Manifest / 01Go
Unknown Payload
Long March 6C
ProviderChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
PadLaunch Complex 9A
DateAug 25, 2026
PrecisionAbout 03:20 AM UTC
Schedule watchTracking updates
T– about 1d 3hWindow opens 03:15 AM UTC
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Skynet 6A
Falcon 9 Block 5SpaceXUnknown Pad
2027 · Date and time TBD
Calendar available when time is confirmed
NextGo for Prop LoadT-35:00
Time to launch
Launch Window Confidence
46% — UncertainMission Brief
The Skynet 6A gap-filler military communications satellite built by Airbus Defence and Space to cover the gap between the Britisch Skynet-5 network and its successor. Skynet 6A was solesourced from Airbus Defence and Space in 2017, but was not fully funded until July 2020. Aibus will build the Skynet-6A satellite in the United Kingdom and arrange a 2025 launch. RAL Space, a U.K. national laboratory, will test the all-electric satellite at its facility in Harwell. Skynet-6A, based on the Eurostar-Neo platform, is expected to provide communications services for the British military until at least 2040.
PayloadSkynet 6A
OrbitGeostationary Transfer Orbit
CustomerSpaceX
Stages2
PadUnknown Pad, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Timeline
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Go for Prop Load
Launch director gives the go to begin fueling
T-35:00
11:25 PM UTC
- Go for Prop LoadT-35:0011:25 PM UTC
- RP-1 Loading BeginsT-35:0011:25 PM UTC
- Stage 1 LOX Loading BeginsT-35:0011:25 PM UTC
Ground vector
Launch site
Site locked
Unknown Pad
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Global range
- Latitude
- 28.458°N
- Longitude
- 80.528°W
Range Weather
Launch commit criteria
Clear
Watch
TrackingNo active constraints
Weather Rules
Tracking no weather issues at this time.
- Primary concern
- No weather issues
- Rule count
- 0
- Temperature
- Not reported
- Surface wind
- Not reported
Window
12:00 AM UTC - 12:00 AM UTC
Provider
SpaceX
Profile →USA • Founded 2002
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur E...
Schedule History
No meaningful launch-time or status changes recorded.
