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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Long March 8A | Unknown Payload. It is scheduled to be launched by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation from Commercial LC-1, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China at 2026-08-04 08:44:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 12 out of 69 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.

• [2026-08-04 08:44:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 8A | Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-08-04 14:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-53 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-08-05 02:27:00 UTC] 🟩 Smart Dragon 3 | Unknown Payload from Haiyang Oriental Spaceport.
• [2026-08-05 07:42:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | BlueBird 11-13 (Block 2 #6-8) from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-08-06 19:30:00 UTC] 🟩 H3-22 | Michibiki 7 (QZS-7) from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.
• [2026-08-08 14:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-38 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-08-09 11:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Long March 7A | Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-08-10 14:49:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-19 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-08-12 02:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-49 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-08-17 02:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Long March 12 | Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.

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