SpaceX to Soon Surpass 100 Launches for 2025 Including Upcoming  Nusantara Lima for Indonesia, SDA Tranche 1 and ISS Resupply

With over 13,000 employees fueling innovation, SpaceX is spearheading transformation of humanity into a multi-world species—starting with lunar footholds, then extending across the Solar System. NET September 8 from Cape Canaveral FL, SpaceX will loft the Nusantara Lima satellite boosting regional broadband. Nusantara means the “outer islands,” referring to the Indonesia Archipelago, and Lima means “five.” The 5,550-kg (dry) payload is an HTS (high-throughput satellite) for communications, built by Boeing and expected to operate for at least 15 years. Set for launch Sep 10 from Vandenberg SFS, the SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer B mission is to improve connectivity in polar orbit. Launching Sep 15 for International Space Station resupply is SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying the Northrop Grumman NG-23 Cygnus with vital supplies. SpaceX also resupplies the ISS, with its reusable CRS Dragon craft that carries ~3,300 kg of provisions / experiments to the ISS and returns about the same amount of cargo back to Earth. In 2025 alone, 77 Falcon 9 launches have placed 1,900 Starlink satellites in orbit, pushing toward ubiquitous internet including polar regions, with total SpaceX launches likely to break the 2024 record of 134. Following the recent Starship Flight 10 success, SpaceX has renewed its hope for up to 25 annual launches, with the first from Florida possibly late this year—advancing reusable tech for lunar cargo and more. (Image Credit: SpaceX)

MONDAY

☆ Sep 8 — International Space Station, ~415-km LEO: Expedition 73 seven members and three members of SpaceX Crew-11 are working with experiments for muscle / bone studies, bioprinted liver tissue and bio-monitor headbands, as well as ~3,000 kg of cargo from SpaceX Dragon; preparing for the arrival of Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo craft early next week.

☆ Sep 8 — Tiangong Space Station, ~390-km LEO: Shenzhou 20 three-member crew, Commander Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie, performing life sciences, human research, microgravity physics, and new space tech demos; expecting arrival of Shenzhou 21 crew in about 6 weeks.

☾ Sep 8 — Moon Enterprise News: Weekly lunar advisories coming soon….

★ Sep 8 — SpaceX, Launch Falcon 9 / Nusantara Lima, SLC 40, Cape Canaveral SFS FL: Nusantara Lima is a geostationary communications satellite with capacity of more than 160 Gbps, built by Boeing for Indonesia as complement to SATRIA-1.

● Sep 8-10 — American Astronautical Society, NASA, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio Space Week, Cleveland OH: 2025 AAS Glenn Space Technology Symposium: Accelerating Aerospace Innovation; at Case Western and online; US$20-875.

● Sep 8-14 — Great Lakes Science Center, American Astronautical Society, NASA, Cleveland OH: Ohio Space Week & NASA Discovery Days with special guest Sunita “Suni” Williams; also, Happy Hour and Space Forum.

● Sep 8-14 — Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, KSC FL: Meet Astronauts: Kathy Thornton or Woody Spring.

☾ Sep 8 — Moon: 3.5° NNW of Saturn and within circle of diameter 3.52° also with Neptune, 08:00.

☆ Sep 8 — Apollo Asteroid 2025 QB12: Near-Earth Flyby (0.057 AU)

First Ohio Space Week: Features Suni Williams, AAS Glenn Space Technology Symposium, More

Ohio Space Week 2025, September 8-13 in Cleveland, celebrates Ohio aerospace from the Wright brothers to the present, drawing participants from across the USA and internationally to accelerate innovation. This inaugural week unites government, industry and academia and incorporates multiple events. September 8-10, American Astronautical Society (AAS) Glenn Space Technology Symposium is in its 7th year and expects 200+ attendees from 10+ states / countries for sessions on innovation in power systems, communications, AI applications and more. Included are a pitch competition, and Astronaut Doug Wheelock for a luncheon keynote. Its organizing committee of 30+ are from NASA, industry and universities. September 11 is the Ohio Space Forum, with speakers to address increasing the statewide space industry, as well as The City Club of Cleveland luncheon with NASA Astronauts Sunita Williams and Doug Wheelock on the subject Space Exploration for the Benefit of All. September 12-13, NASA Discovery Days at Great Lakes Science Center is free and draws thousands. Sunita “Suni” Williams presents September 12, and Doug Wheelock is present both days. Featured are interactive exhibits like driving a rover, Augmented / Virtual Reality headsets, Mars habitat demos and trying on Smithsonian spacesuits.  Together, these events build upon the Ohio legacy of the 1962 NASA fair and the “all-Ohio” STS-70 Space Shuttle mission and propel contributions to human space exploration. (Image Credits: AAS, OSW, NASA, et al)

TUESDAY

● Sep 9-11 — xFoundry, Amazon, SpaceCom, NASA, Arlington VA: NEXPLORE 2040 Summit; visionaries across Technology, Entrepreneurship, Arts & Athletics, Marketing and Science (TEAMS) to pioneer solutions for sustainable space habitats and the future of long-duration human spaceflight.

☆ Sep 9 — Apollo Asteroid 2019 JG1: Near-Earth Flyby (0.048 AU)