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Transporter-18 SmallSats Encapsulation

Top‑down view of a SpaceX payload fairing interior showing mounted satellites and hardware arranged along the center structure, surrounded by the curved black fairing walls.
Top‑down view of a SpaceX payload fairing interior showing mounted satellites and hardware arranged along the center structure, surrounded by the curved black fairing walls.

Three NASA-supported small spacecraft, along with many commercial payloads, are shown before being encapsulated in a SpaceX Falcon 9 ahead of launch on Oct. 1, 2026. The ASCENT Propulsion Dual Mode CubeSat, the Supernova Remnants and Proxies for ReIonization Testbed Experiment (SPRITE) CubeSat, and the Small Spacecraft Propulsion and Inspection Capability (SSPICY) mission will demonstrate […]

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