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Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | Meridian-M No.21L
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April 1, 2026, 2 a.m.
Communications
Note: Payload identity uncertain. Meridian is a series of communications satellite for military and civilian use.
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Apr 01, 2026
SLS Block 1 | Artemis II
Lunar flyby Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Artemis II is the first crewed mission as part of the Artemis program. Artemis II will send a crew of 4 - 3 Americans and 1 Canadian around the moon and return them back to Earth. The mission will test the core systems of NASA's Orion spacecraft including the critical …
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Apr 02, 2026
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-58
Low Earth Orbit Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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Upcoming Events
Press Event
March 30, 2026
Artemis II Launch Preparations News Conference
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAFollowing a key mission meeting, NASA will host a news conference to provide a status update on preparations for launch. NASA participants include: - Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya - John Honeycutt, chair, Mission Management Team - Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, launch director - Emily Nelson, chief flight director
Press Event
March 31, 2026
Artemis II Pre-Launch News Conference
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USANASA will hold a prelaunch news conference on countdown status with the following participants: - Launch team representative - Mark Burger, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Launch
April 01, 2026
Artemis II Propellant Loading
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USANASA coverage of tanking operations to load propellant into NASA’s (SLS) Space Launch System rocket ahead of the Artemis II launch, including views of the rocket and audio from a commentator.
Press Event
April 02, 2026
Artemis II Post-Launch News Conference
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAApproximately two-and-a-half hours after launch, NASA will hold a postlaunch news conference after the SLS rocket’s upper stage performs a burn to send Orion and its crew to high Earth orbit. This postlaunch news conference will include the following participants: - Administrator Jared Isaacman - Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya - …
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 10-44
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
Transporter 16 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USADedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
Kinetica 2
Demo Flight (Qingzhou Prototype Spacecraft)
Launch Area 140 - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaFirst test launch and mission of CAS Space’s Kinetica-2 rocket, with 3 spacecraft on board: * New March 02 (Qingzhou space station cargo resupply …
Electron
Daughter Of The Stars (LEO-PNT Pathfinder A)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandThe European Space Agency (ESA)'s LEO-PNT (Low Earth Orbit Positioning, Navigation and Timing) demonstrator mission will feature a 10-satellite const…
Long March 2C/YZ-1S
Shiyan 33
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaChinese satellite reported to be for "space environment research" purposes. Actual usage not known.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 17-17
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
SuperView Neo 2-05 & 06
Launch Complex 9 - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaCommercial Synthetic-aperture radar Earth observation satellites built by CAST for China Siwei Survey and Mapping Technology Co. Ltd.
Soyuz 2.1b
16 x Rassvet-3
43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationNote: Payload identities uncertain. Batch of 16 Rassvet-3 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Russian Byuro-1440 (Bureau 1440) conste…
Smart Dragon 3
10 x CentiSpace-1
Haiyang offshore launch location - Haiyang Oriental SpaceportChinese commercial small satellites by Beijing-based company Future Navigation for providing GNSS augmentation signals services from LEO. They are pa…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 10-62
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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