EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) laid the groundwork for enhanced weather, research, development, and prototyping capabilities with the USSF-178 National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 task order awarded today. The $81,613,951 multi-manifest mission awarded to SpaceX makes use of available launch vehicle capacity to efficiently deliver capability to orbit. This award leverages industry advancements to streamline integration and condense timelines, providing responsive launch options to meet emergent operational needs, including the rapid integration of spacecraft within three months of launch. The USSF-178 mission will include SSC’s Weather System Follow-on – Microwave Space Vehicle 2 (WSF-M2), which will provide global sensing to increase prediction model performance. It will also include BLAZE-2, a launch opportunity for operational, research, development, and prototype small satellites from across the DoD. The mission is expected to launch in the first half of Fiscal Year 2027.
Blue Origin @blueoriginNew Shepard has cleared the tower. The NS-33 crew is on their way to space. 🚀
Blue Origin @blueoriginKey stats from today’s New Shepard crewed NS-33 mission: The Crew Capsule reached an apogee of 345,044 ft AGL / 348,691 ft MSL (105 km AGL / 106 km MSL).The booster reached an apogee of 344,725 ft AGL / 348,372 ft MSL (105 km AGL / 106 km MSL).Official launch time was 9:39:56 AM CDT / 14:39:56 UTCCapsule landing occurred at 9:50:10 AM CDT / 14:50:10 UTCThe mission elapsed time was 10 min 14 sec.
UPDATED JUNE 30, 2025...The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Meteosat MTG-S1 weather satellite for Europe from pad 39A on July 1 at 5:03-7:30 p.m. EDT. A Falcon 9 will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on July 2 at 1:29-5:29 a.m. EDT. Upcoming launches include more Starlink batches.
Starlink G10-25 Pre-LaunchDerived from a pre-launch Starlink-G10-25 state vector, provided by SpaceX. SupGP data is provided for the entire stack, as well as one for a single satellite.Launch: 2025-07-02 05:29:00 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-02 06:33:17.440 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-02 05:29:00 UTC to 2025-07-02 05:29:29 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #1Launch: 2025-07-02 05:29:30 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-02 06:33:47.440 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-02 05:29:30 UTC to 2025-07-02 05:34:59 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #2Launch: 2025-07-02 05:46:00 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-02 06:50:17.440 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-02 05:46:00 UTC to 2025-07-02 05:47:49 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #3Launch: 2025-07-02 06:28:10 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-02 07:32:27.440 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-02 06:28:10 UTC to 2025-07-02 06:28:49 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #4Launch: 2025-07-02 06:30:00 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-02 07:34:17.440 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-02 06:30:00 UTC to 2025-07-02 06:30:39 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #5Launch: 2025-07-02 07:01:40 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-02 08:05:57.440 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-02 07:01:40 UTC to 2025-07-02 07:08:29 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #6Launch: 2025-07-02 07:19:40 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-02 08:23:57.440 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-02 07:19:40 UTC to 2025-07-02 07:20:39 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #7Launch: 2025-07-02 07:20:40 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-02 08:24:57.440 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-02 07:20:40 UTC to 2025-07-02 07:26:49 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #8Launch: 2025-07-02 08:00:40 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-02 09:04:57.440 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-02 08:00:40 UTC to 2025-07-02 08:01:19 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #9Launch: 2025-07-02 08:01:30 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-02 09:05:47.440 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-02 08:01:30 UTC to 2025-07-02 08:03:09 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #10Launch: 2025-07-02 08:26:00 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-02 09:30:17.440 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-02 08:26:00 UTC to 2025-07-02 08:26:29 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #11Launch: 2025-07-02 08:40:50 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-02 09:45:07.440 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-02 08:40:50 UTC to 2025-07-02 08:41:49 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #12Launch: 2025-07-02 08:48:30 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-02 09:52:47.440 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-02 08:48:30 UTC to 2025-07-02 08:48:39 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #13Launch: 2025-07-02 08:53:00 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-02 09:57:17.440 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-02 08:53:00 UTC to 2025-07-02 09:01:49 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #14Launch: 2025-07-02 09:01:50 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-02 10:06:07.440 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-02 09:01:50 UTC to 2025-07-02 09:01:59 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #15Launch: 2025-07-02 09:28:20 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-02 10:32:37.440 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-02 09:28:20 UTC to 2025-07-02 09:28:59 UTC.
