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Dragonfly is expected to reach Titan in 2036.

This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the 2030s.

Orbital launches

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2030

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Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat) 		Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
April (TBD)[1][2] Russia Angara A5M / DM-03 Russia Vostochny Site 1A Russia Roscosmos
Russia Ekspress-AT3 RSCC Geosynchronous Communications  
Russia Ekspress-AT4 RSCC Geosynchronous Communications  
November (TBD)[3] TBA TBA TBA
United States Europe Sentinel-6 NG A (Sentinel-6C) NASA / NOAA / EUMETSAT / ESA Low Earth Earth observation  
Sentinel-6 Next Generation satellite.
2030 (TBD)[1][2] Russia Angara A5 / DM-03 Russia Vostochny Site 1A Russia Roscosmos
Russia Ekspress-AMU8 RSCC Geosynchronous Communications  
2030 (TBD)[4] Russia Angara A5 Russia Vostochny Site 1A Russia Roscosmos
Russia Luna 27B Roscosmos TLI to lunar surface Lunar lander  
Fourth Luna-Glob mission, landing near the lunar north pole.
2030 (TBD)[5][6] Russia Angara A5P Russia Vostochny Site 1A Russia Roscosmos
Russia Orel Roscosmos Low Earth Crewed flight test  
2030 (TBD)[8] Russia Angara A5V Russia Vostochny Site 1A Russia Roscosmos
Russia Dummy payload Roscosmos Low Earth Flight test  
First flight of the Angara-A5V variant.[7]
NET 2030[9] Russia Angara A5 Russia TBA Russia Roscosmos
Russia TEM prototype Roscosmos Low Earth Technology demonstration  
2030 (TBD)[10] Europe Ariane 62 France Kourou ELA-4 France Arianespace
Europe NEOMIR ESA Sun–Earth L1 Near-Earth object detection
Infrared astronomy		  
Near-Earth Object Mission in the InfraRed (NEOMIR).
2030 (TBD)[12] Europe Ariane 64 France Kourou ELA-4 France Arianespace
Europe Earth Return Orbiter (ERO) ESA Areocentric Mars sample-return  
Orbiter component of the NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return. It will collect the sample return canister delivered into orbit by the Mars Ascent Vehicle and carry it back to Earth.[11]
2030 (TBD)[14] United States Falcon 9 Block 5 United States Kennedy LC-39A United States SpaceX
United States ULTRA ispace / Draper / NASA TLI to lunar surface Lunar lander  
United States Lunar Orbiting Satellite 5 ispace-U.S. Selenocentric (Polar) Lunar communications  
ispace Mission 5 (Team Draper Commercial Mission 1). Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) CP-12 mission delivering payloads to Schrödinger Basin. The Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment Lite (LuSEE-Lite), a flight spare of the FIELDS instrument on the Parker Solar Probe, will fly on this mission.[13]
2030 (TBD)[15] United States Falcon Heavy United States Kennedy LC-39A United States SpaceX
United States ISS Deorbit Vehicle NASA LEO (ISS) ISS deorbit  
Modified Cargo Dragon to deorbit the ISS after it is decommissioned.
JFY2030 (TBD)[16] Japan H3 Japan Tanegashima LA-Y2 Japan MHI
Japan IGS-Radar Diversification 2 CSICE Low Earth (SSO) Reconnaissance  
2030 (TBD)[17] South Korea KSLV-III TF1 South Korea Naro South Korea KARI
South Korea KARI Low Earth Flight test  
Maiden flight of KSLV-III.
2030 (TBD)[18] China Long March TBD China Wenchang China CASC
China WCOM CNSA TBA TBA  
