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The next space launch, retrieved from our
Launch Library 2 API, is
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-71. It is scheduled to be launched by SpaceX
from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
at 2025-01-06 16:44:00 UTC. Until
then, this pad will have been used for 281
out of 995 launches from this location. The launch status is currently
Go 🟩 . The mission type is
Communications and the payload will be injected
into a Low Earth Orbit
(LEO).
A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
- [2025-01-06 16:44:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-71 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
- [2025-01-06 19:51:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 3B/E | Unknown Payload from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
- [2025-01-08 15:24:00 UTC] 🟨 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-11 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
- [2025-01-10 03:19:00 UTC] 🟨 Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-153 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
- [2025-01-10 06:00:00 UTC] 🟨 New Glenn | Maiden Flight from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
- [2025-01-10 15:27:00 UTC] 🟨 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-12 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
- [2025-01-10 22:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Starship | Flight 7 from SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA.
- [2025-01-28 04:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Falcon 9 Block 5 | SpainSat NG I from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
- [2025-01-31 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Electron | Kinéis 16-20 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.
- [2025-01-31 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 1 & Hakuto-R M2 “Resilience” from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
Symbol | Meaning | Description |
---|---|---|
🟩 | Go For Launch (Go) | Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources. |
🟨 | To Be Confirmed (TBC) | Awaiting official confirmation - current date is known with some certainty. |
🟧 | To Be Determined (TBD) | Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources. |
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