UPDATED JUNE 30, 2025...FALCON 9The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Meteosat MTG-S1 weather satellite for Europe from pad 39A on July 1 at 5:04-7:30 p.m. EDT. A Falcon 9 will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on July 2 at 1:29-5:29 a.m. EDT. A Falcon 9 will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on July 8 at 1:48-5:48 a.m. EDT. Upcoming launches are TBD. A Falcon 9 will launch the next crew of four to the ISS, Crew-11, from pad 39A on late July around 1 p.m. EDT. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch.VULCAN & ATLAS VThe next United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket will launch USSF-106 for the U.S. Space Force on TBD.NEW GLENNThe second flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is scheduled for TBD.
Starlink Group 10-28 has appeared on CADENA OIS:Primary Launch Day 08 JUL 0548Z-1018Z Backup Launch Day 09 JUL 0526Z-0956Z Backup Launch Day 10 JUL 0504Z-0934Z Backup Launch Day 11 JUL 0442Z-0912Z Backup Launch Day 12 JUL 0420Z-0850Z Backup Launch Day 13 JUL 0357Z-0827Z Backup Launch Day 14 JUL 0335Z-0805Z
2026NET February - QuickSounder - Firefly Alpha - Vandenberg SLC-2
QuickSounder, an initial demonstration mission for the NEON program, will launch in Q4 FY 2026 and will help NOAA to define an agile, disaggregated architecture using small and medium sized satellites and determine best practices for exploiting developments in commercial space.
NOAA has a single flight spare GOES-R Series ABI instrument, available to fly on the first GeoXO platform in 2032, to maintain critical observation continuity between the GOES-R Series and GeoXO.[...]JPSS-4 Launch Commitment Date (Q1 FY 2028) and satellite commissioning (transition to operations)
SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, July 1 for a Falcon 9 launch of the Eumetsat MTG-S1 mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 150-minute window opens at 5:04 p.m. ET. If needed, a backup launch opportunity is available on Wednesday, July 2 at the same time.A live webcast of this mission will begin about 15 minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the new X TV app.This will be the ninth flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-9, RRT-1, Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1, Fram2, SXM-10, and three Starlink missions. After stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
William Harwood @rocketksc.bsky.socialF9/MTG-S1: SpaceX launched the Meteosat Third Generation Sounder satellite (MTG-S1) Tuesday for the European Space Agency and the European Oganisation for the Exploration of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT); liftoff from KSC pad 39A came at 5:04pm EDT (2104 UTC)
William Harwood @rocketksc.bsky.socialF9/MTG-S1: This was the 82nd Falcon 9 launch so far this year and the 499th since the rocket's debut in 2010; 1st stage booster B1085 flew itself to a picture-perfect droneship touchdown after boosting the upper stage and payload out of the lower atmosphere
William Harwood @rocketksc.bsky.socialF9/MTG-S1: The MTG-S1 satellite, which will monitor weather and air pollution across Europe and North Africa, was released in the planned geosynchronous transfer orbit 35 minutes after liftoff following a short second firing of the F9's upper stage engine
On Wednesday, July 2 at 2:28 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 27 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.This was the 29th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, O3B mPOWER-A, PSN SATRIA, Telkomsat Merah Putih 2, Galileo L13, Koreasat-6A, and now 18 Starlink missions.
Starlink G10-25 Pre-LaunchDerived from a pre-launch Starlink-G10-25 state vector, provided by SpaceX. SupGP data is provided for the entire stack, as well as one for a single satellite. Launch: 2025-07-02 06:28:10 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-02 07:32:27.440 UTC.
