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== Suborbital flights ==
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{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 19 January<ref name="wff-bluebook">{{cite web |url=https://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code810/files/BlueBook.pdf |title=NASA Sounding Rockets BlueBook |work=[[Wallops Flight Facility]] |publisher=[[NASA]] |date=14 December 2023 |access-date=17 December 2023}}</ref> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Black Brant (rocket)#Black Brant IX|Black Brant IX]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[White Sands Missile Range]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[NASA]]
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} FURST
|user = [[Montana State University]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Solar observation|Solar]] [[Ultraviolet astronomy|VUV astronomy]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 26 January<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.virgingalactic.com/news/virgin-galactic-launches-into-the-new-year-with-january-commercial-flight |title=Virgin Galactic launches into the new year with January commercial flight |date=19 December 2023 |access-date=20 December 2023 |work=Virgin Galactic}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=https://investors.virgingalactic.com/news/news-details/2023/Galactic-05-Research-Mission-Set-to-Become-Virgin-Galactics-Sixth-Flight-in-Six-Months/default.aspx |title='Galactic 05' research mission set to become Virgin Galactic's sixth flight in six months |date=18 October 2023 |access-date=19 October 2023 |work=Virgin Galactic}}</ref> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[SpaceShipTwo]]
|flight = Galactic 06
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Spaceport America]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Virgin Galactic]]
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Galactic 06]]
|user = [[Virgin Galactic]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Crewed spaceflight]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = January (TBD)<ref name="EsrangeSchedule">{{cite web |url=https://sscspace.com/uploads/Launching-Program.pdf |title=Esrange Space Center - EASP Launching Programme |work=[[Swedish Space Corporation]] |date=15 September 2023 |access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|BRA}} [[VSB-30]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Esrange]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|DEU}} [[Mobile Rocket Base|MORABA]]
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|DEU}} {{#invoke:flag|icon|EUR}} [[TEXUS|TEXUS-59]]
|user = [[German Aerospace Center|DLR]] / [[ESA]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Micro-g environment|Microgravity research]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = January (TBD)<ref name="EsrangeSchedule"/> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|BRA}} [[VSB-30]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Esrange]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|DEU}} [[Mobile Rocket Base|MORABA]]
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|DEU}} {{#invoke:flag|icon|EUR}} [[TEXUS|TEXUS-60]]
|user = [[German Aerospace Center|DLR]] / [[ESA]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Micro-g environment|Microgravity research]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = February (TBD)<ref name="EsrangeSchedule"/><ref name="ssc-schedule">{{cite web |url=https://sscspace.com/esrange/rocket-ballon-activities/ |title=Rocket and balloon missions |work=[[Swedish Space Corporation|SSC]] |access-date=4 March 2023}}</ref> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|BRA}} [[VSB-30]]
|flight = MAPHEUS 14
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Esrange]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|DEU}} [[Mobile Rocket Base|MORABA]]
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|DEU}} MAPHEUS 14
|user = [[German Aerospace Center|DLR]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Micro-g environment|Microgravity research]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 14 March<ref name="wff-bluebook" /><ref name="wff-2021q1" /> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Black Brant (rocket)|Black Brant IX]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Poker Flat Research Range]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[NASA]]
|remarks = Solar eruptioN Integral Field Spectrograph (SNIFS).
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} SNIFS
|user = [[CU Boulder]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Integral field spectroscopy]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 29 March<ref name="wff-bluebook"/><ref name="wff-2021q1">{{cite web |url=https://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code810/files/Rocket%20Report%201st%20quarter%202021.pdf |title=Rocket Report 1st quarter 2021 |work=[[Wallops Flight Facility]] |publisher=[[NASA]] |date=19 April 2021 |access-date=15 September 2021}}</ref> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Black Brant (rocket)|Black Brant IX]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Poker Flat Research Range]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[NASA]]
|remarks = Fourth flight of the [[FOXSI Sounding Rocket]] payload.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[FOXSI Sounding Rocket|FOXSI-4]]
