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Soyuz 2.1b | Progress MS-35 (96P)
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Resupply
Progress resupply mission to the International Space Station.
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Sep 17, 2026
Long March 12 | Unknown Payload
Unknown Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Details TBD.
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Sep 17, 2026
Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-259
Polar Orbit Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
USSF-259 is a classified mission for the United States Space Force. It is possibly a batch of classified LEO satellites based on SpaceX’s Starshield satellite bus, based on locations of ascent rocket stage drop zones being fits with previous SDA Transport Layer launches.
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Upcoming Events
Press Event
September 16, 2026
Crew-12 Pre-Departure On-Orbit News Conference
International Space StationThe Crew-12 astronauts will give a news conference from the International Space Station before their return to Earth.
Docking
September 19, 2026
Progress MS-35 Docking
International Space StationThe Progress MS-35 spacecraft is scheduled to autonomously dock to the Poisk module of the ISS.
Flyby
September 30, 2026
Juice Earth Flyby
EarthThird flyby of ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission on its way to the Jovian system.
Orbital Insertion
November 30, 2026
BepiColombo Mercury Orbit Insertion
MercuryOrbital insertion around Mercury of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission.
Gravity-1
SpaceSail Polar Group #16
Yellow Sea (launch location 5) - Haiyang Oriental Spaceport9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies with …
Zhuque-2E Block 2
SpaceSail Polar Group #15
Launch Area 96A - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China10 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies with…
Vega-C
Sentinel-3C & FLEX
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) - Guiana Space Centre, French GuianaSentinel-3C is the third satellite in the Sentinel-3 constellation, which provides high-accuracy optical, radar and altimetry data for marine and lan…
Falcon 9
O3b mPower 11-13
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA3 high-throughput communications satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) built by Boeing and operated by SES.
Electron
Happily Ever Faster (BlackSky Gen-3 5)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandNote: Payload and customer identities were not publicly announced. 5th of the BlackSky Gen-3 high resolution Earth-imaging satellites.
Falcon 9
USSF-153
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAUSSF-153 is a classified mission for the United States Space Force. It is possibly a batch of classified LEO satellites based on SpaceX’s Starshield …
Long March 4B
Yaogan 53-01 to 03/56-01 to 03
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China6 Chinese military “remote sensing” satellite of unknown purposes.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 15-24
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Spectrum
Onward and Upward
Orbital Launch Pad - Andøya SpaceportSecond test flight of the Isar Spectrum launch vehicle. This launch will carry 5 cubesats and 1 non-separable experiment as part of European Space Ag…
GSLV Mk II
GISAT-1A (EOS-05)
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad - Satish Dhawan Space Centre, IndiaGISAT-1A (GEO Imaging Satellite) is an Indian earth observing satellite operating from geostationary orbit to facilitate continuous observation of In…
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NASA
NASA Ames Stars of the Month: September 2026
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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch national security payload for th…
The rocket will carry an unspecified number of satellites to orbit. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base …
European Spaceflight
Open Cosmos Raises €300 Million as Investors Back Europe’s Space…
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