Launch week: July 20-26, 2026

The July 20-26 UTC window currently contains eight dated launch entries. SpaceX supplies four of them, including the reattempt of Starship Flight 13 after its July 16 ignition abort; three Chinese missions have firm-looking times but undisclosed payloads, and one more SpaceX Starlink flight still has a time conflict between schedule sources. 1 2

Quick schedule

NET means no earlier than. TBD means the date or time is not locked. Times below are UTC.

UTC date and time	Mission	Vehicle and operator	Site and pad	Confidence
July 20, 14:36:26; window 14:00-18:00	Starlink Group 17-39	Falcon 9 Block 5 / SpaceX	Vandenberg SFB, SLC-4E	Scheduled; delayed from July 18. 3 2
July 21, 21:15 window open	MRV-1	Falcon 9 Block 5 / SpaceX	Cape Canaveral SFS, SLC-40	NET; expendable first stage. 4 2
July 22, 02:50; window 02:44-03:09	Unknown Payload	Gravity 1 / Orienspace	Haiyang Oriental Spaceport, Yellow Sea launch location 5	Payload identity uncertain. 5
July 23, 12:00; window 11:52-12:54	Unknown Payload	Long March 3B/E / CASC	Xichang Satellite Launch Center, LC-2	Payload and vehicle identity uncertain. 6
July 23, 22:45; 90-minute window	Starship Flight 13	Starship-Super Heavy v3 / SpaceX	Starbase, Pad 2	NET reattempt after the July 16 abort. 7 8
July 23, 23:30; window 23:24-23:50	Unknown Payload	Kinetica 1 / CAS Space	Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Site 130	Payload and vehicle identity uncertain. 9
July 24, 11:00; window 11:00-14:00	Unknown Payload	Long March 8A / CASC	Wenchang Space Launch Site, Commercial LC-1	Payload and vehicle identity uncertain. 10
July 24, nominally 14:00; window 14:00-18:00	Starlink Group 17-51	Falcon 9 Block 5 / SpaceX	Vandenberg SFB, SLC-4E	Next Spaceflight lists 14:00; Spaceflight Now still lists TBD. Delayed from July 23. 11 2

Mission cards

Starlink Group 17-39

Vehicle and operator: Falcon 9 Block 5, SpaceX.
UTC window: July 20, with the mission page showing a 14:36:26 liftoff and a 14:00-18:00 window. 3
Site and pad: Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. 3
Payload and destination: 24 Starlink V2 Mini satellites for SpaceX's low Earth orbit constellation, targeting a sun-synchronous orbit. 3
Status: Scheduled, but delayed from July 18 in Spaceflight Now's schedule. The assigned booster is B1082, with a planned landing on Of Course I Still Love You. 2 3
Live stream: SpaceX mission page. 3

MRV-1

Vehicle and operator: Falcon 9 Block 5, SpaceX.
UTC window: NET July 21 at 21:15 UTC; the mission page lists the window as opening at 21:15. 4 2
Site and pad: Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. 4
Payload and destination: Northrop Grumman's Mission Robotic Vehicle and three Mission Extension Pods are headed for geostationary transfer orbit. The pods are designed to extend the service life of customer satellites; the mission page identifies Intelsat and Optus as customers. 4
Status: The Falcon 9 first stage is planned to be expended rather than recovered. 4
Live stream: SpaceX mission page. 4

Gravity 1 unknown payload

Vehicle and operator: Gravity 1, Orienspace.
UTC window: July 22 at 02:50 UTC, with a 02:44-03:09 window shown on the mission page. 5
Site and pad: Yellow Sea launch location 5 at the Haiyang Oriental Spaceport, China. 5
Payload and destination: The payload identity and destination orbit are not disclosed in the mission record. 5
Status: Schedule entry, payload identity uncertain. No public stream is listed on the mission detail page. 5

Long March 3B/E unknown payload

Vehicle and operator: Long March 3B/E, listed under CASC.
UTC window: July 23 at 12:00 UTC, with an 11:52-12:54 window. 6
Site and pad: Launch Complex 2 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. 6
Payload and destination: Payload identity and target orbit are undisclosed. The mission record itself flags uncertainty around both the payload and vehicle identity. 6
Status: Candidate schedule entry with no public stream listed on the mission detail page. 6

