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Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?

By Josh Dinner, Tariq Malik last updated

Follow Space.com's rocket launch blog for the latest on when the next rocket launch will be and how to follow it live.

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a white and black rocket lifts off from an ocean-side launch pad into a blue sky

SpaceX sends 24 Starlink satellites into orbit on 100th Falcon 9 launch of the year (video)

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Monday (Aug. 18). It was the company's 100th Falcon 9 launch of the year.

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Canada's NordSpace begins construction on orbital spaceport. When will it open for launches?

By Josh Dinner last updated

NordSpace begins building its new orbital spaceport on the Canada's east coast, as the company prepares for its first suborbital rocket launch.

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The world's largest rocket launches into a blue sky on SpaceX's Flight 7.

SpaceX Starship Flight 10 launch: Live updates

By Tariq Malik, Josh Dinner last updated

Read the latest news about SpaceX's Starship megarocket test flights, launches, photos and more.

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SpaceX's Starship megarocket launches on its ninth-ever test flight on May 27, 2025.

SpaceX aims to launch Starship Flight 10 test flight on Aug. 24

By Josh Dinner published

SpaceX is targeting Aug. 24 for the 10th Flight Test for its Starship rocket, following delays from a pad accident and May's failed mission.

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An artist's illustration of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket in flight.

Blue Origin's 2nd New Glenn rocket launch will fly twin NASA Mars probes to space on Sep. 29

By Josh Dinner published

Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket will launch NASA's ESCAPADE Mars mission no earlier than (NET) Sep. 29.

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Three people wearing blue clean suits and hair nets with purple gloves stand next to a crate of metal drums in a cleanroom.

Russia to launch 75 mice, 1,000 fruit flies on Aug. 20 to study spaceflight effects

By Leonard David published

Russia is readying its Bion-M No. 2 biosatellite for a planned Aug. 20 launch. The mission will send 75 mice and other specimens on a monthlong mission to Earth orbit.

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a white and black rocket lifts off into a bright blue sky leaving a large white plume in its wake

SpaceX sends 28 more Starlink satellites into orbit on Falcon 9 flight from Florida (video)

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Florida on Thursday morning (Aug. 14), carrying 28 Starlink broadband satellites into low Earth orbit.

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a downward-facing camera mounted on a rocket captures the booster's thrust as it climbs to space

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from California with new batch of Starlink satellites (video)

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 24 Starlink internet satellites into low Earth orbit after lifting off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Aug. 14, 2025.

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A Chinese Long March 5B rocket launches the eighth batch of satellites for the Guowang internet megaconstellation from Hainan island on Aug. 13, 2025.

China launches 8th batch of satellites for 13,000-strong internet megaconstellation (video)

By Mike Wall published

A Long March 5B rocket launched the eighth batch of satellites for China's Guowang broadband network on Wednesday (Aug. 13). It was the fourth Guowang launch in less than three weeks.

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