|user = [[University of Minnesota|UMN]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Solar X-ray astronomy]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 29 March<ref name="wff-bluebook" /> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Black Brant (rocket)|Black Brant IX]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Poker Flat Research Range]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[NASA]]
|remarks = Fourth flight of the [[High Resolution Coronal Imager]] (Hi-C).
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[High Resolution Coronal Imager|Hi-C Flare]]
|user = [[Marshall Space Flight Center]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Solar physics]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = March (TBD)<ref name="EsrangeSchedule" /> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Improved Orion]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Esrange]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|DEU}} [[German Aerospace Center|DLR]] / {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[SNSA]]
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|DEU}} {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Rexus/Bexus|REXUS-31]]
|user = [[German Aerospace Center|DLR]] / [[SNSA]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Education
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = March (TBD)<ref name="EsrangeSchedule" /> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Improved Orion]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Esrange]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|DEU}} [[German Aerospace Center|DLR]] / {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[SNSA]]
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|DEU}} {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Rexus/Bexus|REXUS-32]]
|user = [[German Aerospace Center|DLR]] / [[SNSA]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Education
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = March (TBD)<ref name="EsrangeSchedule" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://suborbitalexpress.com/ |title=SubOrbital Express – Microgravity flights – When is the next launch? |work=[[Swedish Space Corporation]] |access-date=19 March 2022}}</ref> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|BRA}} [[VSB-30]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Esrange]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Swedish Space Corporation|SSC]]
|remarks = SubOrbital Express Microgravity flight opportunity 16.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} S1X-M16
|user = [[Swedish Space Corporation|SSC]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Micro-g environment|Microgravity research]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 8 April<ref name="wff-bluebook" /> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Black Brant (rocket)#Black Brant IX|Black Brant IX]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Wallops Flight Facility]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[NASA]]
|remarks = First of three launches.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} Apophis
|user = [[Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University|ERAU]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Ionosphere|Ionospheric research]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 8 April<ref name="wff-bluebook" /> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Black Brant (rocket)#Black Brant IX|Black Brant IX]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Wallops Flight Facility]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[NASA]]
|remarks = Second of three launches.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} Apophis
|user = [[Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University|ERAU]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Ionosphere|Ionospheric research]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 8 April<ref name="wff-bluebook" /> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Black Brant (rocket)#Black Brant IX|Black Brant IX]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Wallops Flight Facility]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[NASA]]
|remarks = Last of three launches.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} Apophis
|user = [[Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University|ERAU]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Ionosphere|Ionospheric research]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = April (TBD)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/Von-der-deutschen-Nordsee-ins-All-Erste-Rakete-soll-2024-starten,rakete392.html |title=Von der deutschen Nordsee ins All: Erste Rakete soll 2024 starten |trans-title=From the German North Sea into space: The first rocket is scheduled to launch in 2024 |language=de |date=18 October 2023 |access-date=20 October 2023 |work=NDR}}</ref> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|NED}}
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER}} North Sea launch platform
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER}} [[German-Offshore Spaceport Alliance|GOSA]]
|remarks = First launch from the North Sea spaceport.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|NED}}
|user = T-MINUS Engineering
