Orbital launches | |
---|---|
First | 4 January |
Last | 10 January |
Total | 6 |
Successes | 6 |
Failures | 0 |
Partial failures | 0 |
Spaceflight in 2025 promises to follow the 2020s trend of record breaking orbital launches (with at least 300 expected) and increased developments in lunar, Mars and low-earth orbit exploration.
ESA plans to conduct an orbital test flight of the Space Rider uncrewed spaceplane in the third quarter of the year.[1]
China plans to launch the Tianwen-2 (ZhengHe) asteroid sample-return and comet probe.[2]
SpaceX expects to perform an in-space propellant transfer demonstration using two docked Starships in 2025—a critical milestone that will allow SpaceX to refuel their Starship HLS vehicle for an uncrewed lunar landing demonstration in the following year.[3]
Kuiper Systems, Amazon’s satellite internet subsidiary, plans to ramp up launches for its constellation of over 3,000 satellites. The launches will occur on Falcon 9, Ariane 6, Vulcan Centaur and New Glenn launch vehicles.[4]
Vast plans to launch the first ever commercial space station in 2025.[5]
Blue Origin plans to launch their MK1 Lunar Lander as a "pathfinder" mission in 2025.[6]