2023 in spaceflight
 SpaceX's Starship is scheduled to conduct a crewed lunar flyby in 2023 at the earliest. | |
This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the year 2023.
Overview
NASA plans to launch the Artemis 2 mission on the Space Launch System, sending astronauts around the moon on a ten day lunar flyby. SpaceX plans to conduct a crewed lunar flyby with Yusaku Maezawa using the Starship, a crewed spacecraft being developed with partial funding from Maezawa.[1] The flight, dubbed the dearMoon project, will include six to eight artists invited as passengers.
The first Indian crewed spaceflight, Gaganyaan 3, is planned for 2023.[2]
ESA plans to perform an orbital test flight of Space RIDER, an uncrewed spaceplane.[3][4]
Orbital launches
Suborbital flights
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 10 February[191][192] |  Black Brant IX
|
 Andøya
|
 NASA
| ||||
| VortEX
|
Clemson University | Suborbital | Vapor trail deployment | ||||
| First of two launches of trimethylaluminum (TMA) vapor trails for the Vorticity Experiment (VortEx) mission. | |||||||
| 10 February[191][192] | Black Brant IX
|
Andøya
|
NASA
| ||||
| VortEx
|
Clemson University | Suborbital | Vapor trail deployment | ||||
| Second of two launches of TMA vapor trails for the VortEx mission. | |||||||
| 10 February[191][192] | Terrier-Improved Orion
|
Andøya
|
NASA
| ||||
| VortEx
|
Clemson University | Suborbital | Gravity wave research | ||||
| First of two launches of payload instruments for the VortEx mission. | |||||||
| 10 February[191][192] | Terrier-Improved Orion
|
Andøya
|
NASA
| ||||
| VortEx
|
Clemson University | Suborbital | Gravity wave research | ||||
| Second of two launches of payload instruments for the VortEx mission. | |||||||
| 12 February[191][193] | Terrier Oriole
|
Poker Flat Research Range
|
NASA
| ||||
| DISSIPATION
|
Goddard Space Flight Center | Suborbital | Thermospheric research | ||||
| 1 March[191] | Black Brant IX
|
Poker Flat Research Range
|
NASA
| ||||
| GIRAFF
|
Goddard Space Flight Center | Suborbital | Auroral electrodynamics | ||||
| First of two launches for the Ground Imaging to Rocket investigation of Auroral Fast Features (GIRAFF) mission. | |||||||
| 1 March[191] | Black Brant IX
|
Poker Flat Research Range
|
NASA
| ||||
| GIRAFF
|
Goddard Space Flight Center | Suborbital | Auroral electrodynamics | ||||
| Second of two launches for the GIRAFF mission. | |||||||
| 13 March[191][194] | Terrier-Improved Malemute
|
Poker Flat Research Range
|
NASA
| ||||
| AWESOME
|
University of Alaska Fairbanks | Suborbital | Auroral science | ||||
| First of three launches for the Auroral Waves Excited by Substorm Onset Magnetic Events (AWESOME) mission. | |||||||
| 13 March[191][194] | Terrier-Improved Malemute
|
Poker Flat Research Range
|
NASA
| ||||
| AWESOME
|
University of Alaska Fairbanks | Suborbital | Auroral science | ||||
| Second of three launches for the AWESOME mission. | |||||||
| 13 March[191][194] | Black Brant XII-A
|
Poker Flat Research Range
|
NASA
| ||||
| AWESOME
|
University of Alaska Fairbanks | Suborbital | Auroral science | ||||
| Third of three launches for the AWESOME mission. | |||||||
| 15 March[191] | Black Brant IX
|
Poker Flat Research Range
|
NASA
| ||||
| OGRE
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Penn State University | Suborbital | X-ray astronomy | ||||
| Off-Plane Grating Rocket Experiment (OGRE). | |||||||
| March (TBD)[195] | Improved Orion
|
 Esrange
|
 DLR / SNSA
| ||||
| REXUS-31
|
DLR / SNSA | Suborbital | Education | ||||
| March (TBD)[195] | Improved Orion
|
Esrange
|
DLR / SNSA
| ||||
| REXUS-32
|
DLR / SNSA | Suborbital | Education | ||||
| 24 April[191] | Black Brant IX
|
White Sands Missile Range
|
NASA
| ||||
| INFUSE
|
CU Boulder | Suborbital | Ultraviolet astronomy | ||||
| Integral Field Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Experiment (INFUSE).[196] | |||||||
| April (TBD)[195] |  VSB-30
|
Esrange
|
DLR
| ||||
| MAPHEUS-13
|
DLR | Suborbital | Microgravity research | ||||
| 1 June[191] | Black Brant IX
|
Wallops Flight Facility or White Sands Missile Range
|
NASA
| ||||
| B-SPICE
|
University of Michigan | Suborbital | Spacecraft charging mitigation | ||||
| Beam-Spacecraft Plasma Interaction and Charging Experiment (B-SPICE).[197] | |||||||
| June (TBD)[195][198] | VSB-30
|
Esrange
|
SSC
| ||||
| S1X-M16
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SSC | Suborbital | Microgravity research | ||||
| SubOrbital Express Microgravity flight opportunity 16. | |||||||
| September (TBD)[195] | VSB-30
|
Esrange
|
MORABA
| ||||
| MAIUS-3
|
ZARM | Suborbital | Matter wave interferometry | ||||
| Third payload launch for the QUANTUS IV - MAIUS project.[199] | |||||||
| October (TBD)[195] | VS-30
|
Esrange
|
SSC
| ||||
| SYSTER[200]
|
KTH | Suborbital | Thermospheric research | ||||
| November (TBD)[195] | VSB-30
|
Esrange
|
MORABA
| ||||
 TEXUS-60
|
DLR / ESA | Suborbital | Microgravity research | ||||
| 1 December[191] | Black Brant IX
|
Wallops Flight Facility
|
NASA
| ||||
| MAV-FT 1
|
NASA / JPL | Suborbital | Flight test | ||||
| First of multiple Mars Ascent Vehicle Flight Tests (MAV-FT). | |||||||
| 2023 (TBA)[201] | SpaceLoft XL
|
Spaceport America
|
UP Aerospace
| ||||
| TBA
|
TBA | Suborbital | TBA | ||||
| Part of NASA's TechRise Student Challenge. | |||||||
| 2023 (TBD)[202] | VS-50
|
V01 | Alcântara
|
IAE
| |||
|
|
IAE | Suborbital | Flight test | ||||
| Suborbital flight for the qualification of the S50 engine for the VLM-1 orbital launch vehicle. | |||||||
| 2023 (TBA)[203] |  TBA
|
TBA
|
Space Transportation
| ||||
| TBA
|
TBA | Suborbital | Test flight | ||||
| Flight test of a suborbital space tourism vehicle prototype. | |||||||
Deep-space rendezvous
| Date (UTC) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 June | BepiColombo | Third gravity assist at Mercury | |
| 21 August | Parker Solar Probe | Sixth gravity assist at Venus | |
| 24 September | OSIRIS-REx | Sample return to Earth | |
| 30 December | Juno | 57th perijove | On the day of this perijove, Juno will fly by Io. Orbital period around Jupiter reduced to 35 days.[204][205] |
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
- Boreal - Venture Orbit - France [1]
- Daytona - Phantom Space, USA [2]
- Nebula-1 – Deep Blue Aerospace – China [3]
- Volans - Equatorial Space Systems - Singapore [4]
- ZERO - Interstellar Technologies - Japan [5]
Notes
- ^ Ariane 5 carries two satellites per mission; manifested payloads still need to be paired.
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