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Space.com • Mike Wall

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

SpaceX says Starship could launch as soon as Sept. 22 on a roughly 10-hour test intended to reach orbit for the first time. The mission would also deploy 26 V3 Starlink satellites, marking the vehicle’s first orbital attempt and an expansion of the Starlink constellation.

Also: Reuters, Ars Technica and TechCrunch
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, CNA, smallsatnews.com, Economic Times, Euronews and 21 more
2026-09-14T21:05:39.811094-07:00