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Long March 8A | SatNet LEO Group 23
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Aug. 4, 2026, 8:52 a.m.
Communications
A batch of 9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group. The constellation will eventually consists of 13000 satellites.
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Aug 05, 2026
Falcon 9 Block 5 | BlueBird 11-13 (Block 2 #6-8)
Low Earth Orbit Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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 …
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Aug 08, 2026
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-38
Low Earth Orbit Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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Upcoming Events
Press Event
August 03, 2026
SpaceX Crew-13 Mission Overview News Conference
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USAThe Crew-13 mission leadership will host a mission overview press conference with the following participants - Joel Montalbano, deputy associate administrator, Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters - Dana Weigel, manager, Low Earth Orbit Program, NASA Johnson - Mathieu Caron, director, Astronauts, Life Sciences, and Space Medicine, CSA - Julianna Scheiman, director, NASA Science and Dragon Programs, SpaceX
Press Event
August 03, 2026
SpaceX Crew-13 Crew News Conference
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USAThe crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission will participate in a news conference from NASA Johnson Space Center. Participants include: - Jessica Watkins, commander, NASA - Luke Delaney, pilot, NASA - Joshua Kutryk, mission specialist, CSA - Sergey Teteryatnikov, mission specialist, Roscosmos
Press Event
August 04, 2026
Chris Williams Post-Flight News Conference
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USANASA astronaut Chris Williams will recap his recent mission aboard the International Space Station during a news conference from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
EVA
August 06, 2026
US EVA-96
International Space StationNASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Anil Menon will install hardware that will modify the station’s 3B power channel and prepare it for the future installation of an International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array (IROSA), which will provide additional power to support critical station operations, including its safe and controlled deorbit.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 17-52
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
NROL-95
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAClassified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office.
Long March 6A
TJSW-27A & B
Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China2 Chinese classified satellites claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known.
Long March 7A
Tianlian 3-01
201 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of ChinaTianlian is a Chinese data tracking and relay communications geostationary satellite series. The TL-3 (Tian Lian 3) satellites are the 3rd generation…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 17-51
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Starship
Flight 13
Orbital Launch Pad 2 - SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA13th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. Second flight of Starship V3. For the first time, Starship will carry 20 V3 Starlink sa…
Kinetica 1
5 satellites
Launch Area 130 - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaShare-ride of 5 commercial Earth observation and technology demonstration satellites to SSO, including SpaceTY's TY-48. Details TBD.
Long March 3B/E
Tianlian 2-06
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaTianlian is a Chinese data tracking and relay communications geostationary satellite series. The TL 2 (Tian Lian 2) satellites represent the second g…
Gravity-1
9 satellites
Yellow Sea (launch location 5) - Haiyang Oriental SpaceportCarried 9 satellites on a share-ride to sun-synchronous orbit. Details TBD.
Falcon 9
MRV-1
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAThe Northrop Grumman/SpaceLogistics MRV-1 is a mission extension payload including a mission robotic vehicle (MRV) and multiple mission extension pod…
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Ames Science Stars of the Month – August 2026
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August 2026 Satellite Puzzler
Your challenge is to tell us the location of the satellite image and why it is interesting.