Launch week: June 30–July 6, 2026

Monday, June 30

ADD demo flight — South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV

• Vehicle and operator: South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV, a four-stage solid-propellant small launch vehicle operated by South Korea's Agency for Defense Development. 9
• UTC window: June 30, 05:00–09:00 UTC, with nominal liftoff listed at 05:00 UTC. 9
• Launch site: ADD offshore launch platform near Jeju Island, South Korea. 9
• Payload, customer, orbit: The payload is a demo flight for the full-version military small satellite launch vehicle; public payload details remain TBD, and the vehicle's low-Earth-orbit capacity is estimated at about 500 kg. 9
• Status: Scheduled; this is listed as the first orbital launch of the full four-stage configuration after two suborbital tests in 2022 and one orbital test without the second stage in December 2023. 9
• Watch: No public livestream is listed; the practical watch channel is the mission detail page and post-launch official or Korean media reporting. 9

Swift Boost Mission — Pegasus XL

• Vehicle and operator: Pegasus XL, an air-launched solid rocket carried by the Stargazer L-1011 aircraft, operated by Northrop Grumman. 2
• UTC time: June 30, 10:23 UTC, delayed from the prior June 27 target. 210
• Launch site: Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. 2
• Payload, customer, orbit: Katalyst Space Technologies' 400 kg LINK spacecraft will target low Earth orbit and rendezvous with NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to raise the observatory into a higher orbit. 211
• Status: Scheduled in the June 30 window after the June 27 slip; this is listed as the 46th Pegasus mission overall and the first Pegasus mission of 2026. 2
• Watch: A mission-specific livestream has not been announced; monitor NASA, Northrop Grumman, and the Next Spaceflight mission page for a webcast notice. 2

Wednesday, July 1

The Grain Goddess Provides — Electron/Curie

• Vehicle and operator: Electron/Curie, Rocket Lab's Electron vehicle with a Curie kick stage. 3
• UTC time: NET July 1, 01:00 UTC. 312
• Launch site: Launch Complex 1, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand. 3
• Payload, customer, orbit: QPS-SAR-13, also named MIKURA-I, is a roughly 100 kg synthetic-aperture-radar satellite for Japan's iQPS, targeting a roughly 575 km circular low Earth orbit. 3
• Status: Confirmed after Rocket Lab's June 26/27 StriX-8 launch cleared the preceding LC-1 mission flow; Rocket Lab's public feed also said this flight moved one day because of strong winds over the launch site. 1213
• Watch: Rocket Lab's official missions page is the primary channel for final T-0 and webcast updates; the mission detail page lists the launch as NET July 1. 312

Unknown payload — Long March 4C

• Vehicle and operator: Long March 4C, operated by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. 6
• UTC window: July 1, 23:38 UTC to July 2, 00:07 UTC, with nominal liftoff listed at 23:45 UTC. 6
• Launch site: Site 94, also listed as SLS-2, at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. 6
• Payload, customer, orbit: The payload is classified or undisclosed, and Next Spaceflight marks the payload and launch-vehicle identities as highly uncertain; the trajectory is listed as south from Jiuquan. 6
• Status: Scheduled with low public-detail certainty; the mission is listed as the 60th Long March 4C mission and the second Long March 4C flight of 2026. 6
• Watch: No public livestream is listed; expect post-launch confirmation from Chinese official media or launch trackers rather than a public countdown stream. 6

Thursday, July 2

Starlink Group 17-46 — Falcon 9 Block 5

• Vehicle and operator: Falcon 9 Block 5, operated by SpaceX. 4
• UTC window: July 2, 02:00–06:00 UTC. 410
• Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. 4
• Payload, customer, orbit: Twenty-four Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites for SpaceX's Starlink network are targeting sun-synchronous orbit. 4
• Status: Scheduled; booster B1100 is listed for its seventh flight, with a planned landing on the Pacific drone ship Of Course I Still Love You. 4
• Watch: SpaceX lists the mission page at spacex.com/launches/sl-17-46. 4

Amazon Leo (LA-08) — Atlas V 551

• Vehicle and operator: Atlas V 551, operated by United Launch Alliance. 1
• UTC window: July 2, 04:24–04:53 UTC, moved up from July 3. 110
• Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. 1
• Payload, customer, orbit: Twenty-nine Amazon Leo, or Project Kuiper, broadband satellites will launch to low Earth orbit; the listed total payload mass is 16,800 kg. 1
• Status: Scheduled; this is listed as the ninth and final Atlas V mission Amazon booked for Kuiper, with future Kuiper launches assigned to Vulcan Centaur and Ariane 6. 1
• Watch: NASASpaceflight has live coverage listed on YouTube at youtube.com/watch?v=IxEYrkqNH8s. 1

Unknown payload — Long March 8A

• Vehicle and operator: Long March 8A, operated by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. 7
• UTC window: July 2, 13:46–14:12 UTC, with nominal liftoff listed at 13:50 UTC. 7
• Launch site: Commercial LC-1, Wenchang Space Launch Site, Hainan, China. 7
• Payload, customer, orbit: The payload is undisclosed, and Next Spaceflight marks the payload identity as uncertain; the trajectory is listed as south from Wenchang. 7
• Status: Scheduled with limited public detail; the flight is listed as the ninth Long March 8A mission and the third Long March 8A launch of 2026. 7
• Watch: No public livestream is listed; use Chinese official post-launch confirmation and the mission detail page for status updates. 7

Friday, July 3

Starlink Group 10-50 — Falcon 9 Block 5

• Vehicle and operator: Falcon 9 Block 5, operated by SpaceX. 5
• UTC window: July 3, 11:20–15:20 UTC. 510
• Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. 5
• Payload, customer, orbit: Twenty-nine Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites for SpaceX's Starlink network will launch to low Earth orbit. 5
• Status: Scheduled; booster B1090 is listed for its 13th flight, with a planned landing on the Atlantic drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas. 5
• Watch: SpaceX lists the mission page at spacex.com/launches/sl-10-50. 5

Saturday, July 4

Unknown payload — Long March 6A

• Vehicle and operator: Long March 6A, operated by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. 8
• UTC window: July 4, 09:21–09:41 UTC, with nominal liftoff listed at 09:31 UTC. 8
• Launch site: LC-9A, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China. 8
• Payload, customer, orbit: The payload is undisclosed, and Next Spaceflight marks both the payload and launch-vehicle identities as uncertain; the trajectory is listed as south from Taiyuan. 8
• Status: Scheduled with limited public detail; the flight is listed as the 25th Long March 6A mission and the sixth Long March 6A launch of 2026. 8
• Watch: No public livestream is listed; use Chinese official post-launch confirmation and the mission detail page for status updates. 8

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