Launch schedule 2018
Launch date as per local time in ESA HQ, Paris, France
Mission name
Sentinel 3B- Copernicus
Date: 25 April 2018
Location:Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Launcher: Rockot
Website: Sentinel-3
Mission name
Horizon - ESA astronaut A. Gerst
Date: 6 June 2018
Location: Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Launcher: Soyuz
Website: http://alexandergerst.esa.int
Mission name
Galileo- Final constellation
Date: 25 July 2018
Location: CSG, Europe’s Spaceport (French Guiana)
Launcher: Ariane5 ES
Website: Galileo
Mission name
AEOLUS - 5th Earth Explorer
Date: 22 August
Location: CSG, Europe’s Spaceport (French Guiana)
Launcher: Vega
Website: Aeolus
Mission name
100th Ariane 5 launch
Date: 26 September
Location: CSG, Europe’s Spaceport (French Guiana)
Launcher: Ariane
Website: Ariane 5
Mission name
BepiColombo, ESA's Mercury Explorer Launch
Date: 20 October
Location: CSG, Europe’s Spaceport (French Guiana)
Launcher: Ariane 5
Website: BepiColombo
Mission name
METOP-C
Date: 7 November
Location: CSG, Europe’s Spaceport (French Guiana)
Launcher: Soyuz
Website: METOP
Mission name
EDRS-C
Date: May 2019
Location: CSG, Europe’s Spaceport (French Guiana)
Launcher: Ariane 5
Website: EDRS-C
Mission name
Spacebus Neo (first launch: Eutelsat Konnect)
Date: Q4 2019
Location: CSG, Europe’s Spaceport (French Guiana)
Launcher: Ariane 5
Website: Neosat