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2025 in spaceflight
Illustration of NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP), scheduled to be launched in 2025.
Orbital launches
First4 January
Last10 January
Total5
Successes5
Failures0
Partial failures0
2025 in spaceflight
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Spaceflight in 2025 promises to follow the 2020s trend of record breaking orbital launches (with at least 300 expected) and increased developments in lunar, Mars and low-earth orbit exploration.

ESA plans to conduct an orbital test flight of the Space Rider uncrewed spaceplane in the third quarter of the year.[1]

China plans to launch the Tianwen-2 (ZhengHe) asteroid sample-return and comet probe.[2]

SpaceX expects to perform an in-space propellant transfer demonstration using two docked Starships in 2025—a critical milestone that will allow SpaceX to refuel their Starship HLS vehicle for an uncrewed lunar landing demonstration in the following year.[3]

Kuiper Systems, Amazon’s satellite internet subsidiary, plans to ramp up launches for its constellation of over 3,000 satellites. The launches will occur on Falcon 9, Ariane 6, Vulcan Centaur and New Glenn launch vehicles.[4]

Vast plans to launch the first ever commercial space station in 2025.[5]

Blue Origin plans to launch their MK1 Lunar Lander as a "pathfinder" mission in 2025.[6]

Orbital launches

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Main articles: List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2025 and List of spaceflight launches in July–December 2025
Numbers of orbital launches
Month Total Successes Failures Partial failures
January 5 5 0 0
February TBD TBD TBD TBD
March TBD TBD TBD TBD
April TBD TBD TBD TBD
May TBD TBD TBD TBD
June TBD TBD TBD TBD
July TBD TBD TBD TBD
August TBD TBD TBD TBD
September TBD TBD TBD TBD
October TBD TBD TBD TBD
November TBD TBD TBD TBD
December TBD TBD TBD TBD
Total 5 5 0 0

Deep-space rendezvous

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Date (UTC) Spacecraft Event Remarks
8 January BepiColombo Sixth gravity assist at Mercury Success
1 March Europa Clipper Gravity assist at Mars
March Hera Gravity assist at Mars Will conduct observations of the Martian moon Deimos
20 April Lucy Flyby of asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson Target altitude 922 km
31 August JUICE Gravity assist at Venus

Extravehicular activities (EVAs)

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Start Date/Time Duration End Time Spacecraft Crew Remarks

Orbital launch statistics

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By country

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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, Electron rockets launched from the Māhia Peninsula in New Zealand are counted under the United States because Electron is an American rocket. For a launch attempt to be considered orbital it must be trying to achieve a positive perigee. Launches from the Moon are not included in the statistics.

Australia: 0China: 1Europe: 0India: 0Iran: 0Japan: 0North Korea: 0Russia: 0USA: 4
Country Launches Successes Failures Partial
failures 		Remarks
 China 1 1 0 0
 United States 4 4 0 0 Includes Electron launches from Māhia
World 5 5 0 0

By rocket

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By family

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By type

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By configuration

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By spaceport

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1
2
3
4
5
Australia
China
France
India
Iran
Japan
Kazakhstan
New Zealand
North Korea
Russia
United States
Site Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks
Cape Canaveral  United States 2 2 0 0
Kennedy  United States 1 1 0 0
Vandenberg  United States 1 1 0 0
Xichang  China 1 1 0 0
Total 5 5 0 0

By orbit

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  •   Transatmospheric
  •   Low Earth
  •   Low Earth (ISS)
  •   Low Earth (CSS)
  •   Low Earth (SSO)
  •   Low Earth (polar)
  •   Medium Earth
  •   Molniya
  •   Geosynchronous
  •   High Earth
  •   Lunar transfer
  •   Heliocentric
  •  
Orbital regime Launches Achieved Not achieved Accidentally
achieved 		Remarks
Transatmospheric 0 0 0 0
Low Earth / Sun-synchronous 3 3 0 0 Including flights to ISS and Tiangong (CSS)
Geosynchronous / Tundra / GTO 2 2 0 0
Medium Earth / Molniya 0 0 0 0
High Earth / Lunar transfer 0 0 0 0
Heliocentric orbit / Planetary transfer 0 0 0 0
Total 5 5 0 0

