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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Kinetica 1 | Unknown Payload. It is scheduled to be launched by CAS Space from Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China at 2026-05-15 04:24:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 12 out of 283 launches from this location. The launch status is currently Go 🟩 . The mission type is Unknown and the payload will be injected into an Unknown (N/A).

Details TBD.

• [2026-05-15 04:24:00 UTC] 🟩 Kinetica 1 | Unknown Payload from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-05-15 14:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-37 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-05-15 22:05:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-34 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-05-17 14:34:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 8 | Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-05-19 02:11:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-42 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-05-19 03:52:00 UTC] 🟩 Vega-C | Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
• [2026-05-19 22:30:00 UTC] 🟩 Starship | Flight 12 from SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA.
• [2026-05-20 05:00:00 UTC] 🟨 South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV | Demo Flight from Sea Launch.
• [2026-05-20 11:54:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Globalstar 2-R Mission 1 (x 9) from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-05-21 03:15:00 UTC] 🟨 GSLV Mk II | GISAT-1A (EOS-05) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India.

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