Jessica Watkins

Joshua Kutryk

Luke Delaney

Sergey Teteryatnikov

SpaceX

Landing Zone 40

SpaceX Crew-13 is the thirteenth crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-13

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Space Launch Complex 40

Crew Dragon 2

Falcon 9 Block 5

Four new crew members are heading to the International Space Station!

NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov are lifting off aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to spend several months living, working, and conducting scientific research in low Earth orbit.

NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 mission is scheduled to lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 11:10 a.m. EDT (1510 UTC) on Thursday, Oct. 1. The four members of Crew-13 will arrive at the space station later that day.

Learn more about the Crew-13 mission: https://www.nasa.gov/mission/nasas-spacex-crew-13/
Get daily updates from the station: https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/

English

NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 Launch

Official Webcast

Coverage of the Launch of the NASA/SpaceX Crew-13 Crew to the International Space Station.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 Launch

Crew-13 Mission

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 carrying a crew of four on a mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 11:10 a.m. EDT (1510 UTC) on Thursday,  Oct. 1, 2026. The first-stage booster making its third flight, will return to Landing Zone 40 adjacent to the launch pad about seven-and-a-half minutes after launch.

Aboard Dragon 'Grace' for the Crew 13 mission are commander Jessica Watkins and pilot Luke Delaney, both from NASA. Mission Specialists are Joshua Kutryk of CSA (Canadian Space Agency) and cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov of Roscosmos. They are due to dock with the space station less than nine hours after launch to begin a six-month stay.

Commentary will be provided by Sp...

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches NASA's Crew 13 mission to the space station

Unofficial Webcast

Instantaneous launch window: October 1st at 11:10:06 EDT (15:10:06 UTC)

Mission: Falcon 9 launch of Crew-13 to the International Space Station
Launch location: Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Earth.
Target orbit: Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) - 51.6º orbital inclination
Booster: B1101-3; 230d 4h 54min 11s turnaround
Booster history: Starlink Group 6-88 and Crew-12
Booster recovery: Landing Zone 40 (LZ-40)
Dragon capsule: C213-2 (Grace); 443d 5h 38min 25s turnaround
Capsule history: Axiom-4
Total time in flight: 20d 2h 59min 49s
Capsule recovery: Shannon off the coast of California.
Rocket trajectory: Northeast hugging the east coast of the United States.
Mission Commander: Jessica Watkins (United States) - 2nd spaceflight.
Mission Pilot: Luke Delaney (Un...

SpaceX Launches Crew-13 Dragon to the International Space Station

Landing Zone 4

Dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.

SpaceX Transporter Patch v2

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 18 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)

Vandenberg SFB

Space Launch Complex 4E

Launch Date: October 1, 2026 (PDT) 
Launch Time:  11:18 a.m. PDT, 1818 UTC, 20:18 CEST 
Launch Window: Open until 12:16 p.m. PDT
Launch Site: SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
Targeted Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Launch Inclination: South
Launch Status: Scheduled and announced

Mission: Transporter-18
Launch Provider: SpaceX
Launcher System: Falcon 9 (Booster 1082 - Turnaround time 36 days)
Flight for the Booster: 25
Previous Flights of the Booster: 24 - USSF-62, OneWeb Launch 20, NROL-145, and 21 Starlink missions
Booster Landing: Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4), Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA

Price: $74 million (without payload)
Diameter: 3,7 m
Height: 70 meters
Payload to Orbit: 22,800 LEO / 8,300 GTO
Lift-Off Thrust: 7,607 kilonewtons
Fairing: Diameter 5,2 meters / Height ...

GO! - SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Transporter-18 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA - Space Affairs Live

Unofficial Re-stream

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket from California carrying 130 payloads as part of its smallsat rideshare program called Transporter. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 1, at 11:18 a.m. PDT (2:18 a.m. EDT / 1818 UTC).

The mission will use the Falcon 9 first-stage booster, tail number B1082, launching for a 25th time. The booster will return to Vandenberg for a landing at LZ-4.

The Transporter 18 mission will follow a southerly trajectory upon departure from Vandenberg.

Spaceflight Now will have live coverage with commentary from Will Robinson-Smith starting about 30 minutes prior to launch.

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 130 payloads from California on Transporter 18 mission

Transporter-18 Mission

Landing Zone 2

Landing Zone 1

Atlantic Ocean

Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office.

Falcon Heavy | NROL-97

Kennedy Space Center

Launch Complex 39A

Falcon Heavy

Launch Date:  October 1, 2026 (EDT)
Launch Time: 11:53 p.m. EDT (October 2, 0353 UTC, 05:53 CEST)
Launch Window:  October 2, 12:42 a.m. EDT
Launch Site: LC-39A - Kennedy Space Center
Targeted Orbit: Classified 
Launch Inclination: TBD
Launch Status: Scheduled and announced

Mission: NROL-97
Launch Provider: SpaceX
Operator: NROL (National Reconnaissance Office USA)

Launcher System: Falcon Heavy
Side Booster 1 (B1072 - Turnaround 33 days) 
Flight for the Booster: 4
Landing Zone: Landing Zone 2 - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Side Booster 2 (B1104 - Turnaround 33 days)
Flight for the Booster: 2
Landing Zone: Landing Zone 1 - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Privious Flights for both boosters: GOES-U, Viasat-3 F3, and Roman Space Telescope
Center Booster: B1106
Flight for the boo...

