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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-88
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Jan. 4, 2026, 6:48 a.m.
Communications
A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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Jan 11, 2026
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Pandora / Twilight rideshare mission
Sun-Synchronous Orbit Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
The Pandora small satellite was selected in 2021 as an inaugural mission in NASA’s Astrophysics Pioneers Program. It includes a 0.45-meter telescope that will improve our understanding of exoplanet atmospheres by disentangling exoplanet signals from their host stars, as well as studying host star variability with long-duration observations of 20 …
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Jan 11, 2026
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-97
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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Upcoming Events
Press Event
January 06, 2026
ISS US Spacewalk Preview Briefing
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USANASA will hold a preview briefing to provide an update on the upcoming extra-vehicular activities on the ISS. Participants in the news conference include: - Bill Spetch, operations integration manager, International Space Station Program - Diana Trujillo, spacewalk flight director, Flight Operations Directorate - Heidi Brewer, spacewalk flight director, Flight Operations Directorate
Press Event
January 08, 2026
ISS Update Press Conference
Washington DCNASA will host a live news conference to discuss the International Space Station and its crew. On Jan. 7, the agency announced it was postponing a planned spacewalk originally scheduled for Jan. 8 while teams monitored a medical concern with a crew member currently living and working aboard the orbital …
EVA
January 15, 2026
US EVA-95
International Space StationNASA astronauts will replace a high-definition camera on camera port 3, install a new navigational aid for visiting spacecraft, called a planar reflector, on the Harmony module’s forward port, and relocate an early ammonia servicer jumper — a flexible hose assembly that connects parts of a fluid system — along …
Spacecraft Undocking
January 21, 2026
SpaceX CRS-33 Dragon Undocking
International Space StationThe SpaceX CRS-33 Dragon spacecraft will undock from the International Space Station ahead of its reentry, splashdown and recovery.
Falcon 9
CSG-3
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USACSG-3 is an Earth observation satellite for the Italian Space Agency, part of a reconnaissance constellation using synthetic aperture radars operatin…
Long March 7A
Shijian 29 A-B
201 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China2 satellites officially described as for "demonstration of new technologies for spatial targets detection" purposes.
Long March 4B
Tianhui 7
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaA satellite officially described as for cartography purposes, details TBD.
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
AIST-2T 01 & 02
Cosmodrome Site 1S - Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian FederationA pair of Russian optical Earth observation satellites built by the Progress Rocket Space Centre for obtaining stereo images of the Earth's surface, …
Long March 3B/E
Fengyun-4C
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaChina's geostationary meteorological satellite program FY-4 (Feng Yun 4) is the second generation of chinese geostationary meteorological satellites.
Long March 8A
SatNet LEO Group 17
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.…
Soyuz 2.1a
Obzor-R No.1
43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationNote: Assignment of payloads to this launch is uncertain. The Russian Obzor-R satellite is a planned X-band radar earth observation satellite desi…
LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III)
BlueBird Block 2 #1
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad - Satish Dhawan Space Centre, IndiaAST SpaceMobile’s Block 2 BlueBird satellites are designed to deliver up to 10 times the bandwidth capacity of the BlueBird Block 1 satellites, requi…
Long March 12A
Demo Flight
Long March 12A Pad - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaFirst test launch of CASC/SAST’s Long March 12A rocket, with a dummy payload. The rocket’s 1st stage attempted to land on a landing pad about 300 km …
HANBIT-Nano
Spaceward
HANBIT Pad - Alcântara Space Center, Federative Republic of BrazilMaiden orbital launch attempt for the South Korean start-up Innospace and its HANBIT-Nano small launch vehicle. Onboard this flight are five small sa…
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NASA
Ganges Delta Under a Winter Shroud of Fog
Low clouds blanketed the delta while parallel cloud bands rolled over the Bay of Bengal during a January cold wave.
Spaceflight Now
Crew-11 to cut mission short and return to Earth due to medical …
In keeping with the agency's strict medical privacy policy, NASA officials have not identified the astronaut in questio…
SpacePolicyOnline.com
NASA DECIDES TO BRING CREW-11 HOME EARLY, BUT NOT AN EMERGENCY
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has decided to bring Crew-11 home early because of a medical concern affecting one of…
Space Scout
NASA Crew-11 Will Return Early Due to Medical Situation
NASA’s Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station will make an unprecedented early return to Earth due to a med…
SpaceNews
Medical issue prompts early return of Crew-11 from ISS
NASA has decided to bring home early four members of the International Space Station crew because of a medical issue w…
NASASpaceflight
Crew-11 to return early due to a medical concern with astronaut
NASA has opted to bring the four-member Crew-11 team home from the International Space Station… The post Crew-11 to ret…