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Test flight]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 5 May<ref name="wff-bluebook" /> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Black Brant (rocket)#Black Brant IX|Black Brant IX]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[White Sands Missile Range]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[NASA]]
|remarks = Third flight of the CIBER-2 experiment.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Cosmic Infrared Background ExpeRiment|CIBER-2]]
|user = [[Rochester Institute of Technology]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Extragalactic background light|EBL]] [[anisotropy]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 2 June<ref name="wff-bluebook" /> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Black Brant (rocket)#Black Brant IX|Black Brant IX]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[White Sands Missile Range]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[NASA]]
|remarks = Off Axis Far-ultraviolet Off Rowland-circle Telescope for Imaging and Spectroscopy (OAxFORTIS).
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} OAxFORTIS
|user = [[Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Ultraviolet astronomy]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 18 June<ref name="wff-bluebook" /> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Black Brant (rocket)#Black Brant IX|Black Brant IX]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[White Sands Missile Range]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[NASA]]
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} HERSCHEL 3
|user = [[United States Naval Research Laboratory|NRL]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Technology demonstration]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 20 June<ref name="wff-bluebook" /> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Terrier-Improved Orion]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Wallops Flight Facility]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[NASA]]
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} RockOn
|user = [[Colorado Space Grant Consortium]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Education
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 24 June<ref name="wff-bluebook" /> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Terrier-Improved Malemute]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|MHL}} [[Reagan Test Site]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[NASA]]
|remarks = Sporadic E Electrodynamics (SEED). First of two launches.<ref name="wff-2021q1" />
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} SEED
|user = [[Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University|ERAU]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Sporadic E propagation|Sporadic E]] observations
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 24 June<ref name="wff-bluebook" /> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Terrier-Improved Malemute]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|MHL}} [[Reagan Test Site]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[NASA]]
|remarks = Sporadic E Electrodynamics (SEED). Second of two launches.<ref name="wff-2021q1" />
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} SEED
|user = [[Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University|ERAU]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Sporadic E propagation|Sporadic E]] observations
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = Q2 (TBD)<ref>{{cite web |last=Foust |first=Jeff |url=https://spacenews.com/virgin-galactic-to-halt-unity-suborbital-flights-by-mid-2024/ |title=Virgin Galactic to halt Unity suborbital flights by mid-2024 |date=9 November 2023 |access-date=9 November 2023 |work=Virgin Galactic}}</ref> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[SpaceShipTwo]]
|flight = Galactic 07
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Spaceport America]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Virgin Galactic]]
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Galactic 07]]
|user = [[Virgin Galactic]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Crewed spaceflight]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = Q2 (TBD)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avsef.gov.au/consultations/proposed-tras-rocket-launch-koonibba-01-april-30-may-2024 |title=Proposed TRAs for Rocket Launch at Koonibba (01 April to 30 May 2024) |date=21 December 2023 |access-date=23 December 2023 |work=Australian Government}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=https://hyimpulse.de/Press_Release/PRESS%20RELEASE%20_%20HYIMPULSE%20_NOV2023_SL.pdf |title=Suborbital Rocket Launch Site and Launch Window confirmed |date=14 November 2023 |access-date=14 November 2023 |work=HyImpulse}}</ref> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|DEU}} SR75
|flight =
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUS}} [[Koonibba Test Range]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|DEU}} [[HyImpulse]]
|remarks = Maiden flight of SR75. Expected apogee: {{cvt|200|km|mi}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|DEU}}
|user = [[HyImpulse]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Flight test]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 16 July<ref name="wff-bluebook" /> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Black Brant (rocket)#Black Brant IX|Black Brant IX]]
|flight = MaGIXS 2
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[White Sands Missile Range]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[NASA]]
