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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Falcon 9 Block 5 | Pandora / Twilight rideshare mission. It is scheduled to be launched by SpaceX from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA at 2026-01-11 13:19:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 239 out of 853 launches from this location. The launch status is currently Go 🟩 . The mission type is Astrophysics and the payload will be injected into a Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO).

The Pandora small satellite was selected in 2021 as an inaugural mission in NASA’s Astrophysics Pioneers Program. It includes a 0.45-meter telescope that will improve our understanding of exoplanet atmospheres by disentangling exoplanet signals from their host stars, as well as studying host star variability with long-duration observations of 20 unique planets through visible-light photometry and near-infrared spectroscopy.

Also launching on this launch are 39 other ride-share payloads under the "Falcon 9 Twilight mission" manifested by Exolaunch, including satellites from Spire Global and Kepler Communications.

• [2026-01-11 13:19:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Pandora / Twilight rideshare mission from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-01-12 04:15:00 UTC] 🟩 PSLV-DL | EOS-N1 and others from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India.
• [2026-01-12 17:42:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-97 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-01-13 15:38:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 8A | Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-01-14 18:01:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-98 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-01-15 16:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Long March 3B/E | Unknown Payload from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-01-15 19:30:00 UTC] 🟨 Ceres-1S | Unknown Payload from Haiyang Oriental Spaceport.
• [2026-01-17 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Spectrum | Flight Two from Andøya Spaceport.
• [2026-01-17 04:18:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-105 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-01-18 05:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-100 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.

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