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.

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]	SLS Block 1			Kennedy LC-39B		NASA

		Artemis II (Integrity)	NASA	Lunar free-return	Crewed lunar flyby	11 April 00:07:27	Successful
		⚀ ATENEA	CONAE	Highly elliptical	Technology demonstration	5 April	Successful
		⚀ K-Rad Cube	KARI	Highly elliptical	Technology demonstration	5 April	Spacecraft failure
		⚀ SWC-1	SSA	Highly elliptical	Space Weather	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ TACHELES	DLR	Highly elliptical	Technology demonstration	5 April	Spacecraft 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 non-US citizen in deep space and 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^[2]	Falcon 9 Block 5		Starlink Group 10-58	Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		Starlink × 29	SpaceX	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
3 April 04:17:00^[3]	Tianlong-3		Y1	Jiuquan		Space Pioneer

		TBA	TBA	Low Earth (Polar)	TBA	3 April	Launch failure ^[4]
		Maiden flight of the Tianlong-3 launch vehicle.^[5]^[6]
3 April 06:28:00^[7]	Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat-M			Plesetsk Site 43/3		RVSN RF

		Meridian-M №11^[8]	VKS	Molniya	Communications	In orbit	Operational
4 April 05:45:00^[9]	Atlas V 551		LA-05/Leo-5	Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA

		LeoSat × 29	Amazon Leo	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		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.^[10]
7 April 02:50:39^[11]	Falcon 9 Block 5		Starlink Group 17-35	Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX

		Starlink × 25	SpaceX	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
7 April^[12] 11:33:00	Minotaur IV			Vandenberg SLC-8		Northrop Grumman

		STPSat-7	United States Space Force	Low Earth	TBA	In orbit	Operational
		Rawhide x 2	TBA	Low Earth	TBA	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ CANVAS	University of Colorado Boulder	Low Earth	Magnetosphereic research	In orbit	Operational
		AggieSat-6	Texas A&M University	Low Earth	TBA	In orbit	Operational
		ASTRA-HyRAX	Auburn University	Low Earth	TBA	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ MISR-C1	SOCOM	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		STP-S29A mission
7 April 13:32:00^[13]	Long March 8		Y7 / Spacesail Polar Group 07	Wenchang Commercial LC-1		CASC

		Qianfan × 18	SSST	Low Earth (Polar)	Communications	In orbit	Operational
8 April 19:39:08^[14]	Long March 6A		6A-Y17 / SatNet LEO Group 21	Taiyuan LA-9A		CASC

		Guowang × 5	CAST	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
11 April 05:04:19^[15]	Falcon 9 Block 5		Starlink Group 17-21	Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX

		Starlink × 25	SpaceX	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
11 April 11:32:00^[16]	Jielong 3		Y11	Dong Fang Hang Tian Gang platform, Yellow Sea		China Rocket

		Hulianwang Jishu Shiyan 8A	CAST	Low Earth (Polar)	TBA	In orbit	Operational
11 April 11:41:21^[17]	Falcon 9 Block 5		F9-626	Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		Cygnus NG-24	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	In orbit	Operational
		Last of four Cygnus spacecraft launched on Falcon 9.
14 April 04:03:00^[18]^[19]	Kinetica 1		Y12	Jiuquan LS-130		CAS Space

		Jilin-1 Gaofen-07A 02-04	CGSTL	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Jilin-1 Gaofen-07B 02-04	CAS	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Jilin-1 Gaofen-07C 02-03	CGSTL	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
14 April 09:33:10^[20]	Falcon 9 Block 5		Starlink Group 10-24	Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		Starlink × 29	SpaceX	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
15 April 04:29:40^[21]	Falcon 9 Block 5		Starlink Group 17-27	Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX

		Starlink × 25	SpaceX	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
16 April 23:18:00^[22]	Soyuz-2.1b / Volga			Plesetsk Site 43		RVSN RF

		Kosmos 2609	VKS	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA	In orbit	Operational
		Kosmos 2610	VKS	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA	In orbit	Operational
		Kosmos 2611	VKS	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA	In orbit	Operational
		Kosmos 2612	VKS	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA	In orbit	Operational
		Kosmos 2613	VKS	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA	In orbit	Operational
		Kosmos 2614	VKS	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA	In orbit	Operational
		Kosmos 2615	VKS	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA	In orbit	Operational
		Kosmos 2616	VKS	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA	In orbit	Operational
		Maiden flight of Soyuz-2.1b / Volga Configuration.
17 April 04:10:00^[23]	Long March 4C		4C-Y41	Jiuquan SLS-2		CASC

