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This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the 2020s.
In 2020, NASA plans to launch the Mars 2020 rover,[1] followed by the maiden launch of the Space Launch System (launch date to be determined, unlikely to be before late 2021);[2] in 2023, NASA plans to carry out the first crewed flight of the Space Launch System.[3]
The trend towards cost reduction in access to orbit is expected to continue. In 2020, Blue Origin plans the maiden flight of New Glenn with a reusable first stage.[4] In the same year SpaceX plans to launch its new fully reusable Starship/Super Heavy system.[5]
NASA plans a return of humans to the Moon by 2024, first by assembling a Lunar Gateway in lunar orbit. A crewed exploration of Mars could follow in the mid 2030s. An uncrewed and then a crewed trip to Jupiter and Europa have been commonly contemplated, but no space agencies or companies have yet announced definite plans to launch a crewed mission further than Mars. SpaceX, a private company, has also announced plans to land humans on Mars in the mid-2020s, with the long-term goal of enabling the colonization of Mars.
India plans its first crewed flight with a spacecraft called Gaganyaan for December 2021 on a home-grown GSLV-III rocket. The mission would make India the 4th nation to launch a crewed space flight after Russia, US and China. India also plans to launch its second Mars probe, Mars Orbiter Mission 2 (Mangalyaan 2), in 2024.
The number of small satellites launched annually was expected to grow to around one thousand (2018 estimate),[6] although SpaceX alone plans to launch more than that for its Starlink constellation (12,000 satellites from 2019 to 2027).[7] The majority of the satellites are expected to be communication satellites in large constellations.
Orbital launches edit
2020 edit
2021 edit
2022 edit
2023 edit
2024 edit
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
Remarks | |||||||
September (TBD)[21] | H3-24 | Tanegashima LA-Y2 | MHI | ||||
Martian Moons Exploration | JAXA | Areocentric | Mars orbiter and Phobos lander | ||||
October (TBD)[22] | Ariane 6 | Kourou ELA-4 | Arianespace | ||||
Hera | ESA | Heliocentric | Asteroid orbiter | ||||
⚀ Juventas[23] | ESA | Heliocentric | Asteroid probe | ||||
⚀ APEX[23] | ESA | Heliocentric | Asteroid probe | ||||
October (TBD)[24] | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||||
IMAP | NASA | Sun–Earth L1 | Heliophysics | ||||
STP Mission of Opportunity | NASA | Sun–Earth L1 | Heliophysics or Atmospheric physics | ||||
STP Small Satellite | NASA | Sun–Earth L1 | Technology demonstration | ||||
SWFO-L1 | NOAA | Sun–Earth L1 | Space weather | ||||
Under NASA's SMD Rideshare Initiative, three secondary spacecraft will be launched along with IMAP to the Sun–Earth L1 point: a Heliophysics Science Mission of Opportunity (SIHLA or GLIDE),[24] a Heliophysics Technology Demonstration Mission of Opportunity (SETH or Solar Cruiser),[25] and the Space Weather Follow-On L1 mission (SWFO-L1).[26] | |||||||
2024 (TBD)[27] | Epsilon | Uchinoura | JAXA | ||||
Small-JASMINE | JAXA / NAOJ | Low Earth (SSO) | Astrometric observatory | ||||
2024 (TBD)[28] | GSLV Mk II | Satish Dhawan SLP | ISRO | ||||
Mars Orbiter Mission 2 | ISRO | Areocentric | Mars orbiter | ||||
2024 (TBD)[29] | Long March 5 | Wenchang LC-1 | CASC | ||||
Xuntian | CNSA | Low Earth | Space telescope | ||||
Xuntian ("Heavenly Cruiser") is a planned space telescope that will orbit close to the Chinese Space Station. | |||||||
2024 (TBD)[30] | Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat | Baikonur | Roscosmos | ||||
Luna 26 | Roscosmos | Selenocentric | Lunar orbiter | ||||
2024 (TBD)[14] | Soyuz-5 | TBD | Roscosmos | ||||
Federatsiya-1 | Roscosmos | Low Earth | Test flight | ||||
First crewed flight of the new spacecraft. | |||||||
2024 (TBD) | Commercial launch vehicle | Cape Canaveral/Kennedy Space Center | NASA | ||||
TBA | NASA | Selenocentric | Lunar lander | ||||
This mission (alongside Artemis 3) will send a lander (possibly Blue Moon or Lockheed Martin Lunar Lander) to land two astronauts on the Moon. | |||||||
2024 (TBD) | SLS Block 1B | KSC LC-39B | NASA | ||||
Orion | NASA | Cislunar space | Crewed lunar landing | ||||
Artemis 3 mission to land astronauts on the Moon, will meet the lunar lander in lunar orbit. |
2025 edit
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
Remarks | |||||||
2025 (TBD)[31][32] | Proton-M / DM-03 | Baikonur | Roscosmos | ||||
Spektr-UV[33] | INASAN | Geosynchronous | Ultraviolet astronomy | ||||
2025 (TBD)[30] | Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat | Baikonur | Roscosmos | ||||
Luna 27 | Roscosmos | Selenocentric | Lunar lander | ||||
2025 (TBD)[34] | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||||
NEO Surveillance Mission | NASA | Sun–Earth L1 | Infrared astronomy Near-Earth object detection |
2026 edit
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
Remarks | |||||||
2026 (TBD)[35] | Soyuz-STB / Fregat-MT | Kourou ELS | Arianespace | ||||
PLATO | ESA | Sun–Earth L2 | Exoplanetary science | ||||
2026 (TBD)[37] | Vega-C | Kourou ELV | Arianespace | ||||
FORUM | ESA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | ||||
Ninth Earth Explorer mission for ESA's Living Planet Programme. FORUM is baselined for launch on the Vega-C, and will fly in a loose sun-synchronous formation with MetOp-SG A1.[36] | |||||||
2026 (TBD)[38] | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||||
Dragonfly | NASA | Heliocentric (to Saturn) | Exploration of Titan | ||||
Rotorcraft probe to fly in the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan. |
2027 edit
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
Remarks | |||||||
2027 (TBD)[39] | Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat | Baikonur | Roscosmos | ||||
Luna 28 | Roscosmos | Selenocentric | Lunar lander Lunar sample return |
2028 edit
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
Remarks | |||||||
2028 (TBD)[40] | Angara-A5 / KVTK[31] | Vostochny Site 1A | Roscosmos | ||||
Luna 29 | Roscosmos | Selenocentric | Lunar rover Lunar sample return |
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2028 (TBD)[41][42] | Ariane 62 | Kourou ELA-4 | Arianespace | ||||
ARIEL | ESA | Sun–Earth L2 | Exoplanetary science | ||||
Comet Interceptor | ESA / JAXA | Sun–Earth L2 | Comet flyby |
Deep-space rendezvous after 2022 edit
Date (UTC) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
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20 June 2023 | BepiColombo | Third gravity assist at Mercury | |
21 August 2023 | Parker Solar Probe | Sixth gravity assist at Venus | |
24 September 2023 | OSIRIS-REx | Sample return to Earth | |
5 September 2024 | BepiColombo | Fifth gravity assist at Mercury | |
6 November 2024 | Parker Solar Probe | Seventh gravity assist at Venus | |
2 December 2024 | BepiColombo | Third gravity assist at Mercury | |
24 December 2024 | Parker Solar Probe | 22nd perihelion, closest approach to the Sun | |
9 January 2025 | BepiColombo | Sixth gravity assist at Mercury | |
5 December 2025 | BepiColombo | Hermocentric orbit insertion at Mercury |
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