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 6-64. It is scheduled to be launched by SpaceX
from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
at 2024-05-31 22:43:00 UTC. Until
then, this pad will have been used for 244
out of 955 launches from this location. The launch status is currently
TBC π¨ . The mission type is
Communications and the payload will be injected
into a Low Earth Orbit
(LEO).
A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
NET | Status | Details |
---|---|---|
[2024-05-31 22:43:00 UTC] | π¨ To Be Confirmed | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-64 from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA to LEO. |
[2024-06-01 03:00:00 UTC] | π© Go for Launch | Electron | PREFIRE And Ice (PREFIRE 2) from Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand to PO. |
[2024-06-01 16:25:40 UTC] | π© Go for Launch | Atlas V N22 | CST-100 Starliner Crewed Flight Test from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA to LEO. |
[2024-06-05 00:04:00 UTC] | π¨ To Be Confirmed | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-5 from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA to LEO. |
[2024-06-05 05:12:00 UTC] | π¨ To Be Confirmed | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-8 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA to LEO. |
[2024-06-05 12:00:00 UTC] | π¨ To Be Confirmed | Starship | Integrated Flight Test 4 from SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA to Sub. |
[2024-06-08 00:00:00 UTC] | π§ To Be Determined | SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 07 from Air launch to Suborbital flight to Sub. |
[2024-06-10 00:00:00 UTC] | π§ To Be Determined | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Astra 1P/SES-24 from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA to GTO. |
[2024-06-24 10:00:00 UTC] | π¨ To Be Confirmed | Long March 2C | Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China to LEO. |
[2024-06-25 21:16:00 UTC] | π© Go for Launch | Falcon Heavy | GOES-U from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA to GTO. |
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