Rocket launches

18 January

Atlas 5 rocket for missile detection The rocket will carry the fourth US Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous satellite (SBIRS GEO 4).

18 January

Two new communications satellites An Ariane 5 ECA rocket will launch the SES14 and Al Yah 3 satellites from Kourou, French Guiana.

9 February

SpaceX Falcon 9 delivers to ISS

The Dragon CRS-1 spacecraft will launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

13 February

A Russian ISS cargo delivery

A Soyuz rocket will launch the 69th Progress mission, a cargo delivery mission to the ISS.

1 March

A new US weather satellite NASA and NOAA will launch an Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral.

20 March

Hunting exoplanets with SpaceX A Falcon 9 rocket will launch NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) from Cape Canaveral.

18 April

A US Air Force mission

An Atlas 5 Rocket will launch the AFSPC 11 from Cape Canaveral.

30 April

SpaceX to launch a US Air Force mission

The Space Test Program 2 will involve a cluster of satellites for military and scientific research.

1 May

Cygnus cargo to the space station An Orbital ATK Antares rocket will launch a Cygnus cargo spacecraft from Virginia.

31 July

NASA’s mission to touch the Sun

The Parker Solar Probe will be launched with a Delta 4-Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral.

Autumn

NASA’s Space Launch System The mission will send an unmanned Orion capsule into orbit around the Moon.

October

Europe’s mission to the Sun

A NASA-provided launch vehicle will send ESA’s Solar Orbiter on its journey to the Sun.