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Long March 7A | Unknown Payload

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July 29, 2026, 11:50 a.m.


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Jul 30, 2026

Long March 6A | Unknown Payload

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Unknown Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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Jul 30, 2026

Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-95

SpaceX

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Spacecraft Landing
July 26, 2026

Soyuz MS-28 Landing

Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan

The Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft will land back on Earth near Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.

Press Event
July 29, 2026

Roman Telescope Pre-Launch Media Briefing

Online

NASA will host a virtual news conference to preview the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission, scheduled to launch from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Aug. 30. Participants in the briefing, who will provide an overview of the mission and its status, include: - Shawn Domagal-Goldman, …

Press Event
July 30, 2026

US EVA-96/97/98 Preview News Conference

Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA

NASA will discuss the upcoming US EVA-96, 97 and 98 spacewalks during a news conference at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA participants include: - Bill Spetch, deputy manager of Commercial, Low Earth Orbit Program - Chris Dobbins, spacewalk flight director - Chloe Mehring, spacewalk flight director

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August 03, 2026

SpaceX Crew-13 Mission Overview News Conference

Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA

The 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 …


Falcon 9
Success
2 days, 4 hours ago
Starlink Group 17-51
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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


Starship
Success
2 days, 21 hours ago
Flight 13
Orbital Launch Pad 2 - 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 sa…


Kinetica 1
Success
3 days, 20 hours ago
5 satellites
Launch Area 130 - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Share-ride of 5 commercial Earth observation and technology demonstration satellites to SSO, including SpaceTY's TY-48. Details TBD.


Long March 3B/E
Success
4 days, 8 hours ago
Tianlian 2-06
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Tianlian is a Chinese data tracking and relay communications geostationary satellite series. The TL 2 (Tian Lian 2) satellites represent the second g…


Gravity-1
Success
5 days, 17 hours ago
9 satellites
Yellow Sea (launch location 5) - Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

Carried 9 satellites on a share-ride to sun-synchronous orbit. Details TBD.


Falcon 9
Success
5 days, 23 hours ago
MRV-1
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

The Northrop Grumman/SpaceLogistics MRV-1 is a mission extension payload including a mission robotic vehicle (MRV) and multiple mission extension pod…


Falcon 9
Success
6 days, 5 hours ago
Starlink Group 17-39
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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


Soyuz 2.1b
Success
1 week, 1 day ago
16 x Rassvet-3
43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Note: Payload identities uncertain. Batch of 16 Rassvet-3 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Russian Byuro-1440 (Bureau 1440) conste…


Vikram-I
Success
1 week, 2 days ago
Demo Flight
Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad - Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

First 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
Success
1 week, 3 days ago
SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer E
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Tranche 1 Transport Layer E is one of six missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Sp…


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