NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Dragonfly

Launch Time
NET Jul 5, 2028

Dragonfly's launch window is open from July 5th through July 25th

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Rocket

Falcon Heavy
Image Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX
Status: Active
Price: $97.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 22,819 kN
Payload to LEO: 63,800 kg
Payload to GTO: 26,700 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 70.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.2 m
Fairing Height: 13.0 m

Mission Details

Dragonfly

NASA's Dragonfly mission will fly to dozens of promising locations on Titan looking for prebiotic chemical processes common on both Titan and Earth. Dragonfly marks the first time NASA will fly a multi-rotor vehicle for science on another planet; it has eight rotors and flies like a large drone. It will take advantage of Titan’s dense atmosphere – four times denser than Earth’s – to become the first vehicle ever to fly its entire science payload to new places for repeatable and targeted access to surface materials.

Payloads: 1
Heliocentric Orbit

Location

LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Stats

SpaceX

456th mission
1st mission of 2028

Falcon Heavy

12th mission
1st mission of 2028