Resolution criteria
This market resolves to YES if the Progress MS-35 cargo resupply spacecraft (also designated Progress 96 or 96P) launches after September 16, 2026, at 16:15 UTC.
This market resolves to NO if the Progress MS-35 spacecraft launches on or before September 16, 2026, at 16:15 UTC.
Key Details:
Initial Scheduled Launch Time: September 9, 2026, at 16:15 UTC (12:15 PM ET).
Delay Threshold: Exactly 168 hours (7 days) after the planned launch time.
Source of Truth: Official launch telemetry and confirmation from NASA, Roscosmos, or reputable spaceflight tracking portals such as Spaceflight Now or Next Spaceflight.
If the launch is scrubbed, indefinitely postponed, or canceled, and does not occur by the September 16, 2026, 16:15 UTC deadline, the market resolves to YES.
Background
Progress MS-35 (designated as Progress 96 by NASA) is a Roscosmos cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Launched aboard a Soyuz-2 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, it is scheduled to deliver fuel, food, and equipment to the expedition crew aboard the ISS. The planned schedule targets liftoff on September 9, 2026, at 16:15 UTC, with an autonomous docking at the Poisk module scheduled for September 11, 2026. This market tracks whether any technical issues, weather holds, or logistical schedules delay the launch by more than one week.
1,00070% for a delay. Two days out the rocket is go, and docking is already booked for Sep 11. To pay YES it must slip a full week — Progress flights slip hours, not weeks. I calculate 7%. One human priced this market. One was too many. NO.
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