|remarks = Second flight of the Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrometer (MaGIXS).
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} MaGIXS
|user = [[Marshall Space Flight Center]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Heliophysics]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = July (TBD)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://indaily.com.au/news/business/2023/07/03/briefcase-business-snippets-from-around-south-australia-41/ |title=Briefcase: Business Snippets from around South Australia |date=3 July 2023 |access-date=19 September 2023 |work=InDaily}}</ref> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Black Brant (rocket)|Black Brant]]
|flight = BOLT-1B
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUS}} [[Koonibba Test Range]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUS}} [[Southern Launch]]
|remarks = Boundary Layer Transition (BOLT) experiment.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} BOLT-1B
|user = [[Johns Hopkins University]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Laminar-turbulent transition]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 13 August<ref name="wff-bluebook" /> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Terrier-Improved Malemute]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Wallops Flight Facility]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[NASA]]
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} RockSat-X
|user = [[Colorado Space Grant Consortium]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Education
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 25 August<ref name="wff-bluebook" /> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Black Brant (rocket)|Black Brant IX]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Wallops Flight Facility]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[NASA]]
|remarks = First of three launches for the Turbulent Oxygen Mixing Experiment Plus (TOMEX-Plus).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://data.nasa.gov/dataset/TOMEX-Plus-Turbulent-Oxygen-Mixing-Experiment-Plus/c4we-9g25 |title=TOMEX Plus: Turbulent Oxygen Mixing Experiment Plus |work=[[NASA]] |date=28 January 2020 |access-date=8 September 2021 |archive-date=8 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908043622/https://data.nasa.gov/dataset/TOMEX-Plus-Turbulent-Oxygen-Mixing-Experiment-Plus/c4we-9g25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} TOMEX-Plus
|user = [[The Aerospace Corporation]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Aeronomy]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 25 August<ref name="wff-bluebook" /> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Terrier-Improved Orion]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Wallops Flight Facility]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[NASA]]
|remarks = Second of three launches for TOMEX-Plus.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} TOMEX-Plus
|user = [[The Aerospace Corporation]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Aeronomy]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 25 August<ref name="wff-bluebook" /> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Terrier-Improved Orion]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Wallops Flight Facility]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[NASA]]
|remarks = Third of three launches for TOMEX-Plus.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} TOMEX-Plus
|user = [[The Aerospace Corporation]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Aeronomy]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 26 August<ref name="wff-bluebook"/> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Black Brant (rocket)|Black Brant IX]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[White Sands Missile Range]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[NASA]]
|remarks = Beam-Spacecraft Plasma Interaction and Charging Experiment (B-SPICE).<ref>{{cite conference |last1=Miars |first1=G. |last2=Gilchrist |first2=B. E. |last3=Delzanno |first3=G. L. |last4=Leon |first4=O. |last5=Williams |first5=J. D. |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019AGUFMSA33C3163M/abstract |title=B-SPICE: The Beam-Spacecraft Plasma Interaction and Charging Experiment |conference=[[American Geophysical Union|AGU]] Fall Meeting 2019 |date=December 2019 |access-date=26 September 2021 |bibcode=2019AGUFMSA33C3163M}}</ref>
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} B-SPICE
|user = [[University of Michigan]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Spacecraft charging]] mitigation
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 27 October<ref name="wff-bluebook" /> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Black Brant (rocket)#Black Brant IX|Black Brant IX]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|NOR}} [[Andøya Space|Andøya]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[NASA]]
|remarks = First of two launches for the Vorticity Experiment (VortEx) mission, carrying [[trimethylaluminum]] (TMA) vapor trails .
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} VortEx
|user = [[Clemson University]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Vapor trail]] deployment
