# Slip Watch, Oct 5 to Oct 11, 2026: 4 real slips

> 4 launch dates slipped a day or more in Oct 5 to Oct 11, 2026, across 2 launches, for 5 days in total. A slip here means both dates were known to the day; placeholder rolls are listed and not counted.

- Canonical page: https://spacenexus.us/launch-slips/week/2026-W41
- This Markdown version: https://spacenexus.us/launch-slips/week/2026-W41.md
- Data as of: frozen 2026-10-12 06:35 UTC
- How the numbers are made: https://spacenexus.us/launch-slips/method

## Counts

- 13 date changes: 4 slips (5 days), 0 pulled in, 5 same-day changes, 2 firmed, 0 lost a firm date, 2 placeholder rolls
- Median slip: 1 days
- Method version 1.1; recording since 2026-08-29.

## By provider

| Provider | Real slips | Launches slipped | Slip days | Median slip (days) | Pull-ins | Placeholder rolls |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SpaceX | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Korea Aerospace Research Institute | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 2 |
| United Launch Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |

## Biggest slips

| Launch | Provider | From | To | Shift (days) | Observed |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Falcon 9 Block 5 \| SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A](https://spacenexus.us/launch/cml5wstw5004hdx9f67fesx15) | SpaceX | Oct 6, 2026 | Oct 8, 2026 | 2 | 2026-10-06 |
| [Falcon 9 Block 5 \| SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A](https://spacenexus.us/launch/cml5wstw5004hdx9f67fesx15) | SpaceX | Oct 5, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 | 1 | 2026-10-05 |
| [Falcon 9 Block 5 \| Starlink Group 15-25](https://spacenexus.us/launch/cmu8vyryz2k9z13fecvtepdqv) | SpaceX | Oct 10, 2026 | Oct 11, 2026 | 1 | 2026-10-07 |
| [Falcon 9 Block 5 \| Starlink Group 15-25](https://spacenexus.us/launch/cmu8vyryz2k9z13fecvtepdqv) | SpaceX | Oct 11, 2026 | Oct 12, 2026 | 1 | 2026-10-08 |

## Firmed

| Launch | Provider | From | To | Shift (days) | Observed |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Vulcan VC6L \| Amazon Leo (LV-01)](https://spacenexus.us/launch/cml5wstzf005bdx9f5m1398a7) | United Launch Alliance | Oct 2026 | Oct 29, 2026 | -2 | 2026-10-08 |
| [Atlas V N22 \| Starliner-1](https://spacenexus.us/launch/cml5wsu00005gdx9fzcu8y9ph) | United Launch Alliance | Dec 2026 | Jan 14, 2027 | 14 | 2026-10-07 |

## Placeholder rolls (not slips)

| Launch | Provider | From | To | Shift (days) | Observed |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [H3-24 \| HTV-X2](https://spacenexus.us/launch/cmm15ftnu3gqobbzasn0r02em) | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | 2026 | 2027 | 365 | 2026-10-08 |
| [H3-24 \| HTV-X3](https://spacenexus.us/launch/cmtlhmw9c1luxyts5367nx910) | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | 2026 | 2027 | 365 | 2026-10-08 |

## On-time record in the period

- All providers: 3 flown, 3 scored; within 1 day 67%, within 7 days 100%

| Provider | Flown | Scored | Within 1 day | Within 7 days |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | 1 | 1 | too few to rate | too few to rate |
| Korea Aerospace Research Institute | 1 | 1 | too few to rate | too few to rate |
| SpaceX | 1 | 1 | too few to rate | too few to rate |

## Sources

- [Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs](https://thespacedevs.com): launch names, providers, rockets, pads, dates and status
- [SpaceNexus Launch Ledger (our own record of every date change)](https://spacenexus.us/launch-slips/method)
- [The slip ledger as CSV](https://spacenexus.us/api/datasets/launch-slips/csv)

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