{"meta":{"section":"launches","title":"Space launches","updated":"2026-11-14T01:32:15.055Z","stale":false,"headline":{"value":"5","label":"rocket launches in the next 7 days","detail":"Next: The Mountain God Rises (iQPS Launch 10), in 3 h 57 min. 16,895 satellites in orbit right now.","count":"5","spark":[3.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,2.0,0.0,1.0],"spark_kind":"bar"},"generated":"2026-11-14T01:32:15.055Z"},"launches":[{"id":"0f867f0c-5422-4d44-93b8-d7faaae7019b","name":"Starship | Starlink Group 31-2 (Starship Flight 15)","mission":"Starlink Group 31-2 (Starship Flight 15)","status":"In Flight","status_name":"Launch in Flight","net":"2026-11-13T22:47:36Z","end":"2026-11-14T00:00:00Z","precision":"SEC","provider":"SpaceX","rocket":"Starship V3","pad":"Orbital Launch Pad 2","location":"SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA","cc":"USA","orbit":"Low Earth Orbit","kind":"","desc":"15th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle and 4th flight of Starship V3. Second Starship flight to deploy satellites (a group of Starlink satellites known as Starlink Group 31-2) into stable Low Earth Orbit and first ever to attempt returning the Starship 2nd stage back to the launch site.\r\n\r\nThe ship is expected to fly at an altitude approximately 275 km above Earth and complete approximately 14 orbits around the planet for more than 22 hours, with the ship expected to attempt returning back to Starbase, Texas on its launch pad by pad arms catching.\r\n\r\nThe booster’s primary test objective on Flight 15 will be executing a successful launch, ascent, stage separation, boostback burn, and landing by pad arms catching. This will also be the 1st Starship V3 booster to attempt returning to its launch site.\r\n\r\nStarship will deliver 26 Starlink V3 satellites to orbit for the second time, which aim to greatly expand the network's capacity and user speeds. Each Starlink V3 satellite will add 1 Tbps of capacity to the constellation. 3 of the satellites have been modified with a suite of cameras to scan Starship’s heatshield and transmit imagery down to operators.","webcast":true},{"id":"bff2fc91-eddd-4dfc-af26-ac0674cfab4d","name":"Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | MKA Kinosputnik, KOEN and others","mission":"MKA Kinosputnik, KOEN and others","status":"Go","status_name":"Go for Launch","net":"2026-11-14T01:16:00Z","end":"2026-11-14T01:50:00Z","precision":"MIN","provider":"Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)","rocket":"Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M","pad":"Cosmodrome Site 1S","location":"Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation","cc":"RUS","orbit":"Sun-Synchronous Orbit","kind":"","desc":"Share-ride of multiple satellites, including dual-use optical Earth observation satellites and drone-guiding satellites:\r\n\r\n* MKA Kinosputnik\r\n* KOEN, KA MT-LAB\r\n* NPO Kaisant 6U cubesat with a Germes modem\r\n* NPO Kaisant 16U cubesat with Gonets modems","webcast":false},{"id":"db3500ac-965b-4ad8-b417-cb8d8d005586","name":"Electron | The Mountain God Rises (iQPS Launch 10)","mission":"The Mountain God Rises (iQPS Launch 10)","status":"Go","status_name":"Go for Launch","net":"2026-11-14T05:30:00Z","end":"2026-11-14T05:30:00Z","precision":"MIN","provider":"Rocket Lab","rocket":"Electron","pad":"Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A","location":"Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand","cc":"NZL","orbit":"Low Earth Orbit","kind":"","desc":"Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.","webcast":false},{"id":"ef9850ad-1096-425b-9d27-f7bbd186e61a","name":"Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo (LV-01)","mission":"Amazon Leo (LV-01)","status":"Go","status_name":"Go for Launch","net":"2026-11-14T17:32:30Z","end":"2026-11-14T18:01:00Z","precision":"SEC","provider":"United Launch Alliance","rocket":"Vulcan VC6L","pad":"Space Launch Complex 41","location":"Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA","cc":"USA","orbit":"Low Earth Orbit","kind":"","desc":"Amazon Leo, formerly known as 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. 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