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The next space launch, retrieved from our 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

• [2026-07-18 05:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Vikram-I | Demo Flight from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India.
• [2026-07-20 14:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-39 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-07-21 21:15:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | MRV-1 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-07-22 02:44:00 UTC] 🟩 Gravity-1 | Unknown Payload from Haiyang Oriental Spaceport.
• [2026-07-23 11:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Long March 3B/E | Unknown Payload from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-07-24 11:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Long March 8A | Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-07-24 14:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-51 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-07-28 02:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-52 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-07-31 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Electron | LOXSAT 1 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.
• [2026-07-31 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Electron | StriX Launch 11 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.

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