2030 (TBD)[19] China Long March TBD China TBA China CASC
China Fengyun 4F CMA Geosynchronous Meteorology  
2030 (TBD)[20] China Long March 5 China Wenchang LC-1 China CASC
China Tianwen-3 lander CNSA TMI to Martian surface Mars sample-return    
China Tianwen-3 ascent vehicle CNSA TMI to Martian surface Mars sample-return    
Chinese Mars sample-return mission.
2030 (TBD)[20] China Long March 5 China Wenchang LC-1 China CASC
China Tianwen-3 orbiter CNSA Areocentric Mars sample-return    
China Tianwen-3 reentry capsule CNSA Areocentric Mars sample-return    
Chinese Mars sample-return mission.
2030 (TBD)[21] China Long March 10 China Wenchang China CASC
China Mengzhou CNSA Selenocentric Crewed lunar landing  
Delivery of the Mengzhou next-generation crewed spacecraft for China's first crewed lunar landing.
2030 (TBD)[21] China Long March 10 China Wenchang China CASC
China Lanyue CNSA Selenocentric Crewed lunar landing  
Delivery of the Lanyue lunar lander for China's first crewed lunar landing.
2030 (TBD)
[22][23] 		India LVM3 India Satish Dhawan SLP India ISRO
India Bharatiya Antariksha Station-B2 ISRO Low Earth (BAS) Space station module  
NET 2030[24] Russia Proton-M / Briz-M Kazakhstan Baikonur Russia Roscosmos
Russia Gamma-400 Roscosmos Highly elliptical Gamma-ray astronomy  
2030 (TBD)[26] Taiwan Siraya TBA Taiwan TASA
Taiwan TASA Low Earth Flight test  
Maiden flight of Taiwan's first orbital launch vehicle, Siraya (西拉雅).[25]
2030 (TBD)[27] Russia Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat-M Russia Vostochny Site 1S Russia Roscosmos
Russia Kondor-FKA №4 Ministry of Defence Low Earth Reconnaissance  
2030 (TBD)[28] Russia Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat Russia Vostochny Site 1S Russia Roscosmos
Russia Belarus RBKA №2 Roscosmos / Belarus Low Earth Earth observation  
RBKA will follow in the footsteps of BKA (Belarusian Satellite) launched along with Kanopus-V 1 and several other satellites in July 2012.
2030 (TBD)[29][30] Russia Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 31/6 Russia Roscosmos
Russia Airlock Module Roscosmos Low Earth (ISS) Space station module  
The Gateway or Airlock Module (ShM) will be a core module of the Russian Orbital Station (ROS).
2030 (TBD)[31][32] Russia Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M Russia Plesetsk Site 43 Russia RVSN RF
Russia Kosmos
(GLONASS-K2 34L (K2 №13)) 		VKS Medium Earth Navigation  
2030 (TBD)[33][32] Russia Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M Russia Plesetsk Site 43 Russia RVSN RF
Russia Kosmos
(GLONASS-K2 35L (K2 №14)) 		VKS Medium Earth Navigation  
2030 (TBD)[34][32] Russia Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M Russia Plesetsk Site 43 Russia RVSN RF
Russia Kosmos
(GLONASS-K2 36L (K2 №15)) 		VKS Medium Earth Navigation  
2030 (TBD)[35] Italy Vega-C France Kourou ELV France Arianespace
CHIME-B (Sentinel-10) ESA Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation  
Part of the European Space Agency's Copernicus Programme.
2030 (TBD)[36] Russia TBA TBA Russia Roscosmos
Russia Bion-M №3 IMBP / RAS Low Earth Biological science  
2030 (TBD)[37] United States TBA United States TBA United States TBA
United States UVEX NASA Highly elliptical Ultraviolet astronomy  
Ultraviolet Explorer (UVEX).

