LandSpace

Zhuque-3 Landing Site

Note: Second test launch of LandSpace’s ZQ-3 rocket and first ever successful orbital launch vehicle booster recovery by a Chinese private launch service provider.

Prototype LEO communication satellite for LandSpace's subsidiary Hongqing Technology.

Zhuque-3 | Honghu-03

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center

Launch Area 96B

Zhuque-3

SpaceX

Of Course I Still Love You

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

Space X Starlink Mission Patch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-50

Vandenberg SFB

Space Launch Complex 4E

Falcon 9 Block 5

On Wednesday August 19, 2026 at 04:01 UTC, SpaceX launched the Starlink Group 17-50 mission with a Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.

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SpaceX Starlink Group 17-50

Unofficial Re-stream

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket from California with 24 satellites for the company's Starlink space-based internet service. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for Tuesday, August 18, 2026, at 9:01 p.m. PDT (12:01 a.m. EDT / 0401 UTC).

The first-stage booster, serial number B1097, launching for a 12th time, will land on the drone ship 'Of Course I Still Love You' nearly 8.5 minutes into the flight.

The Starlink 17-50 mission will take a southerly trajectory upon departure from Vandenberg. 

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

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Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Vandenberg, California, with Starlink 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 10-39

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Space Launch Complex 40

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

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.

Chang'e 7 Patch

Long March 5 | Chang'e 7

Wenchang Space Launch Site

Long March 5

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.

VA270 Patch

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

Rocket Lab

Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.

Electron | StriX Launch 11

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1

Unknown Pad

Electron

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

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

Russian Space Forces

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

Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat

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

Long March 12A Pad

Long March 12A

Galactic Energy

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

Pallas-1 Y1 Mission Patch

Pallas-1 | Demo Flight

Pallas-1 Launch Pad

Pallas-1

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

The Lightning God Defends Patch

Electron | The Lightning God Defends (iQPS Launch 8)

Unknown classified satellite(s) for the Russian military.

Angara 1.2 | Kosmos (Unknown Payload)

35/1

Angara 1.2

ROSCOSMOS

Progress resupply mission to the International Space Station.

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

Baikonur Cosmodrome

31/6

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.

FLEX Mission Patch

Vega-C | Sentinel-3C & FLEX

Ariane Launch Area 1

Vega-C

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

Electron | BlackSky Gen-3 6

ISRO

This is a replacement satellite for the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System. The constellation will provide India with an alternative to GPS and will be used for military and civilian use. Located at a geosynchronous orbit, the system will be operated by the Indian government.

GSLV Mk II | IRNSS-1L (NVS-03)

Satish Dhawan Space Centre

Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad

GSLV Mk. II

Innospace

Innospace's first in-house test satellite, 'InnoSat-0', will test various technologies for future development of satellites by Innospace themselves. The satellite will be deployed using Korean company SpaceBey’s specialized deployer.

Rocket Launches Today