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 | Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare). It is scheduled to be launched by SpaceX
from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
at 2026-10-19 10:30:00 UTC. Until
then, this pad will have been used for 403
out of 1131 launches from this location. The launch status is currently
Go 🟩 . The mission type is
Dedicated Rideshare and the payload will be injected
into a Low Earth Orbit
(LEO).
Dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
| NET | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| [2026-10-19 10:30:00 UTC] | 🟩 Go for Launch | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare) from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA to LEO. |
| [2026-10-19 19:41:03 UTC] | 🟩 Go for Launch |  H3-24 | Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan to Mars. |
| [2026-10-20 22:14:00 UTC] | 🟩 Go for Launch | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-15 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA to LEO. |
| [2026-10-21 03:29:00 UTC] | 🟩 Go for Launch |  Ceres-1S | Unknown Payload from Haiyang Oriental Spaceport to N/A. |
| [2026-10-21 05:00:00 UTC] | 🟨 To Be Confirmed |  Electron | We're Not Hawking Around (3x HawkEye 360) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand to SSO. |
| [2026-10-22 02:00:00 UTC] | 🟨 To Be Confirmed | Long March 8A | Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China to N/A. |
| [2026-10-23 18:00:00 UTC] | 🟨 To Be Confirmed | Long March 4B | Unknown Payload from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China to N/A. |
| [2026-10-24 05:29:00 UTC] | 🟩 Go for Launch | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-16 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA to LEO. |
| [2026-10-29 00:00:00 UTC] | 🟧 To Be Determined | Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo (LV-01) 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. |
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