Current launch date: 1Q 2021.
Our estimated launch date: 2Q 2021.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has stuck to a 2020 launch date for its H3 rocket for a while, but that comes with an asterisk because it means "fiscal year 2020," which runs through March, 2021.
Current launch date: Spring 2021.
Our estimated launch date: 3Q-4Q 2021.
The first Omega launch does not yet have a firm date, but the company is hoping to debut the rocket from Launch Complex-39B during the first or second quarter of 2021.
Current launch date: 3Q-4Q 2021.
Our estimated launch date: 4Q 2021.
This past week, the European Space Agency confirmed that the launch of the Ariane 6 rocket would slip from the end of this year into 2021.
If tests of the integrated first and second stages of the Ariane 6 are conducted by early 2021, we'll have more confidence in a launch of this large rocket next year.
Current launch date: Summer 2021.
Our estimated launch date: 4Q 2021.
This will help with all manner of tests as the company presses toward the first launch of its new heavy lift rocket.
Currently, the RD-180 engine (Atlas V) and RS-68 (Delta IV Heavy) power United Launch Alliance's two rockets.
This suggests that making a launch in 2021 will be a challenge for United Launch Alliance, but it's not impossible.
Our estimated launch date: 4Q 2021.
Current launch date: End of 2021
Once this "green run" test is complete, we'll begin to have more confidence in a launch date for the rocket
Current launch date: End of 2021
Blue Origin has spent a lot of time and money on facilities—building a large assembly building and launch site in Florida, a rocket engine factory in Alabama, and new headquarters in Washington state