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Every scheduled date that could move one of our timelines: launches, earnings, conferences, court dates and regulatory deadlines. Each one comes from the sources on the timeline it belongs to and is removed once it has happened.
September 2026
Flight 14 planned as Starship's first orbital mission
SpaceX plans to attempt orbital insertion with Ship 41 and Booster 21 and deploy operational Starlink V3 satellites; both stages are expected to splash down.
August CPI and PPI reports
The upcoming inflation releases could alter market expectations for whether the FOMC raises rates in September after the stronger-than-expected August jobs report.
Special Apple Event
This is the first scheduled Apple Event after Ternus became CEO and an early public event under his leadership.
Apple “Surprise and Shine” event
Apple is scheduled to hold its first iPhone launch event under John Ternus, where reporting points to possible iPhone 18 Pro and folding-iPhone announcements.
AMD to participate in Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference
AMD could clarify the status and financial impact of China-bound Instinct-chip shipments and approvals.
September 15-16 FOMC meeting and updated projections
This will be Warsh's first FOMC meeting with new projections, with traders recently assigning roughly a 60 percent probability to a quarter-point increase.
CBP enhanced Form 5106 enforcement begins
Importer-of-record numbers may be voided for inaccurate data, which could affect ACE and CAPE refund access or payments.
T-Mobile’s Washington layoffs begin under WARN notices
The announced closures and layoffs are scheduled to occur between September 21 and November 18, providing a near-term measure of the carrier’s digital-first restructuring.
Public-comment deadline for employer Trump Account rules
The feedback could shape the requirements, nondiscrimination tests, and reporting obligations that determine how employer matches operate.
Tim Cook’s executive-chair salary becomes effective
Cook’s $2 million executive-chair salary begins under the compensation arrangement Apple disclosed on Ternus’s first day as CEO.
OpenAI DevDay 2026
OpenAI's next announced developer event could bring frontier-model, API, or safety updates.
Auto-pay deadline for temporary one-point interest-rate reduction
Borrowers who enroll in auto pay by this date can receive a 1 percentage point interest-rate reduction through June 30, 2028.
October 2026
OpenAI expects Helios operations to begin
This is the first operating milestone for OpenAI's planned 6-gigawatt AMD GPU deployment, with deployments expected to accelerate during 2027.
2027 marketing-rule changes take effect
CMS’s rollback of the 48-hour scope-of-appointment waiting period becomes effective, changing how plans and agents may market ahead of and during enrollment.
Deadline for 2027 MA plan non-renewal letters
Members in discontinued plans should receive notice of their options before open enrollment, including possible Medigap guaranteed-issue rights if they return to Original Medicare.
OMB comment deadline for employer contribution rule paperwork
OMB review covers the paperwork burden for employers and trustees, a practical determinant of whether companies adopt contribution programs.
September CPI-W release and planned 2027 COLA announcement
The September reading completes the third-quarter CPI-W average, and SSA is expected to announce the final 2027 COLA that day.
Medicare open enrollment opens for 2027 coverage
Beneficiaries can change MA or Part D coverage as insurer exits, benefit revisions, premiums, and ratings become available; the period runs through December 7.
Treasury and IRS hearing on employer Trump Account rules
The hearing is the next scheduled forum for employers, payroll providers, and other stakeholders to press for changes before final rules.
Comment deadline for Trump Account investment rules
The final investment rules will affect which funds trustees can offer and how the program moves beyond its SPYM default.
Retirement of legacy GPT-4 and selected API model snapshots
OpenAI plans to remove older API models and snapshots, with GPT-5.6 variants named as migration replacements.
November 2026
Sony announces FY2026 second-quarter earnings
Sony may update investors on tariff-refund receipts, remaining claims, or exposure from the PlayStation consumer litigation.
NVIDIA GTC Washington, D.C. begins
The scheduled conference could provide public updates on H200 licensing, Chinese restrictions, and Nvidia’s China data-center sales plans.
December 2026
Retirement of older GPT-5 and o3 API snapshots
The scheduled removals would further shift API users from earlier GPT-5 and o3 models to GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna.
Deadline to begin permitted Clark County robotaxi operations
Nevada’s approval requires Tesla to begin paid driverless robotaxi operations in Clark County within 120 days of the August 20 permit decision, or risk losing the authorization.
Discontinued 2027 Medicare Advantage plans end
UnitedHealthcare, Humana, Presbyterian, and other insurers’ non-renewed plans are set to end, making members’ enrollment choices consequential.
Chevron’s planned workforce-reduction target reaches its year-end deadline
Chevron said it would reduce 15% to 20% of its roughly 45,000-person global workforce by the end of 2026, so year-end disclosures may show the completed scale.
January 2027
Anthropic's first 1-gigawatt MI450 deployment is due to begin
The first-half 2027 start is the initial delivery milestone under Anthropic's agreement for up to 2 gigawatts of MI450 GPUs in Helios systems.
Intel 14A external design commitments expand
A significant external 14A customer commitment is central to Intel's stated basis for continued investment in the node.
NVIDIA expects Hugging Face acquisition to close in first half of 2027
Closing would turn NVIDIA’s announced $11.9 billion purchase and employee-retention arrangement into its completed ownership of the major open-model platform.
2027 Social Security COLA takes effect
The adjustment announced in October is scheduled to raise Social Security payments beginning in January 2027.
February 2027
Sony announces FY2026 third-quarter earnings
This is Sony's next scheduled reporting date for updates on IEEPA refund proceeds or related consumer litigation.
March 2027
NVIDIA GTC 2027 begins in San Jose
It is NVIDIA’s next major developer conference after the expected Hugging Face closing window and a likely venue for substantive integration, open-platform and dealmaking disclosures.
NVIDIA GTC 2027 in San Jose begins
Nvidia’s flagship conference may provide a further management update on China data-center restrictions and licensed H200 shipments.
First tranche of Ternus’s transition RSUs is scheduled to vest
This is the first stated vesting date for the transition equity award associated with Ternus’s move to CEO.
GTC 2027 in San Jose
NVIDIA's annual conference is a scheduled venue where it could provide further details on Rubin Ultra and the Feynman roadmap.
June 2027
Starship HLS sustaining-lander Critical Design Review anticipated
The review is a formal development checkpoint for the Starship version intended to support the post-demonstration lunar-landing architecture.
July 2027
Rubin Ultra enters NVIDIA's stated second-half-2027 window
NVIDIA has scheduled Rubin Ultra systems for the second half of 2027, making this the next disclosed platform transition after Vera Rubin.
October 2028
SK hynix Indiana packaging-plant cleanroom due
Completion of the cleanroom is the next dated construction milestone before SK hynix plans next-generation HBM production at the Indiana site.
December 2028
Trump Accounts pilot birth-date eligibility cutoff
This is the program’s current eligibility cutoff and also marks the end of Dell’s stated pledge to match Treasury’s seed deposit for eligible U.S.-based employees’ children.
December 2029
Third Arizona fab targeted for production by the end of the decade
TSMC’s April 2024 plan put third-fab production by the end of the 2020s; later statements changed its assigned technologies but did not give a replacement production date.
September 2030
Ternus’s transition RSU vesting period ends
This is the final stated vesting milestone for Ternus’s initial transition RSU award.
BLS release of August CPI-W
The August reading is the second of the three third-quarter inflation data points used to calculate the 2027 Social Security COLA and could shift current forecasts.