Five orbital launches scheduled this week, including Starship

SpaceX is preparing a Falcon 9 for the US Space Force and Starship's 14th flight, which will deploy 26 Starlink v3 satellites for the first time. China will launch Chang Zheng 6A and 8A, while Rocket Lab's Electron will carry the StriX satellite for Synspective.

• Starship launches Sept. 28 from Pad 2 in Texas and will orbit six times at 275 km
• Falcon 9 will deliver the classified USSF-385 payload on Sept. 26, with booster B1100 flying its 10th mission
• Electron will launch the 100 kg StriX satellite for Synspective from Māhia Peninsula on Sept. 26
• Chang Zheng 8A and 6A will lift off Sept. 23 and 24 with unspecified payloads