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Move over NASA SLS, SpaceX StarShip, and EU's Ariane 6 - where come the underdogs in mid-heavy lift space launch vehicles!

>> Relativity Space’s Terran R - heavy-lift, two-stage vehicle engineered to serve deep-space cargo and large constellation deployments.

>> Rocket Lab’s Neutron - medium-lift vehicle utilizing a proprietary lightweight carbon composite structure, powered by seven in-house liquid oxygen and methane engines

>> PLD Space’s Miura 5 - two-stage small-to-medium vehicle engineered to deliver ~ 1,000 kgs payload capacity direct to low-Earth orbit (LEO).

All three systems are expected to conduct integrated system test flights, full-scale hotfire verifications, and launch pad activations in 2H 2026. https://satnews.com/2026/07/20/commercial-launch-providers-advance-next-generation-heavy-and-medium-lift-vehicle-milestones-ahead-of-2026-debuts/ #Space #SpaceLaunch #CommercialLaunch #SpaceLaunchVehicle #Satellites #RelativitySpace #TerranR #RocketLab #Neutron #PLD #Miura5

Move over NASA SLS, SpaceX StarShip, and EU's Ariane 6 - where come the underdogs in mid-heavy lift space launch vehicles!

>> Relativity Space’s Terran R - heavy-lift, two-stage vehicle engineered to serve deep-space cargo and large constellation deployments.

>> Rocket Lab’s Neutron - medium-lift vehicle utilizing a proprietary lightweight carbon composite structure, powered by seven in-house liquid oxygen and methane engines

>> PLD Space’s Miura 5 - two-stage small-to-medium vehicle engineered to deliver ~ 1,000 kgs payload capacity direct to low-Earth orbit (LEO).

All three systems are expected to conduct integrated system test flights, full-scale hotfire verifications, and launch pad activations in 2H 2026. https://satnews.com/2026/07/20/commercial-launch-providers-advance-next-generation-heavy-and-medium-lift-vehicle-milestones-ahead-of-2026-debuts/ #Space #SpaceLaunch #CommercialLaunch #SpaceLaunchVehicle #Satellites #RelativitySpace #TerranR #RocketLab #Neutron #PLD #Miura5

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Unknown Payload
🚀 Launcher: Long March 7A
🕒 Scheduled for: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:50:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation → [36 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: 201 at Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China 🇨🇳

📡 Mission Description:
Details TBD.

#space #launch #spacelaunch

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Unknown Payload
🚀 Launcher: Long March 7A
🕒 Scheduled for: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:50:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation → [36 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: 201 at Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China 🇨🇳

📡 Mission Description:
Details TBD.

#space #launch #spacelaunch

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch in Flight

🛰️ Mission: Starlink Group 17-51 [Communications]
🕒 Launched on: Sat, 25 Jul 2026 15:51:55 UTC 
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle has lifted off from the launchpad.
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [90 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA 🇺🇸

📺 Watch Live: 1

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

#space #launch #spacelaunch

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch in Flight

🛰️ Mission: Starlink Group 17-51 [Communications]
🕒 Launched on: Sat, 25 Jul 2026 15:51:55 UTC 
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle has lifted off from the launchpad.
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [90 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA 🇺🇸

📺 Watch Live: 1

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

#space #launch #spacelaunch

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Starlink Group 17-52
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🕒 Scheduled for: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 2:00:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [91 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA 🇺🇸

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

#space #launch #spacelaunch

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Starlink Group 17-52
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🕒 Scheduled for: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 2:00:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [91 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA 🇺🇸

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

#space #launch #spacelaunch

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch in Flight

🛰️ Mission: Flight 13 [Test Flight]
🕒 Launched on: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:51:00 UTC 
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle has lifted off from the launchpad.
🚀 Launcher: Starship V3
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [89 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Orbital Launch Pad 2 at SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA 🇺🇸

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
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 via high-capacity lasers.

6 of the satellites have been modified with a suite of cameras to scan Starship’s heat shield and transmit imagery down to operators to continue testing methods of analyzing Starship’s heat shield readiness for return to launch site on future missions. Several tiles on Starship have been painted white to simulate missing tiles and serve as imaging targets in the test.

#space #launch #spacelaunch

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch in Flight

🛰️ Mission: Flight 13 [Test Flight]
🕒 Launched on: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:51:00 UTC 
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle has lifted off from the launchpad.
🚀 Launcher: Starship V3
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [89 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Orbital Launch Pad 2 at SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA 🇺🇸

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
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 via high-capacity lasers.

