Next Upcoming Launch
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-53
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Aug. 1, 2026, 2 p.m.
Communications
A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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Aug 04, 2026
Long March 8A | Unknown Payload
Unknown Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Details TBD.
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Aug 06, 2026
Spectrum | Onward and Upward
Sun-Synchronous Orbit Andøya Spaceport
Second test flight of the Isar Spectrum launch vehicle. This launch will carry 5 cubesats and 1 non-separable experiment as part of European Space Agency (ESA)'s “Boost!” program: * CyBEEsat (TU Berlin) * TriSat-S (University of Maribor) * Platform 6 (EnduroSat) * FramSat-1 (NTNU) * SpaceTeamSat1 (TU Wien Space Team) …
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Upcoming Events
Press Event
August 03, 2026
SpaceX Crew-13 Mission Overview News Conference
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USAThe Crew-13 mission leadership will host a mission overview press conference with the following participants - Joel Montalbano, deputy associate administrator, Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters - Dana Weigel, manager, Low Earth Orbit Program, NASA Johnson - Mathieu Caron, director, Astronauts, Life Sciences, and Space Medicine, CSA - Julianna Scheiman, director, NASA Science and Dragon Programs, SpaceX
Press Event
August 03, 2026
SpaceX Crew-13 Crew News Conference
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USAThe crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission will participate in a news conference from NASA Johnson Space Center. Participants include: - Jessica Watkins, commander, NASA - Luke Delaney, pilot, NASA - Joshua Kutryk, mission specialist, CSA - Sergey Teteryatnikov, mission specialist, Roscosmos
Celestial Event
August 12, 2026
Total Solar Eclipse in Europe
Europe & Northern AtlanticOn 12 August 2026, a solar eclipse will be visible across parts of Europe and the north Atlantic. The path of totality will cross Greenland, Iceland, Spain and a small area of northeastern Portugal. Other parts of Europe will see a partial solar eclipse.
Flyby
September 30, 2026
Juice Earth Flyby
EarthThird flyby of ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission on its way to the Jovian system.
Mir
Demo Flight
ADD Offshore launch platform - Sea LaunchNote: Launch vehicle name is provisional. First orbital full version launch of the South Korean military small satellite launch vehicle, after 2 s…
Electron
The Grain Goddess Provides (iQPS Launch 7)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandSynthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.
Electron
StriX Launch 11
Unknown Pad - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandSynthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.
Electron
LOXSAT 1
Unknown Pad - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandLOXSAT 1 is a demonstration satellite of a complete cryogenic oxygen fluid management system in orbit, developed by Eta Space and sponsored by NASA's…
Falcon 9
NROL-95
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAClassified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office.
Long March 6A
Unknown Payload
Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaDetails TBD.
Long March 7A
Unknown Payload
201 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of ChinaDetails TBD.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 17-52
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 17-51
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Starship
Flight 13
Orbital Launch Pad 2 - SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA13th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. Second flight of Starship V3. For the first time, Starship will carry 20 V3 Starlink sa…
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