		Daqi-2 (AEMS-2)	Ministry of Ecology and Environment	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
19 April 11:25:00^[24]	New Glenn		NG-3	Cape Canaveral LC-36		Blue Origin

		BlueBird 7	AST SpaceMobile	Low Earth	Communications	19 April	Launch 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^[25]	Falcon 9 Block 5		Starlink Group 17-22	Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX

		Starlink × 25	SpaceX	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
21 April ^[26] 06:53:00	Falcon 9 Block 5		F9-630	Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		GPS III-10 Hedy Lamarr	U.S. Space Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		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^[27]^[28]	Electron		"Kakushin Rising"	Mahia LC-1		Rocket Lab

		⚀ ARICA-2	Aoyama Gakuin University	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ FSI-SAT	Future Science Institute	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ KOSEN-2R	National Institute of Technology, Yonago College	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ MAGNARO-II	Nagoya University	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Mono-Nikko	Di-Nikko Engineering Co., Ltd.	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ OrigamiSat-2	Tokyo Institute of Technology	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Prelude	Nihon University	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ WASEDA-SAT-ZERO-II	Waseda University	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA	In orbit	Operational
		Part of the Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-4 mission.
23 April 03:23:00^[29]	Falcon 9 Block 5		Starlink Group 17-14	Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX

		Starlink × 25	SpaceX	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
23 April 08:29^[30]	Angara-1.2			Plesetsk Site 35/1		RVSN RF

		Kosmos 2617 (OO MKA №7)	VKS	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA	In orbit	Operational
		Kosmos 2618 (OO MKA №8)	VKS	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA	In orbit	Operational
		Kosmos 2619 (OO MKA №9)	VKS	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA	In orbit	Operational
		Kosmos 2620 (OO MKA №10)	VKS	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA	In orbit	Operational
24 April 06:35:00 ^[31]	Long March 2D		2D-Y109	Xichang LC-3		CASC

		Hulianwang Jishu Shiyan 9A	CAST	Low Earth (SSO)	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Hulianwang Jishu Shiyan 9B	CAST	Low Earth (SSO)	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Hulianwang Jishu Shiyan 9C	CAST	Low Earth (SSO)	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Hulianwang Jishu Shiyan 9D	CAST	Low Earth (SSO)	Communications	In orbit	Operational
25 April 12:15:00^[32]	Long March 6			Taiyuan LA-9A		CASC

		PRSC-EO3	SUPARCO	Low Earth	TBA	In orbit	Operational
25 April 22:21:47^[33]	Soyuz-2.1a			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roscosmos

		Progress MS-34 / 94P	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	In orbit	Docked to ISS
26 April 14:37:09^[34]	Falcon 9 Block 5		Starlink Group 17-16	Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX

		Starlink × 25	SpaceX	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
28 April 00:53:30 ^[35]	Atlas V 551		LA-06/Leo-6	Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA

		KuiperSat × 29	Amazon Leo	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Seventh of nine Amazon Leo launches on Atlas V.^[10]
29 April 14:13:00^[36]	Falcon Heavy		FH-012	Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX

		ViaSat-3 APAC^[37]	ViaSat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Originally intended to launch on the first flight of the Ariane 64 configuration.^[38]
30 April 02:42:49^[39]	Falcon 9 Block 5		Starlink Group 17-36	Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX

		Starlink × 25	SpaceX	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
30 April 08:57:00 ^[40]	Ariane 64		VA268/LE-02	Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace

		KuiperSat × 32	Amazon Leo	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Second of 18 Ariane 6 launches for Amazon's Amazon Leo.