2031

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Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat) 		Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
June (TBD)[38] United States TBA United States TBA United States TBA
United States VERITAS NASA Cytherocentric Venus orbiter  
NASA Discovery Program mission to Venus.
November (TBD)[39][38] France Ariane 64 France Kourou ELA-4 France Arianespace
EnVision ESA Cytherocentric Venus orbiter  
2031 (TBD)[40] France Ariane 62 France Kourou ELA-4 France Arianespace
ARIEL ESA Sun–Earth L2 Exoplanetary science  
Q3 (TBD)[3][41] Europe Vega-C France Kourou ELV France Arianespace
Europe CIMR B (Sentinel-11B) ESA Low Earth (SSO) Oceanography  
Second of two satellites for the Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer (CIMR) mission. Part of the European Space Agency's Copernicus Programme.
2031 (TBD)[42][43] Russia Angara A5M / DM-03 Russia Vostochny Site 1A Russia Roscosmos
Russia Spektr-UV (WSO-UV) INASAN IGSO Ultraviolet astronomy  
2031 (TBD)[44] Europe Ariane 64 France Kourou ELA-4 France Arianespace
Europe Argonaut Mission 1 ESA Selenocentric to lunar surface Lunar lander  
First flight of Argonaut, also known as the European Large Logistics Lander (EL3).
2031 (TBD)[45] Europe Ariane 6 France Kourou ELA-4 France Arianespace
Europe Vigil ESA Sun–Earth L5 Space weather  
JFY2031 (TBD)[16] Japan Epsilon S Japan Uchinoura Japan JAXA
Japan Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-7 JAXA Low Earth Technology demonstration  
Part of JAXA's Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration Program.
JFY2031 (TBD)[46][47] Japan Epsilon S Japan Uchinoura Japan JAXA
Japan JASMINE JAXA / NAOJ Low Earth (SSO) Astrometric observatory  
JFY2031 (TBD)[16] Japan H3 Japan Tanegashima LA-Y2 Japan MHI
Japan IGS-Radar 9 CSICE Low Earth (SSO) Reconnaissance  
2031 (TBD)[48] India NGLV D1 India Satish Dhawan TLP India ISRO
India ISRO Low Earth Flight test  
Maiden flight of ISRO's Next Generation Launch Vehicle (NGLV), codenamed Soorya.
2031 (TBD)[42][49] Russia Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat Kazakhstan Baikonur Russia Roscosmos
Russia Rezonans-MKA Roscosmos Tundra Magnetospheric research  
2031–2032 (TBD)[50] United States TBA United States TBA United States TBA
United States DAVINCI NASA Cytherocentric Venus atmospheric probe  
NASA Discovery Program mission to Venus.
2031 (TBD)[12] United States Commercial launch vehicle United States Cape Canaveral or Kennedy United States TBA
United States Europe Sample Retrieval Lander NASA / ESA TMI to Martian surface Mars sample-return  
United States Mars Ascent Vehicle NASA Martian surface to TMI Mars sample-return  
Lander component of the NASA–ESA Mars sample-return mission. It will carry NASA's Mars Ascent Vehicle.
2031-32 (TBD)[51][52][53] India LVM3-SC India Satish Dhawan SLP India ISRO
India Lunar Navcom × 3 ISRO Selenocentric Communications
Navigation		  
First of Two launches carrying 3 satellites for Lunar Navcom Data Relay and Navigation satellite.
2031-32 (TBD)[51][54][53] India LVM3-SC India Satish Dhawan SLP India ISRO
India Lunar Navcom × 3 ISRO Selenocentric Communications
Navigation		  
Second of Two launches carrying 3 satellites for Lunar Navcom Data Relay and Navigation satellite.

2032

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Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat) 		Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
Q2 (TBD)[55][56] Europe Ariane 6 France Kourou ELA-4 France Arianespace
Europe MetOp-SG A2 EUMETSAT Low Earth (SSO) Meteorology  
2032 (TBD)[42] Russia Angara A5 Russia Vostochny Site 1A Russia Roscosmos
Russia Luna 29 Roscosmos Selenocentric Lunar orbiter  
Luna-Glob mission.
2032 (TBD)[48] India NGLV D2 India Satish Dhawan TLP India ISRO
India ISRO Low Earth Flight test  
2032 (TBD)[48] India NGLV D3 India Satish Dhawan TLP India ISRO
India ISRO Low Earth Flight test  
The NGLV First Stage Booster is planned to be recovered in this Mission.
JFY2032 (TBD)[16] Japan H3 Japan Tanegashima LA-Y2 Japan MHI
Japan IGS-Optical Diversification Successor CSICE Low Earth (SSO) Reconnaissance  
2032 (TBD)[57][58] Japan H3 Japan Tanegashima LA-Y2 Japan MHI
Japan LiteBIRD JAXA Sun–Earth L2 Space observatory  
2032 (TBD)
[22][59] 		India LVM3-SC India Satish Dhawan SLP India ISRO
India Bharatiya Antariksha Station-B5 ISRO Low Earth (BAS) Space station module  
2032 (TBD)[17] South Korea KSLV-III F3 South Korea Naro South Korea KARI
South Korea KLLR Lander KARI Selenocentric to lunar surface Lunar lander  
South Korea KLLR Rover KARI Selenocentric to lunar surface Lunar rover  
Launch of the first South Korean lunar lander.
2032 (TBD)[60] China Long March TBD China TBA China CASC
China Xihe-3 CNSA TBA Solar observatory  
2032 (TBD)
[61] 		Russia Angara A5M / KVTK Russia Vostochny Site 1A Russia Roscosmos
Russia Elektro-M №1-1 Roscosmos Geosynchronous Meteorology  
2032 (TBD)
[62] 		Russia Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M Russia Vostochny Site 1S Russia Roscosmos
Russia Meteor-MP №1 Roscosmos Low Earth Meteorology  
2032 (TBD)
[63] 		Russia Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat Russia Vostochny Site 1S Russia Roscosmos
Russia Ionosfera-M-OP №1 Roscosmos Low Earth (SSO) Ionospheric research  
2032 (TBD)[64] United States Starship United States TBA United States SpaceX
Japan United States Lunar Cruiser JAXA / Toyota / NASA Selenocentric to lunar surface Crewed lunar rover  
Crewed pressurized rover for Artemis 7 and later missions.
2032 (TBD)[65] United States TBA United States TBA United States TBA
United States GeoXO-1 NOAA Geosynchronous Meteorology  
2032 (TBD)[66] United States TBA United States TBA United States TBA
United States JPSS-3 NOAA Low Earth (SSO) Meteorology  
2032 (TBD) Russia Yenisei Russia Vostochny PU3 Russia Roscosmos
Russia Low Earth Flight test  
First flight of the Yenisei super heavy-lift launch vehicle.

