Rocket Launches Today

There are 4 launches scheduled for today. Find out more and watch live below!

Recently Launched

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

4 Aug, 8:52am

Pad

Commercial LC-1

Launch Service Provider

Mission

SatNet LEO Group 23

Mission Type

Unknown

Destination

Unknown

A batch of 9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group. The constellation will eventually consists of 13000 satellites.

Available Replays

International Rocket Launches

ThatSpaceDogeGuy

Live: Long March 8A Flight 10 Launch (No Commentary)

Last Update: Launch success.

Launch Countdown

Date & Time

4 Aug, 4:29pm

Pad

Space Launch Complex 4E

Launch Service Provider

Booster

B1063

34th flight (43d since last use)

Landing

Drone Ship (Of Course I Still Love You)

Mission

Starlink Group 17-53

Mission Type

Communications

Destination

Low Earth Orbit

A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Available Lives

SPACE AFFAIRS

Spaceflight Now

SpaceX

GO! - SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-53 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live

Last Update: Now targeting Aug 04 at 16:29 UTC

Launch Countdown

Date & Time

5 Aug, 2:35am

UTC

Location

Pad

DeFu-15002 mobile launch platform

Launch Service Provider

Mission

Unknown Payload

Mission Type

Unknown

Destination

Unknown

Details TBD.

Last Update: Moved to August 5 per new NOTAMs.

Launch Countdown

Date & Time

5 Aug, 7:42am

Pad

Space Launch Complex 40

Launch Service Provider

Booster

B1077

30th flight (49d since last use)

Landing

Drone Ship (A Shortfall of Gravitas)

Mission

BlueBird 11-13 (Block 2 #6-8)

Mission Type

Communications

Destination

Low Earth Orbit

AST SpaceMobile’s Block 2 BlueBird satellites are designed to deliver up to 10 times the bandwidth capacity of the BlueBird Block 1 satellites, required to achieve 24/7 continuous cellular broadband service coverage in the United States, with beams designed to support a capacity of up to 40 MHz, enabling peak data transmission speeds up to 120 Mbps, supporting voice, full data and video applications. The Block 2 BlueBirds, featuring as large as 2400 square foot communications arrays, will be the largest satellites ever commercially deployed in Low Earth orbit once launched. This launch will feature 3 satellites.

Available Lives

SPACE AFFAIRS

GO! - SpaceX - Falcon 9 - BlueBird 11 - 13 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live

Last Update: Tweaked launch window.

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