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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-74
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April 25, 2025, 1:52 a.m.
Communications
A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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Apr 27, 2025
Long March 3B/E | Unknown Payload
Unknown Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Details TBD.
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Apr 27, 2025
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-9
Low Earth Orbit Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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Upcoming Events
Press Event
April 28, 2025
Don Pettit Post-Flight News Conference
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USANASA astronaut Don Pettit will share details of his recent mission aboard the International Space Station. Pettit returned to Earth on April 19 (April 20, Kazakhstan time), along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner. Pettit celebrated his 70th birthday on April 20. He spent 220 days in space as an Expedition 71/72 flight engineer, bringing his career total to 590 days in space during four spaceflights. Pettit and his crewmates completed 3,520 orbits …
Spacecraft Landing
April 29, 2025
Shenzhou 19 Landing
Near Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, ChinaThe Shenzhou 19 Descent Capsule will land in the desert near Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China, bringing Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haozhe back to Earth after spending six months in orbit as part of the eighth mission to the Chinese Space Station.
EVA
May 01, 2025
US EVA-93
International Space StationNASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers will relocate a space station communications antennae and install a mounting bracket ahead of the installation of an additional set of International Space Station Rollout Solar Arrays, also called IROSA. The arrays will boost power generation capability by up to 30%, increasing the …
Moon Landing
June 05, 2025
Hakuto-R M2 Lunar Landing
Mare Frigoris, MoonJapanese company ispace's Hakuto-R Mission 2 lander will attempt a lunar landing in Mare Frigoris.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-74
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Long March 2
Shenzhou 20
Launch Area 4 (SLS-1 / 921) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaNinth crewed flight to the Chinese space station.
Falcon 9
Bandwagon 3 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USADedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
Falcon 9
Dragon CRS-2 SpX-32
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA32nd commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commer…
Falcon 9
NROL-145
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USATenth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to…
Long March 6A
Shiyan 27 01-06
Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaA group of 6 Chinese satellites reported to be for "space environment probing and other related technological testing". Actual usage not known.
Minotaur IV
NROL-174
Space Launch Complex 8 - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAClassified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
New Shepard
NS-31
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch - Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USANS-31 is the 11th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 31st in its history.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-73
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 12-17
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAA batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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