SpaceX

Of Course I Still Love You

A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

2 US military Starshield satellites are also on board.

Space X Starlink Mission Patch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-43

Vandenberg SFB

Space Launch Complex 4E

Falcon 9 Block 5

Launch Date: June 6, 2026 (PDT)
Launch Time: 7:57 p.m. (June 7, 0257 UTC, 04:57 CEST) 
Launch Window: Open until 11:00 p.m. PDT
Launch Site: SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
Targeted Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Launch Inclination: South
Launch Status: Scheduled and announced

Mission: Starlink Group 17-43
Launch Provider: SpaceX
Launcher System: Falcon 9 (Booster 1097 - Turnaround time 26 days)
Flight for the Booster: 10
Previous Flights of the Booster: 9 -  Twilight, NROL-172, and seven Starlink missions
Droneship: Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY)

Price: $74 million (without payload)
Diameter: 3,7 m
Height: 70 meters
Payload to Orbit: 22,800 LEO / 8,300 GTO
Lift-Off Thrust: 7,607 kilonewtons
Fairing: Diameter 5,2 meters / Height 13 meters
Stages: 2

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Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket from California with 21 Starlink satellites and two Starshield satellites. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for Saturday, June 6, at 9:24:30 p.m. PDT (12:24:30 a.m. EDT / 0424:30 UTC on Sunday, June 7).

The first-stage booster, serial number B1097, launching for a 10th time, will land on the drone ship 'Of Course I Still Love You' nearly 8.5 minutes into the flight.

The Starlink 17-43 mission will take a southerly trajectory upon departure from Vandenberg. 

Live commentary from Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith will be provided starting about 30 minutes prior to launch.

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Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from California with Starlink and Starshield satellites

Unofficial Webcast

Starlink Mission

Official Webcast

A Shortfall of Gravitas

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-35

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Space Launch Complex 40

LandSpace

Zhuque-2E Block 2 | Unknown Payload

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center

Launch Area 96

Zhuque-2E Block 2

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Test flight of the H3-30 variant of the H3 launch vehicle with 3 LE-9 engines in the first stage and no SRBs. The flight will carry a dummy main payload (Vehicle Evaluation Payload 5, VEP-5) and several hitchhiking small satellites:

* PETREL

* STARS-X

* BRO-22

* VERTECS

* HORN-L/R

H3-30 | H3-30 Test Flight

Tanegashima Space Center

Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2

H3-30

CASC

Long March 5 | Unknown Payload

Wenchang Space Launch Site

Long March 5

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

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-44

Rocket Lab

Sub-orbital launch under Rocket Lab’s Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program, details TBD.

HASTE | Curveball

Wallops Island

Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)

Electron

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-54

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-54

Long March 3B/E | Unknown Payload

Xichang Satellite Launch Center

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)

Long March 3B/E

Long March 12 | Unknown Payload

Commercial LC-2

Long March 12

Arianespace

Amazon Leo, formerly known as Project Kuiper, is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude.

36 satellites will be carried on this Ariane 6 launch.

VA269 Patch

Ariane 64 Block 2 | Amazon Leo (LE-03)

Guiana Space Centre

Ariane Launch Area 4

Ariane 64 Block 2

Long March 7A | Unknown Payload

Long March 7A

ISRO

GISAT-1A (GEO Imaging Satellite) is an Indian earth observing satellite operating from geostationary orbit to facilitate continuous observation of Indian sub-continent, quick monitoring of natural hazards and disaster.

GSLV Mk II | GISAT-1A (EOS-05)

Satish Dhawan Space Centre

Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad

GSLV Mk. II

Agency for Defense Development

Note: Launch vehicle name is provisional.

First orbital full version launch of the South Korean military small satellite launch vehicle, after 2 sub-orbital tests of individual stages on 30 March and 30 December 2022, and 1 orbital test flight without the 2nd stage on 4 December 2023. Details TBD.

South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV | Demo Flight

Jeju Island

ADD Offshore launch platform

South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV

Deep Blue Aerospace

First test launch of Deep Blue Aerospace’s Nebula-1 rocket.

The test flight profile is reported to be sub-orbital.

