Mission Reports – Spaceflight Now

July 8, 2026

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[ July 4, 2026 ] Semiconductor manufacturing test bed flies alongside Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 launch Falcon 9
[ July 1, 2026 ] SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB Falcon 9
[ June 30, 2026 ] Astronauts ‘operate’ on space station’s broken robot arm Mission Reports
[ June 30, 2026 ] Blue Origin outlines return to flight logistics for its New Glenn rockets Moon Base
[ June 28, 2026 ] SpaceX launches 7.5-ton SiriusXM satellite as part of constellation refresh Falcon 9

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

July 6, 2026 Will Robinson-Smith

SpaceX launched 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 happened at 12:12 a.m. PDT (0312 EDT / 0712 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).

Astronauts ‘operate’ on space station’s broken robot arm

June 30, 2026 William Harwood

On May 27, flight controllers at the Johnson Space Center in Houston noticed one of the Canadian-built arm’s seven joints was drawing more current than expected and not moving properly.

SpaceX launches 7.5-ton SiriusXM satellite as part of constellation refresh

June 28, 2026 Will Robinson-Smith

The SXM-11 satellite was built by Intuitive Machines and is more than 230-feet-tall. Liftoff on SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 10:25 p.m. EDT (0225 UTC).

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base

June 28, 2026 Will Robinson-Smith

The Starlink 17-40 mission will add another 24 broadband internet satellites to SpaceX’s low Earth orbit constellation. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base occurred at 9:09 a.m. PDT (12:09 p.m. EDT / 1609 UTC)

Next-gen astronaut Moon rovers aim for deployment ahead of Artemis 4 crew arrival

June 26, 2026 Will Robinson-Smith

On May 26, NASA selected two lunar terrain vehicle providers to create iterative versions of their prior LTV designs that can deploy to the Moon in more timely and cost-effective manner.

West Coast Falcon 9 launch continues expansion of SpaceX’s Starlink network

June 24, 2026 Steven Young

Liftoff of the Starlink 17-45 mission from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California occurred at 8:30 p.m. PDT (11:30 p.m. EDT / 0330 UTC).

NASA, Boeing committed to Starliner-1 launch despite unclear timeline

June 23, 2026 Will Robinson-Smith

The uncrewed flight of the spacecraft is still going through testing and analysis before NASA green lights a return to flight mission.