Northrop Grumman Space Systems | Minotaur IV | STP-S29A Rocket Launch
STP-S29A is a mission under the U.S. Department of Defense’s Space Test Program (STP) that will deliver technology demonstrations to orbit and contribute to future space system development, with this launch delivering up to 200 kg of STP cubesats to Low Earth Orbit.
The main payload will be STPSat-7, an ESPA class satellite based on the Aegis Aerospace M-1 satellite bus used on the STPSat-4 mission for hosting research and technology demonstration payloads for the Department of Defense (DoD). One of the payload is U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Lightsheet Anomaly Resolution and Debris Observation (LARADO) instrument, used to detect and characterize lethal non-trackable orbital debris with lasers in orbit.
Avio S.p.A | Vega-C | Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) Rocket Launch
Joint mission between the European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences to investigate the interaction between Earth’s protective shield – the magnetosphere – and the supersonic solar wind.
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-34 (95P) Rocket Launch
Progress resupply mission to the International Space Station.
United Launch Alliance | Atlas V N22 | Starliner-1 Rocket Launch
Starliner-1 is the first operational flight of a Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Due to problems with the Starliner spacecraft’s RCS attitude control system during the Crew Flight Test mission in 2024, this mission has been re-scoped to not carry a crew by NASA. It will instead deliver necessary cargo to the orbital laboratory and allow in-flight validation of the system upgrades implemented following the Crew Flight Test mission last year.
United Launch Alliance | Vulcan | USSF-57 Rocket Launch
First of three Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared geostationary satellites designed for missile warning.
SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-34 Rocket Launch
34th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.
Cargo Dragon 2 brings supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.
Northrop Grumman Space Systems | Pegasus XL | Swift Rescue Mission Rocket Launch
Contracted by NASA under the Small Business Innovation Research Phase 3 contract, Katalyst Space Technologies’ LINK servicing spacecraft will rendezvous and attach to NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to re-boost its orbit. This aims to demonstrate a key capability for the future of space exploration and extending the Swift mission’s science lifetime in gamma ray astronomy.
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-35 (96P) Rocket Launch
Progress resupply mission to the International Space Station.
SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | MRV-1 Rocket Launch
The SpaceLogistics MRV-1 is a mission extension payload including a mission robotic vehicle (MRV) and multiple mission extension pods (MEPs).