European Spaceflight
ESA Director “Not Sure” Themis Will Make Its First Flight in 2026 ↗
23 Oct 2026, 11:06 UTC · Original language
LAUNCH / Themis Demonstrator
T1H-1
Planned for Q4 2026 · Provisional
Planned with Themis Demonstrator from Esrange Space Center. Dates may change.
Source: Launch Library 2 / The Space Devs · Last successful recall: 29 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC. Older data status – not successfully updated for more than two hours.
Date and mission
- Date according to source
- Planned for Q4 2026
- Status according to source
- Provisional
- Rocket
- Themis Demonstrator
- Launch provider
- European Space Agency
- Launch Site
- Esrange Space Center →
- Launch Platform
- Launch Complex 3B
- European reference
- European rocket & European participation
- Payload participation
- European Space Agency
- Source last changed
- 6 Oct 2026, 14:33 UTC
We only show dates as accurately as the source provides them. A European launch provider or launch site alone does not constitute a fully European mission or supply chain.
Current source reports
Spaceflight News API ↗ · Retrieved: 29 Oct 2026, 20:13 UTC
Original source description (English)
First low-altitude hop test of a Themis demonstrator, with a targeted altitude up to 100 m.
Track launch
For a calendar entry, the date is still too vague or the launch is no longer pending.
No livestream has been stored in the source yet.
Automatically translated from German; some interface labels are reviewed. View original →. Some new text is still available in German.