July Launch Schedule 2022 - Woking Planetarium

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Here is your one-stop shop for space launches with our July launch schedule. This month sees 272 satellites launched and 2 launches to a space station. Read on to find out more!

Last updated: August 23^rd 2022

Satellite Launches

LAUNCH SUCCESS 2^nd USSF 12 : The experimental missile warning satellite for the U.S Space Force, Wide Field of View (WFOV), launches on the USSF 12 mission aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket alongside rideshare payloads. It will launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida at 00:15 BST. Delayed from April and June 9^th. Scrubbed on June 30^th.

LAUNCH SUCCESS 2^nd STP-28A : The third operational launch of a Virgin Orbit LauncherOne rocket drops from a modified Boeing 747 carrier jet named Cosmic Girl and will carry 7 small satellites for government agencies. The mission is called Straight Up and will launch from Mojave Air and Space Port, California at 07:53 BST. Delayed from June 30^th.

LAUNCH SUCCESS 7^th Glonass K : From the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia, a Russian government Soyuz rocket launches the Glonass K satellite at 10:18 BST.

LAUNCH SUCCESS 7^th Starlink 4-21 : From Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida at 14:11 BST, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with 53 Starlink satellites. Moved forward from July. Delayed from June.

LAUNCH SUCCESS 11^th Starlink 3-1 : Another batch of 46 Starlink internet satellites launches aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenburg Space Force Base, California at 02:39 BST. Delayed from July 8^th.

LAUNCH SUCCESS 12^th Tianlian 2-03 : The Tianlian 2-03 satellite will be launched by a Chinese Long March 3B rocket from Xichang, China at 17:30 BST.

LAUNCH SUCCESS 13^th NROL-162 : Rocket Lab use an Electron rocket to launch a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office from Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand at 07:30 BST.

LAUNCH SUCCESS 15^th Siwei Gaojing 2-01 & 2-02 : Aboard a Chinese Long March 2C rocket, the Siwei Gaojing 2-01 and 2-02 Earth observation satellites launch from Jiuquan, China at 23:57 BST.

LAUNCH SUCCESS 17^th Starlink 4-22 : 53 Starlink satellites are launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida at 15:20 BST.

LAUNCH SUCCESS 22^nd Starlink 3-2 : SpaceX launch 46 Starlink satellites with a Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenburg Space Force Base, California at 18:39 BST. Scrubbed on July 21^st.

LAUNCH SUCCESS 24^th Starlink 4-25 : From the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 52 Starlink satellites at 14:38 BST.

LAUNCH SUCCESS 27^th Reusable Test Spacecraft : 6 small satellites launch on a Chinese Lijian 1 rocket’s first test flight. It will launch from Jiuquan, China at 05:12 BST.

LAUNCH SUCCESS 29^th Yaogan 35 : 3 Yaogan 35 military satellites are launched by a Chinese Long March 2D rocket from Xichang, China at 14:28 BST.

Launches to Space Stations

LAUNCH SUCCESS 11^th SpaceX CRS 25 : The 5^th cargo resupply mission of a Dragon 2 spacecraft to the International Space Station will take place, launching from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida at 01:44 BST. It will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and is the 25^th SpaceX led mission under their Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Delayed from June 9^th, 10^th, 12^th and 28^th and July 11^th.

LAUNCH SUCCESS 24^th Wentian : The Wentian laboratory module is launched aboard a Chinese Long March rocket from Wenchang, China at 07:22 BST. This is the 2^nd major element of China’s space station.