Rocket Lab

Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.

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Electron | The Lightning God Defends (iQPS Launch 8)

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1

Electron

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Rocket Lab - 'The Lightning God Defends' Launch

Official Webcast

SpaceX

A Shortfall of Gravitas

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

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-39

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Space Launch Complex 40

Falcon 9 Block 5

Launch Date:  August 21, 2026
Launch Time: 10:57 a.m. EDT, 1457 UTC, 16:57 CEST
Launch Window:  Open until 2:57 p.m. EDT
Launch Site: SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Targeted Orbit: LEO (Low Earth Orbit) 
Launch Inclination: Northeast
Launch Status: The Falcon 9 launch computer terminated the launch sequence 47 seconds before the planned lift-off. Recycling for 24 hours. 

Mission: Starlink 10-39
Launch Provider: SpaceX
Launcher System: Falcon 9 (Booster 1078 - Turnaround 58 days)
Flight for the Booster: 30
Previous Flights of the Booster: 29 - Crew-6, SES O3b mPOWER-B, USSF-124, BlueBird 1-5, Nusantara Lima (PSN N5), Starfall Demo, and 23 Starlink missions.
Droneship: A Shortfall Of Gravitas

Price: $74 million (without payload)
Diameter: 3,7 m
Height: 70 meters
Payload t...

GO! - SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 10-39 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live

Unofficial Re-stream

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 satellites for the company's Starlink internet service. Liftoff of the Starlink 10-39 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for Friday, August 21, during a launch window that opens at 10:57 a.m. EDT (1457 UTC).

The first-stage Falcon 9 booster, serial number B1078, launching for a 30th time, will take a north-easterly trajectory on departure from Florida's Space Coast. About 8.5 minutes into flight it will land on SpaceX's drone ship 'A Shortfall of Gravitas', stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

Our live coverage with commentary from Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith will start about one hour prior to launch.

Read our mission preview: https://spaceflightnow.com/20...

Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 29 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral

Unofficial Webcast

Launch Window: August 21st from 11:19AM to 3:19PM EDT (15:19-19:19 UTC)
Current T0: August 21st at 11:57 AM EDT (15:57 UTC)

Mission: Falcon 9 launch of 29 Starlink v2 Mini satellites into orbit.
Launch location: Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Earth.
Target orbit: Low-Earth Orbit (LEO); 243x254km 53.16º
Booster: B1078-30; 58d 4h 45min 44s turnaround
Past customer missions: Crew-6, O3b mPOWER B, USSF-124, AST BlueBird 1-5, Nusantara Lima, Starfall Demo.
Past Starlink missions: 6-4, 6-8, 6-16, 6-31, 6-46, 6-53, 6-60, 10-2, 10-6, 10-13, 6-76, 12-6, 12-9, 12-16, 6-72, 6-84, 12-26, 10-26, 6-85, 6-97, 10-41, 10-62, 10-47.
Satellites launched: 584, will be 613 after this mission.
Booster recovery: A Shortfall Of Gravitas (ASOG)
Fairing recovery: Doug
Ro...

SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Starlink 10-39 - Second Attempt

Starlink Mission

Of Course I Still Love You

A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-20

Vandenberg SFB

Space Launch Complex 4E

CASC

Chang'e 7/CE-7 is scheduled to launch in 2026, including an orbiter, a lander, a mini-hopping probe, and a rover. The mission will land in the South Pole regions of the Moon to study lunar surface environment around the South Pole, especially in looking for water ice in lunar soil.

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Long March 5 | Chang'e 7

Wenchang Space Launch Site

Long March 5

Long March 6C | Unknown Payload

Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center

Launch Complex 9A

Long March 6C

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-49

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-22

Arianespace

Third of EUMETSAT's third generation of weather satellite.

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Ariane 62 | MTG-I2

Guiana Space Centre

Ariane Launch Area 4

Ariane 62

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is a NASA infrared space telescope with a 2.4 m (7.9 ft) wide field of view primary mirror and two scientific instruments. The Wide-Field Instrument (WFI) is a 300.8-megapixel multi-band visible and near-infrared camera, providing a sharpness of images comparable to that achieved by the Hubble Space Telescope over a 0.28 square degree field of view, 100 times larger than imaging cameras on the Hubble. The Coronagraphic Instrument (CGI) is a high-contrast, small field of view camera and spectrometer covering visible and near-infrared wavelengths using novel starlight-suppression technology. Roman objectives include a search for extra-solar planets using gravitational microlensing, and probing the expansion history of the Universe and the growth of cosmic structure, with the goal of measuring the effects of dark energy, the consistency of general relativity, and the curvature of spacetime.

Falcon Heavy | Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Kennedy Space Center

Launch Complex 39A

Falcon Heavy

LOXSAT 1 is a demonstration satellite of a complete cryogenic oxygen fluid management system in orbit, developed by Eta Space and sponsored by NASA's Tipping Point program.

The system will be integrated on a Rocket Lab Photon-LEO satellite bus and collect critical cryogenic fluid management data in orbit for 9 months, demonstrating capabilities of in-space cryogenic storage and transferal. Eta Space plans to use technology developed for this mission to develop a truly commercial depot intended to serve multiple customers in the future.

Electron | LOXSAT 1

Unknown Pad

Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.

Electron | StriX Launch 11

Long March 12A Landing Site

Second test launch of CASC/SAST’s Long March 12A rocket. Payload identities are TBD.

Long March 12A | Flight 2

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center

Long March 12A Pad

Long March 12A

Russian Space Forces

Unknown classified satellite(s) for the Russian military.

Angara 1.2 | Kosmos (Unknown Payload)

Plesetsk Cosmodrome

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Angara 1.2

Galactic Energy

First test launch of Galactic Energy’s Pallas-1 rocket.

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Pallas-1 | Demo Flight

Pallas-1 Launch Pad

Pallas-1

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.

Mir | Demo Flight

Jeju Island

ADD Offshore launch platform

South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV

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)

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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

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"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 "Onward and Upward" Mission

Glonass-K are the third generation of satellite design for GLONASS satellite navigation system. GLONASS is a Russian space-based navigation system comparable to the similar GPS and Galileo systems. This generation improves on accuracy, power consumption and design life. Each satellite is unpressurized and weighs 935 kg,  and has an operational lifetime of 10 years.

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | Glonass-K1 No. 19

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-23

ROSCOSMOS

Progress resupply mission to the International Space Station.

Soyuz 2.1b | Progress MS-35 (96P)

Baikonur Cosmodrome

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Soyuz 2.1b

Jessica Watkins

Joshua Kutryk

Luke Delaney

Sergey Teteryatnikov

Landing Zone 40

SpaceX Crew-13 is the thirteenth crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-13

Crew Dragon 2

Avio S.p.A

Sentinel-3C is the third satellite in the Sentinel-3 constellation, which provides high-accuracy optical, radar and altimetry data for marine and land services.

The Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX) satellite is a part of ESA's Earth Explorer program. The satellite will map vegetation fluorescence to quantify photosynthetic activity.

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Vega-C | Sentinel-3C & FLEX

Ariane Launch Area 1

Vega-C

Electron | BlackSky Gen-3 6

Launch Complex 3 Landing Pad

First low-altitude hop test of a Themis demonstrator, with a targeted altitude up to 100 m.

Themis Demonstrator | T1H-1

Esrange Space Center

Launch Complex 3B

Themis Demonstrator

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

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

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