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Ceres-2 | Demo Flight
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Jan. 17, 2026, 4:08 a.m.
Test Flight
First test launch of Galactic Energy’s Ceres-2 rocket.
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Jan 19, 2026
Long March 12 | Unknown Payload
Unknown Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Details TBD.
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Jan 20, 2026
Electron | The Cosmos Will See You Now (Open Cosmos Constellation Launch 1)
Polar Orbit Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
First 2 satellites of UK-based Open Cosmos' secure LEO broadband constellation designed to provide independent and resilient connectivity infrastructure for Europe and the world, using high-priority Ka-band spectrum filings by the Principality of Liechtenstein.
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Upcoming Events
Rollout
January 17, 2026
Artemis II SLS Rollout
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USANASA will roll out their second fully stacked Space Launch System (SLS) rocket to LC-39B. The rollout is expected to take up to 12 hours.
Press Event
January 17, 2026
Artemis II Crew Rollout Media Event
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USANASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and the Artemis II crew, including NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, will answer questions about their preparations and the mission for media in-person at the countdown clock.
Spacecraft Landing
January 19, 2026
Shenzhou 20 Landing
Near Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, ChinaThe Shenzhou 20 Descent Capsule will land in the desert near Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China, after it was deemed not usable with crew for re-entry in November 2025 due to orbital debris damaging its Descent Module port hole window. The spacecraft will carry various cargo of opportunity from the …
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.
Long March 3B/E
Shijian 32
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaChinese experimental spacecraft of unknown purposes.
Ceres-1S
Tianqi 37-40
Rizhao offshore launch location - Haiyang Oriental Spaceport4 small satellites for LEO Internet of Things (IoT) communication purposes.
Long March 2C
AlSat 3A
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaEarth observation satellite built by China's CAST for the Algerian Space Agency.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-98
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.
Long March 8A
SatNet LEO Group 18
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.…
Long March 6A
Yaogan 50-01
Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThe Yaogan 50-01 is a Chinese military “remote sensing” satellite of unknown purposes.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-97
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.
PSLV-DL
EOS-N1 and others
Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad - Satish Dhawan Space Centre, IndiaSmall Earth observation satellite from NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) for an "Indian strategic user", details TBD. This launch will also carry 18 o…
Falcon 9
Pandora / Twilight rideshare mission
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAThe Pandora small satellite was selected in 2021 as an inaugural mission in NASA’s Astrophysics Pioneers Program. It includes a 0.45-meter telescope …
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-96
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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