Next Upcoming Launch
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-44
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March 16, 2024, 12:21 a.m.
Communications
A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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Mar 21, 2024
Long March 2D/YZ-3 | Unknown Payload
Unknown Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Details TBD.
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Mar 21, 2024
Electron | Live and Let Fly (NROL-123)
Unknown Wallops Island, Virginia, USA
Mission for the National Reconnaissance Office.
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Upcoming Events
Press Event
March 19, 2024
SpaceX CRS-30 Prelaunch media teleconference
OnlinePrelaunch media teleconference with the following participants: - Kristi Duplichen, deputy manager, NASA’s International Space Station Transportation Integration Office - Heidi Parris, associate program scientist, NASA’s International Space Station Program Research Office - Sarah Walker, director, SpaceX Dragon mission management - Melody Lovin, launch weather officer, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s 45th Weather Squadron
Docking
March 21, 2024
Soyuz MS-25 Docking
International Space StationThe Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft will autonomously dock to the International Space Station.
Hatch Opening
March 21, 2024
Soyuz MS-25 Hatch Opening
International Space StationCoverage of the hatch opening and welcoming remarks by the Soyuz MS-25 crew on the International Space Station as they join the Expedition 70 crew
Press Event
March 22, 2024
Starliner CFT Program Overview News Conference
Johnson Space CenterBriefing regarding the Starliner Crewed Flight Test mission, with the following participants: - NASA Administrator Bill Nelson - Steve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program, NASA - Dana Weigel, deputy manager, International Space Station Program, NASA - Mark Nappi, vice president and program manager, Boeing Starliner Program
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-44
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAStarship
Integrated Flight Test 3
Orbital Launch Mount A - SpaceX Starbase, TX, USALong March 2C/YZ-1S
DRO-A/B
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaKAIROS
Maiden Flight
Space One Launch Pad - Space Port Kii, JapanElectron
Owl Night Long
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B - Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandFalcon 9
Starlink Group 7-17
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAFalcon 9
Starlink Group 6-43
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAFalcon 9
Starlink Group 6-41
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAFalcon 9
Transporter 10 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAFalcon 9
Crew-8
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USASpaceflight News
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