BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//No Earlier Than//Launch Calendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN NAME:No Earlier Than X-WR-CALNAME:No Earlier Than DESCRIPTION:SpaceX\, Blue Origin\, NASA\, Europe's orbital launches and eve ry crewed flight worldwide. Starlink has its own calendar. X-WR-CALDESC:SpaceX\, Blue Origin\, NASA\, Europe's orbital launches and ev ery crewed flight worldwide. Starlink has its own calendar. REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT15M X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT15M X-APPLE-CALENDAR-COLOR:#3B5BDB BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1b23eb18-e06e-4058-9b42-e95ca0980511@no-earlier-than DTSTAMP:20260913T035524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T035524Z SEQUENCE:3523915 DTSTART:20260905T201200Z DTEND:20260905T211200Z SUMMARY:✅ Onward and Upward · Spectrum DESCRIPTION:LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL\nLaunched Sat 5 Sep · 20:12 UTC (22:12 CEST at the pad)\n\nREPLAY\nIsar Aerospace on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=Ss1DUqLjecc\nNASASpaceflight on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/w atch?v=uUc2d_NPBN0\n\nSecond test flight of the Isar Spectrum launch vehic le. This launch will carry 5 cubesats and 1 non-separable experiment as pa rt of European Space Agency (ESA)'s “Boost!” program:\n\n* CyBEEsat (T U Berlin)\n* TriSat-S (University of Maribor)\n* Platform 6 (EnduroSat)\n* FramSat-1 (NTNU)\n* SpaceTeamSat1 (TU Wien Space Team)\n* Let It Go (Dcub ed\, non-separable experiment)\n\nSpectrum launched Onward and Upward from Orbital Launch Pad at Andøya Spaceport.\n\nIsar Aerospace's 1st launch o f 2026 · 1st from Orbital Launch Pad this year\nUpdate\, Sat 5 Sep: Launc h success.\nMission page: https://noearlierthan.com/launch/onward-and-upwa rd\nData: The Space Devs · updated Sun 13 Sep\, 03:55 UTC LOCATION:Orbital Launch Pad\, Andøya Spaceport GEO:69.1084;15.5895 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE="Orbital L aunch Pad, Andøya Spaceport":geo:69.1084,15.5895 URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss1DUqLjecc STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CLASS:PUBLIC X-MICROSOFT-CDO-BUSYSTATUS:FREE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3e0456da-14b1-4ac3-b59e-35fefb1d1530@no-earlier-than DTSTAMP:20260913T043948Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T043948Z SEQUENCE:3523959 DTSTART:20260910T154230Z DTEND:20260910T164230Z SUMMARY:✅ USSF-153 · Falcon 9 DESCRIPTION:LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL\nLaunched Thu 10 Sep · 15:42:30 UTC (08:42:3 0 PDT at the pad)\n\nREPLAY\nSpaceX on X: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1nxnR BWejLOxO\n\nUSSF-153 is a classified mission for the United States Space F orce. It is possibly a batch of classified LEO satellites based on SpaceX ’s Starshield satellite bus\, based on locations of rocket stage drop zo nes being exact fits with previous Starlink Group 15 launches.\n\nFalcon 9 launched USSF-153 from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Spa ce Force Base in California. This was the 27th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission\, B1081\, which previously launched Starli nk 17-52. After stage separation\, the first stage landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship.\n\nTIMELINE (UTC)\n15:04 T−38:00 GO for p ropellant load\n15:41 T−00:45 GO for launch\n15:43 T+01:07 Max-Q\n15 :44 T+02:29 Stage separation\n15:45 T+02:55 Fairing separation\n15:50 T+08:26 1st stage landing\n\nSpaceX's 108th launch of 2026 · 58th from SLC-4E this year\nUpdate\, Thu 10 Sep: Launch success.