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 27 October<ref name="wff-bluebook" /> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Terrier-Improved Orion]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|NOR}} [[Andøya Space|Andøya]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[NASA]]
|remarks = Second of two launches for the VortEx mission, carrying payload instruments.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} VortEx
|user = [[Clemson University]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Gravity wave#Atmosphere dynamics on Earth|Gravity wave research]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = October (TBD)<ref name="EsrangeSchedule" /> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|BRA}} [[VSB-30]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Esrange]]
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|remarks =
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|d-date =
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{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 1 November<ref name="wff-bluebook" /> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Terrier-Improved Malemute]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|NOR}} [[Andøya Space|Andøya]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[NASA]]
|remarks = Investigation of CUSP Irregularities-5b.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
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|user = [[University of Oslo]]
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|d-date =
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{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 24 November<ref name="wff-bluebook" /> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Black Brant (rocket)|Black Brant XII-A]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|NOR}} [[Andøya Space|Andøya]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[NASA]]
|remarks = Rocket Experiment for Neutral Upwelling (RENU) 3.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} RENU 3
|user = [[University of New Hampshire]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Magnetosphere|Magnetospheric research]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
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{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = November (TBD)<ref name="EsrangeSchedule"/> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|BRA}} [[VSB-30]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Esrange]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|DEU}} [[Mobile Rocket Base|MORABA]]
|remarks = Third payload launch for the QUANTUS IV - MAIUS project.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.zarm.uni-bremen.de/en/research/space-technologies/space-systems/projects/quantus-iv-maius.html |title=QUANTUS IV - MAIUS |work=[[Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity|ZARM]] |date=2020 |access-date=1 October 2021}}</ref>
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|DEU}} MAIUS-3
|user = [[Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity|ZARM]]
|orbit = Suborbital
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|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 2024 (TBD)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7w0uZSlIXA |title=DORADO Sneak Preview |work=[[Equatorial Space Systems]] |date=14 February 2023 |access-date=14 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.equatorialspace.com/dorado |title=Dorado |work=[[Equatorial Space]] |date=21 September 2022 |access-date=21 September 2022 |archive-date=30 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130213215/https://www.equatorialspace.com/dorado |url-status=dead }}</ref> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|SGP}} [[Equatorial Space Systems#Dorado|Dorado]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} {{abbr|TBA|To Be Announced}}
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|SGP}} [[Equatorial Space]]
|remarks = Maiden flight of Dorado.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{abbr|TBA|To Be Announced}}
|user = [[Equatorial Space]]
|orbit = [[Suborbital]]
|function = [[Microgravity]] research
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 2024 (TBD)<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://investors.rocketlabusa.com/news/news-details/2023/Rocket-Lab-Signs-Deal-with-Leidos-to-Launch-Four-HASTE-Missions/default.aspx |title=Rocket Lab Signs Deal with Leidos to Launch Four HASTE Missions |date=12 September 2023 |access-date=12 September 2023 |work=Rocket Lab}}</ref> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Electron (rocket)|HASTE]]
|flight =
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport|MARS]] [[Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Launch Pad 0|LC-2]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Rocket Lab]]
|remarks = First of four contracted launches for Leidos.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}}
|user = [[Leidos]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Technology demonstration]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 2024 (TBD)<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-inks-new-deal-to-launch-haste-mission-from-virginia/ |title=Rocket Lab Inks New Deal to Launch HASTE Mission from Virginia |date=8 August 2023 |access-date=10 August 2023 |work=Rocket Lab}}</ref> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Electron (rocket)|HASTE]]
|flight =
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport|MARS]] [[Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Launch Pad 0|LC-2]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Rocket Lab]]
