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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pelican modeled annual buildout (2029) | Planet | Planet Pelican | Planet | sensing |
200 kg |
| 2029 |
| 6 |
| Jan 1, 2029 - Dec 31, 2029 (year) |
| Unknown |
62% |
Planet Flock / SuperDove annual replenishment | Planet | Planet Flock / SuperDove | Planet | sensing | Unknown | 2029 | 36 | Jan 1, 2029 - Dec 31, 2029 (year) | Unknown | 64% |
Project Kuiper / Amazon Leo annual deployment 2029 | Amazon Kuiper | Project Kuiper / Amazon Leo | Amazon | communications | Unknown | 2029 | 900 | Jan 1, 2029 - Dec 31, 2029 (year) | Unknown | 84% |
Qianfan / Spacesail annual deployment - launch vehicles TBD | Spacesail | Qianfan / Spacesail | Spacesail supply chain / Gesi Aerospace; future supplier mix TBD | communications | 267 kg | 2029 | 450 | Jan 1, 2029 - Dec 31, 2029 (year) | Chinese launchers TBD | 47% |
Rivada Outernet sustainment and lifecycle replenishment | Rivada Space | Rivada Outernet | Rivada Space Networks | Unknown | Unknown | 2029 | 24 | Jan 1, 2029 - Dec 31, 2029 (year) | Unknown | 58% |
SATCOMBw Stufe 4 initial LEO deployment | German Bundeswehr | SATCOMBw Stufe 4 | Unknown | communications | Unknown | 2029 | 100 | Jan 1, 2029 - Dec 31, 2029 (year) | Unknown | 62% |
SOLAR-A | National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA) | - | BAE Systems | science demo | Unknown | 2029 | 1 | Jan 1, 2029 - Dec 31, 2029 (range) | Unknown | 87% |
Spire Lemur annual sustainment replenishment | Spire Global | Spire Lemur | Spire Global | sensing | Unknown | 2029 | 20 | Jan 1, 2029 - Dec 31, 2029 (year) | Unknown | 62% |
SPOCK 1 initial SAR deployment 2029 | German Bundeswehr | SPOCK 1 | Rheinmetall ICEYE Space Solutions | earth observation | Unknown | 2029 | 12 | Jan 1, 2029 - Dec 31, 2029 (year) | Unknown | 72% |
Starlink Broadband annual deployment - Starship | SpaceX | Starlink Broadband | SpaceX | communications | 525 kg | 2029 | 720 | Jan 1, 2029 - Dec 31, 2029 (year) | Starship | 62% |
Starlink Direct-to-Cell / MSS annual deployment - unknown launch vehicle | SpaceX | Starlink Direct-to-Cell / MSS | SpaceX | communications | 750 kg | 2029 | 175 | Jan 1, 2029 - Dec 31, 2029 (year) | Unknown | 70% |
Sterna constellation | European Space Agency (ESA) | - | not yet fully specified publicly | other | Unknown | 2029 | 1 | Jan 1, 2029 - Dec 31, 2038 (range) | Unknown | 72% |
Telesat Lightspeed annual deployment - Falcon 9 | Telesat | Telesat Lightspeed | MDA Space | communications | 750 kg | 2029 | 40 | Jan 1, 2029 - Dec 31, 2029 (year) | Falcon 9 | 66% |
Tianqi IoT annual sustainment | Beijing Guodian Gaoke Technology Co. Ltd. | Tianqi IoT | Beijing Guodian Gaoke Technology Co. Ltd. | Unknown | Unknown | 2029 | 1 | Jan 1, 2029 - Dec 31, 2029 (year) | Unknown | 46% |
Univity uniSky commercial deployment ramp | Univity | Univity uniSky | Unknown | communications | Unknown | 2029 | 250 | Jan 1, 2029 - Dec 31, 2029 (year) | Unknown | 55% |
USSF Resilient MWT MEO annual deployment 2029 | U.S. Space Force | USSF Resilient MWT MEO | BAE Systems Space and Mission Systems | missile warning tracking | Unknown | 2029 | 10 | Jan 1, 2029 - Dec 31, 2029 (year) | Unknown | 78% |
Vantor Vantage first two satellites | Vantor | Vantor Vantage | TBD | earth observation | Unknown | 2029 | 2 | Jan 1, 2029 - Dec 31, 2029 (year) | Unknown | 78% |
Xingyun IoT buildout | Xingyun Aerospace | Xingyun IoT | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2029 | 6 | Jan 1, 2029 - Dec 31, 2029 (year) | Unknown | 46% |
KPS-1 first IGSO navigation satellite | Korea Aerospace Administration | Korean Positioning System (KPS) | TBD | navigation | Unknown | 2029 | 1 | Sep 1, 2029 - Sep 30, 2029 (month) | Unknown | 92% |
KPS-1 | Unresolved operator | - | TBD | other | Unknown | 2029 | 1 | Sep 30, 2029 (day) | Falcon 9 FT5 | 80% |
Chang'e 8 | Unresolved operator | - | TBD | other | Unknown | 2029 | 1 | Dec 31, 2029 (day) | Unknown | 80% |
ClearSpace-1 | Unresolved operator | - | TBD | other | Unknown | 2029 | 1 | Dec 31, 2029 (day) | Vega C | 80% |
COMSATBw 1B (SATCOMBw Stufe 3-1) | Unresolved operator | - | TBD | other | Unknown | 2029 | 1 | Dec 31, 2029 (day) | Unknown | 80% |
COMSATBw 2B (SATCOMBw Stufe 3-2) | Unresolved operator | - | TBD | other | Unknown | 2029 | 1 | Dec 31, 2029 (day) | Unknown | 80% |
Galileo L17 (2 x Galileo Second Generation) | European Space Agency (ESA) | Galileo | TBD | other | Unknown | 2029 | 1 | Dec 31, 2029 (day) | Unknown | 80% |