\nMission page: http s://noearlierthan.com/launch/ussf-153\nData: The Space Devs · updated Sun 13 Sep\, 04:39 UTC LOCATION:SLC-4E\, Vandenberg\, California GEO:34.632;-120.611 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE="SLC-4E, V andenberg, California":geo:34.632,-120.611 URL:https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1nxnRBWejLOxO STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CLASS:PUBLIC X-MICROSOFT-CDO-BUSYSTATUS:FREE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ad358a4d-c541-409b-9366-9c2f2da4aeb9@no-earlier-than DTSTAMP:20260914T003756Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T003756Z SEQUENCE:3525157 DTSTART:20260913T184900Z DTEND:20260913T194900Z SUMMARY:✅ O3b mPower 11-13 · Falcon 9 DESCRIPTION:LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL\nLaunched Sun 13 Sep · 18:49 UTC (14:49 EDT at the pad)\n\nREPLAY\nSpaceX on X: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1RKjpbVdykQ Jw\nNASASpaceflight on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgKKtSsyYD 4\n\n3 high-throughput communications satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (ME O) built by Boeing and operated by SES.\n\nFalcon 9 launched O3b mPower 11 -13 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force St ation in Florida. This was the 29th flight for the first stage booster sup porting this mission\, B1080\, which previously launched Starlink 10-45. A fter stage separation\, the first stage landed on the A Shortfall of Gravi tas droneship.\n\nTIMELINE (UTC)\n18:11 T−38:00 GO for propellant load \n18:48 T−00:45 GO for launch\n18:50 T+01:12 Max-Q\n18:51 T+02:31 Stage separation\n18:52 T+03:18 Fairing separation\n18:57 T+08:46 1st stage landing\n19:22 T+33:41 Payload deployment\n\nSpaceX's 109th launch of 2026 · 47th from SLC-40 this year\nUpdate\, Sun 13 Sep: Launch succes s.\nMission page: https://noearlierthan.com/launch/o3b-mpower-11-13\nData: The Space Devs · updated Mon 14 Sep\, 00:37 UTC LOCATION:SLC-40\, Cape Canaveral\, Florida GEO:28.56194122;-80.57735736 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE="SLC-40, C ape Canaveral, Florida":geo:28.56194122,-80.57735736 URL:https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1RKjpbVdykQJw STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CLASS:PUBLIC X-MICROSOFT-CDO-BUSYSTATUS:FREE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8effc13a-c658-4d2e-9f15-8dba4d7fe2dd@no-earlier-than DTSTAMP:20260915T114824Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T114824Z SEQUENCE:3527268 DTSTART:20260915T012107Z DTEND:20260915T035107Z SUMMARY:✅ Sentinel-3C & FLEX · Vega-C DESCRIPTION:LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL\nLaunched Tue 15 Sep · 01:21:07 UTC (Mon 22: 21:07 UTC-3 at the pad)\n\nREPLAY\nAvio on YouTube: https://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=Rb4CN2avz90\nESA on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmr gyh5s-is\nNASASpaceflight on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7nB PHF-hAE\n\nSentinel-3C is the third satellite in the Sentinel-3 constellat ion\, which provides high-accuracy optical\, radar and altimetry data for marine and land services.\n\nThe Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX) satellite is a part of ESA's Earth Explorer program. The satellite will map vegetation fluorescence to quantify photosynthetic activity.\n\nVega-C launched Sent inel-3C & FLEX from Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) at Guiana Space Centre\, Fr ench Guiana.\n\nTIMELINE (UTC)\n01:23 T+02:27 Stage separation\n01:25 T +04:44 Fairing separation\n02:21 T+1:00:50 Payload deployment\n\nAvio's 2nd launch of 2026 · 2nd from Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) this year\nUpda te\, Tue 15 Sep: Both satellites successfully deployed and signals acquire d from both.