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:

• Jul 29, 2020 – Specified more payloads flying on Sherpa-FX
• Jul 20, 2020 – SEOPS’s deployment system will launch on an unspecified mission
• Jul 16, 2020 – Specified some of the payloads flying on Sherpa-FX
• Jul 15, 2020 – Spaceflight’s Sherpa-FX tug will launch on the December 2020 dedicated mission, carrying 16 satellites
• Jul 2, 2020 – Momentus will also carry payload for ISILaunch on the first dedicated mission in December
• Jul 1, 2020 – Added new payloads to the December 2020 SSO mission based on the Reddit wiki list: TunaCan, SW1FT/SEZ
• Jun 30, 2020 – Exolaunch will help launch a satellite for NanoAvionics on the December 2020 SSO launch and another satellite in 2021
• Jun 17, 2020 – Spaceflight booked slots on several SSO launches in 2020 and 2021; Momentus will help launch SPARTAN and QMR-KWT on the SSO mission in February 2021
• Jun 14, 2020 – SpaceX will also launch OSAM-2 in 2022
• Jun 13, 2020 – The dedicated mission in December 2020 will also launch GNOMES-2
• Jun 11, 2020 – Exolaunch will help launch YAM-3 on the December 2020 SSO launch and another satellite in 2021
• Jun 10, 2020 – The second set of SkySats will launch on a Starlink mission in July
• Jun 5, 2020 – Two BlackSky satellites will launch on the Starlink v1-9 mission
• Jun 4, 2020 – The dedicated mission in June 2021 will also launch OrbAstro (on Vigoride)

Announced payloads or customers without an assigned mission:

• Kepler (two missions in H2 2020)
• 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)
• NanoAvionics (another satellite in 2021 with Exolaunch)
• OSAM-2 (Q3 2022)
• Spaceflight (multiple SSO missions in 2020 and 2021)
• ISILaunch (more missions with Momentus Vigoride in 2021 and 2022)
• SEOPS

Dedicated Missions

Other Shared Missions