2024 in spaceflight

This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the year 2024.

2024 in spaceflight
The Artemis III mission will carry Astronauts to the Lunar South Pole in 2024

In 2024, NASA's Artemis Program is expected to launch the Artemis III mission which will land Astronauts near the south pole of the Moon.[1] The first mission to land on the Moon since 1972.

China plans to launch the ZhengHe asteroid and comet probe.

Japan aims at a launch of the Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) spacecraft to collect and bring back samples from one of the moons of Mars, Phobos.[2]

The first crewed flight of Orel, Russia's replacement for the crewed Soyuz spacecraft, is scheduled for 2024.

Orbital launches
Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat)		 Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks


March

Q1 (TBD)[3][4] TBA TBA TBA
SPHEREx NASA Low Earth (SSO) Near-infrared astronomy 


June

Q2 (TBD)[5] TBA TBA TBA
SpainSAT NG 2[7] Hisdesat Geosynchronous Communications 
Mid 2024 (TBD)[8][9] Soyuz ST-B / Fregat-M or Vega Kourou ELS or ELV Arianespace
MERLIN[11] CNES / DLR Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation of atmospheric methane 
Mid 2024 (TBD)[12] Vega-C Kourou ELV Arianespace
FLEX ESA Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation 
Eighth mission of the ESA's Living Planet Programme.


September

September (TBD)[13] H3-24L Tanegashima LA-Y2 MHI
Martian Moons Exploration (MMX)[15] JAXA Areocentric Mars orbiter and Phobos lander 

October

October (TBD)[16] Ariane 6 Kourou ELA-4 Arianespace
Hera ESA Heliocentric Asteroid orbiter 
⚀ Juventas[17] ESA Heliocentric Asteroid probe 
⚀ APEX[17] ESA Heliocentric Asteroid probe 
October (TBD)[18] TBA TBA TBA
IMAP NASA Sun–Earth L1 Heliophysics 
STP Mission of Opportunity NASA Sun–Earth L1 Heliophysics or Atmospheric physics 
STP Small Satellite NASA Sun–Earth L1 Technology demonstration 
SWFO-L1 NOAA Sun–Earth L1 Space weather 
Under NASA's SMD Rideshare Initiative, three secondary spacecraft will be launched along with IMAP to the Sun–Earth L1 point: a Heliophysics Science Mission of Opportunity (SIHLA or GLIDE),[18] a Heliophysics Technology Demonstration Mission of Opportunity (SETH or Solar Cruiser),[19] and the Space Weather Follow-On L1 mission (SWFO-L1).[20]

November

13 November[21] Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat Vostochny Site 1A Roscosmos
Luna 26 Roscosmos Selenocentric Lunar orbiter 

December

Q4 (TBD)[22][23] Angara A5M Vostochny Site 1A Roscosmos
TBA Roscosmos Low Earth Flight test 
Maiden flight of the Angara A5M.
Q4 (TBD)[24] Commercial launch vehicle Cape Canaveral TBA
GOES-U[26] NASA / NOAA Geosynchronous Meteorology 
Q4 (TBD)[27] Proton-M P4 Baikonur Roscosmos
NEM-1 (SPM) Roscosmos Low Earth (ISS) ISS assembly 
Science Power Module (SPM) for the International Space Station.
Q4 (TBD)[28] Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat Vostochny Site 1S Roscosmos
Kanopus-VO №1 Roscosmos Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation 
First satellite of the Kanopus-VO system, a next-generation successor to Kanopus-V.[29]

To be determined

2024 (TBD)[30] Angara A5P Vostochny Site 1A Roscosmos
TBA Roscosmos Low Earth Flight test 
Maiden flight of the Angara A5P, a crew-rated variant of the Angara A5.
2024 (TBD)[31] Delta IV Heavy Cape Canaveral SLC-37B ULA
Orion 13 / NROL-70[33] NRO Geosynchronous Reconnaissance (SIGINT) 
2024 (TBD)[34] Epsilon Uchinoura JAXA
Small-JASMINE JAXA / NAOJ Low Earth (SSO) Astrometric observatory 
2024 (TBD)[35] GSLV Mk II Satish Dhawan SLP ISRO
Mars Orbiter Mission 2 ISRO Areocentric Mars orbiter 
2024 (TBD)[36] Irtysh Baikonur Site 45/1 Roscosmos
Orel Roscosmos Low Earth Flight test 
First crewed flight of the Orel capsule.
2024 (TBD)[37] Long March 2C Taiyuan LC-9 CASC
HaiYang 1F[38][40] CAST Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation 
2024 (TBD)[41] Long March 3B[42] Xichang CASC
ZhengHe CNSA Heliocentric Asteroid sample-return
Comet orbiter		 
2024 (TBD)[43] Long March 4B Taiyuan LC-9 CASC
CBERS 5 CASC / INPE Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation 
2024 (TBD)[43] Long March 4B Taiyuan LC-9 CASC
CBERS 6 CASC / INPE Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation 
2024 (TBD)[37] Long March 4B Taiyuan LC-9 CASC
HaiYang 2G[44][46] CAST Low Earth Earth observation 
2024 (TBD)[47] Long March 4C Taiyuan LC-9 CASC
Fengyun 3H[49] CMA Low Earth (SSO) Meteorology 
2024 (TBD)[50] Long March 5 / YZ-2 Wenchang LC-1 CASC
Chang'e 6 CNSA Selenocentric Lunar lander 
2024 (TBD)[51] Long March 5 Wenchang LC-1 CASC
Xuntian CNSA Low Earth Space telescope 
Xuntian ("Heavenly Cruiser") is a planned space telescope that will orbit close to the Chinese Space Station.
2024 (TBD)[52] Soyuz ST-B / Fregat-MT Kourou ELS Arianespace
MetOp-SG B1[54] EUMETSAT Low Earth (SSO) Meteorology 
Second of six MetOp-SG launches.[55]
2024 (TBD)[56] Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M Baikonur Roscosmos
Arktika-M №3[58] Roscosmos Molniya Earth observation 
2024 (TBD)[59] Soyuz-2.1b Vostochny Site 1S Roscosmos
Resurs-PM №2[61] Roscosmos Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation 
2024 (TBD)[62] Commercial launch vehicle Cape Canaveral TBA
WGS-11 U.S. Air Force Geosynchronous Communications 
H2 2024 (TBD)[63] TBA TBA TBA
Axiom Node Module Axiom Space Low Earth (ISS) ISS assembly / Commercial habitat 
2024 (TBD)[64][65] TBA TBA TBA
WSF-E U.S. Space Force Low Earth (SSO) Meteorology 
2024 (TBD)[66] TBA TBA TBA
EROS-C3 ImageSat Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation 
Third and final satellite for the EROS-NG constellation.[67]

Suborbital flights

Deep-space rendezvous
Date (UTC) Spacecraft Event Remarks
5 September BepiColombo Fifth gravity assist at Mercury
6 November Parker Solar Probe Seventh gravity assist at Venus
2 December BepiColombo Third gravity assist at Mercury
24 December Parker Solar Probe 22nd perihelion, closest approach to the Sun

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
Transatmospheric0000
Low Earth0000
Geosynchronous / transfer0000
Medium Earth0000
High Earth0000
Heliocentric orbit0000Including planetary transfer orbits

Notes

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