Starship Flight 13

Vehicle and operator: Starship-Super Heavy v3, SpaceX. Booster 20 and Ship 40 are both listed for their first flight. 7
UTC window: NET July 23 at 22:45 UTC. The mission page shows a 90-minute window ending at 00:15 UTC on July 24. 7 2
Site and pad: Pad 2 at Starbase, Texas. 7
Payload and destination: The suborbital test is planned to deploy 20 Starlink V3 satellites, briefly test network links, relight a Raptor engine in space, and perform controlled splashdowns in the Gulf of Mexico and Indian Ocean. The satellites are not intended to remain in orbit. 7 8
Status: This is a reattempt, not a first attempt at the July 23 slot. The July 16 launch attempt aborted at ignition after multiple Super Heavy engines failed to start; Spaceflight Now reported the abort, while the current mission page carries the July 23 target. Treat the date as provisional until SpaceX confirms the next attempt. 8 7
Live stream: NASASpaceflight live feed. The mission detail page also links to the NASASpaceflight Flight 13 report. 7

Kinetica 1 unknown payload

Vehicle and operator: Kinetica 1, CAS Space.
UTC window: July 23 at 23:30 UTC, with a 23:24-23:50 window. 9
Site and pad: Site 130 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. 9
Payload and destination: The mission record names the payload as unknown and does not publish a target orbit. It also flags uncertainty around the vehicle identity, although the card labels the rocket Kinetica 1. 9
Status: Candidate schedule entry. No public stream is listed on the mission detail page. 9

Long March 8A unknown payload

Vehicle and operator: Long March 8A, listed under CASC.
UTC window: July 24 at 11:00 UTC, with an 11:00-14:00 window. 10
Site and pad: Commercial Launch Complex 1 at the Wenchang Space Launch Site, China. 10
Payload and destination: Payload identity and target orbit are undisclosed. 10
Status: Candidate schedule entry with no public stream listed on the mission detail page. 10

Starlink Group 17-51

Vehicle and operator: Falcon 9 Block 5, SpaceX.
UTC window: The Next Spaceflight mission page shows July 24 at 14:00 UTC with a 14:00-18:00 window. Spaceflight Now still lists the launch time as TBD, so use 14:00 as a working target rather than a locked appointment. 11 2
Site and pad: Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. 11
Payload and destination: 24 Starlink V2 Mini satellites for a sun-synchronous low Earth orbit. 11
Status: Delayed from July 23 in Spaceflight Now's schedule. The mission page assigns booster B1100 and a planned landing on Of Course I Still Love You. 2 11
Live stream: SpaceX mission page. 11

Watch priorities

Starship Flight 13 is the highest-uncertainty watch item and the most consequential mission on the list: it combines a fresh target date, a recent ignition abort, first-flight Booster 20 and Ship 40 hardware, and the first planned Starlink V3 deployment from Starship. 7 8

MRV-1 is the week's clearest payload story for readers tracking in-space servicing. Its mission profile puts a robotic servicing vehicle and Mission Extension Pods toward geostationary transfer orbit, with an expendable Falcon 9 first stage. 4

The densest sequence is July 23-24, with the Long March 3B/E, Starship Flight 13, Kinetica 1, Long March 8A, and Starlink Group 17-51 all currently listed within roughly 26 hours. Four of those five entries have undisclosed payloads or unresolved timing, so calendar reminders should be treated as provisional. 1 2

Coverage notes

The dated list above follows the current-week entries in the live schedule view. Other manifest lines remain month-level, NET July, or TBD and are excluded from the eight-count until they acquire a date inside July 20-26. 1

NASA: NASA's events page lists Astrobotic Griffin-1 as no earlier than July 2026, without a precise date or launch window, so it is not counted as a July 20-26 launch. 12
ESA: The ESA launch notice checked for this cycle gives June 17, 2026 for the next Ariane 6 launch, not a date in this week. 13
Rocket Lab: Rocket Lab's public launches page shows 2026 missions and TBD entries, but no precise July 20-26 date in the accessible listing. 14
ISRO: ISRO's mission list does not show a July 20-26, 2026 launch date. 15
Blue Origin: No precise July 20-26 slot appears in the current dated schedule set. Check Blue Origin's missions page for a late operator update. 1