The Endeavor Flight
Following launch into Low Earth Orbit, Endeavor Flight will complete its orbital mission before naturally reentering Earth’s atmosphere. During atmospheric reentry, the memorial capsule vaporizes, creating a symbolic shooting-star tribute in honor of the life it commemorates.

Integration Underway
MISSION STATUS
32
MISSION #
14
EARTH ORBIT #
October 1, 2026(tentative)
PLANNED FOR
Vandenberg SFB, CA đŸ‡ºđŸ‡¸
LAUNCH LOCATION
Endeavor Flight
MISSION NAME
Blackwing Space
SERVICE PROVIDER
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LAUNCH LOCATION
Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
Located along California’s scenic Central Coast, Vandenberg Space Force Base has served as one of America’s premier spaceports for more than six decades. Renowned for its polar and sun-synchronous launches over the Pacific Ocean, Vandenberg supports many of today’s most advanced commercial, scientific, and national security space missions. As the launch site for Endeavor Flight, this historic installation continues its legacy of enabling innovative missions that expand humanity’s presence in space.


MISSION SERVICE PROVIDER
Blackwing Space
Endeavor Flight is supported by Blackwing Space, a Nashville, Tennessee-based aerospace service provider developing American-made commercial nanosatellite platforms. Focused on expanding affordable access to space, Blackwing designs modular spacecraft that support commercial payloads, technology demonstrations, and scientific research. Through this partnership, Blackwing provides the spacecraft platform that will carry the Celestis memorial payload on its approximately twelve-month journey through Earth orbit.










