2024-2026 Launch Schedule

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.
• R5 (S3/S5): Launch is anticipated NET September 2024

Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator (PTD-4)

Launch is targeted for Friday, August 16, on SpaceX’s Transporter-11 mission from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator (PTD-R)

Launch is targeted for Friday, August 16, on SpaceX’s Transporter-11 mission from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

DiskSat

Launch is anticipated no earlier than April 2026

Green Propulsion Dual Mode (GPDM)

Launch is anticipated in Q3 2025

CubeSat Laser Infrared CrosslinK (CLICK)

CLICK B/C launch is anticipated no earlier than Q2 2026

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.