List of planned future spaceflight launches explained

This article lists planned future orbital and suborbital spaceflight launches and events.

For an overview of spaceflight in the near future, see 2020s in spaceflight.

Orbital launches

2024–28

See main article: 2024 in spaceflight, List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2024 and List of spaceflight launches in July–December 2024.

See main article: 2025 in spaceflight, 2026 in spaceflight, 2027 in spaceflight and 2028 in spaceflight.

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2030

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2031

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2032

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2033

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2034 and later

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Deep-space rendezvous

Date (UTC)SpacecraftEventRemarks
18 April 2028LucyFlyby of asteroid 11351 LeucusTarget altitude 1000 km
June 2028Hayabusa2Flyby of EarthGravity assist
11 November 2028LucyFlyby of asteroid 21900 OrusTarget altitude 1000 km
18 January 2029JUICEThird and final gravity assist at Earth
21 April 2029 OSIRIS-APEXRendezvous with asteroid 99942 Apophis[1] Observation operations begin 8 April
August 2029PsycheArrival at asteroid 16 Psyche
26 December 2030LucyThird gravity assist at EarthTarget altitude 660 km
July 2031Hayabusa2Arrival at asteroid 1998 KY26[2]
July 2031JUICEFlyby of Ganymede
July 2031JUICEJupiter orbit insertion
July 2032JUICEFlyby of Europa
2 March 2033LucyFlyby of binary asteroid 617 Patroclus-MenoetiusTarget altitude 1000 km
December 2034JUICEGanymede orbit insertionPlanned first orbit of a moon other than Earth's

Expected maiden flights

Notes and References

  1. OSIRIS-REx at Apophis: Opportunity for an Extended Mission . 6 November 2020 . D. S. . Lauretta . Dante Lauretta . E. B. . Bierhaus . R. P. . Binzel . B. J. . Bos . Apophis T–9 Years: Knowledge Opportunities for the Science of Planetary Defense . https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/apophis2020/.
  2. News: September 13, 2020 . はやぶさ2、次のミッションは小惑星「1998KY26」…JAXA . ja . . 2020-09-14 . 5 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201205174454/https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/science/20200913-OYT1T50040/ . dead .