July 2026 – Spaceflight Now

Live coverage: Fire detectors, military tech demos, 3D printers among SpaceX rideshare payloads launching on midnight Falcon 9 flight

July 6, 2026 Will Robinson-Smith

SpaceX will launch a series of 81 payloads to a Sun-synchronous Earth orbit over a roughly 2.5-hour-long deployment period. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled during a 95-minute window that opens at 12:10 a.m. PDT (0310 EDT / 0710 UTC).

Semiconductor manufacturing test bed flies alongside Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 launch

July 4, 2026 Steven Young

Liftoff of the Starlink 10-50 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 happened at 6:50 a.m. EDT (1050 UTC). The rocket’s first-stage booster carried two semiconductor manufacturing pods for Besxar Space Industries.

ULA launches final Atlas 5 rocket supporting Amazon Leo’s broadband internet satellite constellation

July 1, 2026 Will Robinson-Smith

The Leo Atlas 8 mission was also the final flight of an Atlas 5 551 configuration. Liftoff from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 12:30:15 a.m. EDT (0430:15 UTC).

SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB

July 1, 2026 Will Robinson-Smith

The Starlink 17-46 mission flew on the 77th Falcon 9 rocket launch of the year. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base happened at 7:58 p.m. PDT (10:58 p.m. EDT / 0258 UTC).