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Vega-C | Sentinel-3C & FLEX

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Earth Science

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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Upcoming Launches


Sep 15, 2026

Zhuque-2E Block 2 | Unknown Payload

LandSpace

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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Sep 15, 2026

Gravity-1 | Unknown Payload

Orienspace Technology

Unknown Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

Possibly launch of a batch of SpaceSail LEO communication satellites. Details TBD.
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Upcoming Events


Press Event
September 16, 2026

Crew-12 Pre-Departure On-Orbit News Conference

International Space Station

The Crew-12 astronauts will give a news conference from the International Space Station before their return to Earth.

Docking
September 19, 2026

Progress MS-35 Docking

International Space Station

The Progress MS-35 spacecraft is scheduled to autonomously dock to the Poisk module of the ISS.

Flyby
September 30, 2026

Juice Earth Flyby

Earth

Third 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

Mercury

Orbital insertion around Mercury of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission.


Falcon 9
Success
23 hours, 46 minutes ago
O3b mPower 11-13
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

3 high-throughput communications satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) built by Boeing and operated by SES.


Electron
Success
3 days, 15 hours ago
Happily Ever Faster (BlackSky Gen-3 5)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Note: Payload and customer identities were not publicly announced. 5th of the BlackSky Gen-3 high resolution Earth-imaging satellites.


Falcon 9
Success
4 days, 2 hours ago
USSF-153
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

USSF-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
Success
4 days, 9 hours ago
Yaogan 53-01 to 03/56-01 to 03
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

6 Chinese military “remote sensing” satellite of unknown purposes.


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 1 day ago
Starlink Group 15-24
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Spectrum
Success
1 week, 1 day ago
Onward and Upward
Orbital Launch Pad - Andøya Spaceport

Second 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
Success
1 week, 3 days ago
GISAT-1A (EOS-05)
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad - Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

GISAT-1A (GEO Imaging Satellite) is an Indian earth observing satellite operating from geostationary orbit to facilitate continuous observation of In…


Electron
Success
1 week, 5 days ago
Owl Around The World (StriX Launch 11)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 5 days ago
Starlink Group 15-23
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Pallas-1
Success
1 week, 6 days ago
Demo Flight
Pallas-1 Launch Pad - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

First test launch of Galactic Energy’s Pallas-1 rocket, with a dummy payload on board.


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