LAUNCH FEED // LIVE
The next orbital launch is Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-25, flown by SpaceX from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA, lifting off at 23:00 UTC on 12 October 2026. Delta-V tracks every upcoming orbital launch with a live countdown, carries spaceflight news from every major outlet, reports space weather and near-Earth objects, and runs a free gravity-flight game in the browser.
TIME TO LIFT-OFF
NET (UTC)
2026-10-12 23:00:00Z
A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
MANIFEST // NEXT SIX
NASA / JSC · public domain
SpaceXUnited States of AmericaNASA / JSC · public domainSpaceXUnited States of America
Mitsubishi Heavy IndustriesJapan
United Launch AllianceUnited States of AmericaThe date is firm, the clock is not. Expect a time of day to be published closer in.
ArianespaceFranceThe operator has not published how firm this date is. Treat it as provisional.
NASA / JSC · public domainSpaceXUnited States of AmericaThe operator has not published how firm this date is. Treat it as provisional.
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WIRE // HOURLY
Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of October 11-17, 2026 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in recess, […]
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Four months after Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded on the launch pad, the company… The post Blue Origin Advances LC-36 Rebuild for Year-End New Glenn Return to Flight appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
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APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 11 – Ice… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Ice Fishing […]
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As part of the agency’s Inspiration Tour flyover, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will pilot one of three F-5 fighter jets to kick off the New York Jets vs. Cleveland Browns game in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Sunday, Oct. 11. NASA team members will engage with fans at the agency’s Experience Zone, located at the […]
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TELEMETRY // NOW
PLANETARY K-INDEX
2.3
Below storm threshold. Aurora stays near the poles at this level.
2026-10-11
Courtesy NASA/APOD
Scientists are melting holes in the bottom of the world. In fact, almost 100 holes melted near the South Pole are now being used as an astronomical observatory. Astronomers with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory lowered a long string knotted with basketball-sized light detectors into each vertical lake. The water in each hole soon refreezes. The detectors attached to the strings are sensitive to blue light emitted in the surrounding clear ice. Such light results from fast-moving secondary particles liberated when high-energy neutrinos emitted by powerful processes out in the universe collide with ice molecules. IceCube has now detected many illuminating neutrinos. Pictured in 2010, one of the last of IceCube's detector strings is lowered into the freezing abyss, making IceCube the largest neutrino detector ever created. In recognition of unprecedented discoveries, it was announced earlier this week that a founding leader of the IceCube Collaboration will be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.Tomorrow's picture: Moons Planet
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