\nMission page: https://noearlierthan.com/launch/sentinel-3c-f lex\nData: The Space Devs · updated Tue 15 Sep\, 11:48 UTC LOCATION:Guiana Space Centre\, French Guiana GEO:5.236;-52.775 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE="Guiana Sp ace Centre, French Guiana":geo:5.236,-52.775 URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb4CN2avz90 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CLASS:PUBLIC X-MICROSOFT-CDO-BUSYSTATUS:FREE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:17c71937-dd80-406f-bb47-0c9ee9a24276@no-earlier-than DTSTAMP:20260918T003350Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T003350Z SEQUENCE:3530913 DTSTART:20260917T010756Z DTEND:20260917T020756Z SUMMARY:✅ USSF-259 · Falcon 9 DESCRIPTION:LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL\nLaunched Thu 17 Sep · 01:07:56 UTC (Wed 18: 07:56 PDT at the pad)\n\nREPLAY\nSpaceX on X: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1 nGeLMWbkpaKX\n\nUSSF-259 is a classified mission for the United States Spa ce Force. It is possibly a batch of classified LEO satellites based on Spa ceX’s Starshield satellite bus\, based on locations of ascent rocket sta ge drop zones being fits with previous SDA Transport Layer launches.\n\nFa lcon 9 launched USSF-259 from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenbe rg Space Force Base in California. This was the 13th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission\, B1097\, which previously launched Starlink 17-50. After stage separation\, the first stage landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship.\n\nTIMELINE (UTC)\n00:29 T−38:00 GO for propellant load\n01:07 T−00:45 GO for launch\n01:09 T+01:07 Max -Q\n01:10 T+02:30 Stage separation\n01:10 T+02:57 Fairing separation\n 01:16 T+08:20 1st stage landing\n\nSpaceX's 110th launch of 2026 · 59th from SLC-4E this year\nUpdate\, Thu 17 Sep: Launch success.\nMission page : https://noearlierthan.com/launch/ussf-259\nData: The Space Devs · updat ed Fri 18 Sep\, 00:33 UTC LOCATION:SLC-4E\, Vandenberg\, California GEO:34.632;-120.611 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE="SLC-4E, V andenberg, California":geo:34.632,-120.611 URL:https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1nGeLMWbkpaKX STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CLASS:PUBLIC X-MICROSOFT-CDO-BUSYSTATUS:FREE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7330d83b-c478-426c-8859-f9e3a335876d@no-earlier-than DTSTAMP:20260928T235009Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260928T235009Z SEQUENCE:3546710 DTSTART:20260926T140054Z DTEND:20260926T150054Z SUMMARY:✅ USSF-385 · Falcon 9 DESCRIPTION:LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL\nLaunched Sat 26 Sep · 14:00:54 UTC (07:00:5 4 PDT at the pad)\n\nREPLAY\nSpaceX on X: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1mxPa ZqBEDjKN\n\nA classified mission for the United States Space Force. It is possibly a batch of classified LEO satellites based on SpaceX’s Starshie ld satellite bus\, based on locations of rocket stage drop zones being exa ct fits with previous Starlink Group 15 launches.\n\nFalcon 9 launched USS F-385 from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This was the tenth flight for the first stage booster supp orting this mission\, B1100\, which previously launched Starlink 15-20. Af ter stage separation\, the first stage landed on the Of Course I Still Lov e You droneship.\n\nTIMELINE (UTC)\n13:22 T−38:00 GO for propellant lo ad\n14:00 T−00:45 GO for launch\n14:02 T+01:12 Max-Q\n14:03 T+02:30 Stage separation\n14:03 T+02:56 Fairing separation\n14:09 T+08:23 1s t stage landing\n\nSpaceX's 112th launch of 2026 · 61st from SLC-4E this year\nUpdate\, Sat 26 Sep: Launch success.\nMission page: https://noearlie rthan.com/launch/ussf-385\nData: The Space Devs · updated Mon 28 Sep\, 23 :50 UTC LOCATION:SLC-4E\, Vandenberg\, California GEO:34.632;-120.611 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE="SLC-4E, V andenberg, California":geo:34.632,-120.611 URL:https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1mxPaZqBEDjKN STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CLASS:PUBLIC X-MICROSOFT-CDO-BUSYSTATUS:FREE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7d1afb26-6f9c-429b-9ccf-29012fd1e519@no-earlier-than DTSTAMP:20260929T153332Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T153332Z SEQUENCE:3547653 DTSTART:20260928T124859Z DTEND:20260928T160859Z SUMMARY:✅ Starship Flight 14 DESCRIPTION:LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL\nLaunched Mon 28 Sep · 12:48:59 UTC (07:48:5 9 CDT at the pad)\n\nREPLAY\nSpaceX on X: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1qxvv enMPMQxB\nNASASpaceflight on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gDx G-pm1Zo\n\n14th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. 