The Launch Window

From The Decisional Pass · your midweek look-ahead at the week's launches

The Launch Window · the week ahead — September 9, 2026

8 launches are on the calendar for the next seven days. Here's what to watch.

Thu, Sep 10 · 09:00 UTC — 🚀 Long March 2D/YZ-3 | Unknown Payload China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603) · 📍 on the map

Thu, Sep 10 · 15:37 UTC — 🚀 Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-153 United States Space Force · launched by SpaceX · Space Launch Complex 4E · 📍 on the map 📈 SPCX · Nasdaq ▲ +5.6% (7d) — see the chart →

Sun, Sep 13 · 18:49 UTC — 🚀 Falcon 9 Block 5 | O3b mPOWER SES · launched by SpaceX · Space Launch Complex 40 · 📍 on the map 📈 SESG · Euronext Paris — see the chart → 📈 SPCX · Nasdaq ▲ +5.6% (7d) — see the chart →

Tue, Sep 15 · time TBD — 🚀 Starship | Flight 14 SpaceX · Orbital Launch Pad 2 · 📍 on the map 📈 SPCX · Nasdaq ▲ +5.6% (7d) — see the chart →

Tue, Sep 15 · 01:21 UTC — 🚀 Vega-C | FLEX European Space Agency · launched by Avio S.p.A · Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) · 📍 on the map

Tue, Sep 15 · 21:55 UTC — 🚀 Gravity-1 | Unknown Payload Orienspace Technology · Yellow Sea (launch location 5) · 📍 on the map

Wed, Sep 16 · 01:00 UTC — 🚀 Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-259 United States Space Force · launched by SpaceX · Space Launch Complex 4E · 📍 on the map 📈 SPCX · Nasdaq ▲ +5.6% (7d) — see the chart →

Wed, Sep 16 · 13:33 UTC — 🚀 Soyuz 2.1b | Progress Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) · 31/6 · 📍 on the map

Track every one of these live — countdowns, who's in orbit right now, and the lunar race — on the Orbital Roster dashboard.

All times UTC. Launch dates slip; check before you set an alarm.

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