6 of the satellites have been modified with a suite of cameras to scan Starship’s heat shield and transmit imagery down to operators to continue testing methods of analyzing Starship’s heat shield readiness for return to launch site on future missions. Several tiles on Starship have been painted white to simulate missing tiles and serve as imaging targets in the test.

#space #launch #spacelaunch

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Starlink Group 17-51
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🕒 Scheduled for: Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:00:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [90 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA 🇺🇸

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

#space #launch #spacelaunch

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Starlink Group 17-51
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🕒 Scheduled for: Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:00:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [90 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA 🇺🇸

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

#space #launch #spacelaunch

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Flight 13
🚀 Launcher: Starship V3
🕒 Scheduled for: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:45:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [89 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Orbital Launch Pad 2 at SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA 🇺🇸

📡 Mission Description:
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 via high-capacity lasers.

6 of the satellites have been modified with a suite of cameras to scan Starship’s heat shield and transmit imagery down to operators to continue testing methods of analyzing Starship’s heat shield readiness for return to launch site on future missions. Several tiles on Starship have been painted white to simulate missing tiles and serve as imaging targets in the test.

#space #launch #spacelaunch

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch in Flight

🛰️ Mission: Unknown Payload [Unknown]
🕒 Launched on: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 23:33:00 UTC 
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle has lifted off from the launchpad.
🚀 Launcher: Kinetica 1
🏗️ Launch Provider: CAS Space → [5 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Launch Area 130 at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China 🇨🇳

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
Details TBD.

#space #launch #spacelaunch

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch in Flight

🛰️ Mission: Unknown Payload [Unknown]
🕒 Launched on: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 23:33:00 UTC 
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle has lifted off from the launchpad.
🚀 Launcher: Kinetica 1
🏗️ Launch Provider: CAS Space → [5 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Launch Area 130 at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China 🇨🇳

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
Details TBD.

#space #launch #spacelaunch

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Flight 13
🚀 Launcher: Starship V3
🕒 Scheduled for: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:45:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [89 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Orbital Launch Pad 2 at SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA 🇺🇸

📡 Mission Description:
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 via high-capacity lasers.

6 of the satellites have been modified with a suite of cameras to scan Starship’s heat shield and transmit imagery down to operators to continue testing methods of analyzing Starship’s heat shield readiness for return to launch site on future missions. Several tiles on Starship have been painted white to simulate missing tiles and serve as imaging targets in the test.

#space #launch #spacelaunch

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Unknown Payload
🚀 Launcher: Kinetica 1
🕒 Scheduled for: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 23:30:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: CAS Space → [5 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Launch Area 130 at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China 🇨🇳

📡 Mission Description:
Details TBD.

#space #launch #spacelaunch

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Unknown Payload
🚀 Launcher: Kinetica 1
🕒 Scheduled for: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 23:30:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: CAS Space → [5 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Launch Area 130 at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China 🇨🇳

📡 Mission Description:
Details TBD.

#space #launch #spacelaunch

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Flight 13
🚀 Launcher: Starship V3
🕒 Scheduled for: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:45:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [89 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Orbital Launch Pad 2 at SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA 🇺🇸

📡 Mission Description:
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 via high-capacity lasers.

6 of the satellites have been modified with a suite of cameras to scan Starship’s heat shield and transmit imagery down to operators to continue testing methods of analyzing Starship’s heat shield readiness for return to launch site on future missions. Several tiles on Starship have been painted white to simulate missing tiles and serve as imaging targets in the test.

#space #launch #spacelaunch

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Flight 13
🚀 Launcher: Starship V3
🕒 Scheduled for: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:45:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [89 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Orbital Launch Pad 2 at SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA 🇺🇸

📡 Mission Description:
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 via high-capacity lasers.

6 of the satellites have been modified with a suite of cameras to scan Starship’s heat shield and transmit imagery down to operators to continue testing methods of analyzing Starship’s heat shield readiness for return to launch site on future missions. Several tiles on Starship have been painted white to simulate missing tiles and serve as imaging targets in the test.

#space #launch #spacelaunch

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Go for Launch

🛰️ Mission: Unknown Payload [Unknown]
🕒 Launched on: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:00:00 UTC 
☄️ Status: Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🚀 Launcher: Long March 3B/E
🏗️ Launch Provider: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation → [35 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) at Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China 🇨🇳

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
Details TBD.

