Major US Launches this Week: Upcoming: • TUE 10:00 pm CA Falcon9 Starlink • THU 3:09 am FL Falcon9 NROL • SAT 10:00 am CA Falcon9 Starlink - TBS NZ Electron LOXSAT - TBS NZ Electron StriX - TBS NZ Electron iQPS ______ Updated: 26 JUL / 1700 (all times US Eastern) Last week
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
Stuff That’s Hard to Do (5-11 Jul)
Major US Launches this Week: • SUN am FL Falcon9 Starlink ★ TUE am CA Falcon9 Transporter Rideshare • THU am FL Falcon9 Starlink (booster's 36th mission) • FRI pm CA Falcon9 Starlink ______ Updated: 10 JUL / 2330 (all times US Eastern) Last week - FRI Japan enters the arena
• THU Falcon9 launch jellyfishIt's the Japanese Starhopper!! 😍 pic.twitter.com/eyan7hf9AI
— Chris Combs (iterative design enjoyer) (@DrChrisCombs) July 11, 2026- FRI First dry landing of China's re-useable Long March 10BThis morning's Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida produced a prominent jellyfish effect and was seen up the eastern U.S. coast pic.twitter.com/0qW7JdxYbv
— John Kraus (@johnkrausphotos) July 9, 2026
Catching footage pic.twitter.com/WzUsddYEdT
— Ace of Razgriz (@raz_liu) July 10, 2026
Commies is Back
Another collection on a theme,
this time over a number of years.
