highly elliptical	Ultraviolet astronomy
		Ultraviolet Explorer (UVEX).

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
June (TBD)^[38]	TBA			TBA		TBA

		VERITAS	NASA	Cytherocentric	Venus orbiter
		NASA Discovery Program mission to Venus.
November (TBD)^[39]^[38]	Ariane 64			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace

		EnVision	ESA	Cytherocentric	Venus orbiter
2031 (TBD)^[40]	Ariane 62			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace

		ARIEL	ESA	Sun–Earth L₂	Exoplanetary science
Q3 (TBD)^[3]^[41]	Vega-C			Kourou ELV		Arianespace

		CIMR B (Sentinel-11B)	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Oceanography
		Second of two satellites for the Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer (CIMR) mission. Part of the European Space Agency's Copernicus Programme.
2031 (TBD)^[42]^[43]	Angara A5M / DM-03			Vostochny Site 1A		Roscosmos

		Spektr-UV (WSO-UV)	INASAN	IGSO	Ultraviolet astronomy
2031 (TBD)^[44]	Ariane 64			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace

		Argonaut Mission 1	ESA	Selenocentric to lunar surface	Lunar lander
		First flight of Argonaut, also known as the European Large Logistics Lander (EL3).
2031 (TBD)^[45]	Ariane 6			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace

		Vigil	ESA	Sun–Earth L₅	Space weather
JFY2031 (TBD)^[16]	Epsilon S			Uchinoura		JAXA

		Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-7	JAXA	Low Earth	Technology demonstration
		Part of JAXA's Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration Program.
JFY2031 (TBD)^[46]^[47]	Epsilon S			Uchinoura		JAXA

		JASMINE	JAXA / NAOJ	Low Earth (SSO)	Astrometric observatory
JFY2031 (TBD)^[16]	H3			Tanegashima LA-Y2		MHI

		IGS-Radar 9	CSICE	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance
2031 (TBD)^[48]	NGLV		D1	Satish Dhawan TLP		ISRO

			ISRO	Low Earth	Flight test
		Maiden flight of ISRO's Next Generation Launch Vehicle (NGLV), codenamed Soorya.
2031 (TBD)^[42]^[49]	Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat			Baikonur		Roscosmos

		Rezonans-MKA	Roscosmos	Tundra	Magnetospheric research
2031–2032 (TBD)^[50]	TBA			TBA		TBA

		DAVINCI	NASA	Cytherocentric	Venus atmospheric probe
		NASA Discovery Program mission to Venus.
2031 (TBD)^[11]	Commercial launch vehicle			Cape Canaveral or Kennedy		TBA

		Sample Retrieval Lander	NASA / ESA	TMI to Martian surface	Mars sample-return
		Mars Ascent Vehicle	NASA	Martian surface to TMI	Mars sample-return
		Lander component of the NASA–ESA Mars sample-return mission. It will carry NASA's Mars Ascent Vehicle.
2031-32 (TBD)^[51]^[52]^[53]	LVM3-SC			Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO

		Lunar Navcom × 3	ISRO	Selenocentric	Communications Navigation
		First of Two launches carrying 3 satellites for Lunar Navcom Data Relay and Navigation satellite.
2031-32 (TBD)^[51]^[54]^[53]	LVM3-SC			Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO

		Lunar Navcom × 3	ISRO	Selenocentric	Communications Navigation
		Second of Two launches carrying 3 satellites for Lunar Navcom Data Relay and Navigation satellite.

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
Q2 (TBD)^[55]^[56]	Ariane 6			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace

		MetOp-SG A2	EUMETSAT	Low Earth (SSO)	Meteorology
2032 (TBD)^[42]	Angara A5			Vostochny Site 1A		Roscosmos

		Luna 29	Roscosmos	Selenocentric	Lunar orbiter
		Luna-Glob mission.
2032 (TBD)^[48]	NGLV		D2	Satish Dhawan TLP		ISRO

			ISRO	Low Earth	Flight test
2032 (TBD)^[48]	NGLV		D3	Satish Dhawan TLP		ISRO

			ISRO	Low Earth	Flight test
		The NGLV First Stage Booster is planned to be recovered in this Mission.
JFY2032 (TBD)^[16]	H3			Tanegashima LA-Y2		MHI

		IGS-Optical Diversification Successor	CSICE	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance
2032 (TBD)^[57]^[58]	H3			Tanegashima LA-Y2		MHI

		LiteBIRD	JAXA	Sun–Earth L₂	Space observatory
2032 (TBD) ^[22]^[59]	LVM3-SC			Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO

		Bharatiya Antariksha Station-B5	ISRO	Low Earth (BAS)	Space station module
2032 (TBD)^[17]	KSLV-III		F3	Naro		KARI

		KLLR Lander	KARI	Selenocentric to lunar surface	Lunar lander
		KLLR Rover	KARI	Selenocentric to lunar surface	Lunar rover
		Launch of the first South Korean lunar lander.
2032 (TBD)^[60]	Long March TBD			TBA		CASC