William Harwood @rocketksc.bsky.socialF9/Starlink 10-25: SpaceX launched 27 Starlinks early Wednesday from pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral SFS; liftoff was on time at 2:28:10am EDT (0628 UTC); this was the 500th F9 launch since the rocket's debut in 2019, the 83rd flight so far this year and the 61st Starlink flight of '25
William Harwood @rocketksc.bsky.socialF9/Starlink 10-25: 1st stage booster B1067, making a record 29th flight, landed on a down-range droneship to chalk up SpaceX's 382nd recovery at sea and its 472nd overall; Starlink deploy is expected at 3:32am EDT (0732 UTC) after a second firing of the Falcon 9's 2nd stage engine
UPDATED JULY 3, 2025...FALCON 9The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on July 8 at 1:48-5:48 a.m. EDT. Upcoming launches are TBD. A Falcon 9 will launch the mPOWER 9 & 10 communication satellites for SES from pad 40 on TBD. A Falcon 9 will launch the next crew of four to the ISS, Crew-11, from pad 39A on late July around 1 p.m. EDT. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch.VULCAN & ATLAS VThe next United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket will launch USSF-106 for the U.S. Space Force on TBD.NEW GLENNThe second flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is scheduled for TBD.
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., July 3, 2025 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] has been awarded a $2.8B contract for the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications (ESS) program, the space-based component of the U.S. nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) architecture. The initial contract is for two satellites, with options for two more in the future.“It’s a critical time to advance U.S. space capabilities to ensure peace through strength,” said Cordell DeLaPena, the U.S. Space Force Program Executive Officer for the Military Communications and Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Directorate. “The strategic communication mission requires protection, power and always-available capability, even through adversary attempts to interrupt our connectivity. These satellites will provide connectivity from space as part of a refreshed NC3 architecture for our nation.”The ESS space vehicles will provide increased capacity, flexibility, reliability and resilience compared to the strategic communications satellites currently on orbit. Since 2020, Boeing has been executing technical maturation and risk reduction under a rapid prototyping contract for the U.S. Space Force.“The U.S. needs a strategic national security architecture that works without fail, with the highest level of protection and capability,” said Kay Sears, vice president and general manager of Boeing Space, Intelligence and Weapon Systems. “We designed an innovative system to provide guaranteed communication to address an evolving threat environment in space.”Boeing’s ESS solution is underpinned by technology the company has developed for the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS)-11 and WGS-12 satellites and has already proven on-orbit aboard the commercial O3b mPOWER constellation. Building on these developments, this strategic military communications satellite constellation will be equipped with flexible and resilient signals to protect against interruption or interception.“This win validates all the investments and innovations we’ve made in our satellite technology, creating a technically mature and low-risk offering for the government,” said Michelle Parker, vice president of Boeing Space Mission Systems. “We scaled our production capacity, invested in our team, hired cleared talent, and assembled hot production lines to make sure that we can hit the ground running from day one. We are committed to delivering this critical capability to meet the strategic need.”When deployed in geostationary orbit – about 22,000 miles or 35,700 km from the Earth’s surface – ESS will provide persistent coverage to strategic warfighters worldwide. The spacecraft will leverage a highly protected waveform and classified technologies developed in partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense.Boeing is set to deliver the first of two space vehicles by 2031.
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Starlink G10-28 Pre-LaunchDerived from a pre-launch Starlink-G10-28 state vector, provided by SpaceX. SupGP data is provided for the entire stack, as well as one for a single satellite.Launch: 2025-07-08 05:48:00 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-08 06:52:11.110 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-08 05:48:00 UTC to 2025-07-08 09:48:00 UTC.
