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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Falcon 9 Block 5 | OTV-8 (X-37B) (USSF-36). It is scheduled to be launched by SpaceX from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA at 2025-08-22 03:40:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 211 out of 269 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 Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

Eighth flight of the X-37B program.

The X-37B is a dynamic and responsive spacecraft responsible for conducting a range of tests and experiments that expedite the development of critical next-generation technologies and operational concepts for reusable space capabilities.

The OTV-8 mission in Low Earth Orbit includes operational demonstrations and experiments of next-generation technologies, including laser communications and the highest performing strategic grade quantum inertial sensor ever tested in space. Mission partners include the Air Force Research Lab and the Defense Innovation Unit, respectively.

• [2025-08-22 03:40:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | OTV-8 (X-37B) (USSF-36) from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
• [2025-08-22 15:44:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-6 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2025-08-23 12:30:00 UTC] 🟩 New Shepard | NS-35 from Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA.
• [2025-08-23 22:30:00 UTC] 🟩 Electron | Live, Laugh, Launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.
• [2025-08-24 06:45:09 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-33 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2025-08-24 19:18:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 8A | Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2025-08-24 23:30:00 UTC] 🟩 Starship | Flight 10 from SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA.
• [2025-08-26 18:53:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | NAOS from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2025-08-27 05:49:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-11 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
• [2025-08-27 10:53:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-56 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.

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