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Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-627
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Government/Top Secret
A classified mission for the United States Space Force. It is possibly a batch of classified LEO satellites based on SpaceX’s Starshield satellite bus, based on locations of rocket stage drop zones being exact fits with previous Starlink Group 15 launches.
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Nov 11, 2026
Long March 2D | Unknown Payload
Unknown Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Details TBD.
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Nov 12, 2026
Kuaizhou 11 | Unknown Payload
Unknown Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Details TBD.
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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.
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…
Electron
The Sea God Surveys (iQPS Launch 9)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandSynthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 15-18
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.
GSLV Mk II
IRNSS-1L (NVS-03)
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad - Satish Dhawan Space Centre, IndiaThis is a replacement satellite for the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System. The constellation will provide India with an alternative to GPS …
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 15-16
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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