2022 Rocket Launch Schedule Should Be More Eventful Than Ever: See Updated Stats

18th Oct 2021

When it comes to the rocket launch schedule, 2022 promises to be even more eventful than the outgoing year. Hundreds of new events await in the rocket launch calendar, including missions to the Moon, Mars, and Jupiter and an increase in suborbital tourist flights from Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic. In addition, new providers should emerge in the small payload delivery market – Orbex and Skyrora in the UK, Australian Gilmour Space Technologies, German ISAR Aerospace, and Rocket Factory Augsburg.

As part of the spaceflight calendar for 2022, ESA will launch the updated Vega-C and Ariane-6, and the United Launch Alliance will launch the Vulcan Centaur to gradually replace the Atlas V and Delta IV Heavy. More events in the rocket launch calendar include China completing construction of the China Space Station (CSS) and Boeing conducting its first Crewed test Flight with the CST-100 Starliner.

Already in January, as part of the Artemis lunar mission, NASA plans the first flight of the Orion spacecraft and several commercial lunar vehicles and rovers under the Commercial Lunar Payload Service program. Russia wants to resume its lunar exploration program with the Luna 25 lander. Japan will launch the Lunar Lander SLIM, and India will again attempt to bring a robotic lander to the lunar surface, adding to the rocket launch calendar of 2022.

SpaceX Starlink and OneWeb will continue to actively deploy their global Internet satellite constellations, and the UK will open the first spaceports on its territory.

In its turn, Orbital Today will keep monitoring all events in the 2022 spaceflight calendar and will inform you about them, as always.

Below, you can see the table of all past and upcoming 2022 rocket launch schedules, and we will regularly update it. So, bookmark this article to stay up to date on the latest events.

Rocket launches accomplished in January

Date and time (UTC)	LSP/ Rocket	Payload	Function	Operator/ Country	Orbit	Launch Site	Status
06.01 21.49	SpaceX/ Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink Group 4-5 49 satellites	Communication	Space X USA	LEO	Kennedy LC-39A	In orbit
13.01. 15.25	SpaceX/ Falcon 9 Block 5	Dedicated 110 SmallSats Rideshare designated Transporter-3	Communication Earth Observation IoT SIGINT Tech Demo Amateur Radio Education UHD streaming AIS Tracking Wildfire Monitoring	Total 35 Operators/ USA GB Canada Italy Germany Israel Poland Switzerland Brazil Nepal Sweden Spain Ukraine Argentina Turkey Holland Czech South Africa Norway Taiwan	SSO	Cape Canaveral SLC-40	In orbit
13.01 22.51	Virgin Orbit/ Launcher One Mission “Above the clouds”	ADLER-1	Space debris measurement	Austrian SpaceForum	LEO	Cosmic Girl, Mojave	In orbit
		GEARRS-3	Tech Demo	US AirForce Research Centre
		PAN-A, B	Tech Demo	Cornell University, USA
		SteamSat-2	Tech Demo	SteamJet Space Systems, UK
		TechEdSat-13	Tech Demo	Ames Research Center, USA
		STORK-3	Earth Observation	Sat Revolution, Poland
17.01 02.35	CASC/ Long March 2D	Shiyan-13	Tech Demo	Chinese Academy of Science	SSO	Taiyuan LC-9	In orbit
19.01 02.02	SpaceX/ Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink Group 4-6 49 satellites	Communications	Space X USA	LEO	Kennedy LC-39A	In orbit
21.01 19.00	ULA Atlas V First and only flight of the 511 configuration for Atlas V	GSSAP-5 GSSAP-6	Space surveillance	US Space Force	GSO	Cape Canaveral SLC-41	In orbit
25.01 23.44	CASC/ Long March 4C	Ludi Tance-1 01A (L-SAR 01A)	Earth Observation	Ministry of Natural Resources, China	SSO	Jiuquan SLS-2	In orbit
31.01 23.11	SpaceX/ Falcon 9 Block 5	CSG-2 Second COSMO-SkyMed 2nd Generation satellite.	Earth Observation	Italian Space Agency	SSO	Cape Canaveral SLC-40	In orbit

