Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX · Space Launch Complex 40
Go for launch
SpaceX says the launch can go ahead on Sunday, 29 November 2026, 15:47 UTC. Even with a go, the time can still move by minutes or hours for weather, technical checks or other traffic at the range.
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Next: the countdown, fuelling, a final go or no-go, then liftoff.
Nothing yet. We add a short note here at each step: holds, fuelling, the final go or no-go, liftoff and the result. Our reports and news posts about this launch appear here too, each on its own page.
Written by the Space Mushroom team. Times are in UTC.
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Rockets and launchesThis is the 25th flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 24th flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.
Description from the launch provider, passed on by Launch Library, The Space Devs.
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.