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There are 3 launches scheduled for today. Find out more and watch live below!

Recently Launched

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

23 Apr, 3:09am

Pad

1A

Launch Service Provider

Vehicle

Mission

Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare)

Mission Type

Technology

Destination

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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

Available Replays

Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab - 'Kakushin Rising' Launch

Last Update: Launch success.

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

23 Apr, 3:23am

Pad

Space Launch Complex 4E

Launch Service Provider

Booster

B1100

5th flight (33d since last use)

Landing

Drone Ship (Of Course I Still Love You)

Success

Mission

Starlink Group 17-14

Mission Type

Communications

Destination

Low Earth Orbit

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

Available Replays

The Space Devs

Spaceflight Now

SpaceX

SpaceX Starlink Group 17-14

Last Update: Launch success.

Launch Countdown

Date & Time

24 Apr, 6:30am

Pad

Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)

Launch Service Provider

Mission

Unknown Payload

Mission Type

Unknown

Destination

Unknown

Details TBD.

Updated: Apr 23, 11:00am UTC

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