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 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A. It is scheduled to be launched by SpaceX
from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
at 2026-10-05 08:17:21 UTC. Until
then, this pad will have been used for 300
out of 916 launches from this location. The launch status is currently
Go 🟩 . The mission type is
Government/Top Secret and the payload will be injected
into a Polar Orbit
(PO).
Tranche 1 Transport Layer A is one of six missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer constellation, which will provide assured, resilient, low-latency military data and connectivity worldwide to the full range of warfighter platforms from Low Earth Orbit satellites.The constellation will be interconnected with Optical Inter-Satellite Links (OISLs) which have significantly increased performance over existing radio frequency crosslinks. It is expected to operate over Ka band, have stereo coverage and be dynamically networked for simpler hand-offs, greater bandwidth and fault tolerance.
This launch carries 21 satellites manufactured by Northrop Grumman.
| NET | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| [2026-10-05 08:17:21 UTC] | 🟩 Go for Launch | Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA to PO. |
| [2026-10-07 03:23:00 UTC] | 🟩 Go for Launch |  Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 from Naro Space Center, South Korea to SSO. |
| [2026-10-09 19:20:00 UTC] | 🟩 Go for Launch |  Long March 12 | Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China to N/A. |
| [2026-10-10 23:00:00 UTC] | 🟩 Go for Launch | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-25 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA to LEO. |
| [2026-10-13 10:33:44 UTC] | 🟩 Go for Launch | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-35 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA to LEO. |
| [2026-10-19 19:41:03 UTC] | 🟩 Go for Launch |  H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX) from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan to Mars. |
| [2026-10-31 00:00:00 UTC] | 🟧 To Be Determined |  Ariane 64 Block 2 | Amazon Leo (LE-04) from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana to LEO. |
| [2026-10-31 00:00:00 UTC] | 🟧 To Be Determined | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare) from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA to LEO. |
| [2026-10-31 00:00:00 UTC] | 🟧 To Be Determined |  GSLV Mk II | IRNSS-1L (NVS-03) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India to GTO. |
| [2026-10-31 00:00:00 UTC] | 🟧 To Be Determined | Long March 12A | Flight 2 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China to LEO. |
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