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Launch @[email protected] · 2026-09-13 · 19:00 UTC

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Sentinel-3C & FLEX
🚀 Launcher: Vega-C
🕒 Scheduled for: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 1:21:07 UTC
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: Avio S.p.A → [2 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) at Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana 🇬🇫

📡 Mission Description:
Sentinel-3C is the third satellite in the Sentinel-3 constellation, which provides high-accuracy optical, radar and altimetry data for marine and land services.

The Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX) satellite is a part of ESA's Earth Explorer program. The satellite will map vegetation fluorescence to quantify photosynthetic activity.

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Launch @[email protected] · 2026-09-13 · 19:00 UTC

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch in Flight

🛰️ Mission: O3b mPower 11-13 [Communications]
🕒 Launched on: Sun, 13 Sep 2026 18:49:00 UTC
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle has lifted off from the launchpad.
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [109 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA 🇺🇸

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
3 high-throughput communications satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) built by Boeing and operated by SES.

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Launch @[email protected] · 2026-09-11 · 05:12 UTC

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch Successful

🛰️ Mission: Happily Ever Faster (BlackSky Gen-3 5) [Earth Science]
🕒 Launched on: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 3:28:00 UTC
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
🚀 Launcher: Electron
🏗️ Launch Provider: Rocket Lab → [16 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand 🇳🇿

📡 Mission Description:
Note: Payload and customer identities were not publicly announced.

5th of the BlackSky Gen-3 high resolution Earth-imaging satellites.

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BGDon 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 👨‍💻 @[email protected] · 2026-08-11 · 14:55 UTC

When in the Rocket business, 2 in-fight blow ups in a row is not a trend you want to continue.

Aug 10, shortly after lift-off of the 18th mission of China's Long March 7A rocket, the vehicle exploded. The Long March space launch system has been flying since 2020. China has not released any details.

Long March 7 is a three stage vehicle with the first two stages powered by kerolox-refined kerosene RP‑1 and liquid oxygen (LOX), and the third stage is powered by hydrolox - liquid hydrogen (LH₂) and liquid oxygen (LOX).

This recent failure follows a previous failure in Jan 2026 of a Long March 3B rocket. This failure was identified as a third‑stage anomaly that prevented the satellite payload from reaching its intended orbit. https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/chinese-rocket-explodes-less-than-90-seconds-after-liftoff #China #Space #LongMarch7A #Rockets #RocketLaunch #Satellites #SpaceLaunch #LongMarch3A

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TECHi @[email protected] · 2025-04-22 · 08:05 UTC

Phoenix 1 Blasts Off!
Germany’s Atmos Space Cargo, in collaboration with SpaceX, launched Phoenix 1 — Europe’s first reentry capsule — on the Bandwagon-3 mission. This test flight marks a leap toward commercial space cargo delivery. After one orbit, it will splash down in the Atlantic near Brazil.

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