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What's Launching This Week

Transporter-17, two debut flights, and more Starlinks

Technicians in white cleanroom suits and hairnets guide a large satellite spacecraft as it is lifted by overhead rigging inside a high-bay cleanroom facility. The spacecraft's dense exterior — packed with wiring, electronics, and gold-foil-covered components — fills the upper half of the frame, while five workers standing around a metal work stand below steady and observe it.

What's Launching This Week

Swift Boost mission to launch on Tuesday

What's Launching This Week

SpaceX tests new vehicle, Swift gets a lift

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rises from its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, surrounded by a billowing cloud of white exhaust and a bright orange flame at the base. The rocket climbs vertically against a hazy blue-gray sky, flanked by four lightning rod towers. Launch infrastructure, including a yellow crane arm and concrete support structures, is visible at the bottom of the frame.

What's Launching This Week

SpaceX and Rocket Lab set for liftoff this week

What's Launching This Week

SpaceX, China set for busy launch week

What's Launching This Week

SMILE to give Earth’s magnetosphere its first X-ray

What's Launching This Week

SpaceX’s most powerful Starship yet is cleared for launch

What's Launching This Week

SpaceX keeps the pace, China sends cargo to its space station

What's Launching This Week

Cygnus heads to the ISS as SpaceX keeps up the pace

What's Launching This Week

Artemis 2 set to lift off Wednesday

What's Launching This Week

Rocket Lab launches ESA’s first step toward a new navigation constellation

What's Launching This Week

Europe’s Spectrum rocket returns to the skies with Onward and Upward