The Space Devs

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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Falcon 9 Block 5 | O3b mPower 11-13. It is scheduled to be launched by SpaceX from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA at 2026-09-13 18:49:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 400 out of 1128 launches from this location. The launch status is currently Go 🟩 . The mission type is Communications and the payload will be injected into a Medium Earth Orbit (MEO).

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

• [2026-09-13 18:49:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | O3b mPower 11-13 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-09-15 01:21:07 UTC] 🟩 Vega-C | Sentinel-3C & FLEX from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
• [2026-09-15 06:18:00 UTC] 🟩 Zhuque-2E Block 2 | Unknown Payload from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-09-15 21:50:00 UTC] 🟩 Gravity-1 | Unknown Payload from Haiyang Oriental Spaceport.
• [2026-09-16 01:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-259 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-09-16 13:33:53 UTC] 🟩 Soyuz 2.1b | Progress MS-35 (96P) from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan.
• [2026-09-17 00:25:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 12 | Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-09-17 02:31:00 UTC] 🟩 Kuaizhou 11 | Unknown Payload from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-09-18 12:15:00 UTC] 🟨 Starship | Flight 14 from SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA.
• [2026-09-19 10:43:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 2D | Unknown Payload from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.

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• 🔗 [Arstechnica] NASA moving at warp speed to set up US Space Academy
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• 🔗 [NASA] NASA Boosts Open Science, Data Sharing with Artemis Accords
• 🔗 [ESA] Week in images: 07-11 Sep 2026

• 🔗 [NASASpaceflight] Launch Preview: Soyuz, CZ-8A, and Falcon 9 to launch from sites around the world