en.Wedoany.com Reported - This week marks a busy launch week in the global aerospace sector, with nine missions scheduled from various countries, involving multiple rocket models and payloads. SpaceX is set to lead with five launches, all dedicated to deploying its Starlink satellites. Other international launches include a Rocket Lab Electron rocket launch from New Zealand and the second test flight of Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket from Norway.

China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation launched eight satellites into a sun-synchronous orbit on Monday at 04:12 UTC from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China using a Kuaizhou-11 rocket. This was the rocket's first flight in 2026. The Kuaizhou-11, in service since 2020, can deliver 1,500 kg of payload to low Earth orbit.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rockets are executing multiple missions this week, including launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. These missions will deploy Starlink v2 Mini satellites, with boosters like B1088, B1090, and B1077 performing reuse flights and landing on autonomous drone ships in the Pacific or Atlantic Oceans.

Rocket Lab plans to launch an Electron rocket from the Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand, on Thursday at 17:45 UTC, carrying Synspective's StriX-6 Earth observation satellite. The Electron is a small-lift launch vehicle, and this marks its fifth mission of 2026 since its first flight in 2018.

Isar Aerospace is scheduled to launch its Spectrum rocket from Andøya Spaceport, Norway, on Thursday at 08:00 UTC, carrying six payloads for the European Space Agency's Boost! program. This is the second launch for Spectrum, which uses propane and liquid oxygen propellants and is designed to deliver payloads to low Earth orbit and sun-synchronous orbit.

The Russian State Space Corporation, Roscosmos, plans to launch a Soyuz 2.1a rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sunday for the Progress MS-33 cargo resupply mission, delivering essential supplies to the International Space Station. This is the rocket's first launch of 2026 and the first mission since the collapse of a maintenance structure at the site.

The final mission of the week is SpaceX's Starlink Group 10-62 launch, scheduled for Sunday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, using a Falcon 9 rocket and booster B1078. This marks the 64th orbital launch attempt globally in 2026.

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