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Orbit: Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Low Earth Orbit | Lunar Orbit | Mars Orbit | Medium Earth Orbit | Polar Orbit | Suborbital | Sun-Earth L2 | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Unknown

Q3 2026
Quarter 3
launch status: TBD
🇺🇸 Firefly Alpha Block 2 – ConnectedCosmos Launch 1 – Firefly Aerospace (Commercial) — Polar Orbit (PO) — Communications
Space Launch Complex 2W — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

First of at least four missions carrying 6 satellites for Open Cosmos' secure LEO broadband constellation, designed to provide independent and resilient connectivity infrastructure for Europe and the world using high-priority Ka-band spectrum filings by the Principality of Liechtenstein.

Q3 2026
Quarter 3
launch status: TBD
🇺🇸 Firefly Alpha Block 2 – QuickSounder – Firefly Aerospace (Commercial) — Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) — Earth Science
Space Launch Complex 2W — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 🇺🇸 (Government)

QuickSounder is the first satellite mission of the Near Earth Orbit Network (NEON) program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which aims to replace the current Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) series of polar orbit weather satellites. This pathfinder mission will demonstrate NOAA's ability to launch a small satellite within 3 years, flying a refurbished Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) instrument to polar orbit.

Q4 2026
Quarter 4
launch status: TBD
🇺🇸 Firefly Alpha Block 2 – ConnectedCosmos Launch 2 – Firefly Aerospace (Commercial) — Polar Orbit (PO) — Communications
Space Launch Complex 2W — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Second of at least four missions carrying 6 satellites for Open Cosmos' secure LEO broadband constellation, designed to provide independent and resilient connectivity infrastructure for Europe and the world using high-priority Ka-band spectrum filings by the Principality of Liechtenstein.