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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-172. It is scheduled to be launched by SpaceX from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA at 2026-05-11 22:28:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 266 out of 882 launches from this location. The launch status is currently Go 🟩 . The mission type is Government/Top Secret and the payload will be injected into an Unknown (N/A).

Thirteenth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.

• [2026-05-11 22:28:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-172 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-05-12 11:49:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 6A | Unknown Payload from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-05-12 23:16:36 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-34 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-05-13 02:52:00 UTC] 🟩 Zhuque-2E | Unknown Payload from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [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 22:30:00 UTC] 🟨 Starship | Flight 12 from SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA.
• [2026-05-17 12:50:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Globalstar 2-R Mission 1 (x 9) 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.

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