#space #launch #spacelaunch

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Go for Launch

🛰️ Mission: Unknown Payload [Unknown]
🕒 Launched on: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:00:00 UTC 
☄️ Status: Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🚀 Launcher: Long March 3B/E
🏗️ Launch Provider: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation → [35 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) at Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China 🇨🇳

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
Details TBD.

#space #launch #spacelaunch

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Unknown Payload
🚀 Launcher: Long March 3B/E
🕒 Scheduled for: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:00:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation → [35 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) at Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China 🇨🇳

📡 Mission Description:
Details TBD.

#space #launch #spacelaunch

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Unknown Payload
🚀 Launcher: Long March 3B/E
🕒 Scheduled for: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:00:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation → [35 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) at Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China 🇨🇳

📡 Mission Description:
Details TBD.

#space #launch #spacelaunch

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Go for Launch

🛰️ Mission: Unknown Payload [Unknown]
🕒 Launched on: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 2:50:00 UTC 
☄️ Status: Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🚀 Launcher: Gravity-1
🏗️ Launch Provider: Orienspace Technology → [1 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Yellow Sea (launch location 5) at Haiyang Oriental Spaceport 🇨🇳

📡 Mission Description:
Details TBD.

#space #launch #spacelaunch

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Go for Launch

🛰️ Mission: Unknown Payload [Unknown]
🕒 Launched on: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 2:50:00 UTC 
☄️ Status: Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🚀 Launcher: Gravity-1
🏗️ Launch Provider: Orienspace Technology → [1 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Yellow Sea (launch location 5) at Haiyang Oriental Spaceport 🇨🇳

📡 Mission Description:
Details TBD.

#space #launch #spacelaunch

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch in Flight

🛰️ Mission: MRV-1 [Mission Extension]
🕒 Launched on: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:15:00 UTC 
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle has lifted off from the launchpad.
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [88 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA 🇺🇸

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
The Northrop Grumman/SpaceLogistics MRV-1 is a mission extension payload including a mission robotic vehicle (MRV) and multiple mission extension pods (MEPs). The MRV is designed to attach up to 30 MEPs (Mission Extension Pods) to various satellites in GEO over the course of its life, and the MEPs (Mission Extension Pods) are 400 kg spacecraft designed to be captured by the MRV and then attached to a customer's satellite. A single MEP can extend a 2000 kg satellite's service life by up to 6 years.

For this mission, 2 of the MEP's will service satellites for Intelsat, while the third will service a satellite for Optus.

#space #launch #spacelaunch

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Unknown Payload
🚀 Launcher: Gravity-1
🕒 Scheduled for: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 2:50:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: Orienspace Technology → [1 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Yellow Sea (launch location 5) at Haiyang Oriental Spaceport 🇨🇳

📡 Mission Description:
Details TBD.

#space #launch #spacelaunch

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch in Flight

🛰️ Mission: MRV-1 [Mission Extension]
🕒 Launched on: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:15:00 UTC 
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle has lifted off from the launchpad.
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [88 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA 🇺🇸

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
The Northrop Grumman/SpaceLogistics MRV-1 is a mission extension payload including a mission robotic vehicle (MRV) and multiple mission extension pods (MEPs). The MRV is designed to attach up to 30 MEPs (Mission Extension Pods) to various satellites in GEO over the course of its life, and the MEPs (Mission Extension Pods) are 400 kg spacecraft designed to be captured by the MRV and then attached to a customer's satellite. A single MEP can extend a 2000 kg satellite's service life by up to 6 years.

For this mission, 2 of the MEP's will service satellites for Intelsat, while the third will service a satellite for Optus.

#space #launch #spacelaunch

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Unknown Payload
🚀 Launcher: Gravity-1
🕒 Scheduled for: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 2:50:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: Orienspace Technology → [1 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Yellow Sea (launch location 5) at Haiyang Oriental Spaceport 🇨🇳

📡 Mission Description:
Details TBD.

#space #launch #spacelaunch

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch in Flight

🛰️ Mission: Starlink Group 17-39 [Communications]
🕒 Launched on: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:49:34 UTC 
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle has lifted off from the launchpad.
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [87 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA 🇺🇸

📺 Watch Live: 1

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

#space #launch #spacelaunch

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch in Flight

🛰️ Mission: Starlink Group 17-39 [Communications]
🕒 Launched on: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:49:34 UTC 
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle has lifted off from the launchpad.
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [87 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA 🇺🇸

📺 Watch Live: 1

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

#space #launch #spacelaunch

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: MRV-1
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🕒 Scheduled for: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:15:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [88 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA 🇺🇸

📡 Mission Description:
The Northrop Grumman/SpaceLogistics MRV-1 is a mission extension payload including a mission robotic vehicle (MRV) and multiple mission extension pods (MEPs). The MRV is designed to attach up to 30 MEPs (Mission Extension Pods) to various satellites in GEO over the course of its life, and the MEPs (Mission Extension Pods) are 400 kg spacecraft designed to be captured by the MRV and then attached to a customer's satellite. A single MEP can extend a 2000 kg satellite's service life by up to 6 years.

