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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-39
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July 21, 2026, 2:49 p.m.
Communications
A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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Jul 24, 2026
Starship | Flight 13
Suborbital SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
13th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. Second flight of Starship V3. For the first time, Starship will carry 20 V3 Starlink satellites to space, which will extend solar arrays and antennas and will attempt to connect with ground stations in South Africa and the larger Starlink constellation …
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Jul 25, 2026
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-51
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
Vehicle Testing
July 22, 2026
SpaceX Starship Booster B20 Testing
Starbase TexasSpaceX is testing Booster 20 before the 13th Starship Test Flight.
Change of Command
July 25, 2026
ISS Expedition 74-75 Change of Command Ceremony
International Space StationROSCOSMOS cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov will hand over the International Space Station command to NASA astronaut Jessica Meir.
Farewell Ceremony
July 26, 2026
Soyuz MS-28 Farewell Ceremony
International Space StationNASA will livestream the farewell ceremony and hatch closing of the Soyuz MS-278crew ahead of its return to Earth.
Spacecraft Undocking
July 26, 2026
Soyuz MS-28 Undocking
International Space StationThe Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft will undock from the International Space Station ahead of reentry and landing in Kazakhstan.
Soyuz 2.1b
16 x Rassvet-3
Unknown Pad - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationNote: Payload identities uncertain. Batch of 16 Rassvet-3 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Russian Byuro-1440 (Bureau 1440) conste…
Vikram-I
Demo Flight
Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad - Satish Dhawan Space Centre, IndiaFirst launch of Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-I launch vehicle. This first launch will carry 4 payloads: - Grahaa Space's SOLARAS S3 satellite - C…
Falcon 9
SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer E
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USATranche 1 Transport Layer E is one of six missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Sp…
Soyuz 2.1a
Soyuz MS-29
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanSoyuz MS-29 will carry three cosmonauts and one astronaut to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 10-45
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 15-14
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 17-48
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.
Long March 10B
Demo Flight
Commercial LC-2 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of ChinaFirst launch of the Long March 10B rocket and first ever successful rocket booster recovery of a Chinese launch vehicle. Payloads on board is TBD.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 10-42
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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Transporter 17 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USADedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
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