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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

Suborbital flights

Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat) 		Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
19 January[7] Canada Black Brant IX United States White Sands Missile Range United States NASA
United States FURST Montana State University Suborbital Solar VUV astronomy  
26 January[8][9] United States SpaceShipTwo Galactic 06 United States Spaceport America United States Virgin Galactic
United States Galactic 06 Virgin Galactic Suborbital Crewed spaceflight  
January (TBD)[10] Brazil VSB-30 Sweden Esrange Germany MORABA
Germany Europe TEXUS-59 DLR / ESA Suborbital Microgravity research  
January (TBD)[10] Brazil VSB-30 Sweden Esrange Germany MORABA
Germany Europe TEXUS-60 DLR / ESA Suborbital Microgravity research  
February (TBD)[10][11] Brazil VSB-30 MAPHEUS 14 Sweden Esrange Germany MORABA
Germany MAPHEUS 14 DLR Suborbital Microgravity research  
14 March[7][12] Canada Black Brant IX United States Poker Flat Research Range United States NASA
United States SNIFS CU Boulder Suborbital Integral field spectroscopy  
Solar eruptioN Integral Field Spectrograph (SNIFS).
29 March[7][12] Canada Black Brant IX United States Poker Flat Research Range United States NASA
United States FOXSI-4 UMN Suborbital Solar X-ray astronomy  
Fourth flight of the FOXSI Sounding Rocket payload.
29 March[7] Canada Black Brant IX United States Poker Flat Research Range United States NASA
United States Hi-C Flare Marshall Space Flight Center Suborbital Solar physics  
Fourth flight of the High Resolution Coronal Imager (Hi-C).
March (TBD)[10] United States Improved Orion Sweden Esrange Germany DLR / Sweden SNSA
Germany Sweden REXUS-31 DLR / SNSA Suborbital Education  
March (TBD)[10] United States Improved Orion Sweden Esrange Germany DLR / Sweden SNSA
Germany Sweden REXUS-32 DLR / SNSA Suborbital Education  
March (TBD)[10][13] Brazil VSB-30 Sweden Esrange Sweden SSC
Sweden S1X-M16 SSC Suborbital Microgravity research  
SubOrbital Express Microgravity flight opportunity 16.
8 April[7] Canada Black Brant IX United States Wallops Flight Facility United States NASA
United States Apophis ERAU Suborbital Ionospheric research  
First of three launches.
8 April[7] Canada Black Brant IX United States Wallops Flight Facility United States NASA
United States Apophis ERAU Suborbital Ionospheric research  
Second of three launches.
8 April[7] Canada Black Brant IX United States Wallops Flight Facility United States NASA
United States Apophis ERAU Suborbital Ionospheric research  
Last of three launches.
April (TBD)[14] Netherlands Germany North Sea launch platform Germany GOSA
Netherlands T-MINUS Engineering Suborbital Test flight  
First launch from the North Sea spaceport.
5 May[7] Canada Black Brant IX United States White Sands Missile Range United States NASA
United States CIBER-2 Rochester Institute of Technology Suborbital EBL anisotropy  
Third flight of the CIBER-2 experiment.
2 June[7] Canada Black Brant IX United States White Sands Missile Range United States NASA
United States OAxFORTIS Johns Hopkins Suborbital Ultraviolet astronomy  
Off Axis Far-ultraviolet Off Rowland-circle Telescope for Imaging and Spectroscopy (OAxFORTIS).
18 June[7] Canada Black Brant IX United States White Sands Missile Range United States NASA
United States HERSCHEL 3 NRL Suborbital Technology demonstration  
20 June[7] United States Terrier-Improved Orion United States Wallops Flight Facility United States NASA
United States RockOn Colorado Space Grant Consortium Suborbital Education  
24 June[7] United States Terrier-Improved Malemute Marshall Islands Reagan Test Site United States NASA
United States SEED ERAU Suborbital Sporadic E observations  
Sporadic E Electrodynamics (SEED). First of two launches.[12]
24 June[7] United States Terrier-Improved Malemute Marshall Islands Reagan Test Site United States NASA
United States SEED ERAU Suborbital Sporadic E observations  
Sporadic E Electrodynamics (SEED). Second of two launches.[12]
Q2 (TBD)[15] United States SpaceShipTwo Galactic 07 United States Spaceport America United States Virgin Galactic
United States Galactic 07 Virgin Galactic Suborbital Crewed spaceflight  
Q2 (TBD)[16][17] Germany SR75 Australia Koonibba Test Range Germany HyImpulse
Germany HyImpulse Suborbital Flight test  
Maiden flight of SR75. Expected apogee: 200 km (120 mi).
