Launch week: July 13-19, 2026

Quick schedule

Launch cards

Starlink Group 15-14

• Vehicle and operator: Falcon 9 Block 5, operated by SpaceX; booster B1093 is assigned to its 15th flight with a 28-day turnaround. 6
• UTC window: July 14 from 01:16 to 02:16 UTC. 6
• Site and pad: Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. 6
• Payload and orbit: The mission carries 24 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites to low Earth orbit. 6
• Status and recovery: The booster is planned to land on the Pacific drone ship Of Course I Still Love You. 6
• Webcast: The mission-specific SpaceX page is listed as spacex.com/launches/sl-15-14; expect the public feed close to T-0 rather than a long pre-announced broadcast block. 6

Starlink Group 10-45

• Vehicle and operator: Falcon 9 Block 5, operated by SpaceX; booster B1080 is assigned to its 28th flight with a 32-day turnaround. 7
• UTC window: July 14 from 07:15 to 11:15 UTC. 7
• Site and pad: Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. 7
• Payload and orbit: The mission carries 29 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites to low Earth orbit. 7
• Status and recovery: Next Spaceflight lists the mission as 95% go for launch, with the booster planned to land on the Atlantic drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas. 7
• Webcast: The mission-specific SpaceX page is listed as spacex.com/launches/sl-10-45. 7

Soyuz MS-29

• Vehicle and operator: Soyuz 2.1a, operated by Roscosmos with spacecraft work from RKK Energiya, will carry Soyuz MS-29 to the International Space Station. 13
• UTC time: July 14 at 14:47 UTC. 1
• Site and pad: Site 31/6 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. 13
• Crew and mission: Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina will fly with NASA astronaut Anil Menon, and the crew is scheduled for an approximately eight-month Expedition 74/75 stay before returning in April 2027. 1
• Docking plan: NASA lists a fast-track profile to the Prichal module, with docking coverage expected at 17:35 UTC and hatch-opening coverage expected at 19:40 UTC. 1
• Webcast: NASA+ coverage for launch starts at 13:45 UTC on NASA's scheduled-video page. 14

Zhuque-3 Y2

• Vehicle and operator: Zhuque-3 is LandSpace's stainless-steel methalox reusable rocket, and the Y2 mission is listed as the vehicle's second flight. 4
• UTC time: The launch is listed for around July 15, but the exact UTC time has not been published in the available material. 4
• Site and pad: The listed site is Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center / Dongfeng Commercial Aerospace Innovation Test Area. 4
• Mission context: Zhuque-3 Y2 is expected to attempt a vertical first-stage landing after the Y1 flight reached orbit in December 2025 but did not complete its landing due to an engine anomaly during the landing burn. 4
• Status: The same source says a full-system static fire was completed on June 29, 2026. 4
• Webcast: No public stream link is listed; use LandSpace's official channels for confirmation before treating the date as locked. 4

Tranche 1 Transport Layer E

• Vehicle and operator: Falcon 9 Block 5, operated by SpaceX, will fly the Tranche 1 Transport Layer E batch for the Space Development Agency, a U.S. Space Force organization building the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. 8
• UTC window: July 16 from 20:22 to 21:09 UTC. 8
• Site and pad: Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. 8
• Payload and orbit: The payload is 21 Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites built by York Space Systems for polar orbit, with optical inter-satellite links and Ka-band communications. 8
• Status and recovery: The first-stage booster number is still undisclosed, and the booster is planned to land on Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific. 8
• Webcast: No stream was available in the Next Spaceflight listing at research time. 8

Starship Flight 13

• Vehicle and operator: Starship-Super Heavy v3, operated by SpaceX, is scheduled for the thirteenth Starship flight test and the second flight of the V3 configuration. 2
• UTC window: July 16 at 22:45 UTC, with a 90-minute window that extends to 00:15 UTC on July 17. 215
• Site and pad: Pad 2 at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. 2
• Hardware and recovery: Booster 20 and Ship 40 are each listed for their first flight, and the mission plan calls for controlled splashdowns rather than recovery. 2
• Payload and test goals: The flight is scheduled to carry 20 V3 Starlink satellites for a first Starship V3 Starlink deployment test; six of those satellites carry cameras to scan Starship's heat shield, with some heat-shield tiles painted white as imaging targets. 2
• Webcast: SpaceX's mission page is spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-13. 9