2033

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Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat) 		Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
Q1 (TBD)[55][56] Europe Ariane 6 France Kourou ELA-4 France Arianespace
Europe MetOp-SG B2 EUMETSAT Low Earth (SSO) Meteorology  
Q3 (TBD)[3] TBA TBA TBA
Europe Sentinel-3 NG TOPO A ESA Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation  
Sentinel-3 Next Generation Topography satellite.
Q4 (TBD)[3] TBA TBA TBA
United States Europe Sentinel-6 NG B (Sentinel-6D) NASA / NOAA / EUMETSAT / ESA Low Earth Earth observation  
Sentinel-6 Next Generation satellite.
2033 (TBD)[67] Europe Ariane 6 France Kourou ELA-4 France Arianespace
Europe MTG-I3 EUMETSAT Geosynchronous Meteorology  
2033 (TBD)
[22][68] 		India LVM3-SC India Satish Dhawan SLP India ISRO
India Bharatiya Antariksha Station-B3 ISRO Low Earth (BAS) Space station module  
JFY2033 (TBD)[16] Japan H3 Japan Tanegashima LA-Y2 Japan MHI
Japan IGS-Radar 10 CSICE Low Earth (SSO) Reconnaissance  
JFY2033 (TBD)[16] Japan H3 Japan Tanegashima LA-Y2 Japan MHI
Japan IGS-Optical 11 CSICE Low Earth (SSO) Reconnaissance  
2033 (TBD)[69] China Long March 9 China Wenchang China CASC
China CNSA Low Earth Flight test  
First flight of the Long March 9 super heavy-lift launch vehicle.
2033 (TBD)[70] China Long March TBD China TBA China CASC
China Fengyun 4G CMA Geosynchronous Meteorology  
2033 (TBD)[64] United States New Glenn United States Cape Canaveral LC-36 United States Blue Origin
United States Foundational Surface Habitat NASA Selenocentric to lunar surface Lunar surface habitat  
The Foundational Surface Habitat will be the first component of the Artemis Base Camp lunar outpost.
2033-34 (TBD)[51][71][53] India LMLV India Satish Dhawan TLP India ISRO
India Chandrayaan-6 ISRO Low Earth to Selenocentric TBA  
Landing of same lander as the crewed lunar descent stage.

2034

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Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat) 		Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
2034 (TBD)[4] Russia Angara A5 / DM-03 Russia Vostochny Site 1A Russia Roscosmos
Russia Luna 28 Roscosmos Selenocentric Lunar lander
Lunar sample return		  
Luna-Glob sample return mission.
2034 (TBD)[72] China Long March TBD China Wenchang China CASC
China Tianwen-5 CNSA Heliocentric TBA  
2034 (TBD)
[22][73] 		India LVM3-SC India Satish Dhawan SLP India ISRO
India Bharatiya Antariksha Station-B4 ISRO Low Earth (BAS) Space station module  
Q3 2034[3] TBA TBA TBA
Europe Sentinel-3 NG OPT A ESA Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation  
Sentinel-3 Next Generation Optical satellite.

