NASA / ESA / Commercial Space Launch Schedule2026-10-19Launch week: October 19 - 25, 2026Eight launches fill the October 19-25 UTC week, led by JAXA's MMX mission to Phobos, with SpaceX's Bandwagon-5 pushed a day and three Chinese flights still without payloads.
NASA / ESA / Commercial Space Launch Schedule2026-10-12Launch week: October 12 - 18, 2026Three dated launches fill the October 12-18 UTC week — two Falcon 9 flights from Vandenberg and NASA's 35th Dragon cargo run from the Cape — plus India's next navigation satellite, whose reported window overlaps the week without a fixed date.1
NASA / ESA / Commercial Space Launch Schedule2026-10-05Launch week: October 5 - 11, 2026Four dated launches fill the October 5-11 UTC week: a Space Development Agency mission scrubbed on its first attempt and now targeting Tuesday, South Korea's first Nuri flight of the year, an undisclosed Long March 12, and a Starlink batch from Vandenberg.1
NASA / ESA / Commercial Space Launch Schedule2026-09-28Launch week: September 28 - October 4, 2026Four dated orbital launches fill the September 28-October 4 UTC week: Starship's first attempt to reach orbit with 26 Starlink V3 satellites, NASA's Crew-13 crew rotation, a 130-payload rideshare from Vandenberg, and the first NRO flight on a Falcon Heavy.1
NASA / ESA / Commercial Space Launch Schedule2026-09-21Launch week: September 21-27, 2026Four dated launches fill September 21-27 UTC, led by the classified USSF-385 Falcon 9 from Vandenberg and Rocket Lab's 13th Electron for Synspective, with two Chinese payloads still undisclosed.1
NASA / ESA / Commercial Space Launch Schedule2026-09-14Launch week: September 14-20, 2026Ten dated orbital launch attempts fill September 14–20 UTC, headlined by Starship Flight 14, Europe’s Vega-C return with Sentinel-3C and FLEX, two SpaceX Falcon 9 flights, and five commercial and state missions from China.
NASA / ESA / Commercial Space Launch Schedule2026-09-07Launch week: September 7-13, 2026Five dated orbital launch records fill September 7-13 UTC, led by Progress 96, USSF-153 and SES's final three O3b mPOWER satellites, with two Chinese payloads still undisclosed.
NASA / ESA / Commercial Space Launch Schedule2026-08-31Launch week: August 31-September 6, 2026Six launch records fall inside August 31-September 6 UTC, led by Rocket Lab's NET mission and two SpaceX Starlink flights, with provisional dates and source conflicts kept visible.1
NASA / ESA / Commercial Space Launch Schedule2026-08-24Launch week: August 24-30, 2026Five dated launches span August 24–30 UTC, including two SpaceX Starlink missions, Europe’s MTG-I2 weather satellite and NASA’s Roman Space Telescope, with payload gaps and webcast links marked.2
NASA / ESA / Commercial Space Launch Schedule2026-08-17Launch week: August 17-23, 2026Four dated launches currently fill August 17–23 UTC: Landspace tests ZhuQue-3, then SpaceX runs three Starlink missions from Vandenberg and Cape Canaveral, with webcast destinations and the missing payload detail marked.3
NASA / ESA / Commercial Space Launch Schedule2026-08-10Launch week: August 10-16, 2026Six launches have dated UTC slots this week, led by the weather-sensitive QZS-7 mission and a dense August 10 cluster; a separate provisional R-1 listing is kept clearly apart from the confirmed calendar.
NASA / ESA / Commercial Space Launch Schedule2026-08-03Launch week: August 3-9, 2026Eight orbital launch entries sit in the August 3-9 UTC window, led by SpaceX's BlueBird and Starlink flights plus Japan's rescheduled QZS-7 mission, with payload and webcast uncertainty clearly marked.