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Firefly Alpha | Stairway to Seven
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March 12, 2026, 12:50 a.m.
Test Flight
Firefly Alpha's Flight 7 will be a test flight and return-To-Flight for the launch vehicle after its April 2025 launch failure. It will test and validate key systems ahead of Firefly’s Block II configuration upgrade on Flight 8 that’s designed to enhance reliability and manufacturability across the vehicle. Flight 7 will be the last flown in Alpha’s current configuration and will test multiple Block II subsystems, including the in-house avionics and thermal improvements, to gain flight heritage and validate lessons learned ahead of the full configuration upgrade on Flight 8.
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Mar 12, 2026
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-48
Low Earth Orbit Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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Mar 12, 2026
Long March 8A | Unknown Payload
Unknown Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Details TBD.
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Upcoming Events
Spacecraft Release
March 12, 2026
NG-23 Cygnus Release
International Space StationThe Northrop Grumman NG-23 Cygnus will be unberthed from the ISS before initiating a destructive reentry into the Earth's atmosphere taking waste along with it.
Press Event
March 12, 2026
Artemis II Flight Readiness Review News Conference
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USANASA will host a news conference to highlight progress toward the Artemis II crewed mission around the Moon. The media briefing will take place from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida after the conclusion of an Artemis II Flight Readiness Review. NASA participants include: - Administrator Jared Isaacman - …
Spacecraft Undocking
March 16, 2026
Progress MS-31 Undocking
International Space StationThe Progress MS-31 spacecraft will undock from the Poisk module of the International Space Station. It will then de-orbit and burn up in the atmosphere.
EVA
March 18, 2026
US EVA-94
International Space StationNASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams will exit the station’s Quest airlock to prepare the 2A power channel for future installation of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays. Once installed, the array will provide additional power for the orbital laboratory, including critical support of its safe and controlled deorbit.
Falcon 9
EchoStar 25
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAEchoStar 25 is a direct broadcast satellite, built on the proven Maxar 1300 series platform, which will deliver content across North America. It will…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 17-18
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Electron
Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed (BlackSky Gen-3 4)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandNote: Payload and customer identities were not publicly announced. 4th of the BlackSky Gen-3 high resolution Earth-imaging satellites.
KAIROS
Flight 3
Space One Launch Pad - Spaceport Kii, JapanThird flight of the KAIROS launch vehicle. 5 satellites will be on board: * TATARA-1R * SC-Sat1a * HErO * AETS-1 * Nutsat-3 (TASA/Taiwan)
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 10-40
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 10-41
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 17-23
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Electron
That's Not A Knife (DART AE)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C) - Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USAPayload is a scramjet-powered hypersonic vehicle developed by by Australian company Hypersonix.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-108
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 17-26
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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