Blue Origin

Jacklyn

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 1 satellite, BlueBird 7/BlueBird Block 2 FM2.

New Glenn | BlueBird Block 2 #2

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Launch Complex 36A

New Glenn

Blue Origin will launch New Glenn's third mission carrying AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird 7 satellite to low Earth orbit. The mission is slated to launch no earlier than April 19, 2026, from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The launch window will be open from 6:45 - 8:45am ET.

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New Glenn Mission NG-3 Webcast

Official Webcast

Watch live coverage as Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches its third New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, carrying AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite into low Earth orbit. The mission will see the reuse of the New Glenn first stage used on the NG-2 mission in November.

Liftoff of the liquid methane and liquid hydrogen fueled rocket from pad 36 is scheduled during a two-hour launch window that opens Sunday, April 19 at 6:45 a.m. EDT (1045 UTC). The rocket will take a south-easterly trajectory on departure from the Space Coast.

After separation from the second stage, New Glenn's first stage booster, named 'Never Tell Me the Odds', will attempt to land on Blue Origin's landing platform 'Jacklyn' in the Atlantic Ocean about nine minutes after launch. It ...

Live: Blue Origin launches its third New Glenn rocket carrying BlueBird 7 satellite

Unofficial Webcast

Blue Origin launches its third mission, reusing the booster from Flight 2, and attempting recovery on the barge, Jacklyn. The mission is for AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird 7 satellite, sent into low Earth orbit from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral

Launch Window: April 19th from 6:45AM to 8:45AM EDT (10:45-12:45 UTC)
Current T0: April 19th at 6:45AM EDT (10:45 UTC)

Mission: New Glenn launch of Bluebird 7 for AST SpaceMobile
Launch location: Launch Complex 36A (LC-36A), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Earth.
Target orbit: Low-Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster: SN002-2 "Never Tell Me The Odds"; 154d 13h 49min 59s turnaround
Booster history: ESCAPADE
Booster recovery: Landing Platform Vessel 1 (LPV-1) nicknamed "Jacklyn"
Support ship: Harvey Stone
Rocket trajectory: Southeast
Payload mass: ...

Blue Origin Launches Bluebird 7 - Booster reuse and landing

SpaceX

Of Course I Still Love You

A batch of 25 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 17-22

Vandenberg SFB

Space Launch Complex 4E

Falcon 9 Block 5

Launch Date: April 19, 2026
Launch Time: 7:34 a.m. PDT, 1434 UTC, 16:34 CEST
Launch Window: Open until 11:00 a.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 17-22
Launch Provider: SpaceX
Launcher System: Falcon 9 (Booster 1097 - Turnaround time 41 days)
Flight for the Booster: 8
Previous Flights of the Booster: 7 - Sentinel-6B, Twilight, and five 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

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is t...

GO! - SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-22 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live

Unofficial Re-stream

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket from California with 25 satellites for SpaceX's space-based internet service. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base is now scheduled for Sunday, April 19 during a launch window that opens at 7 a.m. PDT (10am EDT / 1400 UTC).

The first-stage booster, tail number B1097, making its eighth flight, will land on the drone ship 'Of Course I Still Love You' nearly 8.5 minutes into the flight.

The Starlink 17-22 mission will take a southerly trajectory upon departure from Vandenberg. 

Live commentary will be provided starting about 30 minutes prior to launch.

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Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 25 Starlink internet satellites from West Coast

Starlink Mission

Just Read the Instructions

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV10

Space Launch Complex 40

Launch Date:  April 20, 2026
Launch Time: 2:57 a.m. EDT, 0657 UTC, 08:57 CEST
Launch Window:  Open until 3:12 a.m. EDT
Launch Site: SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Targeted Orbit: High Earth Orbit (HEO) 
Launch Inclination: Northeast
Launch Status: Announced 

Mission: GPS II SV10
Launch Provider: SpaceX
Payload Manufracturer: Lockheed Martin
Operator: US Space Force
Launcher System: Falcon 9 (Booster B1095 - Turnaround time 37 days)
Flight for the Booster: 7
Previous Flights of the Booster: 6 - Six Starlink missions
Droneship: Just Read The Instructions

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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GO! - SpaceX - Falcon 9 - GPS III SV10 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live

Launch Window: April 20th from 2:57AM to 3:12AM EDT (06:57-07:12 UTC)
Current T0: April 20th at 2:57AM EDT (06:57 UTC)

Mission: Falcon 9 launch of the GPS-III SV10 Hedy Lamarr satellite for the US Space Force
Launch location: Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Earth.
Target orbit: Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
Booster: B1095-7; 36d 18h 19min 50s turnaround
Booster history: SL 12-15, SL 10-56, SL 10-52, SL 6-86, SL 6-101, SL 10-48.
Satellites launched: 166, will be 167 after this mission.
Booster recovery: Just Read The Instructions (JRTI)
Fairing recovery: Bob
Rocket trajectory: Straight east
Payload mass: Approximately 4 metric tons.
Stats:
  - SpaceX's 657th launch overall.
  - SpaceX's 48th launch of the year.
  - SpaceX's 8th launch of the month.
  -...

