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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Kinetica 1 | Unknown Payload. It is scheduled to be launched by CAS Space from Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China at 2026-04-14 03:54:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 11 out of 281 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.

• [2026-04-14 03:54:00 UTC] 🟩 Kinetica 1 | Unknown Payload from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-04-14 06:13:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-24 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-04-15 02:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-27 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-04-17 04:02:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 2D | Unknown Payload from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-04-17 10:45:00 UTC] 🟨 New Glenn | BlueBird Block 2 #2 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-04-18 14:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-22 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-04-22 02:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-14 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-04-22 05:00:00 UTC] 🟨 South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV | Demo Flight from Sea Launch.
• [2026-04-23 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Electron | Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.
• [2026-04-25 22:21:00 UTC] 🟨 Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-34 (95P) from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan.

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