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
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-22. It is scheduled to be launched by SpaceX
from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
at 2026-04-18 14:00:00 UTC. Until
then, this pad will have been used for 260
out of 876 launches from this location. The launch status is currently
Go 🟩 . The mission type is
Communications and the payload will be injected
into a Low Earth Orbit
(LEO).
A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
| NET | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| [2026-04-18 14:00:00 UTC] | 🟩 Go for Launch | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-22 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA to LEO. |
| [2026-04-19 10:45:00 UTC] | 🟩 Go for Launch | New Glenn | BlueBird Block 2 #2 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA to LEO. |
| [2026-04-20 06:57:00 UTC] | 🟩 Go for Launch | Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV10 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA to MEO. |
| [2026-04-22 00:00:00 UTC] | 🟩 Go for Launch | HASTE | Bubbles from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA to Sub. |
| [2026-04-22 02:00:00 UTC] | 🟩 Go for Launch | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-14 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA to LEO. |
| [2026-04-23 03:09:00 UTC] | 🟩 Go for Launch |  Electron | Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand to SSO. |
| [2026-04-25 05:00:00 UTC] | 🟩 Go for Launch |  South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV | Demo Flight from Sea Launch to LEO. |
| [2026-04-25 14:00:00 UTC] | 🟩 Go for Launch | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-16 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA to LEO. |
| [2026-04-25 22:21:00 UTC] | 🟨 To Be Confirmed |  Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-34 (95P) from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan to LEO. |
| [2026-04-27 00:00:00 UTC] | 🟧 To Be Determined | Atlas V 551 | Amazon Leo (LA-06) from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA to LEO. |
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