SpaceX Falcon 9 launches GPS-III SV10 (GPS III-8)

GPS III-8 Mission

Rocket Lab

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

HASTE | Bubbles

Wallops Island

Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-14

JAXA-manifested rideshare of eight separate spacecraft that includes educational small sats, an ocean monitoring satellite, a demonstration satellite for ultra-small multispectral cameras, and a deployable antenna that can be packed tightly using origami folding techniques and unfurled to 25 times its size.

The satellites were originally planned to launch with RAISE-4 on a Japanese Epsilon-S rocket, but the Epsilon-S was heavily delayed due to test firing failures.

The 8 satellites are:

* MAGNARO-II
* KOSEN-2R
* WASEDA-SAT-ZERO-II
* FSI-SAT2
* OrigamiSat-2
* Mono-Nikko
* ARICA-2
* PRELUDE

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Electron | Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare)

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1

Unknown Pad

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

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-16

ROSCOSMOS

Progress resupply mission to the International Space Station.

Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-34 (95P)

Baikonur Cosmodrome

31/6

Soyuz 2.1a

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.

29 satellites are carried on this launch.

Atlas V 551 | Amazon Leo (LA-06)

Space Launch Complex 41

Atlas V 551

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.

32 satellites are carried on this launch.

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Ariane 64 | Amazon Leo (LE-02)

Guiana Space Centre

Ariane Launch Area 4

Ariane 64

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-36

Note: Payload identities uncertain.

Batch of 16 Rassvet-3 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Russian Byuro-1440 (Bureau 1440) constellation for broadband high-speed internet access in Russia.

Soyuz 2.1b | 16 x Rassvet-3

Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Soyuz 2.1b

CASC

Long March 7A | Unknown Payload

Wenchang Space Launch Site

Long March 7A

Russian Space Forces

Unknown satellite(s) for the Russian military.

Angara 1.2 | Kosmos (Unknown Payload)

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Angara 1.2

Landing Zone 2

Landing Zone 40

Atlantic Ocean

The ViaSat-3 is a series of three Ka-band satellites is expected to provide vastly superior capabilities in terms of service speed and flexibility for a satellite platform. Each ViaSat-3 class satellite is expected to deliver more than 1-Terabit per second of network capacity, and to leverage high levels of flexibility to dynamically direct capacity to where customers are located.

Falcon Heavy | ViaSat-3 F3 (ViaSat-3 Asia-Pacific)

Kennedy Space Center

Launch Complex 39A

Falcon Heavy

LandSpace

Zhuque-2E | Unknown Payload

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center

Launch Area 96

Zhuque-2E

Avio S.p.A

Joint mission between the European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences to investigate the interaction between Earth’s protective shield – the magnetosphere – and the supersonic solar wind.

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Vega-C | Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE)

Ariane Launch Area 1

Vega-C

Join us live on 9 April, as we broadcast the launch of the European-Chinese Smile mission.
 
Smile will head to space on a Vega-C rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.
 
This stream will include live launch footage from the launchpad and control room, as well as real-time interviews with people involved in the mission and its launch.
 
For the first time, Smile is going to reveal what really happens when charged particles from the Sun crash into Earth's magnetic shield.
 
It carries an X-ray camera to make the first X-ray observations of how exactly this shield responds to the solar wind, and an ultraviolet camera to watch the resulting northern lights for 45 hours at a time.
 
Find out more at esa.int/smile

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ESA's Smile mission launch

RKK Energiya

Demonstration Flight for Russia's new Soyuz-5 launch vehicle, with a mass simulator on board. Details TBD.

Soyuz-5 | Demo Flight

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Soyuz-5

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.

35-40 satellites will be carried on each Ariane 6 launch.

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

Ariane 64 Block 2

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

"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

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

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Electron | The Grain Goddess Provides (iQPS Launch 7)

Ride-share of multiple satellites including:

* CAS500-2 (KASA, South Korea)
The South Korean CAS500-1 and -2 satellites will image the Earth in pan-chromatic and multi-spectral modes using the AEISS-C (Advanced Earth Imaging Sensor System) payload, with a ground resolution of 0.5 m in panchromatic mode and 2 m in color mode.

* Pelican-7, 8 & 9 (Planet Labs)
Pelican is a constellation of very high resolution imaging satellites, designed and manufactured by Planet Labs. The commercial constellation will consist of 32 SmallSats with potential for further expansion, and aims to provide improved spatial resolution and response times over Planet’s existing SkySat and Dove constellations.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | CAS500-2 & Others

34th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.

Cargo Dragon 2 brings supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-34

Cargo Dragon 2

Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.

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