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
Soyuz 2.1b | Kosmos (Unknown Payload). It is scheduled to be launched by Russian Space Forces
from Unknown Pad, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
at 2024-05-16 20:00:00 UTC. Until
then, this pad will have been used for 0
out of 1667 launches from this location. The launch status is currently
Go ๐ฉ . The mission type is
Government/Top Secret and the payload will be injected
into an Unknown
(N/A).
Probable Russian military payload of unknown purposes.
NET | Status | Details |
---|---|---|
[2024-05-16 20:00:00 UTC] | ๐ฉ Go for Launch | Soyuz 2.1b | Kosmos (Unknown Payload) from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation to N/A. |
[2024-05-17 23:52:00 UTC] | ๐จ To Be Confirmed | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-59 from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA to LEO. |
[2024-05-19 08:00:00 UTC] | ๐จ To Be Confirmed | Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-146 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA to N/A. |
[2024-05-19 13:30:00 UTC] | ๐ฉ Go for Launch | New Shepard | NS-25 from Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA to Sub. |
[2024-05-21 20:43:00 UTC] | ๐ฉ Go for Launch | Atlas V N22 | CST-100 Starliner Crewed Flight Test from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA to LEO. |
[2024-05-22 07:15:00 UTC] | ๐ฉ Go for Launch | Electron | Ready, Aim, PREFIRE (PREFIRE 1) from Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand to PO. |
[2024-05-22 23:11:00 UTC] | ๐จ To Be Confirmed | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-63 from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA to LEO. |
[2024-05-30 09:42:00 UTC] | ๐ฉ Go for Launch | Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-27 (88P) from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan to LEO. |
[2024-05-31 00:00:00 UTC] | ๐ง To Be Determined | Falcon 9 Block 5 | EarthCARE from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA to SSO. |
[2024-05-31 00:00:00 UTC] | ๐ง To Be Determined | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-19 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA to LEO. |
- ๐ [The Space Devs] This version of the API is deprecated
- ๐ [The Drive] Rocket Report: Starship heats up in third flight; Chinese lunar launch failure
- ๐ [Euronews] Ariane 6 Booster Upgrade Passes Critical Design Review
- ๐ [Space Scout] Starship Completes Third Test Flight
- ๐ [SpaceNews] FCC approves direct-to-smartphone regulatory framework