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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Electron | Viva La StriX (StriX Launch 9). It is scheduled to be launched by Rocket Lab from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand at 2026-05-22 09:30:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 35 out of 75 launches from this location. The launch status is currently Go 🟩 . The mission type is Earth Science and the payload will be injected into a Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.

• [2026-05-22 09:30:00 UTC] 🟩 Electron | Viva La StriX (StriX Launch 9) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.
• [2026-05-22 22:30:00 UTC] 🟩 Starship | Flight 12 from SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA.
• [2026-05-24 14:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-37 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-05-24 14:58:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou 23 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-05-25 11:41:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-47 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-05-26 16:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Long March 7A | Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-05-28 14:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-41 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-05-29 11:52:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-53 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-05-29 23:33:00 UTC] 🟩 Atlas V 551 | Amazon Leo (LA-07) from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-05-31 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 GSLV Mk II | GISAT-1A (EOS-05) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India.

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