Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-16
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Kinetica 1 | Unknown Payload
Launch by CAS Space. Details TBD. From Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-27
Launch by SpaceX. A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. From Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-24
Launch by SpaceX. A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. From Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby
Solar Orbiter, a partnership between ESA and NASA, will perform a gravity assist maneuver with Venus on December 24, 2026. Throughout its mission it also makes repeated gravity assist flybys of Venus to get closer to the Sun, and to change its orbital inclination, boosting it out of the ecliptic plane, to get the best – and first – views of the Sun’s poles. Location: Venus.
Booster 19 Static Fire #2
SpaceX will static fire Super Heavy Booster 19, with all 33 engines installed, in preparation for Starship's 12th launch. Location: Starbase. Texas.
Hayabusa2 S-Type Asteroid (98943) Torifune Flyby
As part of its mission extension, JAXA's Hayabusa2 spacecraft will observe S-type asteroid (98943) Torifune during a high-speed fly-by. Location: (98943) Torifune.