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} {{abbr|TBA|To Be Announced}}
|user = {{abbr|TBA|To Be Announced}}
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Technology demonstration]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 2024 (TBD)<ref name="nbc-20230914">{{citation |last=Beausoleil |first=Sophia |url=https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/north-texas-commercial-spaceflight-tests-rocket-engine/3337786/ |title=North Texas commercial spaceflight tests rocket engine |date=14 September 2023 |access-date=28 October 2023 |work=NBC}}</ref><ref name="precious-pl">{{cite web |url=https://preciouspayload.com/launch-schedule/ |title=Rideshare Rocket Launch Schedule |work=Precious Payload |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Exos Aerospace#SARGE|SARGE]] BLK3
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Spaceport America]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Exos Aerospace]]
|remarks = First Rapid Reusability demo launch.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}}
|user =
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Test flight]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 2024 (TBD)<ref name="nbc-20230914"/><ref name="precious-pl" /> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Exos Aerospace#SARGE|SARGE]] BLK3
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Spaceport America]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Exos Aerospace]]
|remarks = Second Rapid Reusability demo launch.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
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|user =
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Test flight]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 2024 (TBD)<ref>{{cite web |last=Andrade |first=Gabriel |url=https://gizmodo.uol.com.br/foguete-brasileiro-deve-ser-lancado-em-2024-diz-presidente-da-agencia-espacial-brasileira/ |title=Foguete brasileiro deve ser lançado em 2024, diz presidente da Agência Espacial Brasileira |trans-title=Brazilian rocket should be launched in 2024, says president of the Brazilian Space Agency |language=portuguese |date=2 December 2023 |access-date=12 December 2023 |work=Giz Brasil}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dlr.de/content/en/articles/news/2021/04/20211007_s50-rocket-motor-for-microlaunchers.html |title=Successful static firing test with DLR involvement |work=[[German Aerospace Center|DLR]] |date=7 October 2021 |access-date=19 October 2021}}</ref> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|BRA}} [[VS-50]]
|flight = V01
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|BRA}} [[Alcântara Space Center|Alcântara]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|BRA}} [[Aeronautics and Space Institute|IAE]]
|remarks = Suborbital flight for the qualification of the S50 engine for the [[VLM-1]] orbital launch vehicle.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|BRA}}
|user = [[Aeronautics and Space Institute|IAE]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Flight test]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 2024 (TBD)<ref>{{cite web |last=Richards |first=Isabella |url=https://www.spaceconnectonline.com.au/launch/5428-german-researchers-arrive-in-sa-ahead-of-koonibba-rocket-launch |title=German researchers arrive in SA ahead of Koonibba rocket launch |work=Space Connect |date=5 May 2022 |access-date=9 May 2022}}</ref> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|BRA}} [[VSB-30]]
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUS}} [[Koonibba Test Range]]
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUS}} [[Southern Launch]]
|remarks = Apogee: ~{{cvt|130|km|mi}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dlr.de/as/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-15875/25730_read-66133/ |title=ReFEx - Reusable Flight Experiment |work=[[German Aerospace Center|DLR]] |date=13 December 2021 |access-date=9 May 2022}}</ref>
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flag|icon|DEU}} ReFEx
|user = [[German Aerospace Center|DLR]]
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Technology demonstration]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 2024 (TBD)<ref>{{cite tweet |number=1533663255041740800 |author=China Spaceflight |user=CNSpaceflight |title=Citing Blue Origin's recent suborbital launch, CAS Space says in a Weibo post that their 3-min suborbital travel to 100km altitude will happen NET 2024. |date=6 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/8JN7AJg97q2Zdj3prgZwew |title=守护绿水青山，逐梦太空旅游 —— 中科宇航与欧比特签署战略合作框架协议 |trans-title=Guarding the green waters and green mountains, chasing dreams of space tourism-China Aerospace and Orbit signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement |date=13 August 2021 |access-date=13 August 2021 |work=CAS Space |language=zh}}</ref> |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|CHN}} {{abbr|TBA|To Be Announced}}
|flight =
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|CHN}} {{abbr|TBA|To Be Announced}}
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|CHN}} CAS Space
|remarks = Test flight of a reusable suborbital tourism rocket.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{abbr|TBA|To Be Announced}}
|user = {{abbr|TBA|To Be Announced}}
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = [[Test flight]]
|outcome =
|d-date =
}}
}}