3rd flight of Starship V3 and the first Starship flight to deploy satellites ( a group of Starlink satellites known as Starlink Group 31-1) into stable L ow Earth Orbit.\n\nStarship Flight 14 lifted off from Orbital Launch Pad 2 at Starbase in Texas. This was the first flight for Super Heavy Booster 2 1. After stage separation\, Super Heavy splashed down in the Gulf of Mexic o. Ship 41 has performed a soft splashdown in the Pacific Ocean after depl oying its payload.\n\nTIMELINE (UTC)\n11:58 T−50:00 GO for propellant load\n12:48 T−00:30 GO for launch\n12:49 T+00:58 Max-Q\n12:51 T+02: 22 Stage separation\n13:23 T+34:07 Payload deployment\n\nSpaceX's 113th launch of 2026 · 3rd from Orbital Launch Pad 2 this year\nUpdate\, Mon 2 8 Sep: Mission completed with Ship 41 soft splashdown in the Pacific Ocean .\nMission page: https://noearlierthan.com/launch/starship-flight-14\nData : The Space Devs · updated Tue 29 Sep\, 15:33 UTC LOCATION:Orbital Launch Pad 2\, Starbase\, Texas GEO:25.99677;-97.15799 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE="Orbital L aunch Pad 2, Starbase, Texas":geo:25.99677,-97.15799 URL:https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1qxvvenMPMQxB STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CLASS:PUBLIC X-MICROSOFT-CDO-BUSYSTATUS:FREE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:18441371-8b2e-457c-afb5-1ec1b11ab630@no-earlier-than DTSTAMP:20260930T163025Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260930T163025Z SEQUENCE:3549150 DTSTART:20261001T151006Z DTEND:20261001T161006Z SUMMARY:🛰️ Crew-13 · Falcon 9 DESCRIPTION:GO\nThu 1 Oct · 15:10:06 UTC (11:10:06 EDT at the pad)\nInstan taneous window · webcast from 13:20 UTC\nWeather 55% favorable · Concern s: Cumulus Cloud Rule\, Flight Through Precipitation\, Thick Cloud Layers Rule\n\nWATCH LIVE\nNASA on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZiUb T1-djA\nSpaceX on X: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1qxvvepEVdRxB\nNASASpacefl ight on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxLT_ckNbIs\n\nSpaceX Cre w-13 is the thirteenth crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecra ft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Pr ogram.\n\nFalcon 9 will launch Crew-13 aboard Crew Dragon Grace from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Flori da. This is the third flight for the first stage booster supporting this m ission\, B1101\, which previously launched Crew-12. Following stage separa tion\, the first stage will return to Landing Zone 40 (LZ-40).\n\nCREW\nJe ssica Watkins\, Commander (NASA)\nLuke Delaney\, Pilot (NASA)\nJoshua Kutr yk\, Flight Engineer (CSA)\nSergey Teteryatnikov\, Flight Engineer (Roscos mos)\n\nTIMELINE (UTC)\n14:25 T−45:00 GO for propellant load\n14:28 T −42:00 Crew access arm retracts\n15:09 T−00:45 GO for launch\n15:11 T+01:12 Max-Q\n15:12 T+02:27 Stage separation\n15:17 T+07:41 1st st age landing\n15:19 T+09:39 Dragon separation\n\nSpaceX's 114th launch of 2026 · 48th from SLC-40 this year\nUpdate\, Wed 30 Sep: Updated launch w eather\, 55% GO.