| Date | Provider | Name | Vehicle | Station | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21 | SpaceX | GPS III SV-10 | Falcon 9 |
SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS |
Florida, United States |
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the GPS III SV-10 mission on Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 6:53 AM (UTC). |
| Apr 22 | Rocket Lab | Bubbles (HASTE) | Electron |
Pad 0C (Rocket Lab LC-2), Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (Wallops Island) |
Virginia, United States |
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch the Bubbles (HASTE) mission on Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 12:00 AM (UTC). |
| Apr 23 | SpaceX | Starlink (17-14) | Falcon 9 |
SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB |
California, United States |
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Starlink (17-14) mission on Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 2:00 AM (UTC). |
| Apr 23 | Rocket Lab | "Kakushin Rising" | Electron |
Pad TBD, Rocket Lab Launch Complex, Mahia Peninsula |
New Zealand |
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch the "Kakushin Rising" mission on Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 3:09 AM (UTC). JAXA is preparing a rideshare mission carrying eight independent spacecraft, including educational small satellites, an ocean‑monitoring satellite, a demonstrator for ultra‑small multispectral cameras, and a satellite equipped with a deployable antenna that uses origami‑style folding to compact itself and then expand to 25 times its stowed size. These satellites were originally scheduled to launch with RAISE‑4 on a Japanese Epsilon‑S rocket, but the Epsilon‑S program experienced major delays following multiple test‑firing failures. As a result, the rideshare has been reassigned. The eight satellites are: MAGNARO‑II, KOSEN‑2R, WASEDA‑SAT‑ZERO‑II, FSI‑SAT2, OrigamiSat‑2, Mono‑Nikko, ARICA‑2 and PRELUDE |
| Apr 24 | Roscosmos | Rassvet-3 batch 2 (16 x) | Soyuz-2 |
TBD, Plesetsk Cosmodrome |
Russia |
A Roscosmos Soyuz-2 rocket will launch the Rassvet-3 batch 2 (16 x) mission on Friday, April 24, 2026 at 11:00 AM (UTC). The second batch of Rassvet-3 satellites for Bureau 1440 is scheduled to launch between April 24 and 28, 2026 with launch window 11:00-21:00 UTC. This information is based on active NOTAM (Notice to Airmen or Notice to Air Missions) warning issued by the authorities and suggest the same launch vehicle configuration - Soyuz 2.1b without Fregat upper stage (the same flight path as launch in March). |