Rocket Launches Today
There are 4 launches scheduled for today. Find out more and watch live below!
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
15 Mar, 4:11am
UTC
Location
Pad
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603)
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
SuperView Neo 3-02
Mission Type
Unknown
Destination
Unknown
Commercial Earth observation satellite built by CAST for China Siwei Survey and Mapping Technology Co. Ltd, with 0.5 m resolution over 9 image wavelength bands and a 130 km wide imaging swath. Hitch-hiking payload: Tianyan 23
Last Update: Launch success.
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Booster
B1081
13th flight (100d since last use)
Landing
Return to Launch Site (Landing Zone 4)
Success
Mission
Transporter 13 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Mission Type
Dedicated Rideshare
Destination
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
Available Replays
The Space Devs
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SpaceX
SpaceX Transporter 13 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Last Update: All satellites deployed nominally.
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
15 Mar, 11:35am
UTC
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Booster
B1078
18th flight (34d since last use)
Landing
Drone Ship (Just Read the Instructions)
Success
Mission
Starlink Group 12-16
Mission Type
Communications
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Available Replays
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SpaceX Starlink Group 12-16
Last Update: Launch successful
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
Kosmos (Unknown Payload)
Mission Type
Government/Top Secret
Destination
Unknown
Russian military payloads of unknown purposes.
Last Update: Apparently scrubbed for the day; NOTAMs windows last till March 16.
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