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March Launch Schedule 2023

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Here is your one-stop shop for space launches with our March launch schedule. This month sees 2 launches to space stations, 1 lunar mission and 3 satellites launched. Read on to find out more!

Last updated: November 10th 2022

Launches to Space Stations

  • LAUNCH SUCCESS 2nd Crew 6 : SpaceX‘s Crew Dragon spacecraft launches with astronauts for the 9th time. It will take NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren ‘Woody’ Hoburg, UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev to the International Space Station. It will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida at 05:43 GMT. Delayed from February 19th and 26th. Scrubbed on February 27th.
  • LAUNCH SUCCESS 15th SpaceX CRS 27 : A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches a Dragon 2 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Delayed from March 11th.
  • Undated NG-19 : Heading to the International Space Station, the 20th Cygnus cargo freighter will launch aboard a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia.
  • Undated ISS 69-S : The next team of astronauts and cosmonauts launch to the International Space Station in a Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft. A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub and NASA astronauts Loral O’Hara from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.

Satellite Launches

  • LAUNCH SUCCESS 3rd Starlink 2-7 : A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from the Vandenberg Space Force Base, California at 18:38 GMT. It will launch the next 51 Starlink satellites. Delayed from February 27th, 28th and March 2nd.
  • LAUNCH FAILURE 7th ALOS 3 : The ALOS 3 Earth observation satellite will launch aboard a Japanese H3 rocket for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Delayed from February 11th. Countdown aborted on February 16th. Delayed from March 6th.
  • LAUNCH SUCCESS 9th OneWeb 17 : 40 satellites are launched for OneWeb aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. It will launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida at 19:13 GMT. Delayed from March 1st.
  • LAUNCH SUCCESS 12th Olymp-K 2 : A Russian government Proton rocket launches a communications satellite for the Russian military from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 23:13 GMT.
  • LAUNCH SUCCESS 16th “Stronger Together” : 2 Earth observation satellites for Capella Space launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Wallops Island, Virginia. It will launch aboard a Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle at 22:38 GMT. Delayed from March 11th and 15th.
  • LAUNCH SUCCESS 17th Starlink 2-8 : From the Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 52 Starlink satellites. They will launch at 19:26 GMT. Delayed from March 16th.
  • LAUNCH SUCCESS 17th SES 18 & SES 19 : A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch with 2 communications satellites for SES of Luxembourg. Built by Northrop Grumman, it will launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida at 23:38 GMT.
  • LAUNCH SUCCESS 23rd Bars-M4 : The Russian military launches a cartography satellite aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia at 06:40 GMT.
  • LAUNCH SUCCESS 24th “The Beat Goes On” : BlackSky launch 2 Earth-imaging satellites using a Rocket Lab Electron rocket. It will launch from the Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand at 09:14 GMT.
  • LAUNCH SUCCESS 24th Starlink 5-5 : The next batch of Starlink satellites launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida at 15:43 GMT.
  • LAUNCH SUCCESS 26th OneWeb 18 : From the Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India, an Indian Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk. 3 (GSLV Mk.3) launches 36 satellites for OneWeb at 03:30 GMT.
  • LAUNCH SUCCESS 28th Ofek 13 : A radar spy satellite is launched by an Israeli Shavit 2 rocket for the Israel Ministry of Defence. It will launch from Palmachim, Israel at 23:10 GMT.
  • Undated NROL-68 : A classified spy satellite launches for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Flordia.
  • Undated USSF 52 : The U.S. Space Force launch an unspecified military payload aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Known as mission USSF 52, it will launch from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Delayed from October 2021, mid 2022 and October 2022. Watch it live.
  • Undated USSF 51 : The USSF 51 mission launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida for the U.S. Space Force. It will launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket and contains an unspecified payload.

Test Flights

  • PARTIAL LAUNCH SUCCESS 23rd “Good Luck, Have Fun” : The inaugural demonstration flight of a Relativity Space Terran 1 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida at 03:25 GMT. Scrubbed on March 8th and 11th. The launch succeeded but the rocket failed to reach orbit.
  • Undated Polaris Dawn : An all-private mission will take billionaire Jared Isaacman, Scott “Kidd” Poteet and SpaceX employees Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon into space aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft. It will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Delayed from November and December. Watch it live.

Lunar Missions

  • Undated IM-1 : Built by Intuitive Machines, the Nova-C lander launches to the Moon aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Part of NASA‘s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, it will launch from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Delayed from 2022 and January 2023.
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