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Space.com • Mike Wall

SpaceX targets Sept. 22 for Starship’s first orbital launch and V3 Starlink deployment

SpaceX is targeting Sept. 22 for Starship’s first attempt to reach orbit, a roughly 10-hour mission that would deploy 26 Starlink satellites. The flight would also mark the debut of V3 Starlink spacecraft in the company’s orbital internet constellation, adding a major test of Starship’s launch and deployment capabilities.

Also: TechCrunch and Ars Technica
2026-09-15T11:50:07.828300-07:00
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Spaceflight Now • Will Robinson-Smith

Avio launches pair of climate monitoring European spacecraft to study plants, oceans and atmospheric changes

By Spaceflight Now: An Avio Vega-C rocket zipped off the launch pad Monday night from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. This was the eighth launch to date of the 34.8-meter-tall (114.2 ft.) rocket and the second of 2026.

Also: Via Satellite, Satellite Evolution, aviation-defence-universe.com, ESA, Urban Air Mobility News, smallsatnews.com, Economic Times, Euronews and 16 more
2026-09-14T21:05:39.811094-07:00