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Titan is planned to be launched in 2028.
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This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the year 2028 .
NASA plans to launch Dragonfly , a robotic rotorcraft probe which will explore Saturn 's moon Titan .[ 1]
NASA plans to launch Artemis 4 . The first to use SLS Block 1B .
Russia expects to launch the Luna 27 lunar lander in 2028.
Chang'e 8 , the last mission before China’s moon base begins construction, is planned to launch.
The first uncrewed flight of Orel , Russia's replacement for the crewed Soyuz spacecraft, is scheduled for 2028.
India plans to launch the first module for the Bharatiya Antariksha Station in 2028.[ 2] Chandrayaan-4 and LUPEX lunar missions.
ESA expects to launch the Rosalind Franklin rover[ 3]
Orbital launches
Suborbital flights
Deep-space rendezvous
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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.
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Failures
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By rocket
By family
Family
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Successes
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Partial failures
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By type
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Family
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By configuration
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By spaceport
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By orbit
References
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Retrieved 17 August 2023 .^ Foust, Jeff (17 March 2022). "ESA suspends work with Russia on ExoMars mission" . SpaceNews . Retrieved 17 March 2022 . ^ "The search for life on Mars goes on with ExoMars 2028" . Thales Alenia Space . Retrieved 29 July 2024 .^ Forrester, Chris (6 August 2024). "Amur/Fregat-M - GVM-M(Demo Flight)" . Next Spaceflight . Retrieved 6 August 2024 . ^ "Первый пуск метановой ракеты "Амур" планируется в 2028-2030 годах" [The first launch of the Amur methane rocket is planned for 2028-2030]. TASS . Retrieved 28 November 2023 .^ "Russia's new Amur rocket to carry Sfera next-generation satellites as first payload" . TASS . Retrieved 25 April 2021 .^ "NASA JPL awards Airbus a GRACE-C contract for two spacecraft" . Satnews . 19 March 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024 .^ "GRACE-C – German-US-American environmental mission has been extended" . DLR . Retrieved 29 July 2024 .^ a b c "Planned launches" . EUMETSAT . 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"Both the first uncrewed test flight and the first crewed test flight of the planned #Oryol spacecraft are scheduled for 2028, said the chief designer of ROS (it's not a misprint, now they call it ROS instead of ROSS), deputy director of RSC Energia Vladimir Kozhevnikov" (Tweet ) – via Twitter . ^ "Первый старт пилотируемого корабля РФ "Орел" перенесен с 2023 г. на более поздний срок" [The first launch of the Orel manned spacecraft of the Russian Federation has been postponed from 2023 to a later date]. Interfax . Retrieved 19 November 2022 .^ a b "Russia to create Angara-A5P rocket for manned space launches by 2024" . TASS . Retrieved 18 May 2020 .^ "В космическом корабле "Орел" применят лучшие техрешения "Союзов" [The spacecraft "Orel" will use the best technical solutions from "Soyuz"]. TASS . Retrieved 26 September 2022 .^ "Определен срок полета российского корабля "Орел" с экипажем на МКС" [The scheduled time for the first crewed flight of the Russian spacecraft Orel to the ISS has been determined]. RIA Novosti . Retrieved 29 June 2020 .^ "Oppdraget over for radarsatellitten Sentinel-1B" [Mission over for the Sentinel-1B radar satellite]. Norwegian Space Agency . Retrieved 14 September 2022 .^ "Contract signed for new Copernicus ROSE-L mission" . ESA . Retrieved 4 December 2020 .^ "Thales Alenia Space signs contract from ESA to build Copernicus ROSE-L satellite" . Thales Group . Retrieved 4 December 2020 .^ "JASMINE（赤外線位置天文観測衛星）で拓く天の川中心核と地球型惑星の探査" [JASMINE (Infrared Astrometry Satellite) will pioneer the exploration of the Milky Way's core and terrestrial planets] (PDF) . NAOJ News (in Japanese). No. 332. National Astronomical Observatory of Japan . 1 March 2021. p. 6. ISSN 0915-8863 . Retrieved 29 April 2021 .^ " . 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"China outlines pathway for lunar and deep space exploration" . SpaceNews . Retrieved 29 November 2022 . ^ "Moon Monday #183 and Indian Space Progress #17: The one where Chandrayaan and Gaganyaan converge" . Jatan’s Space . 8 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024 .^ "Cbers-6: Novo satélite de parceria entre Brasil e China deve custar mais de 100 milhões de dólares e entrar em órbita em 2028" . G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 14 April 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2024 .^ a b Jones, Andrew (14 May 2024). "India plans Chandrayaan-4 moon sample return, will involve private sector" . SpaceNews . Retrieved 11 August 2024 . ^ Fenoglio, Franco (Head - Human Spaceflight & Transportation Unit - Thales Alenia Space) (26 June 2020). #SpaceTalk: Centro commerciale spaziale #SpaceTalk: Focusing on commercial space ] (in Italian). Event occurs at 17:30–19:54. Retrieved 3 July 2020 – via YouTube . [1] .^ Foust, Jeff (18 December 2024). "Axiom Space revises space station assembly plans" . SpaceNews . 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Firefly Aerospace . Retrieved 6 January 2025 .^ Shulgin, Dmitry (21 January 2021). "Российский "Экспресс" набирает обороты" [Russian "Ekspress" gaining momentum]. RSCC . Retrieved 23 July 2021 . ^ Holmes, Mark (15 October 2020). "Russian Space Leaders Split on GEO vs LEO at SatComRus" . Via Satellite . Retrieved 23 July 2021 . ^ "HelioSwarm (MIDEX 11)" . Gunter's Space Page . Retrieved 14 September 2024 .^ "ESA kicks off two new navigation missions" . ESA . Retrieved 29 July 2024 .^ Berger, Eric (22 November 2024). "A former Orion manager has surprisingly credible plans to fly European astronauts" . Ars Technica . Retrieved 23 November 2024 . The current timeline for Nyx's debut is 2028. ^ a b c d e "Esrange Space Center - EASP Launching Programme" (PDF) . Swedish Space Corporation . Retrieved 20 April 2024 .^ "はやぶさ２、次のミッションは小惑星「１９９８ＫＹ２６」...ＪＡＸＡ" . The Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). 13 September 2020. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020 .
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