16 July[7] Canada Black Brant IX MaGIXS 2 United States White Sands Missile Range United States NASA
United States MaGIXS Marshall Space Flight Center Suborbital Heliophysics  
Second flight of the Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrometer (MaGIXS).
July (TBD)[18] Canada Black Brant BOLT-1B Australia Koonibba Test Range Australia Southern Launch
United States BOLT-1B Johns Hopkins University Suborbital Laminar-turbulent transition  
Boundary Layer Transition (BOLT) experiment.
13 August[7] United States Terrier-Improved Malemute United States Wallops Flight Facility United States NASA
United States RockSat-X Colorado Space Grant Consortium Suborbital Education  
25 August[7] Canada Black Brant IX United States Wallops Flight Facility United States NASA
United States TOMEX-Plus The Aerospace Corporation Suborbital Aeronomy  
First of three launches for the Turbulent Oxygen Mixing Experiment Plus (TOMEX-Plus).[19]
25 August[7] United States Terrier-Improved Orion United States Wallops Flight Facility United States NASA
United States TOMEX-Plus The Aerospace Corporation Suborbital Aeronomy  
Second of three launches for TOMEX-Plus.
25 August[7] United States Terrier-Improved Orion United States Wallops Flight Facility United States NASA
United States TOMEX-Plus The Aerospace Corporation Suborbital Aeronomy  
Third of three launches for TOMEX-Plus.
26 August[7] Canada Black Brant IX United States White Sands Missile Range United States NASA
United States B-SPICE University of Michigan Suborbital Spacecraft charging mitigation  
Beam-Spacecraft Plasma Interaction and Charging Experiment (B-SPICE).[20]
27 October[7] Canada Black Brant IX Norway Andøya United States NASA
United States VortEx Clemson University Suborbital Vapor trail deployment  
First of two launches for the Vorticity Experiment (VortEx) mission, carrying trimethylaluminum (TMA) vapor trails .
27 October[7] United States Terrier-Improved Orion Norway Andøya United States NASA
United States VortEx Clemson University Suborbital Gravity wave research  
Second of two launches for the VortEx mission, carrying payload instruments.
October (TBD)[10] Brazil VSB-30 Sweden Esrange Germany MORABA
Germany MAPHEUS-15 DLR Suborbital Microgravity research  
1 November[7] United States Terrier-Improved Malemute Norway Andøya United States NASA
Norway ICI-5b University of Oslo Suborbital Plasma turbulence  
Investigation of CUSP Irregularities-5b.
24 November[7] Canada Black Brant XII-A Norway Andøya United States NASA
United States RENU 3 University of New Hampshire Suborbital Magnetospheric research  
Rocket Experiment for Neutral Upwelling (RENU) 3.
November (TBD)[10] Brazil VSB-30 Sweden Esrange Germany MORABA
Germany MAIUS-3 ZARM Suborbital Matter wave interferometry  
Third payload launch for the QUANTUS IV - MAIUS project.[21]
2024 (TBD)[22][23] Singapore Dorado United States TBA Singapore Equatorial Space
TBA Equatorial Space Suborbital Microgravity research  
Maiden flight of Dorado.
2024 (TBD)[24] United States HASTE United States MARS LC-2 United States Rocket Lab
United States Leidos Suborbital Technology demonstration  
First of four contracted launches for Leidos.
2024 (TBD)[25] United States HASTE United States MARS LC-2 United States Rocket Lab
United States TBA TBA Suborbital Technology demonstration  
2024 (TBD)[26][27] United States SARGE BLK3 United States Spaceport America United States Exos Aerospace
United States Suborbital Test flight  
First Rapid Reusability demo launch.
2024 (TBD)[26][27] United States SARGE BLK3 United States Spaceport America United States Exos Aerospace
United States Suborbital Test flight  
Second Rapid Reusability demo launch.
2024 (TBD)[28][29] Brazil VS-50 V01 Brazil Alcântara Brazil IAE
Brazil IAE Suborbital Flight test  
Suborbital flight for the qualification of the S50 engine for the VLM-1 orbital launch vehicle.
2024 (TBD)[31] Brazil VSB-30 Australia Koonibba Test Range Australia Southern Launch
Germany ReFEx DLR Suborbital Technology demonstration  
Apogee: ~130 km (81 mi).[30]
2024 (TBD)[32][33] China TBA China TBA China CAS Space
TBA TBA Suborbital Test flight  
Test flight of a reusable suborbital tourism rocket.

Deep-space rendezvous

Date (UTC) Spacecraft Event Remarks
19 January SLIM Lunar landing [34]
3 February Juno 58th perijove On the day of this perijove, Juno will fly by Io. Orbital period around Jupiter reduced to 33 days.[35][36]
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

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