GO! - SpaceX - Falcon Heavy - NROL-97 - LC-39A - Kennedy Space Center - Space Affairs Live

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center on a classified mission for the National Reconnaissance Office. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, at 11:53 p.m. EDT (0353 UTC on Oct. 2).

The Falcon Heavy's side boosters will return to land at Cape Canaveral just under eight minutes after launch. The rocket will take an north-easterly trajectory upon departure from Florida's Space Coast. 

Live commentary will be provided by Spaceflight Now’s Will Robinson-Smith starting about 2 hours prior to launch.

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SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches its first mission for U.S. spy satellite agency

Launch Window: October 1st from 23:53 to 00:42 EDT (03:53-04:42 UTC on the 2nd)
Current T0: October 1st at 23:53 EDT (03:53 UTC on the 2nd)

Mission: Falcon Heavy launch of NROL-97 for the National Reconnaissance Office
Launch location: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Earth.
Target orbit: Classified - But suspected to be Medium Earth Orbit
Center Core: B1106-1
Center Core history: New Booster
Center Core Recovery: None, will be expended
MY Side Booster: B1072-4; 32d 16h 26min 56s turnaround
MY Side Booster history: GOES-U, Viasat-3 F3, NASA's Roman
PY Side Booster: B1104-2; 32d 16h 26min 56s turnaround
PY Side Booster history: NASA's Roman
Side boosters recovery: Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) and Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2)
Fairing halves: SN240-4 (passive) and SN241-5 (active)
Fairing re...

SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launches NROL-97

NROL-97 Mission

HyImpulse

Test flight of HyImpulse's SR75 sounding rocket.

SR75 Maiden Flight

SR75 | Flight 2

SaxaVord Spaceport

Unknown Pad

SR75

Tranche 1 Transport Layer A 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.

This launch carries 21 satellites manufactured by Northrop Grumman.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A

SDA’s Fourth Tranche 1 Mission

Korea Aerospace Research Institute

NeonSat-2 to 6 are part of the South Korean government's Earth observation micro-satellite constellation NeonSat (New-space Earth Observation Satellite). The NeonSat constellation is the first satellite system developed by the government using a mass-production approach for precise monitoring of the Korean Peninsula.

Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6

Naro Space Center

LC-2

KSLV-2 Nuri

CASC

Long March 12 | Unknown Payload

Wenchang Space Launch Site

Commercial LC-2

Long March 12

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 15-25

Starlink Mission

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

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

MMX is a Japanese scientific mission to land on Phobos, one of the two moons of Mars, to collect samples before bringing them back to Earth.

The mission includes a small French/German rover to explore the surface of Phobos.

H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX)

Tanegashima Space Center

Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2

H3-24

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

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center

Long March 12A Pad

Long March 12A

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)

Space Launch Complex 41

Vulcan VC6L

Ride-share launch of multiple satellites, including the in-orbit refueling demonstration satellite AayulSAT-1A from OrbitAID Aerospace. Other payload's identities TBD.

SSLV | AayulSAT-1A & others

Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad

SSLV

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.

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

Guiana Space Centre

Ariane Launch Area 4

Ariane 64 Block 2

Dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)

35th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.

Cargo Dragon 2 brings supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-35

Cargo Dragon 2

ROSCOSMOS

Progress resupply mission to the International Space Station.

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

Baikonur Cosmodrome

31/6

Soyuz 2.1b

Second of EUMETSAT's second generation of Metop weather satellites.

Ariane 62 | Metop-SG B1

Ariane 62

Unknown

Demonstration flight of the Astrobotic Griffin lander and its engines, initially contracted for the cancelled NASA VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) mission. The vacated payload spot will now host the FLIP (FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform) lunar rover from Astrolab.

Falcon Heavy | Griffin Mission One

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

PSLV XL

Rocket Lab

LOXSAT 1 is a demonstration satellite of a complete cryogenic oxygen fluid management system in orbit, developed by Eta Space and sponsored by NASA's Tipping Point program.

The system will be integrated on a Rocket Lab Photon-LEO satellite bus and collect critical cryogenic fluid management data in orbit for 9 months, demonstrating capabilities of in-space cryogenic storage and transferal. Eta Space plans to use technology developed for this mission to develop a truly commercial depot intended to serve multiple customers in the future.

Electron | LOXSAT 1

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1

Electron

Classified payload for the United States Space Force

Falcon Heavy | USSF-75

HASTE | Leidos-3

Wallops Island

Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)

Isar Aerospace

Third test flight of the Isar Spectrum launch vehicle. This launch will carry various satellites including R-Space’s AT-Astra/IOD-01, which will perform in-orbit demonstrations for ENPULSION, SUNBOOSTER GmbH, and Synopsis Planet.

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