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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Zhuque-3 | Flight 2. It is scheduled to be launched by LandSpace from Launch Area 96B, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China at 2026-08-18 23:27:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 1 out of 292 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).

Second test launch of LandSpace’s ZQ-3 rocket. Payload identities are TBD.

• [2026-08-18 23:27:00 UTC] 🟩 Zhuque-3 | Flight 2 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-08-19 02:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-50 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-08-20 15:19:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-39 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-08-22 07:25:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-20 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-08-24 00:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Long March 5 | Chang'e 7 from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-08-25 05:49:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-49 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-08-25 09:42:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-22 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-08-27 20:10:00 UTC] 🟩 Ariane 62 | MTG-I2 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
• [2026-08-30 11:26:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon Heavy | Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
• [2026-08-31 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Angara 1.2 | Kosmos (Unknown Payload) from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.

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