\nMission page: https://noearlierthan.com/launch/crew-13\n Data: The Space Devs · updated Wed 30 Sep\, 16:30 UTC LOCATION:SLC-40\, Cape Canaveral\, Florida GEO:28.56194122;-80.57735736 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE="SLC-40, C ape Canaveral, Florida":geo:28.56194122,-80.57735736 URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZiUbT1-djA STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CLASS:PUBLIC X-MICROSOFT-CDO-BUSYSTATUS:FREE BEGIN:VALARM UID:18441371-8b2e-457c-afb5-1ec1b11ab630-alarm-30@no-earlier-than X-WR-ALARMUID:18441371-8b2e-457c-afb5-1ec1b11ab630-alarm-30@no-earlier-than ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:Crew-13 · Falcon 9: liftoff in 90 min\, webcast on TRIGGER:-PT90M END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:18441371-8b2e-457c-afb5-1ec1b11ab630-arrival-1519@no-earlier-than DTSTAMP:20260930T163025Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260930T163025Z SEQUENCE:3549150 DTSTART:20261001T230000Z DTEND:20261001T233000Z SUMMARY:🛰️ Crew-13 · Docking at the ISS DESCRIPTION:Docking at the ISS\nThu 1 Oct · 23:00 UTC\n\nCrew Dragon Grace (C213) arrives around 7 h 50 min after liftoff\; the time moves with the launch.\n\nWATCH LIVE\nNASA on NASA+: https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-vide o/nasas-spacex-crew-13-arrival-welcome-remarks/\nNASASpaceflight on YouTub e: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps23H6-98OM\n\nMission page: https://no earlierthan.com/launch/crew-13\nData: The Space Devs URL:https://noearlierthan.com/launch/crew-13 STATUS:TENTATIVE TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CLASS:PUBLIC X-MICROSOFT-CDO-BUSYSTATUS:FREE BEGIN:VALARM UID:18441371-8b2e-457c-afb5-1ec1b11ab630-arrival-1519-alarm-30@no-earlier-t han X-WR-ALARMUID:18441371-8b2e-457c-afb5-1ec1b11ab630-arrival-1519-alarm-30@no -earlier-than ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:Crew-13 · Docking at the ISS in 30 min TRIGGER:-PT30M END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:67213393-7983-4c06-8b44-b8c785a5ed79@no-earlier-than DTSTAMP:20260930T122520Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260930T122520Z SEQUENCE:3548905 DTSTART:20261001T181800Z DTEND:20261001T191800Z SUMMARY:🛰️ Transporter-18 · Falcon 9 DESCRIPTION:GO\nThu 1 Oct · 18:18 UTC (11:18 PDT at the pad)\nWindow 18:18 –19:16 UTC · webcast from 18:06 UTC\n\nWATCH LIVE\nSpaceX on X: https:/ /x.com/i/broadcasts/1RJjpbyQpOBKw\n\nDedicated rideshare flight to a sun-s ynchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites f or commercial and government customers.\n\nFalcon 9 will launch Transporte r-18 from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This is the 25th flight for the first stage booster support ing this mission\, B1082\, which previously launched Starlink 15-22. Follo wing stage separation\, the first stage will return to Landing Zone 4 (LZ- 4).\n\nTIMELINE (UTC)\n17:40 T−38:00 GO for propellant load\n18:17 T −00:45 GO for launch\n18:19 T+01:05 Max-Q\n18:20 T+02:18 Stage sepa ration\n18:20 T+02:55 Fairing separation\n18:25 T+07:25 1st stage land ing\n19:12 T+54:22 Payload deployment\n\nSpaceX's 115th launch of 2026 · 62nd from SLC-4E this year\nUpdate\, Fri 25 Sep: GO for launch.\nMissio n page: https://noearlierthan.com/launch/transporter-18\nData: The Space D evs · updated Wed 30 Sep\, 12:25 UTC LOCATION:SLC-4E\, Vandenberg\, California GEO:34.632;-120.611 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE="SLC-4E, V andenberg, California":geo:34.632,-120.611 URL:https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1RJjpbyQpOBKw STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CLASS:PUBLIC X-MICROSOFT-CDO-BUSYSTATUS:FREE BEGIN:VALARM UID:67213393-7983-4c06-8b44-b8c785a5ed79-alarm-30@no-earlier-than X-WR-ALARMUID:67213393-7983-4c06-8b44-b8c785a5ed79-alarm-30@no-earlier-than ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:Transporter-18 · Falcon 9: liftoff in 30 min TRIGGER:-PT30M END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4651fd8a-43de-4166-bf8f-c168b3bd1d2c@no-earlier-than DTSTAMP:20260930T152354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260930T152354Z SEQUENCE:3549083 DTSTART:20261002T035300Z DTEND:20261002T045300Z SUMMARY:🛰️ NROL-97 · Falcon Heavy DESCRIPTION:GO\nFri 2 Oct · 03:53 UTC (Thu 23:53 EDT at the pad)\nWindow 0 3:53–04:42 UTC · webcast from 03:41 UTC\nWeather 60% favorable · Conce rns: Cumulus Cloud Rule\, Thick Cloud Layers Rule\n\nWATCH LIVE\nSpaceX on X: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1oJMvNkPPXlxQ\nNASASpaceflight on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqYtiH1UduQ\n\nClassified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office.