Current spacecraft deployment forecasts from the forecast pipeline. Annual totals use only rows included in the current rollup.
X-axis is forecast year. Y-axis is the total number of forecasted spacecraft in current rollup rows.
Current forecast rows contributing to the chart above, paginated for scanning.
| Forecast Entry | Operator | Constellation | Manufacturer | Mission | Mass | Launch window | Vehicle | Confidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acadia-5 and Acadia-6 constellation batch | Capella Space | Capella SAR | Capella Space | sensing |
180 kg |
| 2026 |
| 2 |
| Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2026 (range) |
| Unknown |
89% |
Atlantic Constellation pathfinder spacecraft | ICEYE | Atlantic Constellation | ICEYE | sensing | 120 kg | 2026 | 2 | Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2026 (range) | Unknown | 77% |
BlackSky Gen-3 customer sovereign satellite | BlackSky | BlackSky Gen-3 | BlackSky | sensing | 300 kg | 2026 | 1 | Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2027 (range) | Unknown | 82% |
BlackSky Gen-3 expansion satellites | BlackSky | BlackSky Gen-3 | BlackSky / LeoStella | sensing | 300 kg | 2026 | 2 | Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2026 (range) | Electron | 93% |
Block 2 BlueBird next-generation constellation launches | AST Space Mobile | AST SpaceMobile BlueBird | AST SpaceMobile | communications | 5,850 kg | 2026 | 40 | Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2026 (range) | Unknown | 92% |
BlueBird 7 launch | AST Space Mobile | AST SpaceMobile BlueBird | AST SpaceMobile | communications | 5,850 kg | 2026 | 1 | Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2026 (range) | New Glenn | 97% |
BlueBird Block 2 follow-on launches after BlueBird 7 | AST Space Mobile | AST SpaceMobile BlueBird | AST SpaceMobile | communications | 5,850 kg | 2026 | 7 | Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028 (range) | Unknown | 81% |
CO2M mission | European Space Agency (ESA) | CO2M | Thales Alenia Space | sensing | Unknown | 2026 | 3 | Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2026 (range) | Unknown | 79% |
Commercial Lunar Payload Services annual deployment - unknown launch vehicle | NASA | Commercial Lunar Payload Services | TBD | science demo | Unknown | 2026 | 5 | Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2026 (year) | Unknown | 78% |
Deep Space Exploration Technology Demonstrator DESTINY+ | NASA Johnson Space Flight Center | - | Boeing | science demo | 13,547 kg | 2026 | 1 | Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028 (range) | Space Shuttle | 74% |
Demonstrator Mission spacecraft 1 | Rivada Space | Rivada Outernet | TBD | communications | Unknown | 2026 | 1 | Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2026 (range) | Falcon 9 | 86% |
ESCAPADE Mars twin spacecraft pair | NASA | - | TBD | science | Unknown | 2026 | 2 | Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2026 (range) | New Glenn | 91% |
FLEX mission | European Space Agency (ESA) | - | Thales Alenia Space | sensing | 400 kg | 2026 | 1 | Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2026 (range) | Vega-C | 96% |
Gaganyaan uncrewed mission G1 | Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) | - | ISRO | other | 5,700 kg | 2026 | 1 | Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2026 (range) | HLVM3 | 94% |
GalaxySpace Galaxy | Galaxy Space | GalaxySpace Galaxy | Galaxy Space | Unknown | Unknown | 2026 | 4 | Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2026 (year) | Unknown | 43% |
Geely Future Mobility annual buildout | Geely Technology Group | Geely Future Mobility Constellation | GeeSpace / Geely Technology Group | communications | Unknown | 2026 | 36 | Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2026 (year) | Unknown | 55% |
Guowang annual deployment | China Satellite Network Group Co., Ltd. (China SatNet) | Guowang | CAST / SECM reported on tracked satellites; future supplier mix TBD | communications | 800 kg | 2026 | 150 | Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2026 (year) | Long March / Chinese launchers TBD | 58% |
Honghu-3 annual buildout 2026 | Shanghai Blue Arrow Hongqing Technology Co., Ltd. | Honghu-3 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2026 | 120 | Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2026 (year) | Unknown | 42% |
Horizons 4 annual deployment | Intelsat | Horizons 4 | Maxar Technologies | communications | 5,063 kg | 2026 | 1 | Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2026 (year) | Unknown | 72% |
HTV-X cargo transport sequence | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) | HTV-X | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries / JAXA program | other | Unknown | 2026 | 4 | Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2038 (range) | H3 | 91% |
ICEYE annual deployment - Falcon 9 | ICEYE | ICEYE | ICEYE | sensing | 220 kg | 2026 | 5 | Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2026 (year) | Falcon 9 | 84% |
ICEYE proprietary constellation replenishment and growth batches | ICEYE | ICEYE | ICEYE | sensing | 120 kg | 2026 | 15 | Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2038 (range) | Falcon 9 | 93% |
ICEYE US sovereign ISR spacecraft batches | ICEYE | ICEYE US | ICEYE | sensing | 120 kg | 2026 | 1 | Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2038 (range) | Falcon 9 | 62% |
IHI Earth observation satellite constellation initial tranche | ICEYE | - | ICEYE | sensing | 200 kg | 2026 | 4 | Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2029 (range) | Unknown | 91% |
Inmarsat-8 annual deployment - unknown launch vehicle | Viasat | Inmarsat-8 | Swissto12 | communications | 1,200 kg | 2026 | 3 | Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2026 (year) | Unknown | 78% |