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Long March 6A | Yaogan 50-02
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March 15, 2026, 1:22 p.m.
Government/Top Secret
The Yaogan 50-02 is a Chinese military “remote sensing” satellite of unknown purposes.
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Electron | Eight Days A Week (StriX Launch 8)
Sun-Synchronous Orbit Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.
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Mar 20, 2026
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-15
Low Earth Orbit Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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Upcoming Events
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.
Press Event
March 16, 2026
US EVA-94 & 95 Preview News Conference
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USANASA will discuss the pair of upcoming spacewalks during a news conference at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA participants include: - Bill Spetch, operations integration manager, International Space Station Program - Diana Trujillo, spacewalk flight director, Flight Operations Directorate - Ronak Dave, spacewalk flight director, Flight Operations …
Static Fire
March 16, 2026
Booster 19 Static Fire
Starbase. TexasSpaceX will static fire Super Heavy Booster 19, in preparation for Starship's 12th launch.
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
Starlink Group 10-48
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 17-31
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.
Long March 2D
Shiyan 30 03-04
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaA pair of Chinese satellites reported to be for "Earth observation technological testing and validation" purposes. Actual usage not known.
Long March 8A
SatNet LEO Group 20
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.…
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Stairway to Seven
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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)
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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.
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