List of spaceflight launches in July–September 2026

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This article lists orbital and suborbital launches during the first quarter of the year 2025.

For all other spaceflight activities, see 2026 in spaceflight. For launches during the rest of 2025, see List of spaceflight launches in January–March 2026, List of spaceflight launches in April–June 2026, and List of spaceflight launches in October–December 2026.

Orbital launches

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

July

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July (TBD)[2] Italy Vega-C France Kourou ELV France Arianespace
Switzerland ClearSpace-1 ClearSpace SA (EPFL) Low Earth Space debris removal  
ClearSpace-1 will capture and de-orbit the PROBA-1 satellite.[1]
July (TBD)[3] Russia Soyuz-2.1a Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 31/6 Russia Roscosmos
Russia Soyuz MS-29 Roscosmos Low Earth (ISS) Expedition 74/75  
July (TBD)[4] Russia Soyuz-2.1a Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 31/6 Russia Roscosmos
Russia Progress MS-34 / 95P Roscosmos Low Earth (ISS) ISS logistics  

August

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August (TBD)[6] China Long March 5 China Wenchang LC-1 China CASC
China Chang'e 7 orbiter CNSA Selenocentric Lunar orbiter  
China Chang'e 7 relay satellite CNSA Selenocentric Communications  
China Chang'e 7 lander CNSA Selenocentric to lunar surface Lunar lander  
China Chang'e 7 rover CNSA Selenocentric to lunar surface Lunar rover  
China Chang'e 7 hopper CNSA Selenocentric to lunar surface Lunar hopper  
The Rashid 2 rover was removed from this mission due to ITAR concerns. A new 6 Meter Daimeter Fairing will be used in this mission.[5]
August (TBD)[7][8] United States Falcon 9 Block 5 United States Vandenberg SLC-4E United States SpaceX
United States Transport Layer Tranche 2 × 7 SDA Low Earth Missile tracking  
First of third launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 2 (Tranche 2 Transport Layer A Mission).

September

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September (TBD)[7][8] United States Vulcan Centaur United States Vandenberg SLC-3E United States ULA
United States Transport Layer Tranche 2 × 7 SDA Low Earth Missile tracking  
Second of three launches for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 2 (T2TR-B Mission).
Q3 (TBD)[9] United States Atlas V N22 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-41 United States ULA
United States Boeing Starliner-1 (PCM-1) Boeing / NASA Low Earth (ISS) TBA  
First operational Starliner mission, as part of the Commercial Crew Program.
Q3 (TBD)[11] France Ariane 62 France Kourou ELA-4 France Arianespace
MetOp-SG B1[12] EUMETSAT Low Earth (SSO) Meteorology  
Second of six MetOp-SG launches.[10]
Q3 (TBD)[11] France Ariane 64[13] France Kourou ELA-4 France Arianespace
MTG-I2[14] EUMETSAT Geosynchronous Meteorology  

Suborbital flights

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Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat) 		Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
23 August[15] Canada Black Brant IX Marshall Islands Reagan Test Site NASA
United States Evex-2 Goddard Space Flight Center Suborbital Geospace science  
First of two launches
23 August[15] Canada Black Brant IX Marshall Islands Reagan Test Site NASA
United States Evex-2 Goddard Space Flight Center Suborbital Geospace science  
Second of two launches

Reference

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  1. ^ Werner, Debra (24 April 2024). "Major changes approved for ClearSpace-1 mission". SpaceNews. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  2. ^ Rainbow, Jason (9 May 2023). "ClearSpace books Vega C for 2026 de-orbit mission". SpaceNews. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Next year's Russian manned missions to ISS due in March, September — source". TASS. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Космодром Байконур" [Baikonur Cosmodrome]. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  5. ^ Jones, Andrew (24 March 2023). "China loses UAE as partner for Chang'e-7 lunar south pole mission". SpaceNews. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  6. ^ Jones, Andrew (19 September 2022). "UAE rover to fly on China's Chang'e-7 lunar south pole mission". SpaceNews. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  7. ^ a b Werner, Debra (6 April 2022). "War in Ukraine underscores need for missile defense upgrade". SpaceNews. Retrieved 11 April 2022. Because of that funding, we will be able to launch that Tranche One Tracking Layer starting in May of 2025.
  8. ^ a b Edwards, Jane (21 March 2022). "SDA Solicits Proposals for Tranche 1 Tracking Layer Prototyping Effort". GovCon Wire. Retrieved 11 April 2022. SDA said it expects the T1 Tracking Layer's first plane to launch no later than April 30, 2025, and the subsequent planes to follow on one-month intervals.
  9. ^ Foust, Jeff (30 July 2024). "NASA proceeding with August launch of Crew-9". SpaceNews. Retrieved 31 July 2024. Stich said that the first operational Starliner mission, called Starliner-1, is no longer scheduled to launch in February 2025 as previously planned. The Crew-10 mission will instead launch then [...] Starliner-1 has been rescheduled for August 2025, but he added that the mission will be "double booked" with Crew-11, presumably to protect for any additional delays with Starliner.
  10. ^ Henry, Caleb (11 September 2017). "Eumetsat launching two, possibly three Metop-SG satellites with Arianespace". SpaceNews. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  11. ^ a b "Planned launches". EUMETSAT. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  12. ^ Krebs, Gunter (29 April 2022). "METOP-SG-B 1, 2, 3". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  13. ^ "EUMETSAT to exploit ESA-developed launchers and flight operations software". EUMETSAT. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  14. ^ Krebs, Gunter (10 September 2022). "MTG-I 1, 2, 3, 4 (Meteosat 12, 14, 15, 17)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  15. ^ a b "NASA Sounding Rockets BlueBook" (PDF). Wallops Flight Facility. NASA. 23 November 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
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