CASC

6 Chinese military “remote sensing” satellite of unknown purposes.

Long March 4B | Yaogan 53-07 to 09/56-19 to 21

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center

Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603)

Long March 4B

SpaceX

Of Course I Still Love You

A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Space X Starlink Mission Patch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-15

Vandenberg SFB

Space Launch Complex 4E

Falcon 9 Block 5

On Friday October 23, 2026 at 22:48 UTC, SpaceX launched the Starlink Group 15-15 mission with a Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.

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SpaceX Starlink Group 15-15

Unofficial Re-stream

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket from California with 27 satellites for the company's Starlink space-based internet service. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for Friday, October 23, 2026, at 3:48 p.m. PDT (6:48 p.m. EDT / 2248 UTC).

The first-stage booster, serial number B1063, launching for a 36th time, will land on the drone ship 'Of Course I Still Love You' nearly 8.5 minutes into the flight.

The Starlink 15-15 mission will take a southeasterly trajectory upon departure from Vandenberg. 

Live coverage with commentary will start about 30 minutes prior to launch.

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from California with 27 Starlink satellites

Unofficial Webcast

Starlink Mission

Official Webcast

Long March 8A | Unknown Payload

Wenchang Space Launch Site

Commercial LC-1

Long March 8A

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-16

Amazon Leo, formerly known as Project Kuiper, is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude.

45 satellites will be carried on each Vulcan launch.

Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo (LV-01)

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Space Launch Complex 41

Vulcan VC6L

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18

ISRO

This is a replacement satellite for the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System. The constellation will provide India with an alternative to GPS and will be used for military and civilian use. Located at a geosynchronous orbit, the system will be operated by the Indian government.

GSLV Mk II | IRNSS-1L (NVS-03)

Satish Dhawan Space Centre

Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad

GSLV Mk. II

Long March 12A Landing Site

Second test launch of CASC/SAST’s Long March 12A rocket. Payload identities are TBD.

Long March 12A | Flight 2

Long March 12A Pad

Long March 12A

Rocket Lab

Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.

The Sea God Surveys Patch

Electron | The Sea God Surveys (iQPS Launch 9)

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1

Unknown Pad

Electron

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-21

Landing Zone 4

Fifteenth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.

NROL-146

Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-195

The Mountain God Rises Patch

Electron | The Mountain God Rises (iQPS Launch 10)

Arianespace

Amazon Leo, formerly known as Project Kuiper, is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude.

35-40 satellites will be carried on each Ariane 6 launch.

VA271 Patch

Ariane 64 Block 2 | Amazon Leo (LE-04)

Guiana Space Centre

Ariane Launch Area 4

Ariane 64 Block 2

ROSCOSMOS

Progress resupply mission to the International Space Station.

Soyuz 2.1b | Progress MS-36 (97P)

Baikonur Cosmodrome

31/6

Soyuz 2.1b

Agency for Defense Development

Note: Launch vehicle name is provisional.

First orbital full version launch of the South Korean military small satellite launch vehicle, after 2 sub-orbital tests of individual stages on 30 March and 30 December 2022, and 1 orbital test flight without the 2nd stage on 4 December 2023. Details TBD.

Mir | Demo Flight

Jeju Island

ADD Offshore launch platform

South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV

First uncrewed orbital test flight of the Gaganyaan capsule.

LVM-3 | Gaganyaan-1

Gaganyaan

Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (GSLV Mk III)

TDS-01 (Technology Demonstration Satellite-01) is an Indian geostationary orbit technology demonstration satellite carrying payloads for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s Institute of Plasma Research, Gandhinagar and the CSIR-CEERI, Pilani. 

Payloads to be tested included an internally developed 300 mN electric powered thrusters, atomic clocks, travelling wave tube amplifiers (TWTA) & a quantum communication suite (QuTDS).

PSLV-XL | TDS-01

Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad

PSLV XL

This is the 25th flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 24th flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-25

Space Launch Complex 40

Firefly Aerospace

Second of at least four missions carrying 6 satellites for 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.

Firefly Alpha Block 2 | ConnectedCosmos Launch 2

Space Launch Complex 2W

Firefly Alpha Block 2

Tranche 1 Transport Layer D is one of six missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer constellation, which will provide assured, resilient, low-latency military data and connectivity worldwide to the full range of warfighter platforms from Low Earth Orbit satellites.

The constellation will be interconnected with Optical Inter-Satellite Links (OISLs) which have significantly increased performance over existing radio frequency crosslinks. It is expected to operate over Ka band, have stereo coverage and be dynamically networked for simpler hand-offs, greater bandwidth and fault tolerance.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer D

Last mission of the Wideband Global SatCom (WGS) series.

Vulcan | WGS-11

Vulcan

First of three Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared geostationary satellites designed for missile warning.

Vulcan | USSF-57

Classified payload for the United States Space Force

Falcon Heavy | USSF-75

Kennedy Space Center

Launch Complex 39A

Falcon Heavy

First two satellites manufactured by MDA for Canadian satellite operator Telesat's Lightspeed constellation.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Telesat Lightspeed 1

Blue Origin

The first mission of Blue Ring, Blue Origin's all-in-one, high-powered hybrid solar electric and chemical propelled spacecraft, will test the spacecraft's operations in Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO), as well as subsequent operations after reaching Geostationary Orbit (GEO).

It will carry one of Scout Space's flagship next-generation space domain awareness (SDA) Owl sensors, which is designed to enhance real-time tracking, characterization, and assessment of space objects by integrating advanced optical sensing, onboard artificial intelligence-driven processing, and autonomous decision-making capabilities to deliver domain-wide intelligence in space in support of the U.S. Space Force’s space control mission set.

Blue Ring will also carry Optimum Technologies (OpTech)'s next-generation Caracal optical payload, which is designed to provide actionable insights on resident space objects and orbital activity and includes onboard image storage, object detection algorithms, and passive thermal control. The payload is designed to operate flexibly across dynamic orbits over a year-long mission profile.

Several internal Blue Origin payloads will also be hosted.

New Glenn | Blue Ring-1

Launch Complex 36A

New Glenn

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