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
1 May 18:06:10^[41]	Falcon 9 Block 5		Starlink Group 10-38	Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		Starlink × 29	SpaceX	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
3 May 07:00:00^[42]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX

		CAS500-2	KASA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		BusanSat	Busan Metropolitan City / KASA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Drishti	GalaxEye	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		EarthDaily × 6	EarthDaily	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Eycore-1	Eycore	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		ICEYE-X x 2	ICEYE	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		IRIDE-MS2-HEO 7, 10-15	ASI	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Jackal Autonomous Orbital Vehicle	True Anomaly	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA	In orbit	Operational
		JEN-1	OrbAstro	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		Lynk Tower 7, 8	Lynk Global	Low Earth (SSO)	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		NuLink-1, 2	NuSpace	Low Earth (SSO)	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Pelican-7, 8, 9	Planet Labs	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Balkan-2	EnduroSat	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ BRO 21	Unseenlabs	Low Earth (SSO)	Radio frequency spectrum monitoring	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ BSLT-1, 2 & 3	Basalt Space	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ FOREST-16, 17, 18, 19	OroraTech	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ FrontierSat	University of Calgary	Low Earth (SSO)	Educational / Auroral science	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Gemini-Pollux	NCKU	Low Earth (SSO)	Educational / Amateur radio	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ HELIOS	EMTECH SPACE	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Hydra-3	Aistech Space	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ ICARUS 2.0 - RAVEN	TALOS / Max Planck Society	Low Earth (SSO)	Animal movement and environmental data collection	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ PEARL-1A, 1B	NCU	Low Earth (SSO)	Educational / Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ QUBE-II	BMFTR	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ SELENE	EMTECH SPACE	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ SNAPPY	WSU	Low Earth (SSO)	Measurement of solar neutrinos	In orbit	Operational
6 May 03:59:19^[43]	Falcon 9 Block 5		Starlink Group 17-29	Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX

		Starlink × 24	SpaceX	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
↓ Upcoming launches ↓
9 May 22:00:00^[44]	Long March 7			Wenchang LC-2		CASC

		Tianzhou 10	CMSA	Low Earth (TSS)	TSS logistics
10 May 14:00:00^[45]	Falcon 9 Block 5		Starlink Group 17-37	Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX

		Starlink × 24	SpaceX	Low Earth	Communications
12 May 22:15:00^[46]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX

		SpaceX Starshield × ?	SpaceX	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance
12 May 23:00:00^[47]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		SpaceX CRS-34	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics
19 May 03:52:00^[48]	Vega-C		VV29	Kourou ELV		Avio

		SMILE	CAS / ESA	Highly elliptical	Earth observation
		First Vega launch to be operated under the responsibility of Avio.
22 May 09:30^[49]	Electron		"Viva La StriX"	Mahia LC-1		Rocket Lab

		StriX	Synspective	Low Earth	Earth observation
		Ninth of 16 dedicated launches for Synspective's StriX constellation.^[50]
22 May ^[51]	Atlas V 551		LA-07/Leo-7	Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA

		KuiperSat × 29	Amazon Leo	Low Earth	Communications
		Eighth of nine Amazon Leo launches on Atlas V.^[10]
May (TBD)^[52]	Electron		"The Grain Goddess Provides"	Mahia LC-1		Rocket Lab

		QPS-SAR-13 (MIKURA-I)	iQPS	Low Earth	Earth observation
		Sixth of 11 dedicated launches to support the build out of iQPS’ planned constellation of 36 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites.
May (TBD) ^[53]	Spectrum		Onward and Upward	Andøya		Isar Aerospace

		⚀ CyBEEsat	TU Berlin	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ FramSat-1	NTNU	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Platform 6	EnduroSat	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ SpaceTeamSat1	TU Wien Space Team	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ TriSat-S	University of Maribor	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		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.
May (TBD) ^[54]	Solid-fuel space launch vehicle			Offshore launch platform, Jeju Island		Ministry of National Defense

		TBA		Low Earth	TBA
		First orbital launch of the solid-fuel launch projectile developed by the ADD in its full version.
May (TBD) ^[55]	Long March 10B		10B-X1	Wenchang LC-2		CASC

		TBA	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
		Maiden flight of Long March 10B. The first stage will attempt to land.
May (TBD) ^[56]	Long March 7A		7A-Y?	Wenchang LC-2		CASC

		TBA	TBD	Geosynchronous	TBD
May (TBD) ^[57]	Zhuque-2E		Y4	Jiuquan Site 96		Land Space

		TBA	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		Return to flight after August 2025 failure.

