2029 in spaceflight

2029 in spaceflight
The European Space Agency's ARIEL space telescope is scheduled to be launched in 2029.
2029 in spaceflight

This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the year 2029.

The China National Space Administration (CNSA) plans to launch Tianwen-4, a Jupiter orbiter and Uranus flyby mission, in 2029.

ESA plans to launch the ARIEL space telescope and the Comet Interceptor mission in 2029.

Orbital launches

Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat) 		Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks

January

January (TBD) [1][2] TBA Baikonur or Vostochny Roscosmos
Ekspress-AMU5-1 RSCC Geosynchronous Communications  
Ekspress-AMU6 RSCC Geosynchronous Communications  
Ekspress-AMU5-1 will replace Ekspress AM5. Ekspress-AMU6 will replace Ekspress-AM6.



June

Q2 (TBD)[4] TBA TBA TBA
CO2M-C (Sentinel-7C) ESA Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation  
Third satellite (option) of the Copernicus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Monitoring mission.[3] Part of the European Space Agency's Copernicus Programme.

July

July (TBD) [1][2] TBA Baikonur or Vostochny Roscosmos
Ekspress-AMU5-2 RSCC Geosynchronous Communications  


September

September (TBD)[5][6] Long March 5 Wenchang LC-1 CASC
Tianwen-4 Jupiter orbiter CNSA Jovicentric Jupiter orbiter  
Tianwen-4 Uranus flyby spacecraft CNSA Heliocentric to escape velocity Uranus flyby  
Dual-launch of a Chinese Jupiter orbiter and Uranus flyby spacecraft.
Q3 (TBD)[7] Ariane 64 Kourou ELA-4 Arianespace
TBA TBA Geosynchronous TBA  
Multi-Launch Service (MLS) #4 rideshare mission.
Q3 (TBD)[4][8] Vega-C Kourou ELV Arianespace
CIMR A (Sentinel-11A) ESA Low Earth (SSO) Oceanography  
First of two satellites for the Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer (CIMR) mission. Part of the European Space Agency's Copernicus Programme.



To Be Determined

2029 (TBD)
[9][10] 		Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M Plesetsk Site 43 RVSN RF
Kosmos
(GLONASS-K2 31L (K2 №10)) 		VKS Medium Earth Navigation  
2029 (TBD)
[11][12] 		Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M Plesetsk Site 43 RVSN RF
Kosmos
(GLONASS-K2 32L (K2 №11)) 		VKS Medium Earth Navigation  
2029 (TBD)
[13][14] 		Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M Plesetsk Site 43 RVSN RF
Kosmos
(GLONASS-K2 33L (K2 №12)) 		VKS Medium Earth Navigation  
2029 (TBD)[15][16] Angara A5P Vostochny Site 1A Roscosmos
Orel Roscosmos Low Earth Crewed flight test  
2029 (TBD)[17][18] Ariane 62 Kourou ELA-4 Arianespace
ARIEL ESA Sun–Earth L2 Exoplanetary science  
Comet Interceptor ESA / JAXA Sun–Earth L2 Comet flyby  
JFY2029 (TBD)[19] Epsilon S Uchinoura JAXA
Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-6 JAXA Low Earth Technology demonstration  
Part of JAXA's Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration Program.
JFY2029 (TBD)[19] H3 Tanegashima LA-Y2 MHI
IGS-Radar Diversification 1 CSICE Low Earth (SSO) Reconnaissance  
First of a new generation of IGS-Radar satellites.
JFY2029 (TBD)[19] H3 Tanegashima LA-Y2 MHI
IGS-Optical 10 CSICE Low Earth (SSO) Reconnaissance  
2029 (TBD)[20] Long March 3B/E Xichang CASC
BeiDou-4 M1 CNSA Medium Earth Navigation  
2029 (TBD)[21] TBA TBA TBA
Solar Polar Orbit Observatory CNSA Heliocentric High-inclination solar orbiter  
2029 (TBD)[22] New Glenn Cape Canaveral LC-36 Blue Origin
Blue Moon MK2 Blue Origin / NASA Selenocentric (NRHO) Crewed lunar lander  
Sustaining HLS Crewed Lunar Demo for Artemis 5.
2029 (TBD)[23][24] Tronador II-250 Manuel Belgrano Space Center CONAE
CONAE Low Earth Flight test  
Maiden flight of Tronador II-250.
2029 (TBD)[8] Vega-C Kourou ELV Arianespace
CHIME (Sentinel-10) ESA Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation  
Part of the European Space Agency's Copernicus Programme.
2029 (TBD)[8] Vega-C Kourou ELV Arianespace
LSTM (Sentinel-8) ESA Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation  
Part of the European Space Agency's Copernicus Programme.
2029 (TBD)[7] Vega-C Kourou ELV Arianespace
TBA TBA Low Earth TBA  
Small Satellites Mission Service (SSMS) #20 rideshare mission.
2029 (TBD)[7] Vega-C Kourou ELV Arianespace
TBA TBA Low Earth TBA  
SSMS #21 rideshare mission.
2029 (TBD)[25][26] TBA Baikonur or Vostochny Roscosmos
Ekspress-36 RSCC Geosynchronous Communications  
Replacement for Ekspress-AMU1 at 36° East.
2029 (TBD)[27][28] Vega-C Kourou ELV Arianespace
Harmony A (Concordia) ESA Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation  
Harmony B (Discordia) ESA Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation  
Tenth Earth Explorers mission.


Suborbital flights

Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat) 		Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks

Deep-space rendezvous

Date (UTC) Spacecraft Event Remarks
18 January 2029 JUICE Third and final gravity assist at Earth
21 April 2029 OSIRIS-APEX Rendezvous with asteroid 99942 Apophis[29] Observation operations begin 8 April
August 2029 Psyche Arrival at asteroid 16 Psyche

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
World 0 0 0 0

References

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  3. ^ "Carbon dioxide monitoring satellite given the shakes". ESA. 10 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
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