Smallsat Rideshare Missions

SpaceX Smallsat Rideshare payload stack (Credit: SpaceX)

• The information on this page is partially based on unofficial sources and educated guesses and is subject to change
• Dates are in UTC
• Clicking the date leads to the source of that information
• This list might be incomplete

Relevant links:

• Official website for SpaceX Smallsat Rideshare program
• SpaceX Smallsat Rideshare User’s Guide
• Complete SpaceX launch manifest

Changelog:

• Nov 24, 2020 – Hypernova’s 6U cubesat will launch on Transporter-3
• Nov 18, 2020 – Transporter-1 mission delayed to January 2021, will also launch Hugo
• Nov 14, 2020 – Outpost Demo delayed to May 2021; ADELIS-SAMSON (3 sats) will launch on Transporter-1
• Oct 27, 2020 – NUTSAT will launch on Transporter-1
• Oct 22, 2020 – Looks like PULSE will also launch on Transporter-1
• Oct 21, 2020 – Redesigned the Dedicated Missions table; two Landmapper-Demo sats launching on Transporter-1; Kepler to launch 2 more GEN1 sats in 2021 with Momentus
• Oct 14, 2020 – SOARS removed from Sherpa on the dedicated SSO mission in December 2020
• Oct 10, 2020 – The first dedicated SSO mission is scheduled for December 18, 2020; Exolaunch will have payloads on all three planned dedicated rideshare missions
• Oct 2, 2020 – Added numbering to the Momentus Vigoride missions; added satellites TROPICS Pathfinder, BroncoSat-1, FEES-2, ORESAT0, BHAARATHIYA-SAT, Neptuno, SMPOD-03; updated names of some payloads (SteamSat, AuroraSat, Quadpack)
• Oct 1, 2020 – Momentus will launch up to 24 VariSats over several SSO mission between Q4 2021 and 2023
• Sep 10, 2020 – Gossamer will launch with Momentus on the SSO launch in February 2021; TAGSAT-1 added to Sherpa on the December 2020 SSO launch
• Sep 9, 2020 – YAM-3 was moved from the December 2020 SSO launch to June 2021

Announced payloads or customers without an assigned mission:

• Cal Poly (unknown payload, 2020)
• Momentus Vigoride (on one of the upcoming Starlink missions + one other SSO launch)
• Additional SpaceBee satellites (riding with Momentus Vigoride in 2021 and 2022)
• Additional XR-1 satellite(s)
• Sen EarthTV (4 more sats in 2022 with Momentus Vigoride)
• Exolaunch (another Loft Orbital satellite in 2021)
• Kepler (2 more GEN1 satellites riding with Momentus in 2021)
• NanoAvionics (another satellite in 2021 with Exolaunch)
• OSAM-2 (Q3 2022)
• ISILaunch (more missions with Momentus Vigoride in 2021 and 2022)
• Equalizer
• Three more La Jument satellites for Lockheed (with Momentus Vigoride in 2021 and 2022)
• PredaSAR (spring 2021)
• Outpost Demo (May 2021)

Dedicated Missions

Other Shared Missions