When is the next Rocket Launch? - Rocket launch Time Table
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This page covers all the rocket launches in 2021. The dates mentioned here may change and we will update this page every time a confirmed date is announced.
Here you may know when is the next rocket launch and which vehicle is launching it
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July - Nauta
Launch Vehicle: Proton
LaunchPad: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Mission Objective: The Proton vehicle will launch the Nauta Laboratory module to the International Space Station
July - CST Starliner Uncrewed orbital Flight Test
Launch Vehicle: Atlas V
LaunchPad: SLC 41- Cape Canaveral Air force Launch Station
Mission Objective: This is the second unpiloted test by Boeing to the International Space Station
July - New Shepherd Crewed Flight
Launch Vehicle: New Shepherd
LaunchPad: Launch Site one, TEXAS
Mission Objective: This is the first crewed flight of the New Shepherd Launch Vehicle. The company's owner Jeff Bezos will be going to space in this vehicle.
August - One Web
Launch Vehicle: Soyuz
LaunchPad: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Mission Objective: Soyuz will be launching 34 One Web communication satellites
August - Pleiades Neo 4
Launch Vehicle: Vega
LaunchPad: Guiana Space Centre, Frech Guiana
Mission Objective: This is an Earth Observation Satellite by Airbus
August - CRS 23
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9
LaunchPad: LC39-A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Mission Objective: CRS 23 is the 3rd resupply mission to the International Space Station by SpaceX. This consists of Scientific experiments and food resupply
September 15 - Inspiration 4
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9
LaunchPad: LC39-A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Mission Objective: Inspiration 4 is the first all-private and civilian mission. The main focus of this mission is to raise money for St Judes Children Research Hospital
September - Tianzhou 3
Launch Vehicle: Long March 7
LaunchPad: Wenchang, China
Mission Objective: This is the first resupply mission to the Chinese Space Station.
September -STP -27RM
Launch Vehicle: Electron
LaunchPad: Launch Complex 2, Wallops Island, Virginia
Mission Objective: This is the first launch of Electron from a new launchpad.
October - MS19
Launch Vehicle: Soyuz
LaunchPad: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Mission Objective: In this mission, 4 cosmonauts will be launched to the International Space Station. This includes a Film Director and an Actress
October - Shenzhou 13
Launch Vehicle: Long March 2F
LaunchPad: Jiuquan, China
Mission Objective: 3 Chinese astronauts will be launched to the Chinese Space Station
October 16 - Lucy
Launch Vehicle: Atlas V
LaunchPad: SLC 41- Cape Canaveral Air force Launch Station
Mission Objective: Lucy is a satellite used to study trojan asteroids as well as fly to the asteroid belt
October - USSF 44
Launch Vehicle: Falcon Heavy
LaunchPad: LC39-A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Mission Objective: This is a United States Space Force mission that will send 2 satellites to the Geo-synchronous orbit
October 23 - Crew 3
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9
LaunchPad: LC39-A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Mission Objective: Crew 3 mission carries 4 astronauts to the International Space Station. The commander of this mission is Raja Chari.
October 28 - Progress 79P
Launch Vehicle: Soyuz
LaunchPad: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Mission Objective: This is a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station
October 31 - James Webb Space Telescope
Launch Vehicle: Ariane 5
LaunchPad: Guiana Space Centre, Frech Guiana
Mission Objective: This Ariane 5 rocket will send the most famous James Webb Space Telescope into Sun - Synchronous orbit at about 1.5 million km from Erath
November 17 - IXPE
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9
LaunchPad: LC39-A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Mission Objective: This is an X-ray Polarimetry Explorer. It will help us understand how X-ray is produced from objects in Space.
November 24 - DART
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9
LaunchPad: SLC4 E, Vandenburg Air Force Base, California
Mission Objective: This DART test satellite is used to demonstrate Asteroid Redirection. This is the beginning of Planetary Defense.
December 4 - CRS 24
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9
LaunchPad: LC39-A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Mission Objective: This is the 4th Cargo mission being done by SpaceX to the International Space Station
December - ISRO Demonstration Launch
Launch Vehicle: SSLV
LaunchPad: Satish Dhavan Space Center, Sriharikota, India
Mission Objective: This is just a test demonstration of India's Small Satellite Launch Vehicle to do an orbital flight.
December - Peregrine
Launch Vehicle: Vulcan Centaur
LaunchPad: SLC 41- Cape Canaveral Air force Launch Station
Mission Objective: This will be the first flight of Vulcan Centaur and it has the Peregrine Lunar Lander
December - BlackSky Global
Launch Vehicle: SSLV
LaunchPad: Satish Dhavan Space Center, Sriharikota, India
Mission Objective: The new rocket SSLV will launch the Black sky Global communication Satellite into orbit.
December - Gaganyaan 1
Launch Vehicle: GSLV Mk - III
LaunchPad: Satish Dhavan Space Center, Sriharikota, India
Mission Objective: This mission will be a test demonstration of India's Gaganyaan mission designed to make 3 astronauts live in Space for 7 days
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