\n\nFalcon Heavy will launch NROL-97 fro m Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Side boo ster B1072 (4th flight) will return to Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2). Side booster B1104 (2nd flight) will return to Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1). The center core \, B1106 (1st flight)\, will be expended.\n\nTIMELINE (UTC)\n03:54 T+01:0 9 Max-Q\n03:55 T+02:27 Side booster separation\n03:56 T+03:54 Stage s eparation\n03:57 T+04:17 Fairing separation\n04:00 T+07:47 Side booste r landing\n\nSpaceX's 116th launch of 2026 · 3rd from LC-39A this year\nU pdate\, Wed 30 Sep: Updated launch weather\, 60% GO.\nMission page: https: //noearlierthan.com/launch/nrol-97\nData: The Space Devs · updated Wed 30 Sep\, 15:23 UTC LOCATION:LC-39A\, Kennedy Space Center\, Florida GEO:28.60822681;-80.60428186 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE="LC-39A, K ennedy Space Center, Florida":geo:28.60822681,-80.60428186 URL:https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1oJMvNkPPXlxQ STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CLASS:PUBLIC X-MICROSOFT-CDO-BUSYSTATUS:FREE BEGIN:VALARM UID:4651fd8a-43de-4166-bf8f-c168b3bd1d2c-alarm-30@no-earlier-than X-WR-ALARMUID:4651fd8a-43de-4166-bf8f-c168b3bd1d2c-alarm-30@no-earlier-than ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:NROL-97 · Falcon Heavy: liftoff in 30 min TRIGGER:-PT30M END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:da43dc2c-00af-4cc1-8ef1-90a60b2eb9e5@no-earlier-than DTSTAMP:20260930T160244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260930T160244Z SEQUENCE:3549122 DTSTART:20261005T081600Z DTEND:20261005T091600Z SUMMARY:🛰️ SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A · Falcon 9 DESCRIPTION:GO\nMon 5 Oct · 08:16 UTC (01:16 PDT at the pad)\nWindow 08:16 –08:28 UTC · webcast from 08:04 UTC\n\nWATCH LIVE\nSpaceX on X: https:/ /x.com/i/broadcasts/1oJMvNEQewoxQ\n\nTranche 1 Transport Layer A is one of six missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (S DA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Tr ansport Layer constellation\, which will provide assured\, resilient\, low -latency military data and connectivity worldwide to the full range of war fighter platforms from Low Earth Orbit satellites.\n\nFalcon 9 will launch SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This is the sixth flight for th e first stage booster supporting this mission\, B1103\, which previously l aunched Starlink 17-49. Following stage separation\, the first stage will return to Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4).\n\nTIMELINE (UTC)\n07:38 T−38:00 GO f or propellant load\n08:15 T−00:45 GO for launch\n08:17 T+01:04 Max-Q \n08:18 T+02:18 Stage separation\n08:19 T+03:04 Fairing separation\n08 :23 T+07:19 1st stage landing\n\nSpaceX's 117th launch of 2026 · 63rd f rom SLC-4E this year\nUpdate\, Wed 30 Sep: GO for launch.\nMission page: h ttps://noearlierthan.com/launch/sda-tranche-1-transport-layer-a\nData: The Space Devs · updated Wed 30 Sep\, 16:02 UTC LOCATION:SLC-4E\, Vandenberg\, California GEO:34.632;-120.611 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE="SLC-4E, V andenberg, California":geo:34.632,-120.611 URL:https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1oJMvNEQewoxQ STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CLASS:PUBLIC X-MICROSOFT-CDO-BUSYSTATUS:FREE BEGIN:VALARM UID:da43dc2c-00af-4cc1-8ef1-90a60b2eb9e5-alarm-30@no-earlier-than X-WR-ALARMUID:da43dc2c-00af-4cc1-8ef1-90a60b2eb9e5-alarm-30@no-earlier-than ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A · Falcon 9: liftoff in 30 min TRIGGER:-PT30M END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR