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New Glenn | BlueBird Block 2 #2
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April 19, 2026, 10:45 a.m.
Communications
AST SpaceMobile’s Block 2 BlueBird satellites are designed to deliver up to 10 times the bandwidth capacity of the BlueBird Block 1 satellites, required to achieve 24/7 continuous cellular broadband service coverage in the United States, with beams designed to support a capacity of up to 40 MHz, enabling peak data transmission speeds up to 120 Mbps, supporting voice, full data and video applications. The Block 2 BlueBirds, featuring as large as 2400 square foot communications arrays, will be the largest satellites ever commercially deployed in Low Earth orbit once launched. This launch will feature 1 satellite, BlueBird 7/BlueBird Block …
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Apr 19, 2026
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-22
Low Earth Orbit Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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Apr 20, 2026
Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV10
Medium Earth Orbit Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Tenth of ten GPS III missions.
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Upcoming Events
Spacecraft Undocking
April 20, 2026
Progress MS-32 Undocking
International Space StationThe Progress MS-32 spacecraft will undock from the Zvezda module of the International Space Station. It will then de-orbit and burn up in the atmosphere.
Press Event
April 21, 2026
Roman Telescope Unveiling News Conference
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USANASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope recently completed construction and is wrapping up prelaunch testing. NASA participants in this briefing include: - NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman - Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington - Jamie Dunn, Roman telescope project manager, NASA Goddard - Julie McEnery, Roman …
EVA
April 30, 2026
US EVA-95
International Space StationTwo astronauts will replace a high-definition camera on camera port 3, install a new navigational aid for visiting spacecraft, called a planar reflector, on the Harmony module’s forward port, and relocate an early ammonia servicer jumper — a flexible hose assembly that connects parts of a fluid system — along …
Flyby
July 31, 2026
Hayabusa2 S-Type Asteroid (98943) Torifune Flyby
(98943) TorifuneAs part of its mission extension, JAXA's Hayabusa2 spacecraft will observe S-type asteroid (98943) Torifune during a high-speed fly-by.
Long March 4C
Daqi-2 (AEMS)
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaDaqi-2 (DQ-2), also known as the Atmospheric Environment Monitoring Satellite/AEMS, is the second of follow-on series of Chinese satellites to the GF…
Soyuz 2.1b/Volga
Kosmos (Unknown Payload)
43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationUnknown satellite(s) for the Russian military.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 17-27
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 10-24
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Kinetica 1
8 x Jilin-1
Launch Area 130 - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China8 Earth observation satellites for the Jilin-1 commercial Earth observation satellites constellation: * High Resolution-07A 02-04 * High Resoluti…
Falcon 9
Cygnus CRS-2 NG-24 (S.S. Steven R. Nagel)
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAThis is the 24th flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 23rd flight to the International Space Station under the Com…
Smart Dragon 3
SatNet test satellite
South China Sea (launch location 3) - Haiyang Oriental SpaceportOfficially described as "Satellite-Internet Technology Demonstration Satellite". Probable 1 (?) test satellite for the Chinese state-owned LEO commun…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 17-21
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Long March 6A
SatNet LEO Group 21
Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaA batch of 5 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.…
Long March 8
SpaceSail Polar Group 07
Commercial LC-1 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China18 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies with…
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Webinar 4/29: NASA CSDA Program Vendor Focus- MDA Space
Join us April 29 at 2:00 p.m. EDT to learn more about CSDA program vendor MDA Space.
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