SEOPS Darkstar-1
Date unconfirmedFalcon 9 Block 5SpaceXGTOBroker charter
Planned (NET)
H2 2028
Year Half 2 precision
Countdown
—
No day-level date yet
Slip vs first seen
No slip
tracking since 14 Oct 2026
Dedicated ride-share mission to be offered by the small satellite launch integrator SEOPS to geostationary transfer orbit. Payload is TBD.— Launch Library 2 mission description
Notes: GTO rideshare; payload TBD.
Fields, sources and dates
| Field | Value | Source · as of |
|---|---|---|
| Mission | SEOPS Darkstar-1 | Launch Library 2 verified 18 Oct 2026, 06:47 PT |
| Type | Broker charter | Our classification from the source description (see methodology) |
| Launch vehicle | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Launch Library 2 verified 18 Oct 2026, 06:47 PT |
| Launch provider | SpaceX | Launch Library 2 verified 18 Oct 2026, 06:47 PT |
| Brokers / integrators named | SEOPS | Launch Library 2 verified 18 Oct 2026, 06:47 PT |
| Orbit | GTO | Launch Library 2 verified 18 Oct 2026, 06:47 PT |
| Orbit detail | unknown | — |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Space Launch Complex 40 | Launch Library 2 verified 18 Oct 2026, 06:47 PT |
| Planned date (NET) | H2 2028 (Year Half 2 precision) | Launch Library 2 verified 18 Oct 2026, 06:47 PT |
| Status | To Be Determined | Launch Library 2 verified 18 Oct 2026, 06:47 PT |
| Accepting payloads? | unknown | — |
| Capacity remaining | unknown | — |
| Booking lead time | unknown | — |
| How to book | Contact SEOPS | Derived from provider/broker named in sources |
| Published price | unknown (no published price found) | — |
Slip history
Current slip vs first seen: no change since 14 Oct 2026. Tracking began 14 Oct 2026, 21:05 PT; changes before that are not recorded.
| Recorded | Event | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct 2026, 21:05 PT | First seen (baseline) | H2 2028 · To Be Determined | LL2 |
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Sources
- Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs) record · retrieved 2026-10-14
- SEOPS · retrieved 2026-10-14