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Falcon 9 Block 5 | O3b mPower 11-13
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Communications
3 high-throughput communications satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) built by Boeing and operated by SES.
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Sep 15, 2026
Vega-C | Sentinel-3C & FLEX
Sun-Synchronous Orbit Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Sentinel-3C is the third satellite in the Sentinel-3 constellation, which provides high-accuracy optical, radar and altimetry data for marine and land services. The Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX) satellite is a part of ESA's Earth Explorer program. The satellite will map vegetation fluorescence to quantify photosynthetic activity.
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Sep 15, 2026
Zhuque-2E Block 2 | Unknown Payload
Unknown Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Possibly launch of a batch of SpaceSail LEO communication satellites. Details TBD.
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Upcoming Events
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.
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 …
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…
Electron
Owl Around The World (StriX Launch 11)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandSynthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 15-23
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.
Pallas-1
Demo Flight
Pallas-1 Launch Pad - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaFirst test launch of Galactic Energy’s Pallas-1 rocket, with a dummy payload on board.
Falcon Heavy
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAThe Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is a NASA infrared space telescope with a 2.4 m (7.9 ft) wide field of view primary mirror and two scientific i…
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