Next Upcoming Launch


Falcon 9 Block 5 | EchoStar 25

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March 10, 2026, 4:19 a.m.


Communications

EchoStar 25 is a direct broadcast satellite, built on the proven Maxar 1300 series platform, which will deliver content across North America. It will be equipped with a high-power, multi-spot beam payload, allowing DISH to provide high-quality content to its customers.

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Upcoming Launches


Mar 12, 2026

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-48

SpaceX

Low Earth Orbit Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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Mar 12, 2026

Long March 8A | Unknown Payload

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Unknown Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

Details TBD.
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Upcoming Events


Spacecraft Release
March 12, 2026

NG-23 Cygnus Release

International Space Station

The Northrop Grumman NG-23 Cygnus will be unberthed from the ISS before initiating a destructive reentry into the Earth's atmosphere taking waste along with it.

Press Event
March 12, 2026

Artemis II Flight Readiness Review News Conference

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

NASA will host a news conference to highlight progress toward the Artemis II crewed mission around the Moon. The media briefing will take place from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida after the conclusion of an Artemis II Flight Readiness Review. NASA participants include: - Administrator Jared Isaacman - …

Spacecraft Undocking
March 16, 2026

Progress MS-31 Undocking

International Space Station

The Progress MS-31 spacecraft will undock from the Poisk module of the International Space Station. It will then de-orbit and burn up in the atmosphere.

EVA
March 18, 2026

US EVA-94

International Space Station

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams will exit the station’s Quest airlock to prepare the 2A power channel for future installation of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays. Once installed, the array will provide additional power for the orbital laboratory, including critical support of its safe and controlled deorbit.


Falcon 9
Success
1 day, 23 hours ago
Starlink Group 17-18
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Electron
Success
4 days, 10 hours ago
Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed (BlackSky Gen-3 4)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Note: Payload and customer identities were not publicly announced. 4th of the BlackSky Gen-3 high resolution Earth-imaging satellites.


KAIROS
Failure
5 days, 8 hours ago
Flight 3
Space One Launch Pad - Spaceport Kii, Japan

Third flight of the KAIROS launch vehicle. 5 satellites will be on board: * TATARA-1R * SC-Sat1a * HErO * AETS-1 * Nutsat-3 (TASA/Taiwan)


Falcon 9
Success
5 days, 23 hours ago
Starlink Group 10-40
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 1 day ago
Starlink Group 10-41
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 2 days ago
Starlink Group 17-23
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Electron
Success
1 week, 3 days ago
That's Not A Knife (DART AE)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C) - Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Payload is a scramjet-powered hypersonic vehicle developed by by Australian company Hypersonix.


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 3 days ago
Starlink Group 6-108
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 5 days ago
Starlink Group 17-26
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 6 days ago
Starlink Group 6-110
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


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