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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 18 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
SpaceX | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD October, 2026
H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX)
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | JapanTanegashima Space Center, Japan
TBD October, 2026
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer D
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD October, 2026
Firefly Alpha Block 2 | INCUS
Firefly Aerospace | United States of AmericaWallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
TBD October, 2026
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
The Investigation of Convective Updrafts (INCUS) is a NASA Earth science mission led by Colorado State University that will investigate the behavior of tropical storms in order to better represent these storms in weather and climate models. It consists of 3 SmallSats flying in tight coordination to study why convective storms, heavy precipitation, and clouds occur exactly when and where they form. Each satellite will have a high frequency precipitation radar that observes rapid changes in convective cloud depth and intensities. 1 of the 3 satellites also will carry a microwave radiometer to provide the spatial content of the larger scale weather observed by the radars. By flying so closely together, the satellites will use the slight differences in when they make observations to apply a novel time-differencing approach to estimate the vertical transport of convective mass.
Low Earth OrbitFalcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer C
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD October, 2026
Vega-C | KOMPSAT-6 & PLATiNO 1
Avio S.p.A | ItalyGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD November, 2026
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
Korean Multi-purpose Satellite 6 (KOMPSAT-6) is the sixth South Korean Earth observation satellite of the KOMPSAT series. It is equipped with a synthetic aperture radar with a ground resolution between 0.5 and 20 meters. PLATiNO 1 is an experimental X-band SAR earth observation satellite project by the Italian Space Agency (ASI), with a radar payload from Thales Alenia Space Italia. The X-band SAR will first operate in passive mode at 619 km altitude, then in active mode after the satellites moves lower to a 410 km orbit.
Sun-Synchronous OrbitFalcon 9 Block 5 | KOMPSAT-7A
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD November, 2026
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 2
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD November, 2026
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
2nd lunar lander developed by Firefly Aerospace. The Blue Ghost lander will be of a new two-stage version utilizing an Elytra Dark transfer vehicle to place it and the European Space Agency's Lunar Pathfinder experimental communication satellite into Lunar orbit. The lander will land on the far side of the Moon with 2 NASA payloads: * Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment (LuSEE-Night) * User Terminal (UT)
Lunar OrbitFalcon 9 Block 5 | Rivada 1
SpaceX | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD December, 2026
Terran R | Mars Lander
Relativity Space | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD December, 2026
Falcon 9
Crew-12
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USASpaceX Crew-12 is the twelfth crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial C…
Ariane 64
Amazon Leo (LE-01)
Ariane Launch Area 4 - Guiana Space Centre, French GuianaAmazon Leo, formerly known as Project Kuiper, is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, thi…
Vulcan VC4S
USSF-87
Space Launch Complex 41 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAUSSF-87 will launch two identical Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites GSSAP-7 and GSSAP-8 directly to a near-geosyn…
Proton-M
Elektro-L No.5
81/24 (81P) - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanElektro-L is a series of meteorological satellites developed for the Russian Federal Space Agency by NPO Lavochkin. They are designed to capture real…
Smart Dragon 3
PRSC-EO2 & 6 satellites
South China Sea (launch location 3) - Haiyang Oriental SpaceportCarried 7 satellites to sun-synchronous orbit, including PRSC-EO2 (Earth observation satellite for the Pakistan government's SUPARCO) & CUHK-1. Detai…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 17-34
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 17-33
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 2F/G
Chinese Reusable Space Vehicle
Launch Area 91 (SLS-1 / 921) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China4th flight of the Chinese spaceplane capable of returning to Earth.
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
Kosmos (Unknown Payload)
43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationUnknown classified payload(s) for the Russian military.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 17-32
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.
