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Recently in space
USSF-385 · SpaceX (for the US Space Force) · SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
26 Sept · 14:00 UTC
last verified 27 Sept 2026 · The launch record →
Owlright Owlright Owlright (13th StriX) · Rocket Lab (for Synspective) · Launch Complex 1, Mahia, New Zealand
26 Sept · 00:39 UTC
last verified 27 Sept 2026 · The launch record →
Launches
- 28 SeptStarship Flight 14 · SpaceX · scheduled
- 1 OctNASA's SpaceX Crew-13 · SpaceX (for NASA Commercial Crew Program) · go
- tbcHTV-X2 · JAXA · tbd
- 26 SeptUSSF-385 · SpaceX (for the US Space Force) · launched
- 26 SeptOwlright Owlright Owlright (13th StriX) · Rocket Lab (for Synspective) · 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
- nextNancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: Fine-guidance system activation; L2 insertion expected around early December 2026, first science images by early 2027
- nextJUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer): Earth gravity assist flyby, closest approach at 13:45 CEST (11:45 UTC) on 28 September 2026 over the Indian Ocean, within 8,640 km of Earth
- nextStarship: Flight 14, the first flight planned to reach orbit, as soon as 28 September 2026 in a window from 12:15 to 13:30 UTC, pending regulatory approval, carrying 26 Starlink V3 satellites
Desks
Subjects, places and the hardware bay
Event Horizon
A live black hole observatory, eight discoveries and twelve cosmic artworks
Hardware bay
Ten machines of spaceflight in 3D, turnable in every direction
Satellites
The infrastructure surrounding Earth
Orbit
The environment spacecraft operate in
Moon
The race back to the lunar surface
Mars
Science and engineering on another planet
Science
What space missions discoverMissions
Missions, nearest milestone first
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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
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
cruiseNASA · Sun-Earth L2
Next: Fine-guidance system activation; L2 insertion expected around early December 2026, first science images by early 2027
last verified 27 Sept 2026
JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer)
cruiseESA · Jupiter (Ganymede, Callisto, Europa)
Next: Earth gravity assist flyby, closest approach at 13:45 CEST (11:45 UTC) on 28 September 2026 over the Indian Ocean, within 8,640 km of Earth
last verified 27 Sept 2026
Starship
testingSpaceX · Earth orbit (development flights)
Next: Flight 14, the first flight planned to reach orbit, as soon as 28 September 2026 in a window from 12:15 to 13:30 UTC, pending regulatory approval, carrying 26 Starlink V3 satellites
last verified 27 Sept 2026
Data
The orbital environment in numbers
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