Long March 7A unknown payload

• Vehicle and operator: Long March 7A, operated by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), is scheduled for a high-orbit mission from Wenchang. 10
• UTC window: July 17 from 11:00 to 14:00 UTC. 10
• Site and pad: Launch Complex 201 at Wenchang Space Launch Site, Hainan, China. 10
• Payload: Next Spaceflight lists the payload as unknown, while a Chinese local schedule describes it as a medium-orbit communications test satellite; the article should therefore treat the payload identity as unconfirmed until post-launch disclosure. 1011
• Status: The flight is listed as the 17th Long March 7A mission and the third Long March 7A launch of 2026. 10
• Webcast: No public live stream is listed. 10

LOXSAT 1

• Vehicle and operator: Electron/Photon, operated by Rocket Lab, will use the Photon upper stage to carry the LOXSAT 1 cryogenic-fluid payload. 5
• UTC time: Next Spaceflight's main list marks the mission as NET July 17, while Rocket Lab's mission page does not provide a precise UTC liftoff time. 516
• Site and pad: Launch Complex 1 on the Māhia Peninsula in New Zealand. 16
• Payload and customer: LOXSAT 1 is a NASA Tipping Point cryogenic-fluid management demonstration operated by Eta Space for a planned nine-month low Earth orbit mission. 5
• Mission context: Rocket Lab says LOXSAT will test cryogenic pressure control and zero-loss storage/transfer methods that inform Eta Space's Cryo-Dock depot concept targeted for 2030. 5
• Webcast: Rocket Lab lists rocketlabusa.com/live-stream as the live-stream destination and says the stream starts about 30 minutes before launch. 5

Lijian-1

• Vehicle and operator: Lijian-1, also known as Kinetica-1, is a four-stage solid commercial rocket operated by CAS Space. 4
• UTC time: The mission is listed for July 18, but no exact UTC time appears in the available sources. 4
• Site and pad: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. 4
• Payload: The listed payload is commercial computing satellites, with no specific customer or satellite names disclosed publicly in the available sources. 4
• Status: The source listing describes this as approximately the 15th Lijian-1 flight and the fourth Lijian-1 launch of 2026. 4
• Webcast: No public live stream is listed. 4

Vikram-1 Aagaman

• Vehicle and operator: Vikram-1 is Skyroot Aerospace's four-stage small launch vehicle, and Aagaman is scheduled as India's first privately developed orbital rocket attempt. 317
• UTC window: July 18 from 05:00 to 09:00 UTC, inside a broader July 12-August 4 launch period. 3
• Site and pad: First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India. 3
• Payload and orbit: The mission carries Grahaa Space's SOLARAS S3 satellite, Cosmoserve Space's Embrace robotic arm, a DCUBED in-orbit demonstration, and Skyroot's SCOPE satellite to a planned 450 km orbit at 60 degrees inclination. 317
• Company context: Skyroot was founded in 2018, raised $60 million in May 2026, and reached a reported $1.1 billion valuation. 17
• Webcast: No confirmed stream link appears in the available public listings; check Skyroot and ISRO official channels before the window opens. 3

Starlink Group 17-39

• Vehicle and operator: Falcon 9 Block 5, operated by SpaceX; booster B1082 is assigned to its 23rd flight with a 49-day turnaround. 12
• UTC window: July 18 from 14:00 to 18:00 UTC. 12
• Site and pad: Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. 12
• Payload and orbit: The mission carries 24 Starlink V2 Mini satellites to sun-synchronous orbit. 12
• Status and recovery: The booster is planned to land on Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific. 12
• Webcast: The mission-specific SpaceX page is listed as spacex.com/launches/sl-17-39. 12

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