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Dated milestones, grouped by who is flying the rocket. SpaceX first, then soonest launch. Soft dates stay soft. Slips get stamped.

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  • SpaceX CRS-35

    Reached orbit, booster landed

    Liftoff Oct 13 · 6:33:44 a.m. ET · SpaceX · Falcon 9 · Cargo Dragon

  • SpaceX Starlink Group 15-25

    Reached orbit, booster landed

    Liftoff Oct 12 · 8:28:11 p.m. ET · SpaceX · Falcon 9

SpaceX

4 launches

  • Firm

    SpaceX USSF-481

    Oct 15, 2026 · 7:44 p.m. ET

    Falcon 9 · SLC-4E, Vandenberg · 4:44 p.m. PT

    Countdown ...

    Classified U.S. Space Force mission on a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg, headed to polar orbit. Launch Library lists T-0 at 4:44 p.m. PT Thursday, Oct. 15, which is 7:44 p.m. ET, with a four hour window. The payload is secret; trackers think it may be Starshield based satellites, based on where the rocket stages are set to fall. Launch Library now lists it as Go.

  • Firm

    SpaceX Bandwagon-5

    Oct 19, 2026 · 6:30 a.m. ET

    Falcon 9 · SLC-40, Cape Canaveral

    Countdown ...

    Dedicated rideshare from Cape Canaveral SLC-40 carrying dozens of small satellites for commercial and government customers to a mid-inclination orbit. Launch Library now lists Go with T-0 at 6:30 a.m. ET Monday, Oct. 19, with a one hour window. The booster is set to come back to Landing Zone 40.

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    SpaceX Starlink Group 15-15

    Oct 20, 2026 · 6:14 p.m. ET

    Falcon 9 · SLC-4E, Vandenberg · 3:14 p.m. PT

    Countdown ...

    Falcon 9 from Vandenberg with 27 Starlink satellites. Launch Library lists Go with T-0 at 3:14 p.m. PT Tuesday, Oct. 20, which is 6:14 p.m. ET. Window runs four hours.

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    SpaceX Starlink Group 15-16

    Oct 24, 2026 · 1:29 a.m. ET

    Falcon 9 · SLC-4E, Vandenberg · Oct 23 · 10:29 p.m. PT

    Countdown ...

    Falcon 9 from Vandenberg with 27 Starlink satellites. Launch Library lists Go with T-0 at 10:29 p.m. PT Friday, Oct. 23, which is 1:29 a.m. ET Saturday, Oct. 24. Window runs four hours.

JAXA

1 launch

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    JAXA H3 · MMX

    Oct 19, 2026 · 3:41:03 p.m. ET

    H3 (Flight 10) · Yoshinobu LC, Tanegashima · Oct 20 · 4:41:03 a.m. JST

    Countdown ...

    H3 Flight 10 with the Martian Moons eXploration spacecraft from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex. JAXA's Aug. 20 release targets 4:41:03 a.m. JST on Oct. 20, which is 3:41:03 p.m. ET on Oct. 19. Reserved period is Oct. 21 through Nov. 7; JAXA says the time may change inside that period. No single backup clock.

Roscosmos

1 launch

  • Firm

    Roscosmos Progress MS-36

    Nov 24, 2026 · 12:03 a.m. ET

    Soyuz 2.1b · Baikonur Site 31/6

    Countdown ...

    Soyuz 2.1b Progress cargo flight (97P) from Baikonur Site 31/6. Launch Library and Next Spaceflight list T-0 at 12:03 a.m. ET Tuesday, Nov. 24 (05:03 UTC). ISS resupply. Status is still TBC, so the clock can move.

How this list moves: a launch leaves Upcoming 12 hours after liftoff. A confirmed liftoff shows in Just launched for 72 hours. Scrubs do not count. All times ET.

Footnote only: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Doomsday Clock: 85 seconds to midnight (Jan 2026). Not a ticker. Not a Progress metric.