Small Spacecraft Technology Launch Schedule
2025-2026 Launch Schedule
Realizing Rapid, Reduced-cost high-Risk Research (R5)
- R5 (S3/S5): Launch is anticipated NET October 2025
- R5 (S7): Launch is anticipated NET October 2025
- R5 (S9): Launch is anticipated NET June 2026
DiskSat
Launch is anticipated no earlier than December 2025
Green Propulsion Dual Mode (GPDM)
Launch is anticipated no earlier than November 2025
CubeSat Laser Infrared CrosslinK (CLICK)
CLICK B/C launch is anticipated no earlier than Q2 2026
Small Spacecraft Propulsion and Inspection Capability (SSPICY)
Launch is anticipated in late 2026
Technology Demonstration Missions Launched in 2024
PY4 (Four CubeSat Swarm of PYCubed-Based Spacecraft)
Launched on March 4, 2024, aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-10 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3)
Launched on April 23, 2024, aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from the company’s Launch Complex 1 in Māhia, New Zealand.
Realizing Rapid, Reduced-cost high-Risk Research (R5)
R5 (S2/S4): Launched on July 3, 2024, aboard Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator (PTD-4)
Launched on August 16, 2024 aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-11 mission from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator (PTD-R)
Launched on August 16, 2024 aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-11 mission from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Technology Demonstration Missions Launched in 2023
Starling
Launched on July 17, 2023 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.
Technology Demonstration Missions Launched in 2022
CubeSat Proximity Operations Demonstration (CPOD)
Launched on May 25, 2022 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida aboard a Falcon 9 rocket as part of SpaceX’s Transporter-5 mission.
Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator (PTD-3)
Launched on May 25, 2022 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida aboard a Falcon 9 rocket as part of SpaceX’s Transporter-5 mission.
Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE)
Launched on June 28, 2022 on Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from the Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula of New Zealand.
CubeSat Laser Infrared CrosslinK (CLICK)
CLICK A launched on July 14, 2022 and deployed from the International Space Station on September 6, 2022
Lunar Flashlight
Launched on December 11, 2022, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
