2030s in spaceflight
Dragonfly is expected to reach Titan in 2036. | |
This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the 2030s.
Orbital launches
2030
2031
2032
2033
2034
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 2034 (TBD)[4] | Angara A5 / DM-03 | Vostochny Site 1A | Roscosmos | ||||
| Luna 28 | Roscosmos | Selenocentric | Lunar lander Lunar sample return |
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| Luna-Glob sample return mission. | |||||||
| 2034 (TBD)[68] | Long March TBD | Wenchang | CASC | ||||
| Tianwen-5 | CNSA | Heliocentric | TBA | ||||
| 2034 (TBD) [20][69] |
LVM3-SC | Satish Dhawan SLP | ISRO | ||||
| Bharatiya Antariksha Station-B4 | ISRO | Low Earth (BAS) | Space station module | ||||
| Q3 2034[3] | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||||
| Sentinel-3 NG OPT A | ESA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | ||||
| Sentinel-3 Next Generation Optical satellite. | |||||||
2035
2036
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| Q3 2036[3] | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||||
| Sentinel-3 NG OPT B | ESA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | ||||
| Sentinel-3 Next Generation Optical satellite. | |||||||
| 2036 (TBD)[38] | Angara A5 | Vostochny Site 1A | Roscosmos | ||||
| Luna 30 | Roscosmos | Selenocentric | Lunar lander Lunar rovers |
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| Luna-Glob mission. | |||||||
| 2036 (TBD)[77] | Angara A5 / DM-03 | Vostochny Site 1A | Roscosmos | ||||
| Venera-17 orbiter | Roscosmos | Cytherocentric | Venus orbiter | ||||
| Venera-17 lander | Roscosmos | Cytherocentric | Venus lander | ||||
| Venera-17 (Venera-D) Mission. | |||||||
| 2036-37 (TBD)[47][78][49] | LMLV | Satish Dhawan TLP | ISRO | ||||
| Chandrayaan-7 | ISRO | Low Earth to Selenocentric | TBA | ||||
| First of two uncrewed end-to-end lunar human landing demonstration. | |||||||
| 2036-37 (TBD)[47][79][49] | LMLV | Satish Dhawan TLP | ISRO | ||||
| Chandrayaan-8 | ISRO | Low Earth to Selenocentric | TBA | ||||
| Second of two uncrewed end-to-end lunar human landing demonstration. | |||||||
2038
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 2038-39 (TBD)[47][80][49] | LMLV | Satish Dhawan TLP | ISRO | ||||
| Chandrayaan-H1 Crew Module | ISRO | Low Earth to Selenocentric | TBA | ||||
| India's first crewed lunar mission, will orbit the moon and return. | |||||||
2039
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| Q2 2039[51][52] | Ariane 6 | Kourou ELA-4 | Arianespace | ||||
| MetOp-SG A3 | EUMETSAT | Low Earth (SSO) | Meteorology | ||||
Deep-space rendezvous
| Date (UTC) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 April 2030 | Europa Clipper | Jupiter orbit insertion | |
| 26 December 2030 | Lucy | Third gravity assist at Earth | Target altitude 660 km |
| July 2031 | Hayabusa2 | Arrival at asteroid 1998 KY26[81] | |
| July 2031 | JUICE | Flyby of Ganymede | |
| July 2031 | JUICE | Jupiter orbit insertion | |
| July 2032 | JUICE | Flyby of Europa | |
| 2 March 2033 | Lucy | Flyby of binary asteroid 617 Patroclus-Menoetius | Target altitude 1000 km |
| December 2034 | JUICE | Ganymede orbit insertion | Planned first orbit of a moon other than Earth's |
| 24 January 2035 | Tianwen-2 | Rendezvous with 311P/PanSTARRS[82] |
- The United Kingdom, Russia, South Korea and China plan to return samples from Mars by around 2031 or 2032.
- A joint NASA/ESA project plans to return samples from Mars by 2033.
- Dragonfly is expected to reach Titan in 2036.
- The Solar Polar Orbit Observatory is planned to have gravity assists off Earth and Jupiter throughout the decade.
Expected maiden flights
- Siraya – TASA – Taiwan
- Amur – Roscosmos – Russia
- Tianwen-3 – CASC – China
- Tronador II-250 – CONAE – Argentina – 2029[83]
- Yenisei – Roscosmos – Russia
- Long March 9 – CASC – China
- Ariel Space Mission – UK Space Agency – United Kingdom
- KSLV-III – KARI – South Korea
- NGLV - ISRO - India
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