		Xihe-3	CNSA	TBA	Solar observatory
2032 (TBD) ^[61]	Angara A5M / KVTK			Vostochny Site 1A		Roscosmos

		Elektro-M №1-1	Roscosmos	Geosynchronous	Meteorology
2032 (TBD) ^[62]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Vostochny Site 1S		Roscosmos

		Meteor-MP №1	Roscosmos	Low Earth	Meteorology
2032 (TBD) ^[63]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat			Vostochny Site 1S		Roscosmos

		Ionosfera-M-OP №1	Roscosmos	Low Earth (SSO)	Ionospheric research
2032 (TBD)^[64]	Starship			TBA		SpaceX

		Lunar Cruiser	JAXA / Toyota / NASA	Selenocentric to lunar surface	Crewed lunar rover
		Crewed pressurized rover for Artemis 7 and later missions.
2032 (TBD)^[65]	TBA			TBA		TBA

		GeoXO-1	NOAA	Geosynchronous	Meteorology
2032 (TBD)^[66]	TBA			TBA		TBA

		JPSS-3	NOAA	Low Earth (SSO)	Meteorology
2032 (TBD)	Yenisei			Vostochny PU3		Roscosmos

				Low Earth	Flight test
		First flight of the Yenisei super heavy-lift launch vehicle.

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
Q1 (TBD)^[55]^[56]	Ariane 6			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace

		MetOp-SG B2	EUMETSAT	Low Earth (SSO)	Meteorology
Q3 (TBD)^[3]	TBA			TBA		TBA

		Sentinel-3 NG TOPO A	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		Sentinel-3 Next Generation Topography satellite.
Q4 (TBD)^[3]	TBA			TBA		TBA

		Sentinel-6 NG B (Sentinel-6D)	NASA / NOAA / EUMETSAT / ESA	Low Earth	Earth observation
		Sentinel-6 Next Generation satellite.
2033 (TBD)^[67]	Ariane 6			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace

		MTG-I3	EUMETSAT	Geosynchronous	Meteorology
2033 (TBD) ^[22]^[68]	LVM3-SC			Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO

		Bharatiya Antariksha Station-B3	ISRO	Low Earth (BAS)	Space station module
JFY2033 (TBD)^[16]	H3			Tanegashima LA-Y2		MHI

		IGS-Radar 10	CSICE	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance
JFY2033 (TBD)^[16]	H3			Tanegashima LA-Y2		MHI

		IGS-Optical 11	CSICE	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance
2033 (TBD)^[69]	Long March 9			Wenchang		CASC

			CNSA	Low Earth	Flight test
		First flight of the Long March 9 super heavy-lift launch vehicle.
2033 (TBD)^[70]	Long March TBD			TBA		CASC

		Fengyun 4G	CMA	Geosynchronous	Meteorology
2033 (TBD)^[64]	New Glenn			Cape Canaveral LC-36		Blue Origin

		Foundational Surface Habitat	NASA	Selenocentric to lunar surface	Lunar surface habitat
		The Foundational Surface Habitat will be the first component of the Artemis Base Camp lunar outpost.
2033-34 (TBD)^[51]^[71]^[53]	LMLV			Satish Dhawan TLP		ISRO

		Chandrayaan-6	ISRO	Low Earth to Selenocentric	TBA
		Landing of same lander as the crewed lunar descent stage.

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
2034 (TBD)^[4]	Angara A5 / DM-03			Vostochny Site 1A		Roscosmos

		Luna 28	Roscosmos	Selenocentric	Lunar lander Lunar sample return
		Luna-Glob sample return mission.
2034 (TBD)^[72]	Long March TBD			Wenchang		CASC

		Tianwen-5	CNSA	Heliocentric	TBA
2034 (TBD) ^[22]^[73]	LVM3-SC			Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO

		Bharatiya Antariksha Station-B4	ISRO	Low Earth (BAS)	Space station module
Q3 2034^[3]	TBA			TBA		TBA

		Sentinel-3 NG OPT A	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		Sentinel-3 Next Generation Optical satellite.

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11 April 2030	Europa Clipper	Jupiter orbit insertion
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July 2031	Hayabusa2	Arrival at asteroid 1998 KY26^[85]
11 April 2030	Europa Clipper	First flyby of Europa
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July 2032	JUICE	Flyby of Europa
16 July 2032	Europa Clipper & JUICE	Flyby of Europa	Clipper & Juice fly by Europa within 4 hours of each other.^[86]
2 March 2033	Lucy	Flyby of binary asteroid 617 Patroclus-Menoetius	Target altitude 1000 km
December 2034	JUICE	Ganymede orbit insertion	Planned first orbit of a moon other than Earth's
24 January 2035	Tianwen-2	Rendezvous with 311P/PanSTARRS^[87]