SpaceX leads the week’s launch manifest with three scheduled missions and, at the time of publishing, is the sole launch service provider behind the year’s first five launches. Alongside two Starlink flights, the company is launching 20 payloads on a rideshare mission carrying an exoplanet observation mission for NASA.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launches its first mission of 2026 in the early hours of next Monday morning, delivering an Indian Earth observation satellite alongside 18 other rideshare payloads.