⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch in Flight

🛰️ Mission: NROL-105 [Government/Top Secret]
🕒 Launched on: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 4:39:51 UTC 
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle has lifted off from the launchpad.
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [7 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA 🇺🇸

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
Twelfth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.

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⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Go for Launch

🛰️ Mission: Demo Flight [Test Flight]
🕒 Launched on: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 4:05:00 UTC 
☄️ Status: Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🚀 Launcher: Ceres-2
🏗️ Launch Provider: Galactic Energy → [2 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Launch Area 95A at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China 🇨🇳

📡 Mission Description:
First test launch of Galactic Energy’s Ceres-2 rocket.

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🛰️ Mission: Demo Flight
🚀 Launcher: Ceres-2
🕒 Scheduled for: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 4:05:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: Galactic Energy → [2 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Launch Area 95A at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China 🇨🇳

📡 Mission Description:
First test launch of Galactic Energy’s Ceres-2 rocket.

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⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Go for Launch

🛰️ Mission: Unknown Payload [Unknown]
🕒 Launched on: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 16:55:00 UTC 
☄️ Status: Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🚀 Launcher: Long March 3B/E
🏗️ Launch Provider: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation → [4 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) at Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China 🇨🇳

📡 Mission Description:
Details TBD.

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Africa: AU Commission Chairperson Congratulates Algeria On Successful Launch Earth Observation Satellite: [African Union] The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, congratulates the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria on the successful launch of the Alsat-3A Earth observation satellite, marking a significant advance in Africa's space and geospatial capabilities. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TQNl6g #Africa #Algeria #SpaceLaunch #EarthObservation #Geospatial

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🛰️ Mission: Unknown Payload
🚀 Launcher: Long March 3B/E
🕒 Scheduled for: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 16:55:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation → [4 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) at Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China 🇨🇳

📡 Mission Description:
Details TBD.

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⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Go for Launch

🛰️ Mission: Unknown Payload [Unknown]
🕒 Launched on: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:05:00 UTC 
☄️ Status: Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🚀 Launcher: Ceres-1S
🏗️ Launch Provider: Galactic Energy → [1 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Oriental Spaceport mobile launch ship at Haiyang Oriental Spaceport 🇨🇳

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
Details TBD.

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🛰️ Mission: Unknown Payload
🚀 Launcher: Ceres-1S
🕒 Scheduled for: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:05:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: Galactic Energy → [1 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Oriental Spaceport mobile launch ship at Haiyang Oriental Spaceport 🇨🇳

📡 Mission Description:
Details TBD.

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⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Go for Launch

🛰️ Mission: Unknown Payload [Unknown]
🕒 Launched on: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 4:00:00 UTC 
☄️ Status: Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🚀 Launcher: Long March 2C
🏗️ Launch Provider: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation → [3 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603) at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China 🇨🇳

📡 Mission Description:
Details TBD.

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🛰️ Mission: Unknown Payload
🚀 Launcher: Long March 2C
🕒 Scheduled for: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 4:00:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation → [3 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603) at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China 🇨🇳

📡 Mission Description:
Details TBD.

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⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch in Flight

🛰️ Mission: Starlink Group 6-98 [Communications]
🕒 Launched on: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 18:08:20 UTC 
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle has lifted off from the launchpad.
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [6 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA 🇺🇸

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

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🛰️ Mission: Starlink Group 6-98
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🕒 Scheduled for: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 18:01:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [6 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA 🇺🇸

📡 Mission Description:
A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

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⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch in Flight

🛰️ Mission: Unknown Payload [Unknown]
🕒 Launched on: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:25:00 UTC 
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle has lifted off from the launchpad.
🚀 Launcher: Long March 8A
🏗️ Launch Provider: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation → [1 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Commercial LC-1 at Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China 🇨🇳

📡 Mission Description:
Details TBD.

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SpaceX Launches NASA’s Pandora Satellite

SpaceX successfully launched NASA’s Pandora mission, which aims to study the atmospheres of alien worlds to search for life-sustaining conditions.

#SpaceX #NASA #PandoraMission #Astronomy #Exoplanets #SpaceLaunch #news #spacex

https://www.thefuturist.co/blastoff-spacex-launches-nasas-pandora-satellite-to-study-alien-worlds-nails-landing/

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🛰️ Mission: Unknown Payload
🚀 Launcher: Long March 8A
🕒 Scheduled for: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:45:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation → [1 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Commercial LC-1 at Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China 🇨🇳

📡 Mission Description:
Details TBD.

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⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch in Flight

🛰️ Mission: Starlink Group 6-97 [Communications]
🕒 Launched on: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 21:08:20 UTC 
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle has lifted off from the launchpad.
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [5 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA 🇺🇸

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

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🛰️ Mission: Starlink Group 6-97
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🕒 Scheduled for: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 17:44:30 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [5 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA 🇺🇸

📡 Mission Description:
A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

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⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch in Flight

🛰️ Mission: EOS-N1 and others [Earth Science]
🕒 Launched on: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 4:48:30 UTC 
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle has lifted off from the launchpad.
🚀 Launcher: PSLV-DL
🏗️ Launch Provider: Indian Space Research Organization → [1 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India 🇮🇳

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
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.

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↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: EOS-N1 and others
🚀 Launcher: PSLV-DL
🕒 Scheduled for: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 4:48:30 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: Indian Space Research Organization → [1 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India 🇮🇳

📡 Mission Description:
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.

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⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch in Flight

🛰️ Mission: Pandora / Twilight rideshare mission [Astrophysics]
🕒 Launched on: Sun, 11 Jan 2026 13:44:50 UTC 
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle has lifted off from the launchpad.
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [4 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA 🇺🇸

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
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 39 other ride-share payloads under the "Falcon 9 Twilight mission" manifested by Exolaunch, including satellites from Spire Global and Kepler Communications.

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