My name is Caleb Jones and i'm a Software Engineer in Test with years of experience as QA Engineer. I'm from Atlanta, Georgia and i'm currently working at Magnet Forensics. I'm a Founder and Board Member of The Space Devs and I'm the Founder and Developer of Space Launch Now a popular mobile application for tracking spaceflight events!
This is my main side project, a spaceflight tracker for Android and iOS using data from The Space Devs - Launch Library API. It was first launched in 2016 as the first quality spaceflight even tracking mobile app at a time where renewed public focus was being brought in thanks to the efforts of SpaceX. The project is very mature now with a robust CI/CD pipeline, backend services for GCM, Twitter/Instagram bots and other various services all running on a Digital Ocean hosted kubernetes cluster.
Interested in checking it out? App store links available here!
The Space Devs is a group of space enthusiast developers working on a range of services, united in a common goal to improve public knowledge and accessibility of spaceflight information. We aim to bring space app developers together into a thriving community by providing helpful data and tools, accessible to everyone for free.
The next space launch, retrieved from The Space Devs
Launch Library 2 API, is
Vikram-I | Demo Flight. It is scheduled to be launched by Skyroot Aerospace
from Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
at 2026-07-18 05:00:00 UTC. Until
then, this pad will have been used for 63
out of 103 launches from this location. The launch status is currently
Go 🟩 . The mission type is
Test Flight and the payload will be injected
into a Low Earth Orbit
(LEO).
First launch of Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-I launch vehicle.This first launch will carry 4 payloads:
- Grahaa Space's SOLARAS S3 satellite
- Cosmoserve Space's in-orbit robotic arm Embrace
- An in-orbit demonstration from DCUBED
- Skyroot's own SCOPE satellite
| NET | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| [2026-07-18 05:00:00 UTC] | 🟩 Go for Launch | Vikram-I | Demo Flight from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India to LEO. |
| [2026-07-20 14:00:00 UTC] | 🟩 Go for Launch |  Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-39 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA to LEO. |
| [2026-07-21 21:15:00 UTC] | 🟩 Go for Launch | Falcon 9 Block 5 | MRV-1 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA to GTO. |
| [2026-07-22 02:44:00 UTC] | 🟩 Go for Launch |  Gravity-1 | Unknown Payload from Haiyang Oriental Spaceport to N/A. |
| [2026-07-23 11:52:00 UTC] | 🟩 Go for Launch | Long March 3B/E | Unknown Payload from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China to N/A. |
| [2026-07-24 02:00:00 UTC] | 🟨 To Be Confirmed | Kinetica 1 | Unknown Payload from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China to N/A. |
| [2026-07-24 11:00:00 UTC] | 🟨 To Be Confirmed | Long March 8A | Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China to N/A. |
| [2026-07-24 14:00:00 UTC] | 🟩 Go for Launch | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-51 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA to LEO. |
| [2026-07-28 02:00:00 UTC] | 🟩 Go for Launch | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-52 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA to LEO. |
| [2026-07-31 00:00:00 UTC] | 🟧 To Be Determined |  Electron | LOXSAT 1 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand to LEO. |
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