Rockets launched in February

Date and time (UTC)	LSP/ Rocket	Payload	Function	Operator/ Country	Orbit	Launch Site	Status
02.02 20.47	SpaceX/ Falcon 9 Block 5	NROL-87	Reconnaissance	National Reconnaissance Office, USA	SSO	Vandenberg SLC-4E	In orbit
03.03. 18.13	SpaceX/ Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink Group 4-7 49 satellites	Communication	Space X,USA	LEO	Kennedy LC-39A	In orbit
03.03. 18.13	A geomagnetic storm on 4 February 2022 significantly increased atmospheric drag at the deployment altitude of these satellites, resulting in 38 of them reentering the atmosphere over the following eight days.
05.02 07.00	VKS Soyuz-2.1a/ Fregat	Neitron No. 1	Reconnaissance	Ministry of Defense, Russia	LEO	Plesetsk Site 43/4	In orbit
10.02 18:09	Arianespace Soyuz ST-B / Fregat-MT	One Web х34	Communications	One Web, UK	LEO	Kourou ELS	In orbit
10.02 20.00	Astra Space/ Rocket 3 First launch by Astra from Cape Canaveral. The ELaNa 41 mission, consisting of four CubeSats, will launch on this flight.	BAMA-1	Tech Demo	University of Alabama	LEO	Cape Canaveral SLC-46	Launch failure An anomaly occurred around second stage ignition
		INCA	Research	Mexico State University
		QubeSat	Quantum gyroscope	University of California, Berkeley
		R5-S1	Tech Demo	Johnson Space Center, NASA
14.02 00.29	ISRO/PSLV-XL	EOS-04 (RISAT-1A) INSPIRESat-1	Earth Observation Ionospheric Research	ISRO, India National Central University, Taiwan	SSO	Satish Dhawan FLP	In orbit
15.02 04.25	Roscosmos Soyuz 2.1a Supply mission to ISS	Progress MS-19	ISS logistics	Roscosmos	ISS/LEO	Baikonur Site 31/6	In Orbit
15.02 04.25	Roscosmos Soyuz 2.1a Supply mission to ISS	Tanyusha-YuZGU-55 (RadioSkaf) × 6	Tech Demo	Kursk State University, Russia	ISS/LEO	Baikonur Site 31/6	In Orbit
19.02 17.39	Northrop Grumman Antares 230+ Supply mission to ISS The ELaNa 44 mission, consisting of one CubeSa	Cygnus NG-17 and tech demo satellites	ISS logistics/tech demo	NASA	ISS/LEO	Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), Wallops USA	In orbit
21.02 14.44	SpaceX/Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink Group 4-8 49 satellites	Communications	Space X, USA	LEO	Vandenberg SLC 4E	In Orbit
26.02 23.44	CASC Long March 4C	Ludi Tance-1 01B (L-SAR 01B)	Earth Observation	Ministry of Natural Resources, China	SSO	Jiuquan SLS-2	In Orbit
27.02 03.06	CASC Long March 8	Second Long March Express commercial rideshare mission, carrying 22 satellites	Earth Observation Tech Demo Astronomy IoT	8 companies and organizations of China	SSO	Wenchang LC-2	In Orbit
28.02 20.37	Rocket Lab/Electron The Owl’s Night Continues	StriX-β	Earth Observation	Synspective	SSO	Mahia LC-1B	In Orbit
	First of three dedicated launches for Synspective’s StriX constellation. First launch from Pad B at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia

Rocket launches in March (fact)

Date and time (UTC)	LSP/ Rocket	Payload	Function	Operator/ Country	Orbit	Launch Site	Status
01.03 21:38	ULA Atlas V 541	GOES T	Meteorology	NOAA/NASA	GSO	Cape Canaveral	In Orbit
03.03 14:25	SpaceX/ Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink Group 4-9 47 satellites	Communications	Space X, USA	LEO	Kennedy SC LC 39A	In Orbit
05.03 06:01	CASC/ Long March 2C	7 satellites Rideshare mission	5G communications Earth Observation	Galaxy Space, SpaceWish	LEO	Xichang LC-3	In Orbit
08.03 05:06	IRGC/Qased	Noor-2 Iranian military sat	Reconnaissance	IRGC	LEO	Shahrud Missile Test Site	In Orbit
09.03 13:45	SpaceX/ Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink Group 4-10 48 satellites	Communications	Space X, USA	LEO	Cape Canaveral SLC-40	In Orbit
15.03 16:22	Astra Space/ Rocket 3.3	The mission for Spaceflight, Inc	Tech Demo, Communications	NearSpace Launch, Portland State Aerospace Society, Swarm Technologies	SSO	Kodiak LP-3B	In Orbit
17.03 07:09	CASC/ Long March 4C	Yaogan 34-02	Reconnaissance	Chinese Academy of Science	LEO	Jiuquan SLS-2	In Orbit
18.03 15:55	Roscosmos/ Soyuz-2.1a	Soyuz MS-21	Expedition 66/67	Roscosmos	ISS	Baikonur Site 31/6	In Orbit
19.03 04:42	SpaceX/ Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink Group 4-12 53 satellites	Communications	Space X, USA	LEO	Cape Canaveral SLC-40	In Orbit
22.03 12:48	RVSN RF/ Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat	Meridian M10	Communications	Ministry of Defense	Molniya	Plesetsk Site 43/4	In Orbit
29.03 09:50	CASC/Long March 6A	Pujiang-2 Tiankun-2	Earth Observation Tech Demo	CASC, CASIC	SSO	Taiyuan LC-9A	In Orbit
30.03 02:29	CASC/Long March 11	Tianping 2A, 2B, 2C	Radar Calibration Atmospheric Research	CASIC	SSO	Jiuquan	In Orbit
31.03 13.57	Blue Origin/ New Shepard	NS 20	Space Tourism Crewed spaceflight	Blue Origin	Suborbit 107 km	Corn Ranch	Success

Rocket launches in April (fact)

Date and time (UTC)	LSP/ Rocket	Payload	Function	Operator/ Country	Orbit	Launch Site	Status
01.04 16:24	Space Х/ Falcon 9	Transporter 4 Dedicated 39 SmallSats Rideshare mission	Navigation, Communications, IoT, Tech Demo, Earth Observation, SIGINT, Ionospheric research, Amateur Radio	USA, India, Germany, Italy, Chile, Brazil, Norway, France, Czech, Argentina, Luxembourg	SSO	Cape Canaveral SLC-40	In Orbit
02.04 12:41	Rocket Lab/Electron	Black Sky 16, 17	Earth Observation,	BlackSky, USA	LEO	Mahia LC 1A	In Orbit
06.04 23.47	CASC/Long March 4C	SAR Gaofen 3-03	Earth Observation	Ministry of Natural Resources, China	SSO	Jiuquan SLC – 2	In Orbit
07.04 11.20	RVSN RF/ Soyuz-2.1b	Lotos-S1 №5	SIGINT	Ministry of Defense	SSO	Plesetsk Site 43/4	In Orbit
08.04 15.17	SpaceX/ Falcon 9 Block 5	Axiom Mission 1 Crew Dragon	Private Spaceflight	Axiom Space	ISS	Kennedy LC-39A	Success
15.04 12.00	CASC/ Long March 3B/E	ChinaSat 6D	Communications	China Satcom	GSO	Xichang LC-2	In Orbit
15.04 18.16	CASC/Long March 4C	Daqi-1	Environmental Monitoring	Ministry of Ecology and Environment	SSO	Taiyuan LC-9	In Orbit
17.04 13.13	SpaceX/ Falcon 9	Intruder 13A, 13B	SIGINT	NRO, USA	LEO	Vandenberg SLC-4E	In Orbit
21.04 17.51	Space X Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink Group 4-14 х 53	Communications	Space X	LEO	Cape Canaveral SLC-40	In Orbit
27.04 07.52	SpaceX/ Falcon 9 Block 5	Space X Crew-4 Crew Dragon	Expedition 67	Space X, NASA	ISS	Kennedy LC-39A	Success
29.04 04.11	CASC/ Long March 2C	SuperView Neo 1-01, 1-02	Earth Observation	China Siwei	LEO	Jiuquan SLS-2	In Orbit
29.04 19.55	RVSN RF/ Angara 1.2	MKA-R	Reconnaissance	VKF	SSO	Plesetsk Site 35/1	In Orbit
29.04 21.27	SpaceX/ Falcon 9 Block 5	Group 4-16 Starlink × 53	Communications	Space X, USA	LEO	Cape Canaveral SLC-40	In Orbit
30.04 03.30	CASC/Long March 11H	Gaofen 03D х 4 Gaofen 04A х1	Earth Observation	Chang Guang Satellite Technology	SSO	Tai Rui Launch Platform, East China Sea	In Orbit

Completed rocket launches in May 2022

Date and time (UTC)	LSP/ Rocket	Payload	Function	Operator/ Country	Orbit	Launch Site	Status
02.05 22.49	Rocket Lab/Electron First mid-air helicopter capture attempt of an Electron first stage following launch.	Rideshare mission х 34 SmallSats	SIGINT, Communication, Earth Observation, Tech Demo, Amateur Radio	Alba Orbital, Astrix Astronautics, Aurora Propulsion Technologies,E-Space, Unseenlabs, Swarm Technologies	SSO	Mahia LC 1A	Success
05.05 02.38	CASC/Long March 2D	Jilin-1 Kuanfu-01C Jilin-1 Gaofen-03D × 7	Earth observation	Chang Guang Satellite Technology	SSO	Taiyuan LC-9	Success
06.05 09.42	SpaceX/ Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink Group 4-17 х 53	Communications	Space X, USA	LEO	Kennedy LC-39A	Success
09.05 17.57	CASC Long March 7	Tianzhou 4 Third Cargo flight mission to the Tiangong space station	Space logistics	China Manned Space Agency	TSS	Wenchang LC-2	Success
13.05 07.09	I-Space Hyperbola	Jilin-1 Mofang-01A	Earth Observation	Chang Guang Satellite Technology	SSO	Jiuquan SLC 95	Launch failure
13.05 22.07	SpaceX/ Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink Group 4-13 х 53	Communications	Space X, USA	LEO	Vandenberg SLC-4E	Success
14.05 20.40	SpaceX/ Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink Group 4-15 х 53	Communications	Space X, USA	LEO	Canaveral SLC-40	Success
18.05 10.59	SpaceX/ Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink Group 4-18 х 53	Communications	Space X, USA	LEO	Kennedy LC-39	Success
19.05 08.03	RVSN RF Soyuz-2.1a	Bars-M 3L (Kosmos-2556)	Reconnaissance	VKS	SSO	Plesetsk Site 43/4	Success
19.05 22.54	ULA/ATLAS V	Boe-OFT 2 Boeing Orbital Flight Test 2 of Starliner	Flight test / ISS logistics	Boeing, NASA	ISS	Canaveral SLC-41	Success
20.05 10.30	CASC/ Long March 2C / YZ-1S	LEO Test Sat 1, 2 Digui Tongxin Weixing	Communications	Chang Guang Satellite Technology, DFH Satellite	LEO	Jiuquan SLS-2	Success
25.05 18.35	Space Х/ Falcon 9	Transporter 5 Dedicated 60+ SmallSats Rideshare mission	Education, Satellite as a Service, IoT, Tech Demo, Earth Observation, Navigation, Amateur Radio	USA, Spain, Germany, Poland, Canada, Bulgaria, Italy, Finland, Denmark, Albania, Australia, Norway, Czech, Argentina, Luxembourg	SSO	Cape Canaveral SLC-40	Success

Rocket launch scheduled for June 2022 (Completed)

Date and time (UTC)	LSP/ Rocket	Payload	Function	Operator/ Country	Orbit	Launch Site	Status
02.06 04:00	CASC/ Long March 2C	Jili Xingzuo-1 × 9	Communications	Geely	LEO	Xichang LC-3	In Orbit
03.06 09:32	Roscosmos/ Soyuz 2.1a	Progress MS-20 / 81P, RadioSkaf) × 2, Tsiolkovsky-Ryazan × 2	ISS Logistic Tech Demo Amateur Radio	Roscosmos South-West State University RSREU	ISS	Site 31/6, Baikonur	Success
04.06 13.25	Blue Origin New Shepard	Suborbital flight NS-21	Tourism	Blue Origin	Sub orbit	Launch Site One, West Texas	Success
05.06 02:44	CASC/ Long March 2F	Shenzhou 14, Third crewed flight to the Tiangong space station	Crewed spaceflight	CMSA	TSS	Jiuquan SLS-1	Success
08.06 21.04	Space Х Falcon 9 Block 5	Nilesat-301	Communications	Nilesat	GTO	Canaveral SLC-40	In Orbit
12.06 17:43	Astra Space/ Rocket 3.3	TROPICS -1 х2	Earth Observation	NASA	LEO	Cape Canaveral SLC-46	Failure
17.06 17:09	SpaceX/ Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink Group 4-19 х 53	Communications	Space X, USA	LEO	Kennedy LC-39	In Orbit
18.06 14:20	Space Х Falcon 9 Block 5	SARah 1	Reconnaissance	Bundeswehr	SSO	Vandenberg SLC-4E	In Orbit
19.06 04:27	Space Х Falcon 9 Block 5	Globalstar FM15	Communications	Globalstar	LEO	Canaveral SLC-40	In Orbit
21.06 07:00	KARI/ Nuri (KSLV-II)	Dummy payload Four CubeSats	Mass Simulator Flight Test Tech Demo	Korean Aerospace Research Institute Universities of South Korea	SSO	Naro LC-2	In Orbit
22.06 02:08	ExPace/ Kuaizhou 1A	Tianxing-1	Space environment observation	CAS	SSO	Jiuquan LA-4	In Orbit
23.06 02:22	CASC/Long March 2D	Yaogan 35 х 3	Reconnaissance	CAS	LEO	Xichang LC-3	In Orbit
27.06 15:46	CASC/Long March 4С	Gaofen-12 03	Earth observation	CSNA	SSO	Jiuquan SLS-2	In Orbit
28.06 09:56	Rocket Lab Electron	Capstone Photon	Tech Demo Space Tug Lunar flyby	NASA Rocket Lab	Lunar TLI	Mahia LC-1B	In Orbit
29.06 21:04	Space Х Falcon 9 Block 5	SES-22	Communications	SES S.A.	GSO	Canaveral SLC-40	In Orbit
30.06 12:32	ISRO/ PSLV-CA	DS-EO NeuSAR Scoob-1	Earth observation Earth observation Education	Agencies of Singapore	LEO	Satish Dhawan SLP	In Orbit

Rocket Launch Schedule for July 2022

Date and time (UTC)	LSP/ Rocket	Payload	Function	Operator/ Country	Orbit	Launch Site	Status
01.07 23:15	ULA/ Atlas 5	USSF-12 WFOV	Tech Demo Early Warning	Space Test Programme US Space Force	GSO	Canaveral SLC-41	In Orbit
02.07 06:53	Virgin Orbit LauncherOne	STP-S28A mission – 7 satellites. The ELaNa 39 mission – two CubeSats	Tech Demo Earth Observation	Dept of National Defense, Langley Research Center, University of Colorado, SMDC, LANL, AFRL	LEO	Cosmic Girl, Mojave	In Orbit
07.07 09:18	RVSN RF/ Soyuz-2.1b/ Fregat	GLONASS-K 16L (K1 No. 4)	Navigation	Russian Aerospace Forces(VKS)	MEO	Plesetsk Site 43/4	In Orbit
07.07 13:11	SpaceX/ Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink Group 4-21 х 53	Communications	Space X, USA	LEO	Canaveral SLC-40	In Orbit
11.07 13:11	SpaceX/ Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink Group 3-1 х 53 First dedicated mission deploying Starlink to SSO	Communications	Space X, USA	SSO	Vandenberg SLC-4E
12.07 05:00	Rocket Lab Electron	RASR -3 NROL-162 mission	Reconnaissance	NRO	LEO	Mahia LC-1A
13.07 11:13	Arianespace/ Vega-C First flight	Rideshare mission х 7 cubesats	Tech Demo Space Farming Laser Ranging Geodesy	ASI, Universities of Italy, France, Slovenia	MEO LEO	Kourou ELV
15.07 00:45	SpaceX/ Falcon 9 Block 5	SpaceX CRS-25 The ELaNa 45 mission, consisting of five CubeSats	ISS Logistic Tech demo, Education	NASA Educational organizations of USA, Australia, Moldova	LEO	Kennedy LC-39A
17.07 TBD	Firefly Aerospace/ Alpha Rocket	Second orbital launch attempt, carrying 8 educational payloads.	Amateur Radio Tech Demo	Stanford University, Cal Poly, AMSAT,Libre Space Foundation	LEO	Vandenberg SLC-2W
22.07 TBD	Rocket Lab Electron	RASR -4 NROL-199 mission	Reconnaissance	NRO	LEO	Mahia LC-1A
July TBD	Rocket Lab Electron Curie	ACS3	Tech Demo	NASA	LEO	Mahia LC-1A
July TBD	CASC/ Long March 5B	Wentian (the first Laboratory Cabin Module of the TSS	Space station assembly	CMSA	TSS	Wenchang LC-1
July TBD	Galactic Energy/ Ceres 1	Taijing-1 01, 02 Fangzhou-2F	Earth Observation Tech Demo	MinoSpace Space Ark	SSO	Jiuquan
July TBD	SpaceX/ Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink Group 3-2 х 53	Communications	Space X	SSO	Vandenberg SLC-4E
July TBD	SpaceX/ Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink Group 4-22 х 53	Communications	Space X	LEO	Canaveral or Kennedy
July TBD	SpaceX/ Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink Group 4-25 х 53	Communications	Space X	LEO	Canaveral or Kennedy
July TBD	ISRO/ SSLV First Flight	EOS-2	Earth observation	ISRO	LEO	Satish Dhawan FLP
July TBD	Relativity Space/ Terran 1	Without payload	Test flight	Relativity Space	LEO	SLC-16, Cape Canaveral
July TBD	Astra Space/ Rocket 3.3	TROPICS -2	Earth Observation	NASA	LEO	Cape Canaveral SLC-46
July TBD	Astra Space/ Rocket 3.3	TROPICS -3	Earth Observation	NASA	LEO	Cape Canaveral SLC-46
July TBD	CASC/ Jielong-1	Yizheng 03 & 04	Earth Observation	MinoSpace	LEO	Jiuquan Site 95
July TBD	Isar Aerospace/ Spectrum-1	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	LEO	Andøya Rocket Range, Norway
July TBD	Roscosmos/ Angara A5 Persey	Ekspress-AMU	Communications	Roscosmos	GTO	Site 35/1, Plesetsk