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2022 in spaceflight
The Psyche mission to the metal asteroid of the same name is planning to launch in August 2022.

This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the year 2022.

Overview

Exploration of the Solar System

NASA will continue the mission of the Juno spacecraft at Jupiter, with a fly-by of Europa planned for 29 September.[1][2]

In Mars exploration, the ESA has partnered with Roscosmos to launch the Rosalind Franklin rover using the Kazachok lander as part of ExoMars 2022.[3]

NASA plans to launch the Psyche spacecraft, an orbiter mission that will explore the origin of planetary cores by studying the metallic asteroid 16 Psyche. It will launch on a Falcon Heavy rocket along with Janus, a dual space probe that will visit two binary asteroids, (175706) 1996 FG3 and (35107) 1991 VH.

Lunar exploration

Artemis 1, the first flight of NASA's Space Launch System and the first lunar mission for Orion, is scheduled to fly no earlier than March.[4]

The United States will also launch a number of commercial lunar landers and rovers. As part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, the launch of Astrobotic Technology's Peregrine lander and Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lander is scheduled. Russia plans to resume its Luna-Glob exploration programme with the Luna 25 lander. Japan plans to launch the SLIM lunar lander. India will attempt once more to deliver a robotic lander to the lunar surface with Chandrayaan-3.

Human spaceflight

China will finish construction of the Tiangong space station with the addition of the Wentian and Mengtian lab modules.[5]

Boeing's CST-100 Starliner will conduct a second uncrewed test flight in the first half of 2022 in advance of a first crewed test flight later in 2022.[6][7]

Rocket innovation

Arianespace's Ariane 6 will make its long-delayed maiden flight,[8] targeting a per-satellite launch cost similar to a Falcon 9.[9] Blue Origin plans to launch its first orbital-class New Glenn rocket with a reusable first stage.[8] After suborbital tests in 2020 and 2021, SpaceX plans to conduct the first orbital test flight of the fully reusable Starship launch vehicle.[10] The maiden flight of Vulcan Centaur is planned for 2022.[8] The rocket is designed by United Launch Alliance to gradually replace Atlas V and Delta IV Heavy at lower costs.[11] Mitsubishi Heavy Industries's H3 launch vehicle, scheduled to enter service in early 2022, will cost less than half that of its predecessor H-IIA.[12]

Orbital and suborbital launches

Main articles: List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2022 and List of spaceflight launches in July–December 2022
List of orbital launches
Month Num. of successes Num. of failures
January TBD TBD
February TBD TBD
March TBD TBD
April TBD TBD
May TBD TBD
June TBD TBD
July TBD TBD
August TBD TBD
September TBD TBD
October TBD TBD
November TBD TBD
December TBD TBD
Total TBD TBD

Deep-space rendezvous

Date (UTC) Spacecraft Event Remarks
23 June BepiColombo Second gravity assist at Mercury
3 September Solar Orbiter Third gravity assist at Venus This will be the first fly-by of Venus that will increase Solar Orbiter's orbital inclination relative to the Sun.[13]
29 September Juno 45th perijove On the day of this perijove, Juno will fly by Europa. Orbital period around Jupiter reduced to 38 days.[1][2]
2 October Double Asteroid Redirection Test Impact at a minor planet moon Dimorphous DART will kinetically impact Dimorphos, the minor-planet moon of the 65803 Didymos binary asteroid system. It will also perform a flyby of Didymos.[14][15]
2 October LICIACube Flyby of asteroids LICIACube will flyby the 65803 Didymos binary asteroid system at a target altitude of 55 km (34 mi).
16 October Lucy First gravity assist at Earth Target altitude: 300 km (190 mi).

Extravehicular activities (EVAs)

Start Date/Time Duration End Time Spacecraft Crew Remarks

Orbital launch statistics

By country

For the purposes of this section, the yearly tally of orbital launches by country assigns each flight to the country of origin of the rocket, not to the launch services provider or the spaceport. For example, Soyuz launches by Arianespace in Kourou are counted under Russia because Soyuz-2 is a Russian rocket.

Country Launches Successes Failures Partial
failures 		Remarks

By rocket

By family

Family Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks

By type

Rocket Country Family Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks

By configuration

Rocket Country Type Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks

By spaceport

Site Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks

By orbit

Orbital regime Launches Achieved Not achieved Accidentally
achieved 		Remarks
Transatmospheric 0 0 0 0
Low Earth 0 0 0 0
Geosynchronous / transfer 0 0 0 0
Medium Earth 0 0 0 0
High Earth 0 0 0 0
Heliocentric orbit 0 0 0 0 Including planetary transfer orbits

Expected maiden flights

Notes

References

  1. ^ a b Talbert, Tricia (8 January 2021). "NASA Extends Exploration for Two Planetary Science Missions". NASA. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b "NASA's Juno Mission Expands Into the Future". NASA.gov. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  3. ^ Amos, Jonathan (12 March 2020). "ExoMars Rosalind Franklin: Rover mission delayed until 2022". BBC. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  4. ^ Foust, Jeff (20 December 2021). "Engine computer problem delays first SLS launch". SpaceNews. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  5. ^ Jones, Andrew (24 August 2021). "China's Tiangong space station". Space.com. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  6. ^ Herridge, Linda (13 December 2021). "Boeing to Move Up Service Modules for Commercial Crew Flight Tests". NASA. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  7. ^ Foust, Jeff (13 August 2021). "Starliner test flight faces months-long delay". SpaceNews. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  8. ^ a b c d Foust, Jeff (13 December 2021). "New launch vehicles face schedule pressure". SpaceNews. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  9. ^ Clark, Stephen (13 August 2016). "Ariane 6 rocket holding to schedule for 2020 maiden flight". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  10. ^ Foust, Jeff (17 November 2021). "Musk predicts first Starship orbital launch in early 2022". SpaceNews. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  11. ^ "ULA's maiden Vulcan flight delayed to 2022 due to payload readiness". 18 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  12. ^ Tomii, Tetsuo (28 June 2016). "ＪＡＸＡ、新型ロケット「Ｈ３」の基本設計−打ち上げコスト半減の５０億円". Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  13. ^ "Solar Orbiter: journey around the Sun". esa.int. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  14. ^ Northon, Karen (11 April 2019). "NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Asteroid Redirect Test". NASA. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  15. ^ Talbert, Tricia (30 June 2017). "Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission". NASA. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
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