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Mir | Demo Flight
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Test Flight
Note: Launch vehicle name is provisional. First orbital full version launch of the South Korean military small satellite launch vehicle, after 2 sub-orbital tests of individual stages on 30 March and 30 December 2022, and 1 orbital test flight without the 2nd stage on 4 December 2023. Details TBD.
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Nov 05, 2026
Long March 2C | Unknown Payload
Unknown Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Details TBD.
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Nov 06, 2026
Ceres-2 | Unknown Payload
Unknown Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Details TBD.
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Upcoming Events
EVA
November 05, 2026
US EVA-101
International Space StationNASA astronaut Anil Menon and CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk will install and deploy the eighth and final IROSA on the 3B channel of the space station, completing the power augmentation upgrades. The final two roll-out solar arrays will complete the space station’s power system augmentation. Together, the eight roll-out arrays will increase available power by up to 30%, boosting the station’s electric power generation capacity from 160 kilowatts to approximately 215 kilowatts.
Press Event
November 07, 2026
NASA Moon Base: November 2026 Update (Nov. 7, 2026)
Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USAPress conference at the MAX POWER aerospace expo that will provide an update on the upcoming Moon Base near the lunar South Pole. Participants in this news conference, taking place at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, include: - NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman - Carlos García-Galán, manager, Moon Base Program - Nicky …
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 …
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.
Long March 8A
SatNet LEO Group 28
Commercial LC-1 - 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.…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 15-15
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.
Long March 4B
Yaogan 53-07 to 09/56-19 to 21
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China6 Chinese military “remote sensing” satellite of unknown purposes.
Long March 6A
Yaogan 50-03
Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThe Yaogan 50-03 is a Chinese military “remote sensing” satellite of unknown purposes.
Electron
We're Not Hawking Around (3x HawkEye 360)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandHawkEye 360 is a a space-based civil global intelligence satellite network using radio frequency (RF) technology to help monitor transportation acros…
Spaceflight News
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TB 26-10 Printed Circuit Board Assembly Chip Resistor Body Crack…
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Swiss Startup Plans Lunar Lander Powered by Rotating Detonation …
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NASA
NASA Astronaut, STEM Creator Connect with Students for STEM Day
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Spaceflight Now
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to burn up this week after…
As of Monday, the U.S. Space Force predicted Swift would re-enter Earth's atmosphere at approximately 3:30 a.m. EST Wed…
SpaceNews
DETUMBLER: Airbus’ Passive Spin Stabilization Solution
The tumbling crisis: why dead satellites threaten orbit Every year, hundreds of satellites reach end-of-life, most are…
NASASpaceflight
Avoiding an uncontrolled reentry; boost Hubble and keep the scie…
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has addressed the ongoing debate about the Hubble Space Telescope’s long-term… The po…