2035

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Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat) 		Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
H1 2035[67] Europe Ariane 6 France Kourou ELA-4 France Arianespace
Europe MTG-S2 / Sentinel-4B EUMETSAT Geosynchronous Meteorology / Earth observation  
Q3 2035[3] TBA TBA TBA
Europe Sentinel-3 NG TOPO B ESA Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation  
Sentinel-3 Next Generation Topography satellite.
2035 (TBD)[42] Russia Angara A5V[74] Russia Vostochny Site 1A Russia Roscosmos
Russia Spektr-M (Millimetron) Russian Astro Space Center Sun–Earth L2 Submillimetre / Far-IR astronomy  
2035 (TBD)[75] Europe Ariane 64[76] France Kourou ELA-4 France Arianespace
Europe Athena ESA Sun–Earth L2,
Halo orbit 		X-ray astronomy  
2035 (TBD)[77] Europe Ariane 6 France Kourou ELA-4 France Arianespace
Europe LISA-1 ESA Heliocentric Gravitational-wave observatory  
Europe LISA-2 ESA Heliocentric Gravitational-wave observatory  
Europe LISA-3 ESA Heliocentric Gravitational-wave observatory  
2035 (TBD)
[78] 		Russia Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M Russia Vostochny Site 1S Russia Roscosmos
Russia Arktika-MP №1 Roscosmos Molniya Meteorology  
2035 (TBD)[65] United States TBA United States TBA United States TBA
United States GeoXO-2 NOAA Geosynchronous Meteorology  
2035 (TBD)[65] United States TBA United States TBA United States TBA
United States GeoXO-3 NOAA Geosynchronous Meteorology  
2035 (TBD)[79] China Long March TBD China Wenchang China CASC
China Fengyun 5D CMA Geosynchronous Meteorology  
2035 (TBD)[80] China Long March TBD China Wenchang China CASC
China Fengyun 6A CMA Geosynchronous Meteorology  

2036

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Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat) 		Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
Q3 2036[3] TBA TBA TBA
Europe Sentinel-3 NG OPT B ESA Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation  
Sentinel-3 Next Generation Optical satellite.
2036 (TBD)[42] Russia Angara A5 Russia Vostochny Site 1A Russia Roscosmos
Russia Luna 30 Roscosmos Selenocentric Lunar lander
Lunar rovers		  
Luna-Glob mission.
2036 (TBD)[81] Russia Angara A5 / DM-03 Russia Vostochny Site 1A Russia Roscosmos
Russia Venera-17 orbiter Roscosmos Cytherocentric Venus orbiter  
Russia Venera-17 lander Roscosmos Cytherocentric Venus lander  
Venera-17 (Venera-D) Mission.
2036-37 (TBD)[51][82][53] India LMLV India Satish Dhawan TLP India ISRO
India Chandrayaan-7 ISRO Low Earth to Selenocentric TBA  
First of two uncrewed end-to-end lunar human landing demonstration.
2036-37 (TBD)[51][83][53] India LMLV India Satish Dhawan TLP India ISRO
India Chandrayaan-8 ISRO Low Earth to Selenocentric TBA  
Second of two uncrewed end-to-end lunar human landing demonstration.

2038

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Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat) 		Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
2038-39 (TBD)[51][84][53] India LMLV India Satish Dhawan TLP India ISRO
India Chandrayaan-H1 Crew Module ISRO Low Earth to Selenocentric TBA  
India's first crewed lunar mission, will orbit the moon and return.

2039

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Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat) 		Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
Q2 2039[55][56] Europe Ariane 6 France Kourou ELA-4 France Arianespace
Europe MetOp-SG A3 EUMETSAT Low Earth (SSO) Meteorology  

Deep-space rendezvous

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Date (UTC) Spacecraft Event Remarks
11 April 2030 Europa Clipper Jupiter orbit insertion
26 December 2030 Lucy Third gravity assist at Earth Target altitude 660 km
July 2031 Hayabusa2 Arrival at asteroid 1998 KY26[85]
11 April 2030 Europa Clipper First flyby of Europa
July 2031 JUICE Flyby of Ganymede
July 2031 JUICE Jupiter orbit insertion
July 2032 JUICE Flyby of Europa
16 July 2032 Europa Clipper & JUICE Flyby of Europa Clipper & Juice fly by Europa within 4 hours of each other.[86]
2 March 2033 Lucy Flyby of binary asteroid 617 Patroclus-Menoetius Target altitude 1000 km
December 2034 JUICE Ganymede orbit insertion Planned first orbit of a moon other than Earth's
24 January 2035 Tianwen-2 Rendezvous with 311P/PanSTARRS[87]

Expected maiden flights

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