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The Launch Library:
Upcoming Launches You Don't Want to Miss
Starlink Group 6-96
Rocket: Falcon 9 (SpaceX)
Pad: Space Launch Complex 40
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Launch Time: Jan 8, 2026, 6:29 PM
A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Starlink Group 6-97
Rocket: Falcon 9 (SpaceX)
Pad: Space Launch Complex 40
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Launch Time: Jan 10, 2026, 6:34 PM
A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pandora / Twilight rideshare mission
Rocket: Falcon 9 (SpaceX)
Pad: Space Launch Complex 4E
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Launch Time: Jan 11, 2026, 1:09 PM
The Pandora small satellite was selected in 2021 as an inaugural mission in NASA’s Astrophysics Pioneers Program. It includes a 0.45-meter telescope that will improve our understanding of exoplanet atmospheres by disentangling exoplanet signals from their host stars, as well as studying host star variability with long-duration observations of 20 unique planets through visible-light photometry and near-infrared spectroscopy. Also launching on this launch are ride-share payloads under the "Falcon 9 Twilight mission" manifested by Exolaunch, including satellites from Spire Global and Kepler Communications.
EOS-N1 and others
Rocket: PSLV-DL (Indian Space Research Organization)
Pad: Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad
Location: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Launch Time: Jan 12, 2026, 4:47 AM
Small Earth observation satellite from NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) for an "Indian strategic user", details TBD. This launch will also carry 18 other ride-share payloads.
Starlink Group 6-98
Rocket: Falcon 9 (SpaceX)
Pad: Space Launch Complex 40
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Launch Time: Jan 14, 2026, 6:01 PM
A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Flight Two
Rocket: Spectrum (Isar Aerospace)
Pad: Orbital Launch Pad
Location: Andøya Spaceport
Launch Time: Jan 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
Second test flight of the Isar Spectrum launch vehicle, carrying several cubesats as part of the European Space Agency's “Boost!” program.
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Space Industry & Godot (2022):
Help wanted: LunCo Space
Recently, I was invited to join the team at LunCo where we plan to create a space simulation game that features industry real world applications. While similar to games like Kerbal Space and No Man's Sky, LunCo will be feature two game styles - digital twin mode for engineers, and story mode for casual enthusiasts. We also plan to allow user generated content (space crafts, trajectories, factories, etc.) and integration with professional tools like CAD, FEA, MBSE, and more.
For story mode, you are playing as a CEO & Founder of a Lunar exploration company in the near future. You will collect resources, build factories, and manufacture robots to create a sustainable lunar base. From there, it's up to you to turn the Moon into a stepping stone and launch past the stars!
Rocket Lab Special Event (2021):
Rocket Lab ($RKLB) goes public
On Wednesday, August 25th of 2021, Rocket Lab began trading on the Nasdaq, becoming the latest space company to close a merger with a special purpose acquisition company and go public. They closed the first day down slightly at $10.45 per share, under the ticker $RKLB.
“We are super excited to bring a high-quality space asset to the market” Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck told CNBC. “I don’t think it will take long for investors to differentiate between the company that’s consistently delivering and the ones that have aspirations to deliver sometime in the future” he later added.
Astra Special Event (2021):
Astra ($ASTR) goes public
On Wednesday, June 30th of 2021, Astra became the first launch company to be traded publicly on NASDAQ. Trading under the ticker $ASTR, with shares previously listed under the special purpose acquisition company Holicity, the announcement expects to bring in around $500 million in proceeds. Astra's idea is to use the funding to continue to develop their rockets - with a goal of launching as many of it's 40ft tall rockets as it can, aiming to launch one per day by 2025.
“Now we have a space company that everyone can invest in on the public markets,” Astra CEO Chris Kemp told CNBC. “The same kinds of things you do to make a rocket great are the same behaviors that you have to invest in to make a company great. You don’t want any inefficiencies.”
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