Expected maiden flights

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Rocket Origin Organization Launch Outcome Ref.
New Glenn  USA Blue Origin 12 January TBD
Long March 8A  China China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology 19 January TBD [7][8]
Eris Block 1  Australia Gilmour Space Technologies January TBD [9]
Zhuque-3  China LandSpace June TBD [10]
Neutron  USA Rocket Lab July TBD [11]
Kinetica 2  China CAS Space August TBD [12]
Irtysh  Russia TsSKB Progress December TBD [13]
Cyclone-4M  Ukraine Yuzhnoye Planned TBD [14]
Daytona I  USA Phantom Space Corporation Planned TBD [15]
Gravity-2  China Orienspace Planned TBD [16]
Hera-II  UK Astraius Planned TBD
Hyperbola-3  China i-Space Planned TBD [17]
Maia  Europe MaiaSpace Planned TBD [18]
Nova  USA Stoke Space Planned TBD [19]
Prime  UK Orbex Planned TBD [20]
Pallas-1  China Galactic Energy Planned TBD [21]
RFA One  Germany Rocket Factory Augsburg Planned TBD [22]
Skyrora XL  UK Skyrora Planned TBD [23]
SL1  Germany HyImpulse Planned TBD [24]
Tianlong-3  China Space Pioneer Planned TBD [25]

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Richards, Bella (26 August 2023). "ESA's Space Rider likely to launch third quarter of 2025, program manager says". NASASpaceFlight. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  2. ^ Jones, Andrew (26 June 2023). "China conducts parachute tests for asteroid sample return mission". SpaceNews. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  3. ^ Berger, Eric (11 June 2024). "As NASA watches Starship closely, here's what the agency wants to see next". Ars Technica. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  4. ^ Rivera, Mikayla (17 January 2024). "Project Kuiper: Amazon's Satellite Internet Provider". SatelliteInternet.com. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Vast Space Station To Use SpaceX Starlink Laser Comms | Aviation Week Network". aviationweek.com. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  6. ^ Foust, Jeff (8 March 2024). "Blue Origin aims to launch first lunar lander in 2025". SpaceNews. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  7. ^ "China's Long March-8A rocket set for maiden flight in January 2025". CASC. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  8. ^ Lei, Zhao. "Space contractor plans maiden flight for carrier rockets". China Daily. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  9. ^ "UPDATE: #Testflight1 is now NET mid-Jan Our team is finalising test & verification, and coordinating with CASA. A Jan launch will also give our team a well-deserved break... and an extended window for our 1st launch". X. Gilmour Space. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  10. ^ Jones, Andrew (9 December 2023). "Landspace launches third methane Zhuque-2, targets 2025 launch of new stainless steel rocket". spacenews.com. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Rocket Lab Completes Archimedes Engine Build, Begins Engine Test Campaign". Rocket Lab (Press release). 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024 – via Business Wire.
  12. ^ CAS Space [@cas_space] (12 January 2024). "There had been discussions on concept art regarding Kinetica-2. The answer is YES; we will develop reusability into Kinetica-2 in steady steps. Kinetica-2 will see its inauguration launch in Aug 2025. Milestones are planned for 1st stage reusability before 2028. Details below" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ^ "First launch of Soyuz-5 rocket due Dec 24, 2025". TASS. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  14. ^ "Precious Payload Partners With Maritime Launch, Adding Canada's First Commercial Spaceport, Spaceport Nova Scotia, to Launch.ctrl Marketplace". Business Wire (Press release). 8 December 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  15. ^ "Daytona I – Phantom Space". Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  16. ^ Jones, Andrew (11 January 2024). "Orienspace breaks Chinese commercial launch records with Gravity-1 solid rocket". SpaceNews. Retrieved 11 January 2024. Orienspace is looking to launch its first liquid propellant rocket in 2025. The 60-meter-tall Gravity-2 will have a core stage and solid boosters. The rocket will use nine 100-ton-thrust Yuanli-85 gas generator kerosene engines for the first stage.
  17. ^ Jones, Andrew (2 November 2023). "China's iSpace launches and lands rocket test stage". SpaceNews. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  18. ^ Parsonson, Andrew (8 September 2023). "MaiaSpace Complete First Cryogenic Test of Second Stage Prototype". European Spaceflight. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  19. ^ Foust, Jeff (6 October 2023). "Stoke Space raises $100 million for reusable rocket development". SpaceNews. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  20. ^ Dorsey, Kristy (1 May 2024). "New Orbex chief hints at Sutherland launch next year". The Herald. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  21. ^ "The first Pallas-1 / Galactic Energy has made of production line. And maiden flight has postponed to first season 2025". X. Ace of Razgriz. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  22. ^ Rainbow, Jason (23 August 2024). "RFA pushes maiden flight to 2025 after launchpad explosion". SpaceNews. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  23. ^ Thompson, Alan (13–14 May 2024). Skyrora - ICAO (PDF). Workshop on New Entrants Integration in the NAT Region (2024). Paris: ICAO. p. 5. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  24. ^ Andrew Parsonson; Maria Jahnke; Nina Stary (2 February 2023). "Road to the launchpad - A comparative analysis of Germany's microlaunchers". Capitol Momentum. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  25. ^ "The maiden launch of SpacePioneer's "Tianlong-3" has been postponed to 2025. Source:https://m.weibo.cn/status/OCKrREUkH". X. CNSAWatcher. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
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