Nebula-1 | Demo Flight

Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

Land Launch Pad 1

Nebula-1

Isar Aerospace

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)
* Let It Go (Dcubed, non-separable experiment)

Onward and Upward Patch

Spectrum | Onward and Upward

Andøya Spaceport

Orbital Launch Pad

Spectrum

Mission Name: 'Onward and Upward'

Launch Date: Updates via https://isaraerospace.com/mission-updates-overview

Launch site: Andøya Space

The second flight of our ‘Spectrum’ launch vehicle marks a significant milestone serving as both the vehicle’s qualification mission and its first flight carrying payload.

"Onward and Upward" symbolizes our relentless drive for progress and continuous improvement, reflecting our determination to build upon the successes and lessons learned from our inaugural test flight.

The livestream is produced in collaboration with the @NASASpaceflight team.

More information on the Mission ‘Onward and Upward’ here: https://isaraerospace.com/mission-2

"Onward and Upward" Mission of Isar Aerospace

Mission Name: 'Onward and Upward'

Launch Date: Updates via https://isaraerospace.com/mission-updates-overview

Launch site: Andøya Space

The second flight of Isar's ‘Spectrum’ launch vehicle marks a significant milestone serving as both the vehicle’s qualification mission and its first flight carrying payload.

"Onward and Upward" symbolizes Isar's relentless drive for progress and continuous improvement, reflecting their determination to build upon the successes and lessons learned from our inaugural test flight.

NSF/NASASpaceflight LLC is providing live stream production services for Isar Aerospace's second flight of Spectrum.

More information on the Mission ‘Onward and Upward’ here: https://isaraerospace.com/mission-2

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Isar Aerospace Launches the "Onward and Upward" Mission

The Globalstar global mobile communications network offers global, digital real time voice, data and fax services via its Low Earth Orbit satellite constellation. The constellation operates in a 1410 km orbit inclined at 52 degrees.

In early 2022, Globalstar contracted with MDA for the construction of 17 new 2nd generation refresh satellites to replenish the existing constellation. Rocket Lab is sub-contracted to build the satellites' buses and the launch dispensers.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Globalstar 2-R Mission 1 (x 9)

Globalstar 2-R Launch 1 Mission

Northrop Grumman Space Systems

Contracted by NASA under the Small Business Innovation Research Phase 3 contract, Katalyst Space Technologies' LINK servicing spacecraft will rendezvous and attach to NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to re-boost its orbit. This aims to demonstrate a key capability for the future of space exploration and extending the Swift mission’s science lifetime in gamma ray astronomy.

Pegasus XL | Swift Rescue Mission

Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site

Air Launch

Pegasus XL

SXM-11 is the 12th high-powered, digital, audio radio satellite built by Lanteris Space (ex-Maxar, Space System/Loral) for SiriusXM. The SXM-11 satellite will be based on the proven IM-1300 (ex-LS-1300)-class platform and built at the company’s manufacturing facility in Palo Alto, California. SXM-11 has a large, mesh, unfurlable reflector almost 10 meters in diameter that allows SiriusXM programming to reach its radios, including those in moving vehicles.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sirius SXM-11

Tranche 1 Tracking Layer C is one of five missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer constellation, which will provide global indications, warning, tracking, and targeting of advanced missile threats, including hypersonic missile systems.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer C

Rocket Factory Augsburg

First flight of the RFA One launch vehicle. Will carry 7 satellites for various companies and organizations coordinated by the German Aerospace Center (DLR).

* AllBertEinStein
* ARTICA
* Curium Two
* ERMINAZ
* PCIOD
* Separation Ring Mission
* SpaceDREAM

RFA One | Maiden Flight

SaxaVord Spaceport

Launch Pad Fredo

RFA One

Tranche 1 Tracking Layer E is one of five missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer constellation, which will provide global indications, warning, tracking, and targeting of advanced missile threats, including hypersonic missile systems.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer E

Tranche 1 Tracking Layer A is one of five missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer constellation, which will provide global indications, warning, tracking, and targeting of advanced missile threats, including hypersonic missile systems.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer A

First test launch of CASC’s Long March 10B rocket.

Long March 10B | Demo Flight

Long March 10B

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