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August 23 – 29, 2026

4 ahead8 flown100% success

Mission of the week

Chang'e 7

Long March 5 · Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

What flew

8

Sunday, August 16, 2026

Globalstar 2-R Mission 1 (x 8)Falcon 9 Block 5 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA682×697 km, 52°, 98.6 min

USSF-366Falcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA256×265 km, 70°, 89.7 min

Unknown PayloadLong March 12 · Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China892×911 km, 50°, 103 min

Monday, August 17, 2026

Unknown PayloadLong March 2C · Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Flight 2Zhuque-3 · Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China790×820 km, 55°, 101 min

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Starlink Group 17-50Falcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Starlink Group 10-39Falcon 9 Block 5 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Saturday, August 22, 2026

Starlink Group 15-20Falcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

The week ahead

4

Monday, August 24, 2026

Chang'e 7Long March 5 · Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of ChinaChang'e 7/CE-7 is scheduled to launch in 2026, including an orbiter, a lander, a mini-hopping probe, and a rover. The mission will land in the South Pole regions of the Moon to study lunar surface environment around the South Pole, especially in looking for…

TLI

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Starlink Group 10-49Falcon 9 Block 5 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

LEO

Starlink Group 15-22Falcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

LEO

Thursday, August 27, 2026

MTG-I2Ariane 62 · Guiana Space Centre, French GuianaThird of EUMETSAT's third generation of weather satellite.

GEO

The week in numbers

4Coming up

8Flown

100%Success

3Nations

100% of resolved attempts reached orbit

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