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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rivada Outernet annual deployment | Rivada Space | Rivada Outernet | Terran Orbital / Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems |
| communications |
500 kg |
| 2028 |
| 252 |
| Jan 1, 2028 - Dec 31, 2028 (year) |
| Unknown |
58% |
Sateliot 5G-IoT annual deployment | Sateliot | Sateliot 5G-IoT | Alén Space | communications | 10 kg | 2028 | 12 | Jan 1, 2028 - Dec 31, 2028 (year) | MIURA 5 | 79% |
SDA T2TL annual deployment - Falcon 9 | U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA) | PWSA Tranche 2 Transport Layer | York Space Systems; Rocket Lab; Lockheed Martin; Northrop Grumman; Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems | communications | 150 kg | 2028 | 10 | Jan 1, 2028 - Dec 31, 2028 (year) | Falcon 9 | 83% |
SDA T2 Tracking Layer annual deployment - unknown launch vehicle | U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA) | PWSA Tranche 2 Tracking Layer | TBD | communications | 150 kg | 2028 | 30 | Jan 1, 2028 - Dec 31, 2028 (year) | Falcon 9 FT5 | 67% |
Spire Lemur annual sustainment replenishment | Spire Global | Spire Lemur | Spire Global | sensing | Unknown | 2028 | 20 | Jan 1, 2028 - Dec 31, 2028 (year) | Unknown | 70% |
SPOCK 1 initial SAR deployment 2028 | German Bundeswehr | SPOCK 1 | Rheinmetall ICEYE Space Solutions | earth observation | Unknown | 2028 | 12 | Jan 1, 2028 - Dec 31, 2028 (year) | Unknown | 72% |
Starlink Broadband annual deployment - Falcon 9 | SpaceX | Starlink Broadband | SpaceX | communications | 525 kg | 2028 | 900 | Jan 1, 2028 - Dec 31, 2028 (year) | Falcon 9 | 64% |
Starlink Direct-to-Cell / MSS annual deployment - Falcon 9 | SpaceX | Starlink Direct-to-Cell / MSS | SpaceX | communications | 750 kg | 2028 | 200 | Jan 1, 2028 - Dec 31, 2028 (year) | Falcon 9 | 74% |
Telesat Lightspeed annual deployment - Falcon 9 | Telesat | Telesat Lightspeed | MDA Space | communications | 750 kg | 2028 | 60 | Jan 1, 2028 - Dec 31, 2028 (year) | Falcon 9 | 72% |
Tianqi IoT annual sustainment | Beijing Guodian Gaoke Technology Co. Ltd. | Tianqi IoT | Beijing Guodian Gaoke Technology Co. Ltd. | Unknown | Unknown | 2028 | 1 | Jan 1, 2028 - Dec 31, 2028 (year) | Unknown | 46% |
Univity uniSky initial commercial deployment | Univity | Univity uniSky | Unknown | communications | Unknown | 2028 | 50 | Jan 1, 2028 - Dec 31, 2028 (year) | Unknown | 62% |
Venus Orbiter Mission (VOM) | Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) | - | ISRO | science demo | Unknown | 2028 | 1 | Jan 1, 2028 - Dec 31, 2028 (range) | Unknown | 90% |
Xingyun IoT buildout | Xingyun Aerospace | Xingyun IoT | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2028 | 6 | Jan 1, 2028 - Dec 31, 2028 (year) | Unknown | 46% |
MBR Explorer | Unresolved operator | - | TBD | other | Unknown | 2028 | 1 | Mar 31, 2028 (day) | LVM3 | 80% |
Pléiades Neo Next 1 | Airbus Defence and Space | - | TBD | other | Unknown | 2028 | 1 | Mar 31, 2028 (day) | Vega C | 80% |
Sentinel CO2M-B | Unresolved operator | - | TBD | other | Unknown | 2028 | 1 | Mar 31, 2028 (day) | Vega C | 80% |
DESTINY Dust Analyzer | Unresolved operator | - | TBD | other | Unknown | 2028 | 3 | Apr 20, 2028 (day) | LVM3 | 80% |
Artemis IV | NASA | - | TBD | other | Unknown | 2028 | 1 | Jun 30, 2028 (day) | Unknown | 82% |
NEO Surveyor | Unresolved operator | - | TBD | other | Unknown | 2028 | 1 | Jun 30, 2028 (day) | Falcon 9 FT5 | 80% |
DragonCam: Camera Suite | NASA | - | TBD | other | Unknown | 2028 | 5 | Jul 5, 2028 (day) | Falcon Heavy | 80% |
Comet Interceptor | Unresolved operator | - | TBD | other | Unknown | 2028 | 1 | Aug 31, 2028 (day) | Unknown | 80% |
USSF-70 | U.S. Space Force | - | TBD | other | Unknown | 2028 | 1 | Sep 30, 2028 (day) | Unknown | 80% |
ExoMars 2028 Rosalind Franklin Rover | European Space Agency | - | TBD | science demo | Unknown | 2028 | 1 | Oct 31, 2028 (day) | Falcon Heavy | 80% |
SOLAR-C | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) | - | TBD | other | Unknown | 2028 | 1 | Nov 30, 2028 (day) | Unknown | 80% |
Altius | European Space Agency | - | TBD | other | Unknown | 2028 | 1 | Dec 31, 2028 (day) | Vega C | 80% |