Space Launches Until the End of 2025
- SpaceX, Falcon 9: Starlink 15-11 Dec. 10 — SLC-4E, VSFB, California Launch of Starlink LEO satellites supporting SpaceX’s ~7,000-unit broadband megaconstellation. - SpaceX, Falcon 9: Starlink 6-90 Dec. 11 — SLC-40, CCSFB, Florida Another Starlink batch headed to LEO to expand SpaceX’s global internet network. - CASC, Long March 12: (Unknown Payload) Dec. 11 — Pad 101, WSLC, China Chinese Long March 12 rocket launches an undisclosed payload from Wenchang. - Rocket Lab, Electron: Raise and Shine (RAISE-4) Dec. 11 — LC-1A, Mahia, New Zealand Electron rocket launches JAXA’s RAISE-4 demonstration satellite. - SpaceX, Falcon 9: Starlink 15-12 Dec. 13 — SLC-4E, VSFB, California Another Starlink mission from Vandenberg, continuing rapid constellation deployment. - SpaceX, Falcon 9: Starlink 6-99 Dec. 14 — LC-39A, KSC, Florida Falcon 9 launches more Starlink satellites from NASA Kennedy’s historic pad. - iSpace, Hyperbola-1: (Unknown Payload) NET December — Site 95A, JSLC, China Commercial Chinese solid-fuel Hyperbola-1 rocket launching an undisclosed mission. - Blue Origin, New Shepard: NS-37 NET Dec. 11 — Launch Site One, West Texas Crewed suborbital mission carrying six passengers; New Shepard’s 16th human flight. - NordSpace, Taiga: Getting Screeched In NET December — SLC-02, ASX, Newfoundland, Canada First test flight of the suborbital Taiga rocket, validating primary flight systems. 🌠 Skywatching Events - Geminid Meteor Shower Peak Dec. 14 — Worldwide Peak night Dec 13–14; one of the year’s strongest meteor showers. - Ursid Meteor Shower Peak Dec. 21 — Worldwide Peak Dec 21–22; annual minor meteor shower produced by comet 8P/Tuttle.