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⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch in Flight

🛰️ Mission: NS-31 [Tourism]
🕒 Launched on: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:30:00 UTC 
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle has lifted off from the launchpad.
🚀 Launcher: New Shepard
🏗️ Launch Provider: Blue Origin → [4 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch at Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA 🇺🇸

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
NS-31 is the 11th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 31st in its history.

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: NROL-174
🚀 Launcher: Minotaur IV
🕒 Scheduled for: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 19:00:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: Northrop Grumman Space Systems → [1 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 8 at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA 🇺🇸

📡 Mission Description:
Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: NS-31
🚀 Launcher: New Shepard
🕒 Scheduled for: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:30:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: Blue Origin → [4 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch at Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA 🇺🇸

📡 Mission Description:
NS-31 is the 11th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 31st in its history.

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch in Flight

🛰️ Mission: Starlink Group 6-73 [Communications]
🕒 Launched on: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 4:00:10 UTC 
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle has lifted off from the launchpad.
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [45 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA 🇺🇸

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Starlink Group 6-73
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🕒 Scheduled for: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 1:59:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [45 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA 🇺🇸

📡 Mission Description:
A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch in Flight

🛰️ Mission: Starlink Group 12-17 [Communications]
🕒 Launched on: Sun, 13 Apr 2025 0:53:30 UTC 
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle has lifted off from the launchpad.
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [44 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA 🇺🇸

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch in Flight

🛰️ Mission: NROL-192 [Government/Top Secret]
🕒 Launched on: Sat, 12 Apr 2025 12:25:00 UTC 
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle has lifted off from the launchpad.
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [43 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA 🇺🇸

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
Ninth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Starlink Group 12-17
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🕒 Scheduled for: Sun, 13 Apr 2025 0:53:30 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [44 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA 🇺🇸

📡 Mission Description:
A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: NROL-192
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🕒 Scheduled for: Sat, 12 Apr 2025 12:25:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [43 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA 🇺🇸

📡 Mission Description:
Ninth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Starlink Group 12-17
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🕒 Scheduled for: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 5:24:20 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [43 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA 🇺🇸

📡 Mission Description:
A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Go for Launch

🛰️ Mission: Unknown Payload [Unknown]
🕒 Launched on: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:45:00 UTC 
☄️ Status: Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🚀 Launcher: Long March 3B/E
🏗️ Launch Provider: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation → [15 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) at Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China 🇨🇳

📡 Mission Description:
Details TBD.

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Unknown Payload
🚀 Launcher: Long March 3B/E
🕒 Scheduled for: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:45:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation → [15 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) at Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China 🇨🇳

📡 Mission Description:
Details TBD.

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Project Kuiper (KA-01)
🚀 Launcher: Atlas V 551
🕒 Scheduled for: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 23:40:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: United Launch Alliance → [1 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA 🇺🇸

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
Project Kuiper is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude.

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch Successful

🛰️ Mission: Soyuz MS-27 [Human Exploration]
🕒 Launched on: Tue, 8 Apr 2025 5:47:15 UTC 
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
🚀 Launcher: Soyuz 2.1a
🏗️ Launch Provider: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) → [2 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: 31/6 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan 🇰🇿

📡 Mission Description:
Soyuz MS-27 will carry two cosmonauts and one astronaut to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The crew consists of Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov, Alexey Zubritsky, and NASA astronaut Jonathan "Jonny" Kim.

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: On Hold

🛰️ Mission: Project Kuiper (KA-01) [Communications]
🕒 Launched on: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 23:00:00 UTC 
☄️ Status: The countdown has been paused, but the launch can still happen within the launch window.
🚀 Launcher: Atlas V 551
🏗️ Launch Provider: United Launch Alliance → [1 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA 🇺🇸

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
Project Kuiper is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude.

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Unknown Payload
🚀 Launcher: Long March 3B/E
🕒 Scheduled for: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:45:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation → [15 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) at Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China 🇨🇳

📡 Mission Description:
Details TBD.

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Project Kuiper (KA-01)
🚀 Launcher: Atlas V 551
🕒 Scheduled for: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 23:00:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: United Launch Alliance → [1 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA 🇺🇸

📡 Mission Description:
Project Kuiper is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude.

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Go for Launch

🛰️ Mission: Soyuz MS-27 [Human Exploration]
🕒 Launched on: Tue, 8 Apr 2025 5:47:15 UTC 
☄️ Status: Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🚀 Launcher: Soyuz 2.1a
🏗️ Launch Provider: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) → [2 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: 31/6 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan 🇰🇿

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
Soyuz MS-27 will carry two cosmonauts and one astronaut to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The crew consists of Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov, Alexey Zubritsky, and NASA astronaut Jonathan "Jonny" Kim.

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Soyuz MS-27
🚀 Launcher: Soyuz 2.1a
🕒 Scheduled for: Tue, 8 Apr 2025 5:47:15 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) → [2 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: 31/6 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan 🇰🇿

📡 Mission Description:
Soyuz MS-27 will carry two cosmonauts and one astronaut to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The crew consists of Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov, Alexey Zubritsky, and NASA astronaut Jonathan "Jonny" Kim.

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch in Flight

🛰️ Mission: Starlink Group 11-11 [Communications]
🕒 Launched on: Mon, 7 Apr 2025 23:06:10 UTC 
☄️ Status: The launch vehicle has lifted off from the launchpad.
🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5
🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [42 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA 🇺🇸

📺 Watch Live: 1

📡 Mission Description:
A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.