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Demo Flight: where you can see the launch
Agency for Defense Development's Mir is set to launch Demo Flight from Sea Launch at around 2 PM GMT+9 on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, though that time isn't confirmed yet.
It most likely flies east. The exact path isn't published, so a few places below are marked as depending on it.
It is a daytime launch, so only places within about 200 km (125 miles) have a real chance of spotting it.
None of the cities we cover get a view of this one.
Launch times often slip, sometimes by days. This page follows the latest schedule, so check back on the day.
Can I see it from my city? 67 cities within 1,500 km
None of the 67 cities we cover within 1,500 km get a view of this one.
33 cities in a bright sky, too far to pick it out
Gwangju, Busan, Daegu, Daejeon, Fukuoka, Suwon, Incheon, Seoul, Shanghai, Kunshan, Changshu City, Hiroshima, Suzhou, Ningbo, Wuxi, Qingdao, Pyongyang, Hangzhou, Zhu Cheng City, Nanjing, Puyang, Dalian, Kobe, Osaka, Kyoto, Anshan, Fushun, Nagoya, Vladivostok, Yokohama, Tokyo, Saitama, Sendai
34 cities where it stays below the horizon
Zibo, Tongshan, Hefei, Huainan, Tai’an, Jinan, Shenyang, Tangshan, Taipei, Fuzhou, Tianjin, Nanchang, Handan, Taichung, Xinyang, Beijing, Xuchang, Wuhan, Jilin, Zhengzhou, Changchun, Shijiazhuang, Xiamen, Luoyang, Kaohsiung, Yueyang, Guankou, Taiyuan, Datong, Harbin, Changsha, Shantou, Jieyang, Shiyan
From where you are
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The launch
- Liftoff
- Nov 4, 2026, 2:00 PM GMT+9 (to the hour)
- Launch window
- 2:00–6:00 PM GMT+9
- Status
- Time not confirmed
- Rocket
- Mir (Agency for Defense Development)
- Mission
- Demo Flight, test flight
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Pad
- ADD Offshore launch platform, Sea Launch
Note: Launch vehicle name is provisional. First orbital full version launch of the South Korean military small satellite launch vehicle, after 2 sub-orbital tests of individual stages on 30 March and 30 December 2022, and 1 orbital test flight without the 2nd stage on 4 December 2023. Details TBD.
Mission summary from Launch Library 2.
What you'll see
A rocket at night looks like a bright, steady light climbing slowly, often with a glowing trail. After two or three minutes it gets smaller as it heads downrange, and you may see the first stage drop away.
Saw it?
If you see it, report it and your sighting will show up here.
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How we work this out: we follow a typical climb to orbit (about 70 km up two and a half minutes after liftoff, and about 210 km up and 1,400 km downrange after eight) in the direction the rocket flies, then work out how high above each city's horizon it gets and how dark that city's sky is. Clouds, hills and city lights aren't included. Launch times come from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs. More on our methods.