Three launches remain on schedule for Wednesday, so far

Three launches from three different agencies and locations are still scheduled for tomorrow: Rocket Lab, SpaceX and Firefly

Rocket Lab to launch Finding Hot Wildfires Near You (OroraTech OTC-P1) expanding their constellation

***Ruidoso, NM, USA: Six-hour fire spread simulation during the South***
***Fork fire.***

“Finding Hot Wildfires Near You” is a rapid turnaround mission for OroraTech, a Germany-based global provider of wildfire detection and monitoring solutions. Rocket Lab will launch a dedicated mission for OroraTech on NET March 27th (Wednesday, March 26th at 8:30 – 9:00 am PDT), from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.

Scheduled to launch NET March 27th 2025, the mission will deliver eight OroraTech Constellation Phase 1 satellites to a 550km orbit to expand its constellation providing data from space to help tackle wildfire challenges globally. The mission is scheduled for lift-off just four months from launch contract signing in order to meet the time-sensitive requirements of OroraTech’s wildfire detection mission.

SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 11-7 smallsats on Wednesday

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will launch Starlink Group 11-7 smallsats on Wednesday, March 27th from 3:00 PM – 7:22 PM PDT into low Earth orbit. The launch will increase the smallsat constellation and will take place at Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB .

Vandenberg Space Force Base is a United States Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. Established in 1941, Vandenberg Space Force Base is a space launch base, launching spacecraft from the Western Range, and also performs missile testing. The United States Space Force’s Space Launch Delta 30 serves as the host delta for the base, equivalent to an Air Force air base wing. In addition to its military space launch mission, Vandenberg Space Force Base also hosts space launches for civil and commercial space entities, such as NASA and SpaceX.

Firefly Alpha is ready to launch FLTA006 (Message in a Booster) on Wednesday

Firefly Alpha from Firefly Aerospace will launch on March 26 from Space Launch Complex 2W at Vandenberg SFB at 6:37 – 8:17 am PDT, at a cost of $15 million.

This is the sixth flight of the Firefly Alpha small satellite launcher, launching the demonstration mission for Lockheed Martin’s new LM400 satellite bus, which will carry a communications payload.