For this mission, 2 of the MEP's will service satellites for Intelsat, while the third will service a satellite for Optus.

#space #launch #spacelaunch

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: MRV-1
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🕒 Scheduled for: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:15:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [88 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA 🇺🇸

📡 Mission Description:
The Northrop Grumman/SpaceLogistics MRV-1 is a mission extension payload including a mission robotic vehicle (MRV) and multiple mission extension pods (MEPs). The MRV is designed to attach up to 30 MEPs (Mission Extension Pods) to various satellites in GEO over the course of its life, and the MEPs (Mission Extension Pods) are 400 kg spacecraft designed to be captured by the MRV and then attached to a customer's satellite. A single MEP can extend a 2000 kg satellite's service life by up to 6 years.

For this mission, 2 of the MEP's will service satellites for Intelsat, while the third will service a satellite for Optus.

#space #launch #spacelaunch

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Starlink Group 17-39
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🕒 Scheduled for: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:00:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [87 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA 🇺🇸

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

#space #launch #spacelaunch

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch Successful

🛰️ Mission: Demo Flight [Test Flight]
🕒 Launched on: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 6:35:30 UTC 
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
🚀 Launcher: Vikram-I
🏗️ Launch Provider: Skyroot Aerospace → [1 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India 🇮🇳

📡 Mission Description:
First launch of Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-I launch vehicle.

This first launch will carry 4 payloads:
- Grahaa Space's SOLARAS S3 satellite
- Cosmoserve Space's in-orbit robotic arm Embrace
- An in-orbit demonstration from DCUBED
- Skyroot's own SCOPE satellite

#space #launch #spacelaunch

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch Successful

🛰️ Mission: Demo Flight [Test Flight]
🕒 Launched on: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 6:35:30 UTC 
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
🚀 Launcher: Vikram-I
🏗️ Launch Provider: Skyroot Aerospace → [1 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India 🇮🇳

📡 Mission Description:
First launch of Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-I launch vehicle.

This first launch will carry 4 payloads:
- Grahaa Space's SOLARAS S3 satellite
- Cosmoserve Space's in-orbit robotic arm Embrace
- An in-orbit demonstration from DCUBED
- Skyroot's own SCOPE satellite

#space #launch #spacelaunch

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Starlink Group 17-39
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🕒 Scheduled for: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:00:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [87 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA 🇺🇸

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

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↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: MRV-1
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🕒 Scheduled for: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:15:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [88 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA 🇺🇸

📡 Mission Description:
The Northrop Grumman/SpaceLogistics MRV-1 is a mission extension payload including a mission robotic vehicle (MRV) and multiple mission extension pods (MEPs). The MRV is designed to attach up to 30 MEPs (Mission Extension Pods) to various satellites in GEO over the course of its life, and the MEPs (Mission Extension Pods) are 400 kg spacecraft designed to be captured by the MRV and then attached to a customer's satellite. A single MEP can extend a 2000 kg satellite's service life by up to 6 years.

For this mission, 2 of the MEP's will service satellites for Intelsat, while the third will service a satellite for Optus.

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↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: MRV-1
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🕒 Scheduled for: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:15:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [88 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA 🇺🇸

📡 Mission Description:
The Northrop Grumman/SpaceLogistics MRV-1 is a mission extension payload including a mission robotic vehicle (MRV) and multiple mission extension pods (MEPs). The MRV is designed to attach up to 30 MEPs (Mission Extension Pods) to various satellites in GEO over the course of its life, and the MEPs (Mission Extension Pods) are 400 kg spacecraft designed to be captured by the MRV and then attached to a customer's satellite. A single MEP can extend a 2000 kg satellite's service life by up to 6 years.

For this mission, 2 of the MEP's will service satellites for Intelsat, while the third will service a satellite for Optus.

