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.

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-53

Vandenberg SFB

Space Launch Complex 4E

Falcon 9 Block 5

On Tuesday August 04, 2026 at 17:05 UTC, SpaceX launched the Starlink Group 17-53 mission with a Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.

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SpaceX Starlink Group 17-53

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 4, at 10:05 a.m. PDT (1:05 p.m. EDT / 1705 UTC).

The first-stage booster, serial number B1063, launching for a 34th time, will land on the drone ship 'Of Course I Still Love You' nearly 8.5 minutes into the flight.

The Starlink 17-53 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 24 Starlink internet satellites from California

Unofficial Webcast

Starlink Mission

Official Webcast

China Rocket Co.

Smart Dragon 3 | Unknown Payload

Sea Launch

DeFu-15002 mobile launch platform

Smart Dragon 3

A Shortfall of Gravitas

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 3 satellites.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | BlueBird 11-13 (Block 2 #6-8)

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Space Launch Complex 40

Launch Date:  August 5, 2026
Launch Time: 3:42 a.m. EDT, 0742 UTC, 09:42 CEST
Launch Window:  Open until 5:18 a.m. EDT
Launch Site: SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Targeted Orbit: LEO (Low Earth Orbit) 
Launch Inclination: Northeast
Launch Status: Scheduled and announced

Mission: BlueBird 11 - 13
Launch Provider: SpaceX
Launch Contractor AST SpaceMobile 
Launcher System: Falcon 9 (Booster 1077 - Turnaround 49 days)
Flight for the Booster: 30
Previous Flights of the Booster: 29  -  Crew-5, GPS III Space Vehicle 06, Inmarsat I-6 F2, CRS-28, Intelsat G-37, NG-20, TD7, BlueBird 8-10, and 21 Starlink missions
Droneship: A Shortfall Of Gravitas

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...

GO! - SpaceX - Falcon 9 - BlueBird 11 - 13 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS -  Space Affairs Live

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-38

CASC

Long March 7A | Unknown Payload

Wenchang Space Launch Site

Long March 7A

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 10-19

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-49

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

Long March 12 | Unknown Payload

Commercial LC-2

Long March 12

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

Long March 5

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

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

The Grain Goddess Provides Patch

Electron | The Grain Goddess Provides (iQPS Launch 7)

SCRUB | Rocket Lab - 'The Grain Goddess Provides' Launch

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

LandSpace

Zhuque-3 Landing Site

Second test launch of LandSpace’s ZQ-3 rocket. Payload identities are TBD.

Zhuque-3 | Flight 2

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center

Launch Area 96B

Zhuque-3

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

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

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

QZSS (Quasi Zenith Satellite System) is a Japanese satellite navigation system operating from inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits to achieve optimal high-elevation visibility in urban canyons and mountainous areas. The navigation system objective is to broadcast GPS-interoperable and augmentation signals as well as original Japanese (QZSS) signals from a three-spacecraft constellation.

The navigation system objective is to broadcast GPS-interoperable and augmentation signals as well as original Japanese (QZSS) signals from a three-spacecraft constellation in inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits.

QZS-5 to 7 Patch

H3-22 | Michibiki 7 (QZS-7)

Tanegashima Space Center

Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2

H3-22

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

14th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. 3rd flight of Starship V3.

Starship IFT patch

Starship | Flight 14

Starbase

Orbital Launch Pad 2

Starship V3

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

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

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