flown by SpaceX USA

Transporter-18

Success
OCT 01202618:18:00 UTC

Dedicated SmallSat rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit, carrying 130 payloads. Two spacecraft with reentry vehicles and four orbital transfer vehicles together carried 41 of them for deployment at a later date.

launched from SLC-4E Vandenberg

aboard Falcon 9 Block 5 Transporter-18 into SSO

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B1082.25

Landed on ground pad · LZ-4

Payloads · 44

  • 01

    SPRITE

    Astronomy

  • 02

    UASAT-NANO

    Communications

  • 03

    GHGSat C18 and C19

    Earth observation

  • 04

    Flock 4J-17 and 4J-18

    Earth observation

  • 05

    Tanager-2

    Earth observation

  • 06

    Project Suncatcher prototype satellite

    Technology demonstration

  • 07

    GOMX-5

    Technology demonstration

  • 08

    Crimson-1

    Technology demonstration

  • 09

    KENSAT

    Technology demonstration

  • 10

    JACK-006

    Earth observation

  • 11

    GyeonggiSat-2A

    Earth observation

  • 12

    Green Propulsion Dual Mode (GPDM)

    Technology demonstration

  • 13

    IRIDE-MS1-EAGLET2 17 to 24

    Earth observation

  • 14

    eLEAF-01

    Earth observation

  • 15

    Blackwing Space Baby Bird

    Technology demonstration

  • 16

    NewSat-? (56,57,64)

    Earth observation

  • 17

    Merlin-1

    Earth observation

  • 18

    HERMES

    Technology demonstration

  • 19

    Terra Nova

    Technology demonstration

  • 20

    HORUS Star Tracker / LEAP-2

    Technology demonstration

  • 21

    Meridian FCL

    Communications

  • 22

    ION SCV x 3

    Communications

  • 23

    GNOMES-10

    Earth observation

  • 24

    ICEYE-X83, 85, 86, 87

    Earth observation

  • 25

    ATHENE-1

    Technology demonstration

  • 26

    OSSIE

    Technology demonstration

  • 27

    BOB

    Technology demonstration

  • 28

    KEVIN

    Technology demonstration

  • 29

    STUART

    Technology demonstration

  • 30

    F2G1

    Reconnaissance

  • 31

    Altair-1

    Earth observation

  • 32

    Element-1

    Communications

  • 33

    SSPICY Otter

    Space Debris Inspection

  • 34

    Reason-1

    Technology demonstration

  • 35

    HotSat-3

    Earth observation

  • 36

    W-8 and W-9

    Microgravity research

  • 37

    AE4LA

    Communications

  • 38

    BRO-23 & 32

    SIGINT

  • 39

    GuaraniSat-2

    Earth observation

  • 40

    Lemur-2 x 3

    Earth observation

  • 41

    Sateliot_5 to 9

    Communications

  • 42

    Tomorrow-S x 2

    Meteorological satellite

  • 43

    Watchdog-v0 x 2

    Space surveillance

  • 44

    MikroGLOB-2 to 4

    Earth observation

last updated Oct 27, 2026