|} <!-- End table of suborbital flights -->

== Deep-space rendezvous ==
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2024 in spaceflight
NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will be launched on a mission to study the Jovian moon Europa in 2024.

This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the year 2024.

Overview

Astronomy and Astrophysics

On New Year's Day, ISRO will launch their XPoSat for studying X-ray polarization. Aditya-L1 will be inserted into Sun-Earth Lagrange point 1. European Space Agency will launch their PROBA-3 satellite for solar coronagraphy.

Exploration of the Solar System

NASA also plans to launch the Europa Clipper in October, which will study the Jovian moon Europa while in orbit around Jupiter. Hera space mission will launch to Didymos asteroid to study the after effects of Double Asteroid Redirection Test. Rocket Lab will launch their EscaPADE mission to Marsthis year.

2024 is a big year for exploration of Moon. SLIM will trying landing on Moon. Peregrine, Nova-C, VIPER and Blue Ghost will launched this year to Moon. China plans to send Chang'e 6 in May, which will conduct the first lunar sample return from the far side of the Moon.[1] Pakistan will send a lunar orbiter called ICECUBE-Q along with Chang'e 6.

Japan was planning to launch the Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) spacecraft in 2024 to collect and bring back samples from one of the moons of Mars, Phobos,[2] but it was postponed to 2026.[3]

Human spaceflight

NASA plans to launch the Artemis 2 mission on the Space Launch System, sending astronauts around the Moon on a ten-day lunar flyby.

ISRO will launch their Gaganyaan uncrewed missions and SPADEX docking experiment this year. Polaris Dawn, featuring the first commercial spacewalk, is also on track to launch in firsthalf of this year.

Rocket Innovation

The maiden flight of United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur is scheduled to take place in January.

The maiden flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn is planned for 2024.[4]

Satellite technology

NISAR, the costliest satellite and biggest radar imaging satellite will be launched from India onboard GSLV Mk-II in February 2023.[5]

NASA's Dream Chaser spaceplane, developed by Sierra Space, is scheduled to have its first flight to the International Space Station in April.[6]

Orbital launches

Main articles: List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2024 and List of spaceflight launches in July–December 2024
List of orbital launches
Month Num. of successes Num. of failures Num. of partial failures
January TBD TBD TBD
February TBD TBD TBD
March TBD TBD TBD
April TBD TBD TBD
May TBD TBD TBD
June TBD TBD TBD
July TBD TBD TBD
August TBD TBD TBD
September TBD TBD TBD
October TBD TBD TBD
November TBD TBD TBD
December TBD TBD TBD
Total 0 0 0

Deep-space rendezvous

Date (UTC) Spacecraft Event Remarks
19 January SLIM Lunar landing [7]
3 February Juno 58th perijove On the day of this perijove, Juno will fly by Io. Orbital period around Jupiter reduced to 33 days.[8][9]
23 August JUICE Gravity assist at Earth and Moon
5 September BepiColombo Fourth gravity assist at Mercury
6 November Parker Solar Probe Seventh gravity assist at Venus
2 December BepiColombo Fifth gravity assist at Mercury
13 December Lucy Second gravity assist at Earth Target altitude 350 km
24 December Parker Solar Probe 22nd perihelion, closest approach to the Sun

Extravehicular activities (EVAs)

Start Date/Time Duration End Time Spacecraft Crew Remarks


Expected maiden flights

Notes

References

  1. ^ Andrew Jones [@AJ_FI] (25 April 2023). "China's Chang'e-6 sample return mission (a first ever lunar far side sample-return) is scheduled to launch in May 2024, and expected to take 53 days from launch to return module touchdown. Targeting southern area of Apollo basin (~43º S, 154º W)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Fujimoto, Masaki (11 January 2017). "JAXA's exploration of the two moons of Mars, with sample return from Phobos" (PDF). Lunar and Planetary Institute. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  3. ^ 宇宙基本計画⼯程表（令和５年度改訂） (PDF) (in Japanese). Strategic Headquarters for National Space Policy, Cabinet Office, Japan. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference sn-20231121 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Pillai, Soumya (22 December 2023). "Three launches in Q1: ISRO's upcoming missions in 2024". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  6. ^ Klotz, Irene; Reim, Garrett (25 October 2023). "ULA Sets Dec. 24 As Target Date For Vulcan's Debut". Aviation Week. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  7. ^ "小型月着陸実証機（SLIM）の月面着陸の予定について" [About the schedule for landing the Small Lunar Lander Demonstrator (SLIM) on the moon]. JAXA (in Japanese). 5 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  8. ^ Talbert, Tricia (8 January 2021). "NASA Extends Exploration for Two Planetary Science Missions". NASA. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  9. ^ "NASA's Juno Mission Expands Into the Future". NASA.gov. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Ariane 6 joint update report, 30 November 2023". ESA. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
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