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⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: On Hold

🛰️ Mission: Starlink Group 17-39 [Communications]
🕒 Launched on: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:49:32 UTC 
☄️ Status: The countdown has been paused, but the launch can still happen within the launch window.
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [87 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA 🇺🇸

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

#space #launch #spacelaunch

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: On Hold

🛰️ Mission: Starlink Group 17-39 [Communications]
🕒 Launched on: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:49:32 UTC 
☄️ Status: The countdown has been paused, but the launch can still happen within the launch window.
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [87 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA 🇺🇸

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

#space #launch #spacelaunch

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch in Flight

🛰️ Mission: Demo Flight [Test Flight]
🕒 Launched on: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 6:35:30 UTC 
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle has lifted off from the launchpad.
🚀 Launcher: Vikram-I
🏗️ Launch Provider: Skyroot Aerospace → [1 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India 🇮🇳

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
First launch of Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-I launch vehicle.

This first launch will carry 4 payloads:
- Grahaa Space's SOLARAS S3 satellite
- Cosmoserve Space's in-orbit robotic arm Embrace
- An in-orbit demonstration from DCUBED
- Skyroot's own SCOPE satellite

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⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch in Flight

🛰️ Mission: Demo Flight [Test Flight]
🕒 Launched on: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 6:35:30 UTC 
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle has lifted off from the launchpad.
🚀 Launcher: Vikram-I
🏗️ Launch Provider: Skyroot Aerospace → [1 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India 🇮🇳

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
First launch of Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-I launch vehicle.

This first launch will carry 4 payloads:
- Grahaa Space's SOLARAS S3 satellite
- Cosmoserve Space's in-orbit robotic arm Embrace
- An in-orbit demonstration from DCUBED
- Skyroot's own SCOPE satellite

#space #launch #spacelaunch

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Starlink Group 17-39
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🕒 Scheduled for: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:00:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [87 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA 🇺🇸

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

#space #launch #spacelaunch

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Starlink Group 17-39
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🕒 Scheduled for: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:00:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [87 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA 🇺🇸

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

#space #launch #spacelaunch

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Demo Flight
🚀 Launcher: Vikram-I
🕒 Scheduled for: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 6:35:30 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: Skyroot Aerospace → [1 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India 🇮🇳

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
First launch of Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-I launch vehicle.

This first launch will carry 4 payloads:
- Grahaa Space's SOLARAS S3 satellite
- Cosmoserve Space's in-orbit robotic arm Embrace
- An in-orbit demonstration from DCUBED
- Skyroot's own SCOPE satellite

#space #launch #spacelaunch

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Demo Flight
🚀 Launcher: Vikram-I
🕒 Scheduled for: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 6:35:30 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: Skyroot Aerospace → [1 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India 🇮🇳

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
First launch of Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-I launch vehicle.

This first launch will carry 4 payloads:
- Grahaa Space's SOLARAS S3 satellite
- Cosmoserve Space's in-orbit robotic arm Embrace
- An in-orbit demonstration from DCUBED
- Skyroot's own SCOPE satellite

#space #launch #spacelaunch

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Starlink Group 17-39
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🕒 Scheduled for: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:00:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [87 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA 🇺🇸

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

#space #launch #spacelaunch

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Starlink Group 17-39
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🕒 Scheduled for: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:00:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [87 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA 🇺🇸

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

#space #launch #spacelaunch

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch Successful

🛰️ Mission: SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer E [Government/Top Secret]
🕒 Launched on: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:32:36 UTC 
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [86 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA 🇺🇸

📡 Mission Description:
Tranche 1 Transport Layer E is one of six missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer constellation, which will provide assured, resilient, low-latency military data and connectivity worldwide to the full range of warfighter platforms from Low Earth Orbit satellites.

The constellation will be interconnected with Optical Inter-Satellite Links (OISLs) which have significantly increased performance over existing radio frequency crosslinks. It is expected to operate over Ka band, have stereo coverage and be dynamically networked for simpler hand-offs, greater bandwidth and fault tolerance.

This launch carries 21 satellites manufactured by York Space Systems.

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⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch Successful

🛰️ Mission: SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer E [Government/Top Secret]
🕒 Launched on: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:32:36 UTC 
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [86 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA 🇺🇸

📡 Mission Description:
Tranche 1 Transport Layer E is one of six missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer constellation, which will provide assured, resilient, low-latency military data and connectivity worldwide to the full range of warfighter platforms from Low Earth Orbit satellites.

The constellation will be interconnected with Optical Inter-Satellite Links (OISLs) which have significantly increased performance over existing radio frequency crosslinks. It is expected to operate over Ka band, have stereo coverage and be dynamically networked for simpler hand-offs, greater bandwidth and fault tolerance.