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
1 June^[58]	Pegasus XL			Stargazer		Northrop Grumman

		Swift Rescue Mission	Katalyst Space Technologies	Low Earth	Reboost
		Swift Rescue Mission will capture and reposition NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory by raising it to a higher altitude.
10 June 00:53:59–02:52:46^[59]	H3-30S		F6	Tanegashima LA-Y2		JAXA

		VEP-5	JAXA	Low Earth to Suborbital	Launch vehicle evaluation
		PETREL	Institute of Science Tokyo	Low Earth	Earth observation Astronomy
		STARS-X	Shizuoka University	Low Earth	Technology demonstration
		⚀ BRO-22	UnseenLabs	Low Earth	SIGINT
		⚀ HORN L, R	BULL	Low Earth	Technology demonstration
		⚀ VERTECS	Kyushu Institute of Technology	Low Earth	Astronomy
		Maiden flight of H3-30S Variant. PETREL and STARS-X are part of the Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-3 mission.
16 June 00:40:00^[33]	Soyuz-2.1a			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roscosmos

		Progress MS-35 / 96P	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics
25 June^[60]	Electron			Mahia LC-1A		Rocket Lab

		LOXSAT-1	Eta Space	Low Earth (SSO)	Propellant depot Technology demonstration
June (TBD)^[61]	Ariane 62^[62]			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace

		MTG-I2^[63]	EUMETSAT	Geosynchronous	Meteorology
June (TBD)^[64]	Falcon 9 Block 5		Transporter-17	Cape Canaveral or Vandenberg		SpaceX

		TBA	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit, designated Transporter-17.

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
Q2 (TBD)	Alpha^[65]			Vandenberg SLC-2W		Firefly Aerospace

		VICTUS HAZE Jackal^[65]	Space Systems Command/True Anomaly	Low Earth	Space domain awareness
		Tactically Responsive Space-4 (TacRS-4) Mission.
Q2 (TBD) ^[66]	Atlas V 551		LA-08/Leo-8	Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA

		KuiperSat × 29	Amazon Leo	Low Earth	Communications
		Last flight of Atlas V in the 551 configuration. Final flight of an Atlas V with a 5-meter fairing and last use of Single Engine Centaur III upper stage. Ninth of nine Amazon Leo launches on Atlas V.^[10]
Q2 (TBD)^[67]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		BlueBird × 3	AST SpaceMobile	Low Earth	Communications
Q2 (TBD)^[68]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		Globalstar × 9^[69]	Globalstar	Low Earth	Communications
		Launch of 9 satellites for Globalstar's third-generation constellation.
Q2 (TBD)^[70]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		MRV-1	Northrop Grumman / DARPA	Geosynchronous	Satellite servicing
		MEP × 3	Northrop Grumman	Geosynchronous	Satellite servicing
		The Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) will carry DARPA's Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Spacecraft (RSGS) Robotic Payload.^[71] 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.^[72]
Q2 (TBD) ^[73]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX

		T1TL-A × 21	SDA	Low Earth (SSO)	Military communications
		Third of six launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 1 (T1TL-A).
Q2 (TBD)^[74]	Falcon 9 Block 5			TBA		SpaceX

		T1TL-D × 21	SDA	Low Earth (SSO)	Military communications
		Fourth of six launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 1 (T1TL-D).
Q2 (TBD)^[75]	Falcon 9 Block 5			TBA		SpaceX

		T1TL-E × 21	SDA	Low Earth (SSO)	Military communications
		Fifth of six launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 1 (T1TL-E).
Q2 (TBD)^[76]	Falcon 9 Block 5			TBA		SpaceX

		T1TL-F × 21	SDA	Low Earth (SSO)	Military communications
		Sixth of six launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 1 (T1TL-F).
Q2 (TBD) ^[77]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX

		T1TR-A × 7	SDA	Low Earth	Missile tracking
		First of five launches for the Space Development Agency's Tracking Layer Tranche 1 (T1TR-A).^[78]^[79]
Q2 (TBD)^[80]^[81]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX

		T1TR-C × 7	SDA	Low Earth	Missile tracking
		Third of five launches for the Space Development Agency's Tracking Layer Tranche 1 (T1TR-C).
Q2 (TBD)^[82]	Falcon 9 Block 5			TBA		SpaceX

		T1TR-E × 7	SDA	Low Earth (SSO)	Military communications
		Fifth of six launches for the Space Development Agency's Tracking Layer Tranche 1 (T1TR-E).
Q2 (TBD)^[82]	Falcon 9 Block 5			TBA		SpaceX

