Major US Launches this Week: Upcoming: • TUE 10:26 am FL Falcon9 Starlink • TUE 10:00 pm CA Falcon9 Starlink • SAT 5:52 pm CA Falcon9 F-1 Classified LEO • SAT 9:12 pm FL Falcon9 Globalstar ______ Updated: 10 AUG / 2200 (all times US Eastern) Last week From the Hard-to-Do File: Chinese Long March 7A Monday (for those of you who wonder why MaxQ is noted on a trajectory)It's hard to tell how much the video screen footage is slowed down, but here's a rough attempt at syncing two views: pic.twitter.com/oXiHZNYglK
— Scott Manley (@DJSnM) August 10, 2026More detailed view
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Stuff That’s Hard to Do (2-8 Aug)
Major US Launches this Week: • TUE pm CA Falcon9 Starlink (Now that's the Vandenfog I remember) • WED am FL Falcon9 Bluebird (Stg-1's 30th) • SAT am CA Falcon9 Starlink (fog, Stg-1 cam inop, nice trajectory graphics) ______ Updated: 8 AUG / 1400 (all times US Eastern) Last week
Stuff That’s Hard to Do (26 Jul – 1 Aug)
Major US Launches this Week: • THU am FL Falcon9 NROL (RTLS) • FRI pm CA Falcon9 Starlink ______ Updated: 31 JUL / 2320 (all times US Eastern) Last week Space PrOn: (go full-screen)View of Starship in space from a Starlink V3 satellite on Flight 13.
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) July 31, 2026
This composite is made of imagery from four separate cameras on a single satellite. Six of the satellites were equipped with cameras to scan Starship’s heat shield and transmit imagery down to operators to… pic.twitter.com/sNTHHz5vLr
Stuff That’s Hard to Do (19-25 July)
Major US Launches this Week: • TUE am CA Falcon9 Starlink • TUE pm FL Falcon9 MRV (mission overview) ● FRI pm TX Starship (WOW!) • SAT am CA Falcon9 Starlink ______ Updated: 25 JUL / 1800 (all times US Eastern) Last week Launch:— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 25, 2026Starship Splashdown:Starship: (story says this is taken from ejected Starlink sat, but it looks more like it's from the booster)Splashdown confirmed! Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team on the 13th flight test of Starship! pic.twitter.com/g27YJCQgiN
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) July 24, 2026Starship as seen from Starlink satellites pic.twitter.com/e2hvfmnewh
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 25, 2026Close Call: (India, payload deployed)Damn, that’s another post ignition pad abort, the third in the last month. pic.twitter.com/Z1CRQSNU6N
— Scott Manley (@DJSnM) July 20, 2026Skyroot 3rd stage separation almost went like Falcon 1 flight 3 - I think their thrust decay was slower than expected. pic.twitter.com/mqduGxLFHX
— Scott Manley (@DJSnM) July 18, 2026
Stuff That’s Hard to Do (12-18 July)
Major US Launches this Week: • MON pm CA Falcon9 Starlink (nice evening shots with new hi-res cameras) • TUE am FL Falcon9 Starlink ★ THU pm CA Falcon9 SDA (clear day, nice landing vids) ______ Updated: 16 JUL / 2330 (all times US Eastern) Last week Rocket Pr0n (full-screen worthy)Archimedes second stage engine full duration burn - complete ✅ (and what a thing of beauty).
— Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) July 14, 2026
The AVac (Archimedes Vacuum) engine produces 1.2x lbf of its Stage 1 variant and stands ~2.5m taller thanks to its extended nozzle optimized for the vacuum conditions of space.
Recent… pic.twitter.com/zFb6cKNy1g
