Transporter 18Dedicated SSO Rideshare

Mission: Transporter 18 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)

Dedicated Rideshare · Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.

Customers: SpaceX

What it put in orbit

COSPAR ID 2026-227. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

Where to watch

Timeline

1. T−00:38:00 GO for Prop Load
2. T−00:35:00 Stage 1 LOX Load
3. T−00:35:00 Prop Load
4. T−00:16:00 Stage 2 LOX Load
5. T−00:07:00 Engine Chill
6. T−00:01:00 Startup
7. T−00:01:00 Tank Press
8. T−00:00:45 GO for Launch
9. T−00:00:03 Ignition
10. T+00:00:00 Liftoff
11. T+00:01:04 Max-Q
12. T+00:02:14 MECO
13. T+00:02:18 Stage 2 Separation
14. T+00:02:26 SES-1
15. T+00:02:31 Booster Boostback Burn Startup
16. T+00:02:56 Fairing Separation
17. T+00:03:25 Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown
18. T+00:06:09 Entry Burn Startup
19. T+00:06:19 Entry Burn Shutdown
20. T+00:07:14 Stage 1 Landing Burn
21. T+00:07:32 Stage 1 Landing
22. T+00:08:24 SECO-1
23. T+00:50:56 SES-2
24. T+00:51:00 SECO-2
25. T+00:54:24 Payload Deployment Sequence Start
26. T+01:05:17 Payload Deployment Sequence End

In the news

• Transporter-18 SmallSats Encapsulation NASA, 13 Oct 2026
• NASA’s SSPICY Mission to Demonstrate In-Space Inspection Technologies NASA, 8 Oct 2026
• GOMX-5 successfully launched ESA, 2 Oct 2026
• Live coverage: AI datacenter prototypes, energy redirection demonstrators and more launching on SpaceX’s Transporter-18 Spaceflight Now, 1 Oct 2026

Headlines via the Spaceflight News API.

Updates

• Launch success. All payloads deployed.
• Liftoff! source
• Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started source
• Now targeting Oct 01 at 18:32 UTC source
• New T-0. source
• GO for launch. source
• NET October 1, TBC. source
• Added launch. source