		T1TR-F × 7	SDA	Low Earth (SSO)	Military communications
		Last of six launches for the Space Development Agency's Tracking Layer Tranche 1 (T1TR-F).
Q2 (TBD) ^[83]	Spectrum			Andøya		Isar Aerospace

		Greenbox-1	R-Space	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration
		Greenbox-2	R-Space	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration
Q2 (TBD) ^[84]	Long March 12B		12B-Y1	Jiuquan		CASC

		TBA	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
		Maiden flight of Long March 12B.
H1 (TBD)^[85]^[86]	Electron			Mahia LC-1		Rocket Lab

		VICTUS HAZE Puma	Space Systems Command	Low Earth	Space domain awareness
		Tactically Responsive Space-4 (TacRS-4) Mission.
Q2 (TBD) ^[87]	GSLV Mk II		F17	Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO

		EOS-05 (GISAT-1A)	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Earth observation
Q2 (TBD)^[88]^[89]	LVM3		M7	Satish Dhawan		ISRO

		GSAT-32 (GSAT-N3)	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Communications
		GSAT-32 is also Known as GSAT-N3. Planned replacement for GSAT-6A.^[90]
Q2 (TBD)^[91]	Antares 330			MARS LP-0A		Northrop Grumman

		Cygnus NG-22	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics
		First flight of the Antares 330 variant.
Q2 (TBD) ^[92]^[93]	Starship		Flight 13	Starbase OLP-B		SpaceX

		Starlink × ?	SpaceX	Low Earth	Communications
		Thirteenth Starship flight test. Flight 13 is expected to be the first flight of Starship to enter a circular orbit.
TBD^[94]	H3-22S		F9	Tanegashima LA-Y2		MHI

		QZS-7 (Michibiki-7)	CAO	GTO to Geosynchronous	Navigation
		QZS-7 carries a USSF SĀCHI Space Situational Awareness payload. Quasi-geostationary (slight incline and eccentricity) orbit.
H1 (TBD) ^[95]	GSLV Mk II			Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO

		NVS-03 (IRNSS-1L)	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Navigation
		Next generation NaVic satellite.
H1 (TBD) ^[96]	Falcon Heavy			Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX

		Tetra-5	USSF	Geosynchronous	Technology demonstration
		TBA	Orbit Fab	Geosynchronous	TBA
		ASP-R	USSF/Astroscale	Geosynchronous	TBA
H1 (TBD) ^[97]	Start-1M			Plesetsk		TBA

		TBA	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
H1 2026 (TBD)^[98]^[99]	TBA			Kourou		Arianespace

		⚀ CubeSpec	ESA	Low Earth	Hyperspectral astronomy

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
22 April 01:36^[100]	HASTE		BUBBLES	MARS LC-2		Rocket Lab

		BUBBLES	Hypersonix	Suborbital	Reentry test	22 April	Successful
		Sub-orbital launch under Rocket Lab’s Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program.
30 April 18:00:00 ^[101]^[102]	Irtysh / DM-SLB			Baikonur Site 45/1		Roscosmos

		Dummy payload	Roscosmos	Suborbital	Flight test	30 April	Successful
		First launch of Irtysh, also known as Soyuz-5. A dummy payload matching a future satellite in weight and size was launched.
↓ Upcoming launches ↓
20 April - 30 April^[103]	AQUASONIC³ ^[104]			Esrange		DLR

		TBA	HSB	Suborbital	Flight test
May (TBD) ^[105]	Starship		Flight 12	Starbase OLP-B		SpaceX

		Starlink Simulators × ?	SpaceX	Suborbital	Vehicle evaluation
		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.
19 May - 7 June^[106]	VSB-30		S1X-5/M17	Esrange		SSC Space

		MASER-17	SSC Space	Suborbital	Microgravity research
		SubOrbital Express Microgravity flight opportunity 5.
May-June ^[107]	T-Minus Barracuda			Spaceport Nova Scotia		Maritime Launch Services

				Suborbital
May-June ^[108]	T-Minus Barracuda			Spaceport Nova Scotia		Maritime Launch Services

				Suborbital
H1 2026 (TBD)^[109]	Perun		FLIGHT 4	Santa Maria		SpaceForest

				Suborbital

List of spaceflight launches in April–June 2026

Orbital launches

April

May

June

To be determined Q2 / H1

Suborbital flights

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