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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Spectrum | Onward and Upward. It is scheduled to be launched by Isar Aerospace from Orbital Launch Pad, Andøya Spaceport at 2026-09-04 20:00:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 1 out of 1 launches from this location. The launch status is currently TBC 🟨 . The mission type is Test Flight and the payload will be injected into a Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO).

Second test flight of the Isar Spectrum launch vehicle. This launch will carry 5 cubesats and 1 non-separable experiment as part of European Space Agency (ESA)'s “Boost!” program:

• CyBEEsat (TU Berlin)
• TriSat-S (University of Maribor)
• Platform 6 (EnduroSat)
• FramSat-1 (NTNU)
• SpaceTeamSat1 (TU Wien Space Team)
• Let It Go (Dcubed, non-separable experiment)

• [2026-09-04 20:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Spectrum | Onward and Upward from Andøya Spaceport.
• [2026-09-06 10:59:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-24 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-09-09 08:52:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 2D/YZ-3 | Unknown Payload from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-09-09 16:15:03 UTC] 🟩 Soyuz 2.1b | Progress MS-35 (96P) from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan.
• [2026-09-10 15:37:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-153 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-09-11 16:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Long March 8A | Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-09-15 01:21:07 UTC] 🟩 Vega-C | Sentinel-3C & FLEX from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
• [2026-09-30 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Electron | LOXSAT 1 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.
• [2026-09-30 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-13 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-09-30 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Falcon 9 Block 5 | O3b mPower 11-13 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.

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• 🔗 [SpaceNews] Schiess takes command of Space Force as the service prepares for expansion
• 🔗 [NASA] NASA to Cover Progress 96 Spacecraft Launch, Docking
• 🔗 [NASA] Curiosity Blog, Sols 4988-4994: More New Tricks for an Old Dog
• 🔗 [NASA] Igniting Roman’s Journey
• 🔗 [European Spaceflight] Isar Aerospace Could Attempt Second Spectrum Flight as Early as 4 September
• 🔗 [NASA] NASA’s Hubble Spies Superbubble Scene
• 🔗 [SpaceNews] Galaxia Takes Next Step in Earth Observation with purchase of Simera Sense Hyperspectral Imager
• 🔗 [ESA] Latest updates: BepiColombo's arrival at Mercury
• 🔗 [ESA] Hubble's superbubble scene

• 🔗 [NASASpaceflight] Launch Preview: Array of international launches planned this week
• 🔗 [NASASpaceflight] Isar Aerospace set for second launch of Spectrum rocket after weeks of delays
• 🔗 [European Spaceflight] Isar Aerospace Announces New Launch Date Alongside Series D Funding
• 🔗 [Arstechnica] Rocket Report: Price parity between Ariane 6 and Falcon 9? Isar stands down.
• 🔗 [NASASpaceflight] Isar Aerospace set for second launch of Spectrum rocket
• 🔗 [NASASpaceflight] Launch Preview: Russia to debut Soyuz-5; Falcon 9 and Atlas V to launch internet satellites
• 🔗 [NASASpaceflight] Launch Preview: Falcon 9, Spectrum, Electron to launch during busy week of launches
• 🔗 [SpaceDaily] Exolaunch to deploy five satellites on Spectrum mission from Norway
• 🔗 [European Spaceflight] Isar Aerospace to Expand Testing Facilities as it Prepares for Next Spectrum Flight
• 🔗 [ESA] Spectrum’s qualifying second launch