Starlink G10-28 Pre-LaunchDerived from a pre-launch Starlink-G10-28 state vector, provided by SpaceX. SupGP data is provided for the entire stack, as well as one for a single satellite.Launch: 2025-07-08 05:48:00 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-08 06:52:11.110 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-08 05:48:00 UTC to 2025-07-08 05:57:09 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #1Launch: 2025-07-08 06:03:50 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-08 07:08:01.110 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-08 06:03:50 UTC to 2025-07-08 06:09:59 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #2Launch: 2025-07-08 06:20:00 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-08 07:24:11.110 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-08 06:20:00 UTC to 2025-07-08 06:38:39 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #3Launch: 2025-07-08 06:38:40 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-08 07:42:51.110 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-08 06:38:40 UTC to 2025-07-08 06:40:29 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #4Launch: 2025-07-08 06:46:20 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-08 07:50:31.110 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-08 06:46:20 UTC to 2025-07-08 06:48:39 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #5Launch: 2025-07-08 07:29:20 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-08 08:33:31.110 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-08 07:29:20 UTC to 2025-07-08 07:30:29 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #6Launch: 2025-07-08 07:37:10 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-08 08:41:21.110 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-08 07:37:10 UTC to 2025-07-08 07:39:19 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #7Launch: 2025-07-08 07:39:20 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-08 08:43:31.110 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-08 07:39:20 UTC to 2025-07-08 07:44:49 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #8Launch: 2025-07-08 07:55:50 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-08 09:00:01.110 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-08 07:55:50 UTC to 2025-07-08 08:14:49 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #9Launch: 2025-07-08 08:21:00 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-08 09:25:11.110 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-08 08:21:00 UTC to 2025-07-08 08:22:09 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #10Launch: 2025-07-08 08:28:40 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-08 09:32:51.110 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-08 08:28:40 UTC to 2025-07-08 08:29:49 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #11Launch: 2025-07-08 08:29:50 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-08 09:34:01.110 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-08 08:29:50 UTC to 2025-07-08 08:44:59 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #12Launch: 2025-07-08 08:45:00 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-08 09:49:11.110 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-08 08:45:00 UTC to 2025-07-08 08:56:29 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #13Launch: 2025-07-08 08:57:40 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-08 10:01:51.110 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-08 08:57:40 UTC to 2025-07-08 09:04:09 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #14Launch: 2025-07-08 09:11:00 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-08 10:15:11.110 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-08 09:11:00 UTC to 2025-07-08 09:20:29 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #15Launch: 2025-07-08 09:20:30 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-08 10:24:41.110 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-08 09:20:30 UTC to 2025-07-08 09:20:59 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #16Launch: 2025-07-08 09:32:20 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-08 10:36:31.110 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-08 09:32:20 UTC to 2025-07-08 09:35:39 UTC. Backup Launch Opportunity #17Launch: 2025-07-08 09:35:40 UTC.Deploy: 2025-07-08 10:39:51.110 UTC.Launch window: 2025-07-08 09:35:40 UTC to 2025-07-08 09:47:59 UTC.
SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, July 8 for a Falcon 9 launch of 28 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 4:21 a.m. ET, with backup opportunities available until 5:47 a.m. ET. If needed, additional launch opportunities are also available on Wednesday, July 9 starting at 1:26 a.m. ET.A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the new X TV app.This will be the 22nd flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-5, GPS III Space Vehicle 06, Inmarsat I6-F2, CRS-28, Intelsat G-37, NG-20, TD7, and 14 Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
2027Rideshare:TBD - Ultrasat (GEO) - NSSL 3 - Canaveral
ULTRASAT is a scientific satellite that is planned to be launched to GEO orbit in Q4 2027.[...]The launch (as a secondary payload) will be provided by NASA.
ULTRASAT will be launched to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) and then self-perform GTO-GEO transfer to acquire its final Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) position. It is planned for a minimum 3-year mission operation, with sufficient propellant for a 6-year science mission.
2025NET August 15 - EscaPADE A, EscaPADE B (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) [SIMPLEx program], DarkSky-1 (DS-1), DarkSky-2 (DS-2), UFO-Odyssey, ELaNa 42: DARLA, OrCa2, R5-S3, R5-S5, TechEdSat-16 - New Glenn NG-2 (GS1-SN002 Jacklyn LPV1) - Canaveral SLC-36B2026NET H1 - STP-S30: DISKSat 1, DISKSat 2, DISKSat 3, DISKSat 4 - Electron/Kick Stage - MARS LA-0C (LC-2)
Realizing Rapid, Reduced-cost high-Risk Research (R5) R5 (S3/S5): Launch is anticipated NET October 2025DiskSatLaunch is anticipated no earlier than December 2025