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Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A
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Government/Top Secret
Tranche 1 Transport Layer A is one of six missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer constellation, which will provide assured, resilient, low-latency military data and connectivity worldwide to the full range of warfighter platforms from Low Earth Orbit satellites. The constellation will be interconnected with Optical Inter-Satellite Links (OISLs) which have significantly increased performance over existing radio frequency crosslinks. It is expected to operate over Ka band, have stereo coverage and be dynamically networked for simpler hand-offs, greater bandwidth and fault tolerance. This launch …
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Oct 07, 2026
Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6
Sun-Synchronous Orbit Naro Space Center, South Korea
NeonSat-2 to 6 are part of the South Korean government's Earth observation micro-satellite constellation NeonSat (New-space Earth Observation Satellite). The NeonSat constellation is the first satellite system developed by the government using a mass-production approach for precise monitoring of the Korean Peninsula.
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Oct 09, 2026
Long March 12 | Unknown Payload
Unknown Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Details TBD.
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Upcoming Events
Spacecraft Undocking
October 07, 2026
SpaceX Crew-12 Crew Dragon Undocking
International Space StationThe Crew-12 Crew Dragon will undock from the International Space Station, carrying four astronauts. It will then reenter the Earth's atmosphere and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
Spacecraft Landing
October 08, 2026
SpaceX Crew-12 Crew Dragon Splashdown
Pacific OceanThe Crew-12 Crew Dragon will splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, bringing four astronauts back to Earth after spending six months on the International Space Station.
Spacecraft Release
October 09, 2026
NG-24 Cygnus Release
International Space StationThe Northrop Grumman NG-24 Cygnus will be unberthed from the ISS before initiating a destructive reentry into the Earth's atmosphere taking waste along with it.
Docking
October 15, 2026
SpaceX CRS-35 Dragon Docking
International Space StationFollowing its launch atop a Falcon 9, the CRS-35 Dragon will autonomously dock to the ISS, bringing crew supplies as well as experiments.
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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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Transporter 18 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USADedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
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USSF-385
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Yaogan 40 Group 04
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SatNet LEO Group 26
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9 satellites
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Falcon 9
Starlink Group 15-27
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.
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