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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-15
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Communications
A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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Oct 21, 2026
Electron | We're Not Hawking Around (3x HawkEye 360)
Sun-Synchronous Orbit Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
HawkEye 360 is a a space-based civil global intelligence satellite network using radio frequency (RF) technology to help monitor transportation across air, land and sea and assist with emergencies, and to provide civil SIGINT (Signal Intelligence) mission. The constellation of small satellites (named Hawk ) will collect information on specific …
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Upcoming Events
Press Event
October 20, 2026
US EVA-100/101 Preview News Conference
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USANASA will preview two upcoming spacewalks to complete solar array installation and power augmentation of the International Space Station during a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Oct. 20, from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA participants include: - Gaurang Patel, operations integration manager, Low Earth Orbit Program - Garrett Hehn, spacewalk flight director, Flight Operations Directorate
Press Event
October 23, 2026
Artemis Acceleration Press Conference
Participants include: - NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman - NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya - Jeremy Parsons, NASA’s Artemis program manager
EVA
October 29, 2026
US EVA-100
International Space StationNASA astronaut Anil Menon and CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk will exit the station’s Quest airlock to install and deploy an International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array (IROSA) on the 2A electrical power channel. The solar array will be the seventh IROSA and will provide additional power to support critical station …
Static Fire
October 31, 2026
RS-25 Engine Test
Fred Haise Test Stand, NASA’s Stennis Space CenterNASA is conducting a hot fire of an RS-25 engine as part of certification testing for future SLS (Space Launch System) rockets. The test of developmental RS-25 engine No. 10001 is planned to run for almost eight-and-a-half minutes (500 seconds) and throttle up to 111% of its rated power level.
Falcon 9
Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USADedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers…
H3-24
Martian Moons eXploration (MMX)
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 - Tanegashima Space Center, JapanMMX is a Japanese scientific mission to land on Phobos, one of the two moons of Mars, to collect samples before bringing them back to Earth. The m…
Falcon 9
USSF-481
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA classified mission for the United States Space Force. It is possibly a batch of classified LEO satellites based on SpaceX’s Starshield satellite bu…
Zhuque-2E Block 2
10 satellites
Launch Area 96A - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaRide-share of 10 satellites to sun-synchronous orbit, including: * Guangchuan-03 & 04 (LT-03/04) from LandSpace's subsidiary LandTower for testing…
Falcon 9
Dragon CRS-2 SpX-35
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA35th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commer…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 15-25
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.
Falcon 9
SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USATranche 1 Transport Layer A is one of six missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Sp…
Long March 12
SatNet LEO Group 27
Commercial LC-2 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of ChinaA batch of 9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.…
Nuri
NeonSat-2 to 6
LC-2 - Naro Space Center, South KoreaNeonSat-2 to 6 are part of the South Korean government's Earth observation micro-satellite constellation NeonSat (New-space Earth Observation Satelli…
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NROL-97
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAClassified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office.
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