On September 22, 2019 at 21:10 UTC the Chang Zheng-3B/YZ-1 (Long March-3B/YZ-1) rocket-carrier was launched from Xichang Cosmodrome, Sichuan province, southwestern China. The rocket orbited two “Beidou” navigation satellites.

Sigmund Jähn, the first German to enter space, passed away on 21 September 2019 at the age of 82.

On September 19, 2019, at 06:42 the “Long March –11” (“Changzheng-11”) rocket-carrier was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, Gansu Province, the northwest of China. The rocket orbited the five small satellites.

On September 12, 2019 at 03:26 UTC the “Long March – 4B” (“Changzheng-4B”) rocket-carrier was launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province. The rocket orbited 3 satellites. The primary payload was the “Ziyuan-02D” Earth observation satellite. The satellite will support applications including natural resources asset management, ecological monitoring, disaster prevention and control, environmental protection, urban construction, transportation and contingency management.

On September 6, 2019 at 21:32 UTC (on September 7 at 00:32 Moscow time), the Russian “Soyuz MS-14” landing capsule landed safely in a distance of about 147 kilometers to south-east from the city of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. It was the first mission of the “Soyuz” crew vehicle without a crew in 33 years, and the first ever unpiloted mission of “Soyuz” to ISS.

On September 6, 2019 at 18:34 UTC the Russian “Soyuz MS-14” spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station. It was the first mission of the “Soyuz” crew vehicle without a crew in 33 years, and the first ever unpiloted mission of “Soyuz” to ISS.