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Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | MKA Kinosputnik, KOEN and others
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Technology
Share-ride of multiple satellites, including dual-use optical Earth observation satellites and drone-guiding satellites: * MKA Kinosputnik * KOEN, KA MT-LAB * NPO Kaisant 6U cubesat with a Germes modem * NPO Kaisant 16U cubesat with Gonets modems
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Nov 14, 2026
Electron | The Mountain God Rises (iQPS Launch 10)
Low Earth Orbit Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.
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Nov 14, 2026
Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo (LV-01)
Low Earth Orbit Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Amazon Leo, formerly known as Project Kuiper, is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected …
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Upcoming Events
Orbital Insertion
November 30, 2026
BepiColombo Mercury Orbit Insertion
MercuryOrbital insertion around Mercury of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission.
Flyby
December 24, 2026
Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby
VenusSolar Orbiter, a partnership between ESA and NASA, will perform a gravity assist maneuver with Venus on December 24, 2026. Throughout its mission it also makes repeated gravity assist flybys of Venus to get closer to the Sun, and to change its orbital inclination, boosting it out of the ecliptic …
Flyby
December 31, 2026
Europa Clipper Earth Flyby
EarthNASA’s Europa Clipper will fly by Earth for a second and final gravity assist on its way to Jupiter.
Spacecraft Berthing
December 31, 2026
SNC-1 Dream Chaser Berthing
International Space StationNASA TV will livestream the rendezvous and capture of Sierra Nevada Corporation's Dream Chaser cargo craft to the International Space Station.
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
MKA Kinosputnik, KOEN and others
Cosmodrome Site 1S - Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian FederationShare-ride of multiple satellites, including dual-use optical Earth observation satellites and drone-guiding satellites: * MKA Kinosputnik * KOEN…
Starship
Starlink Group 31-2 (Starship Flight 15)
Orbital Launch Pad 2 - SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA15th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle and 4th flight of Starship V3. Second Starship flight to deploy satellites (a group of Star…
Falcon 9
USSF-627
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…
Long March 2D
CAS Pathfinder-1
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThe Chinese Academy of Science (CAS)' Pathfinder-1 satellites is built for in-orbit validation of critical technologies for the upcoming main mission…
Long March 12
SatNet LEO Group 29
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.…
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
Glonass-K1? (Kosmos 2621?)
43/3 (43L) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationNote: Payload identity uncertain. Glonass-K are the third generation of satellite design for GLONASS satellite navigation system. GLONASS is a Rus…
Falcon 9
USSF-432
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…
Ceres-2
4 satellites
Launch Area 95A - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaShare-ride of 4 commercial Earth observation and technology demonstration satellites to SSO, details TBD.
Long March 2C
Yaogan 51-07 to 09
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China3 Chinese military “remote sensing” satellite of unknown purposes.
Kinetica 2
SpaceSail Polar Group #17
Launch Area 140 - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China18 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies with…
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Arstechnica
Starship flight 15 powers to orbit—setting up a possible catch o…
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SpacePolicyOnline.com
Starship IFT-15 is in Orbit — Will it be “Caught” When It Return…
SpaceX launched the 15th Starship Integrated Flight Test (IFT-15) early this evening from Starbase, Texas. Plans to bri…
Spaceflight Now
Live Coverage: Starship Flight 15 attempts to recover full vehic…
Liftoff of the integrated Starship vehicle from Starbase in Texas is scheduled during a 75-minute launch window that op…
SpaceNews
Commercial Space Federation Welcomes CesiumAstro as a New Associ…
November 13, 2026— Washington, D.C.—The Commercial Space Federation (CSF) is pleased to welcome CesiumAstro as its new…
NASA
Outbursts from a Massive Star
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have discovered what is triggering repeated outbursts from a giant,…
NASA
Gemini Astronaut Photos Inspired Early Earth Observation Program
Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr. and Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. orbited Earth from November 11 to 15, 1966, on Gemini XII…