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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Firefly Alpha | Stairway to Seven. It is scheduled to be launched by Firefly Aerospace from Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA at 2026-03-02 00:50:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 98 out of 865 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).

Firefly Alpha's Flight 7 will be a test flight and return-To-Flight for the launch vehicle after its April 2025 launch failure. It will test and validate key systems ahead of Firefly’s Block II configuration upgrade on Flight 8 that’s designed to enhance reliability and manufacturability across the vehicle.

Flight 7 will be the last flown in Alpha’s current configuration and will test multiple Block II subsystems, including the in-house avionics and thermal improvements, to gain flight heritage and validate lessons learned ahead of the full configuration upgrade on Flight 8.

• [2026-03-02 00:50:00 UTC] 🟩 Firefly Alpha | Stairway to Seven from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-03-02 00:07:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-41 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-03-04 02:00:00 UTC] 🟨 KAIROS | Flight 3 from Spaceport Kii, Japan.
• [2026-03-04 06:58:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-40 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-03-04 21:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-18 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-03-08 10:58:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-31 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-03-10 03:14:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | EchoStar 25 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-03-12 02:37:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-24 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-03-12 12:17:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-48 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-03-19 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Spectrum | Onward and Upward from Andøya Spaceport.

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