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Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV10

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April 21, 2026, 6:53 a.m.


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Tenth of ten GPS III missions.

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Upcoming Launches


Apr 22, 2026

HASTE | Bubbles

Rocket Lab

Suborbital Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Sub-orbital launch under Rocket Lab’s Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program, details TBD.
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Apr 23, 2026

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-14

SpaceX

Low Earth Orbit Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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Upcoming Events


Spacecraft Undocking
April 20, 2026

Progress MS-32 Undocking

International Space Station

The Progress MS-32 spacecraft will undock from the Zvezda module of the International Space Station. It will then de-orbit and burn up in the atmosphere.

Press Event
April 21, 2026

Roman Telescope Unveiling News Conference

Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope recently completed construction and is wrapping up prelaunch testing. NASA participants in this briefing include: - NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman - Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington - Jamie Dunn, Roman telescope project manager, NASA Goddard - Julie McEnery, Roman …

EVA
April 30, 2026

US EVA-95

International Space Station

Two astronauts will replace a high-definition camera on camera port 3, install a new navigational aid for visiting spacecraft, called a planar reflector, on the Harmony module’s forward port, and relocate an early ammonia servicer jumper — a flexible hose assembly that connects parts of a fluid system — along …

Flyby
July 31, 2026

Hayabusa2 S-Type Asteroid (98943) Torifune Flyby

(98943) Torifune

As part of its mission extension, JAXA's Hayabusa2 spacecraft will observe S-type asteroid (98943) Torifune during a high-speed fly-by.


Falcon 9
Success
7 hours, 27 minutes ago
Starlink Group 17-22
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


New Glenn
Failure
12 hours, 5 minutes ago
BlueBird Block 2 #2
Launch Complex 36A - 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, requi…


Long March 4C
Success
2 days, 19 hours ago
Daqi-2 (AEMS)
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Daqi-2 (DQ-2), also known as the Atmospheric Environment Monitoring Satellite/AEMS, is the second of follow-on series of Chinese satellites to the GF…


Soyuz 2.1b/Volga
Success
3 days ago
Kosmos (Unknown Payload)
43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Unknown satellite(s) for the Russian military.


Falcon 9
Success
4 days, 19 hours ago
Starlink Group 17-27
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Falcon 9
Success
5 days, 13 hours ago
Starlink Group 10-24
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Kinetica 1
Success
5 days, 19 hours ago
8 x Jilin-1
Launch Area 130 - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

8 Earth observation satellites for the Jilin-1 commercial Earth observation satellites constellation: * High Resolution-07A 02-04 * High Resoluti…


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 1 day ago
Cygnus CRS-2 NG-24 (S.S. Steven R. Nagel)
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

This is the 24th flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 23rd flight to the International Space Station under the Com…


Smart Dragon 3
Success
1 week, 1 day ago
SatNet test satellite
South China Sea (launch location 3) - Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

Officially described as "Satellite-Internet Technology Demonstration Satellite". Probable 1 (?) test satellite for the Chinese state-owned LEO commun…


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 1 day ago
Starlink Group 17-21
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


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