Rocket Launches in California
An up-to-date list of all 53 scheduled rocket launches in California, and a map of active launch sites.
Rocket Launch Sites in California
Mojave Air and Space Port
A leading air launch facility for private spaceflight and aerospace research in Mojave, California.
Vandenberg SFB
U.S. Space Force facility in California for spacecraft launches and missile testing.
Upcoming California Launches
22 Aug, 5:04pm
UTC
A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Last Update: Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
NAOS (National Advanced Optical System) is the space component of Luxembourg's governmental dual-use observation satellite system LUXEOSys (Luxembourg Earth Observation System). Its purpose is to provide high resolution images to national and international governmental and military organizations such as NATO. The 800 kg satellite is built by OHB Italia and is equipped with a very high-resolution optical camera with a ground reolution of 50 cm in an around 450 km high sun-synchronous orbit. It will have a operational life time of 7 years. Also on board the launch is Dhruva Space's LEAP-1; Planet's Pelican-3 and Pelican-4; and Exolaunch’s Acadia-6, FFLY-1, FFLY-2, and FFLY-3.
Last Update: GO for launch.
30 Aug, 2:05am
UTC
A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Last Update: Setting GO.
TBD
Sep 2025
Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for Tranche 1 Transport Layer.
Last Update: NET September 10.
Dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
Last Update: Changed launch pad.
Eleventh batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.
Last Update: NET early September.
TBD
Sep 2025
A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Last Update: Reverted back to NET August TBD with lack of confirmation.
Dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
Last Update: Changed launch site.
TBD
Nov 2025
The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich (launched November 2020) and Sentinel-6B make up the Sentinel-6 mission, also known as Jason Continuity of Service (Jason-CS), which is a partnership between NASA, NOAA, ESA, and EUMETSAT. This mission continues the long-term global sea surface height data record begun by first Jason satellites in 1992.
Last Update: NET November 16.
First of six missions launched by the Space Development Agency for the Tranche 1 Transport Layer.
Last Update: NET March 2025.
24 satellites for Rivada's internet constellation.
Updated: Apr 12, 11:33pm UTC
24 satellites for Rivada's internet constellation.
Updated: Apr 12, 11:33pm UTC
24 satellites for Rivada's internet constellation.
Updated: Apr 12, 11:33pm UTC
24 satellites for Rivada's internet constellation.
Updated: Apr 12, 11:33pm UTC
24 satellites for Rivada's internet constellation.
Updated: Apr 12, 11:33pm UTC
24 satellites for Rivada's internet constellation.
Updated: Apr 12, 11:33pm UTC
TBD
2025
CAS500-2 is the second of two similar South Korean Earth observation satellites. These spacecraft feature the AEISS-C imaging system with a ground resolution of 0.5 m in panchromatic mode and 2 m in color mode. CAS500-4 is a wide area Earth-observation satellite with a wide-area electro-optical camera (swath width of 120 km and resolution of 5 m) to be mainly used by the Rural Development Administration and the Korea Forest Service for observing crops, agricultural water resources and forest resources.
Last Update: New launch contract with SpaceX confirmed following previous contract voided due to Ukraine-Russia war.
Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for Tranche 1 Tracking Layer.
Updated: Apr 12, 11:33pm UTC
Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for Tranche 1 Transport Layer.
Updated: Apr 12, 11:33pm UTC
Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for Tranche 1 Transport Layer.
Updated: Apr 12, 11:33pm UTC
Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for Tranche 1 Transport Layer.
Updated: Apr 12, 11:33pm UTC
Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for Tranche 1 Tracking Layer.
Updated: Jan 3, 8:05pm UTC
Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for Tranche 1 Tracking Layer.
Updated: Jan 3, 8:05pm UTC
Classified payload for the US Space Force.
Updated: Jan 3, 8:05pm UTC
The Electro-Optical/Infrared Weather System (EWS) Operational Demonstration-1 (OD-1) is a weather satellite for the United States Space Force. It is a prototype satellite made by General Atomics that will be place in LEO for a three-year demonstration mission of new EO/IR sensor technologies to various US military branches, and to act as a stop-gap for Defense Department needs for weather data.
Updated: Jun 3, 11:30pm UTC