GPS 3 SV05

June 17, 2021

 Launch Window 

4:09 PM

 Mission: 

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will the U.S. Space Force’s fifth third-generation navigation satellite for the Global Positioning System. The satellite was built by Lockheed Martin.

 Launch Location: 

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

 Rocket: 

Falcon 9

ULA STP-3

June 23, 2021

 Launch Window 

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 Mission: 

LAUNCH DATE/TIME TBD
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 551 rocket will launch the Space Test Program (STP)-3 mission for the U.S. Space Force. Liftoff will occur from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.

 Launch Location: 

SLC-41,
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

 Rocket: 

Atlas V 551

Transporter 2

June 24, 2021

 Launch Window 

4:25 AM

 Mission: 

DATE / TIME TBD
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Transporter 2 mission, a rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with numerous small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.

 Launch Location: 

SLC-40
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

 Rocket: 

SpaceX Falcon 9

TurkSat 5B

June 30, 2021

 Launch Window 

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 Mission: 

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Turksat 5B communications satellite for Turksat, a Turkish satellite operator. Built by Airbus Defense and Space with significant Turkish contributions, the Turksat 5B satellite will provide broadband services over a wide coverage area, including Turkey, the Middle East and large regions of Africa.

 Launch Location: 

Cape Canaveral, Florida

 Rocket: 

Falcon 9

USSF 44

July 1, 2021

 Launch Window 

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 Mission: 

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the USSF 44 mission for the U.S. Space Force. The mission is expected to deploy two spacecraft payloads directly into geosynchronous orbit, one of which is the military’s TETRA 1 microsatellite. Delayed from late 2020 and 2nd quarter of 2021.

 Launch Location: 

LC-39A
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

 Rocket: 

Falcon Heavy

ULA CST-100 Starliner Orbital Flight Test 2

July 30, 2021

 Launch Window 

6:53 PM

 Mission: 

LAUNCH TIME TBD
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, designated AV-082, will launch Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on second unpiloted test flight to the International Space Station. This mission was added after Boeing’s decision to refly the Starliner’s Orbital Flight Test before proceeding with the Crew Flight Test. The rocket will fly in a vehicle configuration with two solid rocket boosters and a dual-engine Centaur upper stage.

 Launch Location: 

SLC-41,
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

 Rocket: 

AtlasV

NASA's Lucy Mission

October 16, 2021

 Launch Window 

10:00 AM

 Mission: 

Time capsules from the birth of our Solar System more than 4 billion years ago, the swarms of Trojan asteroids associated with Jupiter are thought to be remnants of the primordial material that formed the outer planets. The Trojans orbit the Sun in two loose groups, with one group leading ahead of Jupiter in its path, the other trailing behind. Clustered around the two Lagrange points equidistant from the Sun and Jupiter, the Trojans are stabilized by the Sun and its largest planet in a gravitational balancing act. These primitive bodies hold vital clues to deciphering the history of the solar system, and perhaps even the origins of organic material on Earth.

Lucy will be the first space mission to study the Trojans. The mission takes its name from the fossilized human ancestor (called “Lucy” by her discoverers) whose skeleton provided unique insight into humanity's evolution. Likewise, the Lucy mission will revolutionize our knowledge of planetary origins and the formation of the solar system.

 Launch Location: 

SLC-41,
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

 Rocket: 

AtlasV