Neutron development
Rocket Lab files Neutron launch update targeting 2027
The October 14 disclosure puts the inaugural flight in 2027 without specifying a month. The earlier fourth-quarter target concerned delivery to the launch pad.
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Launch
Launch vehicles, test campaigns and the infrastructure carrying Indian spacecraft from the pad into orbit.
Station Resupply
SpaceX launches final station solar arrays aboard cargo Dragon
NASA’s cargo flight carries Redwire’s final solar-array pair and health experiments. Docking is targeted for October 15, with array installation planned for later this fall.
Launch
Five Nuri-launched satellites establish first contact with ground stations
South Korean authorities reported two-way communications by October 7 evening; initial operations and performance verification remain the next steps.
Launch
OrbitAID targets February 2027 for satellite refuelling demonstration
The Chennai founder’s timetable covers two spacecraft and a separate November relaunch target; the flights remain planned.
Launch
Northrop’s first military satellite plane launches on Falcon 9
The October 10 flight carried 21 Northrop Grumman spacecraft for a US military communications network. Deployment precedes the constellation’s expected operational capability in 2027.
Launch
Space Zone India launches RHUMI mission with corporate backing
Launch reports replace the October 10 target. DT Next puts mission CSR spending above ₹1.5 crore, while an earlier donor account listed ₹1 crore; the figures remain unreconciled.
Launches
TakeMe2Space's MOI-1A reaches orbit on transfer vehicle
The Indian orbital-computing spacecraft remains aboard its carrier. The company targets October 10 for release and has yet to report satellite operations.
Launch
Space Zone India targets October launch of twin rockets
A company-distributed release gives 10 October 2026 as the target; launch approvals and a detailed payload manifest were not disclosed in the reviewed material.
Launch
Rocket Lab launches confidential-customer satellite from New Zealand
The company calls Happily Ever Faster its 95th Electron mission and says one Earth-observation satellite reached a 500 km circular orbit. The customer and payload identity remain undisclosed.
Launch
Isar’s Spectrum reaches orbit on its second flight
The German company’s launcher lifted off from Andøya, Norway, on September 5 and deployed its mission payloads. The European Space Agency called it the first launch to orbit from continental Europe; the cited accounts differ on whether it carried five or six CubeSats.
Launch
ISRO publishes 200-tonne power-head test result
The agency says a 35-second firing in Tamil Nadu was the first full-thrust run of the engine power head. A complete engine, stage qualification and a flight date were not announced.
Launch
GSLV-F17 places EOS-05 in intended orbit
The September 4 mission update confirms orbital insertion, while post-launch spacecraft commissioning and operational service remain unreported in the reviewed accounts.