2026 في ارتياد الفضاء

2026 في ارتياد الفضاء
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The Artemis 2 mission is scheduled to carry four astronauts on a flyby around the Moon in 2026.
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2026 في ارتياد الفضاء
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Timeline of spaceflight
← 2025 2027 →

This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the year 2026.

Overview

Astronomy and astrophysics

In January, NASA plans to launch the Pandora small space telescope to study exoplanet atmospheres.[1][2]

In April or March, ESA and CAS plan to launch their joint heliophysics mission SMILE.[3]

In mid-2026, ESA plans to launch the CubeSpec satellite for testing a low-cost small satellite platform for long-term spectroscopic monitoring of stars from space on the specific case of asteroseismology of massive stars.[4]

In mid-2026, NASA plans to launch the SunRISE mission consisting of six CubeSats for studying solar activity.[5][6]

In December, ESA plans to launch the PLATO space telescope for discovery and characterization of exoplanets.[7]

China plans to launch Xuntian, a large space telescope that will co-orbit with the Tiangong space station, in late 2026[8] or in 2027.[9][10]

Solar system exploration

The year 2026 is expected to bring humanity's first close-up views of two Solar system objects, the near-Earth asteroids Kamoʻoalewa (Tianwen-2 orbit insertion in June) and Torifune (Hayabusa2 flyby in July).[11][12]

ESA's Hera spacecraft is expected to arrive at the double asteroid Didymos in November.[13]

The joint ESA-JAXA mission BepiColombo is expected to enter orbit around Mercury in late 2026.[14][15]

ESA plans to launch its first stand-alone deep space CubeSat, the space weather mission HENON, in late 2026.[16]

In November, NASA's twin ESCAPADE spacecraft are expected to perform a gravity assist maneuver at Earth that will send them towards Mars.[17][18]

In November or December, JAXA plans to launch the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission to Mars.[19]

On 24 December, ESA's Solar Orbiter is expected to perform its 5th Venus flyby, which will tilt its heliocentric orbit from 17° to 24°.[20]

Lunar exploration

In early 2026, NASA and Blue Origin plan to launch Blue Moon Pathfinder Mission 1, the first uncrewed mission of the Blue Moon Mark 1 intended to test various technologies needed for future crewed Lunar landers.[21]

In the first half of 2026, NASA and Intuitive Machines plan to launch IM-3 aiming to land at Reiner Gamma.[22]

In July, NASA and Astrobotic plan to launch Griffin Mission One aiming to land near the Moon's south pole.[23][24]

In late 2026, NASA and Firefly Aerospace plan to launch Blue Ghost Mission 2 aiming to land on the far side of the Moon. The mission also aims to deliver the ESA's communication satellite Lunar Pathfinder to Lunar orbit.[25][26][27]

China plans to launch Chang'e 7 to explore the lunar south pole in late 2026.[28] The mission will include an orbiter, a relay satellite, a lander, a rover, and a mini-flying probe.[29]

Human spaceflight

NASA plans to launch the Artemis 2 mission on the Space Launch System sending astronauts around the Moon on a ten-day lunar flyby in early February 2026, the first crewed lunar flyby since the Apollo program.[30]

NASA and Boeing plan to launch the uncrewed ISS cargo mission Starliner-1, the fourth orbital flight of the Starliner spacecraft, no earlier than April 2026.[31]

The American company Vast plans to launch the first ever commercial space station (Haven-1) in 2026.[32]

ISRO aims to launch Gaganyaan-1, India's first uncrewed orbital test flight to support human exploration missions in late March 2026.[33]

China plans to launch Mengzhou 1, the first uncrewed orbital flight of the new Mengzhou spacecraft and the new CZ-10 rocket, both intended for the country's crewed lunar program.[34][35][36]

In late 2026, NASA and Sierra Space plan to launch Dream Chaser Demo-1, the first free flyer orbital demonstration flight of the uncrewed cargo spaceplane Dream Chaser.[37]

Rocket innovation

SpaceX plans to continue testing the Starship system, with Flight 12 expected in late January.[38]

ESA plans first test flights of the Themis reusable rocket demonstrator in early 2026.[39]

Satellite technology

ESA plans to launch the first satellites of the GNSS augmentation constellation Celeste (LEO-PNT) on a Rocket Lab's Electron rocket in early 2026.[40]

NASA plans to launch LOXSAT, a cryogenic fluid management demonstration satellite mission, in early 2026.[41]

ESA plans to launch the Earth observation satellites FLEX (for monitoring terrestrial vegetation by measuring chlorophyll fluorescence) and ALTIUS (for monitoring stratospheric ozone) on a single flight of the Vega C rocket.[42]

ESA plans to launch the oceanography satellite Sentinel-3C for the EU's Copernicus Programme no earlier than October 2026.[43][44]

The UK Space Agency plans to launch the first satellite of the ESA-supported Atlantic Constellation for Earth observation.[45]

Orbital launches

المقالة الرئيسية: List of spaceflight launches in January–March 2026, List of spaceflight launches in April–June 2026, List of spaceflight launches in July–September 2026, and List of spaceflight launches in October–December 2026
Numbers of orbital launches
Month Total Successes Failures Partial failures
January 1 1 0 0
February 0 0 0 0
March 0 0 0 0
April 0 0 0 0
May 0 0 0 0
June 0 0 0 0
July 0 0 0 0
August 0 0 0 0
September 0 0 0 0
October 0 0 0 0
November 0 0 0 0
December 0 0 0 0
Total 1 1 0 0

Deep-space rendezvous

Date (UTC) Spacecraft Event Remarks
May Psyche Flyby of Mars[46]
7 June Tianwen-2 469219 Kamoʻoalewa orbital insertion[47]
4 July Tianwen-2 Rendezvous with 469219 Kamoʻoalewa and sample collection[47]
5 July Hayabusa2 Flyby of 98943 Torifune[48]
29 September JUICE Second gravity assist at Earth
November BepiColombo Hermocentric orbit insertion at Mercury
November ESCAPADE Gravity assist at Earth
3 December Europa Clipper Gravity assist at Earth
24 December Solar Orbiter Fifth gravity assist at Venus This flyby of Venus will increase the inclination of the spacecraft's orbit further to 24 degrees, and will mark the start of the ‘high-latitude’ mission.
28 December Hera Arrival at binary asteroid 65803 Didymos

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
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg الصين 0 0 0 0
Flag of France.svg فرنسا 0 0 0 0
Flag of Germany.svg ألمانيا 0 0 0 0
Flag of India.png الهند 0 0 0 0
إيران إيران 0 0 0 0
Flag of Italy.svg إيطاليا 0 0 0 0
Flag of Japan (bordered).svg اليابان 0 0 0 0
Flag of North Korea.svg كوريا الشمالية 0 0 0 0
Flag of Russia.svg روسيا 0 0 0 0
 الولايات المتحدة 1[أ] 1 0 0
World 1 1 0 0

By rocket

By family

By type

By configuration

By spaceport

0٫1
0٫2
0٫3
0٫4
0٫5
0٫6
0٫7
0٫8
0٫9
1
Australia
Brazil
China
France
India
Iran
Israel
Japan
Kazakhstan
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
South Korea
United States
Site Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks
Vandenberg  الولايات المتحدة 1 1 0 0
Total 1 1 0 0

By orbit

  •   Transatmospheric
  •   Low Earth
  •   Low Earth (ISS)
  •   Low Earth (CSS)
  •   Low Earth (SSO)
  •   Low Earth (polar)
  •   Low Earth (retrograde)
  •   Medium Earth
  •   Molniya
  •   Geosynchronous
  •   Lunar transfer
  •   Heliocentric
Orbital regime Launches Achieved Not achieved Accidentally
achieved 		Remarks
Transatmospheric 0 0 0 0
Low Earth 1 1 0 0
Geosynchronous / transfer 0 0 0 0
Medium Earth 0 0 0 0
High Earth 0 0 0 0
Heliocentric orbit 0 0 0 0 Including planetary transfer orbits
Total 1 1 0 0

Suborbital launch statistics

By country

For the purposes of this section, the yearly tally of suborbital launches by country assigns each flight to the country of origin of the rocket, not to the launch services provider or the spaceport. Flights intended to fly below 80 km (50 mi) are omitted. This includes suborbital flights for all purposes, including scientific and military application.



Country Launches Successes Failures Partial
failures
World 0 0 0 0


Expected maiden flights

Rocket Origin Organization Reusable Launch Outcome Ref.
Vikram-1  الهند Skyroot Aerospace N/A Jan 2026 TBD
HLVM3  الهند ISRO N/A Jan 2026 TBD
Ceres-2  الصين Galactic Energy N/A January TBD [49]
Irtysh  روسيا TsSKB Progress N/A March TBD [50]
Agnibaan  الهند AgniKul Cosmos First stage Q1 2026 TBD [51]
Kinetica 2  الصين CAS Space First stage Q1 TBD [52]
Tianlong-3  الصين Space Pioneer First stage Q1 TBD [53]
Starship Block 3  الولايات المتحدة SpaceX Fully Q1 TBD [38]
H3-30S  اليابان JAXA and MHI N/A Q2 2026 TBD [54]
Miura 5  إسپانيا PLD Space First Stage Early 2026 TBD
Nova  الولايات المتحدة Stoke Space Fully Early 2026 TBD [55]
Nebula-1  الصين Deep Blue Aerospace First stage Early 2026 TBD [56]
Neutron  الولايات المتحدة Rocket Lab First Stage Mid 2026 TBD [57]
Eclipse  الولايات المتحدة Firefly Aerospace First Stage Second half of 2026 TBD
Daytona I  الولايات المتحدة Phantom Space Corporation No Late 2026 TBD [58]
Pallas-2  الصين Galactic Energy First Stage Late 2026 TBD [59]
Antares 330  الولايات المتحدة Northrop Grumman No Late 2026 TBD
Yuanxingzhe-1  الصين Space Epoch First stage Late 2026 TBD [60]
Long March 10A  الصين CASC First Stage 2026 TBD
Terran R  الولايات المتحدة Relativity Space First Stage 2026 TBD
Skyrora XL  المملكة المتحدة Skyrora No 2026 TBD
Prime  المملكة المتحدة Orbex First Stage 2026 TBD
Ariane 64  فرنسا ArianeGroup No 2026 TBD [61]
Epsilon S  اليابان JAXA No 2026 TBD [62]
Maia  فرنسا MaiaSpace (ArianeGroup) First stage 2026 TBD [63]
Hyperbola-3  الصين i-Space First stage 2026 TBD [64][65]
RFA One  ألمانيا Rocket Factory Augsburg First stage 2026 TBD [66]
Pallas-1  الصين Galactic Energy First stage 2026 TBD [67]

Notes

  1. ^ Includes Electron launches from Māhia

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