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Satellite watchSES launches the final O3b mPOWER satellites, with service expected in 2027- RKLBRocket Lab$64.35up2.22%
- ASTSAST SpaceMobile$59.86up0.00%
- LUNRIntuitive Machines$14.19down1.11%
- FLYFirefly Aerospace$21.23up0.46%
- PLPlanet Labs$16.22down1.37%
- RDWRedwire$10.88up2.45%
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FLEX and Copernicus Sentinel-3C (VV30) · Avio (for ESA and the European Commission) · Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana
15 Sept · 01:21 UTC
last verified 15 Sept 2026 · The launch record →
O3b mPOWER 11, 12 and 13 · SpaceX (for SES) · Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, USA
13 Sept · 18:49 UTC
last verified 15 Sept 2026 · The launch record →
Launches
- tbcNASA's SpaceX Crew-13 · SpaceX (for NASA Commercial Crew Program) · slipped
- tbcHTV-X2 · JAXA · tbd
- tbcChang'e-7 · CNSA / CASC · slipped
- 15 SeptFLEX and Copernicus Sentinel-3C (VV30) · Avio (for ESA and the European Commission) · launched
- 13 SeptO3b mPOWER 11, 12 and 13 · SpaceX (for SES) · launched
Missions
- nextCopernicus Sentinel-3C: Launch and early orbit phase checks over the coming days, followed by commissioning of its four instruments
- nextFLEX: Launch and early orbit phase checks over the coming days, followed by commissioning
- nextJUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer): Earth gravity assist flyby, closest approach 27 September 2026 on ESA's flight-dynamics mission calendar
- nextNancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: Second mid-course correction planned later in September; L2 insertion expected around early December 2026
- nextBepiColombo: Mercury orbit insertion on 21 November 2026, with routine science operations beginning in early 2027
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Moon
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Mars
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Copernicus Sentinel-3C
commissioningESA / European Commission / EUMETSAT · Earth, sun-synchronous orbit
Next: Launch and early orbit phase checks over the coming days, followed by commissioning of its four instruments
last verified 15 Sept 2026
FLEX
commissioningESA · Earth, sun-synchronous orbit
Next: Launch and early orbit phase checks over the coming days, followed by commissioning
last verified 15 Sept 2026
JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer)
cruiseESA · Jupiter (Ganymede, Callisto, Europa)
Next: Earth gravity assist flyby, closest approach 27 September 2026 on ESA's flight-dynamics mission calendar
last verified 15 Sept 2026
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
cruiseNASA · Sun-Earth L2
Next: Second mid-course correction planned later in September; L2 insertion expected around early December 2026
last verified 15 Sept 2026
BepiColombo
cruiseESA / JAXA · Mercury
Next: Mercury orbit insertion on 21 November 2026, with routine science operations beginning in early 2027
last verified 22 Aug 2026
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