This launch carries 21 satellites manufactured by York Space Systems.

#space #launch #spacelaunch

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Demo Flight
🚀 Launcher: Vikram-I
🕒 Scheduled for: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 6:00:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: Skyroot Aerospace → [1 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India 🇮🇳

📡 Mission Description:
First launch of Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-I launch vehicle.

This first launch will carry 4 payloads:
- Grahaa Space's SOLARAS S3 satellite
- Cosmoserve Space's in-orbit robotic arm Embrace
- An in-orbit demonstration from DCUBED
- Skyroot's own SCOPE satellite

#space #launch #spacelaunch

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Demo Flight
🚀 Launcher: Vikram-I
🕒 Scheduled for: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 6:00:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: Skyroot Aerospace → [1 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India 🇮🇳

📡 Mission Description:
First launch of Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-I launch vehicle.

This first launch will carry 4 payloads:
- Grahaa Space's SOLARAS S3 satellite
- Cosmoserve Space's in-orbit robotic arm Embrace
- An in-orbit demonstration from DCUBED
- Skyroot's own SCOPE satellite

#space #launch #spacelaunch

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: On Hold

🛰️ Mission: Flight 13 [Test Flight]
🕒 Launched on: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 22:45:00 UTC 
☄️ Status: The countdown has been paused, but the launch can still happen within the launch window.
🚀 Launcher: Starship V3
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [87 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Orbital Launch Pad 2 at SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA 🇺🇸

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
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 via high-capacity lasers.

6 of the satellites have been modified with a suite of cameras to scan Starship’s heat shield and transmit imagery down to operators to continue testing methods of analyzing Starship’s heat shield readiness for return to launch site on future missions. Several tiles on Starship have been painted white to simulate missing tiles and serve as imaging targets in the test.

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⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: On Hold

🛰️ Mission: Flight 13 [Test Flight]
🕒 Launched on: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 22:45:00 UTC 
☄️ Status: The countdown has been paused, but the launch can still happen within the launch window.
🚀 Launcher: Starship V3
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [87 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Orbital Launch Pad 2 at SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA 🇺🇸

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
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 via high-capacity lasers.

6 of the satellites have been modified with a suite of cameras to scan Starship’s heat shield and transmit imagery down to operators to continue testing methods of analyzing Starship’s heat shield readiness for return to launch site on future missions. Several tiles on Starship have been painted white to simulate missing tiles and serve as imaging targets in the test.

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↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Flight 13
🚀 Launcher: Starship V3
🕒 Scheduled for: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 22:45:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [87 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Orbital Launch Pad 2 at SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA 🇺🇸

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
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 via high-capacity lasers.

6 of the satellites have been modified with a suite of cameras to scan Starship’s heat shield and transmit imagery down to operators to continue testing methods of analyzing Starship’s heat shield readiness for return to launch site on future missions. Several tiles on Starship have been painted white to simulate missing tiles and serve as imaging targets in the test.

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⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch in Flight

🛰️ Mission: SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer E [Government/Top Secret]
🕒 Launched on: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:32:36 UTC 
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle has lifted off from the launchpad.
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [86 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA 🇺🇸

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
Tranche 1 Transport Layer E is one of six missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer constellation, which will provide assured, resilient, low-latency military data and connectivity worldwide to the full range of warfighter platforms from Low Earth Orbit satellites.

The constellation will be interconnected with Optical Inter-Satellite Links (OISLs) which have significantly increased performance over existing radio frequency crosslinks. It is expected to operate over Ka band, have stereo coverage and be dynamically networked for simpler hand-offs, greater bandwidth and fault tolerance.

This launch carries 21 satellites manufactured by York Space Systems.

#space #launch #spacelaunch

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch in Flight

🛰️ Mission: SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer E [Government/Top Secret]
🕒 Launched on: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:32:36 UTC 
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle has lifted off from the launchpad.
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [86 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA 🇺🇸

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
Tranche 1 Transport Layer E is one of six missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer constellation, which will provide assured, resilient, low-latency military data and connectivity worldwide to the full range of warfighter platforms from Low Earth Orbit satellites.

The constellation will be interconnected with Optical Inter-Satellite Links (OISLs) which have significantly increased performance over existing radio frequency crosslinks. It is expected to operate over Ka band, have stereo coverage and be dynamically networked for simpler hand-offs, greater bandwidth and fault tolerance.

This launch carries